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"flippant" poems
Be to her, Persephone, All the things I might not be; Take her head upon your knee. She that was so proud and wild, Flippant, arrogant and free, She that had no need of me, Is a little lonely child Lost in Hell,—Persephone, Take her head upon your knee; Say to her, “My dear, my dear, It is not so dreadful here.”
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Prayer To Persephone
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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Jan 22, 2013
Jan 22, 2013 at 5:31 AM UTC
Iconoclasm
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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I rush for love against time And bleed blood by design My heart floods for my crimes When my mud attracts flies I felt a rush Through the brush Of your skin so lush I turned to mush My heart began to gush When I felt your rush It became too much And I exploded prematurely Though it's normal you assured me Could it be that you had cured me? We rushed through our adrenaline courtship While I rushed through your adorable hips I was ****** in by your surge Until your love was purged You grew bored of my rush hour So you exerted your push power And I became a fastidious learner That you were an insidious burner After I became the sole recipient Of your attitude that's flippant The pain is a rush This pain when you flush Disdain when you crush Me to pieces Between your creases When you keep talking feces It's something that never eases When your rush turns to breezes You're a rush in my heart Like the rush when I **** It's a relief that you're gone But something seriously stinks It's a relief you were wrong Yet I continue to sink
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Nov 1, 2017
Nov 1, 2017 at 4:36 PM UTC
Rush
Finite fictitious fornicatious faux pas flamboyance flippant flighty Quantify quixotic quagmire quintessence quantum quasi queasy Corporeal conjunctive conjugational coercion critique credibility critically Xenobiotic xanadu xylem xylophagous xerophilous xenophile xylography Kinesiology kinetics kleptomania kobold kowtow kangaroo court keeky             Acerbity asperity acuity agility articulation autonomy artistry Warranty wrangle wrest wrought wroth wreak wrathy Nimbus nimiety nihilism notorious nostrum notch nugatory Heuristic holistic homogeny huckster horizon hornswoggle ***** Unary unbridled uncanny unfathomable usurping ultimatum unity Sensorium subliminal suborn substantiation subtlety solace sultry Zealotry zygosity zoic Zephyr zilch  zoomorphic  zoolatry Exoneration eulogy edifice extemporaneous exaserbational exigency enmity Blasphemously blatant brusque belligerent bodacious bartizan beastly Repertoire rendition rectitude recital radix repartee ramify Juxtaposition jaunt jurisprudence jettison jeopardy jocular jouncy Plenary plenipotentiary pandemic plagiaristic portentous potentate paltry                      Desperate despicable deplorable denigrational denouement douceur dastardly Grandiose genuflection glitch gestational genre gesticulation gimpy Yantra yenta yerk yoni yore yowl yogi Icky icon ichor ictus incus -ics idolatry Tractive transition tellurian terrestrial tantamount telepathy talismanically Vast vauntness vector venery verve volition votary Languishing lurid licentious longevous loquacity lingam lucidity                                 Monstrance mendacity moribund morsel meticulous meatus motivity Optimal ornate opulence ostensive ordinate odious ornery
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Jan 23, 2013
Jan 23, 2013 at 5:48 AM UTC
Iconoclasm Epithet
Finite fictitious fornicatious faux pas flamboyance flippant flighty Quantify quixotic quagmire quintessence quantum quasi queasy Corporeal conjunctive conjugational coercion critique credibility critically Xenobiotic xanadu xylem xylophagous xerophilous xenophile xylography Kinesiology kinetics kleptomania kobold kowtow kangaroo court keeky             Acerbity asperity acuity agility articulation autonomy artistry Warranty wrangle wrest wrought wroth wreak wrathy Nimbus nimiety nihilism notorious nostrum notch nugatory Heuristic holistic homogeny huckster horizon hornswoggle ***** Unary unbridled uncanny unfathomable usurping ultimatum unity Sensorium subliminal suborn substantiation subtlety solace sultry Zealotry zygosity zoic Zephyr zilch  zoomorphic  zoolatry Exoneration eulogy edifice extemporaneous exaserbational exigency enmity Blasphemously blatant brusque belligerent bodacious bartizan beastly Repertoire rendition rectitude recital radix repartee ramify Juxtaposition jaunt jurisprudence jettison jeopardy jocular jouncy Plenary plenipotentiary pandemic plagiaristic portentous potentate paltry                      Desperate despicable deplorable denigrational denouement douceur dastardly Grandiose genuflection glitch gestational genre gesticulation gimpy Yantra yenta yerk yoni yore yowl yogi Icky icon ichor ictus incus -ics idolatry Tractive transition tellurian terrestrial tantamount telepathy talismanically Vast vauntness vector venery verve volition votary Languishing lurid licentious longevous loquacity lingam lucidity                                 Monstrance mendacity moribund morsel meticulous meatus motivity Optimal ornate opulence ostensive ordinate odious ornery
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Humility is a thorned crown. If you allow it to it'll break you down. Confound your ego And spur it into the ground. Its a mindset shift through and through. When it hits you genuinely humility will help bring about a new you.
