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"herb" poems
Unlucky the hero born In this province of the stuck record Where the most watchful cooks go jobless And the mayor's rôtisserie turns Round of its own accord. There's no career in the venture Of riding against the lizard, Himself withered these latter-days To leaf-size from lack of action: History's beaten the hazard. The last crone got burnt up More than eight decades back With the love-hot herb, the talking cat, But the children are better for it, The cow milks cream an inch thick.
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The Times Are Tidy
Oh to wander down country lanes Where ‘shank’s pony’ is the mode By which one travels from end to end Beating off the open road. Willow-herb and cow parsley Grow tall against the hedge Where dandelions behave like kings Growing wild among the sedge. A toad pops out and then pops back To long grass where he’s hidden Where birds will sing a merry song And ducklings scurry when bidden. For these few hours you forget the world And you feel at peace with yourself But the lure back to your reality Gets this dream returned to the shelf. ©JRW2014
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Mar 29, 2014
Mar 29, 2014 at 4:53 PM UTC
A COUNTRY LANE
Songs of Oregon: No. 1 “Gonna Make You Crazy, That Place” nuts, crazy peeps whomever wherever, regardless of race creed color or gender (did I get ‘em all?) current state of residence (geo-identified) a poem - the very same recited, as a disclaimer, a yellow finger wagging warning: “Don’t go! If you go, you won’t come back” now kids, I’m a veteran of foreign travel, many continents, cold and hot, rivers and seas, some living, some dead, some so big they named it Endless, been to the great cities, Swiss villages, pyramids, climbed Masada, danced on grapes (why can’t I recall where) skied the Alps, trekked the Sinai Desert, clubbed in Rio, and danced till morn, on a certain Greek Isle that rhymes with Mickey’s Nose even been to L.A and San Fran, left poorer but in sync, always came home with my mind decently reshaped me/ a product of gritty unpretty grime, streets of normal humans acting like normal escaped mad persons, this brutal city island instilled a layer of fat and smog neath my skin, a kind of migrating duck-like survival kit, came with a homing beacon included the those of you who know me, perhaps too well, ken we citified islanders love our beaches (fire hydrants) cherish our sun dappled blessings upon on farms (window sill herb gardens) and sunning settlements (rooftops) they say our tap water is secretly bottled, sold in places where the springs purportedly run crystalline though we don’t got no pinot, just sweet concord grape, so sweet, the wine of children and street nodders, needy for instant sugar highs so as we new Yorkers proudly say on our license plates, prove it or stfup! so a first hand investigation for which the taxpayers won’t be charged even a lousy mill, deemed necessary to put to rest this crazy claiming warning “Don’t go! If you go, you won’t come back” guessing must be something in the water and the wine
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Jun 5, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM UTC
Songs of Oregon: No. 1 “Gonna Make You Crazy, That Place”
Songs of Oregon: No. 1 “Gonna Make You Crazy, That Place” nuts, crazy peeps whomever wherever, regardless of race creed color or gender (did I get ‘em all?) current state of residence (geo-identified) a poem - the very same recited, as a disclaimer, a yellow finger wagging warning: “Don’t go! If you go, you won’t come back” now kids, I’m a veteran of foreign travel, many continents, cold and hot, rivers and seas, some living, some dead, some so big they named it Endless, been to the great cities, Swiss villages, pyramids, climbed Masada, danced on grapes (why can’t I recall where) skied the Alps, trekked the Sinai Desert, clubbed in Rio, and danced till morn, on a certain Greek Isle that rhymes with Mickey’s Nose even been to L.A and San Fran, left poorer but in sync, always came home with my mind decently reshaped me/ a product of gritty unpretty grime, streets of normal humans acting like normal escaped mad persons, this brutal city island instilled a layer of fat and smog neath my skin, a kind of migrating duck-like survival kit, came with a homing beacon included the those of you who know me, perhaps too well, ken we citified islanders love our beaches (fire hydrants) cherish our sun dappled blessings upon on farms (window sill herb gardens) and sunning settlements (rooftops) they say our tap water is secretly bottled, sold in places where the springs purportedly run crystalline though we don’t got no pinot, just sweet concord grape, so sweet, the wine of children and street nodders, needy for instant sugar highs so as we new Yorkers proudly say on our license plates, prove it or stfup! so a first hand investigation for which the taxpayers won’t be charged even a lousy mill, deemed necessary to put to rest this crazy claiming warning “Don’t go! If you go, you won’t come back” guessing must be something in the water and the wine
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I stand here; outside my balcony amidst darkness in the company of loneliness My soul impertaburbly trapped between forlornness and peacefulness Yin and Yang perhaps, Forlorn because the soul, wounded and damaged perniciously by loneliness.. And peace; because the herb... well the herb heals to some extent My vessel the arena On a forbidden course Yang battles Yin the odds are in his favor THC to Yin is like aconite to wolves; And so he weakens with every hit The melee ends like it was destined to tranquil and pure bliss prevail At that moment; the wind starts to sing her song Calling, whistling to his lover the king of the night she whistles a beautiful song that sounds of a gentle breeze zephyr like pushing aside clouds that guard his majesty; grandiosely his image is revealed in the nightlife Observe they all gather under the nightsky; selenophiles far away from each other all in different worlds but it's this energy that coheres them here together The wind starts to sing the song of halcyon, ogling at the moon in veneration and exhilaration selenophiles danced away into the night.
