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"drooped" poems
if i believe in death be sure of this it is because you have loved me, moon and sunset stars and flowers gold crescendo and silver muting of seatides i trusted not, one night when in my fingers drooped your shining body when my heart sang between your perfect ******* darkness and beauty of stars was on my mouth petals danced against my eyes and down the singing reaches of my soul spoke the green- greeting pale- departing irrevocable sea i knew thee death. and when i have offered up each fragrant night,when all my days shall have before a certain face become white perfume only, from the ashes then thou wilt rise and thou wilt come to her and brush the mischief from her eyes and fold her mouth the new flower with thy unimaginable wings,where dwells the breath of all persisting stars
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If I Believe
How silly is the little flower to think that it has such a large impact on anyone's life. It's as if it says "I know I am just a flower and it's well past the hour but you picked me from the rest so I must be the best. So when I leave, don't forget me please." But it's just a little flower that was chosen for no other reason than to bring a little bit of happiness. Yet the flower still speaks, "I don't understand what you understand but I know that I am not anything grand. But it was me that you chose. You watered me with the hose and I have grown to be old but now everything I feel is cold." Poor little flower, how long have you been here? Shivering and shriviling. But bless your soul you still speak. "I know some time has passed since I saw you last. But I remember your sad smile and how you had to sit down for awhile. Your thin white hair has become flat and I no longer see you sit where you sat." That small, old flower, drooped one last time. With one last sigh the flower picker spoke. "I'm sorry little flower it is well past my hour and you're as thin as my hair that has become so brittle without care. But don't you worry he is coming in a hurry and I will not forget you if you will forget-me-not, too."
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Sep 24, 2015
Sep 24, 2015 at 10:59 AM UTC
Forget-Me-Not
"While I sit at the door Sick to gaze within Mine eye weepeth sore For sorrow and sin: As a tree my sin stands To darken all lands; Death is the fruit it bore. "How have Eden bowers grown Without Adam to bend them! How have Eden flowers blown Squandering their sweet breath Without me to tend them! The Tree of Life was ours, Tree twelvefold-fruited, Most lofty tree that flowers, Most deeply rooted: I chose the tree of death. "Hadst thou but said me nay, Adam, my brother, I might have pined away; I, but none other: God might have let thee stay Safe in our garden, By putting me away Beyond all pardon. "I, Eve, sad mother Of all who must live, I, not another, Plucked bitterest fruit to give My friend, husband, lover;-- O wanton eyes, run over; Who but I should grieve?-- Cain hath slain his brother: Of all who must die mother, Miserable Eve!" Thus she sat weeping, Thus Eve our mother, Where one lay sleeping Slain by his brother. Greatest and least Each piteous beast To hear her voice Forgot his joys And set aside his feast. The mouse paused in his walk And dropped his wheaten stalk; Grave cattle wagged their heads In rumination; The eagle gave a cry From his cloud station; Larks on thyme beds Forbore to mount or sing; Bees drooped upon the wing; The raven perched on high Forgot his ration; The conies in their rock, A feeble nation, Quaked sympathetical; The mocking-bird left off to mock; Huge camels knelt as if In deprecation; The kind hart's tears were falling; Chattered the wistful stork; Dove-voices with a dying fall Cooed desolation Answering grief by grief. Only the serpent in the dust Wriggling and crawling, Grinned an evil grin and ****** His tongue out with its fork.
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Eve
"While I sit at the door Sick to gaze within Mine eye weepeth sore For sorrow and sin: As a tree my sin stands To darken all lands; Death is the fruit it bore. "How have Eden bowers grown Without Adam to bend them! How have Eden flowers blown Squandering their sweet breath Without me to tend them! The Tree of Life was ours, Tree twelvefold-fruited, Most lofty tree that flowers, Most deeply rooted: I chose the tree of death. "Hadst thou but said me nay, Adam, my brother, I might have pined away; I, but none other: God might have let thee stay Safe in our garden, By putting me away Beyond all pardon. "I, Eve, sad mother Of all who must live, I, not another, Plucked bitterest fruit to give My friend, husband, lover;-- O wanton eyes, run over; Who but I should grieve?-- Cain hath slain his brother: Of all who must die mother, Miserable Eve!" Thus she sat weeping, Thus Eve our mother, Where one lay sleeping Slain by his brother. Greatest and least Each piteous beast To hear her voice Forgot his joys And set aside his feast. The mouse paused in his walk And dropped his wheaten stalk; Grave cattle wagged their heads In rumination; The eagle gave a cry From his cloud station; Larks on thyme beds Forbore to mount or sing; Bees drooped upon the wing; The raven perched on high Forgot his ration; The conies in their rock, A feeble nation, Quaked sympathetical; The mocking-bird left off to mock; Huge camels knelt as if In deprecation; The kind hart's tears were falling; Chattered the wistful stork; Dove-voices with a dying fall Cooed desolation Answering grief by grief. Only the serpent in the dust Wriggling and crawling, Grinned an evil grin and ****** His tongue out with its fork.
