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"brawny" poems
There are people who Love to participate in meeting And make storm and dream in their deliberation; But vacillate For coming down to ground And execute; They are called as meeting brawny!
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Jun 9, 2014
Jun 9, 2014 at 4:13 PM UTC
Meeting brawny
Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate’er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter’s voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother’s voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night’s repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
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The Village Blacksmith
Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate’er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man. Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low. And children coming home from school Look in at the open door; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor. He goes on Sunday to the church, And sits among his boys; He hears the parson pray and preach, He hears his daughter’s voice, Singing in the village choir, And it makes his heart rejoice. It sounds to him like her mother’s voice, Singing in Paradise! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing, Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night’s repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
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It is a tell of two adored in historic past “Their life was bumpy No one allowed them to tie the knot! They were lucky Times permit them to get nearer! In the fullness of time, They are happy Since   Their new life is starts up! They are starry As crops in their field are growing up! They are brawny Seeing Her haulage to a new hope! Their hopes are turns to gusty Draught spread out Crops ruined up and in the bolt from the blue He breathes his last! She is becoming leggy Tears and torn encircled People started to blame! All of a sudden A magic brings Mosey A birds comes in and tell   ‘I am here now, Going sing everyday for you and our up bring!’" Then onwards People in the hills label birds calls are the songs of their dearest one ! Now, birds are becoming honey to everyone!!
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Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 2:24 PM UTC
Dear one’s song
People often refer to me as a total Jack Ace. I just tell them that, in fact, I’m more like a rabid K-9. Don’t mind the foam in my mouth. When the king goes a floppin’ don’t even bother knockin’ Numbah nine. Numbah nine. Your tens just lost their perfect shine, I’ll soak you up just like Brawny cleaning wine.
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Jul 26, 2014
Jul 26, 2014 at 4:40 PM UTC
Jack Ace
It cannot put pen to paper But all a flower has to do Is open up its delicate petals Unfolding like a noble lady's fan Broadening to blossom into a lovely jewel Poetry without any word A spider weaves its web Like an author spins tales It's intentions upon its survival, but Its intricate home of threads and strings Like a gossamer harp Is enchanting to perceive A make and design of fragile strength The oceans and seas Mighty and commanding They roar and display their majesty With crashing waves and splashy bravado They spare few prisoners And graveyards of sunken ships Whisper of stories untold Birds chirp and warble With songs that humans long to know For they travel through the air In simplistic freedom Their chorus of communication Is a poetic symphony just as entertaining As any band of musicians or artists The winds blow and whistle Though they have no mouths If you listen close enough You can hear their secrets Their breath of life in the Ever flowing Breezes that enfold us You'd swear the mountains Were painted that way Brawny and broad, peaked high above Against the grand canvas we call the sky Yes, paintings are poems, too For a picture speaks a thousand words But no mere man can make a mountain You see We are merely students Taught by God's natural, creative genius We are merely imitators Of what nature displays We are not originals For we are not the first poets Nor the first storytellers
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Jan 12, 2014
Jan 12, 2014 at 1:31 AM UTC
God Is the Original Poet, the Original Storyteller
four ****** sisters born in the frozen woods;   emerging from the mind                      of their older sister,      who is also       mother                  of the universe; as the fair sun sets             & darkness                                    comes w/ winds down from mountains;                 mother running mad [      ] out to the field, shouting kinfolk          running from everywhere; the oldest    sister        Philosophia wondering aloud                                     about her sister's things                               |       scanning the sky w/ her magical eight-eyes;   [          ],             Beautia, watching her slyly;                                    sits       beside her w/ two heads, [                  ]  one in her arm;              it's no wonder                     [her lover] has [              ]               gone but           appears at her  [           ]  cracked                    window           where she ponders snakes &       her faint         starlit                 father's statues           of the               monumental men of old           as he imagined them to be;       brawny & vague; -      [that race of giants]             baby sister nature trots down the        mountainside bringing the music;            she-goats following         |                                 her dusty      trail's trail                [from below the earth - as from above] trailing             their tails                                  & running ahead; mother, possessed long into the night; [shipbuilding,   sailing &                               navigating was not accomplished by trial & error;                      some higher being had to instruct   [generations have to pass for    mankind to learn one thing]      until electricity               men gunned each other down                            in the streets & parks                  | &  used swords        [                 ]        |          the garrulous collection of                              hairy morons,          |              if only                          to get them [since the Bomb humanity                                           hasn't learned a thing; now, in a new era,                             [we have yet to learn] wiping out the race            through **** starvation                  & ****** in the wide field [                   ] of the wide plateau, [                    ] arms spread,                     |               flat on her back        where the genius sky echoes ring out from the barbarous throat of                    the fourth sister Fortuna, who has seen it all w/ the sun's eyes;