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Jun 28, 2019
Jun 28, 2019 at 7:39 AM UTC
Dance of peace
I hate marijuana. It is a class A drug for a reason. It destroys your brain and brings anarchy to the world. Me looks both ways to see if anyone around ok mon, now dat da feds are gone, lets get ta business. ***Me inhales me blessed ****** **** is cool. It's actually really nice. If ya t'ink otherwise, den ya better t'ink twice. Me gonna tell you, why Reggae is my life. Me love Reggae so much me wish it was me wife. Marijane is me love. Spliffs and Reefers too. Kush makes me so hot you'd t'ink I had da flu. Why should ya smoke herb? Me gonna tell you why. When ya smoke heaven's grass ya feel like ya gonna fly. Away from all ya problems. Towards a purposeful end. Makes ya feel, so nice. **** you will soon befriend. ****** hErb Green Grass **** Everything Cook and Curry (Reggae term for "Everything is Fine") REGGAE
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Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 9:32 PM UTC
Marijuana is Bad
Bob Marley Spoken Word 5/1/2012 What comes to mind when I say; Bob Marley? Is it a stereotypical ‘idea’ of a Rastafarian; ***** dreadlocks & *** smoker? Or is it a … An intelligent and talented man; who wanted change in a positive way? Yeah he had dreadlocks and didn’t see any harm in the herb. That was his apart of his religion and beliefs. You can’t call yourself a true fan if that’s the only reason you’ve liked him because he smoked *** It’s time to get over that; you need to realize what he truly was about. He gave us knowledge about history, Uplifting and positive rhythms, happiness when you’re down, music to stop us from worrying when shaken and songs of freedom. This man told us powerful messages through his music. This guy was brilliant and I sure as hell don’t think of him as a ***** dreadlocked *** smoking Rastafarian. Who’s a bad influence on children, most definitely not! Children should listen and gain knowledge. We in the world are lucky to have a man that lived; who still lives in millions of hearts away. I’m glad we had such a wonderful human being he is one of the biggest inspirations to me. I will live to tell messages in my writings that will be a part of history. - One Love
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May 6, 2012
May 6, 2012 at 9:36 PM UTC
Bob Marley Spoken Word
Deep in da hart of da reggae junga da reggae king want lots a ***** he smoke da herb till his eyes cherry Not a care in da world he wont worry He probly should hes to loose wit tha women he always loose he got da clap, ***** and da *** it always hurt when he p So take a lesson from da ***** king his fans found out and they clipped his wing he has power no more and he better flee because he only da king of da ***
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Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 12:01 PM UTC
Ganga King
When you no no want eat Lemmon 'cause it no no not taste sweet You should not have sugar candy It's not healthy as can be...Now! There are new Thai Fruits discovered, in the Tropic Jungle heat! All them lovely Thailand Fruits! Make you mouth say" Tutti Fruit, Ah!" All exotic and delicious.. at first one is so suspicious... cause it taste so crazy wild But, even good for baby child... Big banana grow for monkey Yes, Thai Fruits tastes so fun funky! Mango for Bangkok street dancing, All Thai Fruit best for romancing... GrapeFruit great for big-big ape! Thai Fruit, in my my milk-shake! Grow head hairy with Strawberry! Dandy Fruit lovely big Cherry! Melon make wild man go yell... Thai Fruit put you in love spell Guava flavor in coffee Java yes, Thai Tree found in Bahama! Now, we eat up all da fruit, lovely-lovely Melon Fruit! cuase it makes sweet-nectar juice! Cleanse your Healthy body loose! There are new Thai Fruits we eat discover deep in Jungle heat! We love spicy Thailand Fruit! Make you mouth feel Tutti Fruit! "Yum Yum" sez baby child... Get Fruity Now! Sweet & Sour! Hep Hep Hurray! Thai Fruit, yum yum yum! Don't need no *** *** *** Feeling Fruity all over, sensation of all flavor... a brand new taste I now savor .... Mmmmmmmm Deeelicious! Thailand Fruit is now: what we all Favor !!!! Thai Fruit Taste, the one we love... All the many are so nice... Like Mangosteen herb spice We all want Thai Fruit now, is the flavor in our mouth...Sugar Chocolate Candy can go south... ' 'cause dem no don't tastes as sweet... Theres the new Thai Fruit we discover in the Jungle fill with heat! It is the lovely Thai Thai Fruit! Make you go go Tutti Fruit! It is exotic and delicious.. Now no one is suspicious... cause it taste so yummy wild We feel like baby child... Yep, it make all go hog WILD!!! (c) 2009 David Wayne Clare all rights reserved in perpetuity - Intellectual Property use by permission
