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"flittering" poems
Flittering, fluttering, dancing in their flight Glittering like emeralds throughout the night The dance begins before sunset and goes on by the light of the moon It is a ritual we hope won't end soon In May every lightning bug gets excited To this dance every firefly is invited The dance begins when they hover in the air Then one by one turn on their light for flair They spin, dip, and dive While others are continuing to arrive The lightning bugs continue on through the night Showing off their little lanterns of light Finally, they come to a close After this long dance, a firefly has to doze Like candles being blown out, the green flashes of light are no more But not to worry, they will continue for weeks until the final encore
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May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015 at 9:43 AM UTC
Dance of the Fireflies
Shankar smiled as the waves crashed To the drop of the bass we were Alive and breathing subconsciously Losing all air to the cry of peculiar felines And there existed a flittering longing  Once common perception returned. My hair was threaded gold  Beneath your fingertips.
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Jun 16, 2012
Jun 16, 2012 at 4:30 PM UTC
LSD
It wasnt long before the baluster flapped somewhere in the distance and Icarus knew how old he had been on the day of his birth. For whatever reason, the snow capped cappuccinos he had willfully destroyed in a heated debate on fiscal policy had him beginning again. Why was there always a beginning where there was an end? Fur traders used to circumnavigate the Hudson's Bay of his humanity when he was young, sharing drinks and fire water whiskey like it was all an H2O ready for the soul search. Sadly, many ended up in Hitlers concentration camps weeks after the **** invasion of Poland, about a month or so before the fall of the Roman Empire. Beginning with a last breath, Icarus strode off the plank with a new-found confidence unnatural in his niceties of long past. It was as if 1 minute and 35 seconds was enough to dish a clamouring populace onto the dinner table before the fat step-father gleefully orders everyone to 'dig in, everyone!' Cancelling everyone's appointment with Dr. Pardon meant the gaining of a key participatory certificate in El Dorado, and the gold lingering in dusty sun-beams was sifted for the taking. Some got rich, the rest got miserable. The rest used to imagine the gold, staring at ivory towers and lottery tickets, apple cores lording over old public servant applications near the city hall drain pipes as the modern world collapsed into a flash-mob image of Ronald Reagan. Icarus was a sliver of duskish light flittering a top distant windowsills, all cupped in an intentional light because happiness was as possible as sadness. Not that considering either would make you either. Icarus slept as his wings incinerated at the first glimpse of the solar system. He now believed every single proverb the old ***** slumbers had whispered their children as they woke to find themselves adults. In the beginning he found the beginning beginning again. It made him feel however you wish. Both were just as possible. Both were just as much a jazz configuration as a smooth and easy guitar rift. Ahha!
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Apr 1, 2013
Apr 1, 2013 at 5:31 PM UTC
Icarus Inside
It wasnt long before the baluster flapped somewhere in the distance and Icarus knew how old he had been on the day of his birth. For whatever reason, the snow capped cappuccinos he had willfully destroyed in a heated debate on fiscal policy had him beginning again. Why was there always a beginning where there was an end? Fur traders used to circumnavigate the Hudson's Bay of his humanity when he was young, sharing drinks and fire water whiskey like it was all an H2O ready for the soul search. Sadly, many ended up in Hitlers concentration camps weeks after the **** invasion of Poland, about a month or so before the fall of the Roman Empire. Beginning with a last breath, Icarus strode off the plank with a new-found confidence unnatural in his niceties of long past. It was as if 1 minute and 35 seconds was enough to dish a clamouring populace onto the dinner table before the fat step-father gleefully orders everyone to 'dig in, everyone!' Cancelling everyone's appointment with Dr. Pardon meant the gaining of a key participatory certificate in El Dorado, and the gold lingering in dusty sun-beams was sifted for the taking. Some got rich, the rest got miserable. The rest used to imagine the gold, staring at ivory towers and lottery tickets, apple cores lording over old public servant applications near the city hall drain pipes as the modern world collapsed into a flash-mob image of Ronald Reagan. Icarus was a sliver of duskish light flittering a top distant windowsills, all cupped in an intentional light because happiness was as possible as sadness. Not that considering either would make you either. Icarus slept as his wings incinerated at the first glimpse of the solar system. He now believed every single proverb the old ***** slumbers had whispered their children as they woke to find themselves adults. In the beginning he found the beginning beginning again. It made him feel however you wish. Both were just as possible. Both were just as much a jazz configuration as a smooth and easy guitar rift. Ahha!
