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"benevolently" poems
I threw out his socks today. Those ******* socks. Long Black Nike Socks that went up to his calves. Long Black Nike Socks that he wore with his Two Hundred Dollar French Raw Denim Jeans because he needed the Short Black Nike Socks To wear to work with his Khaki Dickies Shorts. Black Nike Socks that he reminded me for months he "needed" For his birthday in order to function properly. Black Nike Socks that didn't cost enough to be considered A sufficient birthday gift, Along with some other cute things (I thought), Including a homemade coupon for dinner at Any restaurant of his choice. Short Black Nike Socks whose thirty-dollar price tag Wasn't quite up to par with the forty-dollar Concert ticket his obviously-better-than-me friend had So benevolently bought him. Those ******* socks.
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Aug 19, 2011
Aug 19, 2011 at 6:54 PM UTC
Socks
This cosmos, indisputably, a sheer wonder We cannot but bow before its grandeur To what strange terrains opens its doors And what secrets, hidden beneath the stars From the merciless emptiness sans light, From the deep silence of the horrendous night, Was heard the bang of hammers On the anvils of eons like thundering fire crackers Abruptly through a gas cloud burst of inexorable force Life emerged from stardust, our energy source This is what the exponents of Big Bang assert Life, from cosmic egg was hatched, some others purport No doubt, this universe is an infinite stretch of lattice Woven in the loom through billions of years by gratis Where myriad wonders exist in the intergalactic space And man has been on relentless effort to trace their course As the wheels turned and as the fires burned Through cosmic vapor the first atom was churned How, over the eons, life here has flourished With man’s wisdom and efforts nourished! Galaxies are scattered in infinite space And our planet Earth is well balanced in place After the day’s vigil, when the mighty sun sets The stars invariably take over on their night shifts Multitudinous stars glitter and twinkle, a wondrous sight As branching chandeliers, shedding luminous light They are gems donning the night sky with their splendor Where meteors dash and star light dances in nebulous glare Some extra terrestrial hand has set the Earth in tune And everything needed to hold life is benevolently strewn Through countless dawns and sunset Endless generations did come and beget  Just as this universe was born, it would one day die With all the planets, stars and starlets of the sky Who can predict how it is going to end With a bang or whimper, or is the end impend?
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Jul 3, 2014
Jul 3, 2014 at 3:44 AM UTC
Cosmic Wonder
This cosmos, indisputably, a sheer wonder We cannot but bow before its grandeur To what strange terrains opens its doors And what secrets, hidden beneath the stars From the merciless emptiness sans light, From the deep silence of the horrendous night, Was heard the bang of hammers On the anvils of eons like thundering fire crackers Abruptly through a gas cloud burst of inexorable force Life emerged from stardust, our energy source This is what the exponents of Big Bang assert Life, from cosmic egg was hatched, some others purport No doubt, this universe is an infinite stretch of lattice Woven in the loom through billions of years by gratis Where myriad wonders exist in the intergalactic space And man has been on relentless effort to trace their course As the wheels turned and as the fires burned Through cosmic vapor the first atom was churned How, over the eons, life here has flourished With man’s wisdom and efforts nourished! Galaxies are scattered in infinite space And our planet Earth is well balanced in place After the day’s vigil, when the mighty sun sets The stars invariably take over on their night shifts Multitudinous stars glitter and twinkle, a wondrous sight As branching chandeliers, shedding luminous light They are gems donning the night sky with their splendor Where meteors dash and star light dances in nebulous glare Some extra terrestrial hand has set the Earth in tune And everything needed to hold life is benevolently strewn Through countless dawns and sunset Endless generations did come and beget  Just as this universe was born, it would one day die With all the planets, stars and starlets of the sky Who can predict how it is going to end With a bang or whimper, or is the end impend?
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Secretly believing someone is watching And will benevolently arrive, relieve the pain When planets collide, lots of stuff goes awry Every breath you take implicates you deeper The constant cry of babies being born Expect monsters worse than you can conceive There is a dark alley deep in hell Where strangers go She was swallowing a horse who Stomped its hooves Kicked her in stomach pregnant with you As soon as you enter Someone points a finger Hollers, “Horse child, ****** child!” Hen-pecked men and angry haughty women Shame is the only love i know A murdering mob descends upon Somebody lynching Christmas tree ornaments Why isn’t there God? It’s disturbing to think We’re all acting out of chump sensibilities Explain to me again about sociology and greater good How long can a smell last? A week? A month? Thousands of years? What if higher powers exist Unbeknownst to themselves? Death fashionably attired without face The importance in showing teeth “Caw, caw!” old crow calls, anticipating winter’s squalls I fire up cigarette, blow smoke in the faces Of those who said no to my dreams I’m glad i didn’t know then what i know now The cost of joy Tomorrow is magnificent new beginning If only everything hadn’t happened
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Aug 18, 2013
Aug 18, 2013 at 11:22 AM UTC
Endless Nights, Endless Days, Or, A Flying ****
Blasphemous black cloud, though robust in look, just vapor proud, You borrow belligerence from swirling west wind's boldness, Remorselessly you prevent the Sun's extent of rule by limitless light, You are malevolent to the world to whom sun is the only visible God, Benevolently ruling the earth, synchronizing the cycles with his moves, You only have a life too short, not fully aware  of your  own limits Or taking in to account, the effulgence of the sun sustaining all, Why rebel, ever thought about the result of such an impulsive act?