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Aug 20, 2015
Aug 20, 2015 at 12:05 PM UTC
Humility
I Deserve to Die, A shout of Joy. I deserve to Die My life is a lie A flippant lie I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die In this world full of Love I fly like an unguided dove I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die If I could tell myself the truth I may be a better youth But, I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die Too weak for this battle To grip for this struggle I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die The song I hear in the morning The door opened in the evening Ready to Die I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die The depressing things I tell myself The worthless value of myself I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die Not a prayer From a player But I Deserve to Die I deserve to Die But who cares? The limitless growth of the stairs I Deserve to Die Who will save from my grief? Jesus? Do I even believe? Maybe not! Maybe I do! I’m not sure I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die But I don’t want to Will I have to? Do I need to? I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die Shall I help myself? Maybe, Maybe, I shouldn’t Die Well, I Deserve to Die But He went ahead and Die Now I can’t Die A new beginning, A new life, Lord I Deserve, Will you let me Die? Hear my cry Save thee I Deserve to Die Don’t allow me to Die.   I Deserve to Die But I need to escape Open the gate of life Hear my cry I just need a way To run away I Don’t want to Die I cry…                                                                                              Esperanto
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Sep 18, 2019
Sep 18, 2019 at 10:56 AM UTC
I deserve to die...
I Deserve to Die, A shout of Joy. I deserve to Die My life is a lie A flippant lie I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die In this world full of Love I fly like an unguided dove I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die If I could tell myself the truth I may be a better youth But, I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die Too weak for this battle To grip for this struggle I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die The song I hear in the morning The door opened in the evening Ready to Die I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die The depressing things I tell myself The worthless value of myself I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die Not a prayer From a player But I Deserve to Die I deserve to Die But who cares? The limitless growth of the stairs I Deserve to Die Who will save from my grief? Jesus? Do I even believe? Maybe not! Maybe I do! I’m not sure I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die But I don’t want to Will I have to? Do I need to? I Deserve to Die I Deserve to Die Shall I help myself? Maybe, Maybe, I shouldn’t Die Well, I Deserve to Die But He went ahead and Die Now I can’t Die A new beginning, A new life, Lord I Deserve, Will you let me Die? Hear my cry Save thee I Deserve to Die Don’t allow me to Die.   I Deserve to Die But I need to escape Open the gate of life Hear my cry I just need a way To run away I Don’t want to Die I cry…                                                                                              Esperanto
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I know a bit about *learning to dance in the rain like nobody is watching* but... I know way more about dancing like a ***** in the kitchen despite the warden standing aghast eating up his own billowy firebreath soliloquy reprimands I earbud block shimmy, pivot and pop raising vibration tornado toss it a flippant middle and cheeky smile without breaking stride devil dismayed lips keep on syncing as if I can hear demeaning demonic procession but I already know what he’s saying *stop dancing like that in front of our son* you mean… to the beat of my own pulse shaking divine creation diffusing rainbow throes undulating radiant orbitals all for my own blissing? one day that boy will be a man who knows better than to ever call a goddess a ***** in the kitchen
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Mar 22, 2017
Mar 22, 2017 at 4:26 PM UTC
dance like a ***** in the kitchen
140 An altered look about the hills— A Tyrian light the village fills— A wider sunrise in the morn— A deeper twilight on the lawn— A print of a vermillion foot— A purple finger on the slope— A flippant fly upon the pane— A spider at his trade again— An added strut in Chanticleer— A flower expected everywhere— An axe shrill singing in the woods— Fern odors on untravelled roads— All this and more I cannot tell— A furtive look you know as well— And Nicodemus’ Mystery Receives its annual reply!
