Submissions by wallyroo92
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction Inspired by life, literature, love and music.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Sep 2021 00:11am
14th Sep 2021 00:11am
The World is Yours
Dear Kimmy,
You’ve gone through all the pre-flight checklists
You’ve already tuned and set all the strings
You’ve been preparing most of your life
Steady and ready to spread your wings
Yes, you may have a long way to go
But the winds will carry you very far
You’ve been planning for a long time
Now you just gotta reach for your star
Once in a while, it’ll get rough and tough
But we know you are focused on your goal
You will meet many folks from all walks of life
And they too will tell you: You have a beautiful soul ...
You’ve gone through all the pre-flight checklists
You’ve already tuned and set all the strings
You’ve been preparing most of your life
Steady and ready to spread your wings
Yes, you may have a long way to go
But the winds will carry you very far
You’ve been planning for a long time
Now you just gotta reach for your star
Once in a while, it’ll get rough and tough
But we know you are focused on your goal
You will meet many folks from all walks of life
And they too will tell you: You have a beautiful soul ...
#children
#family
#college
27 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
13th Sep 2021 2:35am
13th Sep 2021 2:35am
Wanderlust
Wanderlust
#dreams
#holiday
#travel
30 reads
5 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
29th Aug 2021 11:26pm
29th Aug 2021 11:26pm
Chronicles of the Dead
I often wonder about those who are not ready to go under
Quietly praying while laying down in their death bed
Crying while they’re helplessly trying to catch their breath
Filled with remorse and regret for the things they said
I constantly ponder on those whose lives were squandered
Not accepting a vaccine for a disease they could’ve prevented
Unanswered prayers and faith were cut by a real-life wraith
Lamenting for rejecting a present that was widely presented
I hear of repentance when a virus has given a death sentence
As they slip...
Quietly praying while laying down in their death bed
Crying while they’re helplessly trying to catch their breath
Filled with remorse and regret for the things they said
I constantly ponder on those whose lives were squandered
Not accepting a vaccine for a disease they could’ve prevented
Unanswered prayers and faith were cut by a real-life wraith
Lamenting for rejecting a present that was widely presented
I hear of repentance when a virus has given a death sentence
As they slip...
#death
#humankind
#responsibility #pandemic
#responsibility #pandemic
54 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
28th Aug 2021 9:01pm
28th Aug 2021 9:01pm
To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme
To rhyme or not to rhyme – that has always been my question
But I’m guilty of this crime whenever I freshen up with a session
I like to remove the slime and grime every time I write a primal line
And make the sum bitch shine and sign like a sighing dyeing mime
…even if it’s color blind
With a skilled quill I’ll spill ill frills and grill it until I’ve had my fill
Because the will to drill these goldmines has always given me a thrill
Even still after the pill has killed my itch to pitch and pen a perfect ten
I find...
But I’m guilty of this crime whenever I freshen up with a session
I like to remove the slime and grime every time I write a primal line
And make the sum bitch shine and sign like a sighing dyeing mime
…even if it’s color blind
With a skilled quill I’ll spill ill frills and grill it until I’ve had my fill
Because the will to drill these goldmines has always given me a thrill
Even still after the pill has killed my itch to pitch and pen a perfect ten
I find...
#rhyming
#funny
#WritingPoetry
54 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
24th Aug 2021 3:05am
24th Aug 2021 3:05am
Last First Day (Part I)
The time flew by and I’m wondering where, how and why
But the boy is all grown up or if I can still call him a boy
Today was his last first day of school, as a senior
And all I could advise him was “make it worth and enjoy”
His momma has always taken a first day of school picture
Ever since he was a tiny guy in his little uniform
As the years passed the clothes and hair styles changed
And right before our very eyes we could see him transform
On his first day of high school I told him “just watch…
The time will go by fast though now it...
But the boy is all grown up or if I can still call him a boy
Today was his last first day of school, as a senior
And all I could advise him was “make it worth and enjoy”
His momma has always taken a first day of school picture
Ever since he was a tiny guy in his little uniform
As the years passed the clothes and hair styles changed
And right before our very eyes we could see him transform
On his first day of high school I told him “just watch…
The time will go by fast though now it...
#father
#children
#school #son
#school #son
40 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
21st Aug 2021 2:03am
21st Aug 2021 2:03am
The Outlaw
#sex
#funny
#dirty
80 reads
3 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Aug 2021 9:28pm
17th Aug 2021 9:28pm
In the Depths of Fascination
You’re not in love
You’re more like…obsessed
Possessed by a craze with a face through a phase you embrace with all your heart
It sends you reeling, careening deep into daydreams and fancies
Screaming because the feeling tears you apart
But no one hears you
You’ve been locked up for far too long
Every frenetic pathetic prophetic illusion has kept you company all this damn time
Yet your undying “love” and dedication is really quite…poetic
Even when you have been in the prison of your mind
It’s just your imagination
Running away...
