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"frumpy" poems
As Autumn approaches, my mind drifts to the decaying leaves, Halloween, the cool, crisp breeze... The communal understanding that eternal heaven comes only with death— that Summer must always go. And that beloved Autumn must always usher in bitter Winter who lays the foundations for an exalted Spring. Oh hell...I hope for a long Autumn, I want to make it stay— like a host who lectures his party guest for too long so he won't look at his watch. Oh how I need the frumpy sweaters and pumpkin heads on window sills! Oh how I need the billowing steam from milky beige cocoa, the misty light rain in the gray of the morning, the high canopy of fleshy red flakes! And echoes of children laughing as they eat candy on their way home from trick-or-treating—reminding me that life can be enjoyed with sacred rituals and good company. I need Autumn personified— a cool-headed, crackling-fireplace-girl. A quilt-maker, cloud-gazer, two-dogs-and-a-cat bookworm. Someone comforting like oatmeal. Someone surprising like the first day of school. I need Autumn. I need Autumn but it never seems to need me too.
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Sep 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018 at 9:23 PM UTC
Ah, Autumn...
He wrote in the mornings, she recited to him at night, He always made breakfast, she made dishes disappear, His garb was quite frumpy, and hers, made of spun gold, He struggled with fashion, song birds would dress her, He thought his poems looked best in moving candlelight, She made all the fires and lit candles with her eyes. Once, he was embarrassed and said to her, 'How can you live like this with me in a hovel?' She said it reminded her of Plato's Cave. At readings he looked out and saw sinking eyes, Now he has her read all his poems, it works Wonders that way, and after-parties are strange, Everyone keeps staring and asking for her Name.  She gives cryptic answers and winks At him.  The poet was running out of words And thought his days with her were waning. But she said her heart was kept in a precious Box of symbols, of words, only he could write.   She said that it was written in the sky, that poetry Was dying and that he was the cure.  He told Her that the stars were lost at night, and fading  While she sparkled unfailing, and many times They tasted each others tears, many times The world stopped spinning, he knew It was her, she felt it was him.  To all Others, their one bedroom flat was small, Yet to them, it was the Palace Athene.
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Jun 12, 2012
Jun 12, 2012 at 9:22 PM UTC
Poet & Goddess in a One Bedroom Flat
Elaine folds and unfolds a flowered handkerchief in her lap in the bus (the school bus) her sister beside her talking to her best friend Elaine knows the boy John sits near by she can see him if she leans over the seat top but she sits where she is feeling down and depressed she'll tell John when she can what they say the others Old Frumpy they call her her hand smooths the flowered handkerchief in her lap corners neat edges straight it is John's handkerchief he gave it when she cried the last time it was clean and unused when he gave smelt of soap and fresh air it absorbed her wet tears when held there and John said at that time the kiss was meant to show what I feel and she can (if she sits quietly) feel it still on her lips.
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Oct 15, 2014
Oct 15, 2014 at 1:58 AM UTC
ON LIPS.
The grey fox barks every evening, echoing the perimeter of its territory. The red fox cozies up next to the brook house making a friend with the inhabitant inside. The black bear sits its frumpy *** on the porch of a new homestead. The trees bend towards the Earth. Reminding each creature of its transient position.
