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POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction classic rhyming stuff been called a realism poet. No axes to grind, chips on shoulders un-found, just like the fun of writing stuff down, safe in the sanctuary here Deep Underground.
LOVE POEM
Published
18th Jun 2021 7:04pm
18th Jun 2021 7:04pm
Her mystery
Hot coals the pathway burn the feet
to bear the fire of cool reproach
for in the winters bleakness
a candle, that just flickers hope
As loves vultures circle high
your smile the talons that will grip
the desert of emotions parched and dry
lips like bows, the eye transfixed
I, the prospector, with a pan of dreams
a shining nougat glints within my grasp
in the grit and stones between
you are the prise, together bonded fast
Prospecting, streams the pulse
words of passion, a prisoner paroled,
released....
to bear the fire of cool reproach
for in the winters bleakness
a candle, that just flickers hope
As loves vultures circle high
your smile the talons that will grip
the desert of emotions parched and dry
lips like bows, the eye transfixed
I, the prospector, with a pan of dreams
a shining nougat glints within my grasp
in the grit and stones between
you are the prise, together bonded fast
Prospecting, streams the pulse
words of passion, a prisoner paroled,
released....
#romantic
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
16th Jun 2021 8:19pm
16th Jun 2021 8:19pm
Just crumbs at the table
Did god just feed us crumbs of wisdom
a testament with pages hidden
And left the blinds half drawn
to use our minds and move the pawns
Straightjacket scriptures
to join the dot's, complete the pictures
Question its veracity
clamped like a vice and not break free
Hell an damnation reigning down
cause divisions, a baker or a social clown
Decisions that will click the switch
repercussions, with there longer reach
For a civil bond not tied to god
or walk pained path, behind the cross
...
a testament with pages hidden
And left the blinds half drawn
to use our minds and move the pawns
Straightjacket scriptures
to join the dot's, complete the pictures
Question its veracity
clamped like a vice and not break free
Hell an damnation reigning down
cause divisions, a baker or a social clown
Decisions that will click the switch
repercussions, with there longer reach
For a civil bond not tied to god
or walk pained path, behind the cross
...
#conflict
#religion
26 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
12th Jun 2021 9:33pm
12th Jun 2021 9:33pm
Cold cavern
To ever walk in dark sunshine
staid gothic tale
the brighter day, so in denial
Dead flowers that can bear no seed
a wilting will
that drowns in fathoms deep
Replenishment the bitter pill, contrite
unconscious curtains pulled
a chasm with the steepest sides
Limbs be ever covered epaulettes
to hide the tracks
the vents of razor slits
If chinks appear
cracked tracks of salt
on the paths of pride, all downwards steer
The host, that never...
staid gothic tale
the brighter day, so in denial
Dead flowers that can bear no seed
a wilting will
that drowns in fathoms deep
Replenishment the bitter pill, contrite
unconscious curtains pulled
a chasm with the steepest sides
Limbs be ever covered epaulettes
to hide the tracks
the vents of razor slits
If chinks appear
cracked tracks of salt
on the paths of pride, all downwards steer
The host, that never...
#depression
32 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
9th Jun 2021 9:21am
9th Jun 2021 9:21am
A Hearts revealing
A plague of bees
the hive so seething.
The beings wants for closer leanings,
vain mirror of our wants and feeling.
The hand of cards when love was dealing
and hearts to float. through that glass ceiling.
the hive so seething.
The beings wants for closer leanings,
vain mirror of our wants and feeling.
The hand of cards when love was dealing
and hearts to float. through that glass ceiling.
#love
#relationships
21 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Jun 2021 10:15am
8th Jun 2021 10:15am
In incandescence
Was black as coal, injustice and its rifts
from the deepest pit
as from the face, each lump was chipped
The dust that chokes
bare chested men eat nowt but grit
as I silently applaud
To face the task with hands so raw
a brotherhood of incandescence born
as we should take, the baton passed
whatever colour, creed or class
For each is born with same
in nakedness and wrapped in natures needs.
The struggle on,
some struck lame, the disability of colour ...
from the deepest pit
as from the face, each lump was chipped
The dust that chokes
bare chested men eat nowt but grit
as I silently applaud
To face the task with hands so raw
a brotherhood of incandescence born
as we should take, the baton passed
whatever colour, creed or class
For each is born with same
in nakedness and wrapped in natures needs.
The struggle on,
some struck lame, the disability of colour ...
#anger
#oppression
#CallToAction
19 reads
0 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2021 10:35pm
3rd Jun 2021 10:35pm
Heal the missing gloss,
As they were held within the pack
and through the mist,
silhouette's, still freeze
and onward trot.
Bodhram drum, stretched skin
form the backdrop,
knit the patterns.
Gods may turn and look
for the pole that beats,
like the metronomes tick.
Burn the wick, short in the lantern
raise the heartbeat, pulse the veins.
