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"george" poems
That workaholic lady who's always on call, keeping up with the market fall. That newly married lady with chunky red bangles, returning to her father's big castles. That person who's scared to get lapse, so stays active on the google maps. That person who swings like a kid at the back door, Or the one who perform calisthenics on an empty floor. That next door girl with a red lipstick, flicking her shinny hair & gossiping with her clique, That dreamer gazing outside the window, That overworked soul dozing on his elbow. That 21st century kid, listening to Eminem & playing video games. Or That 90’s kid, listening to Jenga Boys & playing outdoor games. That banker with a big fat stomach, filled with his beautiful wife’s love. That lady who eats like a thief, in her big fat bag hiding a beef. That old man who can’t stand Bombay's winding turns. That granny spotting & criticing  every fashion trends. That man who has Raju Rastogi’s concerns, thinking & chanting for earns & returns. Those kids who believe their job is to fill the voids in a battlefield, in the still crowd surpassing like electrons into a magnetic field. That lady sitting under cold seat like a glacial, than standing with 7kgs in a crowded central, & tryna stay sane listening to George Michael. That geek who switchs from Linkedin to Arjun Reddy, when the masses flee into the scenery. That trader crunching numbers so rapidly, when the stock prices go down hourly. That person on the last seat, diagressing from work & gazing around, soaking in her pashmina, with a career newfound.
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Jul 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 at 1:35 AM UTC
Your's truly, Travelogue.
That workaholic lady who's always on call, keeping up with the market fall. That newly married lady with chunky red bangles, returning to her father's big castles. That person who's scared to get lapse, so stays active on the google maps. That person who swings like a kid at the back door, Or the one who perform calisthenics on an empty floor. That next door girl with a red lipstick, flicking her shinny hair & gossiping with her clique, That dreamer gazing outside the window, That overworked soul dozing on his elbow. That 21st century kid, listening to Eminem & playing video games. Or That 90’s kid, listening to Jenga Boys & playing outdoor games. That banker with a big fat stomach, filled with his beautiful wife’s love. That lady who eats like a thief, in her big fat bag hiding a beef. That old man who can’t stand Bombay's winding turns. That granny spotting & criticing  every fashion trends. That man who has Raju Rastogi’s concerns, thinking & chanting for earns & returns. Those kids who believe their job is to fill the voids in a battlefield, in the still crowd surpassing like electrons into a magnetic field. That lady sitting under cold seat like a glacial, than standing with 7kgs in a crowded central, & tryna stay sane listening to George Michael. That geek who switchs from Linkedin to Arjun Reddy, when the masses flee into the scenery. That trader crunching numbers so rapidly, when the stock prices go down hourly. That person on the last seat, diagressing from work & gazing around, soaking in her pashmina, with a career newfound.
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Phone in your home Phone with you on the road Three way connections Incoming calls, not one, but another-aka call waiting Phones with caller ID Cordless phones Hands free phones Toothy phones sticking out of people's ears Picture phones...say cheese! Phone texting instead of talking Hello? I cannot hear you! Television and movies in your home DVD players in your car Watch those images on your computer Watch them on your cell phone Television in the airport Television in the restaurant Television at the gas pump Television in the grocery store line What's next? Television in the operating room? Music on your home stereo Music on your car radio Store it all on your traveling ipod Melodious cell phone rings everywhere Your mp3 player and new computer speakers Your favorite cable music channels And plenty of music blasted in the stores Can't I just have a thought to myself? Don't forget computers! Instant messaging Junk mail in cyberspace All your shows and movies always at your instant access Computer dating Computer stalkers and hacking Computer crashes I foresee because computer bugs and viruses are trying to invade my soul! And I feel sick! I can't get that music out of my head! I think my ears are ringing! You've heard of couch potatoes I think I'm a mouse potato! How is that for a human spud? Yes, I admit I'm addicted to my PC! That I spend more time with technology than I do with the human race! I should be burnt out like old hardware that is on extreme overload Not made of wires and steel but of flesh and blood I am designed! But I can't stop!!! The technology of the future is now here! I know what George Jetson was saying when he said: JANE! GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY THING!
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Aug 12, 2010
Aug 12, 2010 at 1:46 PM UTC
Technology Treadmill
Phone in your home Phone with you on the road Three way connections Incoming calls, not one, but another-aka call waiting Phones with caller ID Cordless phones Hands free phones Toothy phones sticking out of people's ears Picture phones...say cheese! Phone texting instead of talking Hello? I cannot hear you! Television and movies in your home DVD players in your car Watch those images on your computer Watch them on your cell phone Television in the airport Television in the restaurant Television at the gas pump Television in the grocery store line What's next? Television in the operating room? Music on your home stereo Music on your car radio Store it all on your traveling ipod Melodious cell phone rings everywhere Your mp3 player and new computer speakers Your favorite cable music channels And plenty of music blasted in the stores Can't I just have a thought to myself? Don't forget computers! Instant messaging Junk mail in cyberspace All your shows and movies always at your instant access Computer dating Computer stalkers and hacking Computer crashes I foresee because computer bugs and viruses are trying to invade my soul! And I feel sick! I can't get that music out of my head! I think my ears are ringing! You've heard of couch potatoes I think I'm a mouse potato! How is that for a human spud? Yes, I admit I'm addicted to my PC! That I spend more time with technology than I do with the human race! I should be burnt out like old hardware that is on extreme overload Not made of wires and steel but of flesh and blood I am designed! But I can't stop!!! The technology of the future is now here! I know what George Jetson was saying when he said: JANE! GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY THING!
