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"inflame" poems
Step into the sunshine my friend, let it kiss your face and refine your spirit into a golden bar. Step into the sunshine my friend, come out of the shadows of your past, emerge as a saintly being clothed in angelic white. Step into the sunshine my friend; let the great sun inflame your soul with magnificent grace and transformative power. Step into the sunshine my friend, wipe the darkness from your eyes see what miracles the new day brings. Believe in all the light you see. Step into the sunshine my friend, let radiant beams of love ignite your passions; your heart will bust forth like an exploding star washing the galaxy with positive energy. Step into the sunshine my friend, receive the fantastic glories the day brings to you and revel in them all. Step into the sunshine my friend; bathe yourself in the warm river of humanity. Recognize yourself for the first time in its watery mirror. Step into the sunshine my friend, witness the delicate flower break through the hard crust of earth, marvel as its fragrant bud blooms. Step into the sunshine my friend, experience the wonder in a child’s face, let them lead you to the next 10,000 sunrises. Step into the sunshine my friend, feel the soft rays touch your wounds; know how the daylight can heal. Step into the sunshine my friend, smell the ocean heave against the climbing sun listen to the wisps of the meadowland's verdant fragrance. Step into the sunshine my friend; see the sparrow take flight toward the light, watch its tireless wings glide on a blanket of rising thermal air. Step into the sunshine my friend. Music Selection: Ramsey Lewis Sun Goddess Oakland 122698 jbm
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Mar 17, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 at 9:31 AM UTC
Step Into the Sunshine
Step into the sunshine my friend, let it kiss your face and refine your spirit into a golden bar. Step into the sunshine my friend, come out of the shadows of your past, emerge as a saintly being clothed in angelic white. Step into the sunshine my friend; let the great sun inflame your soul with magnificent grace and transformative power. Step into the sunshine my friend, wipe the darkness from your eyes see what miracles the new day brings. Believe in all the light you see. Step into the sunshine my friend, let radiant beams of love ignite your passions; your heart will bust forth like an exploding star washing the galaxy with positive energy. Step into the sunshine my friend, receive the fantastic glories the day brings to you and revel in them all. Step into the sunshine my friend; bathe yourself in the warm river of humanity. Recognize yourself for the first time in its watery mirror. Step into the sunshine my friend, witness the delicate flower break through the hard crust of earth, marvel as its fragrant bud blooms. Step into the sunshine my friend, experience the wonder in a child’s face, let them lead you to the next 10,000 sunrises. Step into the sunshine my friend, feel the soft rays touch your wounds; know how the daylight can heal. Step into the sunshine my friend, smell the ocean heave against the climbing sun listen to the wisps of the meadowland's verdant fragrance. Step into the sunshine my friend; see the sparrow take flight toward the light, watch its tireless wings glide on a blanket of rising thermal air. Step into the sunshine my friend. Music Selection: Ramsey Lewis Sun Goddess Oakland 122698 jbm
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Here are two pupils whose moons of black transform to cripples all who look: each lovely lady who peers inside take on the body of a toad. Within these mirrors the world inverts: the fond admirer's burning darts turn back to injure the thrusting hand and inflame to danger the scarlet wound. I sought my image in the scorching glass, for what fire could damage a witch's face? So I stared in that furnace where beauties char but found radiant Venus reflected there.
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On Looking Into The Eyes Of A Demon Lover
You brave heroic minds, Worthy your country's name, That honour still pursue, Go, and subdue, Whilst loit'ring hinds Lurke here at home with shame. Britons, you stay too long, Quickly aboard bestow you; And with a merry gale Swell your stretched sail, With vows as strong As the winds that blow you. Your course securely steer, West and by South forth keep; Rocks, lee-shores, nor shoals, When Eolus scowls, You need nor fear, So absolute the deep. And cheerfully at sea, Success you still entice To get the pearl and gold; And ours to hold Virginia, Earth's only Paradise. Where Nature hath in store Fowl, venison, and fish; And the fruitfull'st soil, Without your toil, Three harvests more, All greater than your wish. And the ambitious vine Crowns with his purple mass The cedar reaching high To kiss the sky, The cypress, pine, And useful sassafras. To whom the golden age Still Nature's laws doth give, No other cares attend But them to defend From winter's rage, That long there doth not live. When as the luscious smell Of that delicious land, Above the sea that flows, The clear wind throws, Your hearts to swell, Approaching the dear strand. In kenning of the shore, (Thanks to God first given) O you, the happiest men, Be frolic then! Let canons roar, Frighting the wide heaven! And in regions far Such heroes bring ye forth As those from whom we came, And plant our name Under that star Not known unto our North. And as there plenty grows Of laurel everywhere, Apollo's sacred tree, You may it see A poet's brows To crown, that may sing there. Thy voyages attend Industrious Hakluit, Whose reading shall inflame Men to seek fame, And much commend To after-times thy wit.
