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"leah" poems
Lightsabers and blasters Jedi and Sith Snow Speeders and AT-AT's CURSE YOU REBEL **** Let's blow up the Death Star! Dagoba awaits! Use the force Luke There... is... another... Leah... LEAH???? Ewwwwww she kissed him! No. I. Am your father! Whaaaaaaaat!? Never tell me the odds!
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Mar 1, 2014
Mar 1, 2014 at 5:44 PM UTC
I friggin love Star Wars...
I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am a captive Taken from my home Away from love and care Now I live in fear In the midst of the unknown I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu Oh! You have forgotten me, probably I wouldn't blame you I am just a girl, you thought But I am Nigeria And I could be just your girl Yet you go to bed with both eyes closed Because I am just a girl. How do you sleep? How do you find peace? How do you laugh with satisfaction And Find rest? Knowing I am Leah Sharibu And I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu Who is she? I can hear you ask. Oh! You've forgotten? I am that "Dapchi girl" Kidnapped with her school mates But they are free and I am not They gained their lives back Because they are what I am not That's what some people thought But I am not just "that Dapchi girl" I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria And I am a captive I am in chains I am in bonds I am in pains And I am not free I am still missing I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am a Christian That's what you said But I am more than a Christian I am a girl child I am a woman I am a daughter I am a mother And I am a wife But I am more than all these Yes! I am I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria Though you called me a Christian Undoubtedly I am Was that not why you left me behind? Was that not why you've left me till now? How callous? How unpatriotic? You swore an oath to protect me But you lied You think calling me a Christian Will clear your conscience But you lie! I am Nigeria That's my identity I am Leah Sharibu I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I have been betrayed By Deceivers parading themselves as leaders By cowards parading themselves as heroes By liers who embraces you with a dagger I have been betrayed By enemies camouflaged as friends I thought they cared about me But all they want is a piece of me. So they don't care if I bleed I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am not missing You can see me But you've refused to free me You've made me your slave Everyday you **** me Everyday you **** me Everyday you brutalise me Everyday you torment me Despite the oath you swore to protect me You have become my terror My Kidnapper My tormentor My killer My captor My destroyer I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I can see, you don't care, who I am You think I will just pass away Like a shadow in the night Another figure among the many lost So you hope But you lie I am your fear I am your shame I am your story Ugly but true I am your cross You must bear I am your pain And I won't go away I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria You can **** me But I won't die Though ****** with many swords And bleeding on all sides You will always hear my cries Because I live on.... You can try to hide me Like a woman's nature call But I won't go away I will be your nightmare And walk the night in your sleep I will be your nemesis And follow you to your grave I will be your infamy Lay you bare for the world to see I will be the truth That topples your lies And I pray that I will be your end So you'd be no more I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria Another night has come And I pray for sleep Not knowing if I will see the dawning of a new day You expect me to be weak To break down and fall You expect me to be feeble and frail But I won't Everyday I see the sun I will grow strong Everyday I take a breath I shall be agile able Don't expect me to give up For I shall win at last I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria.
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Jan 24, 2021
Jan 24, 2021 at 7:13 PM UTC
I AM LEAH SHARIBU
I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am a captive Taken from my home Away from love and care Now I live in fear In the midst of the unknown I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu Oh! You have forgotten me, probably I wouldn't blame you I am just a girl, you thought But I am Nigeria And I could be just your girl Yet you go to bed with both eyes closed Because I am just a girl. How do you sleep? How do you find peace? How do you laugh with satisfaction And Find rest? Knowing I am Leah Sharibu And I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu Who is she? I can hear you ask. Oh! You've forgotten? I am that "Dapchi girl" Kidnapped with her school mates But they are free and I am not They gained their lives back Because they are what I am not That's what some people thought But I am not just "that Dapchi girl" I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria And I am a captive I am in chains I am in bonds I am in pains And I am not free I am still missing I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am a Christian That's what you said But I am more than a Christian I am a girl child I am a woman I am a daughter I am a mother And I am a wife But I am more than all these Yes! I am I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria Though you called me a Christian Undoubtedly I am Was that not why you left me behind? Was that not why you've left me till now? How callous? How unpatriotic? You swore an oath to protect me But you lied You think calling me a Christian Will clear your conscience But you lie! I am Nigeria That's my identity I am Leah Sharibu I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I have been betrayed By Deceivers parading themselves as leaders By cowards parading themselves as heroes By liers who embraces you with a dagger I have been betrayed By enemies camouflaged as friends I thought they cared about me But all they want is a piece of me. So they don't care if I bleed I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am not missing You can see me But you've refused to free me You've made me your slave Everyday you **** me Everyday you **** me Everyday you brutalise me Everyday you torment me Despite the oath you swore to protect me You have become my terror My Kidnapper My tormentor My killer My captor My destroyer I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I can see, you don't care, who I am You think I will just pass away Like a shadow in the night Another figure among the many lost So you hope But you lie I am your fear I am your shame I am your story Ugly but true I am your cross You must bear I am your pain And I won't go away I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria You can **** me But I won't die Though ****** with many swords And bleeding on all sides You will always hear my cries Because I live on.... You can try to hide me Like a woman's nature call But I won't go away I will be your nightmare And walk the night in your sleep I will be your nemesis And follow you to your grave I will be your infamy Lay you bare for the world to see I will be the truth That topples your lies And I pray that I will be your end So you'd be no more I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria Another night has come And I pray for sleep Not knowing if I will see the dawning of a new day You expect me to be weak To break down and fall You expect me to be feeble and frail But I won't Everyday I see the sun I will grow strong Everyday I take a breath I shall be agile able Don't expect me to give up For I shall win at last I am Leah Sharibu I am Nigeria.
