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Yes, it's seemingly a nonsensical rhetorical question, but, for that precise reason, it will illustrate a lesson, if you so desire to tag along for this short session. Per Wikipedia, "The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus. It is an odd-toed ungulate mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae." Hmmm... I much prefer that the horse goes "Nay," eats hay, has a mane, and is ridden by cowboys, cowgirls, Indians, equestrians, knights, jockeys, conquistadors, Mongols, and all. Even better, just point a horse out or otherwise show a picture to a kid and they will never be mistaken again. Even the littlest ones will never be stumped when faced with a rhino, tiger, giraffe, camel, and such. Admittedly, there is a worry that we could be fooled with that of a donkey or mule. How come no one has taken advantage of this?! What a scam to get us rich! "Duh doy," you say, cause we all know when we see a horse, so why would anyone try to trick us with an *** Well I ask you in turn, why does anyone try to trick us with good art versus bad, let alone art versus crap? How could anyone fall for that?!
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Jun 10, 2018
Jun 10, 2018 at 8:48 PM UTC
Rhetorical Question: What is a horse?
Stressed ?, Tensed ?, Frustrated in a blow ?, Go to desert, beach, hill or a mountain of snow, Sure, plan a trip, better make it solo. Be free, feel the thrill, fear, love as you go. Travel to unknowns, meet strangers say hello. Feeling hurt?, Stretch a desert, Feel the sand, Slipping through your hand, Realise everything isn't in your control A camel safari make it a goal. Experience the culture, mix with locals to rediscover yourself. Are you in pain? Head to mountains, Altitude will test you in every way, Your petty issues will go stray, Try trekking, feel the snow, Chilly breeze upland it blow, Challenge your limits. Trivial issues but mighty mountains digits. When in doubt, A beach you scout, Feel the tropical sun, Respect the relentless sea overrun, You surf, sail and try the scooba fun. Go beyond, challenge your limits, Experience the miracles of nature, Subside your pain, let stress be a bygone, Rediscover yourself in the far unknown.
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Jan 3, 2019
Jan 3, 2019 at 5:28 PM UTC
Let's be ALIVE Again!
Went to my magwinya lady today, she's contained at the canteens on north campus, As she rose up her left eye was bluish ****** grey, A lump in my throat formed not as big as the one on her face, my eyes secreted their salty solution, my mind quickly processed confusion, "M-m-m-m-may i-i-i p-p-lease have five magwinyas" She smirked at my muttered utterance as she began to fill the thin transparent plastic with the oily flour-filled ***** I reluctantly asked "What happened to your eye?" She responded in Xhosa reasonably assuming my common cocoa coating meant our tongues matched until I told her otherwise. Eventually she simply said, "Fight". I said, "you got in to a fight?" She said "Mmm". I went over to my banana lady and said the magwinya lady has a black eye and she casually claimed, "Her boyfriend beat her yesterday." Confirming what my teary eyes and lumpy throat knew to be true when I saw my sweet magwinya lady with a swollen eye ****** grey and blue. Frustrated at the nothing I could do. Powerlessly pirched on a brown bench as the black sparrows chirped pleading for a piece of my last magwinya, Should I tell her to escape? Is that even my place? How many black eyes are blotched on this bruised land i, a fearful foreigner, trace? I'll bury my brain in my book, somewhat cowardly crook, I'll see what i saw but take no second look, like a camel's head in the sand, I'll timidly tell myself these things are just too hard to understand.
