Submissions by takis1917
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Lately, find it interesting and, occasionally, enjoyable...
STORY POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2020 10:37am
22nd Mar 2020 10:37am
Today XIX
Today,
he started the day
checking himself for symptoms...
He opened the door
stood at the threshold...
Saw the trees
the empty streets
the parked automobiles...
He heard the wind
the murmur of the leaves...
Vital signs stable
Breathed in, breathed out
Firmly alive...
Closed the door
he walked back in...
Today,
he stares at the blank screen
and hangs his words to dry...
he started the day
checking himself for symptoms...
He opened the door
stood at the threshold...
Saw the trees
the empty streets
the parked automobiles...
He heard the wind
the murmur of the leaves...
Vital signs stable
Breathed in, breathed out
Firmly alive...
Closed the door
he walked back in...
Today,
he stares at the blank screen
and hangs his words to dry...
#parody
497 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
7th Mar 2020 12:29pm
7th Mar 2020 12:29pm
On 2020
A few months ago
on his calendar year 2020 preview
jotted down
a crocodile crying sighting
many a choreography
for dancers with two left feet
a self he could call his own
and a slight increase
of excuses for his behavior...
Fast forward to now
- hurry before the now is gone -
he rides discontent's Winter
plastering against the wall
like a spray can with a spelling impediment...
In the now
right after the now before
assumes a horizontal pose
and pauses projecting second thoughts
on calendar...
on his calendar year 2020 preview
jotted down
a crocodile crying sighting
many a choreography
for dancers with two left feet
a self he could call his own
and a slight increase
of excuses for his behavior...
Fast forward to now
- hurry before the now is gone -
he rides discontent's Winter
plastering against the wall
like a spray can with a spelling impediment...
In the now
right after the now before
assumes a horizontal pose
and pauses projecting second thoughts
on calendar...
#parody
638 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Feb 2020 10:37am
21st Feb 2020 10:37am
Suspicious Mind
I stopped and frisked me...
Not much fun,
but, the darker I become,
the more I suspect me...
Not much fun,
but, the darker I become,
the more I suspect me...
#parody
643 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Feb 2020 6:31am
14th Feb 2020 6:31am
Will You Be My Valentine?
Hey!
Move away!!!
You're blocking my darkness!"...
That's how it all started
And, then, came love
"All I want for Valentine's Day
is a date with a fair lady
and seven unfair ones..."
Rejected!
Get real!
"Is reality
an alternative to illusion,
or an alternate illusion?"
Huh?
Next question!
"Where is smoke
is there always
a smoking section, too?"
And, then, came love
For poker faces
"When I grow up,
I want to...
Move away!!!
You're blocking my darkness!"...
That's how it all started
And, then, came love
"All I want for Valentine's Day
is a date with a fair lady
and seven unfair ones..."
Rejected!
Get real!
"Is reality
an alternative to illusion,
or an alternate illusion?"
Huh?
Next question!
"Where is smoke
is there always
a smoking section, too?"
And, then, came love
For poker faces
"When I grow up,
I want to...
#parody
574 reads
6 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
7th Feb 2020 5:11am
7th Feb 2020 5:11am
Today XVIII
Today,
he started the day
listing his lies and his truths...
Nothing complicated or intricate;
two columns.
One for lies, the other for truths...
Thought it better to start with the latter.
The obvious, the oft repeated,
the constants he could not deny,
like... Yes, like... Maybe, like...
Probing doubts crawled in...
Truths, or poses, pretensions, claims,
automated responses, statements and spins?
Overburdened and overwhelmed
to the first column he returned...
Best to list them in...
he started the day
listing his lies and his truths...
Nothing complicated or intricate;
two columns.
One for lies, the other for truths...
Thought it better to start with the latter.
The obvious, the oft repeated,
the constants he could not deny,
like... Yes, like... Maybe, like...
Probing doubts crawled in...
Truths, or poses, pretensions, claims,
automated responses, statements and spins?
Overburdened and overwhelmed
to the first column he returned...
Best to list them in...
#parody
624 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Feb 2020 5:09am
5th Feb 2020 5:09am
High Noon
Shadows disappear...
Nothing
to follow now...
Nothing
to follow now...
#parody
615 reads
7 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Feb 2020 7:41am
4th Feb 2020 7:41am
Routine Walk
On his daily walk
his mid-afternoon stroll
Usual route
Usual time
Usual encounters
His routine
his impossible to break habit
Always, fearing
Always, wishing
Always, preparing
For the unexpected to happen
For the unusual to occur...
his mid-afternoon stroll
Usual route
Usual time
Usual encounters
His routine
his impossible to break habit
Always, fearing
Always, wishing
Always, preparing
For the unexpected to happen
For the unusual to occur...
#parody
590 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
25th Jan 2020 12:51pm
25th Jan 2020 12:51pm
Stimulus
Summer green dress
enters.
Heat rises...
enters.
Heat rises...
#crush
520 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Dec 2019 11:55pm
29th Dec 2019 11:55pm
Ooops!
Put on the fake mustache
put on the darkest shades
mingle
chit - chat
occasionally laugh
and hope 2020
recognizes you not
and fast walks away...
put on the darkest shades
mingle
chit - chat
occasionally laugh
and hope 2020
recognizes you not
and fast walks away...
#parody
546 reads
9 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
29th Dec 2019 12:01pm
29th Dec 2019 12:01pm
Poker Rhapsody
I see your party
and I raise you a Table Dancer
I see your clown
and I raise you a Fallen Angel
I see your thick mustached Georgian butcher
and I raise you a Dermatologist
I see your Rasputian mysticism
and I raise you a Czarina who shall remain nameless...
Pot's right!
and I raise you a Table Dancer
I see your clown
and I raise you a Fallen Angel
I see your thick mustached Georgian butcher
and I raise you a Dermatologist
I see your Rasputian mysticism
and I raise you a Czarina who shall remain nameless...
Pot's right!
#parody
563 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
8th Dec 2019 5:53am
8th Dec 2019 5:53am
Maria In the Dark
In the dark
- deceiving light absent -
her true colours...
In the dark
her warm, reassuring tongue...
In the dark
finger under pillow
patiently caressing trigger...
- deceiving light absent -
her true colours...
In the dark
her warm, reassuring tongue...
In the dark
finger under pillow
patiently caressing trigger...
#morality
707 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Oct 2019 5:53am
11th Oct 2019 5:53am
Reflection
From time immemorial
to time immemorial
- appearance was never less deceiving -
our reflection
a striking consistency
displays:
Our governments
are just as rotten as we are...
to time immemorial
- appearance was never less deceiving -
our reflection
a striking consistency
displays:
Our governments
are just as rotten as we are...
#parody
750 reads
8 Comments
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