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ivory keys seek the touch of long-dead fingertips fluttering flittering elegant keystrokes gracefully enchanted bittersweet tunes staccato lilts incandescent harmonies melancholy melodies every heartbreaking keystroke drips with mournful, dismal sadness each life is a unique song; each has their own, single chorus some are a great crescendo; some a lullaby; some are a lonely tune; some barely even brush the keys each journey, though, has white keys of joy and black keys of sorrow *but even the black keys make music*
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Aug 16, 2015
Aug 16, 2015 at 8:51 PM UTC
piano of life
Hey Danny, I droped it twice but this one is just as nice On the fly a small hummingbird on flittering wings just dusting the room With dann dust and goodwill. A quiver filled with curative pin point healing She is wheeling and dealing Danielle I presume is the full story. Acufeel good. Feelgood ancient curative Sent from the far east. Miniature Magic whipping about in sea blue scrubs All good news . Never gave me the bluesy tude. Cool runnings miss danny. Nuff respect. A short poem for a big spirit. In. Small spirit Country. Seek and ye shall find I am inclined to believe She has a good vibe. Cool runnings hummingbird. See you at the water cooler
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Jan 16, 2013
Jan 16, 2013 at 5:56 PM UTC
Danny
The glowing jacinth sun was just beginning its descent, casting long, flittering shadows on horse and rider alike. Although the horse was young, he walked with an air of importance, like a racer entering the track. As the playful breeze rustled the viridian leaves, his muscles tensed. He perked up like a toy soldier, watching the purpling sky with wary eyes, the amaranthine clouds reflected in those deep sable orbs. As he trotted about like a fairy, his russet coat shone vibrantly in the setting sun, a body of twinkling rubies set in amber. The sprite padded softly on the ground with the delicate nature of a hummingbird, he had a stride like a river of sweet milk and honey. The chestnut dreamer skipped across the ground like notes across a page, his song light and airy. he tiptoed and pirouetted, his three pearly stockings dancing like the melodious keys of a piano. Her cinnabar savior bounded over the fences like a prancing stag, and his dainty ears pricked forward as his chocolate-brown eyes fixed on the obstacle ahead. As he jumped, he lit up with a bravery that could have been felt all throughout the arena. Had the two not been alone, the entrancing sight would have been easily able to charm his way into the hearts of even the stoniest of onlookers. With a gleeful snort, the sunny gelding seemed to fill the air with good-natured laughter. The rider reached down to give him a pat, and he brightened at her touch, the pet like a kiss on his glossy ginger neck. And as the last of the daylight filtered away into the velvety mazarine sky, his neck stretched down and his walk slowed. Satisfied with their ride, the two made their way back inside, surrounding by the growing darkness.
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Oct 30, 2013
Oct 30, 2013 at 9:42 AM UTC
Leroy
The glowing jacinth sun was just beginning its descent, casting long, flittering shadows on horse and rider alike. Although the horse was young, he walked with an air of importance, like a racer entering the track. As the playful breeze rustled the viridian leaves, his muscles tensed. He perked up like a toy soldier, watching the purpling sky with wary eyes, the amaranthine clouds reflected in those deep sable orbs. As he trotted about like a fairy, his russet coat shone vibrantly in the setting sun, a body of twinkling rubies set in amber. The sprite padded softly on the ground with the delicate nature of a hummingbird, he had a stride like a river of sweet milk and honey. The chestnut dreamer skipped across the ground like notes across a page, his song light and airy. he tiptoed and pirouetted, his three pearly stockings dancing like the melodious keys of a piano. Her cinnabar savior bounded over the fences like a prancing stag, and his dainty ears pricked forward as his chocolate-brown eyes fixed on the obstacle ahead. As he jumped, he lit up with a bravery that could have been felt all throughout the arena. Had the two not been alone, the entrancing sight would have been easily able to charm his way into the hearts of even the stoniest of onlookers. With a gleeful snort, the sunny gelding seemed to fill the air with good-natured laughter. The rider reached down to give him a pat, and he brightened at her touch, the pet like a kiss on his glossy ginger neck. And as the last of the daylight filtered away into the velvety mazarine sky, his neck stretched down and his walk slowed. Satisfied with their ride, the two made their way back inside, surrounding by the growing darkness.
