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"fedora" poems
You're the Wacky Wolf-man, Tearing through our pages with a single huff. Breathing life into us little piggies, Blasting your way through the daily fluff. You're the Word Wizard. Leaving us in awe and in dribbles. Waving your wand, Conjuring magical and spellbinding scribbles. You're the Living Legend, Almost like a deity of some sort. Garnering shiploads of admiration, Through words of encouragement, banter and retort. You're the Bad Boy Bard... Never mincing your words. Unconventional, you howl amidst the flocks... You never did chirp like the birds... You're the Minstrel Mobster, Shooting your Tommy, never missing. Flicking forward your fedora, Strung lute ever smoking. You're one Cool Cat. Fending off haters with a bat. Everyone just wants to be that. Like a superhero whose symbol is a bat... You're a Gem Generator. Cogs and gears churning the jewels laid Machine malfunction! My system's jammed! Well I guess that's just it... Enough said!
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Oct 5, 2014
Oct 5, 2014 at 3:18 PM UTC
Marvel Man
I am not required to love you. Let's get that straight. Neither man nor woman Is obligated to profess And show their undying love for you, Just as the sun doesn't revolve around the world, The world doesn't revolve around you. A series of acts showing your "kindness" Is not a contract for a relationship. The very fact that you have to shout How you are a "nice guy" Shows how you aren't; Kindness doesn't need reassurance. To be frank, This whole delusion Is getting a bit out of hand (see: the ****** Killer", a guy so sexually frustated He killed people for not giving him the right to get laid). Maybe, hear me out here guys, it's not because girls only look for "bad guys". Maybe we look for soulmates, Not Good Samaritans with hidden agendas. This may come off as a shock for some of you, But all-around goodness isn't equal to treating girls nicely Only because you might have a chance. So if your mating dance Consists of acting like you're an angel And simultaneously complaining About the blindness And insolence of women, It's high time you should stop. Put down the fedora while you're at it. It's become a symbol for gentlemen for you, But now it's a warning sign for us: "Beware the self-entitling guy!" Honestly, we cringe every single time. And darling, Nice guys always finish last because they whine Instead of running.
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Aug 31, 2014
Aug 31, 2014 at 9:28 AM UTC
Re: The Friendzone and Nice Guys
"What are you up to?" his simple text said "Just eating cereal and laying in bed." "What if I was with you." He responded with ease, "I guess I'd get more cereal if i please" and that's when he said it, that simpering lad, that stupid response that makes us all mad. My mind filled with dread,with a twist in my gut, I picked up my phone then read "Haha,then what ;)" "And then what?!" Shocked by his assumptious pleas, "Leave me alone, I'm begging you please" And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, he muttered those three dreaded words. Yes, I kid you not. That little ***** I opened his message that read "pic 4 pic?" The I retorted: "No do not send your unsolicited 'pics', I can surely see past your little tricks." And that's when things took an alarming switch The boy with the wounded ego replied, "You're just an ungrateful ***** The very next morning, the boy put on his fedora and let out with a sign, "Why does no one like me? I am such a nice guy"
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Aug 21, 2015
Aug 21, 2015 at 12:09 PM UTC
*******
Blue Monday BY DIANE WAKOSKI Blue of the heaps of beads poured into her breasts and clacking together in her elbows; blue of the silk that covers lily-town at night; blue of her teeth that bite cold toast and shatter on the streets; blue of the dyed flower petals with gold stamens hanging like tongues over the fence of her dress at the opera/opals clasped under her lips and the moon breaking over her head a gush of blood-red lizards. Blue Monday. Monday at 3:00 and Monday at 5. Monday at 7:30 and Monday at 10:00. Monday passed under the rippling California fountain. Monday alone a shark in the cold blue waters. You are dead: wound round like a paisley shawl. I cannot shake you out of the sheets. Your name is still wedged in every corner of the sofa. Monday is the first of the week, and I think of you all week. I beg Monday not to come so that I will not think of you all week. You paint my body blue. On the balcony in the softy muddy night, you paint me with bat wings and the crystal the crystal the crystal the crystal in your arm cuts away the night, folds back ebony whale skin and my face, the blue of new rifles, and my neck, the blue of Egypt, and my ******* the blue of sand, and my arms, bass-blue, and my stomach, arsenic; there is electricity dripping from me like cream; there is love dripping from me I cannot use—like acacia or jacaranda—fallen blue and gold flowers, crushed into the street. Love passed me in a blue business suit and fedora. His glass cane, hollow and filled with sharks and whales ... He wore black patent leather shoes and had a mustache. His hair was so black it was almost blue. “Love,” I said. “I beg your pardon,” he said. “Mr. Love,” I said. “I beg your pardon,” he said. So I saw there was no use bothering him on the street Love passed me on the street in a blue business suit. He was a banker I could tell. So blue trains rush by in my sleep. Blue herons fly overhead. Blue paint cracks in my arteries and sends titanium floating into my bones. Blue liquid pours down my poisoned throat and blue veins rip open my breast. Blue daggers tip and are juggled on my palms. Blue death lives in my fingernails. If I could sing one last song with water bubbling through my lips I would sing with my throat torn open, the blue jugular spouting that black shadow pulse, and on my lips I would balance volcanic rock emptied out of my veins. At last my children strained out of my body. At last my blood solidified and tumbling into the ocean. It is blue. It is blue. It is blue.
