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"ornery" poems
A few hours after midnight; the world is fast asleep. Alone and cold do I wander. Like a nightmare do I creep. With the intent of nothing I sit and watch the street. It’s a week after Halloween and my shoes are on my feet. I near my house, I think I’ll shave, (My chin has an itch.) But at my feet upon the ground a color doesn’t fit; Black on black with a spot of white doesn’t sit quite right. You’d think they’d be more careful, ornery little gits. Yet here at my feet, some candy lies plainly in my sight. I stop to stare and wonder, and my brain does a nervous twitch.   So here I am; with a piece of candy that might have mange Meanwhile my mind is discovering a whole new range For all the pain we go through, to keep the world nice,  Nothing anyone does ever seems to pay the price. I’ve got a new hybrid car, gets 50 to the gallon plus it’s electric. And when I finish a snack trash is out the window. Are we epileptic? I mean you’ve got to be kidding me, who can say that they are not A miserable little hypocrite? World is full of betrayal and lies. Filling with anger, righteous and hot, I feel a change in my soul. I’ll be better! I’ll change the world or the two of us will sever ties! The earth will follow my example and we’ll hold to higher goal. Give me a few years and then lets see what we’ve got!   I hold onto the fantasy for a while, sad to let it slip. But the truth does sink in and reality has a tighter grip. Even if I spoke who would listen? One cry in a thousand’s not so great. I’m not saying we shouldn’t try, to resign ourselves to our fate. I’ve never been a pessimist, just a realistic optimist you understand. If you want change, aim for what you can hold in your hand. Think you can bring about world peace, think you’ve got the might? Try to keep peace in your town, or your block, or home without a fight. I stand and think to myself one more Sucker here and there, Isn’t going to change a thing. If ten men vowed never to let themselves repeat Their mistakes, the next day a chance would come, one would stand, Nine would shudder and forsake him. Alone he’d return to his seat. I step away and head home. I return my thoughts to the matters at hand. Like my homework; a poem and some calc. I’ve still got to lose some ****** hair
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Nov 3, 2012
Nov 3, 2012 at 4:52 PM UTC
Always been a sucker
A few hours after midnight; the world is fast asleep. Alone and cold do I wander. Like a nightmare do I creep. With the intent of nothing I sit and watch the street. It’s a week after Halloween and my shoes are on my feet. I near my house, I think I’ll shave, (My chin has an itch.) But at my feet upon the ground a color doesn’t fit; Black on black with a spot of white doesn’t sit quite right. You’d think they’d be more careful, ornery little gits. Yet here at my feet, some candy lies plainly in my sight. I stop to stare and wonder, and my brain does a nervous twitch.   So here I am; with a piece of candy that might have mange Meanwhile my mind is discovering a whole new range For all the pain we go through, to keep the world nice,  Nothing anyone does ever seems to pay the price. I’ve got a new hybrid car, gets 50 to the gallon plus it’s electric. And when I finish a snack trash is out the window. Are we epileptic? I mean you’ve got to be kidding me, who can say that they are not A miserable little hypocrite? World is full of betrayal and lies. Filling with anger, righteous and hot, I feel a change in my soul. I’ll be better! I’ll change the world or the two of us will sever ties! The earth will follow my example and we’ll hold to higher goal. Give me a few years and then lets see what we’ve got!   I hold onto the fantasy for a while, sad to let it slip. But the truth does sink in and reality has a tighter grip. Even if I spoke who would listen? One cry in a thousand’s not so great. I’m not saying we shouldn’t try, to resign ourselves to our fate. I’ve never been a pessimist, just a realistic optimist you understand. If you want change, aim for what you can hold in your hand. Think you can bring about world peace, think you’ve got the might? Try to keep peace in your town, or your block, or home without a fight. I stand and think to myself one more Sucker here and there, Isn’t going to change a thing. If ten men vowed never to let themselves repeat Their mistakes, the next day a chance would come, one would stand, Nine would shudder and forsake him. Alone he’d return to his seat. I step away and head home. I return my thoughts to the matters at hand. Like my homework; a poem and some calc. I’ve still got to lose some ****** hair
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*'Twould do any young person well to step into the muddy boots of a farmer for a spell . *** a field the whole day through , milk an ornery goat , pick a row of okra or two .. Clean a hog pen , run the dogs at the crack of Dawn , build baskets and set tomato plants in the hot Georgia Sun .. Pick your meal in the morning and eat it at dinner , cut firewood in the dead of Winter . It would most assuredly do a teenager well , yes it would*
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Jan 17, 2016
Jan 17, 2016 at 8:49 PM UTC
A Mattock Over a Cell Phone
Beware if you don't want to get checked I am a knightmare A pawn when you step My bishops are a big scare Bishops are unsaintly Slaying enemies daily They sacrifice themselves for a higher cause I'm playing out this game even though I get no applause You're a novice when you play I'm Sun Tzu at his best That means my strategy can withstand the test can subdue your mind and in time you'll find My thinking's not black or white It's ornery Never tip my king Even if you corner me The rooke is my home, defense from those who prey on me My queen is always loyal Til the end she stays with me Til the end she lays with me My mate til mate Your hand's reaching for the clock but it's far too late And so to end this rhyme let me slow the pace And drop a heavy message in this empty space Chess club is coming soon You can learn to play Room 285 Monday through Thursday 9th period!