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Apr 17, 2016
Apr 17, 2016 at 10:23 AM UTC
Cloud's misinformed rebellion
Tears of creation fall from the overcast blanketing of the billowy, white fields overhead, blended with a requiem that only the absence of dawn could manifest, and kissed upon by the ever-fluorescent canvases of smoke, and flame that carelessly intrude upon the horizon. Oh, how fastidious is the misting that blesses this premature day, invoking a spontaneity within the mundane clockworkings that symbolically define the average, the everyday and the norm. Glorious is this sight to behold. Not only by our soulpanes, but through the remainder; our entire spectrum of sensory awareness that we are so gifted to have received, yet, rarely do their values go little more than depreciated. The refreshment that quenches our starving skin, and slowly enfilms us with the caressings of unrequited purity. The dampening of the air that perpetually enthralls even the most tolerant resisters to aroma. The crispness; unadulterated, and without perversions of the modern day; enrapturous are the resonant entrails of the strata that ever so gently envelop, and awaken our slumbering buds. And finally, but without conviction, the resound of symphonic harmony, abound with the alluring enchantment that, in seamless refrain, could only be achieved by such a reverent miracle of nature. These are the moments in which I revel. And blessed be Her, who benevolently grants us with such an immaculance of cornerless beauty. Graceful, and sacred is the oasis in the sky.
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May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 at 6:52 PM UTC
Oasis In The Sky
Cloaked by the veil of night I ready myself for what is to come. Fear is not recognized on this side of the shroud, for it is this fear that is my most useful and treasured tool. Footsteps approach the alleyway, I see my target pace forward towards his end, illuminated most benevolently by the blush of his own burning cigarette end. In his own world he lays claim to control and intimidation, a brave and dangerous man by his own words. Words I shall later configure to be truth or allegory. It is a simple matter to terrify someone prone to be terrified, is a different course to set the same action upon he who does usually initiate the afor-mentioned phrase. As the victim looks up into the eyes of this purveyor of violence I suspect it true that fear is well presented to his visual inspection and it goes without saying it adds to his delight. I imagine in other venues the same is said of myself but I would very much disagree with this evaluation. Fear, Intimidation is not what I represent, they are just tools in an arsenal, I am just simply here to reek good old honest revenge.. You do the deed, you pay the price, Simple as that. No forgiveness passes through this alley-way this night, just utter, complete and total retribution. A gift from me to all those whom have been bitten. As you walk through the valley of the shadow of death you will indeed fear evil, for I art with thee and this rod of correction is indeed not one of comfort The scatter of burnt ash bouncing off the alley wall signifies the conclusion of any remaining illumination as he throws the **** of his cigarette away, darkness prevails once again. As I strike, screams of pain shatter the silence and echo through the narrow passageway. The ****** body of this victim slumps unceremoniously alongside garbage bags, a fitting end for such ******* True and honest folk can breathe a sigh of relief, to them I am vigilant. If you swing the other way however, BEWARE.
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Sep 7, 2014
Sep 7, 2014 at 1:31 PM UTC
Vigilante
Cloaked by the veil of night I ready myself for what is to come. Fear is not recognized on this side of the shroud, for it is this fear that is my most useful and treasured tool. Footsteps approach the alleyway, I see my target pace forward towards his end, illuminated most benevolently by the blush of his own burning cigarette end. In his own world he lays claim to control and intimidation, a brave and dangerous man by his own words. Words I shall later configure to be truth or allegory. It is a simple matter to terrify someone prone to be terrified, is a different course to set the same action upon he who does usually initiate the afor-mentioned phrase. As the victim looks up into the eyes of this purveyor of violence I suspect it true that fear is well presented to his visual inspection and it goes without saying it adds to his delight. I imagine in other venues the same is said of myself but I would very much disagree with this evaluation. Fear, Intimidation is not what I represent, they are just tools in an arsenal, I am just simply here to reek good old honest revenge.. You do the deed, you pay the price, Simple as that. No forgiveness passes through this alley-way this night, just utter, complete and total retribution. A gift from me to all those whom have been bitten. As you walk through the valley of the shadow of death you will indeed fear evil, for I art with thee and this rod of correction is indeed not one of comfort The scatter of burnt ash bouncing off the alley wall signifies the conclusion of any remaining illumination as he throws the **** of his cigarette away, darkness prevails once again. As I strike, screams of pain shatter the silence and echo through the narrow passageway. The ****** body of this victim slumps unceremoniously alongside garbage bags, a fitting end for such ******* True and honest folk can breathe a sigh of relief, to them I am vigilant. If you swing the other way however, BEWARE.
