Submissions by takis1917
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction Lately, find it interesting and, occasionally, enjoyable...
STORY POEM
Published
10th Sep 2019 1:02pm
10th Sep 2019 1:02pm
Maria Explains Herself
Melancholy", she said,
"doesn't belong to September,
but, to the eyes that paint it..."
"After all" she concluded,
sight doesn't make sense
without a vision..."
"doesn't belong to September,
but, to the eyes that paint it..."
"After all" she concluded,
sight doesn't make sense
without a vision..."
#politics
63 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
8th Sep 2019 4:21pm
8th Sep 2019 4:21pm
Today XVI
Today,
he started the day
planning his retirement.
Plan A...
Plan B...
Plan down through the alphabet
and every Roman numeral
he could remember...
At last!
Passage from an uneventful and largely unnoticed stint
in the process of dubious production
to the lazy, carefree, horizontal motionlessness
of many a golden year...
A dream come true...
The premise driving
countless working hours...
And...
The finances wouldn't add up...
Today,
sitting across from a human resources...
he started the day
planning his retirement.
Plan A...
Plan B...
Plan down through the alphabet
and every Roman numeral
he could remember...
At last!
Passage from an uneventful and largely unnoticed stint
in the process of dubious production
to the lazy, carefree, horizontal motionlessness
of many a golden year...
A dream come true...
The premise driving
countless working hours...
And...
The finances wouldn't add up...
Today,
sitting across from a human resources...
#parody
38 reads
1 Comment
STORY POEM
Published
21st Aug 2019 11:40am
21st Aug 2019 11:40am
Today XV
Today,
he started the day
intending to speak up
on the global burning issues.
Utmost urgency
energized his whole being...
Anger and fury
fed his feverish thoughts...
So much to be said!
So much to be done!...
And...
He, really, had not much to say...
In all honesty,
he had nothing to say...
Took honesty out of the equation
and he spoke volumes!
Volumes
in terms of volume, that is...
Endless sequences of words
tyrannically degraded to meaninglessness... ...
he started the day
intending to speak up
on the global burning issues.
Utmost urgency
energized his whole being...
Anger and fury
fed his feverish thoughts...
So much to be said!
So much to be done!...
And...
He, really, had not much to say...
In all honesty,
he had nothing to say...
Took honesty out of the equation
and he spoke volumes!
Volumes
in terms of volume, that is...
Endless sequences of words
tyrannically degraded to meaninglessness... ...
#parody
84 reads
5 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
16th Aug 2019 1:08pm
16th Aug 2019 1:08pm
Today XIV
Today,
he started the day
playing ball...
- Cut the grass!... Almost, a foot long!
- Ok...
- Do the laundry!... Three baskets full!
- Ok...
- And, the dishes, damn it! The dishes!... And, groceries!...
- Ok! Ok!... I'll finish my coffee and I will!...
Today,
he gets his butt off the couch
and confronts himself:
- Stop telling me to do today
what I can do tomorrow!...
he started the day
playing ball...
- Cut the grass!... Almost, a foot long!
- Ok...
- Do the laundry!... Three baskets full!
- Ok...
- And, the dishes, damn it! The dishes!... And, groceries!...
- Ok! Ok!... I'll finish my coffee and I will!...
Today,
he gets his butt off the couch
and confronts himself:
- Stop telling me to do today
what I can do tomorrow!...
#parody
#funny
46 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Aug 2019 4:31pm
14th Aug 2019 4:31pm
Entrepreneurship
Glance Exchange!
For citizens
without mirrors...
For citizens
without mirrors...
#parody
54 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Aug 2019 1:12pm
14th Aug 2019 1:12pm
Ifs That Haunt Me
If
I
could only
be here...
I
could only
be here...
#parody
40 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Aug 2019 7:04pm
13th Aug 2019 7:04pm
On The Prowl
So many devils...
So few souls...
So few souls...
#parody
52 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Aug 2019 7:00pm
13th Aug 2019 7:00pm
For Sale
Soul!
Used, but, in excellent condition!
Used, but, in excellent condition!
#parody
53 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
11th Aug 2019 4:48pm
11th Aug 2019 4:48pm
Today XIII
Today,
he started the day.
Period... Just started the day...
No plans, no chores...
No goals, or projects...
No feelings, no thoughts
on future, present, or past...
No ambition whatsoever...
Clean, empty and pure...
Stands by the window;
he, inside; beyond it, outside...
Same difference...
Presence within the "I"
existence without it...
Motionless...
Today,
the day proceeds
and he shuts the blinds...
he started the day.
Period... Just started the day...
No plans, no chores...
No goals, or projects...
No feelings, no thoughts
on future, present, or past...
No ambition whatsoever...
Clean, empty and pure...
Stands by the window;
he, inside; beyond it, outside...
Same difference...
Presence within the "I"
existence without it...
Motionless...
Today,
the day proceeds
and he shuts the blinds...
#parody
53 reads
6 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
7th Aug 2019 2:04pm
7th Aug 2019 2:04pm
Today XII
Today,
he started the day
stranded at the point of many returns.
Searched his memory
for a sense of familiarity
- none found -
Looked for value
in one-way routes
- value doesn't come cheap -
Turned his attention
on two-way options
- all booked solid -
Today,
he dusts his couch
and stays put...
he started the day
stranded at the point of many returns.
Searched his memory
for a sense of familiarity
- none found -
Looked for value
in one-way routes
- value doesn't come cheap -
Turned his attention
on two-way options
- all booked solid -
Today,
he dusts his couch
and stays put...
#parody
39 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Jul 2019 1:28pm
27th Jul 2019 1:28pm
Longest Pause
Long pauses
often
accompanied our idle chatter
at establishments we frequented.
Comfortable pauses
raising our glasses
swallowing the noise or quietness
around us.
The last few days
I comfort my dyslexia
eavesdropping on the cadences
of his longest pause.
often
accompanied our idle chatter
at establishments we frequented.
Comfortable pauses
raising our glasses
swallowing the noise or quietness
around us.
The last few days
I comfort my dyslexia
eavesdropping on the cadences
of his longest pause.
#grief
#BestFriend
61 reads
STORY POEM
Published
14th Jul 2019 11:57am
14th Jul 2019 11:57am
Geometric Expectations
At a busy street corner
waiting for Greeks bearing gifts...
He, always, stands at corners
to avoid going in circles...
waiting for Greeks bearing gifts...
He, always, stands at corners
to avoid going in circles...
#parody
98 reads
12 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by takis1917