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Oct 4, 2013
Oct 4, 2013 at 9:34 PM UTC
Chess Club Rap
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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Jan 22, 2013
Jan 22, 2013 at 5:31 AM UTC
Iconoclasm
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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I like cussin’ I even researched the word. It ain’t cussin’ There’s an R that is not heard. We’re talking of cursing, The taking of God’s name in vain, Back when it was blasphemy. Those days will never come again. It ain’t the same way Like it was back in those times When spitting on the sidewalk Was a jailing crime And black people had to walk Down in the gutter. There were words back then that Decent folks didn’t utter. Well, I ain’t religious. I don’t go to any church at all. It ain’t that I am evil; I’m not riding for some fall. But there are times Like when you hammer your thumb That saying “Oh fudge!” Sounds just plain old **** dumb. I am not sending Anything or anyone here to hell. It’s just helps To say hell or **** or fuckaduck When you have to yell. A shuckydern don’t fit the bill like A shouted **** When you are ****** off, raving Ready to spit. I totally understand That some words have a place. Calling people ******** Can be seen as a huge disgrace. But I still insist That many times in a conversation The word ******* Just fits the momentary occasion. So, scoff if you will. I’ll try to play by your nicey-nice rules, But there are people What are nothing but ******* fools. I do hope you pardon My not liking any more pleasant words When someone says The dumbest **** I have ever heard
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 8:02 AM UTC
ORNERY CUSS
Finite fictitious fornicatious faux pas flamboyance flippant flighty Quantify quixotic quagmire quintessence quantum quasi queasy Corporeal conjunctive conjugational coercion critique credibility critically Xenobiotic xanadu xylem xylophagous xerophilous xenophile xylography Kinesiology kinetics kleptomania kobold kowtow kangaroo court keeky             Acerbity asperity acuity agility articulation autonomy artistry Warranty wrangle wrest wrought wroth wreak wrathy Nimbus nimiety nihilism notorious nostrum notch nugatory Heuristic holistic homogeny huckster horizon hornswoggle ***** Unary unbridled uncanny unfathomable usurping ultimatum unity Sensorium subliminal suborn substantiation subtlety solace sultry Zealotry zygosity zoic Zephyr zilch  zoomorphic  zoolatry Exoneration eulogy edifice extemporaneous exaserbational exigency enmity Blasphemously blatant brusque belligerent bodacious bartizan beastly Repertoire rendition rectitude recital radix repartee ramify Juxtaposition jaunt jurisprudence jettison jeopardy jocular jouncy Plenary plenipotentiary pandemic plagiaristic portentous potentate paltry                      Desperate despicable deplorable denigrational denouement douceur dastardly Grandiose genuflection glitch gestational genre gesticulation gimpy Yantra yenta yerk yoni yore yowl yogi Icky icon ichor ictus incus -ics idolatry Tractive transition tellurian terrestrial tantamount telepathy talismanically Vast vauntness vector venery verve volition votary Languishing lurid licentious longevous loquacity lingam lucidity                                 Monstrance mendacity moribund morsel meticulous meatus motivity Optimal ornate opulence ostensive ordinate odious ornery
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Jan 23, 2013
Jan 23, 2013 at 5:48 AM UTC
Iconoclasm Epithet
Finite fictitious fornicatious faux pas flamboyance flippant flighty Quantify quixotic quagmire quintessence quantum quasi queasy Corporeal conjunctive conjugational coercion critique credibility critically Xenobiotic xanadu xylem xylophagous xerophilous xenophile xylography Kinesiology kinetics kleptomania kobold kowtow kangaroo court keeky             Acerbity asperity acuity agility articulation autonomy artistry Warranty wrangle wrest wrought wroth wreak wrathy Nimbus nimiety nihilism notorious nostrum notch nugatory Heuristic holistic homogeny huckster horizon hornswoggle ***** Unary unbridled uncanny unfathomable usurping ultimatum unity Sensorium subliminal suborn substantiation subtlety solace sultry Zealotry zygosity zoic Zephyr zilch  zoomorphic  zoolatry Exoneration eulogy edifice extemporaneous exaserbational exigency enmity Blasphemously blatant brusque belligerent bodacious bartizan beastly Repertoire rendition rectitude recital radix repartee ramify Juxtaposition jaunt jurisprudence jettison jeopardy jocular jouncy Plenary plenipotentiary pandemic plagiaristic portentous potentate paltry                      Desperate despicable deplorable denigrational denouement douceur dastardly Grandiose genuflection glitch gestational genre gesticulation gimpy Yantra yenta yerk yoni yore yowl yogi Icky icon ichor ictus incus -ics idolatry Tractive transition tellurian terrestrial tantamount telepathy talismanically Vast vauntness vector venery verve volition votary Languishing lurid licentious longevous loquacity lingam lucidity                                 Monstrance mendacity moribund morsel meticulous meatus motivity Optimal ornate opulence ostensive ordinate odious ornery
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I was young when I learned to sing to the rhythm of fists flying through the air like birds too angry with the season to call. I was young when I thought a tune could drown the sounds of my mother’s sobs crashing through hallways in tidal waves and monsoon misery. I was young when I carved songs in the wallpaper and into my delicate skin. I turned bruises into syncopated beats and scars into major scales. My stepfather hated music but I was an ornery child, and I sang of joyous things just to see if his soul could dance, but instead, I got two left feet in swift kicks. When I was was young I was afraid of sticks because I thought my body was a drum to be beaten and battered to a punishing rhythm. I was young when I learned that the taste of blood on my lip was merely the flicker before the intermission; the finale would be a grand display of pomp, punch, and unlucky circumstance. My mother was a tone-deaf drunk who never learned to sing. She belted begging in B flat octaves like it was the only note she knew. She wept an ocean of sorrow as I sang my S.O.S. “God, save our sinking ship.” “God, save our sinking souls.” “God, save our sorry stepfather from himself.” And when I thought to cry, I sang my little heart out instead. I sang of devil's meeting end, and I sang of daughter's finding love, and I sang of mother's finding strength enough to leave, and I sang to the happy families that only existed in sitcoms, because my stepfather hated music but I hated him far more.