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Friendship requested and accepted Avoidance seems more accurate Constantly, I see her green dot Excitedly, I begin to type Benevolently, she sends a message Openness has given way to casualness Obsessively, I cling to words Knowing the outcome, I profess my feelings Nervously, I await the check mark Ever so eager for a response Ritualistically, I keep reading my message Voyeuristically, I scroll through her page Obsession has me trembling Uncertainty controls my mind Stop is the one word response Namesakes who cannot talk Excessively, I look at old pictures Silent cries are what remain Seeing her online breaks my heart © Christopher Chronister. All rights reserved
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Nov 6, 2013
Nov 6, 2013 at 2:44 PM UTC
"Facebook Nervousness" an acrostic poem
Take mastery over thoughts though benevolently sway hold dominion over words but have care for what you say take hold of all the dreams and chances you must take calmly sense all paths then bend but never break
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Jan 1, 2015
Jan 1, 2015 at 7:11 PM UTC
Paths
Colors are gift by almighty The precious gift given prudently           seems so pretty to me Black presents color of night Darkend and unique you can hide from sight.         Seems so pretty to me Purple is the finest color from kit As flowers wear this as its perfect fits.         Seems so pretty to me Pink is color for baby girls As they match there cute and lovely curls.        Seems so pretty to me Green is color of grasslands bright A color which strengthens the eye sight.       Seems so pretty to me Autumn brings brown and red along. Covering the ground with leaves long.       Seems so pretty to me Birds are also the instance of colors lively Carrying twice or thrice shade collectively          Seems so pretty to me Inside the sea ,fish and creatures muatully Swimming with hundred colors benevolently       Seems so pretty to me Gratitude to allah for the eye To see a domed rainbow extending in the sky       Seems so pretty to me Thank you creator for this gift Beauty that inspires heart to uplift Seems so pretty to me....
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Feb 16, 2015
Feb 16, 2015 at 8:28 AM UTC
Bestow of color's
Earth: our ominous all-mother,    she, the greater good: the interminable fountain out of which stems life and vivacity itself always reaching                         and grasping for the abstruse azure heavens above. her hair never stops growing. the mites and parasites never cease to fester her scalp. She is growing and changing and rotting and dying.      but where death comes, there is no long interval until more life. the liveliness is everywhere; it promotes to all faces and regions and niches. Multiplying, begetting, propagating. all for the greater good of our orb and its inhabitants. Most dwellers are humble and solicitous toward her, and learn to keep a vigilant eye as she can be so forceful and violent. She does have, however, one rascal who believes that the globe belongs all to Himself. He is the man. He has a masterful gift, yes. He is profound and competent. He forges the impractical query into a conclusive answer. He, however, is also egocentric and pompous, and He sees her as a specimen to which He has the rights to dismember and pervert. He makes a mess of her unique vistas. He tramples and stamps on her face, running about as if she were the coliseum in which the gods gather to view the Species fight itself to extinction. He works her to the core, always asking for more, more, more, more, until she has little left to give. But she never loses courage in His asinine and moronic views and His sprawling village, for she created Him     out of herself she is the framework out of which the mind is able to mundanely manifest itself. Without her, He would be nothing. And she is so immeasurably loving and benevolently caring and forevermore giving;     for     She is life,           she is love.        We are love.