Antecedence, walk with us in greying form.
Upon the runes with polished gleam
hidden everyday, that nature writes,
winds laid deep, our stalker match our stride.
Terms. the acapalla's earthy base, ...
and through the mist,
silhouette's, still freeze
and onward trot.
Bodhram drum, stretched skin
form the backdrop,
knit the patterns.
Gods may turn and look
for the pole that beats,
like the metronomes tick.
Burn the wick, short in the lantern
raise the heartbeat, pulse the veins.
Antecedence, walk with us in greying form.
Upon the runes with polished gleam
hidden everyday, that nature writes,
winds laid deep, our stalker match our stride.
Terms. the acapalla's earthy base, ...
#nature
#lyrics
29 reads
4 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2021 9:15am
2nd Jun 2021 9:15am
Original (Acrostic)
Omens came, but we all stared, our pockets full overflowing forecasts of despair
Rich and poor in apathy, sitting with our luke warm coffee in the cafe
Inching forwards to the chasm's edge, the toboggan on the snow filled ledge
Gum well chewed, all newness turned to crud, our heads in clouds but our feet in mud
Ink still wet, where signed our fate, hot air our answers, not grasp the nettle but just remonstrate
No way to break out of the maze, the monster breaking free of the egg we laid
A messiah come with original faith, lead us from the labyrinth of our...
Rich and poor in apathy, sitting with our luke warm coffee in the cafe
Inching forwards to the chasm's edge, the toboggan on the snow filled ledge
Gum well chewed, all newness turned to crud, our heads in clouds but our feet in mud
Ink still wet, where signed our fate, hot air our answers, not grasp the nettle but just remonstrate
No way to break out of the maze, the monster breaking free of the egg we laid
A messiah come with original faith, lead us from the labyrinth of our...
#faith
#spiritual
23 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
1st Jun 2021 2:32pm
1st Jun 2021 2:32pm
Odd man from Carlyle (limerick)
There was an odd man of Carlyle
Who's thoughts were so infantile
Go forwards not backwards
but re-read life's chapters
Growing old in a juvenile style in Carlyle
Who's thoughts were so infantile
Go forwards not backwards
but re-read life's chapters
Growing old in a juvenile style in Carlyle
#satirical
23 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th May 2021 7:36pm
30th May 2021 7:36pm
Towards the End
31/31
Did I tread the path, foolhardy
an adventure turned, bad dream.
How benign and innocent the brief.,
just two to make a team.
walk the tightrope, hold each breath.
Balance pole the poems length,
each short step. just self belief
May's NaPoWrMo, high wire brevity
Did I tread the path, foolhardy
an adventure turned, bad dream.
How benign and innocent the brief.,
just two to make a team.
walk the tightrope, hold each breath.
Balance pole the poems length,
each short step. just self belief
May's NaPoWrMo, high wire brevity
#LifeAsAWriter
27 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th May 2021 7:24pm
30th May 2021 7:24pm
Saline on the lips (haiku)
30/31
Stinging bit the ozone spits
Stunning, rollers pitch
A thrust, senses so bewitched
Stinging bit the ozone spits
Stunning, rollers pitch
A thrust, senses so bewitched
#sea
27 reads
3 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
29th May 2021 8:46pm
29th May 2021 8:46pm
Inspecting all aspects
29/31
The night-bird's songs
owl cries it dark charm,
swallows, art upon the wing.
Half in sun, brief joy
gold or just base alloy.
Chill of wind before the rain
as your life will toss a coin
aspects as it spins so free
the choice of luck or destiny
The night-bird's songs
owl cries it dark charm,
swallows, art upon the wing.
Half in sun, brief joy
gold or just base alloy.
Chill of wind before the rain
as your life will toss a coin
aspects as it spins so free
the choice of luck or destiny
#fate
25 reads
1 Comment
STORY POEM
Published
29th May 2021 6:14pm
29th May 2021 6:14pm
Unconditional love
Is it just an unwritten need
the foetus that is born so weak
just a ball that needs to sleep
no mothers milk and hardly weaned
Instincts rise
when time laid heavy on the hand
the empty womb, need a surprise
ostrich raised head from beneath the sand
Need to fill the the never nest
that cries with such a pleading yelp
kindle spirit in the breast
in saucer eyes, is written HELP
The barren years without a child
to romp and frolic fetch the stick
the answer to those, infertile
retrieve the ball. the tail...
the foetus that is born so weak
just a ball that needs to sleep
no mothers milk and hardly weaned
Instincts rise
when time laid heavy on the hand
the empty womb, need a surprise
ostrich raised head from beneath the sand
Need to fill the the never nest
that cries with such a pleading yelp
kindle spirit in the breast
in saucer eyes, is written HELP
The barren years without a child
to romp and frolic fetch the stick
the answer to those, infertile
retrieve the ball. the tail...
#kindness
#dogs
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2 Comments
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