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We perpetuate heartbreak culture, teaching girls the man who holds her loves her despite the bruises, or it was her fault; she looked older. We fetishes shoulders, prize youth from the young in return for pre-chewed gum, swallowing down the same tired ideals from those who still wield them like flags, waving their patriotism on poles of bone before a throne of medieval ******** They chant mantras with beer stained breath about how 'our' country 'bested' the rest, but what about the brutality? The blood split on foreign soil in return for prehistoric oil? Our land is deemed pure so long as the violence on our hands never reaches our shores, but the ocean is red and staining our sands. How can you have pride in a country who's sole identity is based off having the worlds largest navy? Congratulations. You bombed your way through countless continents, collecting cultures to gather dust on pedestals and alters We sin on Sundays, drink till we're ****** then wave at the seven deadly's (they don't apply to us here). We teach preschoolers nationalism before they can walk, indoctrinate our children before they can talk. George killed the dragon. Hood gave to the poor. we all jumped on the bandwagon before we realised the princess had no choice and the rich still ruled. There was no voice in the tale for those whose wail could be ignored. What about those without lines in the script? Those kicked to the curb, then kicked from it? Our pavements have no room for nonconformists, they're tailored to for same mind, same mindless wanderer, squandering on the lasted polyesters even though that mouth on the street hasn't eaten in over a week. 'God save the Queen' from the vermin; the homeless have been tossed out of the trash. Why help them when you could save your cash by turning a blind? After all, out of sight, out of mind. Welcome to England, we hope you like what you find Because we’re not changing it.
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May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 at 5:02 PM UTC
Britain
We perpetuate heartbreak culture, teaching girls the man who holds her loves her despite the bruises, or it was her fault; she looked older. We fetishes shoulders, prize youth from the young in return for pre-chewed gum, swallowing down the same tired ideals from those who still wield them like flags, waving their patriotism on poles of bone before a throne of medieval ******** They chant mantras with beer stained breath about how 'our' country 'bested' the rest, but what about the brutality? The blood split on foreign soil in return for prehistoric oil? Our land is deemed pure so long as the violence on our hands never reaches our shores, but the ocean is red and staining our sands. How can you have pride in a country who's sole identity is based off having the worlds largest navy? Congratulations. You bombed your way through countless continents, collecting cultures to gather dust on pedestals and alters We sin on Sundays, drink till we're ****** then wave at the seven deadly's (they don't apply to us here). We teach preschoolers nationalism before they can walk, indoctrinate our children before they can talk. George killed the dragon. Hood gave to the poor. we all jumped on the bandwagon before we realised the princess had no choice and the rich still ruled. There was no voice in the tale for those whose wail could be ignored. What about those without lines in the script? Those kicked to the curb, then kicked from it? Our pavements have no room for nonconformists, they're tailored to for same mind, same mindless wanderer, squandering on the lasted polyesters even though that mouth on the street hasn't eaten in over a week. 'God save the Queen' from the vermin; the homeless have been tossed out of the trash. Why help them when you could save your cash by turning a blind? After all, out of sight, out of mind. Welcome to England, we hope you like what you find Because we’re not changing it.
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The shopping channel calls to me It wakes me up at night To sell me things I do not need Nor would buy, if I was right But apparently, there's something wrong My brain should be re-wired I only purchase things on here When I am really over-tired I have a room specifically For things bought on TV I've ginsu knives and shredding blades And juicers!!!...ninety three!! For some reason the kitchen things Just seem to catch my eye Especially at three a.m. That's the time I need to buy I've magic bullets by the score Processors,  I don't need But, if I ever put them all to use... An army I could feed I've got socks for diabetics Things to make your ******* stand out I've got exercise machines galore I've got three things that help gout! My credit card's at the limit I know the numbers off by heart The post man knows me by my name I even have my own **** cart To deliver all my purchases They just load it and deliver It almost comes here by itself It's enough to make one shiver I don't know how it started I think the countdown clock...ah, yes I thought it meant the game was ending I phoned in and bought a dress!!! I've got jewellery by Joan Rivers George Foreman grills...they fill my den I've got perfumes for the women And lots of things that make you men! My wife cannot contain me She's sent me off to get some aid But, if they sell it on the telly I'll buy it sure as getting laid I've bedazzled all my clothing I eat dried fruit and jerky too I get Christmas cards from Ronco I'm a shopping ****** through and through Each month we have a garage sale I sell off some of what I've bought But, then I go and buy it back again Without a second thought My friends have all but left me I rarely go out of the house I just sit here and go shopping I don't even see my spouse Set it and Forget it That's a phrase I love to say But wait, there's more...is another one That helps me through the day I used the last one on my wife One night while having *** She told me "Set it and Forget It" I'm off to dreamland Tex!! My shopping's an addiction One I hope to beat some day But now, the operator says... I have to get my card and pay!