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cherry blossom was his smoking hot girlfriend. they moved in together, probably in 2007. he met her online, he was married to a woman who he said was a fundamentalist. they had four kids, three daughters and a son. he wrote a lot about how his fundamentalist wife had turned the three daughters against him. as the years went by, he forgot their birthdays and ages because it hurt too much, so he wrote. "cherry blossom, you're going to make it with your unbroken man who i hope to thank one day for making you happy", he wrote in a journal entitled "the last one" dated late September of 2012. they broke up in mid August 2011 from a journal entry dated at the end of October 2012: "ten things you want to say to ten different people" cherry blossom was first on the list cherry blossom's unbroken man was second on the list cherry blossom's son of a different baby daddy was third on the list his own son was fourth on the list his daughters were not on the list at all. he was glad she was with a good guy. he didn't have to worry about her. unbroken guy was a good guy, he loved unbroken guy for that. her son was a good guy, he was glad that her son got to hang out with him and his son. according to the public messages his friends left on his profile and the last time stamp on his activity feed, he must have died almost three years ago, in mid August, 7 years to the exact date he had posted a journal entry explaining that they had broken up and cherry blossom was moving out. 7 years is the same amount of time it took for jacob to get rachel as his wife after being deceived into marrying leah. he had other journal entries too, they go back to 2008, so some of them cover his time with cherry blossom cherry blossom was smokin hot, they had *** parties cherry blossom got all the attention because she was smokin hot he had bottomed to his vanilla fundamentalist wife who turned his three daughters against him but cherry blossom was his submissive so cherry blossom was the way cherry blossom introduced him to swinging, **** and gang bangs his fundamentalist wife, who he never got a legal divorce from, turned his three daughters against him. he had 342 friends and 13 followers on his fetlife profile, five left public messages on his wall after he died. cherry blossom was so smokin hot.
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Mar 23, 2021
Mar 23, 2021 at 8:54 PM UTC
pretard for the ******
cherry blossom was his smoking hot girlfriend. they moved in together, probably in 2007. he met her online, he was married to a woman who he said was a fundamentalist. they had four kids, three daughters and a son. he wrote a lot about how his fundamentalist wife had turned the three daughters against him. as the years went by, he forgot their birthdays and ages because it hurt too much, so he wrote. "cherry blossom, you're going to make it with your unbroken man who i hope to thank one day for making you happy", he wrote in a journal entitled "the last one" dated late September of 2012. they broke up in mid August 2011 from a journal entry dated at the end of October 2012: "ten things you want to say to ten different people" cherry blossom was first on the list cherry blossom's unbroken man was second on the list cherry blossom's son of a different baby daddy was third on the list his own son was fourth on the list his daughters were not on the list at all. he was glad she was with a good guy. he didn't have to worry about her. unbroken guy was a good guy, he loved unbroken guy for that. her son was a good guy, he was glad that her son got to hang out with him and his son. according to the public messages his friends left on his profile and the last time stamp on his activity feed, he must have died almost three years ago, in mid August, 7 years to the exact date he had posted a journal entry explaining that they had broken up and cherry blossom was moving out. 7 years is the same amount of time it took for jacob to get rachel as his wife after being deceived into marrying leah. he had other journal entries too, they go back to 2008, so some of them cover his time with cherry blossom cherry blossom was smokin hot, they had *** parties cherry blossom got all the attention because she was smokin hot he had bottomed to his vanilla fundamentalist wife who turned his three daughters against him but cherry blossom was his submissive so cherry blossom was the way cherry blossom introduced him to swinging, **** and gang bangs his fundamentalist wife, who he never got a legal divorce from, turned his three daughters against him. he had 342 friends and 13 followers on his fetlife profile, five left public messages on his wall after he died. cherry blossom was so smokin hot.
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Widowhood is not a curse, ladies Widowhood is ordained by God Bible and Qur’an teaches about widows Tamar in the Bible married twice. Tamar was widowed twice. God had a plan for Tamar. Khadija was a widow married twice. Her second husband was young Mohammed Allah had a plan for Khadija. Zainab and Zubaida two sisters Two sisters bound by widowhood. God had a plan for Zainab and Zubaida. Leah Rabin and Jehane el-Sadat widows Their husband sought peace, they were killed. Jehane and Leah had no fear, God had a plan. Widowhood is not a curse. Widowhood is ordained by God God has a plan for all widows, have faith.