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Jan 23, 2014
Jan 23, 2014 at 12:15 PM UTC
My Stepfather Hated Music
I was young when I learned to sing to the rhythm of fists flying through the air like birds too angry with the season to call. I was young when I thought a tune could drown the sounds of my mother’s sobs crashing through hallways in tidal waves and monsoon misery. I was young when I carved songs in the wallpaper and into my delicate skin. I turned bruises into syncopated beats and scars into major scales. My stepfather hated music but I was an ornery child, and I sang of joyous things just to see if his soul could dance, but instead, I got two left feet in swift kicks. When I was was young I was afraid of sticks because I thought my body was a drum to be beaten and battered to a punishing rhythm. I was young when I learned that the taste of blood on my lip was merely the flicker before the intermission; the finale would be a grand display of pomp, punch, and unlucky circumstance. My mother was a tone-deaf drunk who never learned to sing. She belted begging in B flat octaves like it was the only note she knew. She wept an ocean of sorrow as I sang my S.O.S. “God, save our sinking ship.” “God, save our sinking souls.” “God, save our sorry stepfather from himself.” And when I thought to cry, I sang my little heart out instead. I sang of devil's meeting end, and I sang of daughter's finding love, and I sang of mother's finding strength enough to leave, and I sang to the happy families that only existed in sitcoms, because my stepfather hated music but I hated him far more.
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Sterling eyes close the falling red ward Big Brother has seen it all He tells me: *there is danger Terror past the massive, all-protecting Atlantic* Don’t stray there, the mouth of stumbling heads say, They want to take away Our safety, our ways, our Freedom Mr. Elected reassures *Nothing will harm you Not with me going there I don’t want you going there* He speaks like my mom Warning me of the illicits I am too vulnerable to experience It’s death I’ll go to- I’ve been told Sleepless red monocular Enlightening the air to a passive blue It’s opacity beneath and above Ascending again Mama and Baba say it’s time to go home I confront the arid peninsula of Qatar Lungs accustomed, vitality not frozen Precariously perceiving the harmful Sentiments of years past in Jordan, I wonder why my kin would ban this place Rumor on dirt pavement in a draft, ears picking up *The Atlantic is not to be crossed, A lack of morals, malintentions lay beyond the scape.* Extravagant grenade above, Falling to the horizon And no detonation, collapsing behind a curved veil Skyward lay the remnants Of heat, frozen in time The lips in a box on this shoreside Warn *the zephyrs from the ornery Reaches towards our home Be on guard of the deceitful star at night that rains red* Tomorrow may not be there My blood brothers of Lebanon say, But I wait, field of vision aligned to the east Aural stumbles translate, articulating My brethren begin their search of food And in too many moments unnoticed, Black on bottom, red on the low, blue slowly suffocating the obscurity above
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Jul 30, 2014
Jul 30, 2014 at 9:27 PM UTC
The Middle East & The U.S
Sterling eyes close the falling red ward Big Brother has seen it all He tells me: *there is danger Terror past the massive, all-protecting Atlantic* Don’t stray there, the mouth of stumbling heads say, They want to take away Our safety, our ways, our Freedom Mr. Elected reassures *Nothing will harm you Not with me going there I don’t want you going there* He speaks like my mom Warning me of the illicits I am too vulnerable to experience It’s death I’ll go to- I’ve been told Sleepless red monocular Enlightening the air to a passive blue It’s opacity beneath and above Ascending again Mama and Baba say it’s time to go home I confront the arid peninsula of Qatar Lungs accustomed, vitality not frozen Precariously perceiving the harmful Sentiments of years past in Jordan, I wonder why my kin would ban this place Rumor on dirt pavement in a draft, ears picking up *The Atlantic is not to be crossed, A lack of morals, malintentions lay beyond the scape.* Extravagant grenade above, Falling to the horizon And no detonation, collapsing behind a curved veil Skyward lay the remnants Of heat, frozen in time The lips in a box on this shoreside Warn *the zephyrs from the ornery Reaches towards our home Be on guard of the deceitful star at night that rains red* Tomorrow may not be there My blood brothers of Lebanon say, But I wait, field of vision aligned to the east Aural stumbles translate, articulating My brethren begin their search of food And in too many moments unnoticed, Black on bottom, red on the low, blue slowly suffocating the obscurity above
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I ride higher Than your suicides You write:   Take me back, I’m sweetly reminiscing of Solar wings embracing celestial winds Sunsets of broken chords Summer's shattered sword Winter’s ornery Jaded blue jays Gray's vacant face I salute your honesty But blisters wrought on A calloused heart Cuts deeper Than the oceans' void Let me sleep whimsically With rotten melodies To keep me from Changing the tone of My stuttering dreams But, Soft, teeth speak Like broken branches On dilapidated trees And I’d spend Eternity In the chime of your White fire voice Or Those olive green Teasing eyes Keeping me sheepishly serene Whirling Weaving Into a timid peace      Yet our Crashing Tongues slam Into sour Suns Swallowing the seams of interconnectivity Scattering liquid beams of entropy I forget those days we Wasted on the morbid Memories
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Jan 3, 2011
Jan 3, 2011 at 10:03 PM UTC
Blackhole beauties
No clouds at all, winter, spring, summer or fall, Tells the weather watcher no change at all, Cirrus my friend with a fair weather bent, Your swirls, streaks and curls, so very high, when there are just a few of you, goodness is nigh, but when you gaggle in bunches and take and curl your lip to show your ornery sides and swirl in the cold, I am told through the white and cold grey, BLIZZARD!                               get in doors or receive a frosty reception.
