Submissions by robert43041 (Viking)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Published in small mags in US and England years ago.
Pleased
#happiness
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Note to self (6)
Not exactly Nirvana
But close to it.
Back home after
Four months at the
Hospital.
Four months pretty much
Tied to a bed.
Nice to be able to sleep
in your bed in the midst
Of your little belongings.
Yes, home is home
However big or small
It is. Peace, quiet.
Almost Nirvana.
But close to it.
Back home after
Four months at the
Hospital.
Four months pretty much
Tied to a bed.
Nice to be able to sleep
in your bed in the midst
Of your little belongings.
Yes, home is home
However big or small
It is. Peace, quiet.
Almost Nirvana.
#happiness
#strength
#motivational
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Death
Death is looming
A matter of
An eyeblink.
A matter of
An eyeblink.
#dark
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Note to self (25)
So when you are young
You are always pushed
one way or another
To strive and do better.
You must find your place
in this world.
And your place can't be
A miserable low-paying job
In which you might
Nevertheless be happy.
No. You must strive to be
In some lead position, pushing
And being pushed till you are
Constantly out of breath...
Physically and in your mind.
Like a car you want to push to
Reach 200 miles per hour
When you know it can't top 150.
And when Reality hits you
In the face.
You are always pushed
one way or another
To strive and do better.
You must find your place
in this world.
And your place can't be
A miserable low-paying job
In which you might
Nevertheless be happy.
No. You must strive to be
In some lead position, pushing
And being pushed till you are
Constantly out of breath...
Physically and in your mind.
Like a car you want to push to
Reach 200 miles per hour
When you know it can't top 150.
And when Reality hits you
In the face.
#men
#masculinity
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f**ked up
So I have a degree in psychology.
Went that way, trying to find out
Who the hell I was and WHAT I was.
Even went to consult two different
Psychiatrists, one in training who
Pretty much knew zero about the subject
And one of the type who lets you
Talk forever and never says a word.
Useless.
In the end, you must decide
If you are lying to yourself,
Scared to look in the mirror
And face ugly truths
Or do what you feel you must.
Not as simple as that, considering
All the family and social pressures.
So many lives...
Went that way, trying to find out
Who the hell I was and WHAT I was.
Even went to consult two different
Psychiatrists, one in training who
Pretty much knew zero about the subject
And one of the type who lets you
Talk forever and never says a word.
Useless.
In the end, you must decide
If you are lying to yourself,
Scared to look in the mirror
And face ugly truths
Or do what you feel you must.
Not as simple as that, considering
All the family and social pressures.
So many lives...
#hypocrisy
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What?
One Ode to Joy
But none to Mary
All for one
But deception
For so many.
But none to Mary
All for one
But deception
For so many.
#jealousy
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Lofty goals.
I am not in a rush
To write anything
Just to make you blush
I go for passion and meaning.
It should be, must be
With a higher goal in mind
For the scribe to see
And the right words to find
It should be, must be
About the heart to please
And bits of Heaven to see
So love may grow and pain cease.
To write anything
Just to make you blush
I go for passion and meaning.
It should be, must be
With a higher goal in mind
For the scribe to see
And the right words to find
It should be, must be
About the heart to please
And bits of Heaven to see
So love may grow and pain cease.
#love
#emotions
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Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict have nothing
To do with the Oder of
Saint Benedict, an order
Of monastic monks.
The origin of the name varies
And the recipe varies a bit
From one chef to another,
But basically:
Two halves of an English muffin
Each topped with canadian bacon,
Poched egg and
Sauce hollandaise.
Bon appétit.
To do with the Oder of
Saint Benedict, an order
Of monastic monks.
The origin of the name varies
And the recipe varies a bit
From one chef to another,
But basically:
Two halves of an English muffin
Each topped with canadian bacon,
Poched egg and
Sauce hollandaise.
Bon appétit.
#food
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Note to self (87)
More then just once
I am bedazzzled
By what is written
By some dear poets.
I am a simple guy
With a very simple mind
And fail to understand
All the hidden references.
I feel diminished due to
My lack of understanding
Though I received a good
Education but sometimes
I feel left behind by
A thousand miles.
True, we all have
Different educations
In different things.
Thus I must try to
Console myself.
Somehow.
I am bedazzzled
By what is written
By some dear poets.
I am a simple guy
With a very simple mind
And fail to understand
All the hidden references.
I feel diminished due to
My lack of understanding
Though I received a good
Education but sometimes
I feel left behind by
A thousand miles.
True, we all have
Different educations
In different things.
Thus I must try to
Console myself.
Somehow.
#frustration
#disappointment
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So where is God?
So where is God?
One might ask
Certainly not sitting on a cloud
In the Heavens of old (the sort of
Religious ''field of ''dreams'')
No longer holds ( as we note that
The universe is expanding (as it should?)
So then perhaps He is nowhere
Except in your heart, it seems.
One might ask
Certainly not sitting on a cloud
In the Heavens of old (the sort of
Religious ''field of ''dreams'')
No longer holds ( as we note that
The universe is expanding (as it should?)
So then perhaps He is nowhere
Except in your heart, it seems.
#religion
#Christian
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Yummy yummy (too)
Boeuf bourgignon
As an entrée,
Wine and cheese
As accompagnements
And for dessert
Strawberries in fudge
Dipped
Plus a cup of chocolate
Ice cream
(Another sort of
Accompagnement)
And a glass of
Blackberry brandy
To soothe....
As an entrée,
Wine and cheese
As accompagnements
And for dessert
Strawberries in fudge
Dipped
Plus a cup of chocolate
Ice cream
(Another sort of
Accompagnement)
And a glass of
Blackberry brandy
To soothe....
#happiness
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Note to self (444)
I find it odd
That there are poets
Who will publsh
On this site
And indicate that
They do not want
Comments.
Write them and
Keep them in your closet?
Unfortumate because
I find some
Of them interesting
Like the one who
Talks about maybe
Being put in jail
Because he dips crucifixes
In chocolate. funny stuff.
That there are poets
Who will publsh
On this site
And indicate that
They do not want
Comments.
Write them and
Keep them in your closet?
Unfortumate because
I find some
Of them interesting
Like the one who
Talks about maybe
Being put in jail
Because he dips crucifixes
In chocolate. funny stuff.
#disappointment
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