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I'll tell you the story of Cloony the Clown Who worked in a circus that came through town. His shoes were too big and his hat was too small, But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all. He had a trombone to play loud silly tunes, He had a green dog and a thousand balloons. He was floppy and sloppy and skinny and tall, But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all. And every time he did a trick, Everyone felt a little sick. And every time he told a joke, Folks sighed as if their hearts were broke. And every time he lost a shoe, Everyone looked awfully blue. And every time he stood on his head, Everyone screamed, "Go back to bed!" And every time he made a leap, Everybody fell asleep. And every time he ate his tie, Everyone began to cry. And Cloony could not make any money Simply because he was not funny. One day he said, "I'll tell this town How it feels to be an unfunny clown." And he told them all why he looked so sad, And he told them all why he felt so bad. He told of Pain and Rain and Cold, He told of Darkness in his soul, And after he finished his tale of woe, Did everyone cry? Oh no, no, no, They laughed until they shook the trees With "Hah-Hah-Hahs" and "Hee-Hee-Hees." They laughed with howls and yowls and shrieks, They laughed all day, they laughed all week, They laughed until they had a fit, They laughed until their jackets split. The laughter spread for miles around To every city, every town, Over mountains, 'cross the sea, From Saint Tropez to Mun San Nee. And soon the whole world rang with laughter, Lasting till forever after, While Cloony stood in the circus tent, With his head drooped low and his shoulders bent. And he said,"THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT - I'M FUNNY JUST BY ACCIDENT." And while the world laughed outside. Cloony the Clown sat down and cried.
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Cloony The Clown
I'll tell you the story of Cloony the Clown Who worked in a circus that came through town. His shoes were too big and his hat was too small, But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all. He had a trombone to play loud silly tunes, He had a green dog and a thousand balloons. He was floppy and sloppy and skinny and tall, But he just wasn't, just wasn't funny at all. And every time he did a trick, Everyone felt a little sick. And every time he told a joke, Folks sighed as if their hearts were broke. And every time he lost a shoe, Everyone looked awfully blue. And every time he stood on his head, Everyone screamed, "Go back to bed!" And every time he made a leap, Everybody fell asleep. And every time he ate his tie, Everyone began to cry. And Cloony could not make any money Simply because he was not funny. One day he said, "I'll tell this town How it feels to be an unfunny clown." And he told them all why he looked so sad, And he told them all why he felt so bad. He told of Pain and Rain and Cold, He told of Darkness in his soul, And after he finished his tale of woe, Did everyone cry? Oh no, no, no, They laughed until they shook the trees With "Hah-Hah-Hahs" and "Hee-Hee-Hees." They laughed with howls and yowls and shrieks, They laughed all day, they laughed all week, They laughed until they had a fit, They laughed until their jackets split. The laughter spread for miles around To every city, every town, Over mountains, 'cross the sea, From Saint Tropez to Mun San Nee. And soon the whole world rang with laughter, Lasting till forever after, While Cloony stood in the circus tent, With his head drooped low and his shoulders bent. And he said,"THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT - I'M FUNNY JUST BY ACCIDENT." And while the world laughed outside. Cloony the Clown sat down and cried.
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I know you probably won’t be able to read this bit of my soul, but I just wanted to say that up until now, I’ve crossed an uncountable number of lines. To other people, it may seem like I make a big deal out of minuscule things, but as a human, I’ve made many, many mistakes..but, I’m not one to forgive myself. I’m the kind who fits herself into the stereotypes ones boxed into. I’m the “nerd”, “the mute”; “quiet kid”, “the hopeless romantic”, and every other category they box me into. I don’t fight back. I don’t look them in the eye. I just sit there with my head drooped, silently wishing to go by unnoticed, because the truth is..I’m afraid. I’m afraid of what they might say back. I’m afraid of messing up, I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid. But most of all..I’m afraid of their words. I’m afraid of their words because what they might say back is unknown. By the time I wait, the words just melt underneath my tongue, and all that’s left is the uncertainty. Through my experiences, I learned that I don’t need to be afraid. I learned that people can be harsh sometimes, but it’s not my fault. There’s nothing wrong with me. The only person who was wrong, was the person who thought they had power over me. The power to change my mind, to make me think that I’m not worth it. That I’m not worth it..? Then came these seven angels.. They taught me to love myself, little by little, everyday. My world turned right side up, and there was nothing left to lose. Back before then, I remember not bothering to look both ways before crossing the street, because I thought, there was no good reason to live. I was wrong. I slowly started to realize my worth, I wasn’t what people said I was, because the only definition they were giving, was a reflection of themselves. I mean sure not everything was perfect from then on since, but I still continued to love myself because of these seven men from South Korea who had such an impact on me, that I could never forget. From then on, I was the girl who didn’t let labels stop her from being her own self, I was the girl who kicked open the box of stereotypes she was stuck in for a long time. I was the girl who stopped apologizing for the things she did right. I was the girl who never stopped dreaming. But most of all..I am now the girl who’s not alone. I have these seven brave handsome looking knights and an entire “ARMY” after all.
