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I stand above my bed And examine the damage. Blankets this way and that Pillows all over Sheets tangled up around themselves. Proof of something that Only hours ago Left this place empty. I take in the rubble And breathe deeply. I lower myself down to those Tangled sheets And backwards bedspreads And fill my lungs with you. I pull them up around me And close my eyes And wish for this place to be The same kind of battleground Again tomorrow.
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Jan 5, 2013
Jan 5, 2013 at 10:07 PM UTC
After
She was not just "asking for it" Her skirt showing her long limbs She is not one to submit Or to give up when told to quit She will not stand for your catcall For your whistle and "hey there, doll" You should not be appalled Because she really can rule it all She is fierce and she is true She's neither higher nor lower, but she is equal to you Her body is not just something you can tear down and ***** So, pack your things and say adieu She is feminine As well as pure adrenaline Cease to examine this "specimen" And become a true gentleman
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May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015 at 3:23 PM UTC
Sexism Debunked
Some day, if you are lucky, you’ll return from a thunderous journey trailing snake scales, wing fragments and the musk of Earth and moon. Eyes will examine you for signs of damage, or change and you, too, will wonder if your skin shows traces of fur, or leaves, if thrushes have built a nest of your hair, if Andromeda burns from your eyes. Do not be surprised by prickly questions from those who barely inhabit their own fleeting lives, who barely taste their own possibility, who barely dream. If your hands are empty, treasureless, if your toes have not grown claws, if your obedient voice has not become a wild cry, a howl, you will reassure them. We warned you, they might declare, there is nothing else, no point, no meaning, no mystery at all, just this frantic waiting to die. And yet, they tremble, mute, afraid you’ve returned without sweet elixir for unspeakable thirst, without a fluent dance or holy language to teach them, without a compass bearing to a forgotten border where no one crosses without weeping for the terrible beauty of galaxies and granite and bone. They tremble, hoping your lips hold a secret, that the song your body now sings will redeem them, yet they fear your secret is dangerous, shattering, and once it flies from your astonished mouth, they-like you-must disintegrate before unfolding tremulous wings.
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Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016 at 10:37 AM UTC
The return by Geneen Marie Haugen
I sit in solitude, surrounded by trees That have been standing for ages untold. I feel the coolness of an Autumn breeze That grants a leaf to fall that I hold. With the leaf transfixed in my careful stare, I examine its transparent tone. Searching for answers that could be there, As if the answers are known. I wish I might show as much grace Falling to my demise. I wish another may take my place And make Mother Gaia nice. I wish for transitions That leave me better than before. It may be intermittent, But there might be more in store. I wish my whispers were as sweet As rustling, falling, tumbling leaves That make the world complete-- And without them, the forest obsolete. Someday this forest may be replaced With a cattle field a mile long. Gone with a whimper, without a trace Will be the leaves I once wished on.
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Apr 28, 2014
Apr 28, 2014 at 12:49 PM UTC
Leaves
the angel amongst us ~for Alexander, master splasher~ *flexibility is important when poetry writing in a warm tub and a long day ahead is scheduled; so willingly accept the autocorrect for I am both an experienced poet and bath soaker and believer in wondrous mystery and unexpected fumbles that lead to to miracle touchdowns ~•~ the two mathematicians examine the angle, measure the degree of difference at intersection and bless it with an identity, calling it by its name, perhaps obtuse, perhaps right, perhaps both two sets of eyes examine the angle, study its ****** expression the old man says: see the angle on the clock formed by the big handle on the twelve and the little hand on the eight? this is angle of eight o’clock: time to stop the splashing and start the get-readying for we have miles to go before the ocean can say hello! little angel says angle no go and slashes the water with both hands to establish the firmness of his views and change Einstein’s time from present to future the angle depends on the perspective of the viewer the old poet comprehends leaving a warm tub is a regretful thing but he measures the degree of difference at this intersection of time and bath and blesses it with an identity “time to go” the angle of my angel is now 2 pointed arms, pointed straight up, at the twelve o'clock, as he stands up in fevered protest, my arms sweep his little legs to a point at eight o’clock, angel, commenting on his swift flight disputes the grandfathers physics "no go now, now go later^" though the angle is unchanged the perspective of time and space (and traffic), yet differs one sees an angle, the angel sees time eternally folding in on itself* that is the angle amongst us
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 8:58 AM UTC
the angle amongst us