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An altered look about the hills
Thirty-two. Adventure. Exotic was the word we felt. You rode beside me, small as we were on rickety flippant and injured bikes, but it was so dark dark and your hair your hair was ***** and the lights that neoned over our heads turned into lines and twists fists of red and blue and green and the bricks were wet, like the dirt on the bottom of your shoes shoes that we fled in, shoes that slapped water and collided with the pavement You were just as cunning kniving knifing strafing dodging as I and our lips cracked smiles of sharp white teeth and we ran because we were bad, we were motors of deliberate disobedience our eyes were glazed with dizzy daffodil poppyseed crushed ice and bottles hidden and the room that was the city sky was spinning weightless and confused and sure so sure, we broke window after window with rocks and danced, out of character and space I took you home late
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Jan 17, 2013
Jan 17, 2013 at 11:09 PM UTC
Streetlights
Cocoon suspended ‘neath a branch, Out of harmer’s range; Churning in tight quarters then, Awaiting for the change. A cast she’d spun with great detail, To blend into the scene; Remain innocuous, choosing plain, To spend such days serene. This sanctuary has terms of time; Yet flippant so, of sight; Blinded by the darkness kept, May only dream of flight. There, outside this nurturing crypt, Lies futures yet untold; Exploring freedom, airless hours, As wings will then unfold. Alterations to her inner form Complete in all detail; While oblivious to worlds unknown-- Mem’ries without a trail. As perforations tear a fold, In which she will embark, To crystal, glowing cast of moon Within this evening, dark; She wrestles to uncurl her girth And wingspan so anew; That seems so awkward, foreign and Has converted different hue. Now perched upon her drying bed, She fans while instincts try To capture sens’ry explosions That lay to foundling’s eyes. Beyond the glen, a spot she sees; A single glowing blur. Just then each tree bends toward one side, As breaths sweep under her. Weightless, floating, movement new, She tests her longer arms, That reach, manipulating wind, Should quivers strike alarm. The lure of the eerie glow, Possess investigation, As closer toward the light she flies, Embraced with consternation. Near collision with the beacon, She’s halted in mid-air; Translucent strings of sticky form, She didn’t see, were there. She wrestles, tries to free herself, While a shadow looming near Smiles with contentment of His cunning craft of snare. Slowly he approaches while She looks to see his eyes, So vacant of emotive flush, With fear she starts to cry. The octo-legged creature then, Inserts his poisoned quill, As venom circulates her life, He waits until she’s still. Then coils her in silky thread, While dancing ‘bout his room. Tho’ this is of his own design, She returns, inside cocoon. As thoughts of life, such brevity, Released of any pain. She closes youthful eyes at last, And dreams of flight again.
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Jul 4, 2010
Jul 4, 2010 at 6:23 AM UTC
Cocoon
Cocoon suspended ‘neath a branch, Out of harmer’s range; Churning in tight quarters then, Awaiting for the change. A cast she’d spun with great detail, To blend into the scene; Remain innocuous, choosing plain, To spend such days serene. This sanctuary has terms of time; Yet flippant so, of sight; Blinded by the darkness kept, May only dream of flight. There, outside this nurturing crypt, Lies futures yet untold; Exploring freedom, airless hours, As wings will then unfold. Alterations to her inner form Complete in all detail; While oblivious to worlds unknown-- Mem’ries without a trail. As perforations tear a fold, In which she will embark, To crystal, glowing cast of moon Within this evening, dark; She wrestles to uncurl her girth And wingspan so anew; That seems so awkward, foreign and Has converted different hue. Now perched upon her drying bed, She fans while instincts try To capture sens’ry explosions That lay to foundling’s eyes. Beyond the glen, a spot she sees; A single glowing blur. Just then each tree bends toward one side, As breaths sweep under her. Weightless, floating, movement new, She tests her longer arms, That reach, manipulating wind, Should quivers strike alarm. The lure of the eerie glow, Possess investigation, As closer toward the light she flies, Embraced with consternation. Near collision with the beacon, She’s halted in mid-air; Translucent strings of sticky form, She didn’t see, were there. She wrestles, tries to free herself, While a shadow looming near Smiles with contentment of His cunning craft of snare. Slowly he approaches while She looks to see his eyes, So vacant of emotive flush, With fear she starts to cry. The octo-legged creature then, Inserts his poisoned quill, As venom circulates her life, He waits until she’s still. Then coils her in silky thread, While dancing ‘bout his room. Tho’ this is of his own design, She returns, inside cocoon. As thoughts of life, such brevity, Released of any pain. She closes youthful eyes at last, And dreams of flight again.