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Love isn’t a feeling Love isn’t an action Love isn’t a person Love is a place. It’s the cave of wonders It’s a hospital room filled with new life, balloons, and flowers It’s an altar in a church in the countryside of a town unknown while a man pleads for the soul you’re not ready to give. It’s a tent pitched next to the lake while fish cook over a crackling fire It’s a home with a swing-set in the backyard with a dog tied to a banana tree, while naked children dance through sprinklers. It’s the treehouse in the neighbor's backyard It’s a living room where friends sit and play Nintendo 64 It’s a bathtub with bubbles and a book and a beverage Love isn’t butterflies in your stomach It’s a butterfly garden at the city zoo on a hot Saturday morning with butterflies flittering and fluttering and flattering around. Love isn’t jumping in front of a train for someone It’s the parking lot of a hospital you run through to stand by a death bed, reading from a Bible you haven’t opened in twenty years. Love isn’t your parents or brothers or sisters or cousins or friends It’s the patio screened in, with the rain tap dancing on its roof, while a father of three snores peacefully in a rocking chair. Love is Calvary’s hill It’s a trustworthy bank It’s a dog kennel jam-packed with the loyal, the faithful, the brave, and the true Love is an underground railroad connecting those who belong together.
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Jan 10, 2013
Jan 10, 2013 at 9:27 AM UTC
What Isn't Love?
i walk down roadsides n smile at clouds in towering wonder and sit upon hillocks of gravel watching citylights and knowing the same kinds of light shine upon you, too, sometimes: sweet, and in flittering movements. and in this snow-flurry, a single snowflake floats down the river of endless night, and drifts lazy pattern from our respective skins to each other's; i'll clamber up, down, over valleytops and riverbeds to find you
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Aug 14, 2015
Aug 14, 2015 at 7:48 AM UTC
11.42.28pm
Arctic Seasoned Disguise Winter breathes in sepia tones along a lonely two lane street divided amongst the sweeping frozen dunes now forced into shouldered amnesty Street lights shiver in snow capped bonnets while sidewalks sleep ‘neath blankets of flittering flakes The air, frigidly crisp…moves of tiny chiffon sparkles dancing Rooftops, plump and soft, show off their frosted padding as evergreens find alabaster fingers tickling their branches in chilled teasings and frozen dustings Footprints, once there are gone, covered and recovered again all evidence of life is erased beneath pearl clouded skies and faint outlines of distant thoughts White on black stripes drape in glacial wanderings spanning the slush of asphalt weavings in straight line piercings across the wintry landscape February reigns brutal, sub zero ponderings swirl from high above the icebox wasteland, once brimming with color now opaque in its arctic seasoned disguise…
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Feb 20, 2015
Feb 20, 2015 at 1:38 PM UTC
Arctic Seasoned Disguise
There is a time after busy schedules, warm hugs, cold tears and brave encounters my sweet. This is the final gift I wish to share with you. This is called the time of the butterflies. When we pass from this world; when we can do no more on this plain of existence, we turn into silver butterflies Who dance in the sky, swirling above everyone’s head, flittering and flying. It looks like, when you see them, that they don’t have a purpose, mindless but beautiful. But you cannot judge them, until you know what important role they play for us. At night, these butterflies will glow and guide those who are lost Offering a path that only a few dare tread. For this path is usually filled with struggles and triumphs. But for those who are lost, realise, they are never alone. And when the butterflies cannot glow, they explode, elegantly; they become shards of light, so all may experience Togetherness. During the day, butterflies disguise themselves in the natural world as normal butterflies. Their bright colours let us appreciate beauty, but remind us that like you and me, butterflies are born, they live as we do. But their magic keeps them alive for however long we need them. There sole role is to keep us believing, believing that there is something better, always something better. They restore the faith that society and the world have crushed out of us. You do not have to call a butterfly when you need them my sweet, they will be there whenever you need them. They will know when you need someone to hug or someone to talk too. Or even if you want someone to play games with. I will be there. My sweet, I am your silver butterfly. I will always be there when you need me. You are never alone, because I will always glow. Glow for you. So during the day, on your way to school watch for the butterflies, And before you go to bed, watch out the window. I will be sat on your windowsill until you fall asleep. Rest my sweet, I will see you tomorrow. Love your silver butterfly (Daddy) εїз
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Nov 27, 2013
Nov 27, 2013 at 3:52 PM UTC
Silver Butterflies.