the angel amongst us ~for Alexander, master splasher~ *flexibility is important when poetry writing in a warm tub and a long day ahead is scheduled; so willingly accept the autocorrect for I am both an experienced poet and bath soaker and believer in wondrous mystery and unexpected fumbles that lead to to miracle touchdowns ~•~ the two mathematicians examine the angle, measure the degree of difference at intersection and bless it with an identity, calling it by its name, perhaps obtuse, perhaps right, perhaps both two sets of eyes examine the angle, study its ****** expression the old man says: see the angle on the clock formed by the big handle on the twelve and the little hand on the eight? this is angle of eight o’clock: time to stop the splashing and start the get-readying for we have miles to go before the ocean can say hello! little angel says angle no go and slashes the water with both hands to establish the firmness of his views and change Einstein’s time from present to future the angle depends on the perspective of the viewer the old poet comprehends leaving a warm tub is a regretful thing but he measures the degree of difference at this intersection of time and bath and blesses it with an identity “time to go” the angle of my angel is now 2 pointed arms, pointed straight up, at the twelve o'clock, as he stands up in fevered protest, my arms sweep his little legs to a point at eight o’clock, angel, commenting on his swift flight disputes the grandfathers physics "no go now, now go later^" though the angle is unchanged the perspective of time and space (and traffic), yet differs one sees an angle, the angel sees time eternally folding in on itself* that is the angle amongst us
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It’s just easy for them Isn’t it? This couple on the train. They walked on laughing together Holding hands And I felt that familiar something- Not jealousy Not envy But... Chagrin. Astonishment. Incredulity. Incomprehension. Looking at them feels like looking at one of those Impossible pictures Where the stairs keep going forever in a loop. It’s just Easy for them. It doesn’t hurt anymore, that thought, But thinking it feels so odd in my mind When I can’t imagine loving someone without Shame, Without pain. They fit. These people, They fit without having to carve anything out. They fit without punishing each other. They fit like puzzle pieces cut from the same board- No worries, they just go together, and that Is that. They fit like “Of course.” Like breathing. Neatly. Simply. Carelessly. I can’t imagine what it’s like I can’t comprehend it- To fit Somewhere Much less to fit somewhere With someone. I am always trying to corset myself into this world, Lungs burning, Trying to remain small enough to squeeze by Catching myself by the wrist to keep from reaching For anything. And if there seems to be a spot where I might be able to exist as I am It is always Occupied. Like a shiny pinprick That thought hurts- Not like the others it is newly cut And still ****** The idea that maybe there is a home for me And that maybe I was too late for it. They’re laughing. He says something clever, Passes a hand along the small of her back And she leans into it, Smiling because she loves that he wants to touch her innocently. They seem to exist behind glass. Not for the first time I wonder If I could just slip into that life Like a drop into an ocean I want it badly I want it stupidly And I examine all the parts of myself, All the edges and cracks, All the things I’ve worked so hard to protect and repair. It is not a welcome sight- I am not a home I am like an old ruin Full of murmurings and cold spots Full of dusty sunlight. I sigh, Knowing the secret I keep so poorly- That if I really had a choice to be otherwise I would have already made it. I couldn’t reach them if I ran for a thousand years, They are too far away. They walk off the train, arms linked Talking about nothing And I watch them go Like a hallucination, Like a mirage in the desert. Her perfume smells like forgetfulness And it lingers.
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Sep 28, 2018
Sep 28, 2018 at 12:48 AM UTC
Easy
It’s just easy for them Isn’t it? This couple on the train. They walked on laughing together Holding hands And I felt that familiar something- Not jealousy Not envy But... Chagrin. Astonishment. Incredulity. Incomprehension. Looking at them feels like looking at one of those Impossible pictures Where the stairs keep going forever in a loop. It’s just Easy for them. It doesn’t hurt anymore, that thought, But thinking it feels so odd in my mind When I can’t imagine loving someone without Shame, Without pain. They fit. These people, They fit without having to carve anything out. They fit without punishing each other. They fit like puzzle pieces cut from the same board- No worries, they just go together, and that Is that. They fit like “Of course.” Like breathing. Neatly. Simply. Carelessly. I can’t imagine what it’s like I can’t comprehend it- To fit Somewhere Much less to fit somewhere With someone. I am always trying to corset myself into this world, Lungs burning, Trying to remain small enough to squeeze by Catching myself by the wrist to keep from reaching For anything. And if there seems to be a spot where I might be able to exist as I am It is always Occupied. Like a shiny pinprick That thought hurts- Not like the others it is newly cut And still ****** The idea that maybe there is a home for me And that maybe I was too late for it. They’re laughing. He says something clever, Passes a hand along the small of her back And she leans into it, Smiling because she loves that he wants to touch her innocently. They seem to exist behind glass. Not for the first time I wonder If I could just slip into that life Like a drop into an ocean I want it badly I want it stupidly And I examine all the parts of myself, All the edges and cracks, All the things I’ve worked so hard to protect and repair. It is not a welcome sight- I am not a home I am like an old ruin Full of murmurings and cold spots Full of dusty sunlight. I sigh, Knowing the secret I keep so poorly- That if I really had a choice to be otherwise I would have already made it. I couldn’t reach them if I ran for a thousand years, They are too far away. They walk off the train, arms linked Talking about nothing And I watch them go Like a hallucination, Like a mirage in the desert. Her perfume smells like forgetfulness And it lingers.