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Jul 2, 2012
Jul 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM UTC
Shopping addict
The shopping channel calls to me It wakes me up at night To sell me things I do not need Nor would buy, if I was right But apparently, there's something wrong My brain should be re-wired I only purchase things on here When I am really over-tired I have a room specifically For things bought on TV I've ginsu knives and shredding blades And juicers!!!...ninety three!! For some reason the kitchen things Just seem to catch my eye Especially at three a.m. That's the time I need to buy I've magic bullets by the score Processors,  I don't need But, if I ever put them all to use... An army I could feed I've got socks for diabetics Things to make your ******* stand out I've got exercise machines galore I've got three things that help gout! My credit card's at the limit I know the numbers off by heart The post man knows me by my name I even have my own **** cart To deliver all my purchases They just load it and deliver It almost comes here by itself It's enough to make one shiver I don't know how it started I think the countdown clock...ah, yes I thought it meant the game was ending I phoned in and bought a dress!!! I've got jewellery by Joan Rivers George Foreman grills...they fill my den I've got perfumes for the women And lots of things that make you men! My wife cannot contain me She's sent me off to get some aid But, if they sell it on the telly I'll buy it sure as getting laid I've bedazzled all my clothing I eat dried fruit and jerky too I get Christmas cards from Ronco I'm a shopping ****** through and through Each month we have a garage sale I sell off some of what I've bought But, then I go and buy it back again Without a second thought My friends have all but left me I rarely go out of the house I just sit here and go shopping I don't even see my spouse Set it and Forget it That's a phrase I love to say But wait, there's more...is another one That helps me through the day I used the last one on my wife One night while having *** She told me "Set it and Forget It" I'm off to dreamland Tex!! My shopping's an addiction One I hope to beat some day But now, the operator says... I have to get my card and pay!
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Following are several translations of the 'Old Pond' poem, which may be the most famous of all haiku: Furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto -- Basho Literal Translation Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya, ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into) mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound) The old pond-- a frog jumps in, sound of water. Translated by Robert Hass Old pond... a frog jumps in water's sound. Translated by William J. Higginson An old silent pond... A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again. Translated by Harry Behn There is the old pond! Lo, into it jumps a frog: hark, water's music! Translated by John Bryan The silent old pond a mirror of ancient calm, a frog-leaps-in splash. Translated by Dion O'Donnol old pond frog leaping splash Translated by Cid Corman Antic pond-- frantic frog jumps in-- gigantic sound. Translated by Bernard Lionel Einbond MAFIA HIT MAN POET: NOTE FOUND PINNED TO LAPEL OF DROWNED VICTIM'S DOUBLE-BREASTED SUIT!!! 'Dere wasa dis frogg Gone jumpa offa da logg Now he inna bogg.' -- Anonymous Translated by George M. Young, Jr. Old pond leap -- splash a frog. Translated by Lucien Stryck The old pond, A frog jumps in:. Plop! Translated by Allan Watts The old pond, yes, and A frog is jumping into The water, and splash. Translated by G.S. Fraser
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The old pond
Home bound after work near 12:30 am just a few minutes from checking my email then retiring as us old folks like to call it from the North side of route 7 at a slight angle there and gone in half a second was the biggest meteor I've ever seen if that's what it was so big that I slowed and listened for a boom but nothing came I have no idea how far it went before touching down but this isn't about the meteor this is about the fact that when I got home and thought about who I would tell... there was no one that came to mind I've seen so much crazy **** in my life that the stories have grown old even the new ones I breathed life into a dead woman one morning then faced the fact that I couldn't save another hit by a truck on my way home just after midnight on the day before the great Russian meteor I saw 2 objects in the sky on fire and not moving... in broad daylight I've been touched and spoken to by spirits or ghosts or phantoms take your pick I saw 3000 people sacrificed in the name of what? and as a child I witnessed a president murdered by those supposed to follow him I've grown to see the young know nothing of that last President who actually had a vision and a spine and when I quietly leave this life there will be little to note... a brief glance of my obituary by a few sad souls I often think of a quote I heard as a young man by a comedian; George Gobel who was on the 'Tonight Show' Dean Martin and Bob Hope were also on that show and unknown to George, Dean was flipping his cigarette ashes in George's drink as he was telling his humorous stories this caused the laughs to come out of sequence...and finally a confused George said; 'Did you ever feel like the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?'
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Aug 9, 2016
Aug 9, 2016 at 11:37 PM UTC
brown shoes
Home bound after work near 12:30 am just a few minutes from checking my email then retiring as us old folks like to call it from the North side of route 7 at a slight angle there and gone in half a second was the biggest meteor I've ever seen if that's what it was so big that I slowed and listened for a boom but nothing came I have no idea how far it went before touching down but this isn't about the meteor this is about the fact that when I got home and thought about who I would tell... there was no one that came to mind I've seen so much crazy **** in my life that the stories have grown old even the new ones I breathed life into a dead woman one morning then faced the fact that I couldn't save another hit by a truck on my way home just after midnight on the day before the great Russian meteor I saw 2 objects in the sky on fire and not moving... in broad daylight I've been touched and spoken to by spirits or ghosts or phantoms take your pick I saw 3000 people sacrificed in the name of what? and as a child I witnessed a president murdered by those supposed to follow him I've grown to see the young know nothing of that last President who actually had a vision and a spine and when I quietly leave this life there will be little to note... a brief glance of my obituary by a few sad souls I often think of a quote I heard as a young man by a comedian; George Gobel who was on the 'Tonight Show' Dean Martin and Bob Hope were also on that show and unknown to George, Dean was flipping his cigarette ashes in George's drink as he was telling his humorous stories this caused the laughs to come out of sequence...and finally a confused George said; 'Did you ever feel like the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?'