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Passions in PoetryTo the Virginian Voyage
You brave heroic minds, Worthy your country's name, That honour still pursue, Go, and subdue, Whilst loit'ring hinds Lurke here at home with shame. Britons, you stay too long, Quickly aboard bestow you; And with a merry gale Swell your stretched sail, With vows as strong As the winds that blow you. Your course securely steer, West and by South forth keep; Rocks, lee-shores, nor shoals, When Eolus scowls, You need nor fear, So absolute the deep. And cheerfully at sea, Success you still entice To get the pearl and gold; And ours to hold Virginia, Earth's only Paradise. Where Nature hath in store Fowl, venison, and fish; And the fruitfull'st soil, Without your toil, Three harvests more, All greater than your wish. And the ambitious vine Crowns with his purple mass The cedar reaching high To kiss the sky, The cypress, pine, And useful sassafras. To whom the golden age Still Nature's laws doth give, No other cares attend But them to defend From winter's rage, That long there doth not live. When as the luscious smell Of that delicious land, Above the sea that flows, The clear wind throws, Your hearts to swell, Approaching the dear strand. In kenning of the shore, (Thanks to God first given) O you, the happiest men, Be frolic then! Let canons roar, Frighting the wide heaven! And in regions far Such heroes bring ye forth As those from whom we came, And plant our name Under that star Not known unto our North. And as there plenty grows Of laurel everywhere, Apollo's sacred tree, You may it see A poet's brows To crown, that may sing there. Thy voyages attend Industrious Hakluit, Whose reading shall inflame Men to seek fame, And much commend To after-times thy wit.
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I'm not your saint, I am the thorn, I'm the havoc you will mourn. I cradled your heart, and bore this taste, I smeared the carnage upon your face. I took control, I snapped your will, I taught you ****** not to **** I ***** the violence, I made it raw, I captivated hate with awe. I stole your disgust and made it mine, put your filth upon this shrine. I abused the knowledge, twisted your fame, in hope that I could be your blame. I craved your envy, seduced your lust, I shattered the belief that held your trust. I made you all of which that you are not, I am the decay which your body will rot. Sabotaged your tender whims to mend, to prove to you, that I do not bend. Who had the control, was it me or you, I will show you just what love can do. Make you a God and then tear you down, Lets show the world your painted crown. The throne of cardboard, easy to inflame, Your blood of Calvary, a stench of shame.
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Nov 14, 2012
Nov 14, 2012 at 6:00 PM UTC
Be thy shame - 2008
I did not know such thoughts till I lay here tightly bound and pleasures that I knew not till I felt your ropes around. I did not know the freedom that ******* could so bring or of eager anticipating how a riding crop might sting. I did not know the beauty of being in your chains as nothing but a slavegirl to use as you intend. I did not know the silence that a leather hood could give. locked in isolation where nothing can intrude. I did not know the feeling of fingers touching so, bringing deep caresses to inflame my inner self. I did not know the flowing that would be drawn from me, as hands I could not see there might reach so deep within. I did not know the warming that would so rise inside, to make me gasp with wanting as I your knowing fingers ride. I did not know the parting so widely of my thighs, that would accept your loving as you hard against me rise. I did not know how deeply you would slide into me, as my moist and eager welcome would take you in so free. I did not know that ******* could make me feel like this, to be loved in this special way was my need you see. I did not know the rising that comes from deep within, with unstoppable explosions that blow my mind away. I did not know of subspace that place you send me to where I am in another world until I return to you. You have been my teacher of things I did not know, and that I was unaware of the need I had of them. I thought myself so worldly yet was so innocent, of such dark pleasures that you brought to life for me. You have taught me much of things I did not know, that freedom’s an illusion and incarceration’s me. Francesca Anderssen 2018
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Jan 8, 2018
Jan 8, 2018 at 5:35 PM UTC
Knowing
I did not know such thoughts till I lay here tightly bound and pleasures that I knew not till I felt your ropes around. I did not know the freedom that ******* could so bring or of eager anticipating how a riding crop might sting. I did not know the beauty of being in your chains as nothing but a slavegirl to use as you intend. I did not know the silence that a leather hood could give. locked in isolation where nothing can intrude. I did not know the feeling of fingers touching so, bringing deep caresses to inflame my inner self. I did not know the flowing that would be drawn from me, as hands I could not see there might reach so deep within. I did not know the warming that would so rise inside, to make me gasp with wanting as I your knowing fingers ride. I did not know the parting so widely of my thighs, that would accept your loving as you hard against me rise. I did not know how deeply you would slide into me, as my moist and eager welcome would take you in so free. I did not know that ******* could make me feel like this, to be loved in this special way was my need you see. I did not know the rising that comes from deep within, with unstoppable explosions that blow my mind away. I did not know of subspace that place you send me to where I am in another world until I return to you. You have been my teacher of things I did not know, and that I was unaware of the need I had of them. I thought myself so worldly yet was so innocent, of such dark pleasures that you brought to life for me. You have taught me much of things I did not know, that freedom’s an illusion and incarceration’s me. Francesca Anderssen 2018