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Aug 19, 2013
Aug 19, 2013 at 10:47 PM UTC
Foretelling - Cirrus Clouds
A CLOWN IS... A ~ one of a kind C ~ CRAZY Clown L ~ LAZY Clown O ~ ORNERY or FUNNY Clown W ~ WHITEFACED Clown N ~ NONSENSICAL Clown A Clown can make one happy A Clown can look very sad A Clown can be called Apple Annie And wear an Apple on her head. A Clown comes with many names It depends on who they are. There was a Hobo Clown named Emmett Kelly, Jr. Who always made me sad, for he wore old rags, and walked real slow, But he wasn't very scary, for that I was real glad. And then there was BOZO the clown Whose horn he beeped, and beeped and beeped At least he was a funny Clown, He never wore a frown. The scary one was Penneywise the dancing Clown From the movie IT... He was the scariest Clown I ever saw Fingers real long, and he lived in a sewer. Now since I love dancing, one would think he was my favorite...for he was called the dancing Clown. But when he climbed out of the sewer, and hid behind the doors, Let me tell you folks, I wasn't watching any more... But let me add my favorite Clown Her name is Polka Dot... She's been my friend for 60 years She keeps me laughing, even when she's not in costume... Polka Dot's real name is Ginney Jean She IS A CLOWN my favorite kind of friend. by ~ judy
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May 3, 2014
May 3, 2014 at 7:19 PM UTC
A CLOWN IS...
"Are you mad at me?" "I wouldn't say 'mad.'" I'd say captious petulant furious acrimonious irritable querulous sour acerbic peevish ornery livid vicious. No, of course I'm not mad at you.
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Jul 15, 2013
Jul 15, 2013 at 7:40 PM UTC
Mad? No.
it was a dry mojave afternoon, with crows cursing shrilly the streetlamps bearing broken bulbs and the striped cat sleeping in the sun. the wind drew frantic breaths, exhaling dead leaves over the hill and sending the blackbirds spiraling into the sky. a lizard stirred, somniferous almond eyes gazing lethargically over his rock and at the old man on the porch leaning back- impossibly uncomfortable in his rickety wooden chair. his name was Jackson. gnarled gray hair mixed with gnarled gray beard appropriately framing a pinched, ornery visage and tattered clothes adorned his whisper of a body. it was his sixty-fourth year here in the desert- on the fifty-second he'd lost his wife on the fifty-eighth he'd gained a kitten named him Waldrop and let him **** the mice and lizards. 'sixty four years is a long time,' a thought murmured in the back of his head eyelids peeling back to give a cursory glance to Waldrop who was stalking the reptile watching him. he remembered his twentieth birthday when Edna had first said she loved him and he remembered that glorious July morning where she said she was his forever. he remembered the pain of labor down in the factory, and the camaderie with his fellows chewing tobacco and cursing the bosses. he remembered the time spent weeping, but remembered more the time spent laughing in places miles and miles away that now seemed imaginary. exhaustion echoed through tired bones and he wondered who would feed the cat, drooping eyes closing one last time to await the warmth of sunset.
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Dec 10, 2013
Dec 10, 2013 at 5:15 PM UTC
stillness & death
it was a dry mojave afternoon, with crows cursing shrilly the streetlamps bearing broken bulbs and the striped cat sleeping in the sun. the wind drew frantic breaths, exhaling dead leaves over the hill and sending the blackbirds spiraling into the sky. a lizard stirred, somniferous almond eyes gazing lethargically over his rock and at the old man on the porch leaning back- impossibly uncomfortable in his rickety wooden chair. his name was Jackson. gnarled gray hair mixed with gnarled gray beard appropriately framing a pinched, ornery visage and tattered clothes adorned his whisper of a body. it was his sixty-fourth year here in the desert- on the fifty-second he'd lost his wife on the fifty-eighth he'd gained a kitten named him Waldrop and let him **** the mice and lizards. 'sixty four years is a long time,' a thought murmured in the back of his head eyelids peeling back to give a cursory glance to Waldrop who was stalking the reptile watching him. he remembered his twentieth birthday when Edna had first said she loved him and he remembered that glorious July morning where she said she was his forever. he remembered the pain of labor down in the factory, and the camaderie with his fellows chewing tobacco and cursing the bosses. he remembered the time spent weeping, but remembered more the time spent laughing in places miles and miles away that now seemed imaginary. exhaustion echoed through tired bones and he wondered who would feed the cat, drooping eyes closing one last time to await the warmth of sunset.
