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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.
Not the cult of dull #Keith Flint
Will they sing angelic hymns
black and sombre suits to honour him
the tributes in a key of golden opportunity
for he rang the division bell
grimace the gargoyles of hell
grabed us by the throat and sang
look and see and that expletive "that was me man"
dont give a fuck, dont give a shit
I stoke the coals of infamy
and on conformity I spit
for he was not
bygones music of the rebels cause
to stage a show just for applause
tried to rend our sanctimonious lives
the Flint, the sparks...
black and sombre suits to honour him
the tributes in a key of golden opportunity
for he rang the division bell
grimace the gargoyles of hell
grabed us by the throat and sang
look and see and that expletive "that was me man"
dont give a fuck, dont give a shit
I stoke the coals of infamy
and on conformity I spit
for he was not
bygones music of the rebels cause
to stage a show just for applause
tried to rend our sanctimonious lives
the Flint, the sparks...
#dark
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Plastic bread
I looked at it and it had no smell
a poor excuse for what bakers sell
but plasic bread just floppy white
just a squigy bag with the stuff of life
for religous text "we should share its wealth"
but its difficult to break, just rubbery pap
or transform to gold in the toasters slot
and slodiers march with a boiled egg
Lord sandwich invented it for a royal treat
or fry it till its crispy crusty brown
crutons on the salad and the soup
a satisfying crunch to feel the crumbs all split
the grain the mill the yeast and pummel till ...
a poor excuse for what bakers sell
but plasic bread just floppy white
just a squigy bag with the stuff of life
for religous text "we should share its wealth"
but its difficult to break, just rubbery pap
or transform to gold in the toasters slot
and slodiers march with a boiled egg
Lord sandwich invented it for a royal treat
or fry it till its crispy crusty brown
crutons on the salad and the soup
a satisfying crunch to feel the crumbs all split
the grain the mill the yeast and pummel till ...
#food
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The sermon # Ralph Waldo Emerson
The lectern it stands empty now
the whispers quiet when once there were shouts
of fire and brimstone filled gods house
the orator that preacher stood, proffered that book formost
parables to shame our sinful lives
that we unwothy regard ourselves with self despise
bees and natures best
that we should seek like honeyed text
and even the meek Rhodora bush
gives solace when we are vexed
creation spelled in graphic sylables, pofound, perplexed
the devil tempts us with his sweets
the bottle full of...
the whispers quiet when once there were shouts
of fire and brimstone filled gods house
the orator that preacher stood, proffered that book formost
parables to shame our sinful lives
that we unwothy regard ourselves with self despise
bees and natures best
that we should seek like honeyed text
and even the meek Rhodora bush
gives solace when we are vexed
creation spelled in graphic sylables, pofound, perplexed
the devil tempts us with his sweets
the bottle full of...
#heaven
#RalphWaldoEmerson
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Hole
Hole
Uncover, Discover
Subsiding, Gaping, Excavating
Ours to bore, with many more
Burrowing Tunneling, Undermining
Deeper, Darker
Worms
Uncover, Discover
Subsiding, Gaping, Excavating
Ours to bore, with many more
Burrowing Tunneling, Undermining
Deeper, Darker
Worms
#earth
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Gaia
From the void
was confusion and its domain
where nothing certain marked
and all was in that malestrom cloud
that order to be created and destroyed
From the chaos
science and faith taking the first steps
the DNA, green shoots of living
for all imagined Gods
was their a hand to shape the time
Answers to all? is a question thats mimed
that alien force only seen by the blind
dust that will choke when the hourglass turned
the universe its gates are never closed
form and substance are transposed
A...
was confusion and its domain
where nothing certain marked
and all was in that malestrom cloud
that order to be created and destroyed
From the chaos
science and faith taking the first steps
the DNA, green shoots of living
for all imagined Gods
was their a hand to shape the time
Answers to all? is a question thats mimed
that alien force only seen by the blind
dust that will choke when the hourglass turned
the universe its gates are never closed
form and substance are transposed
A...
#earth
#universe
#gratitude
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V.I.O.L.I.N
V elvet kiss the clef and stave
I would always be its slave
O pen our hearts to melodious days
L oves its strings the bow vibrates
I nstrument of our sacred vows
N ever ending melodies of here and now
I would always be its slave
O pen our hearts to melodious days
L oves its strings the bow vibrates
I nstrument of our sacred vows
N ever ending melodies of here and now
#music
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Blackened angels
Tell me of your inner thoughts
for the gleam, or are they compromised
a trancience of dark across your mind
Are there flights you try to hide
that nest
where you can stash your guilt
Tell me what is that collective noun
for those black angels
the flutter in your cerebral cortex
A misdemeanor is too weak
feet of talons
sainted face foreshadows bleak
Turned from stone and fall from grace
weather beaten with the stain of sin ...
for the gleam, or are they compromised
a trancience of dark across your mind
Are there flights you try to hide
that nest
where you can stash your guilt
Tell me what is that collective noun
for those black angels
the flutter in your cerebral cortex
A misdemeanor is too weak
feet of talons
sainted face foreshadows bleak
Turned from stone and fall from grace
weather beaten with the stain of sin ...