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Apr 1, 2013
Apr 1, 2013 at 10:58 AM UTC
Widows
Come, my darling, let us dance To the moon that beckons us To dissolve our love in trance Heedless of the hideous Heat & hate of Sirius- Shun his baneful brilliance! Let us dance beneath the palm Moving in the moonlight, frond Wooing frond above the calm Of the ocean diamond Sparkling to the sky beyond The enchantment of our psalm. Let us dance, my mirror of Perfect passion won to peace, Let us dance, my treasure trove, On the marble terraces Carved in pallid embroeideries For the vestal veil of Love. Heaven awakes to encompass us, Hell awakes its jubilance In our hearts mysterious Marriage of the azure expanse, With the scarlet brilliance Of the Moon with Sirius. Velvet swatches our lissome limbs Languid lapped by sky & sea Soul through sense & spirit swims Through the pregnant porphyry Dome of lapiz-lazuli:- Heart of silence, hush our hymns. Come my darling; let us dance Through the golden galaxies Rhythmic swell of circumstance Beaming passion’s argosies: Ecstacy entwined with ease, Terrene joy transcending trance! Thou my scarlet concubine Draining heart’s blood to the lees To empurple those divine Lips with living luxuries Life importunate to appease Drought insatiable of wine! Tunis in the tremendous trance Rests from day’s incestuous Traffic with the radiance Of her sire-& over us Gleams the intoxicating glance Of the Moon & Sirius. Take the ardour of my impearled Essence that my shoulders seek To intensify the curled Candour of the eyes oblique, Eyes that see the seraphic sleek Lust bewitch the wanton world. Come, my love, my dove, & pour From thy cup the serpent wine Brimmed & breathless -secret store Of my crimson concubine Surfeit spirit in the shrine- Devil -Goddess ****** ***** Afric sands ensorcel us, Afric seas & skies entrance Velvet, lewd & luminous Night surveys our soul askance! Come my love, & let us dance To the Moon and Sirius!
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Lyric of Love to Leah
Come, my darling, let us dance To the moon that beckons us To dissolve our love in trance Heedless of the hideous Heat & hate of Sirius- Shun his baneful brilliance! Let us dance beneath the palm Moving in the moonlight, frond Wooing frond above the calm Of the ocean diamond Sparkling to the sky beyond The enchantment of our psalm. Let us dance, my mirror of Perfect passion won to peace, Let us dance, my treasure trove, On the marble terraces Carved in pallid embroeideries For the vestal veil of Love. Heaven awakes to encompass us, Hell awakes its jubilance In our hearts mysterious Marriage of the azure expanse, With the scarlet brilliance Of the Moon with Sirius. Velvet swatches our lissome limbs Languid lapped by sky & sea Soul through sense & spirit swims Through the pregnant porphyry Dome of lapiz-lazuli:- Heart of silence, hush our hymns. Come my darling; let us dance Through the golden galaxies Rhythmic swell of circumstance Beaming passion’s argosies: Ecstacy entwined with ease, Terrene joy transcending trance! Thou my scarlet concubine Draining heart’s blood to the lees To empurple those divine Lips with living luxuries Life importunate to appease Drought insatiable of wine! Tunis in the tremendous trance Rests from day’s incestuous Traffic with the radiance Of her sire-& over us Gleams the intoxicating glance Of the Moon & Sirius. Take the ardour of my impearled Essence that my shoulders seek To intensify the curled Candour of the eyes oblique, Eyes that see the seraphic sleek Lust bewitch the wanton world. Come, my love, my dove, & pour From thy cup the serpent wine Brimmed & breathless -secret store Of my crimson concubine Surfeit spirit in the shrine- Devil -Goddess ****** ***** Afric sands ensorcel us, Afric seas & skies entrance Velvet, lewd & luminous Night surveys our soul askance! Come my love, & let us dance To the Moon and Sirius!
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to my Madolyn, Rob , Soliana, Malak, Pinkpearl, Daniel, BJ, Miki, Jules, Willow, Poets Rain, Her, Ashan, Billy, Katelyn, Kirstens, Leah, Emily, Liz, Skyler, HB, Danielle, Robin, Lynnie, Veer, Abigail, and Fawn We haven't been here long At all But your support has been overwhelming ...to us at least We haven't written masterpieces At all But your responses have been overpowering ...to us at least Know we notice you, Know we recognize you, and try to get to know you through the words you present We could never repay you At all But, please, don't forget we love you ...to say the least We are honored We will always work to honor you Sincerely yours, A&T (seriously not a ripoff) P.S. I can't handle anymore people so you guys are going to have to help me ****** anyone new coming over. I'll pay.