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Apr 13, 2015
Apr 13, 2015 at 7:31 AM UTC
Diane Wakowski
Blue Monday BY DIANE WAKOSKI Blue of the heaps of beads poured into her breasts and clacking together in her elbows; blue of the silk that covers lily-town at night; blue of her teeth that bite cold toast and shatter on the streets; blue of the dyed flower petals with gold stamens hanging like tongues over the fence of her dress at the opera/opals clasped under her lips and the moon breaking over her head a gush of blood-red lizards. Blue Monday. Monday at 3:00 and Monday at 5. Monday at 7:30 and Monday at 10:00. Monday passed under the rippling California fountain. Monday alone a shark in the cold blue waters. You are dead: wound round like a paisley shawl. I cannot shake you out of the sheets. Your name is still wedged in every corner of the sofa. Monday is the first of the week, and I think of you all week. I beg Monday not to come so that I will not think of you all week. You paint my body blue. On the balcony in the softy muddy night, you paint me with bat wings and the crystal the crystal the crystal the crystal in your arm cuts away the night, folds back ebony whale skin and my face, the blue of new rifles, and my neck, the blue of Egypt, and my ******* the blue of sand, and my arms, bass-blue, and my stomach, arsenic; there is electricity dripping from me like cream; there is love dripping from me I cannot use—like acacia or jacaranda—fallen blue and gold flowers, crushed into the street. Love passed me in a blue business suit and fedora. His glass cane, hollow and filled with sharks and whales ... He wore black patent leather shoes and had a mustache. His hair was so black it was almost blue. “Love,” I said. “I beg your pardon,” he said. “Mr. Love,” I said. “I beg your pardon,” he said. So I saw there was no use bothering him on the street Love passed me on the street in a blue business suit. He was a banker I could tell. So blue trains rush by in my sleep. Blue herons fly overhead. Blue paint cracks in my arteries and sends titanium floating into my bones. Blue liquid pours down my poisoned throat and blue veins rip open my breast. Blue daggers tip and are juggled on my palms. Blue death lives in my fingernails. If I could sing one last song with water bubbling through my lips I would sing with my throat torn open, the blue jugular spouting that black shadow pulse, and on my lips I would balance volcanic rock emptied out of my veins. At last my children strained out of my body. At last my blood solidified and tumbling into the ocean. It is blue. It is blue. It is blue.
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GOD GOES FOR A WALK God goes for a walk. it is the depths of Winter but, at a whim he makes it ...Spring. Because. He can. I also, as it happens have gone for a walk & am surprised by the sudden change of the weather. . ? ...whatever! He is wearing a yellow gangster style fedora. He looks like Marlon Brando being The Godfather. He sports the brightest of yellow waistcoats which compliments the purple shirt...purple trousers. He strides along with His Paisley patterned  Parisian walking stick whistling the music of The Spheres. The World bows before him. He is well pleased with Himself, un- -til: He encounters me coming towards him dressed in a gangster style yellow fedora the brightest of yellow waistcoats not to mention the purple shirt...purple trousers. I, also, possess a Paisley patterned  Parisian walking stick. We nod politely saying nothing but... He is miffed at me wearing His outfit and I also miffed at Him wearing mine! We pass each other God & creature. And ******* if He doesn't make it Winter on the very next step. He was always a Jealous God.