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 at 10:25 AM UTC
the 4 ancient daughters of Chomolungma
four ****** sisters born in the frozen woods;   emerging from the mind                      of their older sister,      who is also       mother                  of the universe; as the fair sun sets             & darkness                                    comes w/ winds down from mountains;                 mother running mad [      ] out to the field, shouting kinfolk          running from everywhere; the oldest    sister        Philosophia wondering aloud                                     about her sister's things                               |       scanning the sky w/ her magical eight-eyes;   [          ],             Beautia, watching her slyly;                                    sits       beside her w/ two heads, [                  ]  one in her arm;              it's no wonder                     [her lover] has [              ]               gone but           appears at her  [           ]  cracked                    window           where she ponders snakes &       her faint         starlit                 father's statues           of the               monumental men of old           as he imagined them to be;       brawny & vague; -      [that race of giants]             baby sister nature trots down the        mountainside bringing the music;            she-goats following         |                                 her dusty      trail's trail                [from below the earth - as from above] trailing             their tails                                  & running ahead; mother, possessed long into the night; [shipbuilding,   sailing &                               navigating was not accomplished by trial & error;                      some higher being had to instruct   [generations have to pass for    mankind to learn one thing]      until electricity               men gunned each other down                            in the streets & parks                  | &  used swords        [                 ]        |          the garrulous collection of                              hairy morons,          |              if only                          to get them [since the Bomb humanity                                           hasn't learned a thing; now, in a new era,                             [we have yet to learn] wiping out the race            through **** starvation                  & ****** in the wide field [                   ] of the wide plateau, [                    ] arms spread,                     |               flat on her back        where the genius sky echoes ring out from the barbarous throat of                    the fourth sister Fortuna, who has seen it all w/ the sun's eyes;
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along the red marble hall in the east wing on either side, hung from the talons of granite stones resting on their brother's shoulders in the bitter load baring framed in golden oak and cherry wood, gilded arcane; several paintings in the style of the Old Masters. And a long rug from foreign fjords like a flat dune of spice, the length of a mile. pinched to a vantage point in a spider's web. and a draft. a draft through the twelve senses. your song un-gongs the gamelan and the bells remain. pecked by crows of a different summer. beads of honey making war on paraplegic bees. we keep these in styrofoam cups to just enough; seal our wounds. we encounter the lost rooms with the odd keys on either side, the full length of the east hall. stout, brawny portals to discord and fable. perhaps even windows of a different winter. perhaps we know.
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Mar 26, 2013
Mar 26, 2013 at 4:36 AM UTC
Campari Taste Like The Color Red Channeling Sylvia Plath With A Mouthful Of Pop Rocks And Typewriter Ribbon.
I remember the first time I laid eyes on him, that emotive whirlwind within at the sight of him I swooned inwardly, blinking... overtaken by the moment, a radiance connected us; his visage emanated strength beyond his brawny physique and his handsomeness our dawning... love awakened at the sight of him; keeping bedroom eyes mentally closed, but, longing to feel him against me became a resting place in my heart his eyes were so, tender, I wanted to finger trace his lips, slowly, allowing him to taste the first breath of our moment one moonlit night... he approached, another swoon moment, I melted in his arms as he whispered in the arch of sultry heat uncovering the fabric of my being love aroused... and our essence melded; one breath...ours mingled, became precious as wet stained kisses rained upon upturned pout taste of him left me adorned, in naked shadows of midnight, love found; bound by blushed sighs, in demureness I lean into manliness breathing shades of his love lost... in syllabic whispers, drenched in poetry of us, where want dawdles at the door of need as desire entwines igniting our flame and I melt between the folds of Him and I evolving... in the archway of love at first sight
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Jul 18, 2013
Jul 18, 2013 at 8:15 PM UTC
Shades of Love
I am like that passerby Who sees a drowning man, Thrashing in the water. Yet completely unable to swim. I am like that passerby Who sees a man getting mugged Clamped in those brawny arms. Yet not strong enough to defend. I am like that passerby Who sees a child crossing a dangerous road Walking as the car zooms by. Yet too scared to save. I am like that passerby And I will always only be a passerby. I see but I do not do. Helpless But always forced to Watch.