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Apr 19, 2021
Apr 19, 2021 at 10:50 PM UTC
stereotypes.
I know you probably won’t be able to read this bit of my soul, but I just wanted to say that up until now, I’ve crossed an uncountable number of lines. To other people, it may seem like I make a big deal out of minuscule things, but as a human, I’ve made many, many mistakes..but, I’m not one to forgive myself. I’m the kind who fits herself into the stereotypes ones boxed into. I’m the “nerd”, “the mute”; “quiet kid”, “the hopeless romantic”, and every other category they box me into. I don’t fight back. I don’t look them in the eye. I just sit there with my head drooped, silently wishing to go by unnoticed, because the truth is..I’m afraid. I’m afraid of what they might say back. I’m afraid of messing up, I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid. But most of all..I’m afraid of their words. I’m afraid of their words because what they might say back is unknown. By the time I wait, the words just melt underneath my tongue, and all that’s left is the uncertainty. Through my experiences, I learned that I don’t need to be afraid. I learned that people can be harsh sometimes, but it’s not my fault. There’s nothing wrong with me. The only person who was wrong, was the person who thought they had power over me. The power to change my mind, to make me think that I’m not worth it. That I’m not worth it..? Then came these seven angels.. They taught me to love myself, little by little, everyday. My world turned right side up, and there was nothing left to lose. Back before then, I remember not bothering to look both ways before crossing the street, because I thought, there was no good reason to live. I was wrong. I slowly started to realize my worth, I wasn’t what people said I was, because the only definition they were giving, was a reflection of themselves. I mean sure not everything was perfect from then on since, but I still continued to love myself because of these seven men from South Korea who had such an impact on me, that I could never forget. From then on, I was the girl who didn’t let labels stop her from being her own self, I was the girl who kicked open the box of stereotypes she was stuck in for a long time. I was the girl who stopped apologizing for the things she did right. I was the girl who never stopped dreaming. But most of all..I am now the girl who’s not alone. I have these seven brave handsome looking knights and an entire “ARMY” after all.
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i could see the sun in her eyes and the yellow light that danced on lashes that drooped downwards casting a faint shadow over blown out pupils and pools of amber pools of honey.
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Apr 26, 2020
Apr 26, 2020 at 4:09 AM UTC
pools of honey
WEAVE no more silks, ye Lyons looms, To deck our girls for gay delights! The crimson flower of battle blooms, And solemn marches fill the night. Weave but the flag whose bars to-day Drooped heavy o’er our early dead, And homely garments, coarse and gray, For orphans that must earn their bread! Keep back your tunes, ye viols sweet, That poured delight from other lands! Rouse there the dancer’s restless feet: The trumpet leads our warrior bands. And ye that wage the war of words With mystic fame and subtle power, Go, chatter to the idle birds, Or teach the lesson of the hour! Ye Sibyl Arts, in one stern knot Be all your offices combined! Stand close, while Courage draws the lot, The destiny of human kind. And if that destiny could fail, The sun should darken in the sky, The eternal bloom of Nature pale, And God, and Truth, and Freedom die!
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Our Orders
O make me a mask and a wall to shut from your spies Of the sharp, enamelled eyes and the spectacled claws **** and rebellion in the nurseries of my face, Gag of dumbstruck tree to block from bare enemies The bayonet tongue in this undefended prayerpiece, The present mouth, and the sweetly blown trumpet of lies, Shaped in old armour and oak the countenance of a dunce To shield the glistening brain and blunt the examiners, And a tear-stained widower grief drooped from the lashes To veil belladonna and let the dry eyes perceive Others betray the lamenting lies of their losses By the curve of the **** mouth or the laugh up the sleeve.
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O Make Me A Mask
He crinkled the daily paper and thought out loud, "You're my best friend." She scuffed her kitten heels, prodding for more. Far inside she told herself to take it lightly. He knew she knew that he knew it was temporary. Acting as if she made him happy. She sunk deep in the velvet green couch. Cons and pros of being the leaver or the left. He stared past Valentine cards and the spot on the carpet, where they laughed and spilled tomato soup. Their faces drooped and became that soup. Sodium and protein soaking into the ground every which-way. She resided and sat up out of their yard-sale bought couch. She set her mind on staying by his side. He toppled over on the yard tools he never touched. Now next to his side was the Earth's crust. She was left in the air and he laid in muck. His voice played over in her head, "You're my best friend."
