Richard Shepherd

Oct 30

Carlo C Gomez

Lowlands

~
You are
the river that runs
beneath this city.

You lend
the beautiful but empty
buildings a beating heart.

And the buildings were essential.

They were a part
of the lives unfolding
in their shadows.

Sometimes it
almost seems like
they are listening.

I'm sinking inside them.

Tell me a story
about an outgoing road,
the house where you grew up
near the Sea of Azov.

I think
I flew there once.

The birds
that perch inside my chest
sing loud, sing soft.

Maybe they
will sing again for us
tomorrow.
~

#ukraine #mariupol #war #city #destruction #hope #existence #remembering

Richard Shepherd Oct 30

T'was the month of July

Once upon
a summer's moon
all stars aligned
I began to swoon

her chestnut hair
her mirthsome smile
crossed every border
of every mile

a fuse was lit
deep within
expelling darkness
erasing sin

new love was born
the stars shone bright
my distant lover and I
became one that night

Oct 4

Nick Moore

**** Jaguar

An
Avalanche
Of
Rolling stones,
The
Dust starting
To
Clear,
Suddenly
Out of nowhere
Appeared
**** jaguar,
Running faster
Than age should allow,
The other animals
Made noises
Of
Approval,
He was one of a kind.
It was a
Ruby Tuesday,
The rain got
Off it's cloud,
**** Jaguar
Sprinted towards
A cave,
Gimme shelter
Could be
Heard

Song- Monkey Man by The Rolling Stones

I'm a fleabit peanut monkey
And all my friends are junkies
That's not really true
I'm a cold Italian pizza
I could use a lemon squeezer
What you do?
But I've been bit and I've been tossed around
By every she-rat in this town
Have you babe?
But I am just a monkey man
I'm glad you are a monkey woman too
I was bitten by a boar
I was gouged and I was gored
But I pulled on through
Yeah, I'm a sack of broken eggs
I always have an unmade bed
Don't you?
Well I hope we're not too messianic
Or a trifle too satanic
But we love to play the blues
But well I am just a monkey man
I'm glad you are a monkey woman too
Monkey woman too babe
I'm a monkey man
I'm a monkey man
I'm a monkey man
I'm a monkey man
I'm a monkey
I'm a monkey
I'm a monkey
I'm a monkey
Monkey, monkey
Monkey
Monkey
I'm a monkey
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Keith Richards / **** Jagger

Richard Shepherd Oct 4

c h a i n s

Loosen these chains that bind me
unravel my furrowed brow
soothe this soul with silence
show me fields that I must plough

darkness is the demon
knowing is the light
bless me with contentment
save me from my plight

I'm forever, sitting, waiting
always switching lanes
yet, deep inside my psyche
I've surrended to the chains

Oct 4

guy scutellaro

distant times, a parody

I love crazy people.

"I m ****** up
but I m,

too ******,
up,

to care, " she tells me.
"but this isn't the most **** up
I've ever been."

and she druelled on the bar.

if, "come hither eyes",
it s a crazy woman,

crazy women are the best.
some are so sweet
and they always keep you jumping
like a kangaroo,

a little insane is not good enough.

"meet me in Machau,"
she would say, and then,
"what's your name?"

and I was suppose to reply,

"bond, James bond."

(but the *** was good)

but those were distant times. and so

i ve sworn off crazy women.

(and I mean it this time!!!)

dedication:

to all the women who said
I don't have a heart.