#prize
Nobody does something for nothing
Everybody expects something in return
If he doesn’t receive the prize, he will ****** the land
If he gives you something, he quickly extends his left hand
To grab or pilfer something in return
It’s dark, please turn on the lantern
An eye for an eye, an eye for a nose
To tell the truth, my friends, nobody knows
What the heck is going on
Piracy is a fantastic weapon
No prize, no land
No money, no band
No oil, no freedom
No fun, no gum
No kiss, no honey
No hugs, no money
Everybody wants something in return
It’s nighttime, please light the lantern.
Copyright © January 2026 Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several poetry collections.
Jan 20
Jan 20, 2026 at 9:12 AM UTC
This is war
Babies are being killed
No justice
For the innocents
Just injustice
No real peace
Deadly bombs
Blood painting the sad streets
Criminals
Are ubiquitous
Even in the sewers
Poor babies
Are summarily executed
What a shame
The truth is handcuffed
And shackled
Yet, we want
Everlasting peace
North and South
No justice
West and East
There's no peace
And yes, no justice
In the deadly ****** streets
Civilians are killed
Elders are baffled
No cease fire
Stop the injustice
The devils
Are roaming the streets
Bombardments
Are ubiquitous
Where is God
In this brouhaha
Stop fooling
The whole universe
Stop the lies
No democracy
It doesn't rhyme
With evil
But hypocrisy
Does not rhyme
Either with Hell
Stolen land
Is not an award
A reward
Is complicated
The Nobel Prize
Is unwarranted
Yet, we want
Everlasting peace
By no means
By any means available
And unavailable
We want peace
Friendship and justice.
Copyright© February, 2024, Hebert Logerie, All Rights Reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several poetry books.
Oct 14, 2025
Oct 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM UTC
You sit on a throne of lies
Watching me struggle with your ladder of deception
Eyes don't always look for the disguise
Your particular ugly's deep under the skin
I fell for your generic guise
Can't help but fall in lust over and over again
Another broken heart is my prize
This is not love,
This is a forbidden sin
The apple I should have never bitten
©2024
Oct 12, 2024
Oct 12, 2024 at 6:58 PM UTC
Picking one from many fools who ran for a small price
Tempted with morsels, contemptible as the beasts
Gullibly proud of unshakeable beliefs pleasing the ears
Snared they shall to slave that my free will shall be
Aug 8, 2024
Aug 8, 2024 at 1:58 AM UTC
I close my eyes
To visualize
A romanticized
Big picture prize
Then realize
To my surprise
It's all been lies
And I have to comfort my soul as it cries
©2024
Jun 5, 2024
Jun 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM UTC
Minute by minute
Hour by hour
Day by day
That’s how it starts
You’re eyes smile scent fade
As the months come and go so does you’re memory
Places that once held pieces of you and me
History has rewritten for a brighter more promising future
Forgive and forget becomes the next step
Forgetting you was easy- you were never really all there… you couldn’t decide right?
Bread crumb after bread crumb filled with false hopes you fed me for 3 long weeks.
I kept trying to get off the rollercoaster - you wouldn’t let me.
Selfishly you kept me tossing and turning in your storm
Leaving me open to the anxiety doubt and insecurities
The culprit in the end- “SEXual chemistry”
Seeing me wasn’t your priority yet wouldn’t we need to see each to gage the chemistry???
What do I know I am the naive ****** after all.
You chose to gaslight my innocence rather than acknowledge your lack of thoughtfulness , actions, and confidence.
What if I was just not attractive enough for you …? Maybe I did something wrong ?
You were still a boy in a man’s body
A coward scared of your own shadow
Wanting to keep me in your orbit but never close enough to be yours.
What if I had done more ? Would that have made you claim me as yours?
Darling you thought dulling my shine
Keeping me small would make me need you.
Would make me want you more ….
You didn’t expect me too refuse to bend or break for you.
Mending, healing, rebuilding ME
I found my way to forgiveness- it hasn’t been easy
Yet forgiving you I have
With every passing season
The version of me after you
Is rooted back on solid ground
I am enough !
Breathing more steady
Everything is okay …
Smiling again wider than before
I am worthy of unfailing love
Laughing deep belly laughs
That echo louder than ever within my soul
I am not anyone’s second choice
Love for life, the simple things , and peace flows through my veins like sunshine.
Life is beautiful and you were never the source of that beauty or joy.
