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Jan 2019 · 98
Juvenilia
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Defined as
"works produced by an author or artist while still young"
And I've still got a long way to go
Jan 2019 · 169
Blizzards
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
In dead cold blizzards
typically one does something...
Warming

so scooch a little closer
and lets do something
Warming together
I'll let y'all figure this out
Jan 2019 · 167
Oh, Love! Oh, Life!
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Oh, Love
How creative be you
bring me up when I feel blue
bring me to me knees
give me a clue

Oh, Life!
Joyous as thou might be
i propose to you on one knee
to no avail
somehow filled with glee

none-the-wiser
my first ode
Jan 2019 · 138
Diet Dirt
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
remember when you were a kid
and the most fun you had was
when you were bored eating dirt?
remember banging on *** lids
and it was all just because
even though doing so would probably get you hurt?

Those were the days,
so long since past
now hair grays
and the days long since last
were the ones you wish would stay
Jan 2019 · 273
Backwards Flying Bird
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Back on old backwards hill
Living with old backwards Bill
lived a backwards flying bird
who decided
it's easier to swim
thank you Shel Silverstein for inspiring my youth
Jan 2019 · 103
Indoors
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Sometimes i sit and ponder
what life would be like if i stayed indoors
would the neighbors notice, would i be forgotten?
I suppose I'd resort to imagining rain and thunder
Instead of looking out the window
I wonder what the world would be like
should i stay indoors
Jan 2019 · 228
Yawns
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Sleepy-Time tea
wrapped in blankets
slumber in peace
Feeling great
Jan 2019 · 92
Mushroom Trees
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Post-apocalyptic talk has me scared
That World War III is coming
And that trees
will look like mushrooms in the breeze
Jan 2019 · 140
City-Scapes
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
towers towering too high
lean left so those down low
have a hap-chance of happiness

children change climates
wishing the world will win
over ginormous giants gripping
concrete cause-ways creating creatures
night-bound by nocturnes
Jan 2019 · 70
Job Hunting prose
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
As a teen, job hunting is very tedious. Many don't know what to do or how to do it. Many don't know where to start. But the best piece of advice to anyone looking for a job is: Just start with Google
Jan 2019 · 178
Soundwaves
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
calamity and noise
polute my calm poise
distraced by the confused solute
of try-it-again rhythms
Jan 2019 · 111
Classroom Calling
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Come, come
                       the classsroom is calling
                                                         ­         pencils stopped falling
the teacher lectures and
                                              shuts the door
kids bags strewn out on the floor
                        Open discussions open more
like every door that closes a window opens
                              Roping in students for a grester quest of knowledge
Jan 2019 · 64
Strangers
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Walk down the old school hallway
                Lockers line leaning in
What I once stayed at for hours
                           Is now a stranger in my mind
Jan 2019 · 271
Practice for Death
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
sleepless nights
         incur frightful
terrors
            locked in torpidity
as anxiety
           dashes up the sheets
i practice
                this waltz with death
  unsuccessfully
Jan 2019 · 51
Night's End
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
black skies turn red
then blue
                 as fear turns to dread
the mourning heavens rained
          a morning mildew ensues  
"Another soul, another day"
               as an angel pulls
to polish so it may start anew
Jan 2019 · 144
Spring Nights
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Spring nights know no dawns
      Winter dead and gone
fights of house cleaning
                seeing isn't believing

A spring child born
     enduring such hardships
though it head filled will knowledge
         knows no bounds
or bonds
Jan 2019 · 126
Gingerbread Houses
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Hazy candy store blues
     with candid lazy attitudes
        and sickly sweet stumps stalked high
Is where I first fell in love

        a truffle for my mother
     a treat for my crazy brother
            Icing on the roof as we sat aloof
sweet scents of clove
and
        a wood burning stove
churning in a choice strokes
            as we built Gingerbread houses
trying something new give me tips and ideas for more free-verse rhyming
Jan 2019 · 116
Sore Feet
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I will walk the circumference
Of the Earth