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To my mortal enemy, All lies and delusions you have carried so far are all but for nothing, Deceiving you took from me what was a part of my fading heart once. You are the only one I will never forgive, not until the night has been swallowed by the abyss and the sun is no longer rising in this hell. What was the purpose of your selfish doing ? Was it greed or lust ? Purified from all emotions but fury, I will let this fire rampage forever The soul resented by life, creeps around in the somber fields, Can you see it ? Of course your ignorant eyes haven't grasped the single truth yet, you cannot see anything, so keep wandering blindly, Aimless and with displeasure we shall meet in the distorted dark, I got even rid of the love in my chest, so that I may awaken as who I am now..if by chance I were to forgive you, could I be myself again ? No! I don't want you to rest in your deepest sleep, I will show you the same nightmares until your dried tears turn into elusive blood. George your amusement and be ruined, someday you will repay, So be as it may, my courtesy must remain, I offer you my darkest passion, until you reveal that sweet soul of yours that dies. Hey, are you watching ? Yours truly, Pure Furies ~ Umi
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Jul 14, 2018
Jul 14, 2018 at 6:28 AM UTC
Are you Watching ?
Tonights the night to party Not just because I say Tonights the night to party Because it ' s the ending of the day Throw up your hands and yell yee haw Grab a drink and hit the floor Dancing without caring That's what this party's for The band is slightly out of tune But, hey who gives a **** They sound better later on When you are really lit By two a.m you'd think that they Were Alabama and  George Jones While you're trying to record them on Your prissy little phones This place don't karaoke You're singing with the band You're singing country music It's the best in all the land No running shoes, just cowboy boots Will get you in the door If you come in with a cowboy hat Make sure it faces to the front All the dude's they wear them backwards And they look like a dumb c*** Tonights the night to party Not just because I say Tonights the night to party Because it ' s the ending of the day Throw up your hands and yell yee haw Grab a drink and hit the floor Dancing without caring That's what this party's for You can listen for the steel guitar It's there in every song Hey man, this here's a country bar And steel guitar , it just belongs There's always background fiddle Drums like Levon from The Band Piano played like Jerry Lee The floor's all blood and sand You've come on out to party Now show them how a redneck does Knock back a few and get up here And when you dance, you cuss The music here will rock you It's American through and through It's a good old country party It's all red white and blue
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Aug 8, 2013
Aug 8, 2013 at 8:53 PM UTC
Country Party
Tonights the night to party Not just because I say Tonights the night to party Because it ' s the ending of the day Throw up your hands and yell yee haw Grab a drink and hit the floor Dancing without caring That's what this party's for The band is slightly out of tune But, hey who gives a **** They sound better later on When you are really lit By two a.m you'd think that they Were Alabama and  George Jones While you're trying to record them on Your prissy little phones This place don't karaoke You're singing with the band You're singing country music It's the best in all the land No running shoes, just cowboy boots Will get you in the door If you come in with a cowboy hat Make sure it faces to the front All the dude's they wear them backwards And they look like a dumb c*** Tonights the night to party Not just because I say Tonights the night to party Because it ' s the ending of the day Throw up your hands and yell yee haw Grab a drink and hit the floor Dancing without caring That's what this party's for You can listen for the steel guitar It's there in every song Hey man, this here's a country bar And steel guitar , it just belongs There's always background fiddle Drums like Levon from The Band Piano played like Jerry Lee The floor's all blood and sand You've come on out to party Now show them how a redneck does Knock back a few and get up here And when you dance, you cuss The music here will rock you It's American through and through It's a good old country party It's all red white and blue
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You watch these videos Of people shouting BLM Because if your black you are condemned To them, Because to them you are not equal And somehow ****** is legal But only if your a white cop, SAY MY NAME My name is Rayshard Brooks, I am only 37, I feel asleep in the cops car, Resulting in me being restrained and shot because I was believed to be intoxicated, SAY MY NAME My Name is Daniel ***** I am 41, I died in 2020, I died due to strangulation from cops, They used their body weight to slam me to the ground and strangle me, SAY MY NAME I am George Floyd, I am 46 years old with a child, A cop sat on my neck for 8 minutes and I died due to strangulation, I had a kid and a wife, SAY THEIR NAMES Their names and lives are more important than your privilege, SO speak up and speak loud, Because you are their voice, You can be the voice of the unheard, And the misrepresented.
