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Be kind to yourself, as you are with others You have these grand expectations of yourself and at times, those around you It's good to have goals and a hunger for betterment, but you must also be vigilant to keep them realistic Because, while you are indeed fierce & strong-willed, you are also soft & at times fragile You are human. But that doesn't mean you are without superpowers Your sensitivity is your greatest gift, but without care, can also be your greatest downfall You must learn to master your craft. This means to be patient with yourself as you would with others, to show compassion as you would with others, to show love, grace, & humility, to yourself This in practice, is to truly understand, & epitomise, that self-care is not selfish That it is okay to say no, or to ask for help, or to be truly vulnerable To acknowledge that fear is the root cause of bitterness & resentment To embrace the lows, for making the highs even sweeter To let the good wash over you the same as the bad, & embrace the micro changes, as the meta stays the same To believe you are worthy, of a great love, the same as you believe another's worthy of yours To embody the idiom that one can only truly love another, after they learn to love themself, & thus allowing the hard-earned victory of grounded, stable communion To know the difference between support & advice, love & lust, friendships & partnerships To have faith that you will find your way, because you will; because you live your life with generosity & authenticity This is my vision for you, that you will make this your reality.
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Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 2018 at 2:18 PM UTC
Dear Self,
Be kind to yourself, as you are with others You have these grand expectations of yourself and at times, those around you It's good to have goals and a hunger for betterment, but you must also be vigilant to keep them realistic Because, while you are indeed fierce & strong-willed, you are also soft & at times fragile You are human. But that doesn't mean you are without superpowers Your sensitivity is your greatest gift, but without care, can also be your greatest downfall You must learn to master your craft. This means to be patient with yourself as you would with others, to show compassion as you would with others, to show love, grace, & humility, to yourself This in practice, is to truly understand, & epitomise, that self-care is not selfish That it is okay to say no, or to ask for help, or to be truly vulnerable To acknowledge that fear is the root cause of bitterness & resentment To embrace the lows, for making the highs even sweeter To let the good wash over you the same as the bad, & embrace the micro changes, as the meta stays the same To believe you are worthy, of a great love, the same as you believe another's worthy of yours To embody the idiom that one can only truly love another, after they learn to love themself, & thus allowing the hard-earned victory of grounded, stable communion To know the difference between support & advice, love & lust, friendships & partnerships To have faith that you will find your way, because you will; because you live your life with generosity & authenticity This is my vision for you, that you will make this your reality.
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let it not be confused let no one else's name ring throughout these sentences let this be a hatchet let me put this to rest this is not a test i don't want to think about shipwrecks anymore i am tired of folding apologies into origami birds and placing them at the headstones to your tantrums this is not is not geology class these are promises written on razorblades     *& if you are getting choked up      then maybe you should be* maybe we should be buried with our telescopes face down my mouth is full of sorry all for being honest we are falling out of orbit we are burning bystanders so cast away your callous condolences because no one is clapping in this waist deep water this is not a baptism so do not tell strangers that this was a chance to drown any differently i am not a catalogue of constellations you cannot name this is not mythology so stop believing your horoscope i am not a wishing well i am just a wall for you to paint post nuclear fallout & antonyms for catharsis on we destroy the things that are not ours- the wanton ways we embody wrecking ***** and then cry over the rubble this is not a heap or a mosaic this is leaping off a thousand story building with no one to catch you at the bottom & maybe that's why some quiet moments are so fragile, maybe that's why butterflies have mimicry your words are black powder and poetry is your musketry i guess that makes me your blindfold
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Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014 at 11:21 PM UTC
hands on fire
He dreamed he was loved. A love guarded fiercely, with passion. A love that was not unconditional. Not the blank slate love of a child or an animal so programmed by instinct. This love was willful and earned. Having glimpsed an injured brilliance beneath the flab and sweat and stench she weaned it to health. Making it stronger, and brighter, and more prominent with each passing day; until it erupted. And he was transformed. to embody that brilliance. And she protected that embodiment. Letting nothing call it to question. She cared for him as he never could for himself. She soothed and softened and loved the deep furrow from his brow. And her passion overwhelmed him. And he wanted for nothing. And when he opened his eyes To **** and filth with only the kiss of concrete and the banter of horns and obscenities and footsteps. ******* FOOTSTEPS. Heels pittering purposefully to mask exhausted uncertainty Brogues, and wingtips clicking; with a cocky juvenile illusion of importance. Boots plodding heavily under the weight of duty, to build, and fix, and secure for the others. And through a fog laid thick and throbbing by poisons chased dutifully the night before; he felt her fierce love for a fleeting moment Guarding, and loving his shining brilliance until it erupted from him; With bile and blood, **** and regret coldly rejected by his concrete companion. And she was gone once again.