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May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012 at 2:32 AM UTC
Tomato Soup
***The brown leaves that shiver on the bare branches greet the last rays of gold as the sun goes down. A melody rises over that velvet, shade of fading green. Bells of the indifferent wind chime, for I am led to a miracle of ancient mother. How beautiful... A rose that grows waywardly from within autumn's woods. Spirits delighted to see the rose that will not die, her red petals shame my lips while drooped sisters weep bitterly. And in my garden, exquisite fragrance, Old memories,so sweet, despite the thorns. Illusions of the happiness of the asleep and the dead...***
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Sep 14, 2016
Sep 14, 2016 at 4:39 AM UTC
Autumn Rose
On Monday, November 14th She wore her favorite dress. Blue with grace. Lace that covered her shoulders. Lace that teased all the men that walked by. Falling to her knees. Barely brushing the scabs and scars that sat there. Hugging her hips like the night hugs the moon. On Monday, November 14th She smiled. Cherry lipgloss smeared quickly across her thin lips. White teeth peaking out. Her lips perfectly outlined. The corners tucked up beautifully. On Monday, November 14th, She stood. Pride in her perfect posture. Proud of her lean body. Her body perfectly aligned. Not a flaw. On Monday, November 14th Her arms were pale. A gold bracelet hugged her wrist. You could see each blue stream, happily working. Dusted with freckles. Soft and pure. On Tuesday, November 15th She did not wear her favorite dress. She wore a different one. Black with sorrow. No lace. Falling to her ankles. Encasing scabbed knees. Hugging her in all the wrong places. On Tuesday, November 15th She frowned. Blood red lipstick stained her thin lips. Her teeth hid inside her blooded lips. The corners fell, drooped. On Tuesday, November 15th, She sat. Too exhausted to stand. She let go of her posture. She was cautious of her appearance. Aware of her flaws. On Tuesday, November 15th, Her arms were whiter than before. Each vein slashed. Red. The gold bracelet still hung there. Her freckles throbbed with pain. No longer soft, or pure. On Tuesday, November 15th He died. Early in the morning. With him, he took her strength, her smile, her pride. He left her bare. On Wednesday, November 16th She missed him. She missed him a little too much. Her heart couldn't take it. Her eyes red and swollen. She was there, but gone. On Thursday, November 17th She joined him, quietly.
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Nov 1, 2013
Nov 1, 2013 at 9:53 AM UTC
November
On Monday, November 14th She wore her favorite dress. Blue with grace. Lace that covered her shoulders. Lace that teased all the men that walked by. Falling to her knees. Barely brushing the scabs and scars that sat there. Hugging her hips like the night hugs the moon. On Monday, November 14th She smiled. Cherry lipgloss smeared quickly across her thin lips. White teeth peaking out. Her lips perfectly outlined. The corners tucked up beautifully. On Monday, November 14th, She stood. Pride in her perfect posture. Proud of her lean body. Her body perfectly aligned. Not a flaw. On Monday, November 14th Her arms were pale. A gold bracelet hugged her wrist. You could see each blue stream, happily working. Dusted with freckles. Soft and pure. On Tuesday, November 15th She did not wear her favorite dress. She wore a different one. Black with sorrow. No lace. Falling to her ankles. Encasing scabbed knees. Hugging her in all the wrong places. On Tuesday, November 15th She frowned. Blood red lipstick stained her thin lips. Her teeth hid inside her blooded lips. The corners fell, drooped. On Tuesday, November 15th, She sat. Too exhausted to stand. She let go of her posture. She was cautious of her appearance. Aware of her flaws. On Tuesday, November 15th, Her arms were whiter than before. Each vein slashed. Red. The gold bracelet still hung there. Her freckles throbbed with pain. No longer soft, or pure. On Tuesday, November 15th He died. Early in the morning. With him, he took her strength, her smile, her pride. He left her bare. On Wednesday, November 16th She missed him. She missed him a little too much. Her heart couldn't take it. Her eyes red and swollen. She was there, but gone. On Thursday, November 17th She joined him, quietly.
