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A little boy Neat white shirt ironed to perfection A monster truck plastered on the front Denim jeans, fitting his skinny waist just right Innovative Imaginative He loves creating new things Making plain old cardboard into the next best thing He gets his crayons Sharpies and all And runs to his room All excited on his new project, his new creation One piece of cardboard after the other Rectangles flying everywhere Coloring what looks like door handles onto cardboard? The vision isn’t clear, yet it will come together soon. He works quickly With a due date set in mind Full of ambition The vision isn’t clear, yet it will come together soon. He finishes his new achievement Smiling happily at his new jumble of handiwork Glued together precisely The vision isn’t clear, yet it will come together soon. He attaches the different shapes to himself Straps glued to the cardboard It seems he’s wearing armor With doorknobs and wood grain painted on it with pure artistry He hears someone come in the front door His smile turns to panic He quickly cleans up the supplies Throwing things around the room anywhere they fit He runs to the corner of his room He quickly pulls the “armor” close to him As he sits in the fetal position His armor becomes a small dresser that looks as if it was made for clothes The father bursts into the room With rage spelled out on his forehead The boy hides brilliantly afraid of the wrath to come The father looks around the room carefully *Come out Come out Wherever you are The next time I see you I’ll give you more bruises than last week altogether* He closes the door with a loud slam The boy unfolds his creation, a simple dresser Who knew that a young boy’s imagination Would protect him from all of the horror and pain usually unleashed on him
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May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 at 9:27 PM UTC
The Art Project
A little boy Neat white shirt ironed to perfection A monster truck plastered on the front Denim jeans, fitting his skinny waist just right Innovative Imaginative He loves creating new things Making plain old cardboard into the next best thing He gets his crayons Sharpies and all And runs to his room All excited on his new project, his new creation One piece of cardboard after the other Rectangles flying everywhere Coloring what looks like door handles onto cardboard? The vision isn’t clear, yet it will come together soon. He works quickly With a due date set in mind Full of ambition The vision isn’t clear, yet it will come together soon. He finishes his new achievement Smiling happily at his new jumble of handiwork Glued together precisely The vision isn’t clear, yet it will come together soon. He attaches the different shapes to himself Straps glued to the cardboard It seems he’s wearing armor With doorknobs and wood grain painted on it with pure artistry He hears someone come in the front door His smile turns to panic He quickly cleans up the supplies Throwing things around the room anywhere they fit He runs to the corner of his room He quickly pulls the “armor” close to him As he sits in the fetal position His armor becomes a small dresser that looks as if it was made for clothes The father bursts into the room With rage spelled out on his forehead The boy hides brilliantly afraid of the wrath to come The father looks around the room carefully *Come out Come out Wherever you are The next time I see you I’ll give you more bruises than last week altogether* He closes the door with a loud slam The boy unfolds his creation, a simple dresser Who knew that a young boy’s imagination Would protect him from all of the horror and pain usually unleashed on him
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Show me where to start, Show me where to begin. I'm only moments away, From cashing in. The road ahead isn't always straight and narrow, It sometimes struggles to stay on course. This of things to lead away, And make me feel so coarse. The ironed irony of this simple truth, Of hated things in faded youth. Can no longer wait in this waiting room, Tired, scared, and lonely here. As today is gone too soon.
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Apr 2, 2016
Apr 2, 2016 at 9:18 PM UTC
Gone Too Soon
I love da sound ya ***** does make While slapping up against your sister, for Christ sake Watching you all doing the ***** deed, doggy style On ya momma's brand new, multi coloured **** pile   ***** young boys, are forever slapping, keepin’ it real While viewing ya ***** in ya year nine, high school classes Even some curious gals, like to slip in a quick feel While flashing their hallway entry, fancy gold passes Da sound ya ***** makes, ya must be using an amplifier With a **** load of flaming, boom-boom, bass   Next time though, try turning the treble up, as you were And turning down that flaming bass, just in case   This mornin’, I woke up stiff, like feelin’ as if dead Then flicked through the paper, my obituary, I just read Didn't feel that great, after we had finished the missionary Wish I was much more aware, like a future visionary I haven't even ironed my clothes or done my face For my very last day of this bright sunlight   Will I need to pack a jumbo suitcase Or maybe just some shorts and thongs On my mystery vacation, one-way flight Da sound ya ***** was making when shaking Was maybe way too loud for some, last night It put me in, like a clothes dryer spin   Police came by, just to check that no one was pranking With some spray with mace, just when I was about to sin Everyone's got an unusual craze in life Mine just happened to put me in a daze   Should've taken a much deeper breath When going down between ya momma's thighs   Send flowers to my ******* and hoes And never ever forget, ya ****** nice ways Always tried to satisfy the whole **** world But still hearing some sad **** woes I like da sound ya ***** makes Reminds me of some ole dance tracks Played by the DJ, named Georgie O’Kay While everyone dances to a beat I'm hard at work, while trying to get ya To get down lower and pretend to be ya momma.