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 2:08 PM UTC
GOD GOES FOR A WALK
Fuzzy ol' neck beard Tips his jaunty fedora Self proclaimed nice guy
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Jun 26, 2014
Jun 26, 2014 at 12:27 AM UTC
Dream Man
man who wears a hat sits still near the back unmoved by the world or the exposed breast of a statue (brain waves do not discharge through a fedora) tag attached: bald is sanitary oranges have more delicacy raw smelly and afterward singing allons enfants de patrie ding dang **** like that, all frog-ese so we don’t understand chanteused stiff basso profundo to excite to let us see with the clarity of a dream curled with hate set firm, firmer in the arms of a sleeveless girl then slung to sea level white as a leopard’s eye remember its peroxide bathed, bleached inclined on the pillow just at the angle of expectancy without a hat sideward glance and the crippled heels of angels sparking down the hall bulletin: young man willing to wear false beard to ease the pain for all or trumpet blues broken played horizontal touched by seaweed hands in the light of boats (unfurled) slowly and the memory dies slowly half-forgotten, half-remembered halved again slowly only to begin again grim molecules of love
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man in the hat
It's been a while. Since I wrote a poem. But not since I wrote about you. I write about you all the time. Every once in a while, I forget why. Then I remember why. I remember you, Or I see a picture. I see your blond hair. Your blue eyes. You're the reason I have a type. I think of your adventure, And your shyness, And your varying range of emotion. I think of all these Random memories, Floating around in my head. Like ping pong. And capture the flag. Like long flaring lights and computer bags. Like fire escapes, And hiding under tables, Like missing you in winter with eyelashes like a fable. Like long walks in the dark, And hidden dark handkerchiefs with white polka dots. Like plaid checkered jackets, even when it's hot. Like cargo shorts and a white fedora. Gathering under the arch like it's an agora. Hiding that handkerchief between the flora. God, I miss you more and more. Months til I see you, I'm down to only a few before. I almost can't wait, It makes me feel sad. The fact that I'd leave, Just like that. Just so I could see you again. It's Valentine's Day And I'm here without you. And I wish more than anything, For that to not be true.
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Feb 14, 2018
Feb 14, 2018 at 10:05 AM UTC
Finally Down to Five
Smoky air, fedora and billboards, testosterone-fuelled dreams. the purest of all male forms in its finest yet darkest days. Who run the world? Men. The sweat pouring off of the masculine brow that controls what we are prohibited. The lights of Morris Minors flooding the streets. The watchful eye that sits upon the ashes. They’re in charge. Them, and only them. A red right-hand to those anti-them. They will tear you apart if you decide against pledging allegiance. Or you’ll end up in the sand.
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Feb 4, 2016
Feb 4, 2016 at 12:39 PM UTC
AnimalisMasculinity
The Mafia and the Pope the Italian mafia wanted to take control they wanted control of the church and all its wealth the leader Anthony “The Boss” Gambatti sent his muscle to secure an audience with the Pope Johnny “the Eye” and his storm troopers pushed by the guards into the Pope's secretary's office Arch Bishop Spinozza sprung to his feet to confront the noise Johnny “the Eye”, he got that name after he lost his left eye in a knife fight and replaced it with a glass oversized eye that always looked straight ahead a burning cigarette hanging from his lips he got right in the Bishops face “The Boss” wants a meeting with his Royalness “and he wants it now” the Bishop well aware of his visitors and there violent ways backing away from the smoke in his face told Johnny that he would arrange a meeting “tomorrow” he said “tomorrow” Johnny cocked his head so that his large fake eye was an inch from the Bishops nose flicked the ashes from his cigarette on the shoes of the Bishop turning to walk away “tomorrow” he said Anthony “The Boss” dressed in his fine 5K Italian silk suit leather gloves black silk fedora accompanied by his entourage' walked into the Popes office the next day he sat in a chair in front of the Pope's desk “What can I do for you Anthony?” asked the Pope the two had grown up as school mates and had maintained a relationship though not close “Carlos, I think it is time we work out a financial aggreement with each other” “being that the church is known for giving, I think it is time for you to give me some money, a lot of money” “I have many expenses to address” “to insure that this happens” I want you to make love to a woman” “and if I refuse such a horrid task? quizzed the Pope “I will begin removing all of your Bishops, one every hour, from all over the world” ”and it won't be pretty” responded Anthony The Pope, obviously shaken with the proposal got up from his chair, his face in his hands paced back and forth for a few minutes “I will agree to your disgusting request on three conditions” said the Pope. “and what are those conditions?” asked Anthony “1st this woman must be blind, so that she cannot see who defiles her body” “2nd this woman must be deaf, so that she cannot hear any hint of who defiles her body” “and 3rd your holiness?” “3rd, this woman must have really really big **** Gomer Lepoet...