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to-day I sat in a slim line chair in which I was made aware of the size of my posterior's pear it drooped over the sides of the seat and it didn't look orderly or neat a not so subtle message my buns have relayed to me they've said that they are a little too hefty I'm making a belated New Years resolution which is to seek an answer to my tails expansive evolution being unable to place my posterior in a chair is truly a most wretched affair
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Jan 11, 2014
Jan 11, 2014 at 4:32 AM UTC
Wretched Affair
This was written a few Septembers ago.  Walking on the streets of a now deserted beach island, only the leaves, in various states, to keep me company. September, walk with me, under bridges of wedding tree canopies, still green aplenty, tho subtle marked for change, making summer illusions, environmentally unsustainable. September, stroll on pathways of lesser, off the track, shaded lanes, the sun blocker trees wear new necklaces, brown and yellow diamonds, a coming attraction of their denouement, their denudement. The September trees are: Ever so slightly stooped, bent with weight of a surety, knowing with high certainty, their future, bleak, bowed and drooped, discouraged by the cold travails soon to arrive. Living in the recent past, I am dressed inappropriately, white tee and shorts, past pretender, still dressed in my Gap issue summer uniform, summer suspended animation. Island streets are de-humanized, gone home are the children, newly fallen leaves have, their place, taken. The leaves are: magically organized along the sidelines of empty streets, quiet stadiums of would be kid's touch football fields.   browned, crisp and soulless, first greet this solitary stroller, like a cheering throng of ghosts, celebrating a sighting - man, as a seasonal fossil, one that still is living and worth reminding, yet human too shall pass when his fall arrives. the leave's cheers make over into jeers and mocking laughs: Oh humans, they say, your summer songs naive, mais tres charmant. On Crescent Beach, the driftwood sadly forlorn, looking more adrift than ever, for no one passes to express admiration at the past seasons Nouveau Expressionism, an objet d'art lonely, for the beach gallery shuttered,   raising questions existential. Is driftwood on the beach sans human admiration, art, truth or refuse? I am looking backwards as the Earth moves forward. My own axis, my eyes, conscientious objectors refuse to be pressed into service of the seasons. No, no, to involuntary servitude, to rotation and revolution. Nature's witnesses, trees and leaves write their own poem, of foolish men who: Bow and droop, discouraged by the travails soon to arrive, Delaying their own fall, finally shed summer delusions like leaves upon the ground, summer poetry silenced, summer suspended, no more.
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Dec 7, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 at 8:06 AM UTC
September Summer Suspended Animation
This was written a few Septembers ago.  Walking on the streets of a now deserted beach island, only the leaves, in various states, to keep me company. September, walk with me, under bridges of wedding tree canopies, still green aplenty, tho subtle marked for change, making summer illusions, environmentally unsustainable. September, stroll on pathways of lesser, off the track, shaded lanes, the sun blocker trees wear new necklaces, brown and yellow diamonds, a coming attraction of their denouement, their denudement. The September trees are: Ever so slightly stooped, bent with weight of a surety, knowing with high certainty, their future, bleak, bowed and drooped, discouraged by the cold travails soon to arrive. Living in the recent past, I am dressed inappropriately, white tee and shorts, past pretender, still dressed in my Gap issue summer uniform, summer suspended animation. Island streets are de-humanized, gone home are the children, newly fallen leaves have, their place, taken. The leaves are: magically organized along the sidelines of empty streets, quiet stadiums of would be kid's touch football fields.   browned, crisp and soulless, first greet this solitary stroller, like a cheering throng of ghosts, celebrating a sighting - man, as a seasonal fossil, one that still is living and worth reminding, yet human too shall pass when his fall arrives. the leave's cheers make over into jeers and mocking laughs: Oh humans, they say, your summer songs naive, mais tres charmant. On Crescent Beach, the driftwood sadly forlorn, looking more adrift than ever, for no one passes to express admiration at the past seasons Nouveau Expressionism, an objet d'art lonely, for the beach gallery shuttered,   raising questions existential. Is driftwood on the beach sans human admiration, art, truth or refuse? I am looking backwards as the Earth moves forward. My own axis, my eyes, conscientious objectors refuse to be pressed into service of the seasons. No, no, to involuntary servitude, to rotation and revolution. Nature's witnesses, trees and leaves write their own poem, of foolish men who: Bow and droop, discouraged by the travails soon to arrive, Delaying their own fall, finally shed summer delusions like leaves upon the ground, summer poetry silenced, summer suspended, no more.
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I am not scared and I will be strong. I’ve been lonely for ten years and now, I can see what has been gone. I am taken to a different place, far from home. The plane took me high and soared until things got low. I walked down the hallway of doom and distress. This wouldn't be a problem if he had never left. Walk into a room thats plain yet, engaged in activity. A conveyor belt and tags that say names, scrambled in my mind going their separate ways. I tell myself to focus and find my bags from here. The voices and the noises distract me, nothing has been clear. I see my name as nauseous as I can be. My stomach has taken a turn on me. I find my bag and look around my vision is blurred and I can not hear a sound. I see his face threw the sea of people. Wearing the same flannel sweater he had ten years ago. He dominates the atmosphere with his torn up pants and his messed up hair. He looks the same but his hair is receding. His face is drooped down like paint that just won't dry. He grew tall but skinny like a plant that has withered. His face is pale but his eyes are rich brown. He has a genuine smile with teeth that had fallen out.    I walk up to this man I haven't seen in years we looked at each other and, we burst out in tears. Even though I don’t know him, I remember his face. From ten years passing by I’d imagine he's changed. He use to be plump and his face well rounded now it looks like he had been beaten by thoughts and loneliness. I can tell when he seen me his life already got better. He couldn’t stop talking like he was gone for forever. I talked right back to him because, I know how it feels. I look back on all the years without him and realized we feel the same. The difference is he made the choice of being alone ,I had no need to be left. I felt lost my whole life, until he came back. Lost from what I can’t quite figure out. I just needed to feel the feeling of him being around. We walked out the crowded place and, went on from there. No one really changes, he still smelled like beer. You think someone would give up the little things for something so big. I left a couple days after, and haven’t seen my dad since. He chooses to be lonely and, I still suffer from it.