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Feb 13, 2013
Feb 13, 2013 at 9:19 PM UTC
a saunter
Earth: our ominous all-mother,    she, the greater good: the interminable fountain out of which stems life and vivacity itself always reaching                         and grasping for the abstruse azure heavens above. her hair never stops growing. the mites and parasites never cease to fester her scalp. She is growing and changing and rotting and dying.      but where death comes, there is no long interval until more life. the liveliness is everywhere; it promotes to all faces and regions and niches. Multiplying, begetting, propagating. all for the greater good of our orb and its inhabitants. Most dwellers are humble and solicitous toward her, and learn to keep a vigilant eye as she can be so forceful and violent. She does have, however, one rascal who believes that the globe belongs all to Himself. He is the man. He has a masterful gift, yes. He is profound and competent. He forges the impractical query into a conclusive answer. He, however, is also egocentric and pompous, and He sees her as a specimen to which He has the rights to dismember and pervert. He makes a mess of her unique vistas. He tramples and stamps on her face, running about as if she were the coliseum in which the gods gather to view the Species fight itself to extinction. He works her to the core, always asking for more, more, more, more, until she has little left to give. But she never loses courage in His asinine and moronic views and His sprawling village, for she created Him     out of herself she is the framework out of which the mind is able to mundanely manifest itself. Without her, He would be nothing. And she is so immeasurably loving and benevolently caring and forevermore giving;     for     She is life,           she is love.        We are love.
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The Cat and the Hobo went off on a jaunt, At midnight for a spot of small mirth Both as dead as the above, of ribcage most gaunt The Hobo wishing hard for more girth. "So say, Mr. Pussycat", said the Hobo unyielding "How bout a small race, for naught but a prize Which I should haste to add is of insignificant size All just for fun, old kitty unfailing." The Cat's sharp ears pricked. A darkening rampage Would thanks to his ears be of humongous advantage To the felinous fellow of movements most scurrilous For the Hobo, he thought, t'would be ruinous. He came closer to shake His hand on the deal But no sooner was his paw benevolently outstretched That the hobo had him in his arms most wretched "Oh you Cat, for once in my life my lack is too real Of you a stew my old friend I shall make."
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Feb 10, 2014
Feb 10, 2014 at 12:12 PM UTC
The Cat and the Hobo
In the rare event that you should need something from me No matter who you are No matter how you've treated me No matter my opinion of you I will humbly, kindly, benevolently answer: "No."
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Sep 26, 2018
Sep 26, 2018 at 8:50 PM UTC
Class
mine own psalm musings *living between two broad, sea-emptying rivers, a Majesty’s sentries to mark the differentiation~ division tween divine and a moderate human’s moderating steps, as his stride shortens as the y/tears lengthen, and it is accepted as an inevitable musky must, no matter how the sweet spring day refreshes, the newly planted trumpeting shards of bright yellows daffodils pinch his yellowing eyes, few notice the tiny tears of discrepancies of an annualized emboldening, a grand heavenly rebirth and a slow man’s body self~editing, shedding of a life’s~ending~of~story psalm musings* *the man looks for the terrible swift sword, but its failure to grace us with an appearance, is but a modest disappointment, for a deferred delay is but a causation to eke out a few mordant, pungent, caustic reminders of all that is yet to be, to be accomplished, though the smirking lips of the necessity of yet, one more unloved poem extant, tilting the Earth’s axis benevolently toward the open palms of his beneficiaries who*, you, *are among them numbered, is but, a green shoot in a city’s hopeful earth planted, by summer, will shed seeds to come thy way, as an evocation, a good consternation, a joyous provocation, an asking kingly~gentle, a royal polite inquiry, would you care to add a a verse to this eternal verse? before time shreds it too into a yellowed crumpling, and to the earth it is returned, for the mine of this psalms is only generic, genetic,  and what is mine is well,* and truly yours too. nml <> March 31, 2024 NYC 9:16am Sunday Mourning Service
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Mar 31, 2024
Mar 31, 2024 at 9:25 AM UTC
mine own psalm musings
mine own psalm musings *living between two broad, sea-emptying rivers, a Majesty’s sentries to mark the differentiation~ division tween divine and a moderate human’s moderating steps, as his stride shortens as the y/tears lengthen, and it is accepted as an inevitable musky must, no matter how the sweet spring day refreshes, the newly planted trumpeting shards of bright yellows daffodils pinch his yellowing eyes, few notice the tiny tears of discrepancies of an annualized emboldening, a grand heavenly rebirth and a slow man’s body self~editing, shedding of a life’s~ending~of~story psalm musings* *the man looks for the terrible swift sword, but its failure to grace us with an appearance, is but a modest disappointment, for a deferred delay is but a causation to eke out a few mordant, pungent, caustic reminders of all that is yet to be, to be accomplished, though the smirking lips of the necessity of yet, one more unloved poem extant, tilting the Earth’s axis benevolently toward the open palms of his beneficiaries who*, you, *are among them numbered, is but, a green shoot in a city’s hopeful earth planted, by summer, will shed seeds to come thy way, as an evocation, a good consternation, a joyous provocation, an asking kingly~gentle, a royal polite inquiry, would you care to add a a verse to this eternal verse? before time shreds it too into a yellowed crumpling, and to the earth it is returned, for the mine of this psalms is only generic, genetic,  and what is mine is well,* and truly yours too. nml <> March 31, 2024 NYC 9:16am Sunday Mourning Service
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Thank you, For being someone who cared. Thank you, For feeding me. Thank you, For the guidance you share. Thank you, For the clothes I wear. Thank you, For the style of modern age. Thank you, For having a heart so pure. Thank you, For crying with me. When sadness was there. Thank you, For making me understand. Thank you, For your guiding hand. Thank you, For your generosity. Thank you, We live benevolently. Thank you, For the house we own. Thank you, For the money we earn. Thank you, For your love and care. Thank you.. For always being there. Thank you. For being my family. Bless you, Forever and Always. I love you, Now and always..