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Jul 27, 2018
Jul 27, 2018 at 3:38 AM UTC
This is not a thank you, this is a love letter.
I want that kinda love like the way Obama looks at Michelle I want that kinda love Like Cinderella in her happliy ever after fairytale I want that kinda love thats brings you Heaven in the mist of all hell I want that kinda love thats gonna be there for you at the lowest point in your life when you fail. I want that kinda love that if you start Looking into thier eyes you will be put under a spell I want that kind of love that Feeds your mind knowlege until you both feel Faded. I want That kinda of love that takes you high and gets your spirit Elevated I want That kinda of love that keeps you going and movatived. I want That kinda love where you keep on all your clothes but still be exposed like your naked. I want That kind of love thats scared Yes that kinda of love. I want that kinda love Fitting me like a cold hand to warm glove I want That kinda Love expressed through the lycis that Jill Scott sings, That kinda love of how much joy and life loves brings That kind of love Manifesting the many blessings That India Arie Compassionate kinda love That kindred Family soul kinda love That make soul glow, and your spirit Grow kinda love That poetic hip hop lauren Hill kinda love That Vivian and Uncle Phil, Jada and Will kinda love Yes That Kinda Love As it Washes away my pain and let me dance in your love like the Summer rain Kissed by a rose kinda love Let's Cherish the day as if were are lyrics to the music sung by Sade. Old school R&B; kinda of love That Smooth Jazz kem music kinda love That maxwell fortunate kinda love That Babyface Whip Appeal so I know its real kinda love That Cliff and Clair Huxtable Honorable and responsible Kind of love. That Unlimited, Unconditinal, Uncommon Kind of Love. That Purpose driven, On a Mission, Bringing The vision to fruition kinda love 1 Corinthians 13 kind of love You'll be My King and Ill be you Queen kinda of love That Hebrew Royalty Showing loyalty kinda love I want that nourish your soul like Grandmas Homemade Turkey and biscuits casserole kinda love. I want that Acts 6:3 kind of man with faith, prayer, and a plan. I want a God fearing man who genuinely understands. I want a Relationship like Boaz and Ruth, Taking the journey together living in the Truth I want a love that will fight for me just as Jocob did For Racheal and I promise I'll always be faithful. Let it be Pleasing to God's sight just as Leah But yet As wise As Solomon and The Queen of Sheba kinda love I want that 1 John 3:18 Kind of love That Unforseen kinda Love As we Build like Noah and Nehemiah, But Weep together like Jeremiah kinda of love I want that Serve like Sammuel And Pray like Daniel Kinda of love. That love me like Christ Kinda of Love. Yes That is my Kinda of love.
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Jan 16, 2017
Jan 16, 2017 at 8:05 PM UTC
"Kinda Love"
I want that kinda love like the way Obama looks at Michelle I want that kinda love Like Cinderella in her happliy ever after fairytale I want that kinda love thats brings you Heaven in the mist of all hell I want that kinda love thats gonna be there for you at the lowest point in your life when you fail. I want that kinda love that if you start Looking into thier eyes you will be put under a spell I want that kind of love that Feeds your mind knowlege until you both feel Faded. I want That kinda of love that takes you high and gets your spirit Elevated I want That kinda of love that keeps you going and movatived. I want That kinda love where you keep on all your clothes but still be exposed like your naked. I want That kind of love thats scared Yes that kinda of love. I want that kinda love Fitting me like a cold hand to warm glove I want That kinda Love expressed through the lycis that Jill Scott sings, That kinda love of how much joy and life loves brings That kind of love Manifesting the many blessings That India Arie Compassionate kinda love That kindred Family soul kinda love That make soul glow, and your spirit Grow kinda love That poetic hip hop lauren Hill kinda love That Vivian and Uncle Phil, Jada and Will kinda love Yes That Kinda Love As it Washes away my pain and let me dance in your love like the Summer rain Kissed by a rose kinda love Let's Cherish the day as if were are lyrics to the music sung by Sade. Old school R&B; kinda of love That Smooth Jazz kem music kinda love That maxwell fortunate kinda love That Babyface Whip Appeal so I know its real kinda love That Cliff and Clair Huxtable Honorable and responsible Kind of love. That Unlimited, Unconditinal, Uncommon Kind of Love. That Purpose driven, On a Mission, Bringing The vision to fruition kinda love 1 Corinthians 13 kind of love You'll be My King and Ill be you Queen kinda of love That Hebrew Royalty Showing loyalty kinda love I want that nourish your soul like Grandmas Homemade Turkey and biscuits casserole kinda love. I want that Acts 6:3 kind of man with faith, prayer, and a plan. I want a God fearing man who genuinely understands. I want a Relationship like Boaz and Ruth, Taking the journey together living in the Truth I want a love that will fight for me just as Jocob did For Racheal and I promise I'll always be faithful. Let it be Pleasing to God's sight just as Leah But yet As wise As Solomon and The Queen of Sheba kinda love I want that 1 John 3:18 Kind of love That Unforseen kinda Love As we Build like Noah and Nehemiah, But Weep together like Jeremiah kinda of love I want that Serve like Sammuel And Pray like Daniel Kinda of love. That love me like Christ Kinda of Love. Yes That is my Kinda of love.