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Like a ghost on the wind She comes from the sea And trembles the foe So wild and free With swashbuckling swagger And a Jolly Roger laugh She flies the black flag On a whalebone staff She has terrifying eyes And a ring in her ear And on her sun tanned face A flippant leer With a bone-cold glare And a sneer on her lip She has coins in hand And a cutlass on hip With a thunderous blast From her cannons' might She plants fear in the strong And steals the fight She takes all that's lost And turns it to gold For she's crafty and devious And frightningly bold She is dashing and daring, A fierce buccaneer Faces of many Pale when she's near From ocean to ocean Her tales are spun About the queen of the pirates For in the end she won
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Apr 15, 2015
Apr 15, 2015 at 4:24 PM UTC
Queen of the Pirates
A Woman of Many Words I am a Woman of Many Words I am drawn to all those places That words congregate: Libraries and bookstores Road signs and billboards Ticket stubs and subtitles Nametags and license plates Each one a journey driving inside me I am a Woman of Many Words I love the way the shapes feel in my mouth The skittle taste of syllables I am drawn to especially long words With their phonetic entities stretching out like tentacles to reach new corners of pronunciation Words like Bibliophile and flippant-irreverence Evanescent and Insouciance Mellifluous and Effervescent Mondegreen and Labyrinthine Words like Onomatopoeia and Tintinnabulation I appreciate their weight on my tongue The way my hands appreciate the thickness that is a fat book I am a Woman of Many Words I am attracted to their multitude The space their figures take up on a page The calligraphic punches Typed up by keys The carefully constructed Brush strokes Spouting What is sure to be, nonsense But I do enjoy the sound of nonsense in the morning I am a Woman of Many Words I cling to the lettered skyscrapers wherever I can find them Because the familiar scent of scribbles across parchment is comfort food for me I find them On the backs of cereal boxes And in Popsicle riddles In fortune cookies And alphabet soup From magnets on my fridge To junk food logos And I hold on to them for dear life For fear that silence should find me And leave me empty For fear it will take away the music of maracas Made by words Dancing the salsa inside me I am a Woman of Many Words because Words Answer my Questions, Soothe my fears, and Humor my Whims They are not always Right But they are always Constant They are not always Honest, in fact, Mostly They Lie But ever so often They tell such a Beautiful Lie That you wish it were true They sing from the rocks offering Escape from Terrifying, Suffocating, Mind numbing Silence that echoes off my skeleton I am afraid that silence will hollow out my insides and leave me abandoned with nothing between my Bow and Stern my Forecastle all torn up I am afraid of the skeleton inside me So I am a Woman of Many of Words For fear of silence And contempt for truth Because my words are sirens And my shipwreck is home here
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Nov 10, 2015
Nov 10, 2015 at 5:12 PM UTC
A Woman of Many Words
A Woman of Many Words I am a Woman of Many Words I am drawn to all those places That words congregate: Libraries and bookstores Road signs and billboards Ticket stubs and subtitles Nametags and license plates Each one a journey driving inside me I am a Woman of Many Words I love the way the shapes feel in my mouth The skittle taste of syllables I am drawn to especially long words With their phonetic entities stretching out like tentacles to reach new corners of pronunciation Words like Bibliophile and flippant-irreverence Evanescent and Insouciance Mellifluous and Effervescent Mondegreen and Labyrinthine Words like Onomatopoeia and Tintinnabulation I appreciate their weight on my tongue The way my hands appreciate the thickness that is a fat book I am a Woman of Many Words I am attracted to their multitude The space their figures take up on a page The calligraphic punches Typed up by keys The carefully constructed Brush strokes Spouting What is sure to be, nonsense But I do enjoy the sound of nonsense in the morning I am a Woman of Many Words I cling to the lettered skyscrapers wherever I can find them Because the familiar scent of scribbles across parchment is comfort food for me I find them On the backs of cereal boxes And in Popsicle riddles In fortune cookies And alphabet soup From magnets on my fridge To junk food logos And I hold on to them for dear life For fear that silence should find me And leave me empty For fear it will take away the music of maracas Made by words Dancing the salsa inside me I am a Woman of Many Words because Words Answer my Questions, Soothe my fears, and Humor my Whims They are not always Right But they are always Constant They are not always Honest, in fact, Mostly They Lie But ever so often They tell such a Beautiful Lie That you wish it were true They sing from the rocks offering Escape from Terrifying, Suffocating, Mind numbing Silence that echoes off my skeleton I am afraid that silence will hollow out my insides and leave me abandoned with nothing between my Bow and Stern my Forecastle all torn up I am afraid of the skeleton inside me So I am a Woman of Many of Words For fear of silence And contempt for truth Because my words are sirens And my shipwreck is home here