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Aug 4, 2018
Aug 4, 2018 at 11:04 AM UTC
Jamais Vu
This little man that I know with money in his sockets and routine in his pockets has self proclaimed that he is a tight *** When I envision a *** such as this, I imagine a bundle -- of securely aggregated, perfectly sharpened number two pencils. The businessman just shy of adulthood and too tired to remember –even the beginning of his of disclosure, denied his struggle to acclimate a multifarious lifestyle, appropriately suggested in the form of a triangle, and a circle, both of which embody polar opposing adaptations of humanistic routine. The two shapes: The circle, denies the break in motion by imposing a constant cycle of diligent compression, there is no room for pause only steady flow and relentless drive. This influence of life impression slows down the heart, body, and soul while speeding up time. This particular commitment accommodates the dry colorless beings that embrace and accept boxed imprisonment. Traditionally, the triangle denotes rhythmic patterns that elevate and drop to a point in which imposes a healthy reflective pause: progression, reflection, balance. As stated, as a provincial approach, a regular triangle flat on its base, peaking at the top represents a healthy, solid life routine. In contrast, the triangle can be flipped upside-down introducing an entirely new dynamic, composed of flat-lined monotony, tapered off to a regressed realm of destruction, regret and disorder. Despite the uniqueness of the standard triangle model to the man in question, it is important to compare the negative reflection, for it applies to the entirety of this investigation. We used to be lovers, he and I. We shared my giant pillow-top that I bought on the black market for a meager two-hundred fifty. -- A mere steal at that rate. We occasionally exchanged ideas, mainly about ethical concerns related to globalization and the environment. I attempted to give him a cooking lesson once, but that failed, indefinitely. The bust was not my doing, but simply, a great disinterest on his part; or better yet an inability of not being better than me at something. Everything has gotten so crowded.
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Jan 18, 2010
Jan 18, 2010 at 1:17 AM UTC
something that happens.
This little man that I know with money in his sockets and routine in his pockets has self proclaimed that he is a tight *** When I envision a *** such as this, I imagine a bundle -- of securely aggregated, perfectly sharpened number two pencils. The businessman just shy of adulthood and too tired to remember –even the beginning of his of disclosure, denied his struggle to acclimate a multifarious lifestyle, appropriately suggested in the form of a triangle, and a circle, both of which embody polar opposing adaptations of humanistic routine. The two shapes: The circle, denies the break in motion by imposing a constant cycle of diligent compression, there is no room for pause only steady flow and relentless drive. This influence of life impression slows down the heart, body, and soul while speeding up time. This particular commitment accommodates the dry colorless beings that embrace and accept boxed imprisonment. Traditionally, the triangle denotes rhythmic patterns that elevate and drop to a point in which imposes a healthy reflective pause: progression, reflection, balance. As stated, as a provincial approach, a regular triangle flat on its base, peaking at the top represents a healthy, solid life routine. In contrast, the triangle can be flipped upside-down introducing an entirely new dynamic, composed of flat-lined monotony, tapered off to a regressed realm of destruction, regret and disorder. Despite the uniqueness of the standard triangle model to the man in question, it is important to compare the negative reflection, for it applies to the entirety of this investigation. We used to be lovers, he and I. We shared my giant pillow-top that I bought on the black market for a meager two-hundred fifty. -- A mere steal at that rate. We occasionally exchanged ideas, mainly about ethical concerns related to globalization and the environment. I attempted to give him a cooking lesson once, but that failed, indefinitely. The bust was not my doing, but simply, a great disinterest on his part; or better yet an inability of not being better than me at something. Everything has gotten so crowded.
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. In solitude... There's constant talk of the moon And incessant wishes upon stars Each word is cast unto paper Unsure if they'd stretch that far In solitude... I embody pelts of droplets from the sky As thunder mark the seconds that would elapse Stagnant puddles of liquid dreams Ever flowing in endless traps In solitude... I feel the urge to lose all balance Aloneness beckons like a long lost friend Always strange but familiar To see and be at the bitter end
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Nov 2, 2014
Nov 2, 2014 at 8:54 AM UTC
In Solitude
I will have you know that you are in the mine-ority If you don’t look at my pic and insta-click “like” on me I thrive in this weblight, you subsist in ambig-you-ity Mine is the looking glass of Aphrod-I-te The un-My-ghty look on my aesthetic perfection and despair I am the reason there is an earth All was designed to usher in my triumphant birth You are just hateful ab-you-sers and mis-you-sers YOU are YOUVENILE YOULINQUENTS! I am the oh-so-fleeting truth   Present in a world obsessed with youth I am only worth what others see in me I embody the my-jority My onscreen attention antics Are the me-ssential components Required to build a thriving Me-ocracy. ~ NM   10/17/14
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Dec 28, 2018
Dec 28, 2018 at 3:26 PM UTC
Selfie
“You are not an artist. You are not an artist.”         What photos must I shoot         How many cigarettes must I smoke It is scary, but - I want to embody the things which destroy minds Summer vibes feel like radiation Use this alcohol to eradicate The proposition - that I will be ‘okay’ My phone is on airplane mode My ambition is floating - as a feather might - Down to the depths I cannot finish my own sentences Bury my expectation with my religion         And it’s funny         Because I have resolved my mind to avoid romantic         confrontation         But, alas - I do day-dream         Of a girl’s face & hair - for it has appeared in my dreams four         times         And I awake to Deja-Vu as her face appears in conscious         frames So… I can imagine & I can see, but - they have become one in the same Could not fantasize asking Your hand in mine Oh how I wish to cry To sob in any light so long as you are in sight Someone to reassure me, that - yes “There is an end to the night.” But I cannot. I suppress it in drives. In music videos. In writing. In self-speaking when I have only me to keep company. Kick me off the team. I do not know what I need. If I could lead, as I once did. But I have left concern in the refrigerator With empty bottles & cans Maybe I will return tomorrow to salvage the cents of my malleable integrity   Won’t you reliquinish me of it ? For I have sipped the poison of honesty Regretfully it tastes like honey Lustful - Fleeting - Sugary - Intoxicating