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May 14, 2013
May 14, 2013 at 9:47 AM UTC
The Mafia and the Pope
The Mafia and the Pope the Italian mafia wanted to take control they wanted control of the church and all its wealth the leader Anthony “The Boss” Gambatti sent his muscle to secure an audience with the Pope Johnny “the Eye” and his storm troopers pushed by the guards into the Pope's secretary's office Arch Bishop Spinozza sprung to his feet to confront the noise Johnny “the Eye”, he got that name after he lost his left eye in a knife fight and replaced it with a glass oversized eye that always looked straight ahead a burning cigarette hanging from his lips he got right in the Bishops face “The Boss” wants a meeting with his Royalness “and he wants it now” the Bishop well aware of his visitors and there violent ways backing away from the smoke in his face told Johnny that he would arrange a meeting “tomorrow” he said “tomorrow” Johnny cocked his head so that his large fake eye was an inch from the Bishops nose flicked the ashes from his cigarette on the shoes of the Bishop turning to walk away “tomorrow” he said Anthony “The Boss” dressed in his fine 5K Italian silk suit leather gloves black silk fedora accompanied by his entourage' walked into the Popes office the next day he sat in a chair in front of the Pope's desk “What can I do for you Anthony?” asked the Pope the two had grown up as school mates and had maintained a relationship though not close “Carlos, I think it is time we work out a financial aggreement with each other” “being that the church is known for giving, I think it is time for you to give me some money, a lot of money” “I have many expenses to address” “to insure that this happens” I want you to make love to a woman” “and if I refuse such a horrid task? quizzed the Pope “I will begin removing all of your Bishops, one every hour, from all over the world” ”and it won't be pretty” responded Anthony The Pope, obviously shaken with the proposal got up from his chair, his face in his hands paced back and forth for a few minutes “I will agree to your disgusting request on three conditions” said the Pope. “and what are those conditions?” asked Anthony “1st this woman must be blind, so that she cannot see who defiles her body” “2nd this woman must be deaf, so that she cannot hear any hint of who defiles her body” “and 3rd your holiness?” “3rd, this woman must have really really big **** Gomer Lepoet...
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Am I asleep, am I awake? When I saw you, I felt something so special And all those daydreams where I pictured you I've never felt like this before Cause lately I've been dreaming about you a lot Truly, Madly, Deeply I am falling for you I'm not sure about what makes you so beautiful But I know it's gotta be you For you got that one thing within you I wish we could stay up all night So we can dance the best song ever For me everything you do is magic How I wish you were my last first kiss Every time I see you my tongue gets tied Cause you are so irresistible I know that we've only met But can we pretend it's love? I wish you could be my summer love Cause nobody compares to you In the way you stole my heart I may not be tall as Harry Styles I may no possess Louis Tomlinson's angelic voice I may never be as cool as Liam Payne Or as cute as Niall Horan I may not even wear my fedora as Zayn Malik does I know that I am no part of One Direction and I never will be But one thing's for sure, you are my one direction
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Nov 16, 2013
Nov 16, 2013 at 11:23 AM UTC
A One Direction Inspired Poem for 1D Gals
Oh, the sensation, the media frenzy, The spotlight, the fame, the hullabaloo, When anti-evolution laws Were challenged by the ACLU! The year: 1925. The place: Dayton, Tennessee. To say it was an extravaganza Wouldn't be hyperbole. For many people it was hard To find a way to reconcile Biblical accounts with science, So science found itself on trial. A young teacher, John T. Scopes, Was willing to face prosecution For breaking a Tennessee law for having Given a lesson on evolution. The "Monkey Trial" it was called. The challenge meant swimming upstream For the feisty lawyer Clarence Darrow, Who helped to lead the defense team. A prosecutor was William Jennings Bryan, who with no apology Loved to stir up outrage against Evolutionary biology. Defendant Scopes quickly found It wouldn't take long for him to know What it was like to have a part In a multimedia reality show. The courthouse received a make-over: Platforms for newsreel cameras were built; Extra spectator seats were added. They were playing the trial to the hilt. Concession stands sold food and drinks; Toy monkeys were on display; A chimp was dressed in a suit and fedora; The clergy also joined the fray. The media and the public loved it! The country watched the trial progress. What would win: science or scripture? The answer was probably easy to guess. After an eight-day trial, the jury Deliberated. Nine minutes later They had their verdict: guilty! How Could someone question THEIR creator? Scopes had actually never given The lesson. That's what he later said. Strangely, five days after the trial, Williams Jennings Bryan dropped dead. Laws later changed, but even during Current times, some people feel That stories from the Bible should be In science textbooks. Now THAT'S surreal! -by Bob B (11-6-18)
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Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018 at 9:00 AM UTC
"Monkey Trial"