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Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014 at 3:00 AM UTC
The Fruit Poem... for kids
When you no no want eat Lemmon 'cause it no no not taste sweet You should not have sugar candy It's not healthy as can be...Now! There are new Thai Fruits discovered, in the Tropic Jungle heat! All them lovely Thailand Fruits! Make you mouth say" Tutti Fruit, Ah!" All exotic and delicious.. at first one is so suspicious... cause it taste so crazy wild But, even good for baby child... Big banana grow for monkey Yes, Thai Fruits tastes so fun funky! Mango for Bangkok street dancing, All Thai Fruit best for romancing... GrapeFruit great for big-big ape! Thai Fruit, in my my milk-shake! Grow head hairy with Strawberry! Dandy Fruit lovely big Cherry! Melon make wild man go yell... Thai Fruit put you in love spell Guava flavor in coffee Java yes, Thai Tree found in Bahama! Now, we eat up all da fruit, lovely-lovely Melon Fruit! cuase it makes sweet-nectar juice! Cleanse your Healthy body loose! There are new Thai Fruits we eat discover deep in Jungle heat! We love spicy Thailand Fruit! Make you mouth feel Tutti Fruit! "Yum Yum" sez baby child... Get Fruity Now! Sweet & Sour! Hep Hep Hurray! Thai Fruit, yum yum yum! Don't need no *** *** *** Feeling Fruity all over, sensation of all flavor... a brand new taste I now savor .... Mmmmmmmm Deeelicious! Thailand Fruit is now: what we all Favor !!!! Thai Fruit Taste, the one we love... All the many are so nice... Like Mangosteen herb spice We all want Thai Fruit now, is the flavor in our mouth...Sugar Chocolate Candy can go south... ' 'cause dem no don't tastes as sweet... Theres the new Thai Fruit we discover in the Jungle fill with heat! It is the lovely Thai Thai Fruit! Make you go go Tutti Fruit! It is exotic and delicious.. Now no one is suspicious... cause it taste so yummy wild We feel like baby child... Yep, it make all go hog WILD!!! (c) 2009 David Wayne Clare all rights reserved in perpetuity - Intellectual Property use by permission
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Me Nose knows da way she goes. Da smells herb throws, me Nose just knows. Da smell kush gives. Da way me lives. Me Nose just knows. 'avin a **** with a **** lovin' bloke. enjoyin' da incense. But me losing da essence. Me Nose knows, but me eyes don't. Me **** lovin' bloke, who me was 'bout to **** was not a gurl, just a lyin' shmuck. He was not a chick 'cause he had a **** Me eyes now know what me Nose knows.
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Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 2014 at 2:11 PM UTC
Herbal Scents
a)  i am the mortar incurring blow after blow      from the abrasive quality of your negligence.       no, i am herb between pestle and mortar       the full realization of 'rock and a hard place' b)  i am the mortar between each brick you lay,      in blue collar glory, or rock star slumming,      to bind shaky corridors of past serenity      and bear indiscretions on my limestone shoulders c)  i am the mortar you fire before crawling under covers      for inexpensive *** and trashier beer      by a lake on a camping trip where tents trump love      like the queen of spades in a hand of hearts        d)  in fact, these are false, merely possibilities --      actuality: you were never enough       to make me spew homonyms in metaphor       because you were nothing like them,       always appearing changed but monotonous in meaning,       and if you're so into contraposition,       are we not but names for each other?