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Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013 at 4:01 AM UTC
The Passerby
Painted pictures come to life, Twirling landscapes with subliminal words, He gestures back and forth with life, The white canvass transforms into a palette You stood on the inside, Wanting to go out, You watched from the inside, Wishing you were someone else He’s driven around in a limousine, With a stack of green bills to light his cigar, He’s got it made and does not know you exist, He dines with pomposity and drinks in gold You stood on the outside, Watching him dine and wine, You watched from the outside, Wishing you were sitting there. She was a model, thin and tall, Brawny and bright with a flair of the fair, She smiled and danced, gyrating her hips She partied until she could no more You stood on the outside, You wished you had her life, You watched from the outside, Wishing someone invited you To life’s grand celebration You did not know though, The model died of drug abuse, The tycoon was murdered, And the artist…ahh the Artist! That was you…that was you first and foremost You forgot and you deviated! You re-arranged your priorities And now…and now You stand on the outside, You no longer can watch the world go by, You no longer can wish, You in a wooden coffin, Being laid to rest. You died yesterday, Poisoned with affection By someone who stood by And watched you from the outside Vijaya Balan (2009)
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Nov 7, 2014
Nov 7, 2014 at 4:12 AM UTC
Inside and Outside
You sow seeds of your life, By your own self. You wish that they survive, Without others' help. You put some water of affection, And desire for a vibrant leaves collection. You anticipate it show the true inner reflection. You wish the plant to grow soon, It peaks out and sees the brutality. You take care of it in the blazing afternoon, So that it doesn't adapts to the causality. You wish it to grow into a sturdy brawny tree, Which gives fruits and blooms flowers, Which can be set free, And is full of vie and power. Once it's usual to the surroundings, People come and go. And say bad words cursily The tree- it's morals go low. The imaginations and expectations All are failed. Full of scars and suctions You now sailed. Back to - from where you came. No guilt, no regret, no shame. You think to earn more fame, Making your life truly lame. The tree without you died, Because it had no hope. Are you still capable to say "it's mine" It is long gone.
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Aug 6, 2021
Aug 6, 2021 at 9:48 AM UTC
Seeds
*I see piercing rings like light shows in the goldish brown skies of your eyes and when you speak, a beautifully combined string of sounds creates the most charming melody my ears have ever been graced with Your lips like the greatest comfort of life, smooth and soft like linen sheets enfolding my freckled flesh Your tongue sugared and wet, like a piece of hard candy, I love the way it tastes as it turns around in my mouth Your kiss like the most breathtaking of any and all tangible and transcendental pleasures A never ending dream flowing softly in the counterparts of my introverted mind The gentle drone of your heavy sighs Your breath, heavy and humid, like a dense fog covering the ground on a crisp fall morning Your black hair resembles a dark and silky shroud like it could absorb all light and still be both blinding and appealing I watch your fervor as it spreads to every particle of air that it can infiltrate Your heart seemingly evident though tucked away under the enticing surface of your brawny chest, as if I can feel your heartbeat in my very chest, thumping in perfect synchronization with the quiet beating of my own heart*
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Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013 at 8:57 AM UTC
I Woke Up From That Dream Again Where I Love You For The Rest Of My Life
through shattered glass a broken mind in one lone voice terse and cleansed speaks unspoken thoughts of rusty will nestled in spirit's brawny grasp winged notions lay in wait on woodless edges of fate's forest relenting for relent's sake heart-shaped clouds bleed sorrowed sheets blanketing a clown of shame huddled atop nervy stilts embedded in the muck of mourn furious fields forge fires of rage a sweltering stench stands tall in lockstep a ghosts parade foggy silhouettes stop and gaze watching, waiting, wanting to rob future's grave of treasures past scratched and bruised and battered lands tattered bands of dreamscape caravans timeless sands, spineless hands, heartless clans among these, fate is planned a distant city stands to fall infidels shall cringe and crawl brotherhood of hate begun redemption of man undone ©Jason Cole
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Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 at 4:52 PM UTC