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Nov 3, 2021
Nov 3, 2021 at 6:43 AM UTC
black eyes & silent sighs
**** a polar bear's funky *** **** a racehorse's **** with Heinz Tomato Ketchup! **** a donkey's ****** *** **** a male camel's **** with Hoisen sauce! **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a European bison's smelly *** **** a woolly mammoth's **** with Miracle Whip! **** a snow leopard's *** with whip cream! **** a hyena's spermy **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a llama's ****** ******* **** a panda bear's spermy ******* **** a sloth bear's bootyhole! **** a greyhound's musty *** ********** **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** **** a cheetah's **** Polaroid, see what develops
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Jan 23, 2014
Jan 23, 2014 at 10:32 PM UTC
**** Cheetah's ****
happy **** day, **** me **** you, humpback **** front don't stop, follow dotted lines until you find the little treasure spot get a little wierd with love get a little wierd with me you aren't safe out there, kiddo just stick with me, too much talk in the office about us make out behind a filing cabinet stuck on the phone all day telling everybody we're going to be alright, happy hunting
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Sep 14, 2017
Sep 14, 2017 at 6:17 PM UTC
camel man
Up, O ye lovers, and away! 'Tis time to leave the world for aye. Hark, loud and clear from heaven the from of parting calls-let none delay! The cameleer hat risen amain, made ready all the camel-train, And quittance now desires to gain: why sleep ye, travellers, I pray? Behind us and before there swells the din of parting and of bells; To shoreless space each moment sails a disembodied spirit away. From yonder starry lights, and through those curtain-awnings darkly blue, Mysterious figures float in view, all strange and secret things display. From this orb, wheeling round its pole, a wondrous slumber o'er thee stole: O weary life that weighest naught, O sleep that on my soul dost weigh! O heart, toward they heart's love wend, and O friend, fly toward the Friend, Be wakeful, watchman, to the end: drowse seemingly no watchman may.
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Departure
In the sky there is nobody asleep. Nobody, nobody. Nobody is asleep. The creatures of the moon sniff and prowl about their cabins. The living iguanas will come and bite the men who do not dream, and the man who rushes out with his spirit broken will meet on the street corner the unbelievable alligator quiet beneath the tender protest of the stars. Nobody is asleep on earth. Nobody, nobody. Nobody is asleep. In the graveyard far off there is a corpse who has moaned for three years because of a dry countryside on his knee; and that boy they buried this morning cried so much it was necessary to call out the dogs to keep him quiet. Life is not a dream. Careful! Careful! Careful! We fall down the stairs in order to eat the moist earth or we climb to the knife edge of the snow with the voices of the dead dahlias. But forgetfulness does not exist, dreams to not exist; flesh exists. Kisses tie our mouths in a thicket of new veins, and whoever his pain pains will feel that pain forever and whoever is afraid of death will carry it on his shoulers. On day the horses will live in the saloons and the enraged ants will throw themselves on the yellow skies that take refuge in the eyes of cows. Another day we will watch the preserved butterflies rise from the dead and still walking through a country of gray sponges and silent boats we will watch our ring flash and roses spring from our tongue. Careful! Be careful! Be careful! The men who still have marks of the claw and the thunderstorm, and that boy who cries because he has never heard of the invention of the bridge, or that dead man who possess now only his head and a shoe, we must carry them to the wall where the iguanas and the snakes are waiting, where the bear's teeth are waiting, where the mummified hand of the boy is waiting, and the hair of the camel stands on end with a violent blue shudder. Nobody is sleeping in the sky. Nobody, nobody. Nobody is sleeping. If someone does close his eyes, a whip, boys, a whip! Let there be a landscape of open eyes and bitter wounds on fire. No one is sleeping in this world. No one, no one. I have said it before. No one is sleeping. But if someone grows too much moss on his temples during the night, open the stage trapdoors so he can see in the moonlight the lying goblets, and the poison, and the skull of the theatres.
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City That Does Not Sleep
In the sky there is nobody asleep. Nobody, nobody. Nobody is asleep. The creatures of the moon sniff and prowl about their cabins. The living iguanas will come and bite the men who do not dream, and the man who rushes out with his spirit broken will meet on the street corner the unbelievable alligator quiet beneath the tender protest of the stars. Nobody is asleep on earth. Nobody, nobody. Nobody is asleep. In the graveyard far off there is a corpse who has moaned for three years because of a dry countryside on his knee; and that boy they buried this morning cried so much it was necessary to call out the dogs to keep him quiet. Life is not a dream. Careful! Careful! Careful! We fall down the stairs in order to eat the moist earth or we climb to the knife edge of the snow with the voices of the dead dahlias. But forgetfulness does not exist, dreams to not exist; flesh exists. Kisses tie our mouths in a thicket of new veins, and whoever his pain pains will feel that pain forever and whoever is afraid of death will carry it on his shoulers. On day the horses will live in the saloons and the enraged ants will throw themselves on the yellow skies that take refuge in the eyes of cows. Another day we will watch the preserved butterflies rise from the dead and still walking through a country of gray sponges and silent boats we will watch our ring flash and roses spring from our tongue. Careful! Be careful! Be careful! The men who still have marks of the claw and the thunderstorm, and that boy who cries because he has never heard of the invention of the bridge, or that dead man who possess now only his head and a shoe, we must carry them to the wall where the iguanas and the snakes are waiting, where the bear's teeth are waiting, where the mummified hand of the boy is waiting, and the hair of the camel stands on end with a violent blue shudder. Nobody is sleeping in the sky. Nobody, nobody. Nobody is sleeping. If someone does close his eyes, a whip, boys, a whip! Let there be a landscape of open eyes and bitter wounds on fire. No one is sleeping in this world. No one, no one. I have said it before. No one is sleeping. But if someone grows too much moss on his temples during the night, open the stage trapdoors so he can see in the moonlight the lying goblets, and the poison, and the skull of the theatres.