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Dec 15, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 at 8:37 AM UTC
Thank you for Everything
Ravi gratefully settled down on the cottage bed. It seemed like centuries since he had slept in an actual bed. Up to now he’d slept outside and on the thinly carpeted floor of a Buddhist temple. In fact, Ravi was very thankful to be alive after suffering a serious stroke and subsequent amnesia for almost 3 years. He was discovered sleeping on the steps of a Hindu temple by a kind priest, named Swami Krishna. After several inquiries, Ravi was finally given refuge by a compassionate monk at a local Buddhist temple in Melbourne. When my hubby David and I first met Ravi there was an instant connection. His humble, soft spoken nature touched our souls as he shared his heart wrenching story. During the period of his stroke, he lost almost everything, most of his possessions, his wife and his memory. Wandering the streets of Melbourne desolate and forsaken by man, he was never forsaken by God. It was a beautiful night, stars shimmered above the colossal golden Buddha statue. As Ravi related his story, David offered to help him recover his life. We all prayed fervently to Lord Ganesh to remove all obstacles on his path. In the coming months, Ravi and David were able to piece together the fragments of his shattered life. Marvelously, Ravi was also able to connect with his parents in India who had not heard from their only son in three years! Imagine the relief, joy and ecstasy when they heard his familiar voice. The other day we invited Ravi to our house for lunch. Entering the puja room, we made sure to offer thankful prayers to Lord Ganesh. The huge photograph of Sai Avatar illumining the puja room smiled benevolently at our precious guest. Ravi chuckled almost tearfully when he told me he had finally gotten his own bed. He recalled in the past how he had purchased a $4000 bed for his ex-wife and now he was so blissfully grateful for this simple cot. As I reflected on Ravi’s story I thought to myself how unpredictable life is. Wealth, property, spouses, everything in this world is subject to change and loss. It is so important to wake up from this long, arduous dream and embrace the beautiful, golden, eternal kiss of God and realize who we are now.
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Feb 21, 2018
Feb 21, 2018 at 9:57 PM UTC
Ravi
Ravi gratefully settled down on the cottage bed. It seemed like centuries since he had slept in an actual bed. Up to now he’d slept outside and on the thinly carpeted floor of a Buddhist temple. In fact, Ravi was very thankful to be alive after suffering a serious stroke and subsequent amnesia for almost 3 years. He was discovered sleeping on the steps of a Hindu temple by a kind priest, named Swami Krishna. After several inquiries, Ravi was finally given refuge by a compassionate monk at a local Buddhist temple in Melbourne. When my hubby David and I first met Ravi there was an instant connection. His humble, soft spoken nature touched our souls as he shared his heart wrenching story. During the period of his stroke, he lost almost everything, most of his possessions, his wife and his memory. Wandering the streets of Melbourne desolate and forsaken by man, he was never forsaken by God. It was a beautiful night, stars shimmered above the colossal golden Buddha statue. As Ravi related his story, David offered to help him recover his life. We all prayed fervently to Lord Ganesh to remove all obstacles on his path. In the coming months, Ravi and David were able to piece together the fragments of his shattered life. Marvelously, Ravi was also able to connect with his parents in India who had not heard from their only son in three years! Imagine the relief, joy and ecstasy when they heard his familiar voice. The other day we invited Ravi to our house for lunch. Entering the puja room, we made sure to offer thankful prayers to Lord Ganesh. The huge photograph of Sai Avatar illumining the puja room smiled benevolently at our precious guest. Ravi chuckled almost tearfully when he told me he had finally gotten his own bed. He recalled in the past how he had purchased a $4000 bed for his ex-wife and now he was so blissfully grateful for this simple cot. As I reflected on Ravi’s story I thought to myself how unpredictable life is. Wealth, property, spouses, everything in this world is subject to change and loss. It is so important to wake up from this long, arduous dream and embrace the beautiful, golden, eternal kiss of God and realize who we are now.
