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1392 Hope is a strange invention— A Patent of the Heart— In unremitting action Yet never wearing out— Of this electric Adjunct Not anything is known But its unique momentum Embellish all we own—
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Hope is a strange invention—
Blue Monday BY DIANE WAKOSKI Blue of the heaps of beads poured into her breasts and clacking together in her elbows; blue of the silk that covers lily-town at night; blue of her teeth that bite cold toast and shatter on the streets; blue of the dyed flower petals with gold stamens hanging like tongues over the fence of her dress at the opera/opals clasped under her lips and the moon breaking over her head a gush of blood-red lizards. Blue Monday. Monday at 3:00 and Monday at 5. Monday at 7:30 and Monday at 10:00. Monday passed under the rippling California fountain. Monday alone a shark in the cold blue waters. You are dead: wound round like a paisley shawl. I cannot shake you out of the sheets. Your name is still wedged in every corner of the sofa. Monday is the first of the week, and I think of you all week. I beg Monday not to come so that I will not think of you all week. You paint my body blue. On the balcony in the softy muddy night, you paint me with bat wings and the crystal the crystal the crystal the crystal in your arm cuts away the night, folds back ebony whale skin and my face, the blue of new rifles, and my neck, the blue of Egypt, and my ******* the blue of sand, and my arms, bass-blue, and my stomach, arsenic; there is electricity dripping from me like cream; there is love dripping from me I cannot use—like acacia or jacaranda—fallen blue and gold flowers, crushed into the street. Love passed me in a blue business suit and fedora. His glass cane, hollow and filled with sharks and whales ... He wore black patent leather shoes and had a mustache. His hair was so black it was almost blue. “Love,” I said. “I beg your pardon,” he said. “Mr. Love,” I said. “I beg your pardon,” he said. So I saw there was no use bothering him on the street Love passed me on the street in a blue business suit. He was a banker I could tell. So blue trains rush by in my sleep. Blue herons fly overhead. Blue paint cracks in my arteries and sends titanium floating into my bones. Blue liquid pours down my poisoned throat and blue veins rip open my breast. Blue daggers tip and are juggled on my palms. Blue death lives in my fingernails. If I could sing one last song with water bubbling through my lips I would sing with my throat torn open, the blue jugular spouting that black shadow pulse, and on my lips I would balance volcanic rock emptied out of my veins. At last my children strained out of my body. At last my blood solidified and tumbling into the ocean. It is blue. It is blue. It is blue.
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Apr 13, 2015
Apr 13, 2015 at 7:31 AM UTC
Diane Wakowski
Blue Monday BY DIANE WAKOSKI Blue of the heaps of beads poured into her breasts and clacking together in her elbows; blue of the silk that covers lily-town at night; blue of her teeth that bite cold toast and shatter on the streets; blue of the dyed flower petals with gold stamens hanging like tongues over the fence of her dress at the opera/opals clasped under her lips and the moon breaking over her head a gush of blood-red lizards. Blue Monday. Monday at 3:00 and Monday at 5. Monday at 7:30 and Monday at 10:00. Monday passed under the rippling California fountain. Monday alone a shark in the cold blue waters. You are dead: wound round like a paisley shawl. I cannot shake you out of the sheets. Your name is still wedged in every corner of the sofa. Monday is the first of the week, and I think of you all week. I beg Monday not to come so that I will not think of you all week. You paint my body blue. On the balcony in the softy muddy night, you paint me with bat wings and the crystal the crystal the crystal the crystal in your arm cuts away the night, folds back ebony whale skin and my face, the blue of new rifles, and my neck, the blue of Egypt, and my ******* the blue of sand, and my arms, bass-blue, and my stomach, arsenic; there is electricity dripping from me like cream; there is love dripping from me I cannot use—like acacia or jacaranda—fallen blue and gold flowers, crushed into the street. Love passed me in a blue business suit and fedora. His glass cane, hollow and filled with sharks and whales ... He wore black patent leather shoes and had a mustache. His hair was so black it was almost blue. “Love,” I said. “I beg your pardon,” he said. “Mr. Love,” I said. “I beg your pardon,” he said. So I saw there was no use bothering him on the street Love passed me on the street in a blue business suit. He was a banker I could tell. So blue trains rush by in my sleep. Blue herons fly overhead. Blue paint cracks in my arteries and sends titanium floating into my bones. Blue liquid pours down my poisoned throat and blue veins rip open my breast. Blue daggers tip and are juggled on my palms. Blue death lives in my fingernails. If I could sing one last song with water bubbling through my lips I would sing with my throat torn open, the blue jugular spouting that black shadow pulse, and on my lips I would balance volcanic rock emptied out of my veins. At last my children strained out of my body. At last my blood solidified and tumbling into the ocean. It is blue. It is blue. It is blue.
