Submissions by wallyroo92
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Inspired by life, literature, love and music.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Apr 2019 9:51pm
17th Apr 2019 9:51pm
Migration
I didn’t believe it when I first had heard of it,
So I booked a cruise to the high seas,
There were rumors it was the end of the world,
Even scientists were baffled and ill at ease.
There were several ships at the destination,
When we got there it was a sight for the eyes,
But all of us were quiet in awe of this miracle,
As the flying whales took off into the skies.
The majestic giants floated upward free,
All the different kinds, in groups and in pods,
They sang a song like a floating Orca-stra,
Answering the calls of some...
So I booked a cruise to the high seas,
There were rumors it was the end of the world,
Even scientists were baffled and ill at ease.
There were several ships at the destination,
When we got there it was a sight for the eyes,
But all of us were quiet in awe of this miracle,
As the flying whales took off into the skies.
The majestic giants floated upward free,
All the different kinds, in groups and in pods,
They sang a song like a floating Orca-stra,
Answering the calls of some...
#earth
#environment
#NaPoWriMo2019
708 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Apr 2019 6:43pm
16th Apr 2019 6:43pm
Thunderfingers
#music
#respect
#NaPoWriMo2019
562 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th Apr 2019 7:40pm
15th Apr 2019 7:40pm
Gen X
I was a latchkey kid,
But I also have to admit,
Growing up in the seventies and eighties was fun,
It was a different time,
And I don’t mean to whine,
But I kind of miss those innocent days under the sun.
I was part of the MTV generation,
Like Kool and the Gang’s Celebration,
It was a good time and yet I didn’t even know it back then,
I was a gamer with Atari and Nintendo,
(Millenials - this is an innuendo)
But I used to write down all of my poetry on paper and pen.
My first computer was a dinosaur,
A Commodore 64, ...
But I also have to admit,
Growing up in the seventies and eighties was fun,
It was a different time,
And I don’t mean to whine,
But I kind of miss those innocent days under the sun.
I was part of the MTV generation,
Like Kool and the Gang’s Celebration,
It was a good time and yet I didn’t even know it back then,
I was a gamer with Atari and Nintendo,
(Millenials - this is an innuendo)
But I used to write down all of my poetry on paper and pen.
My first computer was a dinosaur,
A Commodore 64, ...
#memories
#aging
#nostalgia
#culture
#NaPoWriMo2019
801 reads
11 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
14th Apr 2019 6:17pm
14th Apr 2019 6:17pm
Shout-Out to the Underground
With so many poetry websites in cyberspace,
It’s hard to find a place you can call a home,
A corner of your own,
Because regardless of what zone you’re in,
DUP is the place to be, now let me begin:
Here’s a shout-out to the underground,
To the writers who get down,
To the poets from all around the world who hurl verses when the inspiration comes through,
Where they seek the truth,
Where the old talk of youth,
And the young speak in tongues,
Because the future is theirs.
DUP is the place to lit it and spit it,...
It’s hard to find a place you can call a home,
A corner of your own,
Because regardless of what zone you’re in,
DUP is the place to be, now let me begin:
Here’s a shout-out to the underground,
To the writers who get down,
To the poets from all around the world who hurl verses when the inspiration comes through,
Where they seek the truth,
Where the old talk of youth,
And the young speak in tongues,
Because the future is theirs.
DUP is the place to lit it and spit it,...
#WritingPoetry
#gratitude
#respect
#passion
#NaPoWriMo2019
634 reads
4 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
13th Apr 2019 7:19pm
13th Apr 2019 7:19pm
DTF
I woke up at 2:56am out some erotic nightmare,
Looking over at you like WTF?
A dream like some streamed meme I’ve never seen,
A selfie of you with the caption, DTF!
I wanted to wake and take you in my loving arms,
And tell you “Don’t you ever do that again”,
But my snide pride would not let me slide on over,
So I thought I get this on paper and pen.
Hours later as I drove to work in the bright morning sun,
I thought to myself, maybe she meant downtown Fullerton.
Looking over at you like WTF?
A dream like some streamed meme I’ve never seen,
A selfie of you with the caption, DTF!