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The sun scours her Snow scrapes her Frosts feasts her Mist munches her Fog freezes on her Dew develops and dries on her But she is resilient Like gigantic ancient hills She is caring Mama still Rearing her kids will Like cedars that straight stands In Lebanon’s forested lands She is a shady giant old oak She does not wither But stronger she withstands The hurricanes, the sad storms With cools and calms She has no qualms But a strong will-determinations Mama, my strong woman! All alone she shoulders She does not complain or blame In silence she just sings Her strong woman’s songs Blessings to her sons and man: To her daughters and children That time may pass by well With a hand of sacred spell And their future good foretell Curses and causes erase complete Diseases and damnations delete Mama, a strong woman! Nine months she carries with passionate cares With no scares, sorrows or grumbling sorry She cares for her bulge with a compassionate worry Daily she gently it rears Minute by minute She fondly feels it Her foetus forming Stroking, it calming Her other duties still perfectly performing Mama, my passionate woman! In pains she benevolently bears Me she benignly beholds Young as old-still her child Till either, sadly and sorrowfully is no more Mama, my strongest woman! © Kìùra Kabiri. All rights reserved.
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Mar 31, 2017
Mar 31, 2017 at 4:05 AM UTC
MAMA, STRONG WOMAN
Sparks gleam from an emerald crown Sitting on the dead woman's head; a frown Forever fixed on her face, Resting upon the decaying throne with a calm grace Appearing ready to be swallowed when the ground Breaks; "look what I've found!" Says the girl benevolently. "Such a nice hat". Gently, She removes, with innocent hands, power And places it on the grass around the flower Chain she has construed with nimble Fingers, not fully understanding the symbol of her actions: She can change the world.
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May 20, 2018
May 20, 2018 at 10:03 AM UTC
my hope for Girls
THE GREAT COUNTRY Adebayo Samuel Ogunleye~ The GreatQuill🖋️ Silent I wished to remain, But alas, my speakfire cried aloud: “I shall speak and speak— Speak of that great country, That great country, With oceans of wisdom, Yet wandering the streets of futility. Speak of that great country, That great country Flowing with honey; Yet honey for only a few palates, While bitterness lingers Upon the lips of many. Speak of that great country, That great country That gives so generously, Yet lacks in abundance The very things it gives away. I sought to calm my speakfire, But alas, it cried again, Yearning to weep even more. ‘Speak on, speak on,’ I replied. Speak of that great country, That great country That suffered under its conquerors, And after their departure, Became captive to self-conquerors. Speak of that great country, That great country, Bearing “Giant” as its title, Yet, unfortunately fortunate, A title that scarcely fits Its present condition. Speak of that great country, That great country That gives you oromodiye, Yet in return Takes away odidi omo. Speak of that great country, That great country, Which outwardly appears Goodly bad, And inwardly seems Best at being worse. Speak of that great country, That great country, Rich in countless treasures, Yet wallowing in penury. And so my speakfire speaks Of that great country— My great country. *Oromodiye -- A chick *Odidi omo -- (A child) Human. E-mail= [email protected].
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Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018 at 7:48 AM UTC
THE GREAT COUNTRY
They carried me to your room. They placed me on your bed. Pushed the hair out of my face. Gently placed it behind my ear, and softly played with it as you read. Benevolently caressing my face and arms. As caressing as they were, as sweet as they are, as guiding and protecting, they drive me mad! The way they make my soul go through my skin. How they pull out the most dormant emotions of the moment. How they handle me. Fingertips tracing my outline, pushing away the unnecessaries, pulling my lips closer to yours. Warm and gentle, yet pursuing, traverse under a tent that hides what is yours. And as you take the seconds, and make them hours, my body yearns. It's screaming for a warmth, a very specific one. Yours. Your kisses slowly down my neck to shoulders, send me into shudders. And these shudders continue... And the perfect cliff hanger. We must postpone this for another moment. And if all is as intended, that moment would be perfection on earth.