There is a time after busy schedules, warm hugs, cold tears and brave encounters my sweet. This is the final gift I wish to share with you. This is called the time of the butterflies. When we pass from this world; when we can do no more on this plain of existence, we turn into silver butterflies Who dance in the sky, swirling above everyone’s head, flittering and flying. It looks like, when you see them, that they don’t have a purpose, mindless but beautiful. But you cannot judge them, until you know what important role they play for us. At night, these butterflies will glow and guide those who are lost Offering a path that only a few dare tread. For this path is usually filled with struggles and triumphs. But for those who are lost, realise, they are never alone. And when the butterflies cannot glow, they explode, elegantly; they become shards of light, so all may experience Togetherness. During the day, butterflies disguise themselves in the natural world as normal butterflies. Their bright colours let us appreciate beauty, but remind us that like you and me, butterflies are born, they live as we do. But their magic keeps them alive for however long we need them. There sole role is to keep us believing, believing that there is something better, always something better. They restore the faith that society and the world have crushed out of us. You do not have to call a butterfly when you need them my sweet, they will be there whenever you need them. They will know when you need someone to hug or someone to talk too. Or even if you want someone to play games with. I will be there. My sweet, I am your silver butterfly. I will always be there when you need me. You are never alone, because I will always glow. Glow for you. So during the day, on your way to school watch for the butterflies, And before you go to bed, watch out the window. I will be sat on your windowsill until you fall asleep. Rest my sweet, I will see you tomorrow. Love your silver butterfly (Daddy) εїз
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It's when you're teetering on the edge of insomnia, When every pound of your being is exhausted To the point where you're seeing colours, Without recognising objects, people, Kind souls, kindred spirits, That you soar to the most wonderful place Of creativity and life-fulfilling happiness, Or at least if not happiness, then Contentment or satisfaction. But, like insomnia, that teetering Is the fundamental factor - Because that same day, In that same continuation of euphoria, You can be waiting for a train, And whilst you teeter at the edge Of the cold station platform walkway, You can plummet to the depths of depression, Return to those comforting, suffocating clutches, And that cry for help is stifled By the thundering railway carriages, And all that is left is a ****** stain - Stained in your mind, The knowledge that you'll never escape those clutches, That grasp for the underneaths of railway carriages Or the cordless bungee of tall buildings, The comfort of the warm ground below, And, naturally, a poem, Flittering away in the gust of the train Storming through the station Like your ever-dwindling happiness...
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Jan 15, 2016
Jan 15, 2016 at 12:08 PM UTC
Teetering
Flittering feathers write sonnets in soaring frequencies; taking in the ocean at once, I felt ripples brought to standstill, damped by second's refrain, curled back into the picturesque blue written ahead, but no cloud harbours the ceiling, no late words shown, jotted down by the indifferent and invariably disappearing breeze. The latterwork of these days took it up, and hung it out on lines stretched across skies and time, betraying tender surfeit, in moments torn out, and, leaving only vague traces of woodworn prose, spilling out my last sentiments: *"we, once, were alive, if only for a moment."* In dreams she holds small collections of sandy flowers, above the shoreline, as the dichotomous cluster takes theirs, behind a fragmentary grain in the blacksmith's hide; written, again, are those seasick letters, wrung out in the dead heat of the forge, the demands of strangers, in stone buildings by the fireplace, electric heater, off, the inbetween reeling of slightened accomplishments, the scent of oil, left over, from the husk of noon. Miss and want, over again, missing beguilement in afternoon's repose. "come back...", but she ain't the one gone.