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Sep 13, 2016
Sep 13, 2016 at 9:08 AM UTC
Movement
♀  ♀  ♀ Hey you! In the vagina-hat, frumpy feminist dressed in pink; we men (what do you make of that) would love to know just what you think. We've heard of "ass-hats", anyway. But we can see the other side: it's orificial bombs away as bridegrooms now behold the bride. Gynecology on parade: how weird. You think it makes your point? It's more a vaginal charade, and promises to disappoint. You say your cap evokes your ***** feline foolishness, I say. It's cat in bag when fems get fussy showing patriarchs the way. Show us yours and we'll show our own. Well actually, it's kind of cold to whip it out right here downtown... We'll grant you this: you chicks are bold. Your choice-aborted progeny, disposed of in the clinic's trash, might blame you for misogyny— though spared the curse of diaper rash. We'll keep abreast of all you do, chanting, marching, fists in air... yet still, you seem a silly crew aflush with zeal (and ***** hair). But must it always come to this: biology devoid of God ? Exteriorizing, hit and miss, the secrets of your aging ***
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Jan 23, 2017
Jan 23, 2017 at 9:42 AM UTC
Stoking the Pussyfires
There are many ways to break a person down: whether persistence, verbal or physical brutalizations. The worst type, by far, is the quick lash of the tounge. "That makes you look frumpy..." Or "You've really gained some weight." Things she categorizes and compartmentalizations into foreign areas of the mind. Weight is a shallow, low blow, she thought. However, the words slice harsher than any insult she's ever heard. ****** Ugly ***** Lonely big girl. That's the garbage thrown to her. What she needs is reassurance. Affirmations--pretty and pathetic-- that she should be comfortable in her own flesh. The very body she breathes in and carries is the one to be loved. Size 2 or 22, pants and dresses don't immortalize the true beauty of being. They don't capture the heart and soul. But most important of all, they have no ******* impact on the radiance one emits.
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Jul 12, 2014
Jul 12, 2014 at 2:27 AM UTC
Torn Apart
In the shadow of the great oak tree In a place not for you and me Found only with great luck Lived Riley the river duck You see Riley was frumpy And oh so grumpy How she was, was how she preferred To the point that it was absurd None of the other animals seemed to care That she was always holed up in there Wallowing in a puddle, her thoughts in a muddle And her dress, in such a mess On one brilliant summer day With the sun shining so bright and gay You see she always thought that she had such rotten luck For Riley yet again was stuck For what pickle is so fickle To make that duck, stuck What thought so meek To make this situation so dire and bleak While all the other animals were outside playing Riley was inside praying That she could come out But the problem was that she was filled with doubt One morning was particularly glorious And Riley was oh so furious That she dropped all her doubt And she tried for the first time to come out She stepped out and ruffled her feathers The power of the sun severing imaginary tethers And a smile spread across her face For she realised how beautiful was this place For now that she finally stepped out Of her excuses and self doubt All the animals greeted her with such zeal She realised that this must be how it is to finally feel Now a few days later According to the official dater She wasn’t grumpy, she wasn’t dire and she wasn’t a bore Riley wasn’t frumpy any more Everyone around her loved her, they couldn’t get enough For what a special duck she was, being holed up had made her tough Now Riley had finally learnt to be happy and be free And there began the jovial tale of Riley of the Great Oak Tree
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Sep 9, 2012
Sep 9, 2012 at 5:52 AM UTC
The Frumpy Tale Of Riley River Duck
In the shadow of the great oak tree In a place not for you and me Found only with great luck Lived Riley the river duck You see Riley was frumpy And oh so grumpy How she was, was how she preferred To the point that it was absurd None of the other animals seemed to care That she was always holed up in there Wallowing in a puddle, her thoughts in a muddle And her dress, in such a mess On one brilliant summer day With the sun shining so bright and gay You see she always thought that she had such rotten luck For Riley yet again was stuck For what pickle is so fickle To make that duck, stuck What thought so meek To make this situation so dire and bleak While all the other animals were outside playing Riley was inside praying That she could come out But the problem was that she was filled with doubt One morning was particularly glorious And Riley was oh so furious That she dropped all her doubt And she tried for the first time to come out She stepped out and ruffled her feathers The power of the sun severing imaginary tethers And a smile spread across her face For she realised how beautiful was this place For now that she finally stepped out Of her excuses and self doubt All the animals greeted her with such zeal She realised that this must be how it is to finally feel Now a few days later According to the official dater She wasn’t grumpy, she wasn’t dire and she wasn’t a bore Riley wasn’t frumpy any more Everyone around her loved her, they couldn’t get enough For what a special duck she was, being holed up had made her tough Now Riley had finally learnt to be happy and be free And there began the jovial tale of Riley of the Great Oak Tree
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No boy will ever want to **** me if I forget to put on makeup in the mornings lips red as Eve's forbidden fruit succulent enough to bite tongue devour go down cuz my nose don't look so My-Big-Fat-Greek-Wedding mountainous-side-profile when it's caked in highlighter if I have short hair because short hair means I'll look too masculine in the ninth grade I had a pixie cut faith trust pixie dust I could feel my light burning out (I never did believe in myself) if I'm not thin starve binge purge two finger diet VSCO diet have you seen the lovely girls on the internet in their tight bodysuits Coke Zero figures MVP VIP they'll get first access to his **** if I'm a ***** cuz how will anyone know what you've really got to flaunt when you have to wear a uniform to school frumpy plaid kilt white polo shirt every button a barrier like the notches on his belt tie coiled a noose around your neck every casual day I wear fishnet stockings ***** necklines with push up bras even though I'm already a D cuz I gotta get that D gotta compensate for being a ****** somehow if I don't shave my legs stomach ***** three days before high school graduation I bought a thong and got my first Brazilian wax even though I didn't have still don't have a boyfriend but I wanted him to be my boyfriend thought I should be prepared thought maybe when he saw me clad in cleavage periwinkle floor-length gown blue Converse peeking out from underneath the tulle I'd be his Belle of the Ball that he'd take me **** me love me but how could any boy ever love me in all of my warped-perspective grief-possessive passive-aggressive self-obsessive manic-depressive glory how could any boy ever love me after reading this poem?