I will step around
a field of glass

Walk the ocean floor

Climb mountains and hills


You will taste the salt on my lips
From my infinite sweat


I will show you places you dream about:
Forests denser than lead
Caves deeper than the soul, darker than the heart
Oceans bluer than the sea of emotions
You feel when you look at the moon


I will walk the path none dare travel
Jan 2019 · 591
Machiavellianism
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
To lie
To cheat
To steal
All to get what I want
Sounds like psychopathy and
Narcissism put together
I care about others
But more about my own goals
Good thing i have none
I learn more about myself every day
Jan 2019 · 86
Honesty
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
It is better to be honest and alone
than to lie and be isolated
Jan 2019 · 257
Rusty Throne
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Center of the corridor
Sits a seat
One for those with immeasurable feats
It sits above the third floor

It is old and rusty
Wrinkled and dusty
He who rules from his Iron throne
Shall forever hear the ominous drone
Accompanied by sleepless nights
And dastardly fights

A king must be strong
Mentally ready to bear
Burdens of the chair
Must be able to right the wrong

He must Love, be feared
If these requirements have been cleared
He may sit in this throne
And call this place his home
Jan 2019 · 348
Love Prose
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
To love someone and to be in love with someone are two completely different things. To love someone, is to openly show affection and intimacy; to share life with them through happiness and sadness, through pain and glory. To be in love is to be happy where you are in your relations. Maybe that’s why there are quarrels in relationships. Someone in them isn’t in love, someone isn’t happy. Therefore they were never truly in love. Love is unconditional but to receive that love, certain conditions must be met. That’s why I say, “I love everyone, but that doesn’t mean they are allowed to see that love from me.” But I’m happy with life, so maybe, I’m in love with the world.
First attempt at prose
Jan 2019 · 292
Guns, Swords, and Pens
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
The Pen is mightier than the Sword
Or so it's said
But what about Guns?

They say never bring a knife
To a gun fight
But what should i never bring a gun to?
Jan 2019 · 153
Prompts
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Trees only bear so much fruit
The grass can only be so green
Writers block can only block so much
Snow can only fall so fast
And now
Ideas can only come in a blue moon
Jan 2019 · 177
Friends
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I need new friends
My old friends keep leaving
And I've never felt so alone
Jan 2019 · 171
2 cents
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I never throw my 2 cents in
Because everyone expects a dollar
Jan 2019 · 167
Heights
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Those not afraid
Are the ones most bound
To fall
Straight to the ground
And the ones who are
enjoy the tranquility
of falling
Jan 2019 · 390
April Showers
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
March winds
And April showers
Make way for sweet may flowers
Then comes June
A moon and you,

March winds and April showers
Romance will soon be ours
And outdoor paradise
For two
Jan 2019 · 175
Boredom
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I do a lot when I'm bored
None of it good
Jan 2019 · 343
The Deep Dark Under
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
In the deep dark under
There be a blunder
Somewhere in that deep dark under

So I sit and ponder
And so I wonder
What is left to ponder

With the maple tree
I can clearly see
I sit and wonder where I be
Jan 2019 · 367
Warmth
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Socks to warm my toes
Gloves to warm my fingers
A hat to warm my ears
And You to warm my heart
Jan 2019 · 164
Head Over Heals
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Grab me an ice pack for his ache
I'm head over heels
And now I now how it feels
But I don't think you know what's at stake

Oh I've fallen
And now I'm sore
I feel like I was hit with a boar
So now I sit here callin'

I feel the birds and butterflies
In the pits of my belly
It's turning my insides into jelly
And it makes me want to cry-

-Out in joy
and I promise I won't play
You aren't my prey
And I won't be coy

I'm so madly in love with you
I'm head over heals but I'm feeling blue
Jan 2019 · 445
Lies
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I'd rather everyone be brutally honest
Than lie to me to make me feel better
Because lies
Hurt forever
While the truth only hurts
Until it's no longer true
Jan 2019 · 107
How you make me feel
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Deep in the dark forest
that is my body
lies my heart
and now it flutters for you

when we touch
my heart races
when we kiss,
i melt inside
i'm so madly in love with you
i can feel you under my skin
and it warms me up <3
I found her <3
Jan 2019 · 245
Life Through Death
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I'm glad i got to spend these last few years with
You