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Nothing these days is truly failsafe. You buy some Ultrathins and the babies might win, even the Trojan horse had issues for the boys of Troy. Fancy ribbed models can end up in shreds & I've seen the reservoir tips burst. But if you're still ***** & thirst for safe *** you should try different combinations of tubed-latex along with 'the pill' dispensed from the fancy circular monthly-packages. That's your best bet, your best chance of survival. If anything, don't be a dinosaur thinking your living Jurassic, this is about being prophylactic 'cause nobody knows what killed those ornery unprotected beasts. The experts believe, it was probably a rare disease that got 'em.
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Aug 25, 2014
Aug 25, 2014 at 4:20 AM UTC
It Ain't Jurassic, It's Prophylactic
Little boy smiling at me Innocent and sweet At the time he was a pain I hated to meet My blonde bouncy curls he liked to pull Teasing me had done it's toll I'd chase him around Doing circles on the playground Just two young kids teasing eachother till no end He was a stubborn boy, refusing to bend Years passed as the boy grew into a strong willed man I grew into a lanky woman without any goals or life plan We drifted apart for awhile Became separated by miles You know when you meet someone again that you haven't seen for awhile? It's hard not to remember them as they were when they were but a child Meeting him again something had changed Something that made my heart ache in way that was strange Wanted to be close to him Yet his once innocent eyes warned of sin I could tell that the man had been through pain I feared that this spark wouldn't remain The boy was was still haunting my mind The man was a reminder I was running out of time Once so ornery and carefree Now he could barely smile at me I could tell he wanted this just as much Seemed to fight the urge to lean in whenever we touched So different they were. The boy and the man that he had become The boy was there for me. The man just disregards my love The man is forever fighting against the pull of fate By the time he realizes what he needs it'll be too late The one who use to chase me Now tries to flee Funny how the roles reversed After so long I searched Waited for him to come back here Now all his pain screams not to come near Strong man hiding from me Broken and free Long ago he was an innocent boy that taunted Now he is the man that has left my heart haunted
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Dec 26, 2015
Dec 26, 2015 at 11:56 AM UTC
Who He Was and Who He Became
Little boy smiling at me Innocent and sweet At the time he was a pain I hated to meet My blonde bouncy curls he liked to pull Teasing me had done it's toll I'd chase him around Doing circles on the playground Just two young kids teasing eachother till no end He was a stubborn boy, refusing to bend Years passed as the boy grew into a strong willed man I grew into a lanky woman without any goals or life plan We drifted apart for awhile Became separated by miles You know when you meet someone again that you haven't seen for awhile? It's hard not to remember them as they were when they were but a child Meeting him again something had changed Something that made my heart ache in way that was strange Wanted to be close to him Yet his once innocent eyes warned of sin I could tell that the man had been through pain I feared that this spark wouldn't remain The boy was was still haunting my mind The man was a reminder I was running out of time Once so ornery and carefree Now he could barely smile at me I could tell he wanted this just as much Seemed to fight the urge to lean in whenever we touched So different they were. The boy and the man that he had become The boy was there for me. The man just disregards my love The man is forever fighting against the pull of fate By the time he realizes what he needs it'll be too late The one who use to chase me Now tries to flee Funny how the roles reversed After so long I searched Waited for him to come back here Now all his pain screams not to come near Strong man hiding from me Broken and free Long ago he was an innocent boy that taunted Now he is the man that has left my heart haunted
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hey dad. how are you? i miss you. a lot. although you're just a text away, i still can't bring myself to carry through. i hope she treats you well. and i hope those boys aren't ornery ******** i sometimes think about the day at the st. louis children's mueseum. it was happiness. i think that's my reason. i still haven't told you about it; the darkness, i mean my darkness i should say because i know about yours maybe we can bond since our biological bond isn't real sometimes when i'm sad, i want to call you but you're probably busy or maybe you don't care i don't know i wanna tell you how i can't stop thinking about filling the emptiness and longing, with substances you've had issues with in the past speaking of, you're drinking again. i blame her whole-heartedly although it pains me not to give the fault to myself for once, i still will always blame her did you know that when you got engaged, i wanted to jump off a cliff? probably not. do you know that i still sometimes feel like that? but not just becasue of you. mom is a factor and sonia and grandma and friends and boys but you, you were the one i never thought would make me feel so ****** it's cliche, i know an other suicidal teen girl with daddy issues i'm thinking about what would happen if i were to visit you in the fall imagining her on your arm makes my heart feel stretch across the grand canyon of space that seperates your world and mine someday i will tell you everything every feeling and thought and wrong-doings i will say it all dad, i miss you to the god **** moon and back it's five in the moring and i'm thinking of the way you used to take care of our yard you were just getting bad then i was young i didn't realize please know i've grown into a woman without you i get it now i'm imagining seeing you in september and you sugar coating the truth and me crying over a false reality so please be honest with me if you want to be in my life i run on truthfulness and cynical humor and if you can't handle me tell me because i deserve the truth as much, if not more than you i love you, ron. and you will always be my father no matter who comes in goes in my life you will walk me down the aisle and we'll be happy as happy as we were that day at the st. louis children's muesuem i miss you so ******* much, dad call me back as soon as you get this. i hope you are doing well.