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Twilight silhouettes. An evening cigarette, up on deck. The sun sets - on the far side of the cliff - While the boat Dips and lift, dips and lifts. Golden brown all around legs returning A golden sun is burning out Turning down the volume on the sky Now the whiteness of the day seeps through Our sand-entrenched shoes and is swallowed By the vastness of the wine-dark sea. Our salt-encrusted shoulders have rolled no boulders To touch the sun at noon Long afternoons through hazy pastel views Till the day’s foaming sea breaks Upon the hilly hooves of Spanish rocks. Meanwhile, the spine of a sleeping giant Lies in a hazy snooze, Its camel back runs grey to black Across the flat horizon. Pupils widen As the semi circle of gold is swallowed whole The velvet sea rolls gently for Poseidon.
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Feb 20, 2011
Feb 20, 2011 at 5:33 PM UTC
Poseidon
walk into the room With your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked And you say, who is that man? You try so hard But you dont understand Just what youll say When you get home Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? You raise up your head And you ask, is this where it is? And somebody points to you and says Its his And you say, whats mine? And somebody else says, where what is? And you say, oh my god Am I here all alone? Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? You hand in your ticket And you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you When he hears you speak And says, how does it feel To be such a freak? And you say, impossible As he hands you a bone Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? You have many contacts Among the lumberjacks To get you facts When someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect Anyway they already expect you To just give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Youve been with the professors And theyve all liked your looks With great lawyers you have Discussed lepers and crooks Youve been through all of F. scott fitzgeralds books Youre very well read Its well known Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you And then he kneels He crosses himself And then he clicks his high heels And without further notice He asks you how it feels And he says, here is your throat back Thanks for the loan Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? Now you see this one-eyed ****** Shouting the word now And you say, for what reason? And he says, how? And you say, what does this mean? And he screams back, youre a cow Give me some milk Or else go home Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? Well, you walk into the room Like a camel and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket And your nose on the ground There ought to be a law Against you comin around You should be made To wear earphones Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones?
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Ballad Of A Thin Man, What do you think?
walk into the room With your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked And you say, who is that man? You try so hard But you dont understand Just what youll say When you get home Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? You raise up your head And you ask, is this where it is? And somebody points to you and says Its his And you say, whats mine? And somebody else says, where what is? And you say, oh my god Am I here all alone? Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? You hand in your ticket And you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you When he hears you speak And says, how does it feel To be such a freak? And you say, impossible As he hands you a bone Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? You have many contacts Among the lumberjacks To get you facts When someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect Anyway they already expect you To just give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Youve been with the professors And theyve all liked your looks With great lawyers you have Discussed lepers and crooks Youve been through all of F. scott fitzgeralds books Youre very well read Its well known Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you And then he kneels He crosses himself And then he clicks his high heels And without further notice He asks you how it feels And he says, here is your throat back Thanks for the loan Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? Now you see this one-eyed ****** Shouting the word now And you say, for what reason? And he says, how? And you say, what does this mean? And he screams back, youre a cow Give me some milk Or else go home Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones? Well, you walk into the room Like a camel and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket And your nose on the ground There ought to be a law Against you comin around You should be made To wear earphones Because something is happening here But you dont know what it is Do you, mister jones?
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Camel crush cigarettes Put them in a fancy box No, I’m too poor to buy them But if you pass’em Then I won’t say no. People say that it’s unclean That you’re unclean That they’re unclean You smell like a hotel room And it’s comforting. Camel crush cigarettes Your hugs speak of the habit No, take your precious smoke break **** it clean to dust Barreling into death. People say that it’s unwise That you’re unwise That they’re unwise You smell like drunken Saturdays And it’s delicious. Camel crush cigarettes I’ve never felt addiction No, I don’t think that I could It’s a scarlet dreamland With one-way tickets. People say that it’s unkind to lungs and mind They’re right, I find. But you look like abandon And it’s inviting. Camel crush cigarettes I’ve never loved a smoker No, I’d always been too proper But if you tasted like that I wouldn’t mind a bite. People say that you’re catering To your un-ease With a disease. You feel like contradiction, And I’m depraved.