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Dec 23, 2018
Dec 23, 2018 at 9:51 PM UTC
Beast of Burden
No boy will ever want to **** me if I forget to put on makeup in the mornings lips red as Eve's forbidden fruit succulent enough to bite tongue devour go down cuz my nose don't look so My-Big-Fat-Greek-Wedding mountainous-side-profile when it's caked in highlighter if I have short hair because short hair means I'll look too masculine in the ninth grade I had a pixie cut faith trust pixie dust I could feel my light burning out (I never did believe in myself) if I'm not thin starve binge purge two finger diet VSCO diet have you seen the lovely girls on the internet in their tight bodysuits Coke Zero figures MVP VIP they'll get first access to his **** if I'm a ***** cuz how will anyone know what you've really got to flaunt when you have to wear a uniform to school frumpy plaid kilt white polo shirt every button a barrier like the notches on his belt tie coiled a noose around your neck every casual day I wear fishnet stockings ***** necklines with push up bras even though I'm already a D cuz I gotta get that D gotta compensate for being a ****** somehow if I don't shave my legs stomach ***** three days before high school graduation I bought a thong and got my first Brazilian wax even though I didn't have still don't have a boyfriend but I wanted him to be my boyfriend thought I should be prepared thought maybe when he saw me clad in cleavage periwinkle floor-length gown blue Converse peeking out from underneath the tulle I'd be his Belle of the Ball that he'd take me **** me love me but how could any boy ever love me in all of my warped-perspective grief-possessive passive-aggressive self-obsessive manic-depressive glory how could any boy ever love me after reading this poem?
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For background - read "The Frumpy Tale of Riley River Duck" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the frigid winters of June With the snow scattering over the crystal lagoon Puffy white frost pillows covered the ground The sunshine making them glitter all around Riley sat with a piping hot cup of tea Conversing eloquently with Cecelia the flea The happy duck sat, blankets covering her slick feathers Helping her brave even the harshest weathers Out of nowhere came a huge “thump” Causing Riley to jump She waddled to the window Just to see a cloud of dust and kindle An avalanche slowly slithered along The beast heaved, wicked and strong Flicking up ice, draping the sun with a gown Speckling, flickering and finally glittering down Outside came a muffled scream It could’ve been from a dream Riley rushed outside With the sun her only guide She saw a **** of snow wiggle and grow How was anyone to know? That the avalanche had awoken an animal Cory the angry camel See the snow and lumber Woke him up from his slumber   Along with the snow, his temper seemed to grow And his **** was in a frump Riley waddled out To settle this bout She pleaded and reasoned him to see That the snow was very fun to throw All the animals of the Great Oak Tree crowded around the fight Till the day turned into night Cory was smiling and laughing, his mood lifted As his big hooves sifted He lifted up a snowball, and threw it into the sky Riley could only watch it fly… It hit her in the beak So her mouth was too cold to speak She looked in shock As Cory ran amok The camel had won the fight Just as the day turned to night The day came to an end And Cory couldn’t help but pretend That he wasn’t happy that he won Throwing snow was very fun Riley saved the day In the late winters of May She took Cory into her house Quiet as a mouse….