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Mar 13, 2011
Mar 13, 2011 at 7:55 PM UTC
Le Tue Mani
There is something about churches— the sanctuary filling slowly, brass ***** pipes arrayed like halberds in a medieval arsenal, stooped ushers handing out programs as the congregation accumulates softly like snow. And the pulpit—like a queen in a hive of wooden pews all of polished walnut, stands hushed and expectant. (I know within that pulpit there is a place to put cough drops, a legal pad, second pair of glasses.) Sanctuaries have a peculiar smell, redolent of potted lilies, Youth Dew perfume, aging hymnals, the suspired breath of five hundred faithful lifting their voices to that soaring Byzantine dome. I was glad for your presence that day, the sound of your marvelous voice, the warm sense of your shoulder next to mine. You cradled a hymnal benevolently in your hand as though you were baptizing a child. "Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!" I sang more loudly, I suppose, for gratitude that you were with me. I held my hymnal with more care, sang and looked up more hopefully to that pulpit than I might otherwise have done on any given Easter. I prayed more ardently for good things to happen, thought more kindly of the man beside me who wouldn’t make room when we three entered the pew but stared blandly ahead as if waiting for an opera to begin. When the minister spread his arms in benediction and bade us all go in peace, we stayed to hear the postlude and watch the Easter crowd wind its way to the narthex and spill out into the boisterous parade on Fifth Avenue. I sat there and listened with you as the organist played his sonorous farewell. When I was a boy sitting next to you in church, you might gently pat my thigh when the organist’s final note passed through the sanctuary like a great bird in flight. You would smile as if to say, “You made it through the whole service!” On this Easter, when the hymn began, and the mighty ***** notes swelled around us like God’s own voice in song, it was the thought of your shoulder near mine, your hands upon the pew, that halted my singing for a moment, to let a silent bolt of longing pass through me like a solitary dog crossing a road. Then it was gone, the thought, but so, too, was your palpable nearness, the idea of your voice ringing through the church like a celebration.
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Apr 19, 2017
Apr 19, 2017 at 4:45 PM UTC
Easter, 2017
There is something about churches— the sanctuary filling slowly, brass ***** pipes arrayed like halberds in a medieval arsenal, stooped ushers handing out programs as the congregation accumulates softly like snow. And the pulpit—like a queen in a hive of wooden pews all of polished walnut, stands hushed and expectant. (I know within that pulpit there is a place to put cough drops, a legal pad, second pair of glasses.) Sanctuaries have a peculiar smell, redolent of potted lilies, Youth Dew perfume, aging hymnals, the suspired breath of five hundred faithful lifting their voices to that soaring Byzantine dome. I was glad for your presence that day, the sound of your marvelous voice, the warm sense of your shoulder next to mine. You cradled a hymnal benevolently in your hand as though you were baptizing a child. "Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!" I sang more loudly, I suppose, for gratitude that you were with me. I held my hymnal with more care, sang and looked up more hopefully to that pulpit than I might otherwise have done on any given Easter. I prayed more ardently for good things to happen, thought more kindly of the man beside me who wouldn’t make room when we three entered the pew but stared blandly ahead as if waiting for an opera to begin. When the minister spread his arms in benediction and bade us all go in peace, we stayed to hear the postlude and watch the Easter crowd wind its way to the narthex and spill out into the boisterous parade on Fifth Avenue. I sat there and listened with you as the organist played his sonorous farewell. When I was a boy sitting next to you in church, you might gently pat my thigh when the organist’s final note passed through the sanctuary like a great bird in flight. You would smile as if to say, “You made it through the whole service!” On this Easter, when the hymn began, and the mighty ***** notes swelled around us like God’s own voice in song, it was the thought of your shoulder near mine, your hands upon the pew, that halted my singing for a moment, to let a silent bolt of longing pass through me like a solitary dog crossing a road. Then it was gone, the thought, but so, too, was your palpable nearness, the idea of your voice ringing through the church like a celebration.
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Being alone is strangely freeing. Now that you're gone, I have no one to answer to. No one texting me constantly to see what I'm doing And where I am and who I'm with. Being alone is a cage with no bars. I have all the time in the world and no one to share it with. I'll watch a beautiful sunset, and try to pass my cigarette To the outline of a woman that isn't there anymore. Though your shadow still casts next to mine on my roof. Being alone is enlightening. With no idle chit chat to fill the air My thoughts can now smoke out a room. Every situation is either dreadfully awful or benevolently warm. There is certainly a struggle for balance. Being alone is stupefying. I become so engrossed in myself I forget the world around me exists. My cell phone sits in my pocket, a fossil of wires and plastic. I find it now just to be an over sized paperweight. Most time now spent in isolated contemplation. There's always sunshine behind my tag-a-long rain cloud. There is strength to be gained from solitude. I now fully bare the weight of my unobstructed conscience. My once feeble legs carry on like the hooves of the ox. Once cold, I am now warm and inviting. I greet each day with open arms and humble spirit. Life is okay. Even if I have to experience it alone, Sometimes, it's not a bad thing. I feel the warmth.
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Oct 24, 2015
Oct 24, 2015 at 11:42 AM UTC
On Being Alone.