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Sep 25, 2012
Sep 25, 2012 at 3:21 AM UTC
Camel Crush
You carry a weight that's so heavy A caravan filled with so many You journey along, the sand is your song And heat filled with sun rays aplenty With your guidance we soon will become Unified with God's grace and God's love Your knowledge is great, sufficient in strength Standing small as you tower above You feel pain just the same as we do You will cry tears of sadness for you Tune into the light, your spirit is bright You reflect what sunlight shines in you Teaching us to heal and to move on Even dark times when sadness has won To listen up close, is what I have chose Especially when life comes undone Spirit Camel, you never run dry Capabilities keep you alive You're a natural at heart, playing the part Mother Nature intended you by To ride on with you makes me feel safe With you there is no rush and no haste Taking our time, learning how to decide With a rhythm of peaceful-like pace Self sustaining without an ego Spreading love every place that we go We survive day and night, sharing your plight We are one with your wandering soul As your milk provides food for your calf You have cared for us on your behalf Without a complaint, and in your restraint It appears that you smile and laugh You must see how humans sometimes seem Like a nightmare and not like a dream Yes we can be, idiotic you see We have so much to learn from your scheme I am honored to know you great one May your message be carried with love Through winds and life's storms, may we be reborn With your courage and gentle wisdom © tHE tERRY tREE
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 5:22 PM UTC
Camel Spirit
You carry a weight that's so heavy A caravan filled with so many You journey along, the sand is your song And heat filled with sun rays aplenty With your guidance we soon will become Unified with God's grace and God's love Your knowledge is great, sufficient in strength Standing small as you tower above You feel pain just the same as we do You will cry tears of sadness for you Tune into the light, your spirit is bright You reflect what sunlight shines in you Teaching us to heal and to move on Even dark times when sadness has won To listen up close, is what I have chose Especially when life comes undone Spirit Camel, you never run dry Capabilities keep you alive You're a natural at heart, playing the part Mother Nature intended you by To ride on with you makes me feel safe With you there is no rush and no haste Taking our time, learning how to decide With a rhythm of peaceful-like pace Self sustaining without an ego Spreading love every place that we go We survive day and night, sharing your plight We are one with your wandering soul As your milk provides food for your calf You have cared for us on your behalf Without a complaint, and in your restraint It appears that you smile and laugh You must see how humans sometimes seem Like a nightmare and not like a dream Yes we can be, idiotic you see We have so much to learn from your scheme I am honored to know you great one May your message be carried with love Through winds and life's storms, may we be reborn With your courage and gentle wisdom © tHE tERRY tREE
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Snake prowls Preying owls Welcome to the jungle Night things emerge Carnivores get the urge Welcome to the jungle Rainforest mammal Dry desert camel All know the law of the land Swinging monkey on a tree Or the flower-loving bumble bee Know a jungle when they see one Creatures with hungry jaws Tear flesh with razor claws For that's how a jungle should be Man so set apart Just because he has a human heart? The joke's on me So bask in the fantasy That life comes so easily Then welcome to the jungle
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Nov 25, 2009
Nov 25, 2009 at 7:31 AM UTC
Welcome to the Jungle
camel        C-A-M-E-L        ...             ... (?)             ...             Why?        I don't know, cause they're cool ! . ?                  his favorite animal is a camel   and he doesn't know why   but i do        i think, as a kid, he read about it in an encyclopedia And decided, "that's how I want to live my life"      the humps on camel's backs that can store water   and they can go days, weeks, months, I even heard years   without replenishing   crossing dry, barren deserts   carrying cargo, people        i didn't know camels wore graphic t-shirts,   crocs and cargo shorts   but he is a camel   tall and lanky     takes in tons and never gains a pound   (i hate camels)        a camel exists in the Arabian world   is in love with a Middle-Eastern girl   and they even have a miracle of that descent        He IS A Camel!   but the humps on his back   are hope and inspiration     and with just a little in the tank   he will cross a world of deserts     and bring you back a treasure chest full of dreams        but he enjoys simplicity ...   Sometimes, then sometimes not at all   he takes things way overboard     and carries far to much cargo   but he crosses the desert anyway        i didn't know camels were such good teachers        didn't know they made such good friends