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My pen and I sit and write by the River Thames, The London Eye clear despite gazing through a haze. Questions rise, amazed am I, by my silent pen. Try do I, so why can’t I follow other men? Mulling now on thoughts and how they form inside the mind. Do they come with time, or like Holmes must one go find? Or have I overlooked a simply queer idea? What if thoughts collect like the staid hands of Leah? Famous poems, here were born-- but hordes have also died. All these words go unheard by many bards that tried. Trapped in Limbo words remain ‘til they recompense— Freed by one whose work’s undone, still unsure from whence. Never fret if an idea you ever forget, For here it remains, at the River Thames, in set. Waiting to be writ by a pen and hand so kind, For poets can clean the pollutants of the mind.
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Jun 6, 2012
Jun 6, 2012 at 11:01 PM UTC
Thoughts on the River Thames
My Name Is Leah Waughtal Yes, The 'GH' Makes An F Sound. No My Middle Name Is Not 'Blue Berry'. And Yes, Leah, As In Biblical, As In The First Unwanted Wife Of Jacob. I Like Cupcakes, Cadavers, And Drinking Tea. I Don't Like Losing Arguments, Or Being Told I'm Being Indignant. I Make Ice Cream For A Living, And Pray For Rain Everyday. Mirrors Are My Best Enemy. The Longer I Stare, The More I Hate, So Someday I Hope I Can Stop Looking. I Write Like I Have Something To Say, But I Really Don't. I Want To Be Brave, But I Don't Really Know What That Means. My Language Is Filled With Terms Like "Don't" "Can't" "Always". These Verbs, These Tenses Of Past And Future, As If I Have A Clue. As If My Palm Prints Would Last Longer Than A Few Seconds In The Wet Concrete That Is This Moment. My Name Is Leah Waughtal I Pretend That I Can Speak Italian, And I Bite My Nails When I Get Nervous. I Memorize Poems, So I Can Act As If I Have Important Things To Say, When Silence Swells Around Us. I Miss The Ocean, And I Wear High Heels Because I'm Afraid Of Feeling Small. My Name Is Leah Waughtal, And I Just Want To Be Remembered.
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Jun 4, 2012
Jun 4, 2012 at 6:52 PM UTC
I Must Confess
"How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwelling places, O Israel!" Thy children gather, telescoping generations, O Jacob, what do thine eyes ascertain. what history do they memorize? Coalescing younger star clusters, disparate related families uniting, embedding as a single unity, a star cloud, shedding a new light, the astronomers awed, witnesses, a super-star cluster birthed. The beauty of thy tents, thy wealth, O Jacob, is their multiplicity, their construct and content. The web of thy tissue, bindings, linkages, what resides within thy tents, acknowledge, testify, that the strength of thy issue, are the Matriarchs, managers of thy destiny, mothers of thy dynasty, The Sarah's, Leah's, the Rachel's, the Fay's, the Ginger's, the Miriam's these jewels bedeck, beautify, brides and bridles of thy tents, master mistresses of thy dwellings, without them, O Jacob, you, but, just, another desert tribe.
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Sep 14, 2013
Sep 14, 2013 at 3:16 PM UTC
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwelling places, O Israel!
men would always tell me about the arcs of screaming air splitting through gaia’s hair, the heads of wheat falling, light shredding, and the sun bowing before Leah and her scythe this woman spent all her twenty one years in the fires of idaho working for her father preparing food for her brothers before their schooling. she was made to stay at home, and there she worked and washed and read and cut and crystallized business men in windup cars would see her off the highway her muscles swaying with the wind, treetop hair flogging the setting sun singing folk songs to herself in a falsetto that sounded like a rocking chair. these men would stop to chat, but soon realize that this Leah was burning too much for them. her heart was different from city folk and most country folk for that matter. her ventricles were connected through a series of crimson twigs and gnarled vines. it pumped like any other heart, but it would crack and wheeze anytime she left that farm. those businessmen expected that she would be enthralledby anything out of town. but it was the opposite; fancy gadgets bore her and snazzy suits and autos seemed like pointless little ornaments. she’d be more impressed by a man who could cut wheat like she could a man who could shoot life out of the iron earth and feed his kin with the pickings of his heart. but she never quite found a man like that. she stayed there, and let herself bleed into those idaho hills. the roots of the grain wrapped around her veins and her lungs breathed for the farm just as its rainfall pumped her brown blood. she never grew old that Leah, because she kept her crop so fresh. every morning she watered and plowed and every while, with scorching eyes and whipping locks she’d swing her scythe, and smell the breaking spines of wheat, and would quietly sing, like a rocking chair. Posted by David Clifford Turner at
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Jul 12, 2010
Jul 12, 2010 at 11:19 PM UTC
Leah and her scythe