I wanted to wake and take you in my loving arms,
And tell you “Don’t you ever do that again”,
But my snide pride would not let me slide on over,
So I thought I get this on paper and pen.
Hours later as I drove to work in the bright morning sun,
I thought to myself, maybe she meant downtown Fullerton.
#anxiety
#dreams
#funny #NaPoWriMo2019
#funny #NaPoWriMo2019
1086 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
12th Apr 2019 10:32pm
12th Apr 2019 10:32pm
Secret Windows
(The poet to his muse)
I sit on the floor of this big empty house,
Lost in the lore of what is meant to be,
Through doorways that lead to vacant rooms,
I explore the entrance of a fantasy.
And there I see a window overlooking hers,
Alone in a room filled with artful fervidness,
It warms my soul, without flesh and bone,
The muse seems to dream in assertiveness.
I look closer
She sighs amidst aspirations and prying eyes,
As I long in the emptiness of the centuries,
Through these windows, dusty and old,
Her...
I sit on the floor of this big empty house,
Lost in the lore of what is meant to be,
Through doorways that lead to vacant rooms,
I explore the entrance of a fantasy.
And there I see a window overlooking hers,
Alone in a room filled with artful fervidness,
It warms my soul, without flesh and bone,
The muse seems to dream in assertiveness.
I look closer
She sighs amidst aspirations and prying eyes,
As I long in the emptiness of the centuries,
Through these windows, dusty and old,
Her...
#hope
#heartbroken
#admiration #NaPoWriMo2019
#admiration #NaPoWriMo2019
686 reads
2 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
11th Apr 2019 7:49pm
11th Apr 2019 7:49pm
Wolves in Cheap Clothing
When men claim to be the voice of the Most High
I tend to question authority,
(Remember Waco or Jonestown?)
Wolves in cheap clothing tend try to control the masses,
Yet many from different classes fall for their trickery,
Like sheep following blindly to the slaughter.
Some religions seem to have put a negative spin
On their founder’s teachings,
Making up senseless rules somewhere along the way,
They become corrupt like government officials or politicians,
Brainwashing those not strong enough to think for themselves.
Thou...
I tend to question authority,
(Remember Waco or Jonestown?)
Wolves in cheap clothing tend try to control the masses,
Yet many from different classes fall for their trickery,
Like sheep following blindly to the slaughter.
Some religions seem to have put a negative spin
On their founder’s teachings,
Making up senseless rules somewhere along the way,
They become corrupt like government officials or politicians,
Brainwashing those not strong enough to think for themselves.
Thou...
#shame
#frustration
#greed
#philosophical
#NaPoWriMo2019
631 reads
4 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
10th Apr 2019 7:48pm
10th Apr 2019 7:48pm
The Troll at the Bridge
Pay the toll” the old bald troll told me,
“Or else suffer the consequences if you don’t”,
So lo and behold I had gold to pay his fee,
But then I asked “what happens if I won’t?”
So the old troll strolled back and forth hotly,
His nostrils flared like he was about to strike,
“You’re a bold soul for talking to me like this…
Roll on out of here or I’ll put you on a spike”.
“No I won’t go” I said “my home is this way,
I’m not paying a toll so stop harassing me”
The troll stood tall with all his meanness,
But I stood my...
“Or else suffer the consequences if you don’t”,
So lo and behold I had gold to pay his fee,
But then I asked “what happens if I won’t?”
So the old troll strolled back and forth hotly,
His nostrils flared like he was about to strike,
“You’re a bold soul for talking to me like this…
Roll on out of here or I’ll put you on a spike”.
“No I won’t go” I said “my home is this way,
I’m not paying a toll so stop harassing me”
The troll stood tall with all his meanness,
But I stood my...
#marijuana
#ShortStory
#NaPoWriMo2019
976 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
9th Apr 2019 6:35pm
9th Apr 2019 6:35pm
In Commemoration
I remember that time I was about ten,
Chin deep I was scared of the motion,
But he was assuring me I would be ok,
Teaching how to swim in the ocean.
