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She was a fiery seashell,
  lost 'neath convoluted oceans
     amongst opuses of pure poetry,
artistically outspoken
   'tween invertebrate reality
secretly devouring mankind,
  beware Herr Lucifer,  
she rose from the gaseous chamber
   to live amidst ashes of immortality
         & renowned marital infamy,
      the eternal burning spirit of Lady Lazarus

Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair  
And I eat men like air.

                 - Sylvia Plath
Ode to the one and only illustrious Sylvia
 Jul 2015 Jonny Angel
David Hall
you know the value of a word
and can place it with great care
you see colors in a rainbow
others wouldn’t know were there
you can find the silver lining
of the darkest thunder cloud
or make a grown man weep
when he reads your words out loud
you live your life wide open
wear your heart upon your sleeve
give your friends the gift of laughter
and console them when they grieve
you take all the pieces of a life
and use words to make the whole
if you're reading this right now
it means you have a poets soul
There are so many wonderful people and poets on this site, this is my thank you for being awesome poem.
 Jul 2015 Jonny Angel
David Hall
we collided
then we parted
almost over
before it started

we shared a laugh
we shared a drink
I made you smile
you made me think

an all night talk
about our pasts
a midnight walk
a stolen kiss

you were broken
and I was too
and so we did
what broke things do

when you left
that sad day
I said goodbye
you drove away

ancient history
our rise and fall
but it left cracks
in my wonderwall
Tribute to my childhood hero
Joni Mitchell

The album covers beaten
The player old and worn
The needle barely tracking
From all the scratches borne
Upon the vinyl surfaces
Of albums that were stored
Unlocking wonderous worlds
Of music I adored

I would lie in cloistered darkness
To hear a voice so sweet
There I'd usher in the nighttime
To worship at her feet
Struck by earthy lyrics
But somewhat strange
Unearthly tunes
To trace with disconnected fingers
The most sensitive of wounds

How sad that good songs
Unsung heroes
Like "Morning Morgantown"
Wouldn't live forever
To "buy your dreams a dollar down"

Recall "Big Yellow Taxi"?
You can rest assured I do!
And "Ladies of the Canyon"
And her epic album "Blue"
Most folks recall a song
Entitled "Both Sides Now"
'Bout clouds and love and life
But they do not know
Her poetic expression
Unearthed deep jazzy riffs
Elitism. Hypocrisy.
And "Summer Lawns" that "Hissed"

At the pinnacle of greatness
Her album "Court and Spark"
Will always be a touchstone
For purity in art

A deeply troubled woman
At certain times in life
Loving truely... deeply
In the "Industry" meant strife

A versatile genius
Her lyrics resonate
Fot the very thing that scarred her
Also made her great

---

At times I'd sit and ponder
A self-inflicted crime
But I would postpone the act
To hear her one last time
Her songs touched me so deeply
Places only she could know
With her voice to guide me
I found a place to go
She became my inspiration
My metaphor. My muse.
Joni Mitchell told my heart
To write of its abuse

I aspire to higher standards
A perfection as it were
And should my work be recognized
I owe it all to her.
Though endlessly I search
For perfect sense of art
It's brought on by

INPERFECTION

But a kind and loving heart.

What I saw in her self portrait
Was a humble, gentle face
She was the greatest mentor

a human life could grace


SoulSurvivor
(C) 10/14/2014
Rewritten
(C) 7/17/2015
Judy Collins. Joan Baez. Carol King.
Just to name a few female
Singer/songwriters of the 60s and 70s
But my favorite was Joni Mitchell.
Her songs "spoke to me".
I was often suicidal as a teen.
But I would lie and listen to music
and let her voice talk me out of it.
I loved her poetic expression
And she is why I am a
poet/songwriter today.

---
The truth is so loud

its hard to hear

The earth angel is
always
beautiful
when he appears.

........
It has begun.
Shame me if you will...

but I must speak my mind freely.

This is suppose to be a "Love day"....
but if Love is thriving....

Would Love be
driving
words and slander...

Calling,
for a Man's
flesh
and
bone
to be burned.

I
Yearn
to know
what kind of Love
You
are speaking of....
No matter how wrong you think people are...Do not use the word Love...and turn around and call for a man's death. That sickens me.
I looked my enemy
in the face.

It did not scare me,
or tear me...

But it did
bring me to tears.

Because I have no fears,
just
weight...

of our World's
fate.
I would like to have a moment,
with you
behind the locked door.

See, this voice of yours
its made my vision sore.

Red and Swollen around the image
of you that is too heavy
and I don't want to carry it around anymore.

Ive made promises.
Like
your face will never reach
the indention of my ink.

But you know,
the funny thing about promises
is
they to
are too heavy.

They sink,
all
the
way
down
to the depths
of the front step
of that spelled door

You are locked behind.

I wouldn't mind
if I couldn't hear you singing...

You pull my memories to the floor,
and you scatter them around
that door

A Mind Field
explosive to the
thought.

Its funny
cause ironically
thats how I don't get caught...
turning the ****.

It was
never
suppose to be
my job.

To lock you out.
Somehow,
I know...

The distance between us,
is in vain.

But, if I let you open,
I will be slain...

by the stare
and
the edges of black hair.

Song would boom and blair,
and shake every corner
of sense
I have left to bare.

Player
of my soul song...

It is only spelled
because
it is you who casts it.

By
hums.

And strums
at the heels
of my steps..

that echo

As I leave you,
behind the spelled door
once more.
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