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Mar 10, 2013
Mar 10, 2013 at 1:20 PM UTC
The Jovial Tales of Riley of the Great Oak Tree: Part 1: Winter
For background - read "The Frumpy Tale of Riley River Duck" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the frigid winters of June With the snow scattering over the crystal lagoon Puffy white frost pillows covered the ground The sunshine making them glitter all around Riley sat with a piping hot cup of tea Conversing eloquently with Cecelia the flea The happy duck sat, blankets covering her slick feathers Helping her brave even the harshest weathers Out of nowhere came a huge “thump” Causing Riley to jump She waddled to the window Just to see a cloud of dust and kindle An avalanche slowly slithered along The beast heaved, wicked and strong Flicking up ice, draping the sun with a gown Speckling, flickering and finally glittering down Outside came a muffled scream It could’ve been from a dream Riley rushed outside With the sun her only guide She saw a **** of snow wiggle and grow How was anyone to know? That the avalanche had awoken an animal Cory the angry camel See the snow and lumber Woke him up from his slumber   Along with the snow, his temper seemed to grow And his **** was in a frump Riley waddled out To settle this bout She pleaded and reasoned him to see That the snow was very fun to throw All the animals of the Great Oak Tree crowded around the fight Till the day turned into night Cory was smiling and laughing, his mood lifted As his big hooves sifted He lifted up a snowball, and threw it into the sky Riley could only watch it fly… It hit her in the beak So her mouth was too cold to speak She looked in shock As Cory ran amok The camel had won the fight Just as the day turned to night The day came to an end And Cory couldn’t help but pretend That he wasn’t happy that he won Throwing snow was very fun Riley saved the day In the late winters of May She took Cory into her house Quiet as a mouse….
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The frumpy ragamuffin is discombobulated And throws together an out fit She dawns a fur coat in the middle of July And begins to eat Alpo She exfoliates her feet with a cheese grater The top notch tuba player with a hook for a hand suffers from bed sores and an over active pituitary gland I ask him what the difference is between reasons and excuses He seems to be dancing around the question But answers in a round about way Implying that one is organic and natural while the other is genetically modified and man made It's zero hour As I look at the broken coo coo clocks And the rainbow colored rocks The ragamuffin presumptuously tells me that no one benefits from doubt   Then calls my friend a bed wetter And tells us she must go to feed her Venus flytraps She storms back towards her laboratory I wonder what she could possibly do in there I'm dying to know I'm on the edge of my seat With one foot in the grave The tuba player returns wrapped in an electric blanket He tells us he's just suffered from sleep paralysis "It's a dead zone, can't get a signal" He goes on to say that blind faith is is a stepping stone to the truth A game of William Tell, a stab in the dark A round of Blind man's bluff with Marco Polo Testing the waters is a building block of wisdom And a clean bill of health is corner stone of a happy life That you have to pay for out of pocket when playing the field And we are the choices we've made incarnate Now, the ragamuffin and the tuba player come once more To tell us the mind is as incorruptible as the soul But the body will bow to time and wither away They then walk backwards, back to where ever they came
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Jun 8, 2014
Jun 8, 2014 at 8:52 PM UTC
Infer and Imagine
The frumpy ragamuffin is discombobulated And throws together an out fit She dawns a fur coat in the middle of July And begins to eat Alpo She exfoliates her feet with a cheese grater The top notch tuba player with a hook for a hand suffers from bed sores and an over active pituitary gland I ask him what the difference is between reasons and excuses He seems to be dancing around the question But answers in a round about way Implying that one is organic and natural while the other is genetically modified and man made It's zero hour As I look at the broken coo coo clocks And the rainbow colored rocks The ragamuffin presumptuously tells me that no one benefits from doubt   Then calls my friend a bed wetter And tells us she must go to feed her Venus flytraps She storms back towards her laboratory I wonder what she could possibly do in there I'm dying to know I'm on the edge of my seat With one foot in the grave The tuba player returns wrapped in an electric blanket He tells us he's just suffered from sleep paralysis "It's a dead zone, can't get a signal" He goes on to say that blind faith is is a stepping stone to the truth A game of William Tell, a stab in the dark A round of Blind man's bluff with Marco Polo Testing the waters is a building block of wisdom And a clean bill of health is corner stone of a happy life That you have to pay for out of pocket when playing the field And we are the choices we've made incarnate Now, the ragamuffin and the tuba player come once more To tell us the mind is as incorruptible as the soul But the body will bow to time and wither away They then walk backwards, back to where ever they came
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Weakness is a nuisance that travels alongside everyone, similar to the skin on their very backs- It holds you down when you need to fly and keeps you there in that dark place that you have tried so hard to escape from. It turns those always-glimmering eyes Into lumps of coal sunken in your face; It rearranges that toothy grin into a less than impressive frumpy slant plastered below your nose. Oh, don't you see? It turns your gleaming aura into a dark, black vortex of emptiness. Weakness is a nuisance that consumes you- weakness is you.