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Parsimony Antipathy or Prudent Hostility Locked-up Cuspid Of the One Celled Organism As the Augury tends to its Auspices oddities One Weak Ordeal and your reward will be handsome Ceteris paribus when Ockham’s blade gets dull Get a loan from your Karma or come back as amoebae Hearts won’t be practical until they’re unbreakable. But if you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. Sometime this week I’ll hang from the gallows Every drip of the tallow brings closer the end But I’ve got this imp secured in this bottle And you can have him for a price less than a penny Yeah, I’ve got a genie who’ll grant all your wishes Just pay for this bottle and your family gets fed But act fast, for soon I **** my last twitches By this time tomorrow I could very well be dead Salivating tadpoles for Hegemony crickets All imprisoned here with this repressionist peasant By a singular stroke into Jove’s black booklet Lucidly errant, who hasn’t been flippant? Clever Arachne, my love, oh thou immodest spider All I ever wanted, she picked a fine time to leave us My days squandered eavesdropping Apocalypse riders But if you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. Sometime this week I’ll hang from the gallows Every drip of the tallow brings closer the end But I’ve got this imp secured in this bottle And you can have him for a price less than a penny Yeah, I’ve got a genie who’ll grant all your wishes Just pay for this bottle and your family gets fed But act fast, for soon I **** my last twitches By this time tomorrow I could very well be dead
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Jan 2, 2013
Jan 2, 2013 at 11:29 AM UTC
The Unexpected Hanging Paradox
Parsimony Antipathy or Prudent Hostility Locked-up Cuspid Of the One Celled Organism As the Augury tends to its Auspices oddities One Weak Ordeal and your reward will be handsome Ceteris paribus when Ockham’s blade gets dull Get a loan from your Karma or come back as amoebae Hearts won’t be practical until they’re unbreakable. But if you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. Sometime this week I’ll hang from the gallows Every drip of the tallow brings closer the end But I’ve got this imp secured in this bottle And you can have him for a price less than a penny Yeah, I’ve got a genie who’ll grant all your wishes Just pay for this bottle and your family gets fed But act fast, for soon I **** my last twitches By this time tomorrow I could very well be dead Salivating tadpoles for Hegemony crickets All imprisoned here with this repressionist peasant By a singular stroke into Jove’s black booklet Lucidly errant, who hasn’t been flippant? Clever Arachne, my love, oh thou immodest spider All I ever wanted, she picked a fine time to leave us My days squandered eavesdropping Apocalypse riders But if you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras. Sometime this week I’ll hang from the gallows Every drip of the tallow brings closer the end But I’ve got this imp secured in this bottle And you can have him for a price less than a penny Yeah, I’ve got a genie who’ll grant all your wishes Just pay for this bottle and your family gets fed But act fast, for soon I **** my last twitches By this time tomorrow I could very well be dead
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He touched our hands But unconcernedly this famous man And would not look us in the eye For fear of contact or what might be worse, connection And we could hardly blame him, for after all He had each day been singled out for close inspection By ones like us, in awe of his celebrity Circled in the shade of his perfection Hoping for the star-dust sprinkle of acuity Or sparkling eyes, admission to his inner cult and clan He wore blue jeans And scuffed sneakers as a badge of proof Of his coolness and unconcern While we his audience with concealed attention Enviously eyed his hairy confidence, unconsciously Imitating in each phrase that low convention Made small adjustments to our store-bought suits and ties And nodded several times in bright pretension Made small amendments to our smiles and lies Flicked photo-phones in pursuit of custom and routine He gave a speech A flippant interview, this famous creature A well tossed phrase, a rounded cliche Poured forth like brandy in a glass, convivial Or apple cider-ed vinegar in pewter mugs A sardonically French-accented phrase habitual Well humored, heavy lidded with testosterone At interlocutor women with the pens and pads Delivered in a low and purring monotone For all the world as lovers, each to each He stretched a smile A modulated shift of teeth and beard "Genius? Not I"  with deprecation "My shallow intellect, so poor and so ephemeral" Delivered in a tone that mocked inclusion While we assumed an elegance, unintentional A nonchalance that shields the wide charades Unmoving in our breathless, but conventional Genuflection to the the notion that pervades                                                       Our addictive appetite now sated. For a while.                                                                                                                                  He kissed their cheeks And stroked their arms, with sensuous ambivalence But absently, as if he cared so little In his farewell. 'A bientot' he said and 'Au revoir' And slipped away amongst the moving Milan crowds Creative and creator, irredeemably a star With, in his wake the smiling scriveners staring At his retreating back in Stark excitement In the middle of the circling and squaring, at The alpha-wolfic effigy. The Shepherd and his sheep.