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Jun 18, 2013
Jun 18, 2013 at 3:28 AM UTC
the final will not be multiple choice
Take me up with you higher than all other existence your effects enlighten my path My mind defies limits and executes resistance Higher, higher, miraculous craft
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Jun 20, 2014
Jun 20, 2014 at 9:41 PM UTC
Lustful Herb
Open bramble gate, morning lets itself in, eyes open in welcome. Water stirs – a glance outside. A jade tiger rises, blue herons fly to South Mountain. ~~~ Forage through herb abundance on South Mountain sunlight pooled in cassia leaves. It’s why you reclused here, hermitage entwined in viridian mists. I find your footprints headed to the clouds, so I leave this poem on your wall and on a whim ascend South Mountain ridges. Sticks snap underfoot – blue herons startle away. ~~~ Boundless and empty to townsfolk, South Mountain peaks. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper crumpled clouds – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird song - radiant clarity – makes mountain forests sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust cleared from rivers and peaks, ochre streams flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jades and emeralds rise. Petals scatter on crystalline swells, night lengthens slowly – coldness wanders by but I will linger here, a little longer. Version 2 South Mountain peaks, boundless and empty to townsfolk. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper folded clouds - azure heaven change – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird song radiant clarity – makes mountain forest sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust cleared from rivers and peaks, ochre streams flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jade and emerald rises. Petals scatter on crystalline swells – night lengthens slowly - coldness wanders by but I believe I will linger here, a little longer. Version 3 South Mountain peaks, boundless and empty to townsfolk. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper folded clouds - azure heaven change – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird songs radiant clarity – makes mountain forests sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust clears from rivers and peaks. Streams of ochre flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jades and emeralds rise. Scattered petals on crystalline swells – night slowly lengthens - coldness wanders by but I believe I will linger here, a little longer.
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Jan 24, 2012
Jan 24, 2012 at 8:02 PM UTC
South Mountain
Open bramble gate, morning lets itself in, eyes open in welcome. Water stirs – a glance outside. A jade tiger rises, blue herons fly to South Mountain. ~~~ Forage through herb abundance on South Mountain sunlight pooled in cassia leaves. It’s why you reclused here, hermitage entwined in viridian mists. I find your footprints headed to the clouds, so I leave this poem on your wall and on a whim ascend South Mountain ridges. Sticks snap underfoot – blue herons startle away. ~~~ Boundless and empty to townsfolk, South Mountain peaks. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper crumpled clouds – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird song - radiant clarity – makes mountain forests sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust cleared from rivers and peaks, ochre streams flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jades and emeralds rise. Petals scatter on crystalline swells, night lengthens slowly – coldness wanders by but I will linger here, a little longer. Version 2 South Mountain peaks, boundless and empty to townsfolk. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper folded clouds - azure heaven change – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird song radiant clarity – makes mountain forest sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust cleared from rivers and peaks, ochre streams flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jade and emerald rises. Petals scatter on crystalline swells – night lengthens slowly - coldness wanders by but I believe I will linger here, a little longer. Version 3 South Mountain peaks, boundless and empty to townsfolk. But here immortals dance among indomitable pines. Above the sun blue herons fly into paper folded clouds - azure heaven change – clouds the body, clouds the wings. Sonorous bird songs radiant clarity – makes mountain forests sing, each beat moves the clouds, red dust clears from rivers and peaks. Streams of ochre flood forests and fields, canyons and gorges, jades and emeralds rise. Scattered petals on crystalline swells – night slowly lengthens - coldness wanders by but I believe I will linger here, a little longer.
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*veins of my fingers in riots of blossomed colours like threads made of lilac, lavender, blues and leafs. for the blues are essences of the Elysian skies, while lilacs, lavenders and leafs were stolen from an old man's farm every dawn the sunlit blue wept for the docile stars' hide I knock my knuckles red and wild, like the raspberries from the monsieur's farm my chin against the beige, I gaze to where the magpies talk too loudly on the garden moist swollen and offended by the loud chirps of boisterous dins, the grouchy neighbour cry. I fill my baskets with wild things and papers, I have cheese and juices, fruits and sweet carrots. I have peach trees on my nails for jam I have cherries in my toes for pie I have snows in my lapin's soul for some ice creams I have poppies in my worn pants for a good sight And there's even vineyards of all Verona in my mind the ribbons on the hat loom into the gardens' tunnel; I have herb gardens, I have secret gardens  And I have my old books and pens in there. when my laces are riven, the embroidered flowers are not. the canvas shoes is painted in petrichors and soil my dresses go tattered, sewn with patches into the vines, thorns and russet throats I lilt and leap against smells of rustic wood pencils and redolent flowers There, under a green willow is where to sit and devour wisdom and to drink some saccharine wine with mon lapin and maybe some picnic pies. The abominable tremors will be gone, My morn soul diving into fairy pools of sensuous europhias.*