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Jul 12, 2015
Jul 12, 2015 at 3:44 PM UTC
Weakness
She'd slept bad. Thoughts of John invaded her head as she lay in bed. She'd hugged her Teddy close; kissed him pretending. Stroked Teddy's head, his arms, kissed him repeatedly. Her sister snored. Her sister talked in her sleep. Elaine wished for morning. Wished for dawn's light and birdsong; wanted John there in her bed; in her head. Breakfast was a chore; she didn't want to eat; her mother said she had to: none of that slimming nonsense. She ate feeling full, feeling ill. Lovesick her father said jokingly. Her mother was not amused, said just a slimming thing. Elaine ate and mused dully. Wondered if John would kiss her again. Did she want him to? She didn't know; half yes, half no. The kiss made her feel out of her comfort zone; made her feel unknown feelings; buzzes in her ***** She sipped the lukewarm tea: sugary sweet, drowned in milk. Her sister chatted about boys and what so and so did. Her mother said boys were not for breakfast talk. Her father said Elaine -his Frumpy hen- didn't need to slim, was OK as she was. Elaine wanted John; wanted a kiss; wanted him to touch; a little not over much.
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May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015 at 3:47 AM UTC
ELAINE SLEPT BAD.
Wonderland by Michael R. Burch We stood, kids of the Lamb, to put to test the beatific anthems of the blessed, the sentence of the martyr, and the pen’s sincere religion. Magnified, the lens shot back absurd reflections of each face— a carnival-like mirror. In the space between the silver backing and the glass, we caught a glimpse of Joan, a frumpy lass who never brushed her hair or teeth, and failed to pass on GO, and frequently was jailed for awe’s beliefs. Like Alice, she grew wee to fit the door, then couldn’t lift the key. We failed the test, and so the jury’s hung. In Oz, “The Witch is Dead” ranks number one. Keywords/Tags: Alice, Wonderland, Joan, Arc, martyr, blessed, beatific, religion, witch, Oz, carnival, mirror, lens, jury, kids, lamb, beliefs, faith, sonnet
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Mar 28, 2020
Mar 28, 2020 at 3:22 AM UTC
Wonderland
He wrote in the mornings, she recited to him at night, He always made breakfast, she made dishes disappear, His garb was quite frumpy, and hers, made of spun gold, He struggled with fashion, song birds would dress her, He thought his poems looked best in moving candlelight, She made all the fires and lit candles with her eyes. Once, he was embarrassed and said to her, 'How can you live like this with me in a hovel?' She said it reminded her of Plato's Cave. At readings he looked out and saw sinking eyes, Now he has her read all his poems, it works Wonders that way, and after-parties are strange, Everyone keeps staring and asking for her Name. She gives cryptic answers and winks At him. The poet was running out of words And thought his days with her were waning. But she said her heart was kept in a precious Box of symbols, of words, only he could write. She said that it was written in the sky, that poetry Was dying and that he was the cure. He told Her that the stars were lost at night, and fading While she sparkled unfailing, and many times They tasted each others tears, many times The world stopped spinning, he knew It was her, she felt it was him. To all Others, their one bedroom flat was small, Yet to them, it was the Palace Athene.