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If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you If you want a partner Take my hand Or if you want to strike me down in anger Here I stand I'm your man If you want a boxer I will step into the ring for you And if you want a doctor I'll examine every inch of you If you want a driver Climb inside Or if you want to take me for a ride You know you can I'm your man Ah, the moon's too bright The chain's too tight The beast won't go to sleep I've been running through these promises to you That I made and I could not keep Ah but a man never got a woman back Not by begging on his knees Or I'd crawl to you baby And I'd fall at your feet And I'd howl at your beauty Like a dog in heat And I'd claw at your heart And I'd tear at your sheet I'd say please, please I'm your man And if you've got to sleep A moment on the road I will steer for you And if you want to work the street alone I'll disappear for you If you want a father for your child Or only want to walk with me a while Across the sand I'm your man If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to And if you want another kind of love I'll wear a mask for you
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I'm Your Man
The Kingdom of Morocco has a rugged mountain interior which reminds me of the British meal of mince and potatoes. But hold that thought, and examine our seemingly superior Western legislation. Just like the pickle, the dynasty of death is a brazen festival percussionist who is celebratory in her bitter and gustatory inevitability. Jizyah is that taxation which is imposed upon those who fail to conform to those expected societal norms. Although we have the status quo, one cannot help but wonder what happened to the rectitudes of individuality and paradoxical equality? So, where do we go, oh navigator of the great and mighty West? Marrakech or Rabat? I have no concrete awareness of where solace is to be found. I am lost! Therefore, I can only offer the following direction: Contemplate the ever-changing intricacy of the dunes in anthropological amazement and acknowledge the sky at night. Allow the celestial pole of the North Star to speak to your deep uncertainty. Our purpose is openly displayed if we simply open our heart in the midst of our Bedouin oasis. That, my friend, is the essence of being psychosocial.
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 2:48 PM UTC
Arabian Spiritual Biodiversity
My stiff arms hit the metal of the door as I force it open, against the chilled fist of wind, pounding hard upon the glass windows and then equally upon my face and forearms. It had to be below 50 degrees, but I had hoped that the cold could help me feel again. Feel something. Unfortunately, this ice only froze my fingers, leaving my body as numb as my mind. Later, as I rid my machine of the cloth concealment, protecting the scars laced into my skin. The water boils as I examine my life-lines, these battle scars, in the mirror and can only cringe in thought of the disappointment drowning the faces of those I care about most: their eyes drooping down with the weight of eyebrows, creased diagonally, half shock and the other half burning discontentment. They purse their lips and stab my eyes with their daggers, when I chuckle nervously. I shake my head of these thoughts from my speculation and step into the steam, hoping the heat could help me feel again. However, the fire does not scorch my body, nor incinerate the emptiness, it only slides down the marble sculpture my body feels to be (equivalent to the concrete barrier that builds behind my eyes)
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Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 7:24 PM UTC
Temperature Resistant
Nope, don't do it show me mountains I can't climb Don't, dare a darer and tell me, it won't rhyme Can't be a place on earth I can't go, examine, or explore Holding, or finding the keys I'll open each, and every door Willingly not an option dropping thoughts or words, into my mind Questing for perplexing if it can't be prosed, a way, is what I'll find
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May 8, 2017
May 8, 2017 at 10:43 AM UTC
Enigmatically Imperfect
We find multiple ways to disconnect Where business and technology intersect We kick one another for cash When we need equilibrium for our economy Our morals disintegrate to ash And we trade away our autonomy But we don't dare reflect Instead we disconnect We turn people into symbols and numbers So we can more comfortably slumber After causing heartbreaking pain Through bureaucratic chains Because face to face Our heart will race And we'll examine our submerged morals That lie in the depths with the coral But our reflection is too much to bear So we cowardly choose not to care The only way we can feel ecstatic Is to turn people into demographics The Internet connects us But also satisfies lust And imitates human contact Which has a negative impact The feeling leaves us sated And we don't feel the need to change Our armor becomes plated And we shoot arrows from long range Because we don't like the idea of being one another We get used to the idea of not seeing one another We disconnect so we don't have to try We disconnect so we can slowly die The ****** disconnection continues As we find more violent avenues We utilize fatal instruments To ****** without the sense Of physically feeling The life we're stealing We stabbed one another with swords Until the bullets soared But we still needed more So we disconnected further And became satellite searchers Studying people through actions Defining them by faction We don't have any interest in their personality or flaws All we're concerned with is if they're breaking the law The law we wrote to tip the scales The law that makes us too big to fail A husband leaves his wife Disconnecting from her life She's left with a child To raise in the wild Until a drone drops a bomb On the struggling single mom She's not an investor So we'll just harvest her worthless life Who'll be her protector When she's near someone we don't like? We **** her from our computer That's the way we casually mute her We carefully cultivated a disconnect To treat one another like insects This mentality will infect Until we interject Once we finally reflect Love will connect