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Fought One, Twenty-two skidoo. Cantankerous mad filamous She, That of her, Me. Piñata, stretched balloon Over my big fleshy ****** Tea and cakes, Painted my nails Painted my lips Like candy. Gold trinkets, Pour like mercury out of my ear. Ouch! I cried My feet in hot sandy Dreams. Flying peacocks tickle My ***** Oranges roll on chalk board tables Over stale rye bread. ***** dribbles out like mucus And a runny nose. Toilet paper and rusty water. ********** on you. Stocking lover. Fetish cover. Woman pusher. Mellifluous **** Look at my skin. Pink, beige, peach, red Porous, greasy, bacteria ridden hide. **** me like seppuku, Smother, suffocate me with Red jelly jam. Lubricate your finger with black Cancerous ash. Stick it in my naval, Unravel my umbilical cord Like so many filaments of my heart. Tear your flesh You auto ********* Rip your liver And force feed it Corn and maize Hay and grass Emory my nails against Red barn walls Until bare skin fundamentals Kisses with salty lips Inflame my ravishing Pig stomach. Kick my shin you Everything, Wake up you stupid ***** Void can be blue skies, Oceans call for suicide. Kiss me with delight, Raspberries tattooed In my ***** Strawberry cream Vanilla, milk, Ponderous infinity, Cotton, dough Honey and sage. Caustic gastric You and not me. Feel my legs, Touch my thighs, Lick my lips, Give me anything Not direct. Tie me up in complexities. **** my head up. Put me in a dream, Make me happy. Blair Butterfield 2004
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Jan 11, 2010
Jan 11, 2010 at 7:09 AM UTC
Rancour
Angel of Plymouth, your Winged Heart's inflame Un-Grate this Laurel which merits your frown At last you found her; Then enrich your name So why wear the Shirt if it keeps you down? Tarry me, please, to your Toried Reason Which Pure Faith crippled to un-hook your Wings Fill your Hour's Due; And renew your Season Then know full well that her Telephone rings And Live you considered to Sky's Content Happily blessed by Hellen's Burning Brow She caused your Curls; Which many Intent Thus winning her Fortress Time did endow. Remember this always with all Support Those Frightened Moments need no more rapport.
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Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013 at 11:44 PM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE: BENJAMIN DALEY - THE COMING OF AGE
There is a bright light That which leads to a bike An enchanting, gravitating and inticing light I found myself reaching for it Then there was thunder Which was followed by rain Heavy, threatning rain I retreated I felt defeated The surrender and defeat, however could not withstand My gravitation towards the bike Then, there was raging thunder And heavy, presistent protesting rain As I reached for the bike The rain became more enraged But it could not withstand My desire My strong desire To ride away With the wind blowing in my face I grabbed the bike The rain ceased And I rode and rode away Away from the dark clouds I splashed into the puddles as I peadled I felt the sting of the water on my legs There were many many puddles Im my path there was a hill A very steep hill And I saw a light at the top An enchanting, gravitating and inticing light I peadled, peadled and peadled My feet began to ache My knees began to inflame And sweat found home across my forehead The bike laid almost still on the hill Barely moving an inch Yet my body felt like it had rode across the world The gears were changed Yet the distance was not My control of the bike was lost I rolled away, away and away Backwards I fell at the bottom of the hill with a thud A loud thud of defeat And bruises of failure I blamed the rain There was nothing I could've done The rain stood in my way Eliminated the friction   My ticket to the light I laid there Then I got up Rode the bike up the hill I fell again   And again I got up And again I fell And again I got up And again I fell Until the bright morning sun Transformed into a blazing sunset After many falls After many bruises I was again on the steep hill Peadling, peadling and peadling Until I saw the light
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Jul 11, 2018
Jul 11, 2018 at 9:56 PM UTC
The Light
