Poems About Stevie Smith Seeking Honest Critique
#StevieSmith
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
9th Jun 2022 00:55am
9th Jun 2022 00:55am
feeling a bit silly, really
the only poet I ever imagined making love with was stevie smith and I expect she’d have had something to say about that
#StevieSmith
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3 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
26th Jan 2021 1:30am
26th Jan 2021 1:30am
and yet witty as hell
best poet I've read she could be a trifle difficult
to tell since we never met
to tell since we never met
#StevieSmith
365 reads
3 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
4th Apr 2020 1:27am
4th Apr 2020 1:27am
self isolation, what .. ?
a very good time
to avoid seeing those whom you'd
much rather not ..
to avoid seeing those whom you'd
much rather not ..
#StevieSmith
383 reads
4 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
26th Feb 2020 2:54pm
26th Feb 2020 2:54pm
Spiritology
( after Stevie Smith )
When I was young, I wondered
why the crucifixion was depicted
behind the altar of a church;
or, worn around the neck—
Jesus agonizingly wrenched, looking up
or down as if in eternal rest
I thought to myself, what is my purpose;
how would I want to be remembered
should I meet a violent end—
not in the agony of the moment:
even in youth, I knew that much—
but, sharing life and love instead
I imagined an energy shift
from a guilt-ridden reminder
of...
When I was young, I wondered
why the crucifixion was depicted
behind the altar of a church;
or, worn around the neck—
Jesus agonizingly wrenched, looking up
or down as if in eternal rest
I thought to myself, what is my purpose;
how would I want to be remembered
should I meet a violent end—
not in the agony of the moment:
even in youth, I knew that much—
but, sharing life and love instead
I imagined an energy shift
from a guilt-ridden reminder
of...
#spiritual
#honesty
#philosophical
#wisdom
#StevieSmith
1173 reads
41 Comments
slipalong
Poem Published
10th Feb 2020 2:43am
10th Feb 2020 2:43am
Mixed signals
I found my stated point of view
not a floating premise far away
solid in the facts I knew
that horizon ever clear
Did I consider empathy
discontent to rend and be concealed
for the tormented lives of those in need
floundering in trouble's depth
Will they smile and say, I'm OK
clothes left on the beach, neat laid
the final dip, as out they wade
and say goodby in signs denied
Titanic toward the iceberg churned
such merriment, the...
not a floating premise far away
solid in the facts I knew
that horizon ever clear
Did I consider empathy
discontent to rend and be concealed
for the tormented lives of those in need
floundering in trouble's depth
Will they smile and say, I'm OK
clothes left on the beach, neat laid
the final dip, as out they wade
and say goodby in signs denied
Titanic toward the iceberg churned
such merriment, the...
#suicide
#StevieSmith
701 reads
4 Comments
Josh
Joshua Bond
Joshua Bond
Poem Published
7th Feb 2020 11:07pm
7th Feb 2020 11:07pm
Story Poem, Nr.21 — Dancing Queen
The queen, so happy, had fourteen children
seven sons and daughters had she
she looked at them all, said “let’s have a ball
I wonder how best that can be?”
The seven daughters stood in a circle
and round and round and round they danced
the queen thought “fair, but they’re getting nowhere
repeating they cannot advance”.
The seven sons stood straight in a line
they marched up and down, up and down
the queen thought “O.K, but where is the play
the fun of a night on the town?
...
seven sons and daughters had she
she looked at them all, said “let’s have a ball
I wonder how best that can be?”
The seven daughters stood in a circle
and round and round and round they danced
the queen thought “fair, but they’re getting nowhere
repeating they cannot advance”.
The seven sons stood straight in a line
they marched up and down, up and down
the queen thought “O.K, but where is the play
the fun of a night on the town?
...
#children
#family
#TruthOfLife
#evolution
#StevieSmith
973 reads
32 Comments
Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
3rd Feb 2020 3:33pm
3rd Feb 2020 3:33pm
The Old Dog
( After Stevie Smith )
The sun-warmed porch,
its faded wood absorbing heat
under this arthritic skeleton—
once a conqueror of meadows
and dawn hunting parties.
I listen to my mistress
praise cardinals in winter
with a neighbor, again;
O! how pretty in snow!
You know—
it’s a deceased loved one,
visiting us now!
I curl up, unseen,
forgotten in age, think. . .
Ah! to be admired again—
a conquistador of duck
fox, and...
The sun-warmed porch,
its faded wood absorbing heat
under this arthritic skeleton—
once a conqueror of meadows
and dawn hunting parties.
I listen to my mistress
praise cardinals in winter
with a neighbor, again;
O! how pretty in snow!
You know—
it’s a deceased loved one,
visiting us now!
I curl up, unseen,
forgotten in age, think. . .
Ah! to be admired again—
a conquistador of duck
fox, and...
#dreams
#dogs
#animals
#birds
#StevieSmith
1296 reads
36 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
15th Mar 2019 00:49am
15th Mar 2019 00:49am
stevie smith
best poet I ever read was
already dead by the time
I heard what she said ..
already dead by the time
I heard what she said ..
#admiration
#StevieSmith
448 reads
2 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
4th Mar 2017 1:48am
4th Mar 2017 1:48am
sing to me, dead poet...
dear stevie smith, I do not think
you'd let me near your kitchen sink,
yet I would clean your bedsit daily,
would you but let me hear you gaily...
you'd let me near your kitchen sink,
yet I would clean your bedsit daily,
would you but let me hear you gaily...
#StevieSmith
710 reads
6 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
21st May 2015 00:40am
21st May 2015 00:40am
In Love With Stevie Smith...
I suppose we wouldn't have
'got on' if we'd met...
I mean, you didn't get out much,
so we probably
wouldn't have,
anyway...
'got on' if we'd met...
I mean, you didn't get out much,
so we probably
wouldn't have,
anyway...
#StevieSmith
575 reads
2 Comments
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