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Jan 5, 2021
Jan 5, 2021 at 10:05 AM UTC
BLM
Last week, among friends black and white, among some discussion of protests in Ferguson and the related looting of stores, I invoked the word. It was an admission, in a round of confessions, of something about myself that I didn't like: that I had perceived Michael Brown in that way based on his possible participation in a strong-armed robbery. When Travon Martin was in the news, I was inflamed like many others who wanted George Zimmerman in jail for ****** The outcome of that trial was an injustice, I was utterly certain. Why does this case in Missouri feel different? More importantly, Who is inside me that still wants to rise in defiance of 48 years of learning how to be a better person, a person without prejudices, stereotyping, labeling of others, hurtful language? Where is the hippie girl now? How does she live with this other person? Am I Sterling, Gibson, a hater and spewer of viciousness, a lover of separation and separateness, that I should invite damage to my own relationships with those I love and cherish and respect? What is a **** but a bully, and what is a bully but someone who pushes words around like weapons, spits them out indiscriminately, so that they land on the already bruised heart and set it on fire. Whose heart, besides mine, now sits in smoke and ash, with that word like a brand still sore and permanent, having been spoken aloud?
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Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014 at 11:44 AM UTC
****
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James, Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey— All of them sensible everyday names. There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter, Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames: Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter— But all of them sensible everyday names. But I tell you, a cat needs a name that’s particular, A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular, Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat, Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum- Names that never belong to more than one cat. But above and beyond there’s still one name left over, And that is the name that you never will guess; The name that no human research can discover— But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess. When you notice a cat in profound meditation, The reason, I tell you, is always the same: His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name: His ineffable effable Effanineffable Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
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The Naming Of Cats
well, first Mae West died and then George Raft, and Eddie G. Robinson's been gone a long time, and Bogart and Gable and Grable, and Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers, all those Saturday afternoons at the movies as a boy are gone now and I look around this room and it looks back at me and then out through the window. time hangs helpless from the doorknob as a gold paperweight of an owl looks up at me (an old man now) who must sit and endure these many empty Saturday afternoons.
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sit and endure
The Beatles are legend forever! The Beatles and Elvis Presley Pop singers immortal love all! McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison with ****** Starr Make The Beatles a music group! Music mesmerised many in 1960s! The Beatles were welcomed ever With Red Carpet welcome everywhere! Love me do and Hard day's night still Ring in the ears with haunting spell No one can forget even today, well! John Lennon or Paul McCartney, Single or group is The Beatles in one!
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Dec 8, 2011
Dec 8, 2011 at 2:09 PM UTC
The Beatles in One!
Slumming. Slumming around downtown. Slumming around downtown St. Paul. A broke high school student. A broke student with perpetual down time. A broken down senior student letting go of time. Slumming. Slumming down to Raspberry. Slumming down to Raspberry Island. Walking across the Mississippi River. The bridge had been raided. Marching. Marching down teal and raspberry stairs. Icycle nose hairs. Seeing my breath as my chest shivers. I found my heart trapped under the solid river. Teenagers ******** about freshmen that got the bridge raided, Teenagers ******** about artists they've always hated and artists ******** about things they've created. Underagers slowly letting out smoke. Underagers letting out what keeps their lungs beating. Underagers slowly letting out steam, cheating. Me. letting out smoke that came from the ice. Smoke of below zero temperature, freezing my insides. Mindless. Mindlessly walking. Mindlessly walking through endless skyways. Mindless. Mindlessly talking. Mindlessly talking about things I don't remember. Until we've arrived at We-Be-Smokin'. Huddling. Huddling in a group. Admiring the art that claimed the spot before we did. Scuttling. Feet scuttling. Feet scuttling in place to outrun the cold. Reminiscing of months before when I was sitting alone in Starbucks with my venti white chocolate mocha listening to crazy George yell at his imaginary wife. Not being bothered. Not being cold.
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Sep 14, 2012
Sep 14, 2012 at 12:06 AM UTC
Raspberry Island
[Dedicated to George Raffalovich] In the Years of the Primal Course, in the dawn of terrestrial birth, Man mastered the mammoth and horse, and Man was the Lord of the Earth. He made him an hollow skin from the heart of an holy tree, He compassed the earth therein, and Man was the Lord of the Sea. He controlled the vigour of steam, he harnessed the light- ning for hire; He drove the celestial team, and man was the Lord of the Fire. Deep-mouthed from their thrones deep-seated, the choirs of the æeons declare The last of the demons defeated, for Man is the Lord of the Air. Arise, O Man, in thy strength! the kingdom is thine to inherit, Till the high gods witness at length that Man is the Lord of his spirit.