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May 6, 2013
May 6, 2013 at 6:46 AM UTC
This Famous Creature
He touched our hands But unconcernedly this famous man And would not look us in the eye For fear of contact or what might be worse, connection And we could hardly blame him, for after all He had each day been singled out for close inspection By ones like us, in awe of his celebrity Circled in the shade of his perfection Hoping for the star-dust sprinkle of acuity Or sparkling eyes, admission to his inner cult and clan He wore blue jeans And scuffed sneakers as a badge of proof Of his coolness and unconcern While we his audience with concealed attention Enviously eyed his hairy confidence, unconsciously Imitating in each phrase that low convention Made small adjustments to our store-bought suits and ties And nodded several times in bright pretension Made small amendments to our smiles and lies Flicked photo-phones in pursuit of custom and routine He gave a speech A flippant interview, this famous creature A well tossed phrase, a rounded cliche Poured forth like brandy in a glass, convivial Or apple cider-ed vinegar in pewter mugs A sardonically French-accented phrase habitual Well humored, heavy lidded with testosterone At interlocutor women with the pens and pads Delivered in a low and purring monotone For all the world as lovers, each to each He stretched a smile A modulated shift of teeth and beard "Genius? Not I"  with deprecation "My shallow intellect, so poor and so ephemeral" Delivered in a tone that mocked inclusion While we assumed an elegance, unintentional A nonchalance that shields the wide charades Unmoving in our breathless, but conventional Genuflection to the the notion that pervades                                                       Our addictive appetite now sated. For a while.                                                                                                                                  He kissed their cheeks And stroked their arms, with sensuous ambivalence But absently, as if he cared so little In his farewell. 'A bientot' he said and 'Au revoir' And slipped away amongst the moving Milan crowds Creative and creator, irredeemably a star With, in his wake the smiling scriveners staring At his retreating back in Stark excitement In the middle of the circling and squaring, at The alpha-wolfic effigy. The Shepherd and his sheep.
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T'was little fun T'was a little town, No virulent delirious runs No irking sounds As t'was a little dangling town All t'was a feasible brew No meanders to sought No conundrums of anew just wired timely things to rot When all t'was a portent upcoming For t'was clad and veneered In a amicable sun-daze groaning T'was a peaceful loop of mono-gradient seasons and all to do was ponder For t'was guzzled with reasons T'was yesterdays jigsaw puzzle T'was a nightmare in sun-light But for now, let's retch our unknown dazzle As t'was, A flippant fuss For what shan't be A beguiling me
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Feb 6, 2015
Feb 6, 2015 at 5:21 AM UTC
T'was yesterday
Hold on. I have to clean this up. I don't want your soles to get cut up by my lack of ambidexterity. I'm right-handed but I thought I'd try this out with my left And I'm not as deft with it, especially in the moment, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. It's my fault... I don't know how to juggle. I'm usually good with rotation but between the dilation of my eyes and the inflation of my ego, the sensation of being flippant left me in a painted tuxedo And it's raining...It's been raining. I'm not complaining but the paint is running and bleeding; An apotheosis of Leonid Afremov needing emotional content to prove I exist. I don't mean to be like this. I don't want to be like this.