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Sep 10, 2019
Sep 10, 2019 at 6:14 PM UTC
Da Sound Ya ***** Makes
I love da sound ya ***** does make While slapping up against your sister, for Christ sake Watching you all doing the ***** deed, doggy style On ya momma's brand new, multi coloured **** pile   ***** young boys, are forever slapping, keepin’ it real While viewing ya ***** in ya year nine, high school classes Even some curious gals, like to slip in a quick feel While flashing their hallway entry, fancy gold passes Da sound ya ***** makes, ya must be using an amplifier With a **** load of flaming, boom-boom, bass   Next time though, try turning the treble up, as you were And turning down that flaming bass, just in case   This mornin’, I woke up stiff, like feelin’ as if dead Then flicked through the paper, my obituary, I just read Didn't feel that great, after we had finished the missionary Wish I was much more aware, like a future visionary I haven't even ironed my clothes or done my face For my very last day of this bright sunlight   Will I need to pack a jumbo suitcase Or maybe just some shorts and thongs On my mystery vacation, one-way flight Da sound ya ***** was making when shaking Was maybe way too loud for some, last night It put me in, like a clothes dryer spin   Police came by, just to check that no one was pranking With some spray with mace, just when I was about to sin Everyone's got an unusual craze in life Mine just happened to put me in a daze   Should've taken a much deeper breath When going down between ya momma's thighs   Send flowers to my ******* and hoes And never ever forget, ya ****** nice ways Always tried to satisfy the whole **** world But still hearing some sad **** woes I like da sound ya ***** makes Reminds me of some ole dance tracks Played by the DJ, named Georgie O’Kay While everyone dances to a beat I'm hard at work, while trying to get ya To get down lower and pretend to be ya momma.
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my heart will never be as heavy as the ones of the children who are forced to learn the anatomy of a gun in two seconds flat. it doesn't matter if you believe in god. god finds calm in violence, god doesn't come here, to the schools that are named after presidents and townspeople who've done good deeds, places that were supposed to be safe. my heart will never be as heavy as the ones of the parents who sent their kids to school in dresses and ironed khakis and two little pigtails and got them back in body bags. there are no flags here. no Purple Hearts for the kids who couldn't wait long enough to find god.
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Dec 13, 2015
Dec 13, 2015 at 7:05 PM UTC
(to kevin's victims)
First Love is funny Like a burning ring We all fell into it once Memories Memories Time ago Young in age Tender in heart Just like in the garden I wanted to touch the apple Just the next street Yet my bath must be long Had no real beard Wonder what I was shaving Armpit cleaned like a desert Nails cut to shape Memories Memories Shirt ironed repeatedly Trousers checked for unseen tears Day before Only shoe shined to new. Hair line brought to shape By my mum used tiger razor Memories Memories Vasselin on my face Power on my neck Perfumed ear To make complete Memories Memories Mirror Mirror How do I look Turning Turning Looking Looking The boy must be perfect To met his presumed perfect girl With a novel in hand A nappe in the other The boy good to go Certified by my coach Unseen shadow accomplices Bold and calm Queens and polished coach gave order Tell her she is not beautiful But pretty Tell her she is not a girl But an angel Tell her she is not now But the future Whistle blown I marched forward Be calm be calm My shadow kept saying Target in sight Worrior on the March Memories Memories At the junction of battle Without rain Was covered in sweat Had a quick look backward My shadow had disappeared queens refused to be fluent words of love had flew away Smiling was i Cleaning my sweat Opening my novel able to ask for her note Last assignment of Saturday We don't school on Saturday Memories Memories Prayed for rapture Even though I new will end in hell Any other thing My hunted asked No! no!! no!!! The hunter said Hunted standing Hunter running Memories Memories Now in a corner Waiting for my scar to heal ****** up my coach said Thanking God I came alive Even when the battle was lost Memories Memories Love is like a burning ring We all fell into it once Memories Memories And Memories
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Jul 2, 2020
Jul 2, 2020 at 8:45 PM UTC
Learning to crawl
First Love is funny Like a burning ring We all fell into it once Memories Memories Time ago Young in age Tender in heart Just like in the garden I wanted to touch the apple Just the next street Yet my bath must be long Had no real beard Wonder what I was shaving Armpit cleaned like a desert Nails cut to shape Memories Memories Shirt ironed repeatedly Trousers checked for unseen tears Day before Only shoe shined to new. Hair line brought to shape By my mum used tiger razor Memories Memories Vasselin on my face Power on my neck Perfumed ear To make complete Memories Memories Mirror Mirror How do I look Turning Turning Looking Looking The boy must be perfect To met his presumed perfect girl With a novel in hand A nappe in the other The boy good to go Certified by my coach Unseen shadow accomplices Bold and calm Queens and polished coach gave order Tell her she is not beautiful But pretty Tell her she is not a girl But an angel Tell her she is not now But the future Whistle blown I marched forward Be calm be calm My shadow kept saying Target in sight Worrior on the March Memories Memories At the junction of battle Without rain Was covered in sweat Had a quick look backward My shadow had disappeared queens refused to be fluent words of love had flew away Smiling was i Cleaning my sweat Opening my novel able to ask for her note Last assignment of Saturday We don't school on Saturday Memories Memories Prayed for rapture Even though I new will end in hell Any other thing My hunted asked No! no!! no!!! The hunter said Hunted standing Hunter running Memories Memories Now in a corner Waiting for my scar to heal ****** up my coach said Thanking God I came alive Even when the battle was lost Memories Memories Love is like a burning ring We all fell into it once Memories Memories And Memories