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Jul 2, 2014
Jul 2, 2014 at 6:06 AM UTC
5 am phone call
hey dad. how are you? i miss you. a lot. although you're just a text away, i still can't bring myself to carry through. i hope she treats you well. and i hope those boys aren't ornery ******** i sometimes think about the day at the st. louis children's mueseum. it was happiness. i think that's my reason. i still haven't told you about it; the darkness, i mean my darkness i should say because i know about yours maybe we can bond since our biological bond isn't real sometimes when i'm sad, i want to call you but you're probably busy or maybe you don't care i don't know i wanna tell you how i can't stop thinking about filling the emptiness and longing, with substances you've had issues with in the past speaking of, you're drinking again. i blame her whole-heartedly although it pains me not to give the fault to myself for once, i still will always blame her did you know that when you got engaged, i wanted to jump off a cliff? probably not. do you know that i still sometimes feel like that? but not just becasue of you. mom is a factor and sonia and grandma and friends and boys but you, you were the one i never thought would make me feel so ****** it's cliche, i know an other suicidal teen girl with daddy issues i'm thinking about what would happen if i were to visit you in the fall imagining her on your arm makes my heart feel stretch across the grand canyon of space that seperates your world and mine someday i will tell you everything every feeling and thought and wrong-doings i will say it all dad, i miss you to the god **** moon and back it's five in the moring and i'm thinking of the way you used to take care of our yard you were just getting bad then i was young i didn't realize please know i've grown into a woman without you i get it now i'm imagining seeing you in september and you sugar coating the truth and me crying over a false reality so please be honest with me if you want to be in my life i run on truthfulness and cynical humor and if you can't handle me tell me because i deserve the truth as much, if not more than you i love you, ron. and you will always be my father no matter who comes in goes in my life you will walk me down the aisle and we'll be happy as happy as we were that day at the st. louis children's muesuem i miss you so ******* much, dad call me back as soon as you get this. i hope you are doing well.
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hapax legomenon “Texas Women” **(hapax legomenon: a term of which only one instance of use is ever recorded) (Texas Women: a term of which only one instance of use is ever recorded)** for ꏳJ LꂦVꏂ  & Cne’ once again, they sweet sweep me off my feet, carry me to the Court of Finger Wagging, to be accused of hating and/or loving Texas Women simultaneously, diffidently, consequentially, unclearly differentially this is no flower picking exercise, shaking of the head, “he loves me, he loves me not,” rinse and repeat, a northern trick to confuse the plano truth, warns the Judicial Triumvirate your Honors, I swears, never wrote those conjunctive words, Texas, Women, never ever, until just now, a genuine hapax legomenon akin to taking god’s name in vain, if one dare ever utter these words, and blows the opportunity, well, shotgun, if you know what I mean, one gets only one chance so cut me quick to the chase’s conclusion let’s go to my defense single & singularly: true, of women I have written, and “too much,” is a mere theortical constriction I love to love women, and a 57 variety pak is a-ok by me an inordinate number of poems may have referenced females hailing from a certain great state, but never together, side by side, have I ever employed that phrase, for my imaginations are more than sufficient have loved women from many places, too many faces, some beyond measure, now a forever, a hoarded memoir unpublishable treasure, some, it’s true, possessed jeans and a cowboy hat, and dangerous boots, which one admired from a goodly distance they brook no con, tilting their heads quizzically, there is no maybe with women from this place, maybe you love us, maybe not, but either way, there ain’t no maybe in our emotional lexicology! ok. the only woman I ever hated is dead and buried, and yes, I shot her dead for being ornery cactus mean, so by this roundabout roundup summation, you may put your head on pillow tonight, smiling confident thinking that your hapax legomenon, is deep in the heart of a grown boy hailing from nyc, still a crazy straight shooter
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Jul 11, 2019
Jul 11, 2019 at 1:22 PM UTC
hapax legomenon “Texas Women”
hapax legomenon “Texas Women” **(hapax legomenon: a term of which only one instance of use is ever recorded) (Texas Women: a term of which only one instance of use is ever recorded)** for ꏳJ LꂦVꏂ  & Cne’ once again, they sweet sweep me off my feet, carry me to the Court of Finger Wagging, to be accused of hating and/or loving Texas Women simultaneously, diffidently, consequentially, unclearly differentially this is no flower picking exercise, shaking of the head, “he loves me, he loves me not,” rinse and repeat, a northern trick to confuse the plano truth, warns the Judicial Triumvirate your Honors, I swears, never wrote those conjunctive words, Texas, Women, never ever, until just now, a genuine hapax legomenon akin to taking god’s name in vain, if one dare ever utter these words, and blows the opportunity, well, shotgun, if you know what I mean, one gets only one chance so cut me quick to the chase’s conclusion let’s go to my defense single & singularly: true, of women I have written, and “too much,” is a mere theortical constriction I love to love women, and a 57 variety pak is a-ok by me an inordinate number of poems may have referenced females hailing from a certain great state, but never together, side by side, have I ever employed that phrase, for my imaginations are more than sufficient have loved women from many places, too many faces, some beyond measure, now a forever, a hoarded memoir unpublishable treasure, some, it’s true, possessed jeans and a cowboy hat, and dangerous boots, which one admired from a goodly distance they brook no con, tilting their heads quizzically, there is no maybe with women from this place, maybe you love us, maybe not, but either way, there ain’t no maybe in our emotional lexicology! ok. the only woman I ever hated is dead and buried, and yes, I shot her dead for being ornery cactus mean, so by this roundabout roundup summation, you may put your head on pillow tonight, smiling confident thinking that your hapax legomenon, is deep in the heart of a grown boy hailing from nyc, still a crazy straight shooter
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The people to the left of me want to get married, but not to each other. Mawwiage is a funny word. Gopher? Potato. Crawdad. Wobble. Jiggly bits. Harmonica. Put your arm on it, cousin. Guzzle. Doozy. An ornery snool. Troglodyte. Haysoos was a troglodyte, that's one of the most hilarious sentences I can think of. Dudebro and ******* are nice. Dankrupt. Barbie. The urban dictionary gave an example sentence using Barbie: if Barbie is so popular why do you have to buy her friends? Perhaps if I memorize that line and say it, I'll get a half second of laughing, showing I have the value to entertain others for about two seconds. That'd be a nice feeling. I'd feel peach-fuzzy. A woman is standing with a rainbow of candy in a ziplock bag. I can't make this stuff up. Life is so incredibly fascinating. Just kidding. But really, that's some bright stuff on display in her transparent bag.