There is a bright light That which leads to a bike An enchanting, gravitating and inticing light I found myself reaching for it Then there was thunder Which was followed by rain Heavy, threatning rain I retreated I felt defeated The surrender and defeat, however could not withstand My gravitation towards the bike Then, there was raging thunder And heavy, presistent protesting rain As I reached for the bike The rain became more enraged But it could not withstand My desire My strong desire To ride away With the wind blowing in my face I grabbed the bike The rain ceased And I rode and rode away Away from the dark clouds I splashed into the puddles as I peadled I felt the sting of the water on my legs There were many many puddles Im my path there was a hill A very steep hill And I saw a light at the top An enchanting, gravitating and inticing light I peadled, peadled and peadled My feet began to ache My knees began to inflame And sweat found home across my forehead The bike laid almost still on the hill Barely moving an inch Yet my body felt like it had rode across the world The gears were changed Yet the distance was not My control of the bike was lost I rolled away, away and away Backwards I fell at the bottom of the hill with a thud A loud thud of defeat And bruises of failure I blamed the rain There was nothing I could've done The rain stood in my way Eliminated the friction   My ticket to the light I laid there Then I got up Rode the bike up the hill I fell again   And again I got up And again I fell And again I got up And again I fell Until the bright morning sun Transformed into a blazing sunset After many falls After many bruises I was again on the steep hill Peadling, peadling and peadling Until I saw the light
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I will not attribute honor To easy principles and claims That war is just a plaything Of the murderous insane For the Jews of Amsterdam For the outcasts and the lame The hard won liberation For honor lays good claim Let’s not attribute honour Or repudiate the same Without examination Of the motives in the frame Behind each complex battle To bring calm or to inflame Ten thousand tiny choices One for honor, one for shame.
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Jul 1, 2010
Jul 1, 2010 at 3:14 PM UTC
War Honor?
I love them, They don’t love me. Why would they? They’re hot, Juicy, And delicious, And I’m just… Salty, ******* them down to the bone. Buffalo wings rip up my insides, They’ll inflame my chest and belly, Giving me heartburn, As I power through my consumption of them, And yet I still crave them on a frequent basis, As if I didn’t learn my lesson the last time. Bone in or bone out, It doesn’t really matter at this point, I gave up trying to develop a preference, As I’m committed to my hankering, And seek regular satisfaction, From the sensation and flavor they provide me. Eyes full of tears, I power through the pain, Believing that each and every wing is worth it, Even if I know they don’t agree with me, And know **** well they are not good for me, It’s like hitting yourself in the face, But laughing at the sound it makes. Wings come in all shapes, sizes and flavors, But I choose the buffalo wing every time, For the mere fact that they taste the best, Even if they end up causing the most damage. They don’t even fill me up, But they do make me feel like I’ve had enough. How many buffalo wings would it take, For me to try a new flavor? Is it the saltiness that appeals to me? Is it the spiciness that enslaves me? Is it the drippiness that seduces me? Why not something sweeter, like BBQ, Or savorier like Parmesan Garlic? Why not choose plain old wings, With a little bit of seasoning to keep it interesting? Nope, I’ll always go for the buffalo wing, I’ll always have that craving, Because sometimes, living on the edge, Knowing the risks and going ahead anyway, Makes loving wings all the more worth it, Despite their destructive ways.
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Oct 30, 2023
Oct 30, 2023 at 8:29 PM UTC
Buffalo Wings
I love them, They don’t love me. Why would they? They’re hot, Juicy, And delicious, And I’m just… Salty, ******* them down to the bone. Buffalo wings rip up my insides, They’ll inflame my chest and belly, Giving me heartburn, As I power through my consumption of them, And yet I still crave them on a frequent basis, As if I didn’t learn my lesson the last time. Bone in or bone out, It doesn’t really matter at this point, I gave up trying to develop a preference, As I’m committed to my hankering, And seek regular satisfaction, From the sensation and flavor they provide me. Eyes full of tears, I power through the pain, Believing that each and every wing is worth it, Even if I know they don’t agree with me, And know **** well they are not good for me, It’s like hitting yourself in the face, But laughing at the sound it makes. Wings come in all shapes, sizes and flavors, But I choose the buffalo wing every time, For the mere fact that they taste the best, Even if they end up causing the most damage. They don’t even fill me up, But they do make me feel like I’ve had enough. How many buffalo wings would it take, For me to try a new flavor? Is it the saltiness that appeals to me? Is it the spiciness that enslaves me? Is it the drippiness that seduces me? Why not something sweeter, like BBQ, Or savorier like Parmesan Garlic? Why not choose plain old wings, With a little bit of seasoning to keep it interesting? Nope, I’ll always go for the buffalo wing, I’ll always have that craving, Because sometimes, living on the edge, Knowing the risks and going ahead anyway, Makes loving wings all the more worth it, Despite their destructive ways.