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I am ragged and Dismembered In velveteen splendour. Assembled by a drunk, Who couldn't remember What loveliness Looked like. I'm too tall for my height. You are pulpy and bright Like today's magazines. Your eyes are spotless like Ironed jeans, And they fold and crease in smiles at me. You find me funny. I am sterile and naked And aching with Tension. I'll bend into positions to Get your attention. I am fixed in the curb, and you gather the nerve to cope with my most unnerving dimensions. (I love you. I forget to mention.) You've never indulged in petty *** You wrap my arms around Your neck, like I'm a scarf. I make you laugh. You've never been out on the scene. You've never found yourself between two strangers in a darkened room. Bedroom theatre's not for you. Nor costume. You've never smoked. You've never drank so much You've choked on hot-bodied ***** and collapsed in the road. You had four pints of beer and I watched you explode. From your skin I lick atoms of the sky and shampoo. You are dripping with hygiene, You are clear, you are blue. In mirrors you stand and watch me watching you.
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Sep 19, 2013
Sep 19, 2013 at 2:00 PM UTC
hygiene
Watching him write on the blackboard More green than black I was struck by the deep blue of his shirt And how crisp the lines were Folded and ironed More effort than I care to put into a shirt And even though I was shivering In the dark, hopeless blue of My bulky winter jacket Sitting in that empty chair I slid out of the room in my mind Recalling summer The windows, now with canvas Blinds half lowered Would, instead of frost and condensation Allow thick, all-encompassing heat To slither into the room Our shirts sticking to us Sweat stains would mark up our Clothes, like chalk on the blackboard And our legs would Stick to our plastic chairs as we Stood at the end of class, reinvigorated Voices raised in shared triumph of the overcome Backpacks would be thrown over our Shoulders wet and tan and flush with Heat of the summer season, synonymous with Hope. Our shorts and bright shirts made the Room a deafening testament to our Readiness For the day.
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May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013 at 12:02 AM UTC
Blackboard
We used to go down by the old dock To wait for the boats to pass by In Amsterdam's last nook With our old hand gloves That kept the last inch of our old selves attached to our bodies And the air was fresh Filling our lungs with aromatic daytime The buildings leaped out of the river Making the horizon line a thin slip above us And we came alone To Amsterdam To the handsome port here Just to get some chips in a cone In the Afternoon when the fog had gone and the cold had warmed We went for a long walk Just on our own Through the city Along the Canals My lord It was beautiful to see it all so clearly The floating tops of great cathedrals And slanted open top house boats We even rented out bikes Saw the streets by night Felt the chilly winds return But in bed felt the warm ironed sheets beneath us And we came once a year To Amsterdam To The constricted Canals Just to get some chips in a Cone But we did go home of course Well you did I though, never left those days we spent In the golden light of the canal-side winter markets You moved on and called it a thing that we used to do when we were young When we had more time than sense I still remember it as if it was yesterday Us in a peddle boat Passing the Frank's old place With that love of the past And of just silence And we came with each other To Amsterdam To the storm of riverside cyclists Just to get some chips in a cone I'll never forget them Those chips in a cone we had At least seven times a trip We'd go up to the stand by the canal And not worry about our health for once This was more important It was the chips in a cone that brought us together And the taste of such a simple thing still makes me smile I remember the last and final time we went Just before we had our first son It was the night before we left And I went up to the woman in the chip in a cone stand One more order One last chips in a cone It was all I had come for So simple but such a milestone The end to my youth And we left with each other From Amsterdam With a lot more than we brought Forgetting to finish our chips in a cone
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Jul 2, 2014
Jul 2, 2014 at 8:27 PM UTC
And we went to Amsterdam for chips in a cone
We used to go down by the old dock To wait for the boats to pass by In Amsterdam's last nook With our old hand gloves That kept the last inch of our old selves attached to our bodies And the air was fresh Filling our lungs with aromatic daytime The buildings leaped out of the river Making the horizon line a thin slip above us And we came alone To Amsterdam To the handsome port here Just to get some chips in a cone In the Afternoon when the fog had gone and the cold had warmed We went for a long walk Just on our own Through the city Along the Canals My lord It was beautiful to see it all so clearly The floating tops of great cathedrals And slanted open top house boats We even rented out bikes Saw the streets by night Felt the chilly winds return But in bed felt the warm ironed sheets beneath us And we came once a year To Amsterdam To The constricted Canals Just to get some chips in a Cone But we did go home of course Well you did I though, never left those days we spent In the golden light of the canal-side winter markets You moved on and called it a thing that we used to do when we were young