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If I were a teacher, I'd teach plagiarism Like a patent office. I'd teach publication Like plagiarism, And I'll proofread Any paper that properly Cites their sources. I'd teach every Kid from age X to Y That if I can't Lift them as High as they Want to go Than somebody Else Can. I would be the man, That teaches subjects Like I'm their King, And I'd spread Knowledge to every Acre of my empire I'd teach anything. See, I'd teach chemistry By making the reaction of Why and How Always synthesize Wow. I'd be a catalyst For positive change By keeping every School-yard bully and kid that's always picked last Around after class To teach them physics, Like if you have mass And you take up space Then you ******* matter. I'd put the cool in Coulombs. I'd be so electrostatic About magnetic fields You could feel my fluxin' Energy in the hallway. I'd say His story, And Her story, And everyone in-between's story, Is about the day their parents met. I'd teach sex-ed Like it's about the Day their parents met. And it wouldn't be weird It'd be beautiful. Because anybody falling In love is beautiful. And speaking of beautiful: Mathemagics, Would no longer Be a bottomless hat But a bird. With feathers and wings And things that always Find their way home. I'd transform The Fourier of Our foundations With equations Of equality Like you, And I are Always equal to Us. It'll be cake To be genius. ....Or pie Or whatever else is rational In this situation. And I Would measure intelligence With the answer to the question Of why we are alive. I'd standardize Every test By removing Any box that Takes us Further apart I would make art Combining every Color from East to West In a masterpiece That every child can draw We'll call it "human" I would solve World hunger And war, And every other problem That stems from greed With answers to the Questions that I still Don't know But I would show Everyone whose ever Made you hurt That a broken heart Has still got the Courage to beat Because it's their words Where the heart breathes Where the heart bleeds Where the heart sleeps And it's our dreams That keep us awake In the wake of our past So I'd put every love letter And box of their **** On a bonfire, light a match, And we would watch it burn. Hell, If I were a teacher I'd say there's So much left That I've still got To learn.
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Apr 11, 2016
Apr 11, 2016 at 1:31 AM UTC
If I Were a Teacher
If I were a teacher, I'd teach plagiarism Like a patent office. I'd teach publication Like plagiarism, And I'll proofread Any paper that properly Cites their sources. I'd teach every Kid from age X to Y That if I can't Lift them as High as they Want to go Than somebody Else Can. I would be the man, That teaches subjects Like I'm their King, And I'd spread Knowledge to every Acre of my empire I'd teach anything. See, I'd teach chemistry By making the reaction of Why and How Always synthesize Wow. I'd be a catalyst For positive change By keeping every School-yard bully and kid that's always picked last Around after class To teach them physics, Like if you have mass And you take up space Then you ******* matter. I'd put the cool in Coulombs. I'd be so electrostatic About magnetic fields You could feel my fluxin' Energy in the hallway. I'd say His story, And Her story, And everyone in-between's story, Is about the day their parents met. I'd teach sex-ed Like it's about the Day their parents met. And it wouldn't be weird It'd be beautiful. Because anybody falling In love is beautiful. And speaking of beautiful: Mathemagics, Would no longer Be a bottomless hat But a bird. With feathers and wings And things that always Find their way home. I'd transform The Fourier of Our foundations With equations Of equality Like you, And I are Always equal to Us. It'll be cake To be genius. ....Or pie Or whatever else is rational In this situation. And I Would measure intelligence With the answer to the question Of why we are alive. I'd standardize Every test By removing Any box that Takes us Further apart I would make art Combining every Color from East to West In a masterpiece That every child can draw We'll call it "human" I would solve World hunger And war, And every other problem That stems from greed With answers to the Questions that I still Don't know But I would show Everyone whose ever Made you hurt That a broken heart Has still got the Courage to beat Because it's their words Where the heart breathes Where the heart bleeds Where the heart sleeps And it's our dreams That keep us awake In the wake of our past So I'd put every love letter And box of their **** On a bonfire, light a match, And we would watch it burn. Hell, If I were a teacher I'd say there's So much left That I've still got To learn.
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Serendipities torrential deluge Of dulcet applause reigning In the divine dynasty of Empiricisms arcane lore, Heavens most high of heirachies Beyond the veil Drowning in altruistic Reflexive salutations; The regnant patent mutitioning Of the waters Lethe from Serpens poisened chalice of saints Evoking the advent vigil of Dusts chaldean dreams, The sabbatical ordination The fatal ravens annunciation Heralding valediction Convening betwixt and between Gates of ivory and horn Arraigning the apostolic conclave. ELEETE J MUIR.
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Jan 13, 2012
Jan 13, 2012 at 9:35 AM UTC
The Ephemeral Compassionate Leave of Transmigration.
433 Knows how to forget! But could It teach it? Easiest of Arts, they say When one learn how Dull Hearts have died In the Acquisition Sacrificed for Science Is common, though, now— I went to School But was not wiser Globe did not teach it Nor Logarithm Show “How to forget”! Say—some—Philosopher! Ah, to be erudite Enough to know! Is it in a Book? So, I could buy it— Is it like a Planet? Telescopes would know— If it be invention It must have a Patent. Rabbi of the Wise Book Don’t you know?