I remember when he’d come home,
I’d get excited because he was fun,
There was this charisma about him,
Quality time between father and son.
So many memories are stored away,
They come up every once in a while,
Because all the secrets that he kept,
He kept them buried under a smile.
And for the years I didn’t hear from him,
I grew blue with the passage of time, ...
Chin deep I was scared of the motion,
But he was assuring me I would be ok,
Teaching how to swim in the ocean.
I remember when he’d come home,
I’d get excited because he was fun,
There was this charisma about him,
Quality time between father and son.
So many memories are stored away,
They come up every once in a while,
Because all the secrets that he kept,
He kept them buried under a smile.
And for the years I didn’t hear from him,
I grew blue with the passage of time, ...
#grief
#death
#memorial #NaPoWriMo2019
#memorial #NaPoWriMo2019
594 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
8th Apr 2019 7:23pm
8th Apr 2019 7:23pm
Let's Kiss
Let’s kiss like we've never kissed before,
Like the way we kissed that very first time,
Let’s kiss with all the passion in the world,
And let me claim your beautiful lips as mine.
Let’s hold each other close and feel the warmth,
The kind that’s heavy and makes us sigh,
You know the type that raises the temperature,
Like when we first met and you thought I was shy.
Let’s lip lock with a frenzy, let's just run amuck,
As if time has never passed us and we are young,
Like excited teens who are about to...oops!
Pardon...
Like the way we kissed that very first time,
Let’s kiss with all the passion in the world,
And let me claim your beautiful lips as mine.
Let’s hold each other close and feel the warmth,
The kind that’s heavy and makes us sigh,
You know the type that raises the temperature,
Like when we first met and you thought I was shy.
Let’s lip lock with a frenzy, let's just run amuck,
As if time has never passed us and we are young,
Like excited teens who are about to...oops!
Pardon...
#happiness
#love
#romantic #NaPoWriMo2019
#romantic #NaPoWriMo2019
996 reads
4 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Apr 2019 7:41pm
7th Apr 2019 7:41pm
If You Could See What I See
And so the celestials could not believe,
How humans can suffer from broken hearts,
Because when love seems to grieve,
The light inside awaits to overtake the dark.
Yet one of them stands at the brink,
Ready to dive and come sweep you away,
As the spirits watch with such intrigue,
Prepared to declare their love for you today.
If you just would understand your strength,
You’d know the length of your resilience,
How much you’ve traveled and battled,
You’re worth more than billions and billions.
Thus the gods have heard...
How humans can suffer from broken hearts,
Because when love seems to grieve,
The light inside awaits to overtake the dark.
Yet one of them stands at the brink,
Ready to dive and come sweep you away,
As the spirits watch with such intrigue,
Prepared to declare their love for you today.
If you just would understand your strength,
You’d know the length of your resilience,
How much you’ve traveled and battled,
You’re worth more than billions and billions.
Thus the gods have heard...
#strength
#hope
#stars
#TimeHeals
#NaPoWriMo2019
664 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Apr 2019 6:07pm
6th Apr 2019 6:07pm
My Eye Rhymes
I mime with eye rhymes for a quick laughter,
Although writing it feels like it’s a slaughter,
But once the inspiration finally comes through,
The delivery many times sounds a little rough.
And yet this rite seems right just for fun’s sake,
Especially after downing a whole bottle of sake,
Don’t ask me how but now I feel a bit strange,
But I think I finally found a way to use orange!
I try to write sight rhymes but it all seems gone,
Like fleeing words worlds away leaving me alone,
These verses are like leaves flying off into the wind, ...
Although writing it feels like it’s a slaughter,
But once the inspiration finally comes through,
The delivery many times sounds a little rough.
And yet this rite seems right just for fun’s sake,
Especially after downing a whole bottle of sake,
Don’t ask me how but now I feel a bit strange,
But I think I finally found a way to use orange!
I try to write sight rhymes but it all seems gone,
Like fleeing words worlds away leaving me alone,
These verses are like leaves flying off into the wind, ...
#rhyming
#WritersBlock
#NaPoWriMo2019 #reading
#NaPoWriMo2019 #reading
633 reads
2 Comments
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