When we had more time than sense I still remember it as if it was yesterday Us in a peddle boat Passing the Frank's old place With that love of the past And of just silence And we came with each other To Amsterdam To the storm of riverside cyclists Just to get some chips in a cone I'll never forget them Those chips in a cone we had At least seven times a trip We'd go up to the stand by the canal And not worry about our health for once This was more important It was the chips in a cone that brought us together And the taste of such a simple thing still makes me smile I remember the last and final time we went Just before we had our first son It was the night before we left And I went up to the woman in the chip in a cone stand One more order One last chips in a cone It was all I had come for So simple but such a milestone The end to my youth And we left with each other From Amsterdam With a lot more than we brought Forgetting to finish our chips in a cone
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Bedroom’s painted fisherman’s blue There’s a cut out of Hayden Panettiere naked in a pink bikini with a hula-hoop on the back of the door Copies of British Vogue desperately hidden underneath the bed accompanying an empty bottle of Glen’s Manchester United duvet cover and matching pillows to boot The bin’s filled with pre-packed home-made lunches from the last six months Wardrobes a collection of ill fitting blue jeans bought for me by grandmother and football jerseys for teams that I’ve never even heard of, yet let alone see play a single game Uniform ironed and sitting out ready for school on Monday at 8am sharp ***** clothes cover mostly all the floor smelling of Lynx’s finest even though there’s an empty laundry basket just waiting in the corner to be used Inside one of the woolen blazer’s (that is way too big for me) pockets a single unopened ****** and an AES 256-bit encrypted USB stick An old PlayStation 2, with a single controller; games including FIFA years through 2004 to now, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, and GTA. Blood red shoplifted lipstick that’s now melted hidden in the little secret compartment at the back, meant for network expansion. Artemis Fowl, Alex Rider, and Harry Potter all adorn the bookcase Physics, Maths, and IT textbooks remain firmly closed on the desk in addition to a smashed phone from me and Daddy’s last “physical altercation” Lady Gaga’s “I Like it Rough” is playing in the background on repeat…
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Aug 23, 2020
Aug 23, 2020 at 2:43 PM UTC
~2009
Bedroom’s painted fisherman’s blue There’s a cut out of Hayden Panettiere naked in a pink bikini with a hula-hoop on the back of the door Copies of British Vogue desperately hidden underneath the bed accompanying an empty bottle of Glen’s Manchester United duvet cover and matching pillows to boot The bin’s filled with pre-packed home-made lunches from the last six months Wardrobes a collection of ill fitting blue jeans bought for me by grandmother and football jerseys for teams that I’ve never even heard of, yet let alone see play a single game Uniform ironed and sitting out ready for school on Monday at 8am sharp ***** clothes cover mostly all the floor smelling of Lynx’s finest even though there’s an empty laundry basket just waiting in the corner to be used Inside one of the woolen blazer’s (that is way too big for me) pockets a single unopened ****** and an AES 256-bit encrypted USB stick An old PlayStation 2, with a single controller; games including FIFA years through 2004 to now, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, and GTA. Blood red shoplifted lipstick that’s now melted hidden in the little secret compartment at the back, meant for network expansion. Artemis Fowl, Alex Rider, and Harry Potter all adorn the bookcase Physics, Maths, and IT textbooks remain firmly closed on the desk in addition to a smashed phone from me and Daddy’s last “physical altercation” Lady Gaga’s “I Like it Rough” is playing in the background on repeat…
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Mutted sounds The city sleeps... traditional Rest...closed shutters Against the heat....skies white Blinding, implacable Brurnt, liquid: coupolas baking Through centuries of glazed splendor My lover's breath on old fashioned Sheets: starched, crip...ironed flat Our bodies recouping In the cool inner wall... welcomed presence Nary a sound...inanimate objects Enrobed in silence Languid , heavy, waiting for the shadows Announcing night's fresh enconter. Colette Anne Naegle copyrights 2005
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Mar 2, 2012
Mar 2, 2012 at 3:34 AM UTC
Venitian siesta
White shoelaces tied carefully, clothes ironed straight, not a strand of hair in his face, private school and Christian home. His momma packed him PB&J.; She said, "Son, don't hang with the wrong kind of kids, the ones sitting in the back of the classroom who wear words on their necks and black every Sunday." And she puts a napkin in his lunchbox and reminds him to wash his hands. And she prays for him to find cleanliness, and she checks the internet history every day while he finishes homework and practices piano. She tells him, "Son, don't let those celebrities with their drugs and their ***** words influence you." And she emphasizes "man shall not lie with man" and not "God loves all His children" and tells him not to let any mud get on his new socks. He sits on the couch and he sits in the audience and he's told what isn't okay. He is raised following predjudices he doesn't agree to, stereotypes engraved deep in his brain to the core. He was never taught any different, he was never educated on differences. He knows a million shades of white but God forbid he touch a blade of glass. He was taught to keep his window locked, head down, eyes shut, mouth closed, hands folded, back straight, shoelaces tied. Momma says, "Son, better keep yourself clean," but she touches him with ***** hands and ties a rope he never wanted around his neck.