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Apr 8, 2015
Apr 8, 2015 at 11:07 AM UTC
Don't Step on the Glass
In fleeting flicks of fervent flutters, Unbanished feelings freely sway Formed from limerent, flippant shudders A force that's hit me like no other, Calls the light I beg away What room have I, in heart, for flutters? "Leave me to my sighs and mutters..." I hear my frigid heart relay, Too fragile for these wild shudders Brought to burning, stammering stutters Nervous thoughts, frost-brought, decay In pacing, panicked, manic flutters This old and weary heart will utter A word of warning ere I stay Recompense for past love's shudders Do I exaggerate these flutters? Formed from limerent, hopeful shudders?
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Jan 26, 2015
Jan 26, 2015 at 1:16 PM UTC
Limerence
Sin glows With sparkling richness Of all luminaries of blanketing galaxy Sin is worshiped and enshrined Righteousness is but blase fallacy With all over-flowing Affluence of new pentecostal churches and their greedy pastors And easy-come riches of Chiadzwa diamond fields with her flippant Gwejas and Gwejerinas Life is but black like Soddom's **** I hear the knell of dawning doom As Angels of doom boom... I swear by ****** Mary's blessed **** I saw a Stephen preaching down Rekai Tangwena Ave And was run down by a speeding motor car "O poor chap, was a good fellow," muttered God I saw drunken Thomas roaming the streets Of cogitation convincing himself it was true news That brother Jesus, pot-bellied in Armani suit Was back riding a top of the range Lamborghini And  God shrugged his shoulders,kept quiet Afraid it may be fatally true I saw God wet his pants When listening to Elliot The Idiot's "Songs of Sobs" That applaud Simon and Peter fishing From people's pockets Songs that revere and adorn  the vigilant Pillar of Salt Scorn and mock the meekness and softness of heart At Golgotha... Sin is vermin spreading In this our home,the infierno grande -dougwa-
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Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 at 8:10 AM UTC
Spreading Sin
He passed in double yellow Like he was heading to a fire Really nothing to you Yet it provoked your righteous ire Would it make a difference If you felt the fiery flames Watched a simple man's dreams Consumed in a flippant blaze Would it make a difference If you saw his baby trapped inside Or counted the tormentous days 'til his agony would subside That waitress was a little rude Like she wasn't really there She just found her husband cheating And she's aware that no one cares Her heart is shattered inside But she tries to paint on a smile The darkness is overcoming Her future bleak and vile Could it make a difference To someone lonely, hurt, and lost If we measured our words and actions And we stopped to count the cost
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Jun 22, 2015
Jun 22, 2015 at 8:52 AM UTC
A Difference
We want answers, And we want them now. Generations scrolling down together, receiving Informal lessons from sometimes qualified strangers, Impulsively living, giving status updates, Proudly showing the world pictures Of all the places we’ve been - Twittering to gain followers, digitally devoted, But consistently losing the edge, Heading back to Starbucks to refill. Welcome to the 21st century, Where life spills into the abstract, And we consume with the click of a button. You’re only a copy-and-paste away From a satisfactory translation, A GPS away from your next location, One computer screen freeze Away from total frustration. Just ask a teacher, they know exactly Where the future lies, somewhere Between a child’s wandering eyes And flippant commercials, there is Utterly, complete concentration. What’s the solution? More time preparing For entrance exams? Creating more diverse Lesson plans? Either way, students will Still quote Spongebob And call you a square.
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Aug 31, 2011
Aug 31, 2011 at 1:39 AM UTC
Synced Out
Idyllic sensations of fingertips gliding across unspoiled flesh Kisses fill in the gaps left by words unspoken Bright eyes meet and exchange heavy glances of infatuation Souls clinging to the inexperienced adoration, praying it stays fresh The luxury of hearts yet to be broken Blooming lust like budding carnations Petals flittering about in cold springtime sun Flippant and apathetic about what the future holds Never expecting to be crushed under the boot of a world-weary passerby Despite pressure to crumble apart, the petals cling together until their lives together are done The heavy feeling of eyes cast upon young lovers, bystanders recanting the most terrible scolds Are no match for star-crossed lovers, too entangled in emotions to be pulled apart by outside forces, and too far gone to say goodbye.