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Mar 3, 2015
Mar 3, 2015 at 10:48 PM UTC
Memoir still lonely
I am not scared and I will be strong. I’ve been lonely for ten years and now, I can see what has been gone. I am taken to a different place, far from home. The plane took me high and soared until things got low. I walked down the hallway of doom and distress. This wouldn't be a problem if he had never left. Walk into a room thats plain yet, engaged in activity. A conveyor belt and tags that say names, scrambled in my mind going their separate ways. I tell myself to focus and find my bags from here. The voices and the noises distract me, nothing has been clear. I see my name as nauseous as I can be. My stomach has taken a turn on me. I find my bag and look around my vision is blurred and I can not hear a sound. I see his face threw the sea of people. Wearing the same flannel sweater he had ten years ago. He dominates the atmosphere with his torn up pants and his messed up hair. He looks the same but his hair is receding. His face is drooped down like paint that just won't dry. He grew tall but skinny like a plant that has withered. His face is pale but his eyes are rich brown. He has a genuine smile with teeth that had fallen out.    I walk up to this man I haven't seen in years we looked at each other and, we burst out in tears. Even though I don’t know him, I remember his face. From ten years passing by I’d imagine he's changed. He use to be plump and his face well rounded now it looks like he had been beaten by thoughts and loneliness. I can tell when he seen me his life already got better. He couldn’t stop talking like he was gone for forever. I talked right back to him because, I know how it feels. I look back on all the years without him and realized we feel the same. The difference is he made the choice of being alone ,I had no need to be left. I felt lost my whole life, until he came back. Lost from what I can’t quite figure out. I just needed to feel the feeling of him being around. We walked out the crowded place and, went on from there. No one really changes, he still smelled like beer. You think someone would give up the little things for something so big. I left a couple days after, and haven’t seen my dad since. He chooses to be lonely and, I still suffer from it.
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At morn I plucked a rose and gave it Thee, A rose of joy and happy love and peace, A rose with scarce a thorn: But in the chillness of a second morn My rose bush drooped, and all its gay increase Was but one thorn that wounded me. I plucked the thorn and offered it to Thee; And for my thorn Thou gavest love and peace, Not joy this mortal morn: If Thou hast given much treasure for a thorn, Wilt thou not give me for my rose increase Of gladness, and all sweets to me? My thorny rose, my love and pain, to Thee I offer; and I set my heart in peace, And rest upon my thorn: For verily I think to-morrow morn Shall bring me Paradise, my gift's increase, Yea, give Thy very Self to me.
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A Rose Plant In Jericho
The thirsty cracked grounds Piling up of starved mounds All yearned, their tongues out For the taste of rain, thunderous sound The flowers drooped sadly before this The green grass turned yellow and crisp All their colours were fading away Before you drenched them with torrential rain So beautiful how the clouds meet with the faraway earth, watery greet So self-sacrificing how the skies cry To satiate their lover, the lands dry Thus this reunion happens once more Each other's soul these lovers restore But are joined together only to be torn apart Poor cursed lovers, they're nature's art Ah what selfless love is this! The skies die to give the lands a kiss And though they mayn't be together anymore Their aromas lay intertwined; petrichor
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Jun 13, 2015
Jun 13, 2015 at 7:03 AM UTC
Petrichor
Explosions of grief won't greet her death Great men won't be summoned to speak Bands of mourners won't wail at her passing These gestures she will not seek Just mingle the day with music and madness Make the day one drooped in frost Children must carry her down winding roads Clarinets must moan her loss Then at an hour no one knows A man must visit her grave He'll kneel and touch her tombstone And smile a mysterious way He'll be dressed head to toe in somber black Conveying his grief gallantly Just let him place one pink rose at the site And rejoice in his memories
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Jul 7, 2015
Jul 7, 2015 at 3:13 PM UTC
One Pink Rose
I first cried where freshness itself struggled to breathe. Outside the Ganges, asthmatic, began to cower back in fear, in disgust, in disease, browning like the discarded banana peels on the roadside below. I first cried in a dirt town where kings and queens drank to grass avenues and swaying music in the realms of history books. I first cried where those books aged quietly in forgotten rooms. I first cried where the streets bled out crumpling homes and cardboard stores with misspelt names, spilling children in dust dresses and hair matted into rust pieces. I first cried where those children hung babies on their arms like my mother swung her handbag, a flag of Valentino, while stumbling on crushed cans and dog **** and foetid mud-water on the way to the dentist. And the children cried out snot, their arms perpetually reaching for a rupee from the traffic. I first cried where white-lit department stores sprouted in defiant sanitation between eczema-covered apartment blocks in which washing lines drooped and parking was always a problem. I first cried where many gods and goddesses resided on the footpaths decked in glitter and cloths of rouge as old men with skin weathered into mottled leather shook beneath sheets of jute on the roadside below and offered tiny flames to their gods as morning bellowed and their coughs grew worse. I first cried where stareless men burnt their fingers on the Chinese noodles with too much chilli powder they cooked and fried and cooked for those who never saw them but to haggle over a ten rupee note, on the roadside, on every corner. I first cried as thread-blanketed teenage girls with wrinkled faces squatted amongst cows in the middles of roads, chanting prices, in voices full of tar, of the mound of peas they were selling for that week. I come every year. And I'm ashamed to say I'll never live here but in my verses because I can't stand the smell of the place where I was born. I first cried here. I first cried here.