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 12:38 AM UTC
A Glimpse of My Motivation(s)
“You are not an artist. You are not an artist.”         What photos must I shoot         How many cigarettes must I smoke It is scary, but - I want to embody the things which destroy minds Summer vibes feel like radiation Use this alcohol to eradicate The proposition - that I will be ‘okay’ My phone is on airplane mode My ambition is floating - as a feather might - Down to the depths I cannot finish my own sentences Bury my expectation with my religion         And it’s funny         Because I have resolved my mind to avoid romantic         confrontation         But, alas - I do day-dream         Of a girl’s face & hair - for it has appeared in my dreams four         times         And I awake to Deja-Vu as her face appears in conscious         frames So… I can imagine & I can see, but - they have become one in the same Could not fantasize asking Your hand in mine Oh how I wish to cry To sob in any light so long as you are in sight Someone to reassure me, that - yes “There is an end to the night.” But I cannot. I suppress it in drives. In music videos. In writing. In self-speaking when I have only me to keep company. Kick me off the team. I do not know what I need. If I could lead, as I once did. But I have left concern in the refrigerator With empty bottles & cans Maybe I will return tomorrow to salvage the cents of my malleable integrity   Won’t you reliquinish me of it ? For I have sipped the poison of honesty Regretfully it tastes like honey Lustful - Fleeting - Sugary - Intoxicating
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I usually begin these rants with a question. But i find myself lacking in just this instance. For whom can say. Anything more When ash refuses to respond. No message can be relayed. Just more things that i silently promise. As i figuratively toast to a memory that will never do you justice. Is it disrespectful to take words so literal. To the point. That looking down gun barrels and beer bottles. Turned into a ****** routine that pride would boast. Only there was no smile in my smile. Inhaling disappointment. As the years of missed visits and substance abuse. Led me here. At your deathbed. wishing my words could reach beyond. Without worry of a certain spectres blade in my shadow. Then somehow. I made my word. The only thing worth asking about. Because allowing the past to weave around the last routine we shared. Would force everything that i have come to embody.   To null Et fin. But no. Your gift was ever changing. Trading a jack for skills. While masking scars that only those with them would know of. And in the darkest moments did i find a crystal. Clear. Resolve. To struggle onward. Tears wont spell the revisions we seek. and i was taught to always look my best, no matter the destination. Everything that i am. Came from you. It didn't come from a book nor a Professor. I can only hope to pass on your wisdom. Although cryptic at times. Will remain in my heart. So even though I will forever be thinking of a new metaphor. A penny will sit in my pocket. Until the day that I can place it in your palm.
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Aug 22, 2018
Aug 22, 2018 at 5:25 AM UTC
Waste not
I usually begin these rants with a question. But i find myself lacking in just this instance. For whom can say. Anything more When ash refuses to respond. No message can be relayed. Just more things that i silently promise. As i figuratively toast to a memory that will never do you justice. Is it disrespectful to take words so literal. To the point. That looking down gun barrels and beer bottles. Turned into a ****** routine that pride would boast. Only there was no smile in my smile. Inhaling disappointment. As the years of missed visits and substance abuse. Led me here. At your deathbed. wishing my words could reach beyond. Without worry of a certain spectres blade in my shadow. Then somehow. I made my word. The only thing worth asking about. Because allowing the past to weave around the last routine we shared. Would force everything that i have come to embody.   To null Et fin. But no. Your gift was ever changing. Trading a jack for skills. While masking scars that only those with them would know of. And in the darkest moments did i find a crystal. Clear. Resolve. To struggle onward. Tears wont spell the revisions we seek. and i was taught to always look my best, no matter the destination. Everything that i am. Came from you. It didn't come from a book nor a Professor. I can only hope to pass on your wisdom. Although cryptic at times. Will remain in my heart. So even though I will forever be thinking of a new metaphor. A penny will sit in my pocket. Until the day that I can place it in your palm.
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Shopping outfashioned hunting and gathering, Processed beats fresh, Groceries replaced fruit trees, Malls superceded forests, Churches outnumbered temples, Countries dissolved to territories, Places devolved to areas, Paths broke down into highways, Commodity converted to currency, Laborers submit to machinery, Masters engage in humbug, Apprentices reduced to students, Knowledge downgraded to education, And education is deducted to a show of grades, While schools are the stages, And the corporate world is the bigger runway, With work slumped to employment, Wisdom demoted to profession, Where in jobs are the only future, Careers are the only success, Clicking and pressing buttons are skills, Computers are correspondent to brains, Information refers to news reports, Intelligence means up-to-dateness, Browsing is preferable to reading, Studying is in demand more than learning, Viewing things flashed on screens yields awareness, Transportation is to traveling, As buying is to the three basic needs, And needs embody worldly possessions, Worldly possessions define happiness, Happiness is due to selfishness, Selfishness is traced to the lack of love, The lack of love draws from the lack of faith, Because faith stands for religion, And religion stands for membership, Where politicians are the gods, Celebrities are the preachers, And the preachers are the enemies, While networking is equal to friendship, And connection equates to communication, Experiences require photos, Memories necessitate uploading, Souvenirs can be downloaded, Smartphones are substitute to pets, Gadgets are toys, Holding controllers is playing, Watching TV is exploring the great outdoors, Internet is recreation, And technology is a way of life; While humans are scientists, Nature is a guinea pig, And the earth is a laboratory, Where prices are misidentified for worth, Processes are miscalculated as progress, Impoverishment is confused with improvement, And getting more is mistaken as getting better; And then we wonder why Homes have become houses, Family members have become boarders, Nations are separate species Composed of tired and hungry citizens, Children are monsters Who are biochemically rascals, Teenagers are zombies Whose adventures lead to delinquency, Adults are robots Who just clang when touched, And life is not so simple As how it is said to be.