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Dec 7, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 at 8:34 PM UTC
Shoelaces
Growing up way back when life was simple. There were wringer wash machines. On Monday morning I remember my mom fill the wash machine with hot water. Add soap powder, but watch or it will clump. Then she added fels naptha soap Which was a bar, and you sliced off pieces for the extra ***** clothes. SIMPLE? Now she added the clothes While they are agitating You wait... You have a second tub filled with hot water. to transfer those clothes into, for rinsing. You always used the same water over. You started with white clothes, then eventually by the time the dark clothes  came around the water looked pretty gross.. SIMPLE? After rinsing you use that magical wringer. Which is two rollers that sqeeze all the water out. Time...it all takes time.. Then into the wash basket. Laundry back when life was simple... By then your basket if full of wet heavy clothes. Out to the clothes line. But first you had to run a dry cloth to wipe the dirt off the clothes line. Hanging up all that laundry with those cute wooden clothes pins. Not even clip ones were invented back then. But the bag which held all the clothes pins was real cute, it looked like a dress... SIMPLE? Socks, ****** shirts, slacks, towels, oh those heavy towels and my favorite the sheets. Time, it takes time to dry those clothes. Laundry back when life was simple. Back then everything was ironed. Starched and there was no spray starch, or steam iron. Mom would dip the collars of the shirts into a bowl of starch, and roll it up, it was ready to be ironed. Laundry back when life was simple... How can that be a simple time. I watched my mom and grandma do this every Monday. Starting early and it would be evening when she would finally have the clothes folded and put away... The next day was for ironing. ~~~ SIMPLE? We have the simple life for now we can throw in a load, have it washed, thrown in the dryer, and hung up in a couple of hours. Taking a coffee break in between the washing and drying... by ~ judy
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May 5, 2014
May 5, 2014 at 11:03 AM UTC
LAUNDRY BACK WHEN LIFE WAS SIMPLE.
Growing up way back when life was simple. There were wringer wash machines. On Monday morning I remember my mom fill the wash machine with hot water. Add soap powder, but watch or it will clump. Then she added fels naptha soap Which was a bar, and you sliced off pieces for the extra ***** clothes. SIMPLE? Now she added the clothes While they are agitating You wait... You have a second tub filled with hot water. to transfer those clothes into, for rinsing. You always used the same water over. You started with white clothes, then eventually by the time the dark clothes  came around the water looked pretty gross.. SIMPLE? After rinsing you use that magical wringer. Which is two rollers that sqeeze all the water out. Time...it all takes time.. Then into the wash basket. Laundry back when life was simple... By then your basket if full of wet heavy clothes. Out to the clothes line. But first you had to run a dry cloth to wipe the dirt off the clothes line. Hanging up all that laundry with those cute wooden clothes pins. Not even clip ones were invented back then. But the bag which held all the clothes pins was real cute, it looked like a dress... SIMPLE? Socks, ****** shirts, slacks, towels, oh those heavy towels and my favorite the sheets. Time, it takes time to dry those clothes. Laundry back when life was simple. Back then everything was ironed. Starched and there was no spray starch, or steam iron. Mom would dip the collars of the shirts into a bowl of starch, and roll it up, it was ready to be ironed. Laundry back when life was simple... How can that be a simple time. I watched my mom and grandma do this every Monday. Starting early and it would be evening when she would finally have the clothes folded and put away... The next day was for ironing. ~~~ SIMPLE? We have the simple life for now we can throw in a load, have it washed, thrown in the dryer, and hung up in a couple of hours. Taking a coffee break in between the washing and drying... by ~ judy
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She's this insatiable urge gaining on me, like a herd of horses galloping in the treachery of the wild, their muscles brushed to a shine rippling down their calves to embrace the ground beneath their ironed hooves shaking it up, tormenting its calm, whipping up tremors that know no chains and travel far. When she's around dust and sweat break free with muscles aching in symphony the heart is all worked up like a boiler room in heat pummeling all of its adrenaline in one fleeting indulgence which the universe with all its hatcheries is itching to contain before the raging tides in and floods my world. She's the elusive horizon used to passionate chases and the sly azure lunging at it for one sweet glimpse of the cleavage where it conjoins with the earth looking for Elysium that never is. Ah! But that is what it is for the tamed to think of love is an impossibility for it grows in the wild separated by a hundred chasms and a million mazes waiting for a fool to cross over. When she isn't around the rumpled sheets tell our story for it has seen the storms that raged in the cavernous nights and filled up balmy noons with the savagery of love still crackling like embers of fire which have seen better days, and, light up still, with a death wish to tell of our smouldering lives that thrived in spasms of our last breath.