men would always tell me about the arcs of screaming air splitting through gaia’s hair, the heads of wheat falling, light shredding, and the sun bowing before Leah and her scythe this woman spent all her twenty one years in the fires of idaho working for her father preparing food for her brothers before their schooling. she was made to stay at home, and there she worked and washed and read and cut and crystallized business men in windup cars would see her off the highway her muscles swaying with the wind, treetop hair flogging the setting sun singing folk songs to herself in a falsetto that sounded like a rocking chair. these men would stop to chat, but soon realize that this Leah was burning too much for them. her heart was different from city folk and most country folk for that matter. her ventricles were connected through a series of crimson twigs and gnarled vines. it pumped like any other heart, but it would crack and wheeze anytime she left that farm. those businessmen expected that she would be enthralledby anything out of town. but it was the opposite; fancy gadgets bore her and snazzy suits and autos seemed like pointless little ornaments. she’d be more impressed by a man who could cut wheat like she could a man who could shoot life out of the iron earth and feed his kin with the pickings of his heart. but she never quite found a man like that. she stayed there, and let herself bleed into those idaho hills. the roots of the grain wrapped around her veins and her lungs breathed for the farm just as its rainfall pumped her brown blood. she never grew old that Leah, because she kept her crop so fresh. every morning she watered and plowed and every while, with scorching eyes and whipping locks she’d swing her scythe, and smell the breaking spines of wheat, and would quietly sing, like a rocking chair. Posted by David Clifford Turner at
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What is it about this drunken town where the snow falls like cement that made it so easy to fall in love with the delirious nightlife that never sleeps? It seems like when I’m with you at night I never sleep. We’re dancing around the cemetery like we threw a ball for souls. No one believes you when you say you see something from the corner of your eye but we all feel the chill and agree that tonight we will never sleep. Do you remember the night you told me to never hold back? ******* I wanted to cry but I forced a smile through my lips and eyes. I laid next to you with a blank mind for hours knowing that you think I‘m a mystery. I learned that the train yard never sleeps. The piece of **** microwave is broken again when you come home drunk. You called me a **** and punched another hole in the wall and I’m scared enough to know that tonight I’ll never sleep. That bag of ice clutched tight won’t leave his hand jammed in his pocket. When he gets home he feeds the crystals into the glass and heats it up. Tweaked out and wandering the streets at three. A woman mutters, **** addicts never sleep.” Have you ever dozed off in warm grass while watching clouds passing lazily by? My god I swear there’s nothing better than a nap in the sun for someone who never sleeps. Glass rips my forehead clean open and exposes my frontal skull bone while strange men hold me down and taunt me with knives and chain saws. Reoccurring nightmares are why many insomniacs never sleep. A sensual shower at midnight, that fat hit at two did nothing. Lavender and candles aren’t working. I’m staring at the ceiling. You roll over and pull me close. “Leah, please, go to bed. It kills me that you never sleep.”
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Nov 16, 2014
Nov 16, 2014 at 4:52 PM UTC
The Root of The Problem
What is it about this drunken town where the snow falls like cement that made it so easy to fall in love with the delirious nightlife that never sleeps? It seems like when I’m with you at night I never sleep. We’re dancing around the cemetery like we threw a ball for souls. No one believes you when you say you see something from the corner of your eye but we all feel the chill and agree that tonight we will never sleep. Do you remember the night you told me to never hold back? ******* I wanted to cry but I forced a smile through my lips and eyes. I laid next to you with a blank mind for hours knowing that you think I‘m a mystery. I learned that the train yard never sleeps. The piece of **** microwave is broken again when you come home drunk. You called me a **** and punched another hole in the wall and I’m scared enough to know that tonight I’ll never sleep. That bag of ice clutched tight won’t leave his hand jammed in his pocket. When he gets home he feeds the crystals into the glass and heats it up. Tweaked out and wandering the streets at three. A woman mutters, **** addicts never sleep.” Have you ever dozed off in warm grass while watching clouds passing lazily by? My god I swear there’s nothing better than a nap in the sun for someone who never sleeps. Glass rips my forehead clean open and exposes my frontal skull bone while strange men hold me down and taunt me with knives and chain saws. Reoccurring nightmares are why many insomniacs never sleep. A sensual shower at midnight, that fat hit at two did nothing. Lavender and candles aren’t working. I’m staring at the ceiling. You roll over and pull me close. “Leah, please, go to bed. It kills me that you never sleep.”
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I have lost all control. Having kids was not my best idea. I am at my wits end. Why does my bathroom look like it snowed? Stop climbing on that coffee table Leah! I have lost all control… Do not play in the road! Who puts pimento spread on a tortilla? I am at my wits end! These socks should not be a la mode… Im selling you kids to South Korea. I have lost ALL control. Why is my banister starting to corrode? I’m going to need stock in IKEA… I am at my wits end… My sanity is leaving by the busload. Who knew crayons cause diarrhea? I have lost all control! I AM AT MY WITS END!!!