Netherworld
I want a dog who is a big fat coward like me And barks only behind thick glass television screens Face to face his tail is between his legs And he looks away from dogs half his size He hides under the bed during storms And licks robbers on the knees He is a companion that knows what it is to fear To envy the bravado of the brawny action star When your only catchphrase is trembling My dog bounds into the foggy recesses I forgot exist No longer in sight I hear him bark and claw at the echoes within
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Oct 23, 2011
Oct 23, 2011 at 10:38 PM UTC
Dog
Rest in Country We'd just lobbed into Vungers from the Dat on R & C, Innocently strolling was **** Knight and me, Across the Flags to the Some-Such Bar wherein the girls drank 'tea'. And I can still see Max beside me striding to the Some-Such Bar, With the baby-sans about him going just that bit too far, With their practiced tugs and pleadings going just that bit too far. And of course among the baby-sans the cowboys moved in too, Which didn't worry me too much my cash was in my shoe, But Max was Max and in those days, not like me and you. ‘Watch your wallet, mate,’ says I, ‘in case it comes to harm.’ ‘No fear of that’ says mighty Max with patriotic charm, Then he tucked a cowboy baby-san beneath one brawny arm. Well! 'You silly ****** put him down’ but Max went like a rocket; 'I'm off to find the White Mice 'cos this bastard's picked me pocket.’ And I groaned aloud because I knew that me and him would cop it. Sure enough, there gathered round an angry, shouting throng, In Asia you don't maltreat kids, no matter right or wrong; Believe you me our lives that day depended on that throng. And I got hit with an iron bar (the hat protected my head), Whilst Max had a pistol ****** into his belly and really should be dead, And across the Flags M.P's I saw, turned white in craven dread. Australians too, those coppers but no good to Max and me; The gutless ******** turned about just so they might not see The riot raging fiercely now about my mate and me. I'd say forty upright citizens we met that Vung Tau day. Policemen, soldiers, rascals, all with us two in affray; Those Aussie ****** save our lives? They'd turned themselves away. Thank Christ the mob stayed leaderless, our riot's end surprise; And the cowardly action of those two? 'twas blessing in disguise, For a Yankee Jeep barged through the mob and drawled 'in here, you guys'. It barged back out then drove full speed to the end of R&C Where the Major spoke severely to **** Knight and me. While quietly back at the Some-Such Bar the girls sat drinking tea. Saved
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Mar 12, 2019
Mar 12, 2019 at 10:08 PM UTC
Rest-in-Country
Rest in Country We'd just lobbed into Vungers from the Dat on R & C, Innocently strolling was **** Knight and me, Across the Flags to the Some-Such Bar wherein the girls drank 'tea'. And I can still see Max beside me striding to the Some-Such Bar, With the baby-sans about him going just that bit too far, With their practiced tugs and pleadings going just that bit too far. And of course among the baby-sans the cowboys moved in too, Which didn't worry me too much my cash was in my shoe, But Max was Max and in those days, not like me and you. ‘Watch your wallet, mate,’ says I, ‘in case it comes to harm.’ ‘No fear of that’ says mighty Max with patriotic charm, Then he tucked a cowboy baby-san beneath one brawny arm. Well! 'You silly ****** put him down’ but Max went like a rocket; 'I'm off to find the White Mice 'cos this bastard's picked me pocket.’ And I groaned aloud because I knew that me and him would cop it. Sure enough, there gathered round an angry, shouting throng, In Asia you don't maltreat kids, no matter right or wrong; Believe you me our lives that day depended on that throng. And I got hit with an iron bar (the hat protected my head), Whilst Max had a pistol ****** into his belly and really should be dead, And across the Flags M.P's I saw, turned white in craven dread. Australians too, those coppers but no good to Max and me; The gutless ******** turned about just so they might not see The riot raging fiercely now about my mate and me. I'd say forty upright citizens we met that Vung Tau day. Policemen, soldiers, rascals, all with us two in affray; Those Aussie ****** save our lives? They'd turned themselves away. Thank Christ the mob stayed leaderless, our riot's end surprise; And the cowardly action of those two? 'twas blessing in disguise, For a Yankee Jeep barged through the mob and drawled 'in here, you guys'. It barged back out then drove full speed to the end of R&C Where the Major spoke severely to **** Knight and me. While quietly back at the Some-Such Bar the girls sat drinking tea. Saved