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The Pentagram
as month July crossed Avenue T. Vladimirescu on a bicycle in Sinaia Denebola in a red cloak cross-legged sitting over Revolution was teaching History to the cherries Leyla, a midwife from Damietta refers to the Kepler Laws : with Fullmoon uncompromising I do not recognize the midday crossing of the Sun its True Heading the height of the stars today 07.11.1980 right from within female Danube's womb I bare the smile and the eyes of cupid . George Vlachos Translation :  Christos Rodoullas Tsiailis
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Sep 28, 2013
Sep 28, 2013 at 12:33 AM UTC
Leyla
I’m not good at being forward I have this habit of becoming disordered I let my emotions change the color of my sleeve In my aspirations I hope to find belief I walk through jungles and rainforests Once in a while I see through the canopy Into the skies of my memories And request that stars dance to the rhythm of us I keep them alive to avoid the gathering of dust My memories, caught in the Pensieve of your eyes Have ignored all the times I told myself lies I may not be your ideal Superman But I’d accept Peter Pan if you’ll go with me to Neverland I’ve rarely been so captivated by a girl Sure, Zooey Deschanel is quirky in New Girl And Emma Watson bewitched me from the start Anna Kendrick was perfect in Pitch Perfect Alex Morgan is the luckiest 13 I’ve ever seen But I choose you! To fill my canteen You quench my thirst when the loneliness dries me I was not made to walk in a desert My heart is an amphibian Living like a Floridian in the ice-cold tundra we call Rexburg You still need the sun, no matter how much it snows I’ll trudge on in the jungle; dormant in the night I’ll carry on with you in mind, until the time is right Once I’ve faced death, or even a spider Then, I think I’ll top the greats; George of the Jungle, Aslan, Mogly, Tarzan, Batman, Peter Pan, Harry Potter, Genghis Kahn, Michael… Jackson or Jordan They’re all kings and I’ll be in their league As I shake off the fatigue and find courage in you To make it through the awkward moment of simply saying “You’re a real kind of gorgeous” In that chorus, played on my rhythm of heartbeats I found my way out of the back streets From deep in the jungle I’ve come to know as Fear A jungle that disappears when your presence is near Sometimes I have to stop walking, stop thinking I feel like I’m on the verge of something spectacular Anything normal might ruin that
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Oct 27, 2012
Oct 27, 2012 at 11:14 PM UTC
On the Verge of Spectacular
I’m not good at being forward I have this habit of becoming disordered I let my emotions change the color of my sleeve In my aspirations I hope to find belief I walk through jungles and rainforests Once in a while I see through the canopy Into the skies of my memories And request that stars dance to the rhythm of us I keep them alive to avoid the gathering of dust My memories, caught in the Pensieve of your eyes Have ignored all the times I told myself lies I may not be your ideal Superman But I’d accept Peter Pan if you’ll go with me to Neverland I’ve rarely been so captivated by a girl Sure, Zooey Deschanel is quirky in New Girl And Emma Watson bewitched me from the start Anna Kendrick was perfect in Pitch Perfect Alex Morgan is the luckiest 13 I’ve ever seen But I choose you! To fill my canteen You quench my thirst when the loneliness dries me I was not made to walk in a desert My heart is an amphibian Living like a Floridian in the ice-cold tundra we call Rexburg You still need the sun, no matter how much it snows I’ll trudge on in the jungle; dormant in the night I’ll carry on with you in mind, until the time is right Once I’ve faced death, or even a spider Then, I think I’ll top the greats; George of the Jungle, Aslan, Mogly, Tarzan, Batman, Peter Pan, Harry Potter, Genghis Kahn, Michael… Jackson or Jordan They’re all kings and I’ll be in their league As I shake off the fatigue and find courage in you To make it through the awkward moment of simply saying “You’re a real kind of gorgeous” In that chorus, played on my rhythm of heartbeats I found my way out of the back streets From deep in the jungle I’ve come to know as Fear A jungle that disappears when your presence is near Sometimes I have to stop walking, stop thinking I feel like I’m on the verge of something spectacular Anything normal might ruin that
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** A new poetry posting site from God's own country, Kerala in India Poetry dates all the way back to the beginnings of Humanity. People have always been questioning nature, and the day-to-day existence of themselves and other humans love, death, survival, war, injustice, and the universe are all examples of things that have been questioned by men and woman since the roots of human existence. Whether in nursery rhyme, ballad, jingle, rhyme, anthem, or music, people have found poetry to be an outlet for expressing these questions, sensations, and experiences People often associate it with strict rhyming patterns, complicated vocabulary, hidden iconic meanings, and difficult rhythmical conventions. Poetry is even taught in school to be an intricate, complicated, inexplicable puzzle. True, poetry is difficult. Sure, it can be harder to understand than prose. However, that is only because sometimes it is involved with your inescapable complexities and uncertainties of your existence. In this era when the soul wants to go on a spree, imagination and creativity are all merged to serve and let you fulfill your wish to express. The pen, mightier than the sword, is free and can conquer hearts all over the world. So here is a site which allows unity in diversity and considers not cultural and racial barriers. It welcomes professionals and amateurs equally as poetry believe not in prejudice. Human beings are free to write their feelings and emotions. We therefore invite here people from all over the world to celebrate under the ipoetree. Feel at home here under the shade of this tree which pines to have as fruits your poems. Williamsji Maveli (Williams George Maveli) is an enthusiastic and solid writer. He is a sincere, resourceful and diligent in his poetic work. He is very well connected and networked within the literary community and is willing to take up projects even in his tight schedules. His writings reflect the amount of research on the current events that has gone into it along with his knowledge and expertise in the field. However, Williamsji’s many poems are simple to read, interpret, and understand. His latest book, titled “ARAMVIRALTHUMBATHU…” (On the tip of the sixth finger), is now published and released by H & C Books,Trichur, Kerala in India, which is a collection of lyrics. If anyone is interested, please email to [email protected] or write to WILLIAMSJI MAVELI PO BOX 3 ANGAMALY ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, KERALA - INDIA **