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Oct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013 at 5:40 AM UTC
The Nth Trial-and-error
Shopping outfashioned hunting and gathering, Processed beats fresh, Groceries replaced fruit trees, Malls superceded forests, Churches outnumbered temples, Countries dissolved to territories, Places devolved to areas, Paths broke down into highways, Commodity converted to currency, Laborers submit to machinery, Masters engage in humbug, Apprentices reduced to students, Knowledge downgraded to education, And education is deducted to a show of grades, While schools are the stages, And the corporate world is the bigger runway, With work slumped to employment, Wisdom demoted to profession, Where in jobs are the only future, Careers are the only success, Clicking and pressing buttons are skills, Computers are correspondent to brains, Information refers to news reports, Intelligence means up-to-dateness, Browsing is preferable to reading, Studying is in demand more than learning, Viewing things flashed on screens yields awareness, Transportation is to traveling, As buying is to the three basic needs, And needs embody worldly possessions, Worldly possessions define happiness, Happiness is due to selfishness, Selfishness is traced to the lack of love, The lack of love draws from the lack of faith, Because faith stands for religion, And religion stands for membership, Where politicians are the gods, Celebrities are the preachers, And the preachers are the enemies, While networking is equal to friendship, And connection equates to communication, Experiences require photos, Memories necessitate uploading, Souvenirs can be downloaded, Smartphones are substitute to pets, Gadgets are toys, Holding controllers is playing, Watching TV is exploring the great outdoors, Internet is recreation, And technology is a way of life; While humans are scientists, Nature is a guinea pig, And the earth is a laboratory, Where prices are misidentified for worth, Processes are miscalculated as progress, Impoverishment is confused with improvement, And getting more is mistaken as getting better; And then we wonder why Homes have become houses, Family members have become boarders, Nations are separate species Composed of tired and hungry citizens, Children are monsters Who are biochemically rascals, Teenagers are zombies Whose adventures lead to delinquency, Adults are robots Who just clang when touched, And life is not so simple As how it is said to be.
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close your eyes… let your light lids become heavy like falling asleep in a bed of soft dreams. quiet your mind with a deep inhale.... breathe with me, and hold for a simple moment cleanse your mind with a firm exhale. Focus purely on your breath. Breathe with me. (take three sets of deep breaths) imagine no thoughts that bother you ignore the noise that follows your foot steps, the little buzzes of every day, like fruit flies orbiting succulent peaches let the noise fly away like those flies, far away Let go of those days where you find yourself worried… there is nothing to hold onto that worries you. you are a strong, magnificent, worry free energy, clean and sparkling. Relax, Envision your mind as a porcelain sink, and the drain in the center pulls all the noise away, until there is nothingness, emptiness. let the darkness behind your eyelids engulf you... it is warm, it is inviting, it is loving in this darkness... there is light. See and feel this ball of radiant light ripping through the black that tickles your skin like pins and needles the most beautiful light you’ve ever seen... be humble... this is your love manifested into an image that presents itself to you to show you all the love that your heart holds it beats into your blood, your veins, your energy, every inch of your physical, your mental, your soul... feel that smooooth, delicate love swim through every morsel of your being, it gives us light... it gives us life. ... Create an intention… what do you want most? Or perhaps, what do you want to give? What do you… as nobody else but yourself… want to embody? (take a few moments to gather and intention) take a deep inhale... (inhale) upon exhaling, release this intention into the universe... everything you give will come back. Let this intention become an extension of yourself this is you, and you are this. Now this part of you, the gentle intention, is part of the universe. and you… are part of the universe. thank the cosmos for caring about your mind, body, and spirit, and giving you this galactic love as you release yours, and the cycle continues on and on... feel the warmth of love kiss you tenderly, let it swallow you and hold you tightly, like a cosmic mother. you’re an infant again... in the arms of something divine, feeling pure bliss, like happiness is the only emotion that exists. happiness becomes organic, it is the ultimate source of life... happiness becomes the light, and combines itself with love, making the most beautiful offspring of purity and salvation. Inhale.... Exhale.... you are new, you are love let it run like a tranquil river from every one of your pours hear the liquid love follow the current of your mind’s creek.. hold your intention in your heart, and let it radiate let yourself be light let yourself be love. inhale... exhale... © 2016 D.M.V
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Nov 18, 2016
Nov 18, 2016 at 3:40 PM UTC
Anahata Meditation (Heart Chakra)