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'Where are all the rough men?' Said the codger to the son 'For it's time we were home again And daylight's almost done For though this park is fair To look upon in light The shadows truly fill the air With goons who long to fight Where are all the rough men Who used to walk this park? For it's time we were home again Before it grows to dark They're gone, i tell you lad, And we'll never get them back And you should be remorseful And mournful for our lack For now we're watched by half-men They're eunuchs one and all How can these skinny jeans stand When the blows begin to fall? Show me the thugs of yester-year, Those bold and brawny men Who'd hear the war drums pounding And come running glen to glen Bring me back my brothers, And these villains one and all Would run back to their mothers And seek no other brawl But my eyesight now forsakes me And my hand forgets its wrench And my legs will not allow me To go far beyond this bench Were that i was sprier And still retained my brawn But now I simply tire And the last rough man is gone'
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Mar 2, 2013
Mar 2, 2013 at 1:54 PM UTC
The Codger
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2005 I am quiet, walking between the rows of shoulder high... there is learning catching up to me, racing towards my heels. its pace crushes my lungs; My head hangs, the earth's aroma lifts towards me so I can smell. Huffing with the strength of an intelligent woman, My ******* are firm, my brawny hair ringlets down my sides, my solitude attracts attention for one moment, then the love moves on. the cold freezes my breath. I sit at a desk, conjuring up their names without permission. invading their lives like an uninvited transient. watching through an open curtain as they make love to other women. discarding my own life, calm, slow, sleeping, fighting for nothing. October 2, 2005
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Jul 22, 2013
Jul 22, 2013 at 12:37 PM UTC
Walking in the Dead Field
They fell in love in June, When the sun shone rays of gold. She— With her flaxen-brown locks of warmth. He— With his brawny arms of fire, They fell in love in June. They fell in love in June. The moment their eyes locked to the opposite sides of the same window Was the scene they would never forget. She— With virginal hope hovering her logic, And he— With masculine autonomy clouding the last of her clear days, They fell in love in June. They fell in love in June. The window protected her from the fire, But they pierced the glass together. Craving the heat from her beloved, She sank into the smoky fumes. And the fumes were friendly at first. She loved inhaling the smoke that arose from under the gentle sheets. He touched her in ways that didn’t burn her. And they felt passion at first. They felt vulnerable fury in the fingers of one And ardent lust in the palms of the other, As they fell in love in June. They fell in love in June, She With his nourishing flames. And he With the image of her broken hunger longing for them. They fell in love in June.
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Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 12:35 PM UTC
Ablaze
I miss you. Your brawny arms, and the way they'd firmly hold me. Those honest starry eyes, and their ability to burn holes through me. Your flawlessly gentle lips, and the way they felt like cashmere connecting to my own. The warmth of your body, in my bed. I miss, the ignorance of being alone. Our legs weaved between each others bodies as we slumber. You, bogarting the chill of the night. Using your own toes to defrost mine. Appointing your chest the role, To stand in as my personalized pillow. And more than anything, I miss waking up happy. Your influential mind, your godly presence, and your virtuous company. Could you please return them back to me.
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Feb 21, 2013
Feb 21, 2013 at 4:02 AM UTC
Return Home.
The warmth surges through my body as the water runs down, Down, down, down it drips. Through my ***** blonde hair that extends to my sun kissed stomach. To my thighs, And lastly to my toes painted in pink. The water beats from the shower cap with the power people crave for, Desire for. I like to play a game, with the water. I turn the nosel to the hottest it will go, Then simply stand under it. I can feel my chest burning, My body melting under the scalding water. Before I evaporate completely under the shower cap, I turn the nosel to the coldest it will go. My breath is taken instantly, my favorite part. Slowly my head becomes numb. The numbness travels down to my frozen cheeks, My burnt shoulders, My growing ******* My narrow hips, My brawny legs, My pink toes. And this is when I know I am alive. So I turn off the water, And know I won the game.
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Nov 19, 2012
Nov 19, 2012 at 5:54 PM UTC
Wanna Play A Game?