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 10:09 AM UTC
Picnic Garden
*veins of my fingers in riots of blossomed colours like threads made of lilac, lavender, blues and leafs. for the blues are essences of the Elysian skies, while lilacs, lavenders and leafs were stolen from an old man's farm every dawn the sunlit blue wept for the docile stars' hide I knock my knuckles red and wild, like the raspberries from the monsieur's farm my chin against the beige, I gaze to where the magpies talk too loudly on the garden moist swollen and offended by the loud chirps of boisterous dins, the grouchy neighbour cry. I fill my baskets with wild things and papers, I have cheese and juices, fruits and sweet carrots. I have peach trees on my nails for jam I have cherries in my toes for pie I have snows in my lapin's soul for some ice creams I have poppies in my worn pants for a good sight And there's even vineyards of all Verona in my mind the ribbons on the hat loom into the gardens' tunnel; I have herb gardens, I have secret gardens  And I have my old books and pens in there. when my laces are riven, the embroidered flowers are not. the canvas shoes is painted in petrichors and soil my dresses go tattered, sewn with patches into the vines, thorns and russet throats I lilt and leap against smells of rustic wood pencils and redolent flowers There, under a green willow is where to sit and devour wisdom and to drink some saccharine wine with mon lapin and maybe some picnic pies. The abominable tremors will be gone, My morn soul diving into fairy pools of sensuous europhias.*
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Connecting, tribes on the cusp-- the lost family... merging thought patterns of old & new paradigms into a geometric shipibo song singing in moonlit sky, smoke gray mauve clouds are painted into the frozen lake background. We paint a new paradise-- together at the table on a sacred indigo candlelit map map for people to set sail on their journey through the seas of skies of their minds guiding familiar souls to speak their treasure light again. We are the Indigo Pilgrims, soul brothers reunited after the frozen season thaws, pushing on toward the place where mind-flowers commence their bloom as herb and sage slowly burns throughout the day as the smoke dotes across the landscape like dancing hieroglyphic clouds.
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Jun 17, 2014
Jun 17, 2014 at 11:38 AM UTC
Healing the Peace Pirates
I had a dream I smoked some ***** with a Rasta Man while we jammed in the name of the lord to some tunes the children of Africa roaming free like wild beast once the cradle of civilization turned into tombs by the ungrateful, heathen souls that ran amok in the name of annihilation and war. But we are fearful pious men, as we inhaled the herb the grass is the shepherd that nourish us like Giraffes the sky is the ceiling that we reach with our blessed hands the rivers gives us skins like Crocs to be able to survive harsh whether, the blood-stained desert left behind by men witnessed by the pale eyes of the torture souls of this land. And so we inhaled and puffed like chimneys in a North Pole night we talked about the smiles of our seeds stretching far and wide how beautiful is a voice when it’s brought to life by a loved one how the scent of a pure woman can bring the dead back to life deadlocked, we are dreadlocked like grapevines until Jah lets us the mental slavery that keeps us chained to the ships of our ancestors. We never once conversed about the frail indignity of the mortals the uselessness of hate, the ways material possessions can’t help you we reached Nirvana without taking our feet off the common ground we shared a spirit, bonded between long hits made of peace and love in the freedom of those free thinkers tinkering with words without rest in the children of Jah, daydreaming at night in a warm bed made of bread.
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Jan 14, 2014
Jan 14, 2014 at 12:40 PM UTC
RASTA MAN
Maybe I need to write about it maybe I need to talk about it maybe I need to take a breath and breathe for second stop choking for a second chill out and breathe and inhale and maybe smoke just a **** just twitch to itch my itch I’m acting like a ***** That’s what started this anyway Breaking girl code I’m alone I’m in my car thinking I’ll head to a bar maybe the Starbucks stoop drive past my old group write a poem or two alone screaming of you under the lights with the bugs down the way from all the places we used to stay and smoke blunts hit joints argue **** mock me mock sred turn her backwords smoking backwoods what’d you put in my herb your conspiracy’s in my head Play pool scream at me hit on my friends **** me don’t call for help it’s all fun and games tell me you want to **** my mind it’s all lies it’s all lies tell me why this devil has got my tongue tell me what are you this vampire you’ve come to steal me of it all my whole mind my whole soul not even my hairs no more I can’t dance I can’t sing the better half of me is terrified of life and why because I let you take advantage of me my things your life is a blowtorch to all good beings I’ll make you regret everything you’ve ever done I’ve tried to show you love you can’t see you’re disgusting the way you kissed my cheek when you head butted me I’m done But I call a ***** on her **** and I’m wrong thought I lost my best friend for awhile for white feminism **** but I’m still a ***** a snitch I’m losing all my **** I’m spiraling into  too nice of women undeserving of their friendship I owe my gs everything But I can’t seem to do a thing
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 4:24 PM UTC
Maybe I need
