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 Sep 2017 Paul Jones
Donna
It goes on and on
and on and it never stops
Now I wear earmuffs
I thought of Time and this is what I came up with lol  I do look rather silly wearing earmuffs all the time especially in spring/summer :-)
 Sep 2017 Paul Jones
Seema
The leaves fall by
Under the indigo sky
The luminance of clouds shade away
The rays of the sun that gives me way
The path fades on every step I take
I was warned to think first,
                              before making the same mistake
Now that the path is lone
Walking shattered with the shadows unknown
Heeding to the warnings, as I was unaware
My life drowned in drugs, my life a despair
In an asylum I sit to regain
The memories I've lost in pain
Yes, an addict of many drugs that can be found
Look at me, the result is leading me to be buried in the ground...


©sim
Say No to drugs! I am not an addict. Just an awareness write.
a fast skirling wind
raced through the gumtree limbs
bending their branches
 Sep 2017 Paul Jones
Donna
I saw a robin
It was singing a sweet song
From heaven above
 Sep 2017 Paul Jones
Poetry First
nibbling on the rainbow the saffron flag
is swaying, bearing
a crooked smiley emoticon these days

sometime ago…
the land beamed with pride
as happy lips of backgrounds varied
in jingles of diversity revelled

but no more, no more today…
scars mar in face of fading acceptance
spirit of songs of oneness being muffled by
voices intimidating, dominant and intolerant

for birds of minorities
dark clouds smear the skies
and fear assails their hearts
to spread their wings too wide to fly

mob lynching awaits if ‘wrong’ meat
found on your plate

and your verses of dissent
could be your gateway to prison
or invite a cold ****** at your door-step
*saffron is the colour of the flag of the right-wing fundamentalists, 'wrong' meat refers to beef that they are opposed to

Free speech and secular values face an increasing threat from the fundamentalist forces. Yesterday, a senior journalist, critical of right-wing extremism was gunned down in Bangalore, India.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/indian-journalist-gauri-lankesh-critical-of-hindu-extremists-shot-dead-in-bangalore
 Sep 2017 Paul Jones
Poetry First
splayed splashed and splattered she
shades of ebullient blue on skies languid
and as glided and rolled and pirouetted her spirit
swirled beauteous clouds in bounteous ecstasy
    
pigments of hale she lent to rainbows pale
as sparkled in sun her tinted wings
nurtured beneath them her burgeoning dreams
unbridled in vastness soared her flights a many


Girlhood years ~
                                  ~spirits                     ­ ~ rocking
                                              ~  frolicking
    ­                                                      
                                                   ~like mirthful waves


thence came the age of early youth
when sprouted an ogre from thicket of rules
born of patriarchal seeds devoured her open sky
space where her spirit sang danced and grew

coerced to gulp a concoction made from
meaty pulp of social codes to her hitherto unknown
transformed she into an ‘ideal’ woman
- compliant, subservient, submissive and meek

wishes waned
dreams drained

little remained
of the blue in her skies
and of rainbow hues
Reflections on times when women were deemed fit solely for raising children and doing household chores... And groomed accordingly... Defying their defined role and stepping outside seemed almost unimaginable...

Inspirations from Simone de Beauvoir's quotes-

“One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.”


“Her wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly.”

“Woman is shut up in a kitchen or in a boudoir, and astonishment is expressed that her horizon is limited…..Let but the future be opened to her, and she will no longer be compelled to linger in the present.  ”
 Sep 2017 Paul Jones
Anderson M
A soulful song
Escaping from a depthless
Oasis of stillness.
The absence of sound.
Inspires an inspection of one's
Spiritual architecture.
 Sep 2017 Paul Jones
Melissa S
I know you can stimulate me with your hands
that's easy....:)
Now I want to see what you can do to my mind
Let's have a stimulating conversation
****** me with your words
Tease me with some ****** poetry
Sing to me a song from your heart
Tell me what you want to do to me....
Be VERY descriptive
Take your time with me ~let it last a little longer
The bond between us will only grow stronger
The lesser known erogenous zone for women is the mind... :)
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