close your eyes… let your light lids become heavy like falling asleep in a bed of soft dreams. quiet your mind with a deep inhale.... breathe with me, and hold for a simple moment cleanse your mind with a firm exhale. Focus purely on your breath. Breathe with me. (take three sets of deep breaths) imagine no thoughts that bother you ignore the noise that follows your foot steps, the little buzzes of every day, like fruit flies orbiting succulent peaches let the noise fly away like those flies, far away Let go of those days where you find yourself worried… there is nothing to hold onto that worries you. you are a strong, magnificent, worry free energy, clean and sparkling. Relax, Envision your mind as a porcelain sink, and the drain in the center pulls all the noise away, until there is nothingness, emptiness. let the darkness behind your eyelids engulf you... it is warm, it is inviting, it is loving in this darkness... there is light. See and feel this ball of radiant light ripping through the black that tickles your skin like pins and needles the most beautiful light you’ve ever seen... be humble... this is your love manifested into an image that presents itself to you to show you all the love that your heart holds it beats into your blood, your veins, your energy, every inch of your physical, your mental, your soul... feel that smooooth, delicate love swim through every morsel of your being, it gives us light... it gives us life. ... Create an intention… what do you want most? Or perhaps, what do you want to give? What do you… as nobody else but yourself… want to embody? (take a few moments to gather and intention) take a deep inhale... (inhale) upon exhaling, release this intention into the universe... everything you give will come back. Let this intention become an extension of yourself this is you, and you are this. Now this part of you, the gentle intention, is part of the universe. and you… are part of the universe. thank the cosmos for caring about your mind, body, and spirit, and giving you this galactic love as you release yours, and the cycle continues on and on... feel the warmth of love kiss you tenderly, let it swallow you and hold you tightly, like a cosmic mother. you’re an infant again... in the arms of something divine, feeling pure bliss, like happiness is the only emotion that exists. happiness becomes organic, it is the ultimate source of life... happiness becomes the light, and combines itself with love, making the most beautiful offspring of purity and salvation. Inhale.... Exhale.... you are new, you are love let it run like a tranquil river from every one of your pours hear the liquid love follow the current of your mind’s creek.. hold your intention in your heart, and let it radiate let yourself be light let yourself be love. inhale... exhale... © 2016 D.M.V
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☮ ☮ ☮ **Society needs more Social Justice. Humanity needs peaceworkers.** Peace and Social Justice must be promoted aggressively. There are inequities that must be addressed. Power is not equally distributed. Neither are resources or wealth. Neither are poetic gifts or vision equitably distributed. Unearned privilege is rampant. Poetry must confront this global crisis of capitalist exploitation and manipulation. Poetry must speak to the masses. Poetry must radicalize and inform consciousness to new levels of social change. Marginalized citizens must be empowered. All ****** gender-based, racial, religious, age-based, homophobic, xenophobic, and gynophobic bigots must be brought to see in a new way through our poetry. Community building and local empowerment are of the order. Our poetry must be global in scope – yet rooted and grounded in local community empowerment. Selfless acts of service to promote and increase Social Justice are needed. Lives selflessly devoted to establishing social justice are called for. Our poetic lives must be laid on the altar of the dis-enfranchised and unrepresented. We, as consciously aware poets, must advocate and speak out for those who have no voice. We, as poets, must, through stirring words of Social Justice, embody through our radical verses the burning hope of a just and sustainable future. This future must become increasingly collective as formerly marginalized consumers become empowered community-builders  –  through our poetry. As poets of the sustainable future we will empower and inform. Our poetry must collectivize, entitle and enslave. We must speak with ONE VOICE: the voice of change and social justice. Our words will rise with healing in their wings and lift whole communities from despair to radicalized self-awareness in communities filled with strident, intolerant and maniacal practitioners of PEACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE. All poets who do not lay their entire creative and lyrical selves on the altar of struggle to bring CHANGE and SOCIAL JUSTICE will be LIQUIDATED by our own EMPOWERED POETRY. IN THE END WE WILL WRITE A PURE POETRY OF SOCIAL CHANGE, ALL IN CAPS, AND THIS POETRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT WILL BE READ OVER THE GRAVES OF ALL SELL-OUT, CORPORATE, FASCIST, SNITCHING, SELFISH, UNEMPOWERED AND UNEMPOWERING TRAITORS AND ENEMIES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.  IN THE END THERE WILL BE NO PUNCTUATION OR EVEN WORDS ONLY PURE IMAGES OF CHANGE + VISIONARY COLLABORATION IN SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION/MAYBE SLASH MARKS/OKAY MAYBE EXCLAMATION POINTS TOO BUT ONLY THOSE ! WHY? BECAUSE THE ONLY GOOD POET IS A LIVING POET WHO HAS LIQUIDATED EVERY FALSE POET NOT COMMITTED TO THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ! LONG LIVE POETRY IN ACTION THROUGH CHANGE! WRITE/SPEAK/AGITATE FOR  SOCIAL JUSTICE  & EMPOWERMENT ! **POETRY IS STRUGGLE☻ STRUGGLE IS CHANGE☻ CHANGE REQUIRES SOCIAL JUSTICE☻ SOCIAL JUSTICE BRINGS PEACE☻ PEACE BRINGS WAR☻ WAR BRINGS CONFUSION & DEATH☻** (SO DON’T BE CONFUSED)
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Sep 9, 2015
Sep 9, 2015 at 9:03 PM UTC
Agitating the Spin Cycle