You did not break me
You awakened me
Reminding me that I deserve better
Because I am better
You were never good enough
Thanks for the rude awakening
Feb 19, 2024
Feb 19, 2024 at 8:39 PM UTC
I received a lot of praise
For my musical ways
and it caused waves
To crash around my heart-
Their expectations over my art
It ruined my passion
In a "Wonderwall" fashion
Singing over and over again
Into soulless eyes,
Made me feel like a type of prize
It was a lot of work to learn I'm not
I can sing and make music without being bought
Jan 4, 2024
Jan 4, 2024 at 10:36 AM UTC
I find it hard to put myself out there, I don't go out on a limb
To concerned about what people think and say, like "man, look at him"
"Who the **** does he think he is, he ain't no Eminem"
These words never hit my ear but I swear I'm hearing them
"Look at this, another poor white boy from the trailer park"
"Trying to hit his mark and make it big by belting out what's in his heart"
They got no clue money and fame wasn't my reason to start
It began as a way to shed some light on what seemed like eternal dark
One spark was all it took and I couldn't stop this pen from spilling ink
On the brink of insanity aboard a ship destin to sink
Life ******* me like a ***** two in the pink one in the stink
Swallowed a bottle of pills, why did they give me this charcoal to drink
Hmmm, let me think...FUCK
That's the problem, I just reacted, I didn't stop to think
Didn't stop to think about everything I was about to flush down the stink
But the rope that was supposed to save me is now the one around my throat
The beautiful words I wrote now read as if a suicide note
But getting these thoughts out worked better then letting them get my goat
The loose lief kinda saved my life, it kept me afloat
I filled up hundreds of papers, I wrote down thousands of lines
The more I wrote the less I hurt, confidence up and pain declines
The rain subsides eventually in everyone's minds
But make no mistake the beast still resides behind these eyes
It's just these words are like a prize, they put the beast to sleep like lullaby's
©2018
Feb 18, 2018
Feb 18, 2018 at 11:27 AM UTC
Tolstoy, read as mere words, no intonation,
mere elements of presence, sensation-ibility.
As the wares we learn to form from raw
mater-iality, whenever ifity, brings a bubble.
We, in these times, we all have laughed
as and with, children, in our own times, seeing
bubbles form, and laughing at the rainbowing,
spectral show, this is the basic form, watch it pop.
As spheres and bubbles differ,
so do ideal expressions attempted, as it seems
we be drawn to spend a minute or two per use,
as each thinks each word, and wonders if use,
were not power, what power must be? Knowing
not, we dare guess, as when an old gentleman,
teaches a child, the truth about right and wrong,
first guess, right, aha, sweet… but, what's wrong,
no candy here,
so my reward for seeking must be knowing
this is it, finish the thousand and say,
nothing that feels like answered prayer,
costs more than your time to listen
to lessons learned in Russian winters. So there.
May 22, 2023
May 22, 2023 at 3:10 PM UTC
Soak in my Earth
Sink in my Waters
Bathe in my Light
Drown in my Sky
Crawl to my Heaven
As you watch me glitter with soul
Watch me dance with rhythm in my toes
Watch me bloom honey and gold
Soak in my Earth
Sink in my Waters
Bathe in my Light
Drown in my Sky
Crawl to my Heaven
Salvage my Strength
Breathe in my Power
Fill my veins with stardust and ember
As you bury me deep in the concrete
-Qween
Apr 12, 2022
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Oct 24, 2021
Oct 24, 2021 at 2:39 AM UTC
I'm not sure what to say to you
Seemed to have lost my voice
So I guess writing it down on paper
Is my only other choice
Only a tiny part of me is sad
You decided to go a different way
Not ready for something serious
At least I'm not today
I may be drenched in melancholy
But the fault lies not in you
Depressed long before we met
Your presence made me feel less blue
I couldn't describe accurately
The plethora of emotions inside
The strongest of these is envy
Of the one who gets to be by your side
Right behind is indignation
In a close second place
At the way you handled it
Without any tact or grace
I'm just waiting for you to talk to me
I suppose you don't possess the nerve
But how can you look at me and believe
This treatment is what I deserve?
I wasn't set on a relationship
It was you who started this
And it was your actions that convinced me
I was more than just lips to kiss
You told me you liked me
I warned you wouldn't for long
Your doubt warmed my center
But it has now been proven wrong
I recall you saying that you didn't want
What you had with her before
But maybe she has really changed
And it won't be hard anymore
I wish you both all the happiness
And luck this cold world can hold
Sincerely hope she is the one
To stand by you as you grow old
I don't know when my turn will come
Or if my heart is capable of love at all
But what is meant to be will be
It's just not our time to fall
I do not know if you see it how I do
Maybe I am the one to blame
For making myself too available
Smothering the flame
But you appeared to be an adult
I assumed you were somewhat mature
Different from my troublesome ex
Who just made me insecure
Only to find out you're no better
Lying like all the rest
Omission is still a form of deception
I must say I'm unimpressed
I thought we were closer than that
That you would give me honesty
What have I done to make you scared
Of telling the truth to me
A simple explanation was all it would take
For why I was being neglected
Instead dwelled on my every flaw
Wondering which was rejected
To discover it's not me at all
But someone else that caused this change
Actually comes as a relief
Although that might sound strange
I understand that love never dies
Because I'm going through the same thing too
The only difference is that the person I miss
Replaced me with someone new
Which I am surprisingly grateful for
Because we are better off apart
No matter how much it kills my soul
Or paralyzes my heart
If he wasn't taken I truthfully don't know
If I would be able to resist
Although I know he is no good for me
Tempting urges persist
So I wish you would have been forthcoming
And shown me a level of respect
I can't tell if it is my feelings
Or your ego you're trying to protect
You behaved like a gentleman
Until you didn't want me around
And instead of letting me down properly
You didn't bother to make a sound
But I guess you don't owe me a reason
No commitment hanging between
It is just that personally I have a problem with
People who say what they don't mean
I process conversation in a literal way
When speaking aloud I follow through
So naturally my brain presumes everyone else
Is inclined to mean what they say too
I forget sometimes how cheap talk is
And guys want to come off as smooth and sweet
So they fill our ears with ******** without even missing a beat
You told me you would be right back
Left me waiting up all night
But that wasn't that big of a deal
Didn't want to seem uptight
Then you took off on a road trip
Without saying farewell
That's when I suspected something was up
It was fairly easy to tell
Then when I found out you drove past my house
Spent time right down the road
And didn't bother to stop for a second
That's when I wanted to explode
You blew me off two days in a row
Yet give your attention to a piece of ****
Do you get how low that made me feel?