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Sep 9, 2018
Sep 9, 2018 at 11:59 AM UTC
Consumed
I Happy are men who yet before they are killed Can let their veins run cold. Whom no compassion fleers Or makes their feet Sore on the alleys cobbled with their brothers. The front line withers. But they are troops who fade, not flowers, For poets' tearful fooling: Men, gaps for filling: Losses, who might have fought Longer; but no one bothers. II And some cease feeling Even themselves or for themselves. Dullness best solves The tease and doubt of shelling, And Chance's strange arithmetic Comes simpler than the reckoning of their shilling. They keep no check on armies' decimation. III Happy are these who lose imagination: They have enough to carry with ammunition. Their spirit drags no pack. Their old wounds, save with cold, can not more ache. Having seen all things red, Their eyes are rid Of the hurt of the colour of blood for ever. And terror's first constriction over, Their hearts remain small-drawn. Their senses in some scorching cautery of battle Now long since ironed, Can laugh among the dying, unconcerned. IV Happy the soldier home, with not a notion How somewhere, every dawn, some men attack, And many sighs are drained. Happy the lad whose mind was never trained: His days are worth forgetting more than not. He sings along the march Which we march taciturn, because of dusk, The long, forlorn, relentless trend From larger day to huger night. V We wise, who with a thought besmirch Blood over all our soul, How should we see our task But through his blunt and lashless eyes? Alive, he is not vital overmuch; Dying, not mortal overmuch; Nor sad, nor proud, Nor curious at all. He cannot tell Old men's placidity from his. VI But cursed are dullards whom no cannon stuns, That they should be as stones. Wretched are they, and mean With paucity that never was simplicity. By choice they made themselves immune To pity and whatever mourns in man Before the last sea and the hapless stars; Whatever mourns when many leave these shores; Whatever shares The eternal reciprocity of tears
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Insensibility
I Happy are men who yet before they are killed Can let their veins run cold. Whom no compassion fleers Or makes their feet Sore on the alleys cobbled with their brothers. The front line withers. But they are troops who fade, not flowers, For poets' tearful fooling: Men, gaps for filling: Losses, who might have fought Longer; but no one bothers. II And some cease feeling Even themselves or for themselves. Dullness best solves The tease and doubt of shelling, And Chance's strange arithmetic Comes simpler than the reckoning of their shilling. They keep no check on armies' decimation. III Happy are these who lose imagination: They have enough to carry with ammunition. Their spirit drags no pack. Their old wounds, save with cold, can not more ache. Having seen all things red, Their eyes are rid Of the hurt of the colour of blood for ever. And terror's first constriction over, Their hearts remain small-drawn. Their senses in some scorching cautery of battle Now long since ironed, Can laugh among the dying, unconcerned. IV Happy the soldier home, with not a notion How somewhere, every dawn, some men attack, And many sighs are drained. Happy the lad whose mind was never trained: His days are worth forgetting more than not. He sings along the march Which we march taciturn, because of dusk, The long, forlorn, relentless trend From larger day to huger night. V We wise, who with a thought besmirch Blood over all our soul, How should we see our task But through his blunt and lashless eyes? Alive, he is not vital overmuch; Dying, not mortal overmuch; Nor sad, nor proud, Nor curious at all. He cannot tell Old men's placidity from his. VI But cursed are dullards whom no cannon stuns, That they should be as stones. Wretched are they, and mean With paucity that never was simplicity. By choice they made themselves immune To pity and whatever mourns in man Before the last sea and the hapless stars; Whatever mourns when many leave these shores; Whatever shares The eternal reciprocity of tears
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Six yards of glamour Designed to cover the shame Six yards of culture Wrapped around her name Six yards of colors Different hues and grades Six yards of silken armor Displaying vanity and fame She drapes herself in the morning With the six yards of delicate weave Starched, ironed, pleated and neat She carries the burden in traditions name In a world where she is respected For what you show and what you wear She carries her silken armor with pride Revealed sensuous skin unseen.. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sari
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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 at 12:56 AM UTC
sari
They have been together, give or take, for fifteen years. Their marriage in the clasp of puberty, its voice deepening, its stubble sprouting. Not long ago, shopping. Necessary. Kid’s birthday. It comes around quick, like lunch, paying for the Ploughman’s at the self-service in town when the clock flicks to twelve. Her right hand on his right hand. They still do this, though not quite as often. Today, he returns from work, wrenches the tie out from beneath the collar of a shirt she ironed yesterday. Son, out. Daughter, also out. The fridge plagued with magnets and a list; Milk,                   Bread,                   Eggs? Inside, two beers, sweating cold. Later, he thinks. How’s your day been darling? We need to be at the school at six. Oh yes. They need to hear how their progenies excel at the expressive arts. He hasn’t been expressive in years. Hours expire. Now his bare feet slide under the duvet. The wife reads a while, Sunday Times bestseller. Then she hugs him, touches the skin she has known since she was nineteen at Northampton, literary sponge absorbing Shakespeare and Joyce. It is warm. It is something that has not changed. The two of them are content. They know they can always have this.