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Oct 26, 2017
Oct 26, 2017 at 6:09 AM UTC
Disconnect
We find multiple ways to disconnect Where business and technology intersect We kick one another for cash When we need equilibrium for our economy Our morals disintegrate to ash And we trade away our autonomy But we don't dare reflect Instead we disconnect We turn people into symbols and numbers So we can more comfortably slumber After causing heartbreaking pain Through bureaucratic chains Because face to face Our heart will race And we'll examine our submerged morals That lie in the depths with the coral But our reflection is too much to bear So we cowardly choose not to care The only way we can feel ecstatic Is to turn people into demographics The Internet connects us But also satisfies lust And imitates human contact Which has a negative impact The feeling leaves us sated And we don't feel the need to change Our armor becomes plated And we shoot arrows from long range Because we don't like the idea of being one another We get used to the idea of not seeing one another We disconnect so we don't have to try We disconnect so we can slowly die The ****** disconnection continues As we find more violent avenues We utilize fatal instruments To ****** without the sense Of physically feeling The life we're stealing We stabbed one another with swords Until the bullets soared But we still needed more So we disconnected further And became satellite searchers Studying people through actions Defining them by faction We don't have any interest in their personality or flaws All we're concerned with is if they're breaking the law The law we wrote to tip the scales The law that makes us too big to fail A husband leaves his wife Disconnecting from her life She's left with a child To raise in the wild Until a drone drops a bomb On the struggling single mom She's not an investor So we'll just harvest her worthless life Who'll be her protector When she's near someone we don't like? We **** her from our computer That's the way we casually mute her We carefully cultivated a disconnect To treat one another like insects This mentality will infect Until we interject Once we finally reflect Love will connect
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Toting the mysterious bundle and sporting a sore back I drag my feet up the last few steps, expended of vigour I almost couldn't resist prematurely looking through the sack Remembering the words from the wise old seer Grimacing I walk a slow gait to get to the table Set the bundle down and relieve my weight onto a chair Parched throat but wait longer I am unable Curiosity takes charge and into the gift I will tear Blood is pumping along with an increasing heart rate Fingers scrambling clumsily over the strings that bind Nails digging frantically into this package bearing my fate Gnawing thoughts of uncertainty flooding my mind At last my fingers win the battle that lasted The final string has fallen... Obstinate knots all undone I pick the cloth by the edges to have it unfolded The contents inside reach out like rays of the sun Corners of the cloth open up like a fully bloomed blossom Exposing the treasure that lay solemn and quiet inside Common objects we'd normally perceive as random Petty things now important as they attempt to guide I pick up the first and notice an engraving on it's stem Between my fingers - an unassuming feathered quill Barely legible, such little space the words do cram "Here is your sword... Draw blood and let spill" More riddles, I sought to examine the next A flat bottomed vial filled with jet black ink On it is a label with scrawling of time worn text "Here is your blood; let flow what you think" Lastly, lay bound up sheets of yellow stained parchment They reek of age-old herbs; intoxicating slightly At the top of the first, a note scribbled not so recent "Within these pages, you must bleed to find Sanctuary" Staring down at the objects laid in front of me In hopes of discovering something I should miss Then finally it struck me, so plain to see I'm using the instruments now, writing to find release...
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Sep 13, 2014
Sep 13, 2014 at 10:58 PM UTC
The Parting Gift (III)
Toting the mysterious bundle and sporting a sore back I drag my feet up the last few steps, expended of vigour I almost couldn't resist prematurely looking through the sack Remembering the words from the wise old seer Grimacing I walk a slow gait to get to the table Set the bundle down and relieve my weight onto a chair Parched throat but wait longer I am unable Curiosity takes charge and into the gift I will tear Blood is pumping along with an increasing heart rate Fingers scrambling clumsily over the strings that bind Nails digging frantically into this package bearing my fate Gnawing thoughts of uncertainty flooding my mind At last my fingers win the battle that lasted The final string has fallen... Obstinate knots all undone I pick the cloth by the edges to have it unfolded The contents inside reach out like rays of the sun Corners of the cloth open up like a fully bloomed blossom Exposing the treasure that lay solemn and quiet inside Common objects we'd normally perceive as random Petty things now important as they attempt to guide I pick up the first and notice an engraving on it's stem Between my fingers - an unassuming feathered quill Barely legible, such little space the words do cram "Here is your sword... Draw blood and let spill" More riddles, I sought to examine the next A flat bottomed vial filled with jet black ink On it is a label with scrawling of time worn text "Here is your blood; let flow what you think" Lastly, lay bound up sheets of yellow stained parchment They reek of age-old herbs; intoxicating slightly At the top of the first, a note scribbled not so recent "Within these pages, you must bleed to find Sanctuary" Staring down at the objects laid in front of me In hopes of discovering something I should miss Then finally it struck me, so plain to see I'm using the instruments now, writing to find release...