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Dec 19, 2015
Dec 19, 2015 at 2:55 AM UTC
I First Cried Here
I first cried where freshness itself struggled to breathe. Outside the Ganges, asthmatic, began to cower back in fear, in disgust, in disease, browning like the discarded banana peels on the roadside below. I first cried in a dirt town where kings and queens drank to grass avenues and swaying music in the realms of history books. I first cried where those books aged quietly in forgotten rooms. I first cried where the streets bled out crumpling homes and cardboard stores with misspelt names, spilling children in dust dresses and hair matted into rust pieces. I first cried where those children hung babies on their arms like my mother swung her handbag, a flag of Valentino, while stumbling on crushed cans and dog **** and foetid mud-water on the way to the dentist. And the children cried out snot, their arms perpetually reaching for a rupee from the traffic. I first cried where white-lit department stores sprouted in defiant sanitation between eczema-covered apartment blocks in which washing lines drooped and parking was always a problem. I first cried where many gods and goddesses resided on the footpaths decked in glitter and cloths of rouge as old men with skin weathered into mottled leather shook beneath sheets of jute on the roadside below and offered tiny flames to their gods as morning bellowed and their coughs grew worse. I first cried where stareless men burnt their fingers on the Chinese noodles with too much chilli powder they cooked and fried and cooked for those who never saw them but to haggle over a ten rupee note, on the roadside, on every corner. I first cried as thread-blanketed teenage girls with wrinkled faces squatted amongst cows in the middles of roads, chanting prices, in voices full of tar, of the mound of peas they were selling for that week. I come every year. And I'm ashamed to say I'll never live here but in my verses because I can't stand the smell of the place where I was born. I first cried here. I first cried here.
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I sat beneath a willow tree, Where water falls and calls; While fancies upon fancies solaced me, Some true, and some were false. Who set their heart upon a hope That never comes to pass, Droop in the end like fading heliotrope, The sun's wan looking-glass. Who set their will upon a whim Clung to through good and ill, Are wrecked alike whether they sink or swim, Or hit or miss their will. All things are vain that wax and wane, For which we waste our breath; Love only doth not wane and is not vain, Love only outlives death. A singing lark rose toward the sky, Circling he sang amain; He sang, a speck scarce visible sky-high, And then he sank again. A second like a sunlit spark Flashed singing up his track; But never overtook that foremost lark, And songless fluttered back. A hovering melody of birds Haunted the air above; They clearly sang contentment without words, And youth and joy and love. O silvery weeping willow tree With all leaves shivering, Have you no purpose but to shadow me Beside this rippled spring? On this first fleeting day of Spring, For Winter is gone by, And every bird on every quivering wing Floats in a sunny sky; On this first Summer-like soft day, While sunshine steeps the air, And every cloud has gat itself away, And birds sing everywhere. Have you no purpose in the world But thus to shadow me With all your tender drooping twigs unfurled, O weeping willow tree? With all your tremulous leaves outspread Betwixt me and the sun, While here I loiter on a mossy bed With half my work undone; My work undone, that should be done At once with all my might; For after the long day and lingering sun Comes the unworking night. This day is lapsing on its way, Is lapsing out of sight; And after all the chances of the day Comes the resourceless night. The weeping-willow shook its head And stretched its shadow long; The west grew crimson, the sun smouldered red, The birds forbore a song. Slow wind sighed through the willow leaves, The ripple made a moan, The world drooped murmuring like a thing that grieves; And then I felt alone. I rose to go, and felt the chill, And shivered as I went; Yet shivering wondered, and I wonder still, What more that willow meant; That silvery weeping-willow tree With all leaves shivering, Which spent one long day overshadowing me Beside a spring in Spring.