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Feb 14, 2013
Feb 14, 2013 at 3:07 PM UTC
Poet & Goddess in a One Bedroom Flat
i waited on you for weeks calling and cooing frumpy fighting i need you to know that heros hug champions challenge i waited to get wet slippery and soapy licking lickless wounds you kick up your knee gracefully and gently hairy horror firsted hey let me lead you up siz-zag undulations of angles gracefully grazing carpet us two darling let me lightly place you upon the undone bed shovel self in down.pillows dreaming of each other sweaty and this is where im going to break the poetic form youve told me. and i you. you know where and how to find me when we are writhing and flipping around and ill pick you up off the top of that news stand again JUST JUMP i yell and you most certainly oblige once more and that hug that one that i was talking about earlier the enclosure all encompassing will be the act that save me from the last week the goose pimple that perk all about will make every single shift from thigh to knee relevant propelling ourselves skyward and floating now come with me i know this one place terrific tapas
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Apr 12, 2013
Apr 12, 2013 at 6:13 PM UTC
soaps suds.shaving.sects.sleep
Perhaps The Muse, the White Goddess, Erato, Melpomene, Rhiannon, Ceridwen, becomes, one day, a late middle-aged woman with muffin-tops, stuffed into yoga pants she should know better than to wear in public. No matter. Even frumpy, she remains divine, alluring, luminescent, beyond the constraints of mundane fashion, the sharp edges of mortal flesh, Still whispering beauty in the awestruck poet's ear.   ~mce
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Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015 at 4:39 AM UTC
Fear Not Time, Ladies
I was dragged out of trees, off ropeswings away from friends every single Sunday of my youth. The big grey church filled with frumpy hatted snobs lit through windows covered in incomprehensible verse held neither wonder, peace nor fascination. Long, agonising sits, trying not to giggle with my brothers and praying only for the ordeal to end did little to fill me with reverence. But there was a place. There was a building in whose hallowed hush I felt the truth of awe, a place where universes were revealed, imagination ignited, questions answered clearly and not with twenty tons of sludgy obfuscation. The library. I loved it even before I could read, and afterwards, well - it still seems incredible that such a place could exist. Time passes. And the fact that the powdered old cows can still fill the church each Sunday, fill the collection plates, sing their ****** songs and go, while rows of empty shelves gather dust in the ghost of the library simply makes me want to weep.
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Mar 30, 2011
Mar 30, 2011 at 11:37 AM UTC
Closure
. He wrote in the mornings, she recited to him at night, He always made breakfast, she made dishes disappear, His garb was quite frumpy, and hers, made of spun gold, He struggled with fashion, song birds would dress her, He thought his poems looked best in moving candlelight, She made all the fires and lit candles with her eyes. Once, he was embarrassed and said to her, 'How can you live like this with me in a hovel?' She said it reminded her of Plato's Cave. At readings he looked out and saw sinking eyes, Now he has her read all his poems, it works Wonders that way, and after-parties are strange, Everyone keeps staring and asking for her Name.  She gives cryptic answers and winks At him.  The poet was running out of words And thought his days with her were waning. But she said her heart was kept in a precious Box of symbols, of words, only he could write.   She said that it was written in the sky, that poetry Was dying and that he was the cure.  He told Her that the stars were lost at night, and fading While she sparkled unfailing, and many times They tasted each others tears, many times The world stopped spinning, he knew It was her, she felt it was him.  To all Others, their one bedroom flat was small, Yet to them, it was the Palace Athene.
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Apr 8, 2017
Apr 8, 2017 at 3:07 PM UTC
Poet & Goddess in a One Bedroom Flat
Dumpy semi-feminine somethings, ambling rotund wrecks of time – wraiths of increased girth and grayness; womanhood unsublime… Where the dignity in aging ? Where a minimal decorum? Could you not yet bear some vestige presentable in public forum? All I see are jowly short-hairs: Dressed to dullness, clipped-face mean. Form subsumed by frumpy function; drab routine. Surely God has taken vengeance stealing thus your womanhood. Is this sloth? Or liberation …misunderstood. Other cultures guard some glory, seem to age with more élan: picture nomads, desert queens of Mythistan. Chiseled faces, sculpted hard by time and faith and fate and God lines unsoftened by abundance I applaud. The Godless West lays waste to glory. Is our ease of life to blame? Casual geriatric matrons bring us shame. Is it North American only? Is this just genetic traits? All such mortal non-description insults the fates.