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Apr 5, 2013
Apr 5, 2013 at 7:12 AM UTC
penguins, at home
monday hit you like a stack of bricks. ultimately, she tried to fix you. you probably dated her early on. fists full of highlighters and notebooks left no room for your hand to hold. she was too focused on the future, she forgot about the present. half here, half there, flittering in and out of reality. she made being together feel scheduled. monday drowned you in her sea of checklist bulletpoints. you can’t remember tuesday all that much. the milky blue of the tattoo on your left knee is all you have left of her. you finger it fondly, a ghost of a memory. wednesday made you want to change yourself. but you are not play dough, not created to be moulded. she gave you the urge to be someone new. but you lost yourself in her passions. you will never understand wednesday. thursday got you back on track, but it felt like a routine. surely there’s something more. there were things you loved about thursday, but it felt like you were waiting for something else. you sat on the couch together like bookends, not a pair. thursday was a marionette show, you were run by the strings. friday was a dream. she was a perfect 10. you felt free with friday. but then friday got a little crazy. you couldn’t keep up with her. carefree nights turned into mornings of advil chased by black coffee. when she snuck under the rusty chain link fence and beckoned for you to follow her to paradise you walked away with a scar from a stray wire. she only gained happy memories. you were sinking in the very tequila shots that made her float. after you recovered from friday, you met saturday. aren’t we all racing through monday through friday in hopes that we finally meet saturday? saturday was fun. she was different from the others. you fell in love with saturday. but sometimes, saturday doesn’t always work out. you had plans and hopes for saturday, but as you look back and realize, she wasn’t everything you always wanted it to be. saturday broke your heart. but, for every saturday you face, there will be a sunday. you know when you see sunrise after staying up all night and a feeling of pure serenity washes over you? that’s what it’s like to meet a sunday. you can be yourself around sunday. sunday helps you become a better person. she kisses your scars left from the others. sundays are magical, but they are also human. she will not sit on a pedestal, but sit beside you in the most human form. there will still be bumps on the road, but that road will lead to happiness.
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Apr 13, 2016
Apr 13, 2016 at 4:44 PM UTC
Untitled
monday hit you like a stack of bricks. ultimately, she tried to fix you. you probably dated her early on. fists full of highlighters and notebooks left no room for your hand to hold. she was too focused on the future, she forgot about the present. half here, half there, flittering in and out of reality. she made being together feel scheduled. monday drowned you in her sea of checklist bulletpoints. you can’t remember tuesday all that much. the milky blue of the tattoo on your left knee is all you have left of her. you finger it fondly, a ghost of a memory. wednesday made you want to change yourself. but you are not play dough, not created to be moulded. she gave you the urge to be someone new. but you lost yourself in her passions. you will never understand wednesday. thursday got you back on track, but it felt like a routine. surely there’s something more. there were things you loved about thursday, but it felt like you were waiting for something else. you sat on the couch together like bookends, not a pair. thursday was a marionette show, you were run by the strings. friday was a dream. she was a perfect 10. you felt free with friday. but then friday got a little crazy. you couldn’t keep up with her. carefree nights turned into mornings of advil chased by black coffee. when she snuck under the rusty chain link fence and beckoned for you to follow her to paradise you walked away with a scar from a stray wire. she only gained happy memories. you were sinking in the very tequila shots that made her float. after you recovered from friday, you met saturday. aren’t we all racing through monday through friday in hopes that we finally meet saturday? saturday was fun. she was different from the others. you fell in love with saturday. but sometimes, saturday doesn’t always work out. you had plans and hopes for saturday, but as you look back and realize, she wasn’t everything you always wanted it to be. saturday broke your heart. but, for every saturday you face, there will be a sunday. you know when you see sunrise after staying up all night and a feeling of pure serenity washes over you? that’s what it’s like to meet a sunday. you can be yourself around sunday. sunday helps you become a better person. she kisses your scars left from the others. sundays are magical, but they are also human. she will not sit on a pedestal, but sit beside you in the most human form. there will still be bumps on the road, but that road will lead to happiness.
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I drink aurora till my thirst satiates. Eyes shut, I drink till the gulf widens whilst every spark in me is painted dull Till no eye sees vividness in the flittering of butterflies, Till throbbing fades and rumbling becomes melodic, I drink till  my covertness is colourful,   Till my eyes redness is painted For bereft I am but I'm a fighter, a believer I drink aurora till my soul is filled Till transcendency becomes my fortune And then I'll dance not in colours, but colourful my immortality would be.