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Feb 13, 2017
Feb 13, 2017 at 4:17 PM UTC
The Chore of Being Funny
On a Lilly pad a frog sat alone He jumped in the water, a splash he'd known Frog swam and swam until he met his pal On another Lilly pad sat crazy Hal Hal had ideas, the frog wasn't sure His plans were not always completely pure Frog followed Hal thru the grassy quagmire They'd gone fairly far, Frog began to tire It started to sprinkle very large drops The two hid in the marsh with a few hops Hal whispered his plan in Frogs little ear To Scare Miss Lady it became very clear Miss Lady was such a beautiful gal She really liked Frog, but not ornery Hal She, always waiting for some sneaky prank Tired of their shenanigans to be quite frank Miss Lady was planning to turn the table Prank those two, she was perfectly able She sat up her scheme in the mossy bog When here came that Hal, followed by Frog Miss lady was on her favorite pad She couldn't help but be a little mad Miss Lady cried out, she needed a hand She led them just inches from the quicksand This little prank could have been quite a mess Miss Lady scared them she had to confess They quickly backed up in total surprise The three agreed to end pranks and eat some flies
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Nov 17, 2013
Nov 17, 2013 at 8:27 PM UTC
Eating Flies
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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Jan 6, 2017
Jan 6, 2017 at 11:39 PM UTC
Iconoclasm
Ornery odious ordinate ostensive opulence ornate optimal Motivity meatus meticulous morsel moribund mendacity monstrance Lucidity lingam loquacity longevous licentious lurid languishing Votary volition verve venery vector vauntness vast Talismanically telepathy tantamount terrestrial tellurian transition tractive Idolatry -ics incus ictus ichor icon icky Yogi yowl yore yoni yerk yenta yantra Gimpy gesticulation genre gestational glitch genuflection grandiose Dastardly douceur denouement denigrational deplorable despicable desperate Paltry potentate portentous plagiaristic pandemic plenipotentiary plenary Jouncy jocular jeopardy jettison jurisprudence jaunt juxtaposition Ramify repartee radix recital rectitude rendition repertoire Beastly bartizan bodacious belligerent brusque blatant blasphemously Enmity exigency exacerbation extemporaneous edifice eulogy exoneration Zoolatry zoomorphic zilch Zephyr zoic zygosity zealotry Sultry solace subtlety substantiation suborn subliminal sensorium Unity ultimatum usurping unfathomable uncanny unbridled unary ***** hornswoggle horizon huckster homogeny holistic heuristic Nugatory notch nostrum notorious nihilism nimiety nimbus Wrathy wreak wroth wrought wrest wrangle warranty Artistry autonomy articulation agility acuity asperity acerbity Keeky kangaroo court kowtow kobold kleptomania kinetics kinesiology Xylography xenophile xerophilous xylophagous xylem xanadu xenobiotic Critically credibility critique coercion conjugational conjunctive corporeal Queasy quasi quantum quintessence quagmire quixotic quantify Flighty flippant flamboyance faux pas fornicatious fictitious finite
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Optimal monstrance languishing vast tractive icky yantra grandiose plenary juxtaposition repertoire blasphemously exoneration zealotry sensorium unary heuristic nimbus warranty acerbity kinesiology xenobiotic corporeal quantify finite Ornate mendacity lurid vauntness transition icon yenta genuflection despicable plenipotentiary jaunt rendition blatant eulogy zygosity subliminal unbridled holistic nimiety wrangle asperity kinetics xanadu conjunctive quixotic fictitious Opulence moribund licentious vector tellurian ichor yerk glitch deplorable pandemic jurisprudence rectitude brusque edifice zoic suborn uncanny homogeny nihilism wrest acuity kleptomania xylem conjugational quagmire fornications Ostensive morsel longevous venery terrestrial ictus yoni gestational denigrational plagiaristic jettison recital belligerent extemporaneous Zephyr substantiation unfathomable huckster notorious wrought agility Kobold xylophagous coercion quintessence faux pas Ordinate meticulous loquacity verve tantamount incus yore genre denouement portentous jeopardy radix bodacious exacerbational zilch subtlety usurping horizon nostrum wroth articulation kowtow xerophilous critique quantum flamboyance Odious meatus lingam volition telepathy –ics yowl gesticulation douceur potentate jocular repartee bartizan exigency zoomorphic solace ultimatum hornswoggle notch wreak autonomy kangaroo court xenophile credibility quasi flippant Ornery motivity lucidity votary talismanically idolatry yogi gimpy  dastardly paltry jouncy ramify beastly enmity zoolatry sultry unity ***** nugatory wrathy artistry keeky xylography critically queasy flighty
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Jan 6, 2017
Jan 6, 2017 at 9:16 PM UTC
Iconoclasm (misnomer syntactics)