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Feb 1, 2010
Feb 1, 2010 at 4:55 PM UTC
Parental Control
My Leah was lovely in her pearl bedecked dress. as she circled the chuppah seven times , not one less. In the presence of friends I gave Leah my ring. That how we were wed, it's the nature of things. Our party was loud and in truth seemed a blur. My bride filled my vision, such was my love of her. At some point, the Steward, our wine sommelier , grew concerned at the drinking- Running out was a fear. As we both have large families, and they like to drink wine. your supply may run dry at inopportune times. Cousin Jesus was there, with Mary, his Mother, a studious soul and devout like few others. When they heard our plight; learned the shame we would face. That's when cousin Jesus got up from his place. I don't know what transpired, I'll just say what I heard- How he made wine from water by the strength of his word. A superior vintage My palate proclaimed! The guests were all pleased and the party was saved. Even our wine Sommelier was impressed He wondered why we saved the best wine for last. These three years that followed filled with sadness, not mirth. Jesus died on a cross, Leah died giving birth. I sit here alone, as the last of my line. Now sleep only comes with the last of the wine.
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Mar 2, 2013
Mar 2, 2013 at 9:37 AM UTC
The Last of the Wine
To the writer that I read out of pity I have your name etched in my browser bookmark In my head still there's pieces of I Couldn't Help It how I don't quite get it on the first glance from the windows of a weirdo's life now, in hindsight, still my favourite of all I creep almost constantly on your writings clinging to the lights you reflected onto my life. You were my very first visit to this site You are the path of how I'm here. I thank you I thank you, Santa Moon Humor Leah Rost.
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Nov 16, 2014
Nov 16, 2014 at 8:56 AM UTC
Dear Moon Humor
I am from worn out measuring cups where the numbers no longer show, From years of guessed quantities and over sugared cakes. I am from cracked blue paint, And the mantra “we’ll get a new coat next year.” I am from the cow peas, crop circling, and honeysuckle vines ornamented with butterflies. I am from Grandpa’s tobacco yellowed hands, Grandma Doll’s old wives tales, From “eat your bread crusts and your hair will curl,” And from “your face just might stick like that.” I am from morning walks and the sylvan veil of moss, From meandering trails and the drip of rain on leaves. I am from Otter Pops, and bright blue tongues. I am from cassette tapes, now left in the back of the closet to grow antique. And VCRs, From Monsters Inc. and Totoro. And I am from the worn bindings of The Phantom Tollbooth and The Velveteen Rabbit. I am from the meadow, From searching for fairies, and sometimes even finding them. And from the whispered promise “I’ll dream of you and you’ll dream of me…” I am from the babbling gurgling creek, from the itch of nettles and the deep earthy scent of loam. I am from the cat in Alice in Wonderland, From Jacob and Leah’s wronged daughter. I am from the Xanadu, the Akela, and the Dynamite, From the crack of sails and the swing of the boom. I am from placid seas and the rushing tumult of rain, From heavy grey skies and flaming sunsets painted in watercolor across the Olympics. I am from the pink syringe and the old blind dog’s last breath, And I am from the hole where we laid her. I am from the evergreen planted in the frozen ground to the sounds of my first cry, That tree whose limbs witnessed my first breath, whose lofty trunk now stands as a testament, a marker, of where I am from.
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Nov 24, 2011
Nov 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM UTC
I Am From
I am from worn out measuring cups where the numbers no longer show, From years of guessed quantities and over sugared cakes. I am from cracked blue paint, And the mantra “we’ll get a new coat next year.” I am from the cow peas, crop circling, and honeysuckle vines ornamented with butterflies. I am from Grandpa’s tobacco yellowed hands, Grandma Doll’s old wives tales, From “eat your bread crusts and your hair will curl,” And from “your face just might stick like that.” I am from morning walks and the sylvan veil of moss, From meandering trails and the drip of rain on leaves. I am from Otter Pops, and bright blue tongues. I am from cassette tapes, now left in the back of the closet to grow antique. And VCRs, From Monsters Inc. and Totoro. And I am from the worn bindings of The Phantom Tollbooth and The Velveteen Rabbit. I am from the meadow, From searching for fairies, and sometimes even finding them. And from the whispered promise “I’ll dream of you and you’ll dream of me…” I am from the babbling gurgling creek, from the itch of nettles and the deep earthy scent of loam. I am from the cat in Alice in Wonderland, From Jacob and Leah’s wronged daughter. I am from the Xanadu, the Akela, and the Dynamite, From the crack of sails and the swing of the boom. I am from placid seas and the rushing tumult of rain, From heavy grey skies and flaming sunsets painted in watercolor across the Olympics. I am from the pink syringe and the old blind dog’s last breath, And I am from the hole where we laid her. I am from the evergreen planted in the frozen ground to the sounds of my first cry, That tree whose limbs witnessed my first breath, whose lofty trunk now stands as a testament, a marker, of where I am from.