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Oct 5, 2014
Oct 5, 2014 at 8:18 AM UTC
Colourful Immortality
For our son we lost to brain cancer 2009: memorial a crowd candles lit songs sung words read memories shared hugs and tears Butterflies released "Ah!" breathed in unison Monarchs so rare filling the air for those few moments with their delicate flittering wave wafting in a clear royal sky ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ one week at home family of four intimate sharing candles lit words read words spoken memories shared wineglass toast eyes drift to the window "Ah!" in unison and amazement Monarch rare and magnificent out the window on Butterfly Bush posed at that very moment for us to sense his transformation
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Mar 24, 2018
Mar 24, 2018 at 11:57 AM UTC
Not Everyone Can Be A Monarch
i have found i have found what i have found what you taste like you taste like the rusty feathers of a sighing ocean tempest. like the . you taste like a shower of stars crackling on the belly of the night. white and stiff and minute and. like taste you i. salty. and. put my skin on yours the most supreme dominion of sudden heart beats sanguine pump loose strands of limbs tangled. you,i,taste like you taste like a burst of life in the arteries of the still sons. a delicious BLOSsom slippery petals finger split. like the rain. do you taste. falling. enshrouds the crown of my devotions. flavor riot ! y.ou are taste like i like to taste you) like the sun likes to taste the mountain girls breast crumbs jutting pink. pleasure crumbles from your shivering. and how are your bones so diligently under your skin? and i lick them. and they are mine. for but a moment. but i am yours till quiets the stutter of my flittering red muscles; .
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Jun 25, 2010
Jun 25, 2010 at 10:35 AM UTC
XII
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
It varies from woman to woman, however this girl will always hate giving birth Maybe she wouldn’t even get married nor have ****** *********** More than forty years ago those childish thoughts kept circling in my mind It didn’t take long for her to realize that *** and babies had something in common Nana so often said to us girls with her Island slang *“What sweeten a goat mouth, would burn his tail end” So girls you're worth it, don’t do it* The after effects, the after effects so complex and powerful Nana woke us up in the wee hours of the morning either with her singing, or the rattling of the *** and pans I knew at some point I would come to hate being a nurse I probably wouldn’t be able to show Compassion If you aren’t compassionate enough: being a Nurse isn’t for you I hated those homebirth early morning deliveries Not enough light, no running water in the homes, And the list goes on in late sixties on the Island When I finally woke up that morning I noticed Nana’s black bag on the table:   Her lily white apron on the back of the chair How she got her uniform to stay so white was a miracle to me Granddad was outside fixing something under the old Wolseley bumper Using an old flittering kerosene paraffin lamp to get the job done Our country farm house sat the bottom of the hill So Grandad needed the old Wolseley car to be in good condition To pulled Porte hill and there I was about to be Nana’s Nursing Assistant Was I up for the yelling, screaming, crying? At my age, I wasn’t,   However, being defiant wasn’t appealing, Nana played on our emotions   another one of her favorite island slangs “Some children are to be ****** to death if they are defiant to their parents said Nana” I was also too sleepy to sulk so I sat and quietly listen to her rambling on and on: So I turned all my thoughts and energy to Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." And that was my last words to Nana: No man shall have control over my body   and that was my last trip with Nana on her delivering baby route.
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May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015 at 6:50 AM UTC
He Will Rule Over You
It varies from woman to woman, however this girl will always hate giving birth Maybe she wouldn’t even get married nor have ****** *********** More than forty years ago those childish thoughts kept circling in my mind It didn’t take long for her to realize that *** and babies had something in common Nana so often said to us girls with her Island slang *“What sweeten a goat mouth, would burn his tail end” So girls you're worth it, don’t do it* The after effects, the after effects so complex and powerful Nana woke us up in the wee hours of the morning either with her singing, or the rattling of the *** and pans I knew at some point I would come to hate being a nurse I probably wouldn’t be able to show Compassion If you aren’t compassionate enough: being a Nurse isn’t for you I hated those homebirth early morning deliveries Not enough light, no running water in the homes, And the list goes on in late sixties on the Island When I finally woke up that morning I noticed Nana’s black bag on the table:   Her lily white apron on the back of the chair How she got her uniform to stay so white was a miracle to me Granddad was outside fixing something under the old Wolseley bumper Using an old flittering kerosene paraffin lamp to get the job done Our country farm house sat the bottom of the hill So Grandad needed the old Wolseley car to be in good condition To pulled Porte hill and there I was about to be Nana’s Nursing Assistant Was I up for the yelling, screaming, crying? At my age, I wasn’t,   However, being defiant wasn’t appealing, Nana played on our emotions   another one of her favorite island slangs “Some children are to be ****** to death if they are defiant to their parents said Nana” I was also too sleepy to sulk so I sat and quietly listen to her rambling on and on: So I turned all my thoughts and energy to Genesis 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." And that was my last words to Nana: No man shall have control over my body   and that was my last trip with Nana on her delivering baby route.