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Jul 2, 2012
Jul 2, 2012 at 4:30 PM UTC
the Camel
oh right...     back in h'america it's called patriotism - but 'ere, over, Here - it's called nationalism... back on the old continent where and when all politics is far-right mantra and then you have your Victoria and Abdul - love the curry... but like the **** said... i'd prefer the aura and sauna of the... don't get me wrong: i love the food... but watching the Indian caste system?    of Indians employing slaves to build their upper-middle-class homes? more tanned? oh, you mean the Sri Lankan or the Bangladeshi poor ******** sorry... i thought all slave owners were white...       no?               oh...                                  alright... **** you then! because? next time you ask... i'll do what the Nazis did to the ******** i'll twist the star of David sideways... exposing the prayer mat and an opened book... and, as far as i am concerned, Islam is equivalent to the bubonic plague... now...    compare the geographic literature and spot the quarantine areas on a map that constitutes Europe. i'd rather die... than fiddle with a phallus for a taste of the Arabian quasi harem orchestra of... absolute... ********   Arabian women? fat hands... their hands are too fat...      they have to inter-breed to get rid of their         farmers' market of fudge fingers and knuckles... Arabian women expose what is the most **** aspect of a woman's body... their hands... Arab women have pork chops for fingers... and i'm not even sorry making this observation...     fatty extensions that you wish could at least succumb to the esteem of a pork head terrine. Arab women can wear their niqab, or whatever the hell they wear... one problem... FAT..... HANDS... FAT.... FINGERS... hell, hide them... these women are worth half the erection's worth in the *********** market of feminine hands... Arab women are no possessed with geisha hands... porcelain architecture... they're not tender... slight, polite... the hands of Arab women are the hands of European women... who have a legitimate sway on arable land, that is fertile with either potatoes or cabbage; well... fat fingers eager to harvest ginger (roots) - what can i say... no matter the diamond, or the European ***** the hand is still looking readily available to milk a ******* camel.
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Sep 2, 2018
Sep 2, 2018 at 8:32 PM UTC
karma
oh right...     back in h'america it's called patriotism - but 'ere, over, Here - it's called nationalism... back on the old continent where and when all politics is far-right mantra and then you have your Victoria and Abdul - love the curry... but like the **** said... i'd prefer the aura and sauna of the... don't get me wrong: i love the food... but watching the Indian caste system?    of Indians employing slaves to build their upper-middle-class homes? more tanned? oh, you mean the Sri Lankan or the Bangladeshi poor ******** sorry... i thought all slave owners were white...       no?               oh...                                  alright... **** you then! because? next time you ask... i'll do what the Nazis did to the ******** i'll twist the star of David sideways... exposing the prayer mat and an opened book... and, as far as i am concerned, Islam is equivalent to the bubonic plague... now...    compare the geographic literature and spot the quarantine areas on a map that constitutes Europe. i'd rather die... than fiddle with a phallus for a taste of the Arabian quasi harem orchestra of... absolute... ********   Arabian women? fat hands... their hands are too fat...      they have to inter-breed to get rid of their         farmers' market of fudge fingers and knuckles... Arabian women expose what is the most **** aspect of a woman's body... their hands... Arab women have pork chops for fingers... and i'm not even sorry making this observation...     fatty extensions that you wish could at least succumb to the esteem of a pork head terrine. Arab women can wear their niqab, or whatever the hell they wear... one problem... FAT..... HANDS... FAT.... FINGERS... hell, hide them... these women are worth half the erection's worth in the *********** market of feminine hands... Arab women are no possessed with geisha hands... porcelain architecture... they're not tender... slight, polite... the hands of Arab women are the hands of European women... who have a legitimate sway on arable land, that is fertile with either potatoes or cabbage; well... fat fingers eager to harvest ginger (roots) - what can i say... no matter the diamond, or the European ***** the hand is still looking readily available to milk a ******* camel.