☮ ☮ ☮ **Society needs more Social Justice. Humanity needs peaceworkers.** Peace and Social Justice must be promoted aggressively. There are inequities that must be addressed. Power is not equally distributed. Neither are resources or wealth. Neither are poetic gifts or vision equitably distributed. Unearned privilege is rampant. Poetry must confront this global crisis of capitalist exploitation and manipulation. Poetry must speak to the masses. Poetry must radicalize and inform consciousness to new levels of social change. Marginalized citizens must be empowered. All ****** gender-based, racial, religious, age-based, homophobic, xenophobic, and gynophobic bigots must be brought to see in a new way through our poetry. Community building and local empowerment are of the order. Our poetry must be global in scope – yet rooted and grounded in local community empowerment. Selfless acts of service to promote and increase Social Justice are needed. Lives selflessly devoted to establishing social justice are called for. Our poetic lives must be laid on the altar of the dis-enfranchised and unrepresented. We, as consciously aware poets, must advocate and speak out for those who have no voice. We, as poets, must, through stirring words of Social Justice, embody through our radical verses the burning hope of a just and sustainable future. This future must become increasingly collective as formerly marginalized consumers become empowered community-builders  –  through our poetry. As poets of the sustainable future we will empower and inform. Our poetry must collectivize, entitle and enslave. We must speak with ONE VOICE: the voice of change and social justice. Our words will rise with healing in their wings and lift whole communities from despair to radicalized self-awareness in communities filled with strident, intolerant and maniacal practitioners of PEACE & SOCIAL JUSTICE. All poets who do not lay their entire creative and lyrical selves on the altar of struggle to bring CHANGE and SOCIAL JUSTICE will be LIQUIDATED by our own EMPOWERED POETRY. IN THE END WE WILL WRITE A PURE POETRY OF SOCIAL CHANGE, ALL IN CAPS, AND THIS POETRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT WILL BE READ OVER THE GRAVES OF ALL SELL-OUT, CORPORATE, FASCIST, SNITCHING, SELFISH, UNEMPOWERED AND UNEMPOWERING TRAITORS AND ENEMIES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.  IN THE END THERE WILL BE NO PUNCTUATION OR EVEN WORDS ONLY PURE IMAGES OF CHANGE + VISIONARY COLLABORATION IN SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION/MAYBE SLASH MARKS/OKAY MAYBE EXCLAMATION POINTS TOO BUT ONLY THOSE ! WHY? BECAUSE THE ONLY GOOD POET IS A LIVING POET WHO HAS LIQUIDATED EVERY FALSE POET NOT COMMITTED TO THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ! LONG LIVE POETRY IN ACTION THROUGH CHANGE! WRITE/SPEAK/AGITATE FOR  SOCIAL JUSTICE  & EMPOWERMENT ! **POETRY IS STRUGGLE☻ STRUGGLE IS CHANGE☻ CHANGE REQUIRES SOCIAL JUSTICE☻ SOCIAL JUSTICE BRINGS PEACE☻ PEACE BRINGS WAR☻ WAR BRINGS CONFUSION & DEATH☻** (SO DON’T BE CONFUSED)
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In the early morning air between the Londonderry hush of dreams and the cry of Belfast on a weary morn Where saddened eyes embody the twilight haze of long past marches, the bewildering blaze Of Beltane fires that scorch the hills The world shudders to the battle cries where brother to brother the war pitch fills the saddened visions that over spills That a Gaelic tongue can curse its own To the bitter harvest of the Gael That wipes away the blood dew from these fields from which it grew and damns itself in the pain and sorrow That relives this war on every tomorrow. Alisdaire O'Caoimph
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Mar 21, 2011
Mar 21, 2011 at 7:21 AM UTC
Ireland
With nothing to see and nowhere to be, With no one to be and nowhere to go: Empty, like the meaning of the spring dew Dissipating, hundreds of pieces, scattered Individual voids waiting upon a cue To become what they embody, fettered. A field of unquiet quietness, occasionally interrupted by a single, awful tone. What existence is this exigence? Unknowable, unspeakable, unending: Pain is what it is. The dew knows not why it's stepped on, Ending its momentary nature Only to crop up tomorrow and be none The foot becoming again its berater. And so it goes until the summer, with the cruel months behind it. The skull becomes and beckons Back into nihil. But there's too many things to see, places to be Too much to be and too many places to go For to be one is to be many and the dew tires.
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Apr 17, 2021
Apr 17, 2021 at 3:57 PM UTC
[untitled]
Who One eventually becomes depends heavily upon the choices One makes- the passions One nourishes- the opportunities One pursues- the perseverance One is willing to embody.
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Jan 19, 2016
Jan 19, 2016 at 2:08 PM UTC
Choose thy Fate
The mannequin faceless, Clothed in gold With hands pandering svelte, Remains an admired inanimate, Albeit, atop whispers to a girl, A 4-foot flower 3-feet my right, Fretting and stumped; Extrinsic a label – “undesirable.” The mannequin faceless, Her and hollow – A towering nose above, stands Opaque ivory, scarred come Synonymous eyes with a symmetrical Soul, assumed plastic perfection And more importantly, Soon to be sale. The mannequin faceless Convinced her new friend, Her lesser, lopsided, And natural not-so counterpart To consume, “Eat me, “eat me,” “eat it all,” And then, “binge some more.” The mannequin faceless SCREAMS, “BUY!” Amongst the other torments – Born both fingers that can’t move and The thumbs that shuffle, “One’s,” To the girl that was never, “Good enough;” so shared the Tabloid’s mouth. The mannequin faceless demands And DEMANDS nothing less than to Buy, starve, suffer and sacrifice So that every “broken body,” May embody polymer, and for a price, A not so fair trade whilst Considering old man gold, The curator of conundrum And the plastic he’s created.