#philosophical
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Drip drip drop
It happens like a drip drip, drop
when faith erodes, where is that cross
the tarnish creeps upon the shining gloss
your prayers you posted still lying in the box
In days like these fake news all pervades
loaded roulette wheel, we are all played
where everything we like seems like a bribe
that table groans, denials grace the pain and stab
Overload of emotional distress
when the razor and the knife seem best
those dark holes that come to eat your intelect
nobody sees the gone of self respect
That stress...
when faith erodes, where is that cross
the tarnish creeps upon the shining gloss
your prayers you posted still lying in the box
In days like these fake news all pervades
loaded roulette wheel, we are all played
where everything we like seems like a bribe
that table groans, denials grace the pain and stab
Overload of emotional distress
when the razor and the knife seem best
those dark holes that come to eat your intelect
nobody sees the gone of self respect
That stress...
#despair
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Shattered us
Togetherness
was my fortress
one times none is none
that hole when you are all alone
all the increments of not foretold
to hold the hand manacured and slim
that diamonds flattery we togerther chose
expectancey to know dreams all monochrome
will blush with colour the steps of femininity can hold
Two
is more
double, no nothingness
into sacrosanct I sank
that our bonds tied with gold
hopes that given would always hold
push on to where the all tears and laughter lie
to call the bands the music of a future...
was my fortress
one times none is none
that hole when you are all alone
all the increments of not foretold
to hold the hand manacured and slim
that diamonds flattery we togerther chose
expectancey to know dreams all monochrome
will blush with colour the steps of femininity can hold
Two
is more
double, no nothingness
into sacrosanct I sank
that our bonds tied with gold
hopes that given would always hold
push on to where the all tears and laughter lie
to call the bands the music of a future...
#breakup
#TimeHeals
#gratitude #MovingOn
#gratitude #MovingOn
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Investments #Maya Angelou
Can we guess how hard that road to tread
to where the seeds of inspiration lead
the cramp before you spread your wings
the stones they threw of words that sting
The civil rights of Black and White
Wikipedia I read between the lines
a resume that few can match
of sparks that flew to ring the change in time
From modesty the caged bird fledge
but not to fly but to sing instead
challenge them and shake the world
born again not once but three or four
Cap and gown tread the halls renowned
the doctorates...
to where the seeds of inspiration lead
the cramp before you spread your wings
the stones they threw of words that sting
The civil rights of Black and White
Wikipedia I read between the lines
a resume that few can match
of sparks that flew to ring the change in time
From modesty the caged bird fledge
but not to fly but to sing instead
challenge them and shake the world
born again not once but three or four
Cap and gown tread the halls renowned
the doctorates...
#historical
#MayaAngelou
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Obverse side
The coins of disappointment
always landing on its edge
the supermaket isle those depths of sin I dredge
The normal wake of humanity
they poke and prod the Veg
but I hear the click of a stiletto heel an expensive wedge
The catwalk holds no candle
imaculate the makeup, the diva touch of class
an open top Mecedes parked in a disabled space
For that shopping trip no list
a mobile phone to facebook as she picks
distain of each selection for her larder contains all the best bits
Curvature of her buttocks...
always landing on its edge
the supermaket isle those depths of sin I dredge
The normal wake of humanity
they poke and prod the Veg
but I hear the click of a stiletto heel an expensive wedge
The catwalk holds no candle
imaculate the makeup, the diva touch of class
an open top Mecedes parked in a disabled space
For that shopping trip no list
a mobile phone to facebook as she picks
distain of each selection for her larder contains all the best bits
Curvature of her buttocks...
#ForbiddenLove
#crush
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Camouflage
I sleep with one eye open
head rotated the movement on the frozen tundra
friend or foe a rodent to eswage the hunger
silence to the grey and drab
eyes so keen like lasers pierce and stab
The wolves they chant as the days comence
they feel the religon of its grace
the pack its order its worlds so fierce
wild the nurcher of its family face
bare the teeth growl so statuesque
Cubs that romp and hone there skills
breed the smell of blood and kill
the backyard of the forest floor
yelp and feint to grace the...
head rotated the movement on the frozen tundra
friend or foe a rodent to eswage the hunger
silence to the grey and drab
eyes so keen like lasers pierce and stab
The wolves they chant as the days comence
they feel the religon of its grace
the pack its order its worlds so fierce
wild the nurcher of its family face
bare the teeth growl so statuesque
Cubs that romp and hone there skills
breed the smell of blood and kill
the backyard of the forest floor
yelp and feint to grace the...
#hope
#animals
#birds
#nature
#humankind
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