The wind grew chill on a summer’s day And the clouds built up outside, ‘It looks like a storm is coming our way,’ Said the folk of Ezra’s Pride, The sea rose up in a mighty swirl And it swamped their coastal town, ‘I think there’s something wrong with the world,’ Said the blacksmith, Helmut Brown. He left the forge as the fire went out Under the tidal surge, And looked to heaven as folk would shout ‘The sea and the sky have merged.’ For the clouds above were purple and gold The horizon coloured the same, The ground beneath had rumbled and groaned As it came, the pelting rain. He went to look for his Isabelle In the cottage down by the shore, The water there was draining away Then it hit the eaves once more, And she clung onto the cottage roof Where it swept her there in fright, She cried to Helmut, ‘Just get me down, I fear for my life tonight.’ So he took her down in his brawny arms And he waded through the flood, ‘I’ll keep you safe from the world’s alarms,’ As he walked through seas of mud, He walked her up to the higher ground As the lightning lit the sky, ‘I’ll not let anything happen to you For in truth, I’d rather die.’ But then the ground had opened up In a crevice, ten feet deep, And he was parted from Isabelle, Who stood on the side more steep, ‘How can I come on back to you,’ The love of his life had cried, As he stood still as the crevice grew So wide, on the other side. ‘The world is trying to tell us things, It’s tearing us all apart, Perhaps we haven’t been kind to it, It’s punishing us, sweetheart.’ And she had moaned, his Isabelle, Stood out in the pouring rain, ‘Well what have I ever done to it? The planet is going insane.’ Then the thunder growled up overhead, As if to refute a lie, ‘It’s you who are insane,’ it said, ‘Get ready to say goodbye.’ And a lava flow came down the hill In a stream, and glowing red, ‘Don’t let it come near you, Isabelle, Just a touch, and you’ll be dead.’ We’ll leave them there on that distant hill Where the world keeps them apart, ‘Why should you be untouched,’ it said, ‘When you folk have broken my heart. You have drilled through me, and spilled on me, And have fouled my lakes and seas, Why should I leave your perfect love When I’m filled with your disease?’ David Lewis Paget
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Jan 21, 2017
Jan 21, 2017 at 11:28 PM UTC
The Ending
The wind grew chill on a summer’s day And the clouds built up outside, ‘It looks like a storm is coming our way,’ Said the folk of Ezra’s Pride, The sea rose up in a mighty swirl And it swamped their coastal town, ‘I think there’s something wrong with the world,’ Said the blacksmith, Helmut Brown. He left the forge as the fire went out Under the tidal surge, And looked to heaven as folk would shout ‘The sea and the sky have merged.’ For the clouds above were purple and gold The horizon coloured the same, The ground beneath had rumbled and groaned As it came, the pelting rain. He went to look for his Isabelle In the cottage down by the shore, The water there was draining away Then it hit the eaves once more, And she clung onto the cottage roof Where it swept her there in fright, She cried to Helmut, ‘Just get me down, I fear for my life tonight.’ So he took her down in his brawny arms And he waded through the flood, ‘I’ll keep you safe from the world’s alarms,’ As he walked through seas of mud, He walked her up to the higher ground As the lightning lit the sky, ‘I’ll not let anything happen to you For in truth, I’d rather die.’ But then the ground had opened up In a crevice, ten feet deep, And he was parted from Isabelle, Who stood on the side more steep, ‘How can I come on back to you,’ The love of his life had cried, As he stood still as the crevice grew So wide, on the other side. ‘The world is trying to tell us things, It’s tearing us all apart, Perhaps we haven’t been kind to it, It’s punishing us, sweetheart.’ And she had moaned, his Isabelle, Stood out in the pouring rain, ‘Well what have I ever done to it? The planet is going insane.’ Then the thunder growled up overhead, As if to refute a lie, ‘It’s you who are insane,’ it said, ‘Get ready to say goodbye.’ And a lava flow came down the hill In a stream, and glowing red, ‘Don’t let it come near you, Isabelle, Just a touch, and you’ll be dead.’ We’ll leave them there on that distant hill Where the world keeps them apart, ‘Why should you be untouched,’ it said, ‘When you folk have broken my heart. You have drilled through me, and spilled on me, And have fouled my lakes and seas, Why should I leave your perfect love When I’m filled with your disease?’ David Lewis Paget
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My mind says no; wanes to let go, but then again, when have I ever listened to it. My heart says yes; unbeknownst to myself. Washed ashore, brawny yet bruised. A casualty of love; Of our own misunderstandings, purloined around our lover's lungs, in forlorn hope to find ourselves in comet tails and wisps of smoke. We will pick ourselves up and break in waves, again.