Maybe I need to write about it maybe I need to talk about it maybe I need to take a breath and breathe for second stop choking for a second chill out and breathe and inhale and maybe smoke just a **** just twitch to itch my itch I’m acting like a ***** That’s what started this anyway Breaking girl code I’m alone I’m in my car thinking I’ll head to a bar maybe the Starbucks stoop drive past my old group write a poem or two alone screaming of you under the lights with the bugs down the way from all the places we used to stay and smoke blunts hit joints argue **** mock me mock sred turn her backwords smoking backwoods what’d you put in my herb your conspiracy’s in my head Play pool scream at me hit on my friends **** me don’t call for help it’s all fun and games tell me you want to **** my mind it’s all lies it’s all lies tell me why this devil has got my tongue tell me what are you this vampire you’ve come to steal me of it all my whole mind my whole soul not even my hairs no more I can’t dance I can’t sing the better half of me is terrified of life and why because I let you take advantage of me my things your life is a blowtorch to all good beings I’ll make you regret everything you’ve ever done I’ve tried to show you love you can’t see you’re disgusting the way you kissed my cheek when you head butted me I’m done But I call a ***** on her **** and I’m wrong thought I lost my best friend for awhile for white feminism **** but I’m still a ***** a snitch I’m losing all my **** I’m spiraling into  too nice of women undeserving of their friendship I owe my gs everything But I can’t seem to do a thing
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Distant island shapes beguiling Floating ghosts of far off land Appear sentinel as we lay Hot and sunbathed on the sand. Scorching beach has tricked our minds Ever beckoning cool seas flow Finely placed as time stands still Myths of people long ago Heat above the deep caldera Yet at water’s edge a breeze Every wave a stroke of calmness Drags the black sand out with ease Pushing, combing lava rock Once a liquid burning hot Hearts massaged by the tender noise Deep sighs as the day burns on Windy gusts caress unclad torsos Smiling we hold hands out to catch Throwing our heads back with the pleasure Letting our warm brown frames collapse Lazy resting towels on bodies Sunbed dreaming, time for lunch Decisions on the midday menu A carafe of red or white, too much! Later when the sun’s behind us Deserted beaches for the night Couples then prepare for evening Soon tavernas come alight Poolside dwelling welcomes back Two weary souls from day outside Scorching sun takes all about us Thanks for love where we abide Since we came and soaked our souls In this perfect atmosphere Love has blossomed even further All is wonderful never fear Patio evenings lying out Herb aroma fills the nose Drifting in and out of sleepy Eyes feel heavy in repose Cool wet noses brush our legs Warm fur strokes a silken pass Feline friends have come to visit Glad that we are home at last Nervous ******* lying still Mewing loudly all surpassed Two so gentle but true survivors Bright eyes hiding traumas past How lovely to have given respite As more and more attached we grew Warm and tender stroking softly Alongside us as if they knew
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Feb 3, 2010
Feb 3, 2010 at 12:11 PM UTC
Santorini rhyme
Distant island shapes beguiling Floating ghosts of far off land Appear sentinel as we lay Hot and sunbathed on the sand. Scorching beach has tricked our minds Ever beckoning cool seas flow Finely placed as time stands still Myths of people long ago Heat above the deep caldera Yet at water’s edge a breeze Every wave a stroke of calmness Drags the black sand out with ease Pushing, combing lava rock Once a liquid burning hot Hearts massaged by the tender noise Deep sighs as the day burns on Windy gusts caress unclad torsos Smiling we hold hands out to catch Throwing our heads back with the pleasure Letting our warm brown frames collapse Lazy resting towels on bodies Sunbed dreaming, time for lunch Decisions on the midday menu A carafe of red or white, too much! Later when the sun’s behind us Deserted beaches for the night Couples then prepare for evening Soon tavernas come alight Poolside dwelling welcomes back Two weary souls from day outside Scorching sun takes all about us Thanks for love where we abide Since we came and soaked our souls In this perfect atmosphere Love has blossomed even further All is wonderful never fear Patio evenings lying out Herb aroma fills the nose Drifting in and out of sleepy Eyes feel heavy in repose Cool wet noses brush our legs Warm fur strokes a silken pass Feline friends have come to visit Glad that we are home at last Nervous ******* lying still Mewing loudly all surpassed Two so gentle but true survivors Bright eyes hiding traumas past How lovely to have given respite As more and more attached we grew Warm and tender stroking softly Alongside us as if they knew
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First, Thank you for this poetry, precious intellect. For employing each muse, under no objection-- Working hard so that the words in my head can sing their celebrations As if without effort, And take their leave in abstract Unity. Second, Thank you for my pain, you lying ************ Every time I fall under the spell of night silence, Unencumbered by those solemn realities, Somehow, still, I long to be bound in the ribbons of mental garrulousness. Because **** It'd sure be hard to write without any words-- Without the consequences of this troubled mind. So, it looks like you’ve found a convincing way to pitch the worth of suffering. And Darlin’, I suppose that I'll be the buyer of your generic brand of heartache-- Never cared for that top-shelf quick n’ done despair anyway. I must just have a pallet for lingering bitterness. Third, Thank you for this herb, mother nature. For the improvisational song that it sings in my veins, Tuning out prosaicism’s drone. For the rocking motion of my psyche That starts when the rapid and the slow converge, And the configuration of the fourth dimension warbles me to sleep In a chorus of veins— Conveying each of life’s cadences, All in vain Of what I myself Ordain.