Like you just used me to hit and quit (it)
And then when you finally show your face
You barely speak two words to me
I didn't know what pushed you away
Just wished I was able to see
It wasn't until later that night
I saw her Facebook story posts
And it dawned on me that I
Wasn't actually what you wanted the most
Don't know why you couldn't just say so
Would have saved me a lot of frustration
The only thing I deduce is that you
Weren't man enough to handle confrontation
Communication is key that is true
To understanding and resolution
Yet your cowardice tricked you into the false belief
Avoidance the appropriate solution
Running away from friction
Because you lack the bravery
Has really shown your true colors
And I don't like the hues I see
I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up
When we had hardly just begun
But I sensed a genuine attraction
And with you always had fun
But history outweighs sparks
Shouldn't come as a surprise
But if you regret it don't come crawling back
Because I refuse to be your consolation prize
Aug 12, 2021
Aug 12, 2021 at 2:42 AM UTC
I was never told
To behold
The tears
Carrying all my fears
To let them flow
For the glow
To pay the price
For snatching the prize
To let someone die
On the mere roll of the die
I was never told
To behold
The dance of the fairies
Amongst fires in the prairies
Of the sacrifice
For the fool’s paradise
I was never told
To behold
The danseuse death
In her fight with fate
The glory bequeath
With the fory dead
I was never told
To prepare myself
To fight herself
To wrench my prize
From someone her size
I was never told
To behold
People’s fate
In someone’s gait
To let the decision
Be forsaken of vision
I was never told
To behold
The dance of the dead
As if they had never bled
Their waking up again
Out of deign not disdain
I was never told
To behold
The history being rewritten
And the mysteries being smitten..
Jan 14, 2021
Jan 14, 2021 at 12:14 PM UTC
484 lines intended as Artistic Interpretation of peace defeating war, in my mind, for today.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qx4E9PuF5jAxrFNFzEHn17dZCLkyFTr0qtmv4pI5cN4/edit?usp=sharing
The link is sharable and artsy criticism with generational contentions requested, if I offend, I wish to know if it was where intended.
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 26, 2020 at 7:40 PM UTC
I told the truth when all we had to go on was lies
Though the truth had no real value because deception had been glamorised
I acted with integrity and I did what I knew to be right
You put on your crafty masquerade and collected deceit's first prize
Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020 at 10:10 AM UTC
You have the power to ****
I have the power to birth your babies
First prize goes to me
Oct 28, 2020
Oct 28, 2020 at 11:10 AM UTC
nothings
more a turn away
than a love
that is wanting one to stay
run as quickly as the wind
if you feel your loves a prize to win
Sep 13, 2020
Sep 13, 2020 at 1:41 PM UTC
If love was not hard
It would not be rewarding
Trophies must be earned
Jun 19, 2020
Jun 19, 2020 at 8:30 AM UTC
An attitude of purrfect proportions.
But those,
come to stroke me
eyes..
You smile until there guest scampers
over your feet "surprise,
Apr 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020 at 6:05 PM UTC
Second chances are pots of gold at the end of a rainbow.
But we treat them like a prize from a box of ******* jacks;
Cherished one minute, then the next we put it back.
Not taking things for granted is easier said than done.
But if you get a second chance, treat it like it's the only one
Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 2019 at 7:42 PM UTC
Each day we are here should be loved with great cheer
Should be prized as a win as we set out to begin
To begin a new day is a prize I would say
Honor this chance to spread love in your dance...
Brian Hill - 2020 # 6
Jan 7, 2020
Jan 7, 2020 at 11:38 AM UTC
The prize
The prize
That was not the prize
There is a hot sting not to wear gold
Nor silver, nor copper, nor soft satin
There is a gnawing hunger
Not to gain,
Check,
Dollar,
Nor nickel.
But
The prize
The prize
Those were not the prize
I crave that first voice
That tongue dancing my song
Those lips kissing my ink
Those teeth chewing in ecstasy
The words I wrote
Just me
Dec 19, 2019
Dec 19, 2019 at 5:18 PM UTC
Mr. Lotto
Went to Kyoto
Clicked a Photo
Turned Right
Found a Sumo
Entered fight
Returned home
With a Prize
Aug 18, 2019
Aug 18, 2019 at 5:49 AM UTC