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Nov 22, 2013
Nov 22, 2013 at 2:23 AM UTC
ipoetree - a new poetry site from Williamsji Maveli
** A new poetry posting site from God's own country, Kerala in India Poetry dates all the way back to the beginnings of Humanity. People have always been questioning nature, and the day-to-day existence of themselves and other humans love, death, survival, war, injustice, and the universe are all examples of things that have been questioned by men and woman since the roots of human existence. Whether in nursery rhyme, ballad, jingle, rhyme, anthem, or music, people have found poetry to be an outlet for expressing these questions, sensations, and experiences People often associate it with strict rhyming patterns, complicated vocabulary, hidden iconic meanings, and difficult rhythmical conventions. Poetry is even taught in school to be an intricate, complicated, inexplicable puzzle. True, poetry is difficult. Sure, it can be harder to understand than prose. However, that is only because sometimes it is involved with your inescapable complexities and uncertainties of your existence. In this era when the soul wants to go on a spree, imagination and creativity are all merged to serve and let you fulfill your wish to express. The pen, mightier than the sword, is free and can conquer hearts all over the world. So here is a site which allows unity in diversity and considers not cultural and racial barriers. It welcomes professionals and amateurs equally as poetry believe not in prejudice. Human beings are free to write their feelings and emotions. We therefore invite here people from all over the world to celebrate under the ipoetree. Feel at home here under the shade of this tree which pines to have as fruits your poems. Williamsji Maveli (Williams George Maveli) is an enthusiastic and solid writer. He is a sincere, resourceful and diligent in his poetic work. He is very well connected and networked within the literary community and is willing to take up projects even in his tight schedules. His writings reflect the amount of research on the current events that has gone into it along with his knowledge and expertise in the field. However, Williamsji’s many poems are simple to read, interpret, and understand. His latest book, titled “ARAMVIRALTHUMBATHU…” (On the tip of the sixth finger), is now published and released by H & C Books,Trichur, Kerala in India, which is a collection of lyrics. If anyone is interested, please email to [email protected] or write to WILLIAMSJI MAVELI PO BOX 3 ANGAMALY ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, KERALA - INDIA **
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We sat at the table, waiting for our number to be called. Their pepperoni pizza, was our most favorite one of all. Our number is announced, George is carrying the pizza back. When close, he decides to act, as though he trips in his tracks. In slow motion, that pizza, slid so smoothly out of the pan. George's eyes got big as saucers, he saw the folly of his plan. There I was in my new outfit, that cost half of my paycheck. With pizza, upside down on my lap and sauce splashed on my neck. Amazingly calm, George scooped the pizza up in his hands. Melted cheese, stretching and stringing, from my pants in gooey strands. He stood there patting and pressing the pizza back into shape. That poor pizza looked just like a badly, bulldozered landscape. It lay there sort of twisted, pepperoni all to one side. Crust pieces stinking out of it, like a saucy red mudslide. Then he sat down across from me, silently as if waiting. I must have looked like a blonde fish, sitting there, just gapping. Then a chuckle escaped my lips, as his eyes raised to meet mine. He looked just like a little boy, who just got caught in a crime. I'm surprised we didn't get kicked out for making such a fuss. 'Cause, next thing you know, the whole place is laughing along with us. We couldn't stop, there was no way we'd been able. Not while upsidedown-lap pizza, stared at us from the table
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Oct 27, 2010
Oct 27, 2010 at 7:04 PM UTC
He Knew How To Impress
This is the Devil’s hour. It’s when George Lutz hears the ghosts And murders his family in Amityville Horror. Shia Labeouf get’s high on acid at 3:15. I decide to write a poem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For 4 hours I’ve been trapped in the Internet. From Facebook posts about feminism To related searches on Google. “Mexican **** Takes Huge American **** A video of a man receiving oral from An eighteen-year-old Hispanic girl. After ******* on her face, He spits in her mouth And slaps her with a foam finger That says, “America is #1” The cameraman then says in Spanish, “Still happy you’re doing **** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As I watched this woman degrade herself It became hauntingly aware That I could have stopped watching at any time. The men in the video were pigs But then what does that make me? A ****** A lonely man? Not to say I gained pleasure from this. I don’t get off on Women being demoralized by A ***** (the true icon of male dominance) For the ****** entertainment of others Man is not a wolf, Man is a parasite. (My self-included) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My eyes are made of glass My head like a bag of hammers Insomnia got the best of me.
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Sep 9, 2013
Sep 9, 2013 at 5:25 PM UTC
Insomnia 3:15 a.m.
i i washed up for a living,lily, for a while there this is something george** and i have in common.. on the whole i was treated decently pearl divers are a breed unto themselves.. mine was a life of ease over eating and boredem it was hard on the spine and knees.. a piece of cake compared to digging holes (surrounded by the boss and his extended family..) the pop wagon on friday cement as a whole the olive oil factory or carrying bricks.. ii the pop wagon on a friday took only two hours brevity that was the answer.. the cement truck on tuesdays took two and half hours.. but ended in tears.. the shift in the olive oil factory could last eighteen hours.. digging holes an eternity carrying bricks up stairs works up quite a thirst.. never mind soon be.. be in pauli´ s soup kitchen where wine smooth and cool as honey bees.. chicken and macaroni..! iii the cement was high in lime and invariably chafed the skin and in that hole it would set to be picked out with olive oil and a pin..drunk,the screaming and carry on.. we laughed and held them down better digging holes..!* *it was so painful..! **down and out in paris and london by gearge orwell
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Aug 5, 2018
Aug 5, 2018 at 8:33 AM UTC
i washed up for a living,lily..