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Apr 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016 at 9:32 PM UTC
Casually Sensibly Clad
All the way Down to the homemade earth I feel and feel reality Art is not a layer, it is the necklace on the neck lacing the neck of the face It has eyes it is so real it is a mirror the child, all the way through the water to the most key most pure Nature the deep so pure it is the most clearly brown the light has never worn smooth and flawless, it is so dim so grey it is a shade of dark rock it does not need beauty, it is beautiful it does not need shielding, it is shaded from its mountain shadow the land it's frumpy and a shade of dirt the most thing is old it is the most creative of us all, never drifting from little and big shapes the sentiment, wonder, god will always taste it he will not grow weary of the cliff view they sky looks itself in the mirror a bowl of ocean water leaning over hands holding the east and west banks Earth living on earth doesn't know Earth tries to do the dishes there and sinks in Sky chooses to wash his hands there instead of in the dirt but discovers they are the same
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Aug 5, 2013
Aug 5, 2013 at 12:38 AM UTC
smooth of the leaf
Your Biggest Fan: A Hoadley Story In the time of my life when dreams come true When I was so immature and learning to live Being an early adult is always so hard And draining in ever-ry regard With a glimpse of fate And a gift to me Came a beautiful princess In a flowery summer-dress I stumbled into your life, you stumbled into mine With a shaky start you taught me so much I grew and grew and thought it through really hard And finally let down my guard I fell back into the roses of being in your arms And embraced the soft sweet scented petals Where everything was beautiful And I couldn’t help but feel dutiful The soft colours and sweet scented world That you’re so familiar with Got brighter more and on display When I began to see you every day That little ember in my belly Just below all the butter-flies Exploded into a roaring fire Filling me with a burning desire I’d trap myself in a dream As long as it’s just you and me Where we’ll visit exotic lands And be happy just holding hands I want to protect you to never see you hurt To never see your eyes turn grey To never see tears roll down Or to ever witness a frumpy frown I’d shift that mood like the time in the car When we sat and listened to Noah and the Whale And we both thought the same thought About the happiness each other brought You’ll achieve everything you’ve ever dreamed Your heart the real House of Hope I believe in you so much you see You really are the one for me So smile for me it’s an amazing gift One that asks for nothing back in return I asked the gift of being your man Because you see, I really am your biggest fan...
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Feb 7, 2013
Feb 7, 2013 at 1:43 PM UTC
Your Biggest Fan: A Hoadley Story
Your Biggest Fan: A Hoadley Story In the time of my life when dreams come true When I was so immature and learning to live Being an early adult is always so hard And draining in ever-ry regard With a glimpse of fate And a gift to me Came a beautiful princess In a flowery summer-dress I stumbled into your life, you stumbled into mine With a shaky start you taught me so much I grew and grew and thought it through really hard And finally let down my guard I fell back into the roses of being in your arms And embraced the soft sweet scented petals Where everything was beautiful And I couldn’t help but feel dutiful The soft colours and sweet scented world That you’re so familiar with Got brighter more and on display When I began to see you every day That little ember in my belly Just below all the butter-flies Exploded into a roaring fire Filling me with a burning desire I’d trap myself in a dream As long as it’s just you and me Where we’ll visit exotic lands And be happy just holding hands I want to protect you to never see you hurt To never see your eyes turn grey To never see tears roll down Or to ever witness a frumpy frown I’d shift that mood like the time in the car When we sat and listened to Noah and the Whale And we both thought the same thought About the happiness each other brought You’ll achieve everything you’ve ever dreamed Your heart the real House of Hope I believe in you so much you see You really are the one for me So smile for me it’s an amazing gift One that asks for nothing back in return I asked the gift of being your man Because you see, I really am your biggest fan...