Oh, the sensation, the media frenzy, The spotlight, the fame, the hullabaloo, When anti-evolution laws Were challenged by the ACLU! The year: 1925. The place: Dayton, Tennessee. To say it was an extravaganza Wouldn't be hyperbole. For many people it was hard To find a way to reconcile Biblical accounts with science, So science found itself on trial. A young teacher, John T. Scopes, Was willing to face prosecution For breaking a Tennessee law for having Given a lesson on evolution. The "Monkey Trial" it was called. The challenge meant swimming upstream For the feisty lawyer Clarence Darrow, Who helped to lead the defense team. A prosecutor was William Jennings Bryan, who with no apology Loved to stir up outrage against Evolutionary biology. Defendant Scopes quickly found It wouldn't take long for him to know What it was like to have a part In a multimedia reality show. The courthouse received a make-over: Platforms for newsreel cameras were built; Extra spectator seats were added. They were playing the trial to the hilt. Concession stands sold food and drinks; Toy monkeys were on display; A chimp was dressed in a suit and fedora; The clergy also joined the fray. The media and the public loved it! The country watched the trial progress. What would win: science or scripture? The answer was probably easy to guess. After an eight-day trial, the jury Deliberated. Nine minutes later They had their verdict: guilty! How Could someone question THEIR creator? Scopes had actually never given The lesson. That's what he later said. Strangely, five days after the trial, Williams Jennings Bryan dropped dead. Laws later changed, but even during Current times, some people feel That stories from the Bible should be In science textbooks. Now THAT'S surreal! -by Bob B (11-6-18)
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..And I probably shouldn't have used my real name But that's the fool inside of me I walk home at three in the morning In a white fedora, black suit, and winged tipped shoes with a pointed toe Accompanied by a lone trumpet Shrieking a wailing lonesome tune As I walk slyly, cigarette in hand In a strange off beat step Through dark alleys, side streets, And ***** parks I give a *** a fifty dollar bill And wait, Stop there! A scumbag is assaulting a woman And I of course save the day Suddenly I come to, crawling to my toilet A horrifying sting of mace I dreadfully check my messages And in ***** covered disgrace.. I despise, My big dumb tequila poisoned face
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 3:00 AM UTC
My Big Dumb Tequila Poisoned Face..
Straight outta Ex Dee, Crazy mother f@cker named Blatchy Dropping sick beats, rolling hard in the backstreets, Watch him roll dough as he hailin' a taxi, Fancy f@cken suit, he's livin' in luxury Fedora tipped-top on the tippy-top head Gunning bad gangstas, better red than dead Shooting spree, smilin' with glee Don't wanna f@ck with a guy straight outta Ex Dee!
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Oct 27, 2016
Oct 27, 2016 at 4:19 AM UTC
Straight Outta Ex Dee ( XD )
The white fluorescent lights buzz over my head, as if a method of determined annoyance. Studying is a truly lackluster operation Students methodically find ways to keep themselves distracted Looking around, trying to catch glimpses of how others are managing their time so well, a frantic approach to studying that I have single handedly mastered A very tan incongruous man, seats himself with the Miami Herald in hand His skin has a leathery texture He is a tall and gangly, strange looking man of at least 50 3 inch thick sideburns, red corduroy pants that reveal his mustard yellow socks and brown-black shoes Button-down shirt with the vertical stripes, sure to match every color with the rest of his outfit Off-white straw fedora hat with a forest green trimming, He sports a fabulous mustache, that puts every biker’s or Italian baker’s whiskers to shame. Something tells me he's not a student Seated across from me are two foreign women that are studying the English language. I know because they are the only ones talking, pushing my diversion from work a little further. The sky is turning grey outside the colossal library windows I’m hungry. That kid in the corner keeps staring at me. I have been here too long.
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Jan 25, 2010
Jan 25, 2010 at 4:28 AM UTC
The library
At this time of my life I find myself wearing hats… I’m not happy with my head you see, In short, being able to see it it just doesn’t thrill me. Not through those depressing, disappearing strands. So it’s that time - It’s hat time! Hats are warm, comforting things; take it off and, for a while at least, it feels still there - a phantom hat. Not quite as spooky or worrying as a phantom arm or leg - after that severed limb thing, but right there! It really is that time - It’s hat time! My Grandma Lamplough, that’s on my mother’s side, was an avid knitter of things to order, She was even a freelancer for Jaeger… matinée jackets, mittens, cardies, pullovers But in later days mostly just tea cosies. If there was no immediate customer in mind… “Everybody needs a cosy and one size fits all” she would say… and anyway, commissions were rare for cosies back in the day She’d wear it boldly herself with handle and spout slots front & back, proud She’d start the next one and announce to every visitor right out loud… ”Hey…Do you want a cosy for your *** Mr Watling, the milkman, he had quite a lot! But then he showed up every day! A quart is it Mrs L?… and yes, I WILL have a cosy today! Me? I’ve never fancied a toupee, wig or go in for a Bobby Charlton tribute gig …. I’ll be happy just to settle for a beret, news boy or Fedora… to hide the offending pate and avoid the comb over till a later date. Meanwhile I’ll maybe settle for Grandma’s cosy special?
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Nov 6, 2020
Nov 6, 2020 at 9:32 AM UTC
It’s That Time... It’s Hat Time!