*the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should **** him* I - one can only hope to be the genisis of fear and god onto oneself II - I fear that my poetry is the mark that which can **** you, words that leave scars on the author itself III - I USE THAT MARK, THIS POETRY AS A CANE, TO STABALIZE THE EFFECTS MY ILL FORGOTTEN WAYS HAVE CREATED AND WILL BENEVOLENTLY STRIKE AGAIN IV - I'm tired of keeping myself awake, away and alive, hiding in the shadows because I have slain the innocence V- prayeth someone will have mercy on my soul because I know that the monster above will not VI - forgive me for I have sinned VII - leaving you broke me as well. My heart, my lungs and body and soul, my spirit, my mind and my gut wrenching faith Sevenfold in the name of Jesus Christ I am lost, my rebellion is this parchment, these last words I pray, Amen.
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Apr 10, 2015
Apr 10, 2015 at 2:03 AM UTC
Mark of Cain
I smell the faint smell of the sampaguita sold to my father It makes me think about the poor Whenever we buy this chain of white flowers it is a bookmark in the senses Poverty Remember poverty Smell the pleasantness in your automobile and don't forget poverty. Who sold it to you? A homeless child. "It comes from a place I know not where it came from, I forgot" A life made of lies We buy this truth but live a lie We are not happy about the situation We are not happy that we are happy and they are in shambles When it rains we praise the clean billboards of the aftermath But poverty, is not washed or clean I am not sure what to do with this poverty of kindness I m lacking in kindliness and gentleness So what can there be to give to a poor child? I desire to live benevolently Desire does not mean I am so But to desire makes me righteous toward the bad And hopeful too
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Aug 13, 2017
Aug 13, 2017 at 10:26 AM UTC
Righteous
My Universe is shaken by falling stars! In a pitch-dark night, I would still hold the tearing sky with a will to urinate; pathetic son of Atlas among the more steadfast! The sickly-yellow Moon, like the mgposhadt apple, terrifies among skeletal trees and descends into the pool of blood of the fainted Sun at every whim! The sonnet wreath of single-serviced sun-scented smiles is further multiplied by the selfishness of Memory and pleasures that shines on the faces of mothers when they feel the jingling beats of the other precious, angelic existence!   The stars shining on the light carousel orbit in an X-ray; the sun is always on fire! "He who doesn't wait for an answer on the donkey ladder of Being even shrinks!" Every memory is a deceptive dream! The constantly renewing responsibility drives us into a drifting dizziness: the intention of improving people! Its freedom of abysses cannot be enough to soar to infinity in our Pegasus-cherishing human spirit!   As on the seabed, we seek our place among the true Beads in the expanding Universe until our swirling hearts can find peace! Another self of ourselves cries out to another depths! In the infinity inside, everyone can already imagine themselves; we should delve into ourselves to find the presence! We are curiously searching for beggar-beauties while learning the point in the bright smile of human-eye stars!   There are innumerable circles around your Heart Center in which the Heart of Being throbs; the fog of damped dazing stunts benevolently soothes and seems comforting! As a sore clump of meat, like in a forest, I suddenly fall into the murmuring memories of the wild om
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Jan 21, 2021
Jan 21, 2021 at 3:12 AM UTC
Depth cries into depths!
My Universe is shaken by falling stars! In a pitch-dark night, I would still hold the tearing sky with a will to urinate; pathetic son of Atlas among the more steadfast! The sickly-yellow Moon, like the mgposhadt apple, terrifies among skeletal trees and descends into the pool of blood of the fainted Sun at every whim! The sonnet wreath of single-serviced sun-scented smiles is further multiplied by the selfishness of Memory and pleasures that shines on the faces of mothers when they feel the jingling beats of the other precious, angelic existence!   The stars shining on the light carousel orbit in an X-ray; the sun is always on fire! "He who doesn't wait for an answer on the donkey ladder of Being even shrinks!" Every memory is a deceptive dream! The constantly renewing responsibility drives us into a drifting dizziness: the intention of improving people! Its freedom of abysses cannot be enough to soar to infinity in our Pegasus-cherishing human spirit!   As on the seabed, we seek our place among the true Beads in the expanding Universe until our swirling hearts can find peace! Another self of ourselves cries out to another depths! In the infinity inside, everyone can already imagine themselves; we should delve into ourselves to find the presence! We are curiously searching for beggar-beauties while learning the point in the bright smile of human-eye stars!   There are innumerable circles around your Heart Center in which the Heart of Being throbs; the fog of damped dazing stunts benevolently soothes and seems comforting! As a sore clump of meat, like in a forest, I suddenly fall into the murmuring memories of the wild om
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