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Hail, happy saint, on thine immortal throne, Possest of glory, life, and bliss unknown; We hear no more the music of thy tongue, Thy wonted auditories cease to throng. Thy sermons in unequall’d accents flow’d, And ev’ry ***** with devotion glow’d; Thou didst in strains of eloquence refin’d Inflame the heart, and captivate the mind. Unhappy we the setting sun deplore, So glorious once, but ah! it shines no more. Behold the prophet in his tow’ring flight! He leaves the earth for heav’n’s unmeasur’d height, And worlds unknown receive him from our sight. There Whitefield wings with rapid course his way, And sails to Zion through vast seas of day. Thy pray’rs, great saint, and thine incessant cries Have pierc’d the ***** of thy native skies. Thou moon hast seen, and all the stars of light, How he has wrestled with his God by night. He pray’d that grace in ev’ry heart might dwell, He long’d to see America excell; He charg’d its youth that ev’ry grace divine Should with full lustre in their conduct shine; That Saviour, which his soul did first receive, The greatest gift that ev’n a God can give, He freely offer’d to the num’rous throng, That on his lips with list’ning pleasure hung. “Take him, ye wretched, for your only good, “Take him ye starving sinners, for your food; “Ye thirsty, come to this life-giving stream, “Ye preachers, take him for your joyful theme; “Take him my dear Americans, he said, “Be your complaints on his kind ***** laid: “Take him, ye Africans, he longs for you, “Impartial Saviour is his title due: “Wash’d in the fountain of redeeming blood, “You shall be sons, and kings, and priests to God.” Great Countess, we Americans revere Thy name, and mingle in thy grief sincere; New England deeply feels, the Orphans mourn, Their more than father will no more return. But, though arrested by the hand of death, Whitefield no more exerts his lab’ring breath, Yet let us view him in th’ eternal skies, Let ev’ry heart to this bright vision rise; While the tomb safe retains its sacred trust, Till life divine re-animates his dust.
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On The Death Of The Rev. Mr. George Whitefield
Hail, happy saint, on thine immortal throne, Possest of glory, life, and bliss unknown; We hear no more the music of thy tongue, Thy wonted auditories cease to throng. Thy sermons in unequall’d accents flow’d, And ev’ry ***** with devotion glow’d; Thou didst in strains of eloquence refin’d Inflame the heart, and captivate the mind. Unhappy we the setting sun deplore, So glorious once, but ah! it shines no more. Behold the prophet in his tow’ring flight! He leaves the earth for heav’n’s unmeasur’d height, And worlds unknown receive him from our sight. There Whitefield wings with rapid course his way, And sails to Zion through vast seas of day. Thy pray’rs, great saint, and thine incessant cries Have pierc’d the ***** of thy native skies. Thou moon hast seen, and all the stars of light, How he has wrestled with his God by night. He pray’d that grace in ev’ry heart might dwell, He long’d to see America excell; He charg’d its youth that ev’ry grace divine Should with full lustre in their conduct shine; That Saviour, which his soul did first receive, The greatest gift that ev’n a God can give, He freely offer’d to the num’rous throng, That on his lips with list’ning pleasure hung. “Take him, ye wretched, for your only good, “Take him ye starving sinners, for your food; “Ye thirsty, come to this life-giving stream, “Ye preachers, take him for your joyful theme; “Take him my dear Americans, he said, “Be your complaints on his kind ***** laid: “Take him, ye Africans, he longs for you, “Impartial Saviour is his title due: “Wash’d in the fountain of redeeming blood, “You shall be sons, and kings, and priests to God.” Great Countess, we Americans revere Thy name, and mingle in thy grief sincere; New England deeply feels, the Orphans mourn, Their more than father will no more return. But, though arrested by the hand of death, Whitefield no more exerts his lab’ring breath, Yet let us view him in th’ eternal skies, Let ev’ry heart to this bright vision rise; While the tomb safe retains its sacred trust, Till life divine re-animates his dust.