You’re more like…obsessed
Possessed by a craze with a face through a phase you embrace with all your heart
It sends you reeling, careening deep into daydreams and fancies
Screaming because the feeling tears you apart
But no one hears you
You’ve been locked up for far too long
Every frenetic pathetic prophetic illusion has kept you company all this damn time
Yet your undying “love” and dedication is really quite…poetic
Even when you have been in the prison of your mind
It’s just your imagination
Running away...
#depression
#UnrequitedLove
#ForbiddenLove #crush
#ForbiddenLove #crush
77 reads
3 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
14th Aug 2021 3:19am
14th Aug 2021 3:19am
The Temptation
#lust
#marriage
#LifeStruggles
#funny
#temptation
176 reads
10 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Aug 2021 11:39pm
6th Aug 2021 11:39pm
Deep Cuts
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I come from a time when we delved deep
Into a band’s L.P., Cassette, or C.D.
There was a ritual to opening a package
Then listening to an album in its entirety
The radio friendly hits were like appetizers
Songs which raised interest and curiosity
But an album gave a complete perspective
Discovering a recording artists’ virtuosity
In these deep cuts you’d uncover their talent
Compositions that displayed magical ingenuity
Hard work and passion poured onto projects
Into sessions where they showed...
#music
#lyrics
#memories #art
#memories #art
87 reads
13 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
4th Aug 2021 00:16am
4th Aug 2021 00:16am
Live Within Your Means
I won’t be trying to keep up with the Joneses
I don’t have that type of lusting or wanting
Nope, I won’t fall for that subliminal jonesing
That sort of spending can be very daunting
Every single day we’re bombarded with ads
Buy this, get that, it will make you feel better
Don’t have the cash for it? Then charge it!
Until you’re an insolvent near bankrupt debtor
In the meantime, those who are living the dream
Like to show how wonderful life can be
While the average mode lives beyond their means
Thinking if they have it they can...
I don’t have that type of lusting or wanting
Nope, I won’t fall for that subliminal jonesing
That sort of spending can be very daunting
Every single day we’re bombarded with ads
Buy this, get that, it will make you feel better
Don’t have the cash for it? Then charge it!
Until you’re an insolvent near bankrupt debtor
In the meantime, those who are living the dream
Like to show how wonderful life can be
While the average mode lives beyond their means
Thinking if they have it they can...
#happiness
#money
#TruthOfLife #consumerism
#TruthOfLife #consumerism
73 reads
8 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
1st Aug 2021 8:45am
1st Aug 2021 8:45am
Poetry...After Midnight
The clock strikes twelve and I spring up to write
Poetry after midnight –
Which seems like a symbolic and elaborate rite
As if being anointed by the muse.
And while sleep has alluded me
I can feel my thoughts begin to take flight,
The verses spread their wings like birds
And fly off into the dark in herds
Causing my heart to have a rebellious stir
When the dream seems to be devoid of light.
And that is how I have come to use
An accord of concrete and abstract words
Composing poems for an anthology
That takes me late into the...
Poetry after midnight –
Which seems like a symbolic and elaborate rite
As if being anointed by the muse.
And while sleep has alluded me
I can feel my thoughts begin to take flight,
The verses spread their wings like birds
And fly off into the dark in herds
Causing my heart to have a rebellious stir
When the dream seems to be devoid of light.
And that is how I have come to use
An accord of concrete and abstract words
Composing poems for an anthology
That takes me late into the...
#inspirational
#insomnia
#WritingPoetry #WilliamButlerYeats
#WritingPoetry #WilliamButlerYeats
60 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Aug 2021 3:54am
1st Aug 2021 3:54am
Blessed be the Fruit
(Parallels of Fictional Tales and Real-World Spells)
There are these men who claim to have more
knowledge over women’s bodies. They issue laws
to have more control over them under the guise of
morality or God and all that that is pure, and so a
plan is formed, but it’s more of an ominous map
that seems to head toward this fictional dystopia
*
Quoting scriptures, they look to these ancient laws,
to a time when women were stoned to death if
they were caught in the act of fornication or some
other decree that...
There are these men who claim to have more
knowledge over women’s bodies. They issue laws
to have more control over them under the guise of
morality or God and all that that is pure, and so a
plan is formed, but it’s more of an ominous map
that seems to head toward this fictional dystopia
*
Quoting scriptures, they look to these ancient laws,
to a time when women were stoned to death if
they were caught in the act of fornication or some
other decree that...
#HumanRights
#feminism
#inequality #MargaretAtwood
#inequality #MargaretAtwood
78 reads
4 Comments
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