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Jul 31, 2015
Jul 31, 2015 at 8:59 AM UTC
Fake Plastic People
Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye The petals begin to die Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye The heavens start to cry Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Let out a collective sigh The drudgery of life The need to avoid strife Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye It's all in your mind A fabrication Imagination Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye In and out Up and down They go as they come They bring gladness as they leave sadness Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye Deathly still As still as death Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye I've been told to move on As young and beautiful As a newborn fawn As broken and doubtful As a mind so torn Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye You have left us tonight You're nowhere in sight Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye The moss spreads The dust collects Decrepit but not dead Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye I've been told I'm wasting my life I've been told to let go I know it's all true It's something I must do Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye You left and now, I'd like to leave too Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye No. A simple word A simple meaning All over my mind Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye I won't let you go I refuse to do so You embody life A life I wish was mine Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye You said goodbye, not on purpose, of course But they said goodbye on purpose. Who do I believe? The living or the dead? Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye. It's the only word in my mind.
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Jul 18, 2013
Jul 18, 2013 at 9:57 AM UTC
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Your words embody me and melt in such a way I lose all train of thought. I breathe you in deeply as though you will only last a moment. Take me, melt me, mold me to the very curve of you.
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Feb 19, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 at 3:59 AM UTC
Melt
WALLS (Verona) Mon ami tu vas where star-crossed hearts' confessions hides your saint in bricks. NAPE Warm whispers of lips down smooth meadows of your neck, my familiar bed. VATTO Gang signs, ink, and blood ****** in a low beamer Cool kissing his gun. BIGOT Burning up with hate like an oil spill on one's soul heartless mouths pollute. NIJINSKY So divine such grace words not made to embody Ballet when God speaks. OSMOSIS Blossoms in winter bursts of Japanese kisses how to love haiku. BLUR Tears are no longer loose and quick to disarray how sight understands. BARRIER REEF Great walls dividing Vast cold deeps from Summer seas "Hail Metropolis!"
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Dec 8, 2015
Dec 8, 2015 at 7:47 PM UTC
WALLS & BARRIER REEF (8 Haiku/Senryu)
pain demands to be felt.. that is why you let break ups feel like shards of glass piercing through your skin, "i was using you" feel like acid being pumped through your heart ventricles spewing liquid anguish through your veins you let the memories consume your very existance so all that is left is the skin he once touched, the lips he once kissed and the emotions he still controls.. yes, pain does demand to be felt but you see, i am pain. i embody every syllable of that painful word..pain i am every lie woven intricately into the seams of the pillow used to cushion the blows i inflict. i leave you trapped in the very depths of  your mind, made easy by your naive attempt of grasping onto the words used to lure you in, i love you i am the whispers of motivation urging you to sniff sniff sniff your way deeper into my domain where you are nothing but a chess piece in a battle not easily won. i am the deep seated hunger that devours any sign of "happy"..the breaking, smashing, burning of hope i am a master of deceit, carefully manipulating your thoughts through the simple tug of a string, i am your master. but I was not born like this, I became it..so if you really think about it, I am love, because love was the reason I became pain. this may be confusing, but once again think about it.. love demands to be felt... that is why you sit smiling awkwardly at your phone, why you get butterflies..I mean the whole **** zoo in your stomach when he looks your way, you let your feelings consume your very existence until all that is left of you is the hand he holds so tight, the hair he moves away from your face and the heart you laid right out for him... yes, love demands to be felt.. but you see, I once was love.. I embodied every syllable of that beautiful word love I was the roof over-head when the storms of life came thundering by, I was anything you needed me to be because at the end of the day I didn't want to be anything if I didn't have you. So I let myself go, I became my own foe just so you could have that shoulder, I mean that extra soul to lean on you kept taking and never giving, this one sided love became toxic I took one look at myself and realised that I didn't know who was staring back at me.. much like how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, but the reverse, I began to shrink. the butterflies turned to moths, the smiles to tears and soon enough, love became pain, and they both demand to be felt.
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May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015 at 5:17 PM UTC
pain demands to be felt
pain demands to be felt.. that is why you let break ups feel like shards of glass piercing through your skin, "i was using you" feel like acid being pumped through your heart ventricles spewing liquid anguish through your veins you let the memories consume your very existance so all that is left is the skin he once touched, the lips he once kissed and the emotions he still controls.. yes, pain does demand to be felt but you see, i am pain. i embody every syllable of that painful word..pain i am every lie woven intricately into the seams of the pillow used to cushion the blows i inflict. i leave you trapped in the very depths of  your mind, made easy by your naive attempt of grasping onto the words used to lure you in, i love you i am the whispers of motivation urging you to sniff sniff sniff your way deeper into my domain where you are nothing but a chess piece in a battle not easily won. i am the deep seated hunger that devours any sign of "happy"..the breaking, smashing, burning of hope i am a master of deceit, carefully manipulating your thoughts through the simple tug of a string, i am your master. but I was not born like this, I became it..so if you really think about it, I am love, because love was the reason I became pain. this may be confusing, but once again think about it.. love demands to be felt... that is why you sit smiling awkwardly at your phone, why you get butterflies..I mean the whole **** zoo in your stomach when he looks your way, you let your feelings consume your very existence until all that is left of you is the hand he holds so tight, the hair he moves away from your face and the heart you laid right out for him... yes, love demands to be felt.. but you see, I once was love.. I embodied every syllable of that beautiful word love I was the roof over-head when the storms of life came thundering by, I was anything you needed me to be because at the end of the day I didn't want to be anything if I didn't have you. So I let myself go, I became my own foe just so you could have that shoulder, I mean that extra soul to lean on you kept taking and never giving, this one sided love became toxic I took one look at myself and realised that I didn't know who was staring back at me.. much like how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, but the reverse, I began to shrink. the butterflies turned to moths, the smiles to tears and soon enough, love became pain, and they both demand to be felt.