Optimal monstrance languishing vast tractive icky yantra grandiose plenary juxtaposition repertoire blasphemously exoneration zealotry sensorium unary heuristic nimbus warranty acerbity kinesiology xenobiotic corporeal quantify finite Ornate mendacity lurid vauntness transition icon yenta genuflection despicable plenipotentiary jaunt rendition blatant eulogy zygosity subliminal unbridled holistic nimiety wrangle asperity kinetics xanadu conjunctive quixotic fictitious Opulence moribund licentious vector tellurian ichor yerk glitch deplorable pandemic jurisprudence rectitude brusque edifice zoic suborn uncanny homogeny nihilism wrest acuity kleptomania xylem conjugational quagmire fornications Ostensive morsel longevous venery terrestrial ictus yoni gestational denigrational plagiaristic jettison recital belligerent extemporaneous Zephyr substantiation unfathomable huckster notorious wrought agility Kobold xylophagous coercion quintessence faux pas Ordinate meticulous loquacity verve tantamount incus yore genre denouement portentous jeopardy radix bodacious exacerbational zilch subtlety usurping horizon nostrum wroth articulation kowtow xerophilous critique quantum flamboyance Odious meatus lingam volition telepathy –ics yowl gesticulation douceur potentate jocular repartee bartizan exigency zoomorphic solace ultimatum hornswoggle notch wreak autonomy kangaroo court xenophile credibility quasi flippant Ornery motivity lucidity votary talismanically idolatry yogi gimpy  dastardly paltry jouncy ramify beastly enmity zoolatry sultry unity ***** nugatory wrathy artistry keeky xylography critically queasy flighty
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As the curtain dropped, the thin and tiny dancers spun, leaving shadows dancing on their own. With movement, the orchestra rumbled into existence like an old, but trusted engine, the story, if there was one to tell, came to life and extended to a peak. Those in attendance, were mostly astonished by the playwrights sardonic ebb and flow. Jaws hung like meat from the ceiling of an old delicatessen as earth tone lights dodged about and around folks ears, gently tilting through a myriad of pleasant poses. The now heavy and breathy air in the theater coalesced as the heat of the story changed the room. Hands were clenched and teeth were squeezed as purpose slowly but surely found the dimly lit theater, deep in the heart of the old, dark city. At the top of that coaster that night, the leading gal crooned, wept and danced to the delight of many. Her savior and his foil, battled the war of children, the director beamed a sullen and mysterious glee as his creation came to life. One gasp followed another that evening as notions simply chugged along like the underground train. All applause for the players in the end was loud, honest and ornery then after the show behind the deep red and dangling curtain laid the pats of many, on the backs of others. No smile to big and no lid to low as the bubbly and fine foods found the lips of those aboard the dream. Then, at the exact moment the intrigue of the performance trickled into a thousand tomorrows, there was Joy, quite subtle, but existent, quietly dancing the pretty little dance, of the thin and tiny dancers.
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Nov 24, 2009
Nov 24, 2009 at 4:59 AM UTC
Theater Review:
As the curtain dropped, the thin and tiny dancers spun, leaving shadows dancing on their own. With movement, the orchestra rumbled into existence like an old, but trusted engine, the story, if there was one to tell, came to life and extended to a peak. Those in attendance, were mostly astonished by the playwrights sardonic ebb and flow. Jaws hung like meat from the ceiling of an old delicatessen as earth tone lights dodged about and around folks ears, gently tilting through a myriad of pleasant poses. The now heavy and breathy air in the theater coalesced as the heat of the story changed the room. Hands were clenched and teeth were squeezed as purpose slowly but surely found the dimly lit theater, deep in the heart of the old, dark city. At the top of that coaster that night, the leading gal crooned, wept and danced to the delight of many. Her savior and his foil, battled the war of children, the director beamed a sullen and mysterious glee as his creation came to life. One gasp followed another that evening as notions simply chugged along like the underground train. All applause for the players in the end was loud, honest and ornery then after the show behind the deep red and dangling curtain laid the pats of many, on the backs of others. No smile to big and no lid to low as the bubbly and fine foods found the lips of those aboard the dream. Then, at the exact moment the intrigue of the performance trickled into a thousand tomorrows, there was Joy, quite subtle, but existent, quietly dancing the pretty little dance, of the thin and tiny dancers.
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