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Feb 17, 2012
Feb 17, 2012 at 11:33 AM UTC
A List of Thanks
(Published in Miami Herald on May 26, 2014 Brigitte Jacobs Arnold Obituary Guest Book View Sign ARNOLD, BRIGITTE JACOBS, 78, MIAMI. Services will be held at 7:00 pm and a viewing from 12:00 pm to 8:00pm at Maspons Funeral Home located at 3500 SW 8th Street, Miami Florida 33135 Wednesday May 28th.) Don’t ask me why but I went online this afternoon. Read the Miami-Herald obituaries. And not just the Biggies: Maya Angelou at 86 and A one hundred year old Herb Jeffries. Of course we knew Maya, Her caged bird singing Softly in our souls, But may not be aware of Herb Jeffries. A former singer in the Ellington band, Herb was known as the Bronze Buckaroo, In a series of all-black 1930s Westerns-- His nickname evoking His racial identity, Quite muddled, flexible. Although both sad passages to be sure, It was neither Maya nor Herb Triggering my tender tears. But the obituary of: ARNOLD, BRIGITTE JACOBS, 78, MIAMI, Known as Oma, Mutti and Mama. Well, not exactly the Brigitte obit, My tears for her long-lived mother, Brigitte’s mother, durable & abiding, Still breathing at 97: Hildegard Wolle. Reading Brigitte’s bio— German born, Berlin student, Singer-fashionista & Proud, naturalized American citizen— I can’t stop thinking about Hildegard. As if the woman didn’t already Have more than her share of trouble On this planet nearly a century, Having already lost her Grandson Roland, and now, Her daughter. Something wacky is going on here. Some long-distance life lesson Being applied here. Poor Hildegard: ungifted with Alzheimer’s, Suffers crystal distant memories, Some really bad karma Stored up in past lives.
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May 28, 2014
May 28, 2014 at 3:54 PM UTC
“Miami Death Watch”
(Published in Miami Herald on May 26, 2014 Brigitte Jacobs Arnold Obituary Guest Book View Sign ARNOLD, BRIGITTE JACOBS, 78, MIAMI. Services will be held at 7:00 pm and a viewing from 12:00 pm to 8:00pm at Maspons Funeral Home located at 3500 SW 8th Street, Miami Florida 33135 Wednesday May 28th.) Don’t ask me why but I went online this afternoon. Read the Miami-Herald obituaries. And not just the Biggies: Maya Angelou at 86 and A one hundred year old Herb Jeffries. Of course we knew Maya, Her caged bird singing Softly in our souls, But may not be aware of Herb Jeffries. A former singer in the Ellington band, Herb was known as the Bronze Buckaroo, In a series of all-black 1930s Westerns-- His nickname evoking His racial identity, Quite muddled, flexible. Although both sad passages to be sure, It was neither Maya nor Herb Triggering my tender tears. But the obituary of: ARNOLD, BRIGITTE JACOBS, 78, MIAMI, Known as Oma, Mutti and Mama. Well, not exactly the Brigitte obit, My tears for her long-lived mother, Brigitte’s mother, durable & abiding, Still breathing at 97: Hildegard Wolle. Reading Brigitte’s bio— German born, Berlin student, Singer-fashionista & Proud, naturalized American citizen— I can’t stop thinking about Hildegard. As if the woman didn’t already Have more than her share of trouble On this planet nearly a century, Having already lost her Grandson Roland, and now, Her daughter. Something wacky is going on here. Some long-distance life lesson Being applied here. Poor Hildegard: ungifted with Alzheimer’s, Suffers crystal distant memories, Some really bad karma Stored up in past lives.
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Passover Moon's ****** hue eclipses the ordinary in veils of miraculousness obscure rouge halos illume elliptical arcs guiding footsteps in a righteous exodus across troubling waters forsaking hovels with painted doorjambs dripping lambs blood Mezuzahs bleat memories holy murmurs bespeaking lamentations of ancient hosannas our desperate supplications flesh out a distressed humanity seeking deliverance from the vengeance is mine Elohim may it be nigh we wait watching for an always faithful Good Deliverer to honor the covenant to lift despair with a liberating yoke lugging leaden burdens Oh Holy of Holies banished in the wisp of a bitter herb our distended bellies fill with unleavened grace sweet droplets of manna consumed with extreme gratitude arriving at journeys end to promised lands fully satiated and free to rest in sanctuaries of radical hospitality luxuriating in an infinite abundance for all sojourners Selah Music Selection: Big Mama Thornton Go Down Moses Oakland 4/15/14 jbm
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Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014 at 5:15 PM UTC
Blood Moon
177 Ah, Necromancy Sweet! Ah, Wizard erudite! Teach me the skill, That I instil the pain Surgeons assuage in vain, Nor Herb of all the plain Can Heal!