We didn't always get along
We had our fights
Our good times too
4 years going
you held out for 3 before that
2 years after we gave you your official name
and I miss every single moment

You came to cuddle with me the other night
You never do that

You sat at my feet
you were telling me you loved me
And I barely knew it

Now you are gone
and that's okay

Your life was hell
Before you knew us
And you knew it
We all did

But to continue through
Life
One must experience
Death
R.I.P. my poor kitty
Jan 2019 · 191
Let Me
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Let me put you in a spell
I want to make your life hell

Let me pull you back out
I don't like listening to you shout

Let me pull you of a funk
I don't want you packing your trunk

Let me put you in your place
I will get up in your face
my perspective on toxic people
Jan 2019 · 142
Source of Strength
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Strength is a subjective term
One of which that applies to all
Sometimes I loose my grip so firm
And I drop the ball
But I alwasy get back on my feet
Because i am my own source of strength
Jan 2019 · 585
The Sky's Painting
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
As we watched the sky fall
and the kids stopped kicking the ball
Just before the sky turns grey
And the kids stop their play
As the sky turns vibrant reds and yellows,
Everything turns very mellow
And the clouds turn of Ivory
While the blue skies turn fiery
Lies the perfect Painting
Leaving soft hearts feinting
Jan 2019 · 152
Zelig
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I just wanna write down my thoughts
While I write something without being caught
For all the wrong that I’ve done be it all for naught

What if I’m not really depressed,
And all I am is stressed
And I really, just need to rest

And I boast
Much more than most
About how my life is like a sea coast

And I think I’m gonna drown
I keep on sinking, down
And now I sit on my bed bound

To be the next big thing
Unable to really speak or sing
And now I cling

Onto life and fall
Matter over mind when I crawl
Can’t even step up to hit the ball

I am just a chameleon
An aspiring Machiavellian
Now I have the look of Mephistophelian

Deep in my eyes
I cannot cry
Tears all dry

Gin and tonic
I’m addicted to toxic
Unaware of how ironic

It’s is to be with someone
I don’t connect with no matter the sun
Jan 2019 · 107
Rain
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Wind, oh Wind come blow away
This Rain today
The dogs want to go out and play
Jan 2019 · 82
Let The Sun
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Let the Sun
Rain it's light on me
For it has been too long
Since the Sun has shone
So today, I'll be your sun
Until my own comes back
and rains it back down on me

Let the Shine
From my heaven
Fall on my shoulders
Because I love how the weight feels
It let's me know I'm stonger than I used to be
Jan 2019 · 76
Help
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I'm falling
Back into the abyss
The medicine doesn't work
Anymore I feel so angry
And today?
Today was a good day...
Jan 2019 · 136
Crying
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Sometimes I cry,
I cry for happiness's sake
Sometimes, in sadness
Rarely in anger
I mostly cry in sympathy
but I do not pity
Jan 2019 · 94
Today
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Today
was a good day
I woke up to good new
And even though
it was the first day back to reality
I learned that
no matter how strong gravity is
without it, we would not live on our feet
wisdom of the day
Jan 2019 · 104
Words
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
The man of few words
knows fewer issues
Jan 2019 · 102
Flowers for the Fallen
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
They fade away
we learn to live without them
in the decay of dead flowers
future fallen just the same
i lay a bouquet of bachelor buttons
for the fallen family lines
Jan 2019 · 150
Capes and Cadavers
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
Even heroes must die
so some else can wear their capes
Jan 2019 · 1.6k
in love
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
I'm in love
with the person
i want you to be
that's how i know
i don't love you anymore
Jan 2019 · 81
Last day
Ian Robinson Jan 2019
The last day we were really together
I was still madly in love
but you were long gone
moved on
even
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