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I want nothing from the world for it owes me nothing I want only to exist In the simplicity of the vast wilderness I want my heart And my soul to be like the wilderness Free Untamed Wild and alive I want to be alive everywhere and absorb all the beauty and wonder of it all Embrace Embody Reflect And return it back to its keeper The flowers The ocean The soil All of it. I want to become my mother The earth. I want the stars to teach me all they know I want the sun to wake me and tell me when I should rest I want the forest roots to guide me The birds to sing me the songs of the world I want to feel spring water against my skin I want to feel the unadulterated dirt of the earth against my feet I want nature to heal me Detoxify me from mans creations the material world I want the wind to tell me her secrets and bring me all of her wisdom I want all of the universes' intangibilities. I want to scream. I want to be anonymous I want not to be tainted by the small realm that confines me I want never to forget the scale of the universe and Remember that I too am a star A toxic Intangible Ball of stardust A wonder of creation Floating in a inexhaustible, eternal sea
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Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 at 11:05 PM UTC
Bright Side of Suicide
Do not fall in love with an artist; Her mind is both a framework And a disarray Of jumbled sentiments. And once you embed yourself Within her horizons, She’ll fathom you into a masterpiece. She’ll draw the way your lips form words With mesmerizing hues And bind your love Into a collection of poetic utterances And she’ll make an inconsequential language Into an unconventional expression. She’ll pluck strings To embody the way your chest Rises against her ear with each breath; She’ll make you fall in love with creativity. And one wrong move, And you’ll become a masterwork in her array.
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Oct 14, 2015
Oct 14, 2015 at 3:51 AM UTC
Why Not to Fall in Love with an Artist
I-AM-NOT-A-DOG. Today, I cut loose from your leash of degrading comments. My ears have learned to ignore your whistles and the only thing I am going to fetch is my dignity. We all have cracks. People’s words creep into our most foreign parts And bother us like gnats in our food. However, At a young age my mom welded me by hand. Sealed off every corner so Your undignified vernacular wouldn’t disturb my peace. Your mother must’ve had deleterious effects on you. She told you that love can only be found through intertwining genitals. I have iron fists and your forcefulness will not supersede my strength to protect what I own. Let me tell you sir, Obeying men is an archaic practice And I wasn’t born yesterday. I endure life with fortitude even with the threat of your loaded fist 2 inches from my face. Your catcalls sting like the hearts of mother’s who have lost their daughter’s to the streets. I hold my mace like a loaded gun walking in the petrifying night. Apparently big butts lie, they give you the impression that you can squeeze, but back off the anatomy. Remember that all women embody beauty and grace, not for you, but for themselves.
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Aug 28, 2015
Aug 28, 2015 at 11:33 PM UTC
I Bite
Psychedelic souls Connecting together, making a flow Sharing what we know Creating an awakened show Gather round and watch the smiles glow Talk to people and help them grow Give them something to believe in Help them stop the constant grievin People need a break This world can be hard to take Show them how happiness feels Show them that its deeply real Access the love and higher vibrations Teach them creativity and concentration Be the change you wish to see We have the same purpose, you and me This worlds a trip and we should treat it as much Teach people to heal with a gentle touch Energy flowing through our bodies and all around Manifest with imagination, art, and sound Create what we want to exist in 3D Connecting with higher dimensions is the key You have everything you need inside Don't hurt your brain looking far and wide The collective consciousness is overflowing inspiration For the world it's an invitation To express what you see Keeping your mind open and free Heal yourself and your energy Take some supplements and drink some tea Create a world we don't have to flee Decalcify your third eye and join me Embody the expansiveness you can be They're not coincidences they're synchronicity Everything is connected here and beyond Your own body is the magic wand A conduit of energy and the divine Anyone can understand what I'm saying if they open their mind
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Jun 12, 2016
Jun 12, 2016 at 1:03 AM UTC
Virgo Manifestation
I remember it was cold and quiet. We stood up beneath the scattering stars. Silently staring at the landscape outspread in front of us, where the mountain touched the sky. Losing count on the steps taken, you wondered how many dreams townspeople had to reach the summit tower seen from afar; Spreading lights randomly with no purpose to guide. Little yet arrogant. Like a candlestick being put on the top of the world, accidentally. Or maybe, incidentally placed to embody the messiah for those who would discover it that way — which might be peculiarly irrational. Despite the lame fact, it still mesmerized you. I just knew the moment your starry eyes were seen in the dim night. And out of the blue, it captivated me too. We sneaked from the despotic night, releasing laughs from the deepest and most untouched alley in our lungs. Our fears were freed. Nonchalant towards the thing ahead of us, even to the time that felt prematurely withered. "I remember once this priest brought hope to our house, and we just followed him since then", you said. That’s how you told me that miracle wasn’t the thing that kept us living, but hopes that enlightened. Unyielding lost in the most chaotic ecstasy I have ever encountered. It became that moment when a knock on the door wouldn’t be able to break our reverie. Modest. Humble. We then walked unafraid through the open door that led us to the home where the sun rises.
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Aug 14, 2022
Aug 14, 2022 at 9:26 AM UTC
Mt. Reverie
They resemble photographs, And the pages within a book And the perfume she uses to Fragrance her skin; They embody song lyrics, And the jewellery that adorns her wrists And the gentle twists of her hair Secured with a scarlet bow; They're entwined with her laughter, And the words she writes on her skin In ink, And scrawls eagerly In the back of an old notebook, In order to keep herself from Forgetting.
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Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013 at 1:58 PM UTC
Memories