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A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter. And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling and running away, and wanting their liquor and women, And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters, And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages ***** and charging high prices: A hard time we had of it. At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches, With the voices singing in our ears, saying That this was all folly. Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley, Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation; With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness, And three trees on the low sky, And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow. Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel, Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver, And feet kicking the empty wine-skins. But there was no information, and so we continued And arriving at evening, not a moment too soon Finding the place; it was (you might say) satisfactory. All this was a long time ago, I remember, And I would do it again, but set down This set down This: were we led all that way for Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death, But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.
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Jun 13, 2016
Jun 13, 2016 at 11:31 AM UTC
The Journey of the Magi (T.S. Eliot)
A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter. And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There were times we regretted The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces, And the silken girls bringing sherbet. Then the camel men cursing and grumbling and running away, and wanting their liquor and women, And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters, And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly And the villages ***** and charging high prices: A hard time we had of it. At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches, With the voices singing in our ears, saying That this was all folly. Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley, Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation; With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness, And three trees on the low sky, And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow. Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel, Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver, And feet kicking the empty wine-skins. But there was no information, and so we continued And arriving at evening, not a moment too soon Finding the place; it was (you might say) satisfactory. All this was a long time ago, I remember, And I would do it again, but set down This set down This: were we led all that way for Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death, But had thought they were different; this Birth was Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death.
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Are you a tourist or A volcanologist my dear? With a painful joy To a live volcano  getting near, Do you want to pay homage To earth's nadir Conscious that beneath a sea level A sweltering heat you can bear? Then to Erta Ale  come you not why Found under Ethiopia's sky? With a style jumping high, Hitting the ground Beating  drums, on their waists, Sabres tied around Afro men along with braided women, With butter greased hair, The latter ululating and clapping In a row facing each other Chant a  love song “My feeling for you is strong!” The male herd camel, While women babysit,prepare food And make short huts With tiny malleable wood. Also dot the mirage-forming sand Huts grand. Are you a tourist my dear Eager to see about Out of the ordinary you heard Say about multicolored magma Volcano's dust, Disgorged out of earth's crust? Do you want to see a scenery You have not seen Since you were born, How in a motley garment Mother nature itself Likes to adorn Come then to Ethiopia, Located in Africa's horn? Visit Erta Ale , On earth To run away from earth Enjoying its hearth. You will witness The extraction of salt In a volcano-formed fault.///
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Oct 15, 2018
Oct 15, 2018 at 3:30 AM UTC
On earth away from earth
You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard but you don't understand Just what you will say when you get home Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?" And somebody points to you and says, "It's his" And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?" And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" But something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone And something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You have many contacts among the lumberjacks To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Ah, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You're very well-read, it's well-known But something is happening here and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels And without further notice, he asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan" And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Now, you see this one-eyed ****** shouting the word "Now" And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How" And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home" And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground There ought to be a law against you comin' around You should be made to wear earphones 'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?
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Apr 4, 2017
Apr 4, 2017 at 12:54 PM UTC
Ballad of a thin Man ( Bob Dylan lyrics)
You walk into the room with your pencil in your hand You see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?" You try so hard but you don't understand Just what you will say when you get home Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?" And somebody points to you and says, "It's his" And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?" And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?" But something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geek Who immediately walks up to you when he hears you speak And says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?" And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a bone And something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? You have many contacts among the lumberjacks To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a check To tax-deductible charity organizations Ah, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looks With great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooks You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You're very well-read, it's well-known But something is happening here and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneels He crosses himself and then he clicks his high heels And without further notice, he asks you how it feels And he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan" And you know something is happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Now, you see this one-eyed ****** shouting the word "Now" And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How" And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow! Give me some milk or else go home" And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frown You put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the ground There ought to be a law against you comin' around You should be made to wear earphones 'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?