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Everyone in me is a bird. I am beating all my wings. They wanted to cut you out but they will not. They said you were immeasurably empty but you are not. They said you were sick unto dying but they were wrong. You are singing like a school girl. You are not torn. Sweet weight, in celebration of the woman I am and of the central creature and its delight I sing for you. I dare to live. Hello, spirit. Hello, cup. Fasten, cover. Cover that does contain. Hello to the soil of the fields. Welcome, roots. Each cell has a life. There is enough here to please a nation. It is enough that the populace own these goods. Any person, any commonwealth would say of it, "It is good this year that we may plant again and think forward to a harvest. Many women are singing together of this: one is in a shoe factory cursing the machine, one is at the aquarium tending a seal, one is dull at the wheel of her Ford, one is at the toll gate collecting, one is tying the cord of a calf in Arizona, one is straddling a cello in Russia, one is shifting pots on the stove in Egypt, one is painting her bedroom walls moon color, one is dying but remembering a breakfast, one is stretching on her mat in Thailand, one is wiping the *** of her child, one is staring out the window of a train in the middle of Wyoming and one is anywhere and some are everywhere and all seem to be singing, although some can not sing a note. Sweet weight, in celebration of the woman I am let me carry a ten-foot scarf, let me drum for the nineteen-year-olds, let me carry bowls for the offering (if that is my part). Let me study the cardiovascular tissue, let me examine the angular distance of meteors, let me **** on the stems of flowers (if that is my part).. Let me make certain tribal figures (if that is my part). For this thing the body needs let me sing for the supper, for the kissing, for the correct yes.
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In Celebration of My ******
Everyone in me is a bird. I am beating all my wings. They wanted to cut you out but they will not. They said you were immeasurably empty but you are not. They said you were sick unto dying but they were wrong. You are singing like a school girl. You are not torn. Sweet weight, in celebration of the woman I am and of the central creature and its delight I sing for you. I dare to live. Hello, spirit. Hello, cup. Fasten, cover. Cover that does contain. Hello to the soil of the fields. Welcome, roots. Each cell has a life. There is enough here to please a nation. It is enough that the populace own these goods. Any person, any commonwealth would say of it, "It is good this year that we may plant again and think forward to a harvest. Many women are singing together of this: one is in a shoe factory cursing the machine, one is at the aquarium tending a seal, one is dull at the wheel of her Ford, one is at the toll gate collecting, one is tying the cord of a calf in Arizona, one is straddling a cello in Russia, one is shifting pots on the stove in Egypt, one is painting her bedroom walls moon color, one is dying but remembering a breakfast, one is stretching on her mat in Thailand, one is wiping the *** of her child, one is staring out the window of a train in the middle of Wyoming and one is anywhere and some are everywhere and all seem to be singing, although some can not sing a note. Sweet weight, in celebration of the woman I am let me carry a ten-foot scarf, let me drum for the nineteen-year-olds, let me carry bowls for the offering (if that is my part). Let me study the cardiovascular tissue, let me examine the angular distance of meteors, let me **** on the stems of flowers (if that is my part).. Let me make certain tribal figures (if that is my part). For this thing the body needs let me sing for the supper, for the kissing, for the correct yes.
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He is a link between this and the coming world. He is A pure spring from which all thirsty souls may drink. He is a tree watered by the River of Beauty, bearing Fruit which the hungry heart craves; He is a nightingale, soothing the depressed Spirit with his beautiful melodies; He is a white cloud appearing over the horizon, Ascending and growing until it fills the face of the sky. Then it falls on the flows in the field of Life, Opening their petals to admit the light. He is an angel, send by the goddess to Preach the Deity's gospel; He is a brilliant lamp, unconquered by darkness And inextinguishable by the wind. It is filled with Oil by Istar of Love, and lighted by Apollon of Music. He is a solitary figure, robed in simplicity and Kindness; He sits upon the lap of Nature to draw his Inspiration, and stays up in the silence of the night, Awaiting the descending of the spirit. He is a sower who sows the seeds of his heart in the Prairies of affection, and humanity reaps the Harvest for her nourishment. This is the poet -- whom the people ignore in this life, And who is recognized only when he bids the earthly World farewell and returns to his arbor in heaven. This is the poet -- who asks naught of Humanity but a smile. This is the poet -- whose spirit ascends and Fills the firmament with beautiful sayings; Yet the people deny themselves his radiance. Until when shall the people remain asleep? Until when shall they continue to glorify those Who attain greatness by moments of advantage? How long shall they ignore those who enable Them to see the beauty of their spirit, Symbol of peace and love? Until when shall human beings honor the dead And forget the living, who spend their lives Encircled in misery, and who consume themselves Like burning candles to illuminate the way For the ignorant and lead them into the path of light? Poet, you are the life of this life, and you have Triumphed over the ages of despite their severity. Poet, you will one day rule the hearts, and Therefore, your kingdom has no ending. Poet, examine your crown of thorns; you will Find concealed in it a budding wreath of laurel.