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Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018 at 6:01 PM UTC
Shopping List
When I was 15, I wouldn’t have believed you if you told me all of this about constant lament in a Red painted Animal House of scapegoats that I’ve yet to see it’s         streets of beige it’s         fast food bad food no food spilled milk or beer it’s         the South no the East maybe West probably North it’s         in the air the water the meat there’s just too much heat to breathe or hold a job it’s         hourly wages and daily commutes of gypsy peddlers in a town I’ve never been to it’s         the cigarettes or nicotine my useless spleen filtering things I should never inhale or drink it’s         divorce rates leading to ***** flicks c-sections finding acquaintances on monitors after dark only able to generate laughter over years of tears it’s         women it’s         pain it’s         the migraines we get when we're waiting on the rain to paint the beige streets bronze it’s          rolling trees metal trucks frozen lakes lumber jacks and ice fishing it's          the anxiety of right wrong bad good all grey in the sunshine without you it’s          the words of times you said meaning more to me than it ever could to you it’s         the colossus of Wall St. overbearing my own suit and tie un-ironed or cared for but necessary     none the less it’s          CCTV the fight for power Government foreign travelers or terrorists Project Paper clip MK Ultra Plum Island persuasion propaganda Paul Wolfowitz it’s          who governs what you can afford when you sit tattered on a curb after earning another mans bread it’s         what has or has not been said 7 times or none that still lingers on the grass out front of home or house it’s         no matter how big you are you still answer a toy phone handed to you by a two year old it’s        the tears of Alexander when he realized there were no more worlds to conquer
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Oct 29, 2012
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:37 PM UTC
Biting My Nails All Day
When I was 15, I wouldn’t have believed you if you told me all of this about constant lament in a Red painted Animal House of scapegoats that I’ve yet to see it’s         streets of beige it’s         fast food bad food no food spilled milk or beer it’s         the South no the East maybe West probably North it’s         in the air the water the meat there’s just too much heat to breathe or hold a job it’s         hourly wages and daily commutes of gypsy peddlers in a town I’ve never been to it’s         the cigarettes or nicotine my useless spleen filtering things I should never inhale or drink it’s         divorce rates leading to ***** flicks c-sections finding acquaintances on monitors after dark only able to generate laughter over years of tears it’s         women it’s         pain it’s         the migraines we get when we're waiting on the rain to paint the beige streets bronze it’s          rolling trees metal trucks frozen lakes lumber jacks and ice fishing it's          the anxiety of right wrong bad good all grey in the sunshine without you it’s          the words of times you said meaning more to me than it ever could to you it’s         the colossus of Wall St. overbearing my own suit and tie un-ironed or cared for but necessary     none the less it’s          CCTV the fight for power Government foreign travelers or terrorists Project Paper clip MK Ultra Plum Island persuasion propaganda Paul Wolfowitz it’s          who governs what you can afford when you sit tattered on a curb after earning another mans bread it’s         what has or has not been said 7 times or none that still lingers on the grass out front of home or house it’s         no matter how big you are you still answer a toy phone handed to you by a two year old it’s        the tears of Alexander when he realized there were no more worlds to conquer
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we're aboard the bus me and Gus me and Gus we're aboard the bus we're going to West Avenue to throw a few punches in the gym with Stu we're going to West Avenue to throw a few punches in the gym with Stu Stu is a great puncher his punches are accurate his left hook knocks other dudes really flat Stu has them dudes well ironed out on the mat Stu has them dudes well ironed out on the mat us guys on the rough side of town have to know how to solidly punch to knock those gang members down those gang members are tough and mean they are the toughest and meanest gang members on the rough side of town Gus and I are going to take those gang members on take them on take them on they aren't going to give Gus and I no knock out gong no knock out gong Gus and I will have a retinue of punches to plant on their noses they'll be redder than a bunch of roses Gus and I get aboard the bus to go Stu's gym we're learning punching skills off him
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Jul 5, 2013
Jul 5, 2013 at 12:23 AM UTC
At The Gym ( A Rap Poem)
Rusting of ironed-love, never to forgiveness, my eyes can perceive no beauty of sunsets. Ignite the light, warm my dearest night, prepare for the time, stones in the sky collide. Deliver no pain, shout for joy, strengthen your faith, for everything will be back to its normal state.