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Knows how to forget!
There was a small boy, in a little town, Unknown to most people. He was soaring, I remember, As if running through to freedom. He spread his arms between the crowds In his navy blue pants and sweater, His bright white polo And his shiny shoes of patent leather. The school bell rang So he tucked his wings to grab his bag, And he climbed up the steps As fast as a little boy can But the gate had just closed right in front of him. He had his little hands Gripped around the metal of the gate And shook them wanting to get in; He pushed his arm but only got his shoulder though. There was a man With no emotion in his face, Watching him trying to find a way in, But the man didn't move an inch. The boy put his back against the fence And I cried before walking back. Nothing he said would change his mind. That was me then but now I'm the man in the other side, Having forgotten what it was like to spread my wings And want to fly.
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Jul 1, 2014
Jul 1, 2014 at 10:19 AM UTC
I Killed a Soaring Eagle
No we're not learning about inventors. No we're not learning about scientists. If we were, that would be great, But we're not, Instead we're learning about lying thieves, And overrated ones at that. We should be learning about real inventors, That didn't steal ideas from others, And were lucky enough not to have ideas stolen from them, Like George Westinghouse. We should be learning about real inventors, And real scientists, That sadly went unrecognized, Because their ideas were stolen, By so called inventors, That were in reality total jerks, Like Nikola Tesla, And Rosalind Franklin. However, instead of learning about true inventors like them, We're learning about the likes of Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, James Watson, And Francis Crick. Here's a "fun fact" about Thomas Edison, He promised Nikola Tesla 50 grand, In exchange for fixing his machines. However, when Nikola Tesla was finished, Several months later, He not only didn't pay Tesla, He mocked him for asking, He said that he was joking, And according to some, he was offered a raise of 10 dollars According to others, he asked for a raise, and was denied it, Either way, Tesla quit. Here's a "fun fact" about Guglielmo Marconi, He didn't invent the radio, Nikola Tesla did. However, Marconi pulled an Edison, And stole Tesla's invention from him. Luckily, although sadly too late, Tesla was rewarded the patent. Here's a "fun fact" about James Watson and Francis Crick, They took credit for Franklin's discovery. Why do we have to sit in social studies, Listening to Youtube videos, And reading books, And doing plays, That people created for school kids, About so called inventors. When instead, We could be reading books, Listening to Youtube videos, And doing plays, That we created ourselves, About real inventors. I want to get a real education. I want to learn about the truth, Instead of lies. So please teachers, Principals, Superintendents, Common Core Professionals, State Test Professionals, Please let us learn about the truth, Please don't make us learn about lies.
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Mar 28, 2016
Mar 28, 2016 at 4:46 PM UTC
A poem by Olive Goldstein, a character I created!
No we're not learning about inventors. No we're not learning about scientists. If we were, that would be great, But we're not, Instead we're learning about lying thieves, And overrated ones at that. We should be learning about real inventors, That didn't steal ideas from others, And were lucky enough not to have ideas stolen from them, Like George Westinghouse. We should be learning about real inventors, And real scientists, That sadly went unrecognized, Because their ideas were stolen, By so called inventors, That were in reality total jerks, Like Nikola Tesla, And Rosalind Franklin. However, instead of learning about true inventors like them, We're learning about the likes of Thomas Edison, Guglielmo Marconi, James Watson, And Francis Crick. Here's a "fun fact" about Thomas Edison, He promised Nikola Tesla 50 grand, In exchange for fixing his machines. However, when Nikola Tesla was finished, Several months later, He not only didn't pay Tesla, He mocked him for asking, He said that he was joking, And according to some, he was offered a raise of 10 dollars According to others, he asked for a raise, and was denied it, Either way, Tesla quit. Here's a "fun fact" about Guglielmo Marconi, He didn't invent the radio, Nikola Tesla did. However, Marconi pulled an Edison, And stole Tesla's invention from him. Luckily, although sadly too late, Tesla was rewarded the patent. Here's a "fun fact" about James Watson and Francis Crick, They took credit for Franklin's discovery. Why do we have to sit in social studies, Listening to Youtube videos, And reading books, And doing plays, That people created for school kids, About so called inventors. When instead, We could be reading books, Listening to Youtube videos, And doing plays, That we created ourselves, About real inventors. I want to get a real education. I want to learn about the truth, Instead of lies. So please teachers, Principals, Superintendents, Common Core Professionals, State Test Professionals, Please let us learn about the truth, Please don't make us learn about lies.
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What happened to the beautiful boisterous screaming queens of the 80's full of Gloria Gaynor dancing on bars & pianos & teasing & strutting & grabbing life by the ***** Every time I go to the Op Shop & see a pair of size 11 patent leather red pumps I think of you & put them on & walk around the shop just to remind me of the fabulous times. Are you making lounges in the shape