Submissions by robert43041 (Viking)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Published in small mags in US and England years ago.
Exhibition A
There was this young lady on Twitter
All proud to say that she'd just got
Her Medical Degree
Nice picture
Gorgeous smile
No Cap and Gown. Just the Cap.
As for the rest, bare shoulders
And proud to reveal a good deal
Of her lovely set of 36 C.
All proud to say that she'd just got
Her Medical Degree
Nice picture
Gorgeous smile
No Cap and Gown. Just the Cap.
As for the rest, bare shoulders
And proud to reveal a good deal
Of her lovely set of 36 C.
#happiness
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COVID (22)
Amazing.
Even today there are people out there
Who deny the very ''existence'' of COVID.
They would have denied the Plague
In the midst of it.
Even today there are people out there
Who deny the very ''existence'' of COVID.
They would have denied the Plague
In the midst of it.
#anger
#denial
243 reads
4 Comments
Fiona
She got really mad
Sent strong signals along her way
As houses were totally destroyed by heavy waves
And pieces dispersed into the sea.
Sent strong signals along her way
As houses were totally destroyed by heavy waves
And pieces dispersed into the sea.
#despair
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Gummed down.
He got out of the shower, all refreshed and nicely shaved. As he admired his athletic body in the full length mirror in the corridor he wrapped himself in one of his favorite emerald green bath towels and walked back to the huge bedroom of his sixteenth floor condo. Sliding the french doors he stepped on the spacious balcony, enjoyed the fresh air of this sumptuous morning while enjoying the marvelous panorama of the parc, the city, and the harbor beyond.
The beep on the computer, as usual neatly centered on the work desk by the far wall next to the fireplace brought his attention...
The beep on the computer, as usual neatly centered on the work desk by the far wall next to the fireplace brought his attention...
#frustration
#greed
#disappointment
237 reads
1 Comment
Bringing memories
Mary and her friend entered the wagon train,
Sat down and watched the station as they were about to depart.
The train moved along, wandered its way through
The verdoyant countryside as the ladies remembered pleasant voyages of yore.
The attendant came in, brought refrehsments and, the trip over
The train pulled at the station again.
The same attendant came in
And escorted her and her friend to her room
Where she would rest, require fewer meds
And be happy.
Sat down and watched the station as they were about to depart.
The train moved along, wandered its way through
The verdoyant countryside as the ladies remembered pleasant voyages of yore.
The attendant came in, brought refrehsments and, the trip over
The train pulled at the station again.
The same attendant came in
And escorted her and her friend to her room
Where she would rest, require fewer meds
And be happy.
#hope
#inspirational
#gratitude #emotions
#gratitude #emotions
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Monarchy
Many countries, especially in Europe
Are still ruled by a monarch though the real powerrs
Lie with their parliaments.
Commonwealth countries are of course
Ruled by (now) the King.
Some may think ''why don't t you get rid of that system?''
Why not? And replace it with a presidential system
À la Trump? Or à la Putin?
Of course I might ask some americans
Why they don't amend the 2A.....
Not asking you to change your entire form of government
Just a line or two in an amendment
But asking the question............
And you are...
Are still ruled by a monarch though the real powerrs
Lie with their parliaments.
Commonwealth countries are of course
Ruled by (now) the King.
Some may think ''why don't t you get rid of that system?''
Why not? And replace it with a presidential system
À la Trump? Or à la Putin?
Of course I might ask some americans
Why they don't amend the 2A.....
Not asking you to change your entire form of government
Just a line or two in an amendment
But asking the question............
And you are...
#emotions
153 reads
7 Comments
Crime novels
That is all I read....for enjoyment
For self-deep-search
Into the abyss of my messed-up being.
I really do not care for mind-boggling twists
And the oftentimes convoluted élucubrations
Of the oh so knowledgeable literature critics
Who will analyze texts to death.
I like to read for pleasure, not pain....
Not even Crime and Punishment
And yet, sometimes I pick up a crime novel
And glance at the comments of praise on the back cover.
Sometimes. But rarely. For they are, of course, selling points.
They can one-sided of course
And...
For self-deep-search
Into the abyss of my messed-up being.
I really do not care for mind-boggling twists
And the oftentimes convoluted élucubrations
Of the oh so knowledgeable literature critics
Who will analyze texts to death.
I like to read for pleasure, not pain....
Not even Crime and Punishment
And yet, sometimes I pick up a crime novel
And glance at the comments of praise on the back cover.
Sometimes. But rarely. For they are, of course, selling points.
They can one-sided of course
And...
#frustration
#disappointment
#apathy
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Means and ways
I am stumped
A whirlwind of nothing
Through the brain
Things moving toooooo fast
I can't grab on to just one
Lacking focus, as usual
Must really clean the slate
Have a fresh start
With clear ideas
And a specific goal.
A whirlwind of nothing
Through the brain
Things moving toooooo fast
I can't grab on to just one
Lacking focus, as usual
Must really clean the slate
Have a fresh start
With clear ideas
And a specific goal.
#anxiety
#frustration
#confusion #despair
#confusion #despair
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Suicide (2)
Suicide.
Is that an act of
Courage - as in
I don't give a fuck anymore
Let that ship sail wherever
Or is suicide and act of
Desperation - as in
I don't five a fuck anymore
Let that ship sail wherever
Is that an act of
Courage - as in
I don't give a fuck anymore
Let that ship sail wherever
Or is suicide and act of
Desperation - as in
I don't five a fuck anymore
Let that ship sail wherever
#anxiety
#dark
#emptiness
224 reads
4 Comments
Chuckie
So Charles takes over
Sad day all around.
Sad day all around.
#boredom
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4 Comments
Babayaga
Un roman de Toby Barlow.
Superbe.
Un Paris vers 1946-50
Un meurtre, un publiciste, la CIA
Des sorcières, des sorts jetés
des crimes, des bouffonneries
.............
On s'oublie le temps de cette folle évasion.
Superbe.
Un Paris vers 1946-50
Un meurtre, un publiciste, la CIA
Des sorcières, des sorts jetés
des crimes, des bouffonneries
.............
On s'oublie le temps de cette folle évasion.
#admiration
#emotions
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Le Carré St-Louis
Le Carré St-Louis
Mon petit parc préféré
(Près d'ici demeurait Émile Nelligan).
Au centre, une superbe fontaine
De l'époque Victorienne
Un havre de paix
Hors de temps
Mais près d'une station de métro.
J'aime y être
Et respirer.
Mon petit parc préféré
(Près d'ici demeurait Émile Nelligan).
Au centre, une superbe fontaine
De l'époque Victorienne
Un havre de paix
Hors de temps
Mais près d'une station de métro.
J'aime y être
Et respirer.
#happiness
#hope
#motivational
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