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I remember when you were all Tattoos & cigarettes For me- Cherries and swallows inked on your skin You knew how tattoos got me going Especially on you. How you used to light a Camel With a devilish grin And blow your smoke right at my face Maybe a few smoky kisses, **** in your scally cap While you’d snap inhale Huge white ***** of smoke Popping out of your mouth, Right back in, God how I loved that, And you knew how your smoking got me going- Your smoking was always the sexiest. In our little barn You’d show off your new tattoos Smiling like the sun. I still dream about The tattoos & cigarettes We used to share
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Feb 26, 2015
Feb 26, 2015 at 2:58 PM UTC
Tattoos & Cigarettes
camel giving rides in the middle of the park in New York City
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Jan 28, 2012
Jan 28, 2012 at 3:49 AM UTC
Camel Rides
Broke the straw across her back, so she snapped, never turning back Bruised her arm by joking accident with all the malice of death’s intent. No natural love or paternal instinct to catch the tears she’s choked with your hands on her throat. Touch her again and the demons will get you tell her to end herself before you do; and the death you deserve will befall you slow, alone and barren. Better to have left long ago or confronted your own lineage-issued father and let yourself be disowned than be the ******* you are. Leave her be middle child,   second accident of the disappointing gender. How dare you lay a finger on an innocent child? You’ll never be absolved in anyone’s eyes. Raised by fools, you’ve ruined your gift. The daughter you never wanted may never say it, but will grow up to spite you. Suffer like she does. She’s been soaking it up now for a while but the blood flow continues from deep wells of wounds. She can’t take this load anymore the people she carries don’t love her and she’s parched but still going. Surviving on a lump in her throat as she’s dragged through sandstorms and beatings.
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Feb 22, 2012
Feb 22, 2012 at 5:31 PM UTC
Camel
Schwinny, Baby, You were supposed to be my Bicycle. So I don't ask for anthing special. No dark Harley divas To whisk me off into the sunset. But I thought we were at least On the same road together. So please. Don't go droaning on how Life got too complicated. I mean, You've got one flimsy gear. And don't go moaning how The road got too bumpy. I mean, You went blind bonzai batshit over burnt black tar pavement. You just Let go. Threw away your Chain of reasoning Faster than I could brace for impact. So am I bleeding? Yeah, I'm bleeding. And the worst part is, I still need you! No, No, no. Not like Pom Pom pammy Needs her purple-plated pogo stick Nor like Princess Paris And her prissy pink prom queen limo, No. I mean I need I need you like Alibaba needs his golden cherub camel, Like Ben Hur his crimson-fury chariot. Because work is 37. Blocks. Away. And it starts in 16 minutes. And the bus is really unreliable. So we ride again, Guts against the wind. But now I've got all ten fingers and toes Crossed, Two by two, And point in fact, Racing down Guadalupe with Forked Philanges Gets really hairy. But your suicidal tendancies simply scare me. Your thirst to incur first degree burns, Fractured femurs, And flayed skin whittles my patience To tire track thin! Think I'll Roll my dice with a Segway. She'd be a quaint, play it safe kind of girl. Type to show off To a Mom and Dad Reveling in rosemary jubilation. Aw, son. We knew you'd land a keeper. That's my boy. But in ten days tops, I'd begin to miss your fiery imbalanced breath. I'd yearn for your bipolar 180 turns that Make my heart skip that terrible, syncopated beat. So let's just say, I'll give it one more shot. But ***** just promise you'll stick around a little longer. It's storming outside and We both got a few blocks to go.
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Feb 4, 2010
Feb 4, 2010 at 10:17 PM UTC
Bike Breakdown
Schwinny, Baby, You were supposed to be my Bicycle. So I don't ask for anthing special. No dark Harley divas To whisk me off into the sunset. But I thought we were at least On the same road together. So please. Don't go droaning on how Life got too complicated. I mean, You've got one flimsy gear. And don't go moaning how The road got too bumpy. I mean, You went blind bonzai batshit over burnt black tar pavement. You just Let go. Threw away your Chain of reasoning Faster than I could brace for impact. So am I bleeding? Yeah, I'm bleeding. And the worst part is, I still need you! No, No, no. Not like Pom Pom pammy Needs her purple-plated pogo stick Nor like Princess Paris And her prissy pink prom queen limo, No. I mean I need I need you like Alibaba needs his golden cherub camel, Like Ben Hur his crimson-fury chariot. Because work is 37. Blocks. Away. And it starts in 16 minutes. And the bus is really unreliable. So we ride again, Guts against the wind. But now I've got all ten fingers and toes Crossed, Two by two, And point in fact, Racing down Guadalupe with Forked Philanges Gets really hairy. But your suicidal tendancies simply scare me. Your thirst to incur first degree burns, Fractured femurs, And flayed skin whittles my patience To tire track thin! Think I'll Roll my dice with a Segway. She'd be a quaint, play it safe kind of girl. Type to show off To a Mom and Dad Reveling in rosemary jubilation. Aw, son. We knew you'd land a keeper. That's my boy. But in ten days tops, I'd begin to miss your fiery imbalanced breath. I'd yearn for your bipolar 180 turns that Make my heart skip that terrible, syncopated beat. So let's just say, I'll give it one more shot. But ***** just promise you'll stick around a little longer. It's storming outside and We both got a few blocks to go.