At this time of my life I find myself wearing hats… I’m not happy with my head you see, In short, being able to see it it just doesn’t thrill me. Not through those depressing, disappearing strands. So it’s that time - It’s hat time! Hats are warm, comforting things; take it off and, for a while at least, it feels still there - a phantom hat. Not quite as spooky or worrying as a phantom arm or leg - after that severed limb thing, but right there! It really is that time - It’s hat time! My Grandma Lamplough, that’s on my mother’s side, was an avid knitter of things to order, She was even a freelancer for Jaeger… matinée jackets, mittens, cardies, pullovers But in later days mostly just tea cosies. If there was no immediate customer in mind… “Everybody needs a cosy and one size fits all” she would say… and anyway, commissions were rare for cosies back in the day She’d wear it boldly herself with handle and spout slots front & back, proud She’d start the next one and announce to every visitor right out loud… ”Hey…Do you want a cosy for your *** Mr Watling, the milkman, he had quite a lot! But then he showed up every day! A quart is it Mrs L?… and yes, I WILL have a cosy today! Me? I’ve never fancied a toupee, wig or go in for a Bobby Charlton tribute gig …. I’ll be happy just to settle for a beret, news boy or Fedora… to hide the offending pate and avoid the comb over till a later date. Meanwhile I’ll maybe settle for Grandma’s cosy special?
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I like spending time with people I like Given, sometimes these people are imaginary But once in a while I’ll sit Circular, Now and then surrounded by friends Excaliburs and *** on the beach, I’ve never had *** on the beach, I say I’ll take *** in the shower, though, you say We laugh. We share our O-faces and laugh, because my Adam’s apple is embarrassed and you’re missing your fedora.
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Feb 27, 2012
Feb 27, 2012 at 11:17 PM UTC
Excalibur!
Man and mouse holding hands, beholding what they have done together. A magic Marcelline, MO: a portal to lands that beckon, but never compel. Trees, silent water, castle walls dividing off magic gardens and sacred spaces.Tiki torches leading in to a real rainforest with fake animals, fedora'd adventurers and no dust or hunger or poison. A whilring, infernal rocket sprung from the mind of Jules Verne, raisng your hopes that one day you'll own that jetpack, flying car, ticket to the moon. A fairytale castle, draw-bridge down— a glittering carousel inviting from behind forbidding walls. A fort with wide open doors that fear only animatronic Indians and where every frontiersman is a hero to be emulated by your children. You need not choose right away. No need to be hasty. If you wish, you may choose to stay here, to linger, the aroma of the popcorn cart competing with the fragrance of the popcorn blossoms on the sheltering trees and the flowerbeds decorating, protecting Walt's silent, inanimate memorial, until the stars come out and the crickets chirp in the voice of a conscience content, and popcorn lights form haunting outlines, constellations telling whispered stories and seductively suggesting that tomorrow you stand in line for a new ride: falling in love, signing the papers, applying for that loan, giving it just one more chance. Here, you cannot sleep, but you will dream. And rest in the heart, in the womb.
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Jun 28, 2012
Jun 28, 2012 at 9:56 PM UTC
An eye of a happy storm--
She noticed the basking shark was wounded, weeping vaginal blood. The tall man in a fedora whispered as he passed. Whipped by exploratory waves, she blushed. The horizon was a hazy green line dipped in red. She had been there since morning searching for love, and found it from a six-pack merman offering solace as he rode on the silvery back of a ray. As he approached, the sun at his back, she moaned and threw out her arms like a supplicant. Complete at last, the sand grasping at her shoeless feet, she sank towards the earth’s distant core using her arms as uncertain ballast. She awoke with a shiver brushed away the sand and headed back home. The shark had turned belly-up, scavenged by seagulls. Another day-dream enjoyed in the empty hours between lunch and dinner between her third cup of tea and fourth cigarette, her children snoozing in the back bedroom. Half-slumbering in a town barked at by bothersome seagulls where an unencumbered sun set on a postcard shoreline. Planning the rows of petunias to be planted by the hedge, making shopping lists, writing novels, never to be published, staring out of her windows at the sea she waited for her husband’s return, tedious evenings of T.V. and coition under the brightly coloured duvet. The waves that overwhelmed her, flooding her senses, were her own. The man in the fedora had made her smile.