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Curve of tangent brims on rune of cosmic quantum, as sparkling rays reel through dew drops at dawn, for green to enlighten creation by bounty of joy, meadow grass seems to tumble drinking solace, resonance of love sprees like beauty of blossom. speckles of white crystal repose in home of blue, eyes bespeaks of ethereal exist to seek beyond, sun awakens earth to uplift from sheath of night, as if hale of eternity expands to abound beyond , petal draws portrait of spark to inflame fragrance. silence quells grief of soul to emblazon by the journey, for each drop of tear to absolve guilt of own delusion, light of love wakes heart to disown from quailing grace, cry of call genuflects at foothill of warmth to yield unity, synergy of art evolves to form by sanity of confluence. Innocence blushes like cadence of hope to run a muck quest still falters to know very principle of uncertainty mystery baffles truth of reason to reason out belief as tendered mellow soft weaves to gather web of love yet don't we need to learn theory of quantum solace?.
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Oct 1, 2015
Oct 1, 2015 at 7:08 PM UTC
QUANTUM SOLACE.
(a poem in Haiku and Senryu) Draw a stick figure future - sadly diminished and chaos ransomed. Paint the landscape with the sweltering glare of global warming. Add micro-plastic and forever chemical flavorings to taste. Come share this with me - let kisses heal and soft whispers inflame. Some locks need two keys to open, some heavens can be reached by mortals. . . A song for this: All Gone Away by The Style Council
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Nov 20, 2024
Nov 20, 2024 at 11:35 AM UTC
stick figures
It was the turning point of my youth. The age I realized, “If I dig far enough into my mind, I can eventually find gold.” So I stood in the middle of the street of my hometown, stared into the sky and begged for answers. (Answers I was too affected to search for in front of me) It didn’t hear my questions, of course, so I made up the answers myself and made those answers my religion. I guess I wanted to feel responsible for my maker’s omnipotence. Always feeling misunderstood, I ignored those who opposed me and opened my ears to those alike. I sang along and sang into a mic like I was atop a podium. I felt special and entitled. I wanted to be heard like the rest of them and die with my shrill cry echoing for all eternity until eternity died. Now, I’m beginning to see my skin fold and my eyes inflame. I look back on past thoughts and deride. How embarrassing it is to have zero experience and claim to have lived like you’ve lived nine lives. Since, I’ve thrown out many records along with my many bloated ideas because my neck has become exhausted from holding my thick nose in the air. And my religion keeps shrinking the drunker I get with loneliness and now I finally have room to see who my maker has made: a faker. All my idols are ******** Dressed as angels All my idols are crooks Dressed as victims All my idols are artists Dressed as… well… whoever they want you to see. Almost as well dressed as me
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Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016 at 9:49 AM UTC
My Idols Are ********
We burn together, but with separate hues Our flames flick and dance around the wick Tips touch and mingle And on occasion consume, This wax that binds me, That keeps me here, away from you. The tears of knowledge weep thick and slow From a time when what once thought was true, Now is not. Yet, your light enthralls me It keeps me near. A dragonfly glimmer, a shimmering morning dew. Here we learn together, fervent flame ensue Distant and close, not wicks but curtains That can't be tamed; Two bonfires in the night, birthing strifeful embers Striking without cause or claim Inflame all that behold us for a love unchained. Your shared endeavors are not mine to keep For elsewhere two little torches, Kindred lanterns in which you keep a light So bright, yet from me so far and dim That to behold them myself would be a match At the base of a tree. But still for you that fire burns, With it billows of smoke carve curvatures Over mountains, which to me unseen, Smoldering luster, an unwelcome glean. Then the time comes, and with the soft spoken smoke you whisper of a desired hue, which you wish to have bound wick and wax A dream within which she is there and I Outside of you.