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She sat and watched the translucent orange leaf fall and with it every aspiration of her ego She noted the way the dull morning sun shone through it    Ego and leaf alike Her house is a happy one Sisters smile baking cakes when autumn appears Brothers smile when furtive grass rises in the spring Her life is a happy one She sat and watched the fire burn cutting her own hair and whistling Her song was happy too, as the dwindling dream faded and the afternoon moon shied away fears once ever present now vapour on crisp dewy winter evening breezes He sat and watched her trace faces in the air with a delicate finger And he drew her face in his mind with ease His self collapsing His house is a happy one Father smile playing raucous games in the summer epoch Mother smile huddled with baby on winter snapshot days His life is a happy one His words were happy too, as he scribbled on ragged notepads whilst the wind blew and so many newspapers broke free from the vendor by the statue (Though they can't shake that one impression of the world dematerialising before them and the prolonging of time in the interim ghost world of lost memories and sadness on DMT) I saw them rise on a January morning, lights cascading over treetops Flittering life and love combined in sun-drenched washed out skies watching them floating so high and their smiles were new stars a transcendent tenderness that I was in awe of and still am Repressed sadness manipulated into shapes when they made love in the sky Every bleak memory of their time dissipated and the cityscape below began to bloom All industry halted, a million stood and watched as new life radiated around them Convoluted linear time was now disrupted All events in history, happened simultaneously The birth and death of a cosmos Captured in a kiss
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Jan 23, 2014
Jan 23, 2014 at 10:21 AM UTC
Depressing Songs For Depressed People (A Minuscule Moment In Time)
She sat and watched the translucent orange leaf fall and with it every aspiration of her ego She noted the way the dull morning sun shone through it    Ego and leaf alike Her house is a happy one Sisters smile baking cakes when autumn appears Brothers smile when furtive grass rises in the spring Her life is a happy one She sat and watched the fire burn cutting her own hair and whistling Her song was happy too, as the dwindling dream faded and the afternoon moon shied away fears once ever present now vapour on crisp dewy winter evening breezes He sat and watched her trace faces in the air with a delicate finger And he drew her face in his mind with ease His self collapsing His house is a happy one Father smile playing raucous games in the summer epoch Mother smile huddled with baby on winter snapshot days His life is a happy one His words were happy too, as he scribbled on ragged notepads whilst the wind blew and so many newspapers broke free from the vendor by the statue (Though they can't shake that one impression of the world dematerialising before them and the prolonging of time in the interim ghost world of lost memories and sadness on DMT) I saw them rise on a January morning, lights cascading over treetops Flittering life and love combined in sun-drenched washed out skies watching them floating so high and their smiles were new stars a transcendent tenderness that I was in awe of and still am Repressed sadness manipulated into shapes when they made love in the sky Every bleak memory of their time dissipated and the cityscape below began to bloom All industry halted, a million stood and watched as new life radiated around them Convoluted linear time was now disrupted All events in history, happened simultaneously The birth and death of a cosmos Captured in a kiss
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Your Primrose blossomed in the Spring frothy petals in the light flared a brilliant hue your season to groom I stitched a garland to pair my green blades with your orbit, blushing from your radiant glare a satellite garnishing stray beams My doting shadow, enfiladed by the waxy glow of your stems, entrenched around your lurid stalk Vassal bands nestled below as the sultry air bore your fragrance to the tips of each driveling strand Growing in your rendered space light years from your radiant estate milk weeds fawned at your feet, but my encroaching shadow and twining sickles could not seal your comely face In just a few days, the light from your bright candle flittered its last beam your silky cheeks folded, not from winter's cold stare or the wind's shaking reins Unencumbered by my embrace, without flair or aplomb, you cast your gilded parasol to its shallow, un-dug grave A decaying, still life brand now shrouded my sodded feet
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May 16, 2014
May 16, 2014 at 8:18 PM UTC
Flittering Primrose: A Season of Unrequited Love
Bohemian dichotomies are like winding garden paths, where foxgloves and lupins stand proudly with a rich array of botanical flamboyance. What is the structure of this pervasive uncertainty, where conspiracy is a perpetual construct which is designed to interfere with anthropological cohesion? Consider the presence of a mature apple tree, where doves abide in ornithological matrimony. Let us humbly acknowledge that nature is a powerful beautician, who expels her adversities with gentle ruthlessness. Let us kiss together amidst this romantic pasture of nostalgic permission.