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The Poet VIII
He is a link between this and the coming world. He is A pure spring from which all thirsty souls may drink. He is a tree watered by the River of Beauty, bearing Fruit which the hungry heart craves; He is a nightingale, soothing the depressed Spirit with his beautiful melodies; He is a white cloud appearing over the horizon, Ascending and growing until it fills the face of the sky. Then it falls on the flows in the field of Life, Opening their petals to admit the light. He is an angel, send by the goddess to Preach the Deity's gospel; He is a brilliant lamp, unconquered by darkness And inextinguishable by the wind. It is filled with Oil by Istar of Love, and lighted by Apollon of Music. He is a solitary figure, robed in simplicity and Kindness; He sits upon the lap of Nature to draw his Inspiration, and stays up in the silence of the night, Awaiting the descending of the spirit. He is a sower who sows the seeds of his heart in the Prairies of affection, and humanity reaps the Harvest for her nourishment. This is the poet -- whom the people ignore in this life, And who is recognized only when he bids the earthly World farewell and returns to his arbor in heaven. This is the poet -- who asks naught of Humanity but a smile. This is the poet -- whose spirit ascends and Fills the firmament with beautiful sayings; Yet the people deny themselves his radiance. Until when shall the people remain asleep? Until when shall they continue to glorify those Who attain greatness by moments of advantage? How long shall they ignore those who enable Them to see the beauty of their spirit, Symbol of peace and love? Until when shall human beings honor the dead And forget the living, who spend their lives Encircled in misery, and who consume themselves Like burning candles to illuminate the way For the ignorant and lead them into the path of light? Poet, you are the life of this life, and you have Triumphed over the ages of despite their severity. Poet, you will one day rule the hearts, and Therefore, your kingdom has no ending. Poet, examine your crown of thorns; you will Find concealed in it a budding wreath of laurel.
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In our fast-paced world, many things have become easier:    communication, information, food preparation, even study. We have the internet, smart phones, tablets, emails,    Google, Wikipedia, fast food, and instant coffee. But have we ever stopped to observe just how    things being easy make them seem more trivial, too? For the things we’re after, we no longer know    how to sweat, sacrifice, aspire, wait, persist, endure… Maybe it’s made us cease to dream as well    as everything is merely ****** upon us to take. We have lost the values that only hard work, toiling    and fighting through insurmountable odds can make. And even then we never seem to have enough of what we desire,    not enough sleep, time, knowledge, money, or power; We find no contentment in what we already possess    as our seconds, minutes and days are spent wanting more. Perhaps we need to re-examine where we’re heading,    take instruction from the numerous generations past. That it is only that which we strive for, that which we cherish    with all our hearts and everything we have, that can last. *(c) emeraldine087
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Jul 17, 2017
Jul 17, 2017 at 2:44 AM UTC
This Day and Age
I pull open the door And hunt for food in the dim orange light. "There's nothing inside" Well, actually, There is something: Months old cream cheeses precariously stacked atop each other, Several mysterious bottles of brown sauces, Dried out leafy vegetables, But nothing This lazy *** can eat without preparing. I push close the door, Leaving my stomach rumbling and empty, But filling my mind with Dreams Three-fourths of the dull gray door is covered With colorful ceramic magnets From my dad’s corporate adventures To Batangas, Bohol, Bacolod, Davao, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, Nepal, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, China, Dubai, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Canada, Greece, and Australia. I examine each magnet’s contour and shine, Letting its foreign dust seep into my fingers. I dream that soon I will return all those dusts to their lands And bring home more magnets of my own.