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Jan 18, 2013
Jan 18, 2013 at 3:03 AM UTC
The Flame In Me and Out of You
The poet tries with her words to create something new something hitherto unconsidered, unthought, unspoken She rakes the dirt for language that is inimitable and rare Fighting her way out of prosaic platitudes Searching deliriously for a sharp-edged jolt of ingenuity that will awaken and inflame In this great pursuit of something clever to say, she overcompensates, birthing a few stanzas of exaggerated hogwash that inspires more dismay than satisfaction Out the window her poem goes A little crumpled ball of melodrama and stale cliché Then the poet sits in silence smoldering with displeasure wanting nothing more than to finally write something that works It is when, radiant with disappointment, she relinquishes her fantasy of excellence that the true poem begins With rosy wings and eyes like screaming bullets it sails forth to proclaim to declare to profess without apology or contrition the wildest truths of her soul It is out of this realm of deflation and defeat that true originality is bred Just a murmur at first, just a glint, but listen, listen as it swells into an exquisite roar and watch, watch as it rises from the decay of the past to flare in a new light
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Apr 21, 2014
Apr 21, 2014 at 8:36 AM UTC
Out of darkness comes light
Have you ever noticed that tail lights reflect off tire-worn roads when sun and all have gone asleep? A pair of red glow just seems to float through space like a reverse halo behind and below vehicle on its 2am way elsewhere. And how about the fact that windshield wiper and turn signal never truly-precisely- exactly-rhythmically sync? One clicks and blinks, the other dryly whaps, on that first swipe, of course, just when light mist begins to stick and the exit approaches at a slick sixty-five-miles-an-hour. Turn down the volume now, it's time to pay attention. Candle wax doesn't always melt directly inward. Sometimes it does dome perfectly, which makes it all the more fun to push further. Other times it just bows out, as if to say, "There'll be no addition to the amount of light I'll be giving you tonight. You'll just have to bend me in and pray for a split-less base," as hours, seeming like minutes, in minutiae, are spent burning our tobacco and circling our teacups and laughing effortlessly, indenting pillows and rugs and us keeping so, so quiet as not to awaken ourselves. Waxing is always a chance worth risking because, worst case, we can inflame another dancer while we chat and hope that, just this once, God help us, we realize our stars align.
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Oct 19, 2012
Oct 19, 2012 at 3:36 AM UTC
On Finding Rhythm
We hobble along with outrage fatigue And watch as nothing ever exhausts Our Machiavellian leaders' use Of the media to win at all costs. False story lines prevail. To hell with accuracy and precision. Sowing distrust of higher learning Solidifies their paranoid vision. Watch how their destructive disdain For expertise gains vitality As people's opinions and feelings stomp On any form of objective reality. Watch as they rewrite history; Notice how data can be erased As they become suspicious of much Information that's science-based. Language becomes weaponized: Hyperbole, salacious lies, And slippery superlatives Celebrate truth's demise. Party loyalty: that is key. All that matters is the sale. Hijacking democracy Becomes the goal: the holy grail. Mobilized by grievance, they Inflame fear and anger. They hope That we will find scapegoats to blame When we are at the end of our rope. A general illiteracy On issues that affect our lives Keeps us all in doubt while they Create fake news and sharpen their knives. Ah, how they want you to fear Government, which is ironic, For they themselves are government. Look at their smiles, cold and sardonic. Give equal weight to both Sides of arguments, they say. That's how they can justify Bigotry and lead us astray. While extremist views go mainstream, Blurred lines make life hazy. Keep watering narcissism, And you will see it grow like crazy. Their careful manipulation of language Proves how much their rhetoric's swollen. The people find it hard to accept That basic freedoms are being stolen. As we lament the death of truth And wonder how it came to pass, Before we cast blame we must Peer into the looking glass. -by Bob B (9-28-18) °Inspired by "The Death of Truth" by Michiko Kakutani
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Sep 28, 2018
Sep 28, 2018 at 11:37 AM UTC
Lamenting the Death of Truth°
We hobble along with outrage fatigue And watch as nothing ever exhausts Our Machiavellian leaders' use Of the media to win at all costs. False story lines prevail. To hell with accuracy and precision. Sowing distrust of higher learning Solidifies their paranoid vision. Watch how their destructive disdain For expertise gains vitality As people's opinions and feelings stomp On any form of objective reality. Watch as they rewrite history; Notice how data can be erased As they become suspicious of much Information that's science-based. Language becomes weaponized: Hyperbole, salacious lies, And slippery superlatives Celebrate truth's demise. Party loyalty: that is key. All that matters is the sale. Hijacking democracy Becomes the goal: the holy grail. Mobilized by grievance, they Inflame fear and anger. They hope That we will find scapegoats to blame When we are at the end of our rope. A general illiteracy On issues that affect our lives Keeps us all in doubt while they Create fake news and sharpen their knives. Ah, how they want you to fear Government, which is ironic, For they themselves are government. Look at their smiles, cold and sardonic. Give equal weight to both Sides of arguments, they say. That's how they can justify Bigotry and lead us astray. While extremist views go mainstream, Blurred lines make life hazy. Keep watering narcissism, And you will see it grow like crazy. Their careful manipulation of language Proves how much their rhetoric's swollen. The people find it hard to accept That basic freedoms are being stolen. As we lament the death of truth And wonder how it came to pass, Before we cast blame we must Peer into the looking glass. -by Bob B (9-28-18) °Inspired by "The Death of Truth" by Michiko Kakutani
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If I hedge thus a drooling wager and cash in on my thrice-foiled cravings for her overdue bites (plus a guilt-free laugh at his expense), I can use minced steps to sidle around too-lively trunks, and avoid the need to heed thugs barking mad from within their crevice-laid traps. How those bug-eyed brutes'll clamor and claw at me to discard this protective wrap, clued in by my rep of never bending willfully to anybody but her. "Come on, shed! Get, uh, new set of scales, for you we will — promise!" is how she'd stammer, roughly translating their not-so-twee chatter, if she were there. Rather, in that lavishly apt way she has, she'll be away picking suitable pelts to adorn her newly uncovered, quite public shame while fending off an advancing clod, who won't go easily, but who does go on ad nauseam with a penchant for naming every ******* thing that haps vitally across his cocky path. Beyond a simple relish of mischief, I'm doing this (mostly) for her benefit. How could a persimmon be forbidden, as if he had permission to make such bargains? He's dismissed it as an ungainly fruit, and mocked its likelihood to "lava thy lips" with an orange pulp, but in that chance smattering lies the matter to inflame my soul. I'll feed her the pudding-fresh flesh, and strip it down to its delectably small seeds. In their splitting I'll glean the silvery utensils to spill a man's wholly worthless future. Let's tuck in.