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Leah Rost The heat of those moments spent in passion reveal my true emotion as the wispy little hairs of your skin raise to my touch; flushed lips part before gently meeting mine and radiating heat that flows through my body and thaws the cold hands you always complain about, every second new sensations bombard the grey matter in my head confusing and pleasing the neurons that fire in pace with my breath until I’ve closed my eyes and let myself drift from under your touch because your eyes are blue and I open mine wishing to see his coffee brown irises searching my body for every ounce of emotion I wouldn’t dare speak out loud and I’m begging to stop thinking of him when I’m with you but my memory refuses to block out the nights I spent warm under his thick, strong arms and domineering hands.
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Oct 9, 2013
Oct 9, 2013 at 12:30 AM UTC
One, 148 word long sentence
No, I'm not here to tell you that you're weak. I'm not going to turn your weaknesses against you. Just to say you need a God to make you strong. God transforms you. I can't tell you that the alcohol drugs *** and cursing are bad and that maybe you should consider a God who can change it. I'm not going to lure you in by your own demons Just to make you believe But let me ask you this, Do you honestly believe that God can't use you? Noah was a drunk Abrahm was "too old" Jacob was a liar Leah was ugly Joseph was abused Moses stuttered Gideon was afraid Rahab was a ********** Jeremiah and Timothy were "too young" David had an affair and murdered Isaiah preached the gospel naked Elijah was suicidal Naomi was a widow Job lost everything Peter denied Christ All of Jesus' disciples fell asleep during prayer Martha worried The samaritan woman divorced Paul was "too religious" Timothy had an ulcer And Lazarus? Oh, he was dead! But Christ used each and every one of the characters of the Bible to bring Glory to His name!
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Oct 19, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 at 11:45 PM UTC
you
you terrify me because i know that in years to come when i am finally happy and settled down, you will come along, and i wont even second guess walking away from that life to be with you. to be broken all over again. - Leah
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Oct 30, 2018
Oct 30, 2018 at 8:34 AM UTC
you will make me walk away
Leah Nicole. I wouldn't trade you for the world. You're my best trans friend. lol even though you're an ******* you've stuck up for me and helped me through so much more than you realize. i'll forever be greatful for you.. You're a big reason I choose to stay alive... Thank you forever leah. <3
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Mar 2, 2016
Mar 2, 2016 at 9:40 AM UTC
Transgender *******
her name was Leah, and she had brightbubblegumpinkhair. she was flawless in all the ways i wanted to be, she was broken in all the ways i thought i was, like a vase that never sits right again. everyone else gasped and stirred at the pink puffy lines, but i found them beautiful. a work of art. a masterpiece in a museum that is crooked and never set right again. her name was Leah, and she scared me, like a lion with no cage. her eyes were hurricanes that had pillaged and destroyed and conquered and vaporized. we baked cookie soup, and i only saw her teeth once. (they were like white shells found lodged in the sand) i wanted to kiss her arms and run my tongue along the pink, see if she tasted like burnt toast and rubbing alcohol. her number used to be lodged inside my brain, i memorized it instead of listening to people speak inside white walls with chapped lip stick and perceptions of nonsense. her name was Leah, and she had brightbubblegumpinkhair with a gun locked and loaded. we lost touch. i started to be sane (that’s what they call it, at least) i imagine the gun her brains kissing pavements and secret filled walls. are they as pink as her hair?
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Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013 at 10:37 PM UTC
Leah.
I dream of you sometimes, It's like im taking you in small doses to keep myself going. reducing the amounts bit by bit so i can finally live without you. but today, god, today. I couldnt stand the loneliness so now ive taken it all. i rang you to finally be all consumed to find i dont exist in your life anymore. some of us go cold turkey like you and some of us arent that brave and want to hold on with every last bit of hope we have. but now that hope is gone. gone goodbye - leah
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Jan 21, 2021
Jan 21, 2021 at 6:02 AM UTC
Small doses
**** she your momma misspelled your name shoulda been Raygun or Learjet I sure wish you were a physicist so you could help me write my General Theory of Poetry teach me calculus so we could prove Newton was all wrong but I posit a theory: you must be an electrician of the human body well my circuitry is all ****** up, if you read your way crack back to my October, my doc told me I was a dying and he didn't want to doctor me no more so you see my bits done byte me good, but named me a "dead" line in human fashion, Nay, by May Eighteen, got finish my theorem, cause I'm black hole'd and ******* myself so have Leah bring a coffee refill, let's get to collaborate, I will operate in the ether of fudge factors, you, will solder circuitry thru modern chemistry and I will have my theory but no answers but then I can give up this hopeless poetry gig one lazy time and just live your New York dreams Read http://hellopoetry.com/raygan-keller/
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Apr 20, 2014
Apr 20, 2014 at 10:15 PM UTC
Raygan (read the new poets)