A Poet's Voice - Hello Poetry

Jan 2017

wordvango

just wait one minute
the theory of art
can it be like VanGogh's
stars be monumental
for the sake of drama ,
is the winsome guitar in my favorite song
just a prop in this play
of a rock opera?
Can it be art is just a
short way of saying artificial?
Does my heart sing her song
play a song of ethereal longing just for a
effect?
And does art
in her theory stand for artificial , is my sight
so shortsighted?

Jan 2017

Nico Reznick

Shrinking Pains

The Culture twists and shrieks, wracked by
violent spasms of regression, recoiling in
pain and terror, contracting inwards
like some giant spider god dying.

Maybe snake oil will
offer a cure.
Perhaps we can
purge the demons
by drilling the right
holes in the right
skulls.  We could try
electro-shocking our way
back to 'normal'.  We
might even rediscover
the benefits
of leeches.

We're building walls
and burning bridges.
We're forgetting the
lessons we never quite
learned.  We're watching
ourselves watching ourselves
watching ourselves on
an endlessly repeating loop
of tiny glowing screens.  We
willingly downsize our
worlds until we have to make
ourselves smaller, just
so we can still fit.

The future is closer
than we realise.  It's just
not as big as we
thought it would be.

#society #politics #culture #fascism #trump #brexit #posttruth #postconsequence #alternativefacts #endofempire

Jan 2017

Lady RF - Rosalie Fayad

Broken Down

Broken down
In a town
That is not home to me,

Nothing is
As everything was,
This is clear to see.

Signs have changed
Lanes rearranged,
I've lost my way,

Unkown,
Are these dark roads,
Nightmares, they come in loads,
Abandoned, all alone - To God I pray.

To find my way home
To warm arms
And a face that is lovingly known,
I want to find my way,

For this nightmare to end,
My heart and soul to steadily mend,
For the sunshine in my life
To shine on me - everyday.

Homesick...
It's easy to get lost,
Our souls pay the cost,
Our soulmates help us find the light,

Only true love
Can bring us home,
From them, our hearts never roam,
Only they, can make everything wrong,
Work out right.

We all get lost
From time-to-time,
Life isn't always kind,

God never leaves our side,
He sees everything--wide-eyed,
Unlike us - with eyes, we are still blind!

By Lady R,.F ©2017

We all get lost
from time-to-time,

Jan 2017

Marshal Gebbie

Those Pale, Pale Participants

Ye, Oh ye my little ones who patter forth on silent feet
Ye who whisper secretly with downcast eyes, perchance we meet,
Thee who failed, in droves, to vote yet mouthed foul words at what transpired
Across this nation wallowing, wringing hands, feel defiled,
Pray glance now at thy countenance shadowed deep in mirror’s face,
Scan thee there integrity?…. or see thy image thinly graced?
Shoulder thee this burden’s share now burning in thy conscience flame?
….or disdainfully dismiss, absolving thee from
vivid eyes of blame?
Hark the herald Angels sing
so witness thee, thy forsakening.

M.
The White House, Hamilton NZ
23 January 2017

Jan 2017

Denel Kessler

Fury

She lives in me
a genetic relic
fearsome goddess
strands of vengeance
gifted from the Erinyes
after all these years
trying to disown her
maybe it’s time
to wear her
on the outside
as armor

#women #civilrights

Jan 2017

Thomas P Owens Sr

Shoreline (a collaboration)

your voice reaches me
how it soothes my spent mind
caresses and convinces me
we are joined for all time

we own the ocean's distance
it is you that I can see
are you only in my thoughts
an elusive fantasy?

yet here on this shoreline
we absorb, we feel
this island of dreams
where our love becomes real

daybreak approaches
the Sun beckons me
as your voice like a ghost
washes over the Sea

but I shall return
in the stillness of night
to rekindle our dream
to recapture our light

Deepest thanks to my dear friend; Alisa...who has always been there to listen, to help and above all...to be my friend! Love you!

Jan 2017

SassyJ

Chaotic Azures (Piano Lyrics with audio)

Let the river flow wash away the pain
Let the fire burn it all in ash
Let the torrents pass, let the river flow, let the river flow

I long to see you in the bloom of winter
where trees are withered and flowers float
in the noose of the nuke
inside the news of the hooks

I want to see you in the rays of the sun
where the leaves shine on a summer mood
in the music of the duke
within mews of the fountains

Let the river flow wash away the pain
Let the fire burn it all in ash
Let the torrents pass, let the river flow, let the river flow

I see the rain washing the excrements
where tar and wire were bouncing
in the moving fires
within the encircling tires

I touch the blood on the palm of your hand
engrossed with the pain of trials
in the unresolved pastures
within the chaotic azures

Let the river flow wash away the pain
Let the fire burn it all in ash
Let the torrents pass, let the river flow, let the river flow

For recorded audio follow: https://soundcloud.com/user-367453778/chaotic-azures-1