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Jan 12, 2016
Jan 12, 2016 at 10:59 PM UTC
Sea Dream
A silhouette leaned back Grey smoke distorted features demure; Swirls riddled—smooth jazz syncopation Her rouge lips cut through The darkness. She took a long drag on her Cigarette, smoke rings evaporated A halo around her. Midnight blue eyes surveyed The Bijou Café Carpet pooled on the floor, Blood soaked with wine, Enclosed by onyx sheets, The far wall a mirror. A reflection of the souled and soulless. Bar welcome strangers, friends, The lonely. Sharing drinks and memories Vines intertwined customers A perchance meeting; Rendezvous of sorts. Nameless faces and acquaintances Dotted the room, a familiar skyline. Lonely tower missing. Smooth black fedora Hearts sank ships as Waves of embarrassment Enveloped her; disappointment. Crestfallen her eyes downtrodden Soared with a door creak. Black fedora entered, Smooth—slick as oil Eyes were hidden beneath A veil of night; Silence became him. Hush fell on the crowd As the shadow took the stage Light pierced through, Illuminating him. Orbs locked Reservation started to pass, Voice velvet smooth Played every heartstring Notes of excitement Tantalized her veins, Pulse quickened; Echoing every tempo change. Music coursed through her being Sensual; seductive Notes caressed curves, valleys Spaces in between. Emotion—chord dependent Voice penetrated skin Music flowed through her. A mountain peek high Mind clouded— Breath escaped her lungs. Quiet murmur answered her comedown An empty stage; stalwart eyes Fingers replaced music Lips brushed hers; taste—electric Smile turned smirk; hollow presence Musky cologne in wake. Magnetic pull forward Fedora exited Midnight eyes transformed to dawn; Abandoned beneath the awning Familiar skyline flowed liquid. Bijou Café Neon sign loomed dark Save for a letter I illuminated. Heart tendrils retreated, Back to roots; betrayed Tears turned to water Liquid guilt—love died. Fingers loosed Memory; Small matchbook of shame Lingering of once upon a time In the gutter; pouring rain.
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Feb 19, 2010
Feb 19, 2010 at 7:56 PM UTC
They all go to the Bijou Cafe
A silhouette leaned back Grey smoke distorted features demure; Swirls riddled—smooth jazz syncopation Her rouge lips cut through The darkness. She took a long drag on her Cigarette, smoke rings evaporated A halo around her. Midnight blue eyes surveyed The Bijou Café Carpet pooled on the floor, Blood soaked with wine, Enclosed by onyx sheets, The far wall a mirror. A reflection of the souled and soulless. Bar welcome strangers, friends, The lonely. Sharing drinks and memories Vines intertwined customers A perchance meeting; Rendezvous of sorts. Nameless faces and acquaintances Dotted the room, a familiar skyline. Lonely tower missing. Smooth black fedora Hearts sank ships as Waves of embarrassment Enveloped her; disappointment. Crestfallen her eyes downtrodden Soared with a door creak. Black fedora entered, Smooth—slick as oil Eyes were hidden beneath A veil of night; Silence became him. Hush fell on the crowd As the shadow took the stage Light pierced through, Illuminating him. Orbs locked Reservation started to pass, Voice velvet smooth Played every heartstring Notes of excitement Tantalized her veins, Pulse quickened; Echoing every tempo change. Music coursed through her being Sensual; seductive Notes caressed curves, valleys Spaces in between. Emotion—chord dependent Voice penetrated skin Music flowed through her. A mountain peek high Mind clouded— Breath escaped her lungs. Quiet murmur answered her comedown An empty stage; stalwart eyes Fingers replaced music Lips brushed hers; taste—electric Smile turned smirk; hollow presence Musky cologne in wake. Magnetic pull forward Fedora exited Midnight eyes transformed to dawn; Abandoned beneath the awning Familiar skyline flowed liquid. Bijou Café Neon sign loomed dark Save for a letter I illuminated. Heart tendrils retreated, Back to roots; betrayed Tears turned to water Liquid guilt—love died. Fingers loosed Memory; Small matchbook of shame Lingering of once upon a time In the gutter; pouring rain.
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He was the only guy I met Who wore a genuine fedora And for all he struck a figure He turned out to be a horror. He was Satan with a swagger A thin cheroot hanging in his lip. He got into every nightclub free I never saw him leave a tip. His voice was like his words, Smooth and slick and few. When he talked everyone listened. It seemed the proper thing to do. But later when you remembered It seemed he didn’t say much at all. You just remembered his affect His posture and that he was tall. I don’t mean to imply he was a loner; He had his choice of friendly fare. And, it seemed the were both genders So, there were lots of us out there. We entertained, or at least we tried, Just to keep him where we were. And throughout the evening’s fun Competition is what we all were. So, we flirted and we flattered him And we kept his cigarettes well lit. Once in a while one of the silliest Of our sycophantic group threw a fit. Most of the time we stuck to our goal; Some girl went nuts we’d ignore her. For some mad reason all we thought Was to please the man in the fedora. I never heard anyone talk of him And mention his accent or race. In fact nobody seemed to be able To remember aspects of his face. And he never seemed to walk away He just faded back into the flora. He was like a will-of-the-wisp; A Flying Dutchman in a fedora.