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May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010 at 4:31 PM UTC
Fruit of a Bizarre Love Triangle
Look over there, The moon has fled well she is not kind — she is bad just hidden from us in a clouds' cache and nudging them and it starts to splash with acrid rain on the darkness of the roofs with breath of softness tinging a house where the sleep could stay sleep, wherever you have slipped away all those dreams, they have become wet the rock is sighing it has let the ravine to take one stone falling and meantime here I, I am singing. Never mind that I am in a jail because I know the morning won't fail to help me when it grows to inflame out of the ripe night which keeps the same also for the next tomorrow. Indeed they seem to overflow these mornings, still in a drowsy vein as raising the head from breast of rain which fell in love with them and shines and to honour both with my lines while for me a note of wind is blown tell me, why I shouldn't sing on my own.
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Oct 28, 2015
Oct 28, 2015 at 2:43 AM UTC
"The Dawn" by J. Orten (1919-1941)
That place where only you can take me That I had forgotten Fondest of memories arose from those moments An instant high that causes bodies to quiver Causes bodies to intertwine covered in dew Draped in sheets shimmering in the sun But you awoken that sense of hunger Unconcealed heat that laid hidden beneath my skin Waiting to inflame me, to rekindle those sparks And it all began with that one touch To remember where I belong
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Jul 17, 2015
Jul 17, 2015 at 12:04 AM UTC
Ecstasy
I've noticed that I've stopped noticing; The way I look at the forbidden face And the way it looks at me No longer stirs the heavens. No sailboat turns on its heaving sea When our corneas connect in a brazen Fire, nor do any fidgeting mourners Swallow graves over our crashing pink hands. The tin-suited band piece has long ago Replaced any emotion that could inflame My cheek with a khaki cigarette smoke And spun out days like empty bags.      Still for the rainwater of his laugh alone      Might I swim the Earth's crooked orbit.
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Mar 5, 2011
Mar 5, 2011 at 8:19 AM UTC
B-Movie Universe
Enamored is such a beautiful word But at times it can have me so perturbed The definition few even have heard Its effects can leave the strongest disturbed Webster defines it, to inflame with love, obsessed It’s has a tendency to leave you somewhat depressed I really do like the word as such Even so I don’t us it lightly or very much It can be so good with that meaning Especially if the same song your crush is singing Now it doesn’t take much to change the tune Realizations that come on way to soon Now comes the pain tis my friend you see For the one I want is not enamored with me
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Jan 23, 2012
Jan 23, 2012 at 4:14 AM UTC
Enamored
Her rags become whole again, As an ebony dress, beautifully woven, Wraps around her frame. Her cuts close, her bruises fade, The aching pains that were her life have gone away, Never to inflame. Her boundaries are long gone, As now she dances alone beneath the cold sun, Of her empty world. Her death is far behind her, Only a distant memory remains of Earth, As her wings unfurl. *She flies, finally free, But alone, her heart must freeze.*
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Nov 8, 2014
Nov 8, 2014 at 6:27 PM UTC
Bursting Through Empty Skies [Part-2]
I am the wind. You are the fire. We inflame this earth With passion and desires.                not even a ray of light          could penetrate this vacuum                of darkness. we are          buried beneath the *****                of black hole, an abyss of          reality beyond fantasy I am the wind. You are the fire. We inflame this earth Until the river of life                extinguished our fusion            with water and confusion
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Oct 18, 2013
Oct 18, 2013 at 9:53 PM UTC
Elements