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This cabin smells damp Tucked away in the timber Backroaded Secluded Welcome to Deer Camp It was wintertime And we had to *** Into a tube in the wall PVC I’m at that awkward age Not lanky But frumpy and weird So hand me a rifle For the slaughter Of a creature I revered Man, what we do To make our fathers proud My secret was I hated guns And loved boys I really only went on this trip Because I heard that John Grilled some mean potatoes Accented with caramelized Onions and garlic The rumors were true The fire crackles Against a sky Of light blue I watched these men Bearded and loud Would I ever be like them? Did I want to be? My quiet heart Felt alien A freak I wasn’t a hunter Instead I gathered A harvest of me Thoughts and emotions Into a cauldron Of poetry But I kept that part Hidden Tucked away For another day The men in their Camouflage attire Yawn as the sun sets I try to fit Into the cabin We retire The lantern’s light Flickers across The walls of the room Sam’s Club candy For dessert Distant thunder Booms It was bedtime And a storm was rolling In the atmosphere and in My head full of fear Can someone please Get me out of here I cried from my cot “Please take me home” My dad glared What a disappointing Drive that was Have I ever not Let you down? I think As blankly ahead I stared We pull into the driveway Ignition turns off Headlamps extinguish He unlocks the door By the light of the moon I feel Relief and anguish Mom was annoyed This was supposed to be Her weekend alone Grieving the death Of her own mother She hugs me While wiping A tear from her Cheekbone Steel Magnolias And a box of Kleenex I ruined that You brought a fairy To deer camp What did you expect?
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Oct 1, 2022
Oct 1, 2022 at 12:54 AM UTC
Deer Camp
This cabin smells damp Tucked away in the timber Backroaded Secluded Welcome to Deer Camp It was wintertime And we had to *** Into a tube in the wall PVC I’m at that awkward age Not lanky But frumpy and weird So hand me a rifle For the slaughter Of a creature I revered Man, what we do To make our fathers proud My secret was I hated guns And loved boys I really only went on this trip Because I heard that John Grilled some mean potatoes Accented with caramelized Onions and garlic The rumors were true The fire crackles Against a sky Of light blue I watched these men Bearded and loud Would I ever be like them? Did I want to be? My quiet heart Felt alien A freak I wasn’t a hunter Instead I gathered A harvest of me Thoughts and emotions Into a cauldron Of poetry But I kept that part Hidden Tucked away For another day The men in their Camouflage attire Yawn as the sun sets I try to fit Into the cabin We retire The lantern’s light Flickers across The walls of the room Sam’s Club candy For dessert Distant thunder Booms It was bedtime And a storm was rolling In the atmosphere and in My head full of fear Can someone please Get me out of here I cried from my cot “Please take me home” My dad glared What a disappointing Drive that was Have I ever not Let you down? I think As blankly ahead I stared We pull into the driveway Ignition turns off Headlamps extinguish He unlocks the door By the light of the moon I feel Relief and anguish Mom was annoyed This was supposed to be Her weekend alone Grieving the death Of her own mother She hugs me While wiping A tear from her Cheekbone Steel Magnolias And a box of Kleenex I ruined that You brought a fairy To deer camp What did you expect?
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He wrote in the mornings, she recited to him at night, He always made breakfast, she made dishes disappear, His garb was quite frumpy, and hers, made of spun gold, He struggled with fashion, song birds would dress her, He thought his poems looked best in moving candlelight, She made all the fires and lit candles with her eyes. Once, he was embarrassed and said to her, 'How can you live like this with me in a hovel?' She said it reminded her of Plato's Cave. At readings he looked out and saw sinking eyes, Now he has her read all his poems, it works Wonders that way, and after-parties are strange, Everyone keeps staring and asking for her Name. She gives cryptic answers and winks At him. The poet was running out of words And thought his days with her were waning. But she said her heart was kept in a precious Box of symbols, of words, only he could write. She said that it was written in the sky, that poetry Was dying and that he was the cure. He told Her that the stars were lost at night, and fading While she sparkled unfailing, and many times They tasted each others tears, many times The world stopped spinning, he knew It was her, she felt it was him. To all Others, their one bedroom flat was small, Yet to them, it was the Palace Athene.
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Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 2012 at 8:56 PM UTC
Poet and Goddess in a One Bedroom Flat