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In The Willow Shade
I sat beneath a willow tree, Where water falls and calls; While fancies upon fancies solaced me, Some true, and some were false. Who set their heart upon a hope That never comes to pass, Droop in the end like fading heliotrope, The sun's wan looking-glass. Who set their will upon a whim Clung to through good and ill, Are wrecked alike whether they sink or swim, Or hit or miss their will. All things are vain that wax and wane, For which we waste our breath; Love only doth not wane and is not vain, Love only outlives death. A singing lark rose toward the sky, Circling he sang amain; He sang, a speck scarce visible sky-high, And then he sank again. A second like a sunlit spark Flashed singing up his track; But never overtook that foremost lark, And songless fluttered back. A hovering melody of birds Haunted the air above; They clearly sang contentment without words, And youth and joy and love. O silvery weeping willow tree With all leaves shivering, Have you no purpose but to shadow me Beside this rippled spring? On this first fleeting day of Spring, For Winter is gone by, And every bird on every quivering wing Floats in a sunny sky; On this first Summer-like soft day, While sunshine steeps the air, And every cloud has gat itself away, And birds sing everywhere. Have you no purpose in the world But thus to shadow me With all your tender drooping twigs unfurled, O weeping willow tree? With all your tremulous leaves outspread Betwixt me and the sun, While here I loiter on a mossy bed With half my work undone; My work undone, that should be done At once with all my might; For after the long day and lingering sun Comes the unworking night. This day is lapsing on its way, Is lapsing out of sight; And after all the chances of the day Comes the resourceless night. The weeping-willow shook its head And stretched its shadow long; The west grew crimson, the sun smouldered red, The birds forbore a song. Slow wind sighed through the willow leaves, The ripple made a moan, The world drooped murmuring like a thing that grieves; And then I felt alone. I rose to go, and felt the chill, And shivered as I went; Yet shivering wondered, and I wonder still, What more that willow meant; That silvery weeping-willow tree With all leaves shivering, Which spent one long day overshadowing me Beside a spring in Spring.
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***Midnight winter drooped her garden of roses. Frozen petals scattered through the indifferent wind as crystal snowflakes are swiftly drifting by. So sister Moon shed a single tear of sorrow - A silver droplet fell from heaven's sky. Slipping and sliding from pine needle to pine needle. And when brother Sun spread his gold, he saw a sparkle in the snow. Two red cherries hanging alone, Nightfall slowly comes. She stared with delight as it began to shine. He gave her the gift of life to her garden of one moonflower, Blooming in infinite ways...***
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Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 at 8:59 AM UTC
Moonflower
***Maybe it was the call of springtime, but the sweet melody of the flute seemed to bring the secret garden back to life...*** *She wore a dress of white lace. Whiter than the lace were her pearl earrings. Sleeping peacefully on a bed of thorns and roses. Cherry blossoms in her hair. One heavenly morning, a beautiful melody rised above the pine trees. The tune of the mysterious flute player was that, And the rose buds opened,         The nightingale began to tweet, The fountain was filled  with water         And the statue of an angel began to pray. Eyes of sapphire slowly opened. Dew drops on her lashes. The grass whispered her precious secrets to the silver bells that chimed as she sang her lullaby to him, through the gentle wind in the oak leaves. Every morning while the little kitten chased the pretty butterflies. But now, when the melody is gone and autumn faded her garden, she went to dream again, under the shade of the willow. Still their love song can be heard, where drooped roses wilt and swans swim on the shimmering pond, near the little wooden bridge.* ***The secret garden knew she loved him, for her laughter stirred the dried rose petals...***
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Aug 23, 2016
Aug 23, 2016 at 6:42 AM UTC
The secret garden
media says you obey the new curfew the men in black suits drooped there blues just to hit you oath breakers lament at the days of justice glad that there gone, joyous warrior busts sit in place of the ten in court houses and school pits correctional facilities a mural of magnanimity fasad removed infirmary's making monsters of men once just true to peace that's why I must say don't just police the police put in brief question everything even the words I'm saying if all this **** hits any resistance will be terrorism any act will be justifiable in the name of containment and no injustice no matter how grievous will need anything more to be welcomed as the flag "to stop the Ebola" 50% chance of death to all infected 100% chance to rule the world 1% chance to have a peace of the pie 99% chance to die
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Nov 3, 2014
Nov 3, 2014 at 2:28 PM UTC
Ebola
The taste of beer tripping on his breath and lips Was intoxicating enough. My nostrils swooned and My eyelids drooped. I put my face to his chest and breathed. I slid into his iris and danced there. It was comfortable. In his bed. We fell into each other. And our bodies fit together We rolled through the night; This place became familiar and bitter.
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Feb 23, 2010
Feb 23, 2010 at 7:25 PM UTC
Beer
Laburnum drooped its yellowest Dull before me, sadly displayed Benevolence turned jaundice, yellowish Jealousy's desire, flowering sprites made Yellow-eyed-monsters, distrust, umbrage His look, laburnum, fallen eaves Sun captured smote, yellow-eyed Uttering to himself, "Mine," and "Me" He went on as such, yes, fellow cried What I saw, coveting, all yellow-eyed
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Mar 31, 2016
Mar 31, 2016 at 3:11 AM UTC
Yellow