The footsteps echoed on cobblestones When a chime rang ten of the clock, As a sailor making his way back home Was walking up from the dock, It was cold and dark for the lights were out And the street was wet with the rain, When he came to an old red telephone box At the side of a narrow lane. The clouds were black and they opened up So he stepped in out of the wet, Dropped his swag as it turned to hail And lit up a cigarette, The box was ancient, was George the Fifth And hadn’t been used for years, But stood in a lane that time forgot When the rot set in, and worse. For most of the houses were boarded up And the weeds had grown outside, Some had embarked for a tree-lined park And some of the others died, It was lonely there in the dark of night As the sailor waited, he sang, But stubbed his cigarette out in fright When the telephone next to him rang. He stared at it for a while before He raised it, stopping the bell, It had an echoing, ghostly sound Like you hear in a deep sea shell, The sound of sobbing came to his ear And he cried, ‘Who’s there, what’s wrong?’ ‘Oh God, I’ve waited forever my dear, I’m locked in the basement, Tom!’ The sailor said that he wasn’t Tom But she didn’t appear to hear, ‘He’s got an axe, attacking the door, Be quick or he’ll **** me, dear!’ The sailor didn’t know what to say But a chill ran up his spine, ‘Tell me, what’s your address,’ he said ‘Before you run out of time!’ ‘I’m straight across from the telephone box, You usually meet me here, He’s found us out, and he screams and shouts That he’ll **** you as well, my dear! He just came home from a spell at sea And called me a cheating ***** If you don’t come over and rescue me He’ll have smashed his way through the door.’ The sailor wanted to say, ‘Enough! It’s nothing to do with me,’ But flew on out of the telephone box, Leapt over a fallen tree, He raced right in through the open door And he called, ‘I’m here, just wait!’ Then made his way to the cellar door But all he could feel was hate. The door was shattered, he walked right in It was dark, there wasn’t a light, He felt around for a candle, lit And stared at the terrible sight. A man lay dead on the basement floor Where an axe had taken his life, And there with her throat like an open sore Was the body of his dear wife. He staggered, stopped, and fell to his knees And sobbed like a man insane, ‘Oh God, it’s true, I did this to you, But my mind’s been playing games. I thought if I went away to sea I’d return to find they were dreams…’ As he sliced a razor across his throat He thought, ‘Life’s not what it seems!’ David Lewis Paget
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Dec 5, 2013
Dec 5, 2013 at 5:35 AM UTC
The Telephone Box
The footsteps echoed on cobblestones When a chime rang ten of the clock, As a sailor making his way back home Was walking up from the dock, It was cold and dark for the lights were out And the street was wet with the rain, When he came to an old red telephone box At the side of a narrow lane. The clouds were black and they opened up So he stepped in out of the wet, Dropped his swag as it turned to hail And lit up a cigarette, The box was ancient, was George the Fifth And hadn’t been used for years, But stood in a lane that time forgot When the rot set in, and worse. For most of the houses were boarded up And the weeds had grown outside, Some had embarked for a tree-lined park And some of the others died, It was lonely there in the dark of night As the sailor waited, he sang, But stubbed his cigarette out in fright When the telephone next to him rang. He stared at it for a while before He raised it, stopping the bell, It had an echoing, ghostly sound Like you hear in a deep sea shell, The sound of sobbing came to his ear And he cried, ‘Who’s there, what’s wrong?’ ‘Oh God, I’ve waited forever my dear, I’m locked in the basement, Tom!’ The sailor said that he wasn’t Tom But she didn’t appear to hear, ‘He’s got an axe, attacking the door, Be quick or he’ll **** me, dear!’ The sailor didn’t know what to say But a chill ran up his spine, ‘Tell me, what’s your address,’ he said ‘Before you run out of time!’ ‘I’m straight across from the telephone box, You usually meet me here, He’s found us out, and he screams and shouts That he’ll **** you as well, my dear! He just came home from a spell at sea And called me a cheating ***** If you don’t come over and rescue me He’ll have smashed his way through the door.’ The sailor wanted to say, ‘Enough! It’s nothing to do with me,’ But flew on out of the telephone box, Leapt over a fallen tree, He raced right in through the open door And he called, ‘I’m here, just wait!’ Then made his way to the cellar door But all he could feel was hate. The door was shattered, he walked right in It was dark, there wasn’t a light, He felt around for a candle, lit And stared at the terrible sight. A man lay dead on the basement floor Where an axe had taken his life, And there with her throat like an open sore Was the body of his dear wife. He staggered, stopped, and fell to his knees And sobbed like a man insane, ‘Oh God, it’s true, I did this to you, But my mind’s been playing games. I thought if I went away to sea I’d return to find they were dreams…’ As he sliced a razor across his throat He thought, ‘Life’s not what it seems!’ David Lewis Paget
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