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Ah, Necromancy Sweet!
How do you tell someone that you’re tired of existing? No one has done anything wrong, and by all normal standards this day has been quite nice, but something in me can’t handle that. Something in me can’t stand this constant standard of “surviving” Being exhausted of simply being is draining and no amount of stimulant can correct this. How do you tell someone that it takes all of you to simply wake up in the morning? To wake, to breathe. How do you tell them that it’s nothing they’ve done, but you just can’t do it anymore. How do you say **** like this? How do I think **** like this? Where could I go? France? Scotland? How far would I have to run for these hounds to stop their pursuit of me? Will they stop this chase? The answer is no. No, I don’t think they will. I think they’ll keep ******* chasing me. They’ll keep coming. They’ll keep this race no matter how run-ragged I may be. They’ll keep pace, keep biting at my ankles, keep snarling, snuffling, tearing the ground with their paws. They’ll hunt me until the end— no matter how many rivers or oceans I cross. Or maybe the river Styx will clog their all-knowing-noses….I shouldn’t have given them my scent. But they know it now. They know it and they want more. I’m living off jolts of too much caffeine right now. What way is that to live? Living, though is an overstatement. I’m not living— I’m just taking up space. Taking up space and filling up volumes with these hollow words— as if I don’t know how stale I sound. So where can I go? What do I do? What the hell do I do when I can’t even decide if I want to be Alive? What do I WANT to do? I WANT a house in the mountains. I want an herb garden planted in the shape of a sacred spiral. I want a river to bathe in, a fire place to cast into, a cat to hate and watch suspiciously, a dog to keep the hounds at bay, a kitchen to make magick and medicine in, and a bed warmed by someone else. I want cold nights and mornings warm only because there is skin against my back. I want not to be a prisoner of my own words. I want to stop dreading the day that I run out of words-- because the day I run out of words will be the day I let the hounds catch up to me. I want moonlight&moonshine.; I want sunlight and dizzy sun spots. I want trees and the sound of a roaring tuck. I want sweat and the smell of Wood. I want woods and warm skin at my back.
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Nov 12, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 at 5:26 PM UTC
the morning after
How do you tell someone that you’re tired of existing? No one has done anything wrong, and by all normal standards this day has been quite nice, but something in me can’t handle that. Something in me can’t stand this constant standard of “surviving” Being exhausted of simply being is draining and no amount of stimulant can correct this. How do you tell someone that it takes all of you to simply wake up in the morning? To wake, to breathe. How do you tell them that it’s nothing they’ve done, but you just can’t do it anymore. How do you say **** like this? How do I think **** like this? Where could I go? France? Scotland? How far would I have to run for these hounds to stop their pursuit of me? Will they stop this chase? The answer is no. No, I don’t think they will. I think they’ll keep ******* chasing me. They’ll keep coming. They’ll keep this race no matter how run-ragged I may be. They’ll keep pace, keep biting at my ankles, keep snarling, snuffling, tearing the ground with their paws. They’ll hunt me until the end— no matter how many rivers or oceans I cross. Or maybe the river Styx will clog their all-knowing-noses….I shouldn’t have given them my scent. But they know it now. They know it and they want more. I’m living off jolts of too much caffeine right now. What way is that to live? Living, though is an overstatement. I’m not living— I’m just taking up space. Taking up space and filling up volumes with these hollow words— as if I don’t know how stale I sound. So where can I go? What do I do? What the hell do I do when I can’t even decide if I want to be Alive? What do I WANT to do? I WANT a house in the mountains. I want an herb garden planted in the shape of a sacred spiral. I want a river to bathe in, a fire place to cast into, a cat to hate and watch suspiciously, a dog to keep the hounds at bay, a kitchen to make magick and medicine in, and a bed warmed by someone else. I want cold nights and mornings warm only because there is skin against my back. I want not to be a prisoner of my own words. I want to stop dreading the day that I run out of words-- because the day I run out of words will be the day I let the hounds catch up to me. I want moonlight&moonshine.; I want sunlight and dizzy sun spots. I want trees and the sound of a roaring tuck. I want sweat and the smell of Wood. I want woods and warm skin at my back.
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