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Mar 28, 2013
Mar 28, 2013 at 11:36 PM UTC
Young Love
run into the crested shorelines where the greatest empires have fallen, and kiss the tides of the salty sea in hopes of calming your clumsy pulse and flippant thoughts. stretch your legs. limber up like a prideful little boy before a rigged game of lava-monster... and run! run like your shoes will never untie and your heavy feet will never misfire. run to the reams of yellowing pages you cling to, full of ball-point memoir metaphors and pithy, expressive descriptions of the beautiful women you've trained yourself to hate along the way. don't get friendly with your paintbrush when you reminisce this time. run. full-fledged, snot-nosed, scared-shitless-grinned sprint. run to itchy cotton bedding drenched in the stench of day-dreams and nightmares; peppered with heaps of insight they've yet to diagnose, and one cold pillow that can never seem to lull your static head to sleep or fully support the weight of your heavily burdened shoulders. run like it doesn't mean anything for once; like a wide-eyed kid who's never seen a map or compass, he just zigs and zags through the seemingly limitless emerald velvet at full speed as he navigates the backyard in pure and honest bliss. run to sun-soaked golden fields where the night sky tints itself purple to reach the perfect shade of darkness, and your breath hangs low on the tops of the tall grass like the fog hanging over a prehistoric low-land, and the stars shine like slicked-up pebbles about to let you decode the mystical secrets they hold... and everything comes clear and clean and calm. run free and wild and nameless like it's the only thing you've ever known, until you're ready to run back into me.
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Nov 19, 2012
Nov 19, 2012 at 3:25 PM UTC
run.
run into the crested shorelines where the greatest empires have fallen, and kiss the tides of the salty sea in hopes of calming your clumsy pulse and flippant thoughts. stretch your legs. limber up like a prideful little boy before a rigged game of lava-monster... and run! run like your shoes will never untie and your heavy feet will never misfire. run to the reams of yellowing pages you cling to, full of ball-point memoir metaphors and pithy, expressive descriptions of the beautiful women you've trained yourself to hate along the way. don't get friendly with your paintbrush when you reminisce this time. run. full-fledged, snot-nosed, scared-shitless-grinned sprint. run to itchy cotton bedding drenched in the stench of day-dreams and nightmares; peppered with heaps of insight they've yet to diagnose, and one cold pillow that can never seem to lull your static head to sleep or fully support the weight of your heavily burdened shoulders. run like it doesn't mean anything for once; like a wide-eyed kid who's never seen a map or compass, he just zigs and zags through the seemingly limitless emerald velvet at full speed as he navigates the backyard in pure and honest bliss. run to sun-soaked golden fields where the night sky tints itself purple to reach the perfect shade of darkness, and your breath hangs low on the tops of the tall grass like the fog hanging over a prehistoric low-land, and the stars shine like slicked-up pebbles about to let you decode the mystical secrets they hold... and everything comes clear and clean and calm. run free and wild and nameless like it's the only thing you've ever known, until you're ready to run back into me.
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There isn't much sky in this pallid, stale cocoon no greens nor greys, no electric branches searing fragile, barren walls. But the heady, sagging scent of moisture suggests a storm--                                                                                            yes, there was once me: a turbid bloom, an opportunist exhausting avidity in one overarching spill. As I rolled through your gutters, flippant and bleeding into everything, you rose with the dryness of the day and spoke of your immurement, the feebleness of my mold and mildew.
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Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 2012 at 7:09 PM UTC
"Rumination"
Sitting in your chair by fire's light reading poems you wrote. Your words sparked memories of unforgettable shared times. I was taken back to the night you sat near the warm hearth... in diaphanous gown.....writing on delicate parchment paper. My mind captured that lovely vision of you lit by fire's light. I was always envious of that secret journal you were keeping. I wanted to violate your privacy & read your secret thoughts. Never did & never would....I have your journal in safe place. Found humor in your poem.....wasn't intended to be flippant. I found the sheer genius of your words my gorgeous love. Your words never fail to weave amazingly crafted..... heart felt & thought provoking stanza in the key of life. I love you Pet & I'm deeply flattered you wrote a poem to me Betty Ponder
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Mar 7, 2014
Mar 7, 2014 at 5:45 AM UTC
My Dearest Betty Ponder,