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Dec 28, 2013
Dec 28, 2013 at 9:50 AM UTC
Refrigerator
When things seem difficult miserable Life is turning away from you Intimidated and worn out you remain In darkness at a corner you examine Watching the sky as it disappears Reminding the lost beloved ones How beautiful and caring they were Vanishing without saying goodbye Shortening your long life span And leaving you destitute and lonely Deeply you wonder How life can really be unfair To honest and good people like you But all you let go off And focus to mend your life And strengthen your heart With good and caring friends on your side Opening the picture of brightness Knowing GOD holds your hand Leading you to your success Stars embracing the whole sky And you know your journey has started In pursuit of your purpose Slowly matching from dusk to dawn With smiles and determination In whispers you read your heart ALWAYS STAND STRONG
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May 24, 2014
May 24, 2014 at 1:25 PM UTC
Stand strong
The first thinkers were poets Naming Mother Earth Beginning symbolic thinking Of nature, death and birth Though themes are often repeated Love, Beauty and God Poetry in the guise of Religion A prophet or a fraud The poet resurrects the Primitive Through allegory and similes Disarming the unknown like explorers Sublime Prophets and Visionaries They must lay bare those treasured images That must be expressed Unraveling and revealing the sounds At each soul’s behest Encompassing the entire Cosmos So lyrical the beat The poet’s excitement flows outward Laid at the Reader’s feet So original, individual She won’t examine or explain Letting go the festering feelings Disturbances in her brain He exposes his dark, wounded psyche Just to release and express Such capacity to see and compare Hyperbole at its best I love, I hate, I suffer A special dance in rhythm and rhyme The poet as a buffer Lessening the pain and sting of time Laden with symbol and feelings She gives you sweet relief From something urgent, revealing Confusion to belief Through a cinematic kind of seeing The poet purges to transform By leaping through Alice’s looking glass She never was one to conform Quite intolerant of convention Just like The Mad Hatter His passions immune to all logic In syncopated patter Jamming up the poet’s mind Struggling for expression Seeking order out of chaos An infantile regression Cleaving to his imaginary world The poet breaks out into words Creating sound paintings to be unfurled So his own agony is blurred She succumbs to storms of passion With instinctive techniques Rhymes and rhythm still in fashion Out of hand flows mystique The poet mines from his unconscious The Reader is not blind For every single line and symbol Means something to the mind Causing an inner liberation Enlightenment or flight It is a matter of life and death When darkness turns to light.
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Nov 14, 2016
Nov 14, 2016 at 6:55 PM UTC
An Ode to Poets
The first thinkers were poets Naming Mother Earth Beginning symbolic thinking Of nature, death and birth Though themes are often repeated Love, Beauty and God Poetry in the guise of Religion A prophet or a fraud The poet resurrects the Primitive Through allegory and similes Disarming the unknown like explorers Sublime Prophets and Visionaries They must lay bare those treasured images That must be expressed Unraveling and revealing the sounds At each soul’s behest Encompassing the entire Cosmos So lyrical the beat The poet’s excitement flows outward Laid at the Reader’s feet So original, individual She won’t examine or explain Letting go the festering feelings Disturbances in her brain He exposes his dark, wounded psyche Just to release and express Such capacity to see and compare Hyperbole at its best I love, I hate, I suffer A special dance in rhythm and rhyme The poet as a buffer Lessening the pain and sting of time Laden with symbol and feelings She gives you sweet relief From something urgent, revealing Confusion to belief Through a cinematic kind of seeing The poet purges to transform By leaping through Alice’s looking glass She never was one to conform Quite intolerant of convention Just like The Mad Hatter His passions immune to all logic In syncopated patter Jamming up the poet’s mind Struggling for expression Seeking order out of chaos An infantile regression Cleaving to his imaginary world The poet breaks out into words Creating sound paintings to be unfurled So his own agony is blurred She succumbs to storms of passion With instinctive techniques Rhymes and rhythm still in fashion Out of hand flows mystique The poet mines from his unconscious The Reader is not blind For every single line and symbol Means something to the mind Causing an inner liberation Enlightenment or flight It is a matter of life and death When darkness turns to light.
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you told me to be levelheaded because symmetry is what makes a beautiful face. instead, I will touch my stomach to the bottom of the pool so you can’t examine me without being as low as I am. if you still want to see, meet me in the deep end— we can have a toxic tea party just you and I. maybe, when I finally float to the top you’ll say my sense of foolishness is what you’ve always loved.