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Nov 9, 2015
Nov 9, 2015 at 1:18 AM UTC
MAN IN THE FEDORA
It took a picture of you in a fedora To make me realize That I don't have any love for you anymore I was just walking around Somewhere and saw saw it unintentionally And you just looked unattractive to me After struggling with feeling so many things Disinterest is so freeing To feel like you looked ugly To feel something other than Wanting you Or being hurt by you Or feeling inferior Not good enough to be in your world Your expression Your frown Everything about it Made me realize That the unhappiness you really feel Is reflected outward in your pictures And that is what made you unattractive
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Mar 5, 2014
Mar 5, 2014 at 10:38 PM UTC
A Fedora and A Fresh Perspective
Verily the exordium told anent a beauty engirdled in her fedora soliciting those whoever descried her into her mere servile admirer eight trenchant tinctures upon her body invigorate like a cadenza I dare not to contradict the verity that I am beguiled afore her whilst the snain distilled faintly enwreathed her in unctuous silk concordantly she devote herself earnestly to the impeccable rain that emanate her fragile poetry with prestidigitation in a whisk forsooth she is but the vernacular sobriquet to the soul of the rain recall me otherwhile during the rainstorm champagne did coerce and the sunset's glass of wine exude her ingratiating persona like a myriad of aphrodisiac summarized in a single verse when harmony and lyrics danced in the crepuscular crescendo all of that needed to be enunciated is it is you do not harshly let me be thy unrequited dilettante
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Jul 15, 2013
Jul 15, 2013 at 4:27 AM UTC
Vernacular Sobriquet to the Soul of the Rain
In the breath, of Winter’s first kiss, my mind freezes, racing with thoughts, as the wind caresses, my cheeks, coloring them, in a shade of pink. A night of preparation, for this worker bee, attempting to preserve, my miniscule piece, of a gargantuan world. In the beauty, of the night, I transform, from a worker bee, into a queen, unconventional, yet lovely adorned, in originality. I catch your gaze, dark and mysterious, as I enter into the room, trying to hide my longing, for the splendor, of your handsome figure, intriguing my interest. I am fond, of your dark attire, your lean, yet rough exterior, that moves in the form, of a gentleman. A stranger with a fedora, draped upon his head, leaving my eyes to glance, down to his eyes, lingering upon me, as though only I exist, in the vividly embellished ballroom. Fear paralyzes us, leaving neither you nor I, to move forward, to dance, into the ambiguity, of emotions, confessing the attraction, compelling us to submit, to the arrow of Aphrodite, thrusting us to surrender, to the yearning of our hearts, to express adoration, for each other. I place a bead, from the necklace, dangling upon my neck, into your hand, allowing you to remember me, hoping you would return, after this enchanting encounter. I observe your hesitance, in response as you contemplate, praying your aspiration, corresponds to my wishes, fighting my temptations. I stand in silence, reflecting upon your, captivating charisma, as you body moves, elegant in manner, to be closer to mine, embracing me, in a modest act of simplicity, I shall never relinquish, from my memory.
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Jul 15, 2012
Jul 15, 2012 at 2:56 PM UTC
An Embrace of Simplicity
In the breath, of Winter’s first kiss, my mind freezes, racing with thoughts, as the wind caresses, my cheeks, coloring them, in a shade of pink. A night of preparation, for this worker bee, attempting to preserve, my miniscule piece, of a gargantuan world. In the beauty, of the night, I transform, from a worker bee, into a queen, unconventional, yet lovely adorned, in originality. I catch your gaze, dark and mysterious, as I enter into the room, trying to hide my longing, for the splendor, of your handsome figure, intriguing my interest. I am fond, of your dark attire, your lean, yet rough exterior, that moves in the form, of a gentleman. A stranger with a fedora, draped upon his head, leaving my eyes to glance, down to his eyes, lingering upon me, as though only I exist, in the vividly embellished ballroom. Fear paralyzes us, leaving neither you nor I, to move forward, to dance, into the ambiguity, of emotions, confessing the attraction, compelling us to submit, to the arrow of Aphrodite, thrusting us to surrender, to the yearning of our hearts, to express adoration, for each other. I place a bead, from the necklace, dangling upon my neck, into your hand, allowing you to remember me, hoping you would return, after this enchanting encounter. I observe your hesitance, in response as you contemplate, praying your aspiration, corresponds to my wishes, fighting my temptations. I stand in silence, reflecting upon your, captivating charisma, as you body moves, elegant in manner, to be closer to mine, embracing me, in a modest act of simplicity, I shall never relinquish, from my memory.
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