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Feb 23, 2012
Feb 23, 2012 at 12:06 PM UTC
Corrosion
Today I decided to make a dress. I'd seen others do it. Figured I'd give it a try. So I laced Predictability on neatly And hemmed the Defensiveness in tight. Stitched up the Strength, the Sarcasm and The Empty Stare in a nice, perfect line With pearly white Laughs to match. Then I ironed it with puffs of Indifference, And hung it up to admire. It was nice. Decent. Normal. Okay. I put my dress on and walked out into the world. I smiled at all the right places and frowned to the silent beat. And then when I got home I took it off and cried.
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Dec 2, 2012
Dec 2, 2012 at 8:34 AM UTC
Playing Dress-Up
Bouncers can only stop and stare, maybe get involved when their contract states they've got to care, but up to that line they wait on doorstops and thresholds, looking for kisses from the makeup clad gold. Smokers swell in the sea mist of the open smoking area, they talk ideas and travel plans, wave to no one hoping they'll wave back again. The bar men, the bar women and the cloakroom attendants sing along to the songs under tired, muttered breaths, hoping the depth of the queue subsides into something more serviceable. And after? Young ones with freshly ironed faces **** into gutters and speak in half-rhyme stutters, Morse code flutters that translate into nothing more than, another beer please. They yell as if they own the sky, keep their echoes on rope tied to the openings of back alleyways, showing to her and her and her and him, his best friend, that he's the drunkest of them all.
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Dec 18, 2013
Dec 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM UTC
Dress Up to Come Back Home Again
When this skin was young and ironed, well it fit, like new things do; that was then but now I find the cracks within are showing through.
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Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017 at 8:12 AM UTC
Creased
I dyed my hair ash brown Ironed it harsh and fierce I cut thick forest bangs that hide my angry brows and flirt with my long black lashes I dipped my brush in bursting green and painted my lids to disguise the navy emptiness within me I stained my lips roaring red matching the words that I hide, tongue to cheek Nasty verbs and abashed adjectives want badly to sneak out and terrorize your every insecurity I bleached every tiny tooth bright wicked white to flash towards terrible wreckless superficial you I lost five pounds to fit into my saphire body-icon attire and don't worry, darling my ******* are still naturally huge and angry from being objectified by you, ******* and I know that every ******* person will think I'm a goddess model queen moviestar and **** I'll look like one and flourish you will merely turn your head away while I head to the bathroom like a lush loser cursing your ways viciously at the door of your ******* gay boy bar stall
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Nov 13, 2012
Nov 13, 2012 at 7:51 PM UTC
Angry.
I didn’t cry when you left Neither did I say anything to anyone I just kept quiet for a few days But, I've observed everything And suffered even more That blue shirt, Which you often used to wear Is ironed and arranged in the wooden closet Your specs are still kept on the television.. And the umbrella .. waiting for the rainy season.. In The last rains We were soaked and drenched I did not touch your umbrella .. I know, That you do not like If  your things are misplaced I’ve told the cobbler To mend your old shoe Your watch is repaired With a battery brand new Taylor has stitched your pants With a lining inside And Your bed is done And mom waiting by its side. Dad .... I know You will be tired by the journey But this time, Please stand still And Rest for some time I will take off your shoes And massage your legs To make you de-stress Whatever you’ll say I'll do it all Just stand still And be there You know what dad ... The last time you left .. You left us shocked... Ananya
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Nov 5, 2015
Nov 5, 2015 at 6:38 AM UTC
Father
A tall, thin man stands outside my house, it's cold out there and he waits for me to come out The same young man wears a black hat and a black blouse he paces to and fro until he passes out The tall thin man waits for me to arrive stands there singing songs until he feels like he might die He knocks on the door, he sounds so polite, begs for a minute, and a glass of water if I might. The man barges in, he breaks my door, he raids my cubbards he stains my floor, he spills my wine, he eats my fruit, the man feels nothing, he continues. While he wanders through my house, he spits out lines as ironed as his blouse. "Thank you for your patience" "I really have to say, you're very kind and giving in the most pathetic way." The man then goes up to my room he makes my bed look brand new. Then makes me now lay down and pray, tells me that I belong this way. I beg him to stop as my hands start to ache, my heart froze up and he swore I'd been faking. The man in the hat the man in the blouse the man that I let into my house the man that stole the man who broke the man who I let take all control that man took what he needed that man then left and left me bleeding. On his way out he said goodbye, he said farewell, and thanked my time, before he took off to the sky, he told me something I can't deny "You're too trusting, my dear, and look at you now, you let people in out of fear, and you are left the clown"
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Jun 16, 2016
Jun 16, 2016 at 6:18 PM UTC
The man outside my house