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May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015 at 1:42 PM UTC
swimming pool suicide
question: do we lose ourselves in the midst of romanticizing or do we unravel our true selves. response: do we lose who we are in the idealistic view of our romantic quests or do we unveil a trait of ourselves that has been there all along? hiding behind the perfect life you saw yourself having before your heart shattered in little tiny pieces when your utopian view took on another perspective. recognizing yourself in a dark state that was clouded by your 'cherry-kissed' outlook on love, you see who you really are. the good, the bad, and the ugly transformed into the hopeless romantic who has only experienced their first heartbreak to then examine every characteristic of themselves and determine if they were 'in the wrong'. your romantic expectations turning you into someone you're not is the controversial topic. but what if it was just the romanticizing that grounded you and brought you back to reality? what if it was the romanticizing that expressed your honest self? what if it were for all of the childhood fantasies and teenage dreams that helped you realize who you want to be with? what if it were for all of the traumatic experiences and unfulfilled relationships  that helped you realize the person you truly are. -mxy
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Mar 22, 2015
Mar 22, 2015 at 9:45 PM UTC
a hopeless romantic's reflection
twice by god's accidental interference, our crash vehicles, super sized shopping carts, connect, we are manger-penalized for unnecessary roughness and disturbing the supermarkets peace what better way to judge character than to examine a single persons shopping cart  contents? hers, all organic, milk, heirloom tomatoes, even the Chardonnay, grown upon the farms of the island and vineyards on the forks that shelter the isle from the ravages of the Atlantic mine, Hebrew National franks, yellow mustard, very classy brioche buns, a six pack of Corona Light, and funny colored, funny looking, rusted russet potato chips with a tremulous smile, and an overly loud, derisive sniff, pronounces me dead man walking sooner than later, to which, I respond, then, teach me, where shall we dine tonight? later that night, after a thousand kisses of her fluttering eyelashes, she props herself upon an elbow and in a tone sincere and caring, extracts from the poet promises of natural exclusivity from now on, healthy, natural only, organic and pure, from the soul soil of our shared habitat her suntan skin, garden-digging hand, I clasp, softly climbing on top of her, announce with total genuine sincerity and solemnity; I swear it, from now on, all my loving will be sourced locally rewarded with a laugh and a gentle but hard enough, garden to table (with her free hand), head smacking, I noting nod, good naturedly that both the laugh and smack, as well, *sourced locally, sourced lovingly,* which then seeded this new only love jointly authored poem, planted in our mingling blossoming crashing bodies 5/29/17 i 12:43pm
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May 29, 2017
May 29, 2017 at 1:06 PM UTC
Everything, Sourced Locally
twice by god's accidental interference, our crash vehicles, super sized shopping carts, connect, we are manger-penalized for unnecessary roughness and disturbing the supermarkets peace what better way to judge character than to examine a single persons shopping cart  contents? hers, all organic, milk, heirloom tomatoes, even the Chardonnay, grown upon the farms of the island and vineyards on the forks that shelter the isle from the ravages of the Atlantic mine, Hebrew National franks, yellow mustard, very classy brioche buns, a six pack of Corona Light, and funny colored, funny looking, rusted russet potato chips with a tremulous smile, and an overly loud, derisive sniff, pronounces me dead man walking sooner than later, to which, I respond, then, teach me, where shall we dine tonight? later that night, after a thousand kisses of her fluttering eyelashes, she props herself upon an elbow and in a tone sincere and caring, extracts from the poet promises of natural exclusivity from now on, healthy, natural only, organic and pure, from the soul soil of our shared habitat her suntan skin, garden-digging hand, I clasp, softly climbing on top of her, announce with total genuine sincerity and solemnity; I swear it, from now on, all my loving will be sourced locally rewarded with a laugh and a gentle but hard enough, garden to table (with her free hand), head smacking, I noting nod, good naturedly that both the laugh and smack, as well, *sourced locally, sourced lovingly,* which then seeded this new only love jointly authored poem, planted in our mingling blossoming crashing bodies 5/29/17 i 12:43pm
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I dwell on thoughts, I examine the sum of my experiences, Sometimes, I spit out extreme emotions. I search in vain for something common. I observe the struggles of all conscious beings, looking for a universal language that unites rather than divides. I know… I won't be able to ... I won't find... Has everything already been said or written? Fortunately, the sun is still there, watching over me. Its light always finds its way to attract my soul like a magnet calming gently agitated states of consciousness…
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Feb 21, 2025
Feb 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM UTC
Sun
Who's **** about their **** You are, Virgo. In fact, you are so **** about your own *** hole that god forbid you ever run out of baby wipes or are unable to scrub-a-dub-dub after your daily **** But of course, that will never happen to you because you have planned out exactly where and what time you are to take a **** If you're working overtime, so is your **** No one can tell your *** hole is throbbing because you have perfected the art of the, *No, a **** is not slipping in and out of my *** hole right at this very moment* poker face. Not only do you have an irrational fear of a ****** *** hole, but you must examine every inch of your **** for any sign of potential disease or parasites.(with gloves on, of course.) Your ruling planet is Mercury, which means you probably know exactly how many times you have taken a **** in your life up until this point. **** *** Your worst ******* nightmare. Advice: Chill the **** out. The only condition you're suffering from is a mental one and it's called Hypochondria.
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Jul 1, 2015
Jul 1, 2015 at 3:23 PM UTC
VIRGO: AUGUST 23rd-SEPTEMBER 22nd
To open the mind I light a candle To bring about change I open my heart To resolve my doubts I examine my own Judgmental contradictions Then and only then Does peace and tranquility Have a place to dwell...
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Feb 25, 2015
Feb 25, 2015 at 11:02 AM UTC
THE CALMING
Unexpected defeat A shock to the nation Politic Tsunami, they said Time to mourn? Time to analyze? Try to decipher this Tsunami Being fed the same chocolate flavor High time to switch to another Which flavors they fancy now? of sweets, of biscuits of cakes Do you know? Creativity, innovate, concern Listen to their plights Why do they retaliate? Blame the Tsunami again? So unintelligent, put yourself under a microscope analyze, examine, please understand more.
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May 8, 2013
May 8, 2013 at 1:04 PM UTC
Politic Tsunami