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Meal is still lame like an injured camel. For lame are  the camels name Amel and Elma and Emal and Lema. For all these are blind to their danger, their gamble But truly I tell but one camel is lame Now I beg ye fair maiden please tell me it's name?
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Aug 1, 2014
Aug 1, 2014 at 1:48 AM UTC
Food for the camel
.simone biles (the gymnast)...                  miles davis (the trumpet guy)...      must be black privilege; wasn't there a movie... starring woody harrelson and wesley snipes? you sure? i thought it was called: white men can't jump... sure as **** ****** can sing church gospel! how's that for privilege?     if you're going to culturally box, and repeatedly punch below the belt... you're quiet likely going to get a reaction... i have an acne wart growing on my *** the size of a cauliflower, it's itchy my brain, it's differentiating between agitate and: lying back... i guess the excess of... look... you may have the excess melanin...     i have lactose tolerance... we're even?!    no?   so how come some smurf, some European hobbit shackle your N.B.A. Goliath(s)?! explain that one to me... if these people were so cock-unsure... how they **** did they tame the Zulu Apache Goliath bodybuilders?!   what the **** i already said, and it was proven... IQ... i don't like it...      but i'm pretty sure that the whites **** more people in terrorist attacks than... camel-jockeys...          it took 3 or over three... to perform the Bataclan Massacre... three... the third of the IQ that required a Breivik...    130 in France... dissociated among 3 attackers that gorged on testicles after the spree... fun, fun fun fun... like: you're trying to say that without irony...     and how many in Norway?     77... i only look at the IQ of killers... so... what's the ratio?     77 / 1    130 / 3 = 43...          like i said... low IQ...               you really want your little racial insurrection? you'll have it, don't worry.. i'll just the narrative...   must be black privy... if you can mash up a jazz compos., right?                 crackers read from a prepared script... you ******* just, "improvise"...           rapping contra talking... **** come to think of it... ******* boys took it too far from your Oreos...            like... too much drums... not enough wind, or strings... too much drumming... pulverizing the ears with drum & bass and what not... if i wasn't deaf prior, i'm deaf by now; ******* boy to Oreo woo-oo-oops boy; same **** different cover.
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Nov 2, 2018
Nov 2, 2018 at 9:42 PM UTC
you want war, you'll have your war: came an Oreo for every *******
.simone biles (the gymnast)...                  miles davis (the trumpet guy)...      must be black privilege; wasn't there a movie... starring woody harrelson and wesley snipes? you sure? i thought it was called: white men can't jump... sure as **** ****** can sing church gospel! how's that for privilege?     if you're going to culturally box, and repeatedly punch below the belt... you're quiet likely going to get a reaction... i have an acne wart growing on my *** the size of a cauliflower, it's itchy my brain, it's differentiating between agitate and: lying back... i guess the excess of... look... you may have the excess melanin...     i have lactose tolerance... we're even?!    no?   so how come some smurf, some European hobbit shackle your N.B.A. Goliath(s)?! explain that one to me... if these people were so cock-unsure... how they **** did they tame the Zulu Apache Goliath bodybuilders?!   what the **** i already said, and it was proven... IQ... i don't like it...      but i'm pretty sure that the whites **** more people in terrorist attacks than... camel-jockeys...          it took 3 or over three... to perform the Bataclan Massacre... three... the third of the IQ that required a Breivik...    130 in France... dissociated among 3 attackers that gorged on testicles after the spree... fun, fun fun fun... like: you're trying to say that without irony...     and how many in Norway?     77... i only look at the IQ of killers... so... what's the ratio?     77 / 1    130 / 3 = 43...          like i said... low IQ...               you really want your little racial insurrection? you'll have it, don't worry.. i'll just the narrative...   must be black privy... if you can mash up a jazz compos., right?                 crackers read from a prepared script... you ******* just, "improvise"...           rapping contra talking... **** come to think of it... ******* boys took it too far from your Oreos...            like... too much drums... not enough wind, or strings... too much drumming... pulverizing the ears with drum & bass and what not... if i wasn't deaf prior, i'm deaf by now; ******* boy to Oreo woo-oo-oops boy; same **** different cover.
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