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Apr 3, 2014
Apr 3, 2014 at 11:03 PM UTC
Flittering Perspectives
The elephant is my religion I am the elephant A swarm of magic locusts Flittering into the sunset A maggots breath of hope This pact is my priority Sworn into secrecy to a spirit within myself Two thoughts becoming one Like a fairy on slippers of purity Humanity, a cycle of insanity Can we overcome the cotton candy Mystery of mountains in the trees? An elvish land of history Like heat upon the leaves Dilate the sight to see A cringing demon of flowers and seeds And bullfrog dances in circles round A night in the forest My night on the town.
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Nov 16, 2011
Nov 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM UTC
Screech Like Metal
The Brooklyn Bridge is an array of lights stretching limb to limb across the water. It slaps tiny sequins on the east river, as those give way on that anything but black and steady to blinking eyes on the barges and the flittering stingers of heliccopters zipping from cloud to cloud. This orchestra of human expansion reddens the black walls of my apartment, with light. The scratchy comforter and starch-hardened pillow scramble on my bed in a mess of rifts and fabric mountains. I love getting up in the middle of the night and staring out of this window, but when I go back to bed, the voices of the wasps, mournful barges, and falsetto of the old springs give way to thinking and restlessness.
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Nov 21, 2011
Nov 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM UTC
East River.
Thursday night is game night but Hasbro has never had this one right. Operation is not a game for ages four and up–maybe four, multiplied by four, add four, and up. Surgical mask on, Cavity Sam prepped, and tweezers waiting to the right of the operating table: I like to start with the Adam's apple– carve away any trace of my origins and they will never figure out who I am because, like my mother used to say to me, who is Eve without a blameless man. Then I move on to the butterflies in the stomach flittering and fluttering for a home that feels far more familiar but they cannot be caught, only drowned. Naturally, the broken heart follows but the problem with pulling that out is the never-ending-silence, white-noise-science, black-hole-giant, You know, the absence that predates writer's block– writer's cramp, sliding a pencil up your wrist like it's the (best kept) secret IV of an author. Is that the price of filling up your bread basket, going to bed full on recognition and reward and maybe even a Pulitzer Prize? Be careful not to trip up on your own ego or you just might end up with a wrenched ankle and water on the knee. I still have to deal with the wishbone, the split-in-two-gravestone, the only-one-of-us-is-leaving-here-happy zone. And finally, I have the spare ribs but I just might leave those there because we see what happened when God bothered to remove those the last time.
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Aug 1, 2016
Aug 1, 2016 at 3:37 PM UTC
Operation
While the children sleep I learn from my immediate elders who taught me the good, the bad and the ugly; however, my strength is hiding deep within. If only the pain weren’t so severe. An ugly duckling who suffers Verbal and physical abuse From the cool, pretty crowds of clueless incompetent? You with your tawny hair, they often shout Flat jacks with granny strap String beans without the lean So cruel; so mean those terrorist sounds That goes round and round on the playground While the children sleep through the night I play with night flyers Golden wings and friendly flittering smiles we dance, Into Twinkling lights of the meadow; Late at night without the feuds or the abuse of the inferiors I got teary eyes as I say farewell to my misty friends Bigotry and hatred, Playgrounds terror, Children of the cornfields rules the inner cities school Throughout kindergarten into high school You must process the Skill of a tiger, speed of a leopard Going to school going isn’t any fun anymore This is the day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: the The children are coming to birth and there is not strength To bring forth:(bibical)
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Apr 7, 2012
Apr 7, 2012 at 7:48 AM UTC
Strings bean without the lean