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May 13, 2017
May 13, 2017 at 1:56 AM UTC
Stubborn Heart.
The day is fading once again, the forest stands in silhouette And I upon my balcony with Bergerac, and cigarette Survey the Moon that rises to illuminate, with harsh regret My lost and lonesome memories of then and her, the sad Annette She called to me in velvet night, across the brawny moor I found the moment contrary, resisting not her soft allure I walked in nightmares sad lament, my heart decreed herein de-jure I ascend the last few steps and stop.. and softly knock upon the door I stood but for a moment there, the opening ajar I sensed soft music on the breeze, originating from afar Looking up I saw my tears reflected in the evening star I stepped inside, a haunting scent adrift upon the evening air I listened as the music played inside my mind, a soft octet Silently the windows sang, with ornate glass in raised rosette What happened next my heart denies, although has not forgotten yet There beheld my eyes the hollow face of her.. the sad Annette She sat there lost in solitude emotion thus demure Her sedentary countenance at once was sullen, quite obscure Attire of one whom long ago had donned her lost haute-couture Though words cannot describe my feelings, as I sat... and gazed at her She looked my way but for a moment, she had sensed my hidden pain Effaced a tear she’d wished unnoticed, smiled at me and then She said “I love you”, closed her eyes and spoke these words again It seemed as if she’d thrown my naked soul… out in the rain No other words were spoken as I turned, to take my leave Annette had given me another reason, so to grieve To see with crystal clarity, the failures I’ve achieved To make my heart another lonely wretched refugee To sit at days demise again with wine, and cigarette Attempting to relieve my mind of her, although I haven’t yet I live within the tortured realm of memories I can’t forget Of years ago and three small words, offered by the sad Annette. Dean Evans 4-5-15
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Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6, 2015 at 8:57 PM UTC
ANNETTE
The day is fading once again, the forest stands in silhouette And I upon my balcony with Bergerac, and cigarette Survey the Moon that rises to illuminate, with harsh regret My lost and lonesome memories of then and her, the sad Annette She called to me in velvet night, across the brawny moor I found the moment contrary, resisting not her soft allure I walked in nightmares sad lament, my heart decreed herein de-jure I ascend the last few steps and stop.. and softly knock upon the door I stood but for a moment there, the opening ajar I sensed soft music on the breeze, originating from afar Looking up I saw my tears reflected in the evening star I stepped inside, a haunting scent adrift upon the evening air I listened as the music played inside my mind, a soft octet Silently the windows sang, with ornate glass in raised rosette What happened next my heart denies, although has not forgotten yet There beheld my eyes the hollow face of her.. the sad Annette She sat there lost in solitude emotion thus demure Her sedentary countenance at once was sullen, quite obscure Attire of one whom long ago had donned her lost haute-couture Though words cannot describe my feelings, as I sat... and gazed at her She looked my way but for a moment, she had sensed my hidden pain Effaced a tear she’d wished unnoticed, smiled at me and then She said “I love you”, closed her eyes and spoke these words again It seemed as if she’d thrown my naked soul… out in the rain No other words were spoken as I turned, to take my leave Annette had given me another reason, so to grieve To see with crystal clarity, the failures I’ve achieved To make my heart another lonely wretched refugee To sit at days demise again with wine, and cigarette Attempting to relieve my mind of her, although I haven’t yet I live within the tortured realm of memories I can’t forget Of years ago and three small words, offered by the sad Annette. Dean Evans 4-5-15
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Someday you’ll find me Where the sunlight meets the sea, Waiting patiently for you. My spirit will be scattered across the surface, Riding bobbing, bellicose waves, And gasping for a nostalgic whiff of Honeyed oxygen. Know that my soul will be Immanent in the rising of the tide. While my wide liquidity hands Slither across the sand, Fervently longing To catch a memory, I will reach out to you. Lastly, When you hear the roar of the waves Beleaguering brawny rocks on the shore Know that it is me Crying out for you, Yearning to relive The serene moment when We watched sunlight kiss ripples Effusing through tender waters. For you, I’ll be content to Languor in transit, Bound between Heaven and Earth, Engulfed by sunlight and sea, Until we may ascend together, Limitlessly.
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May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016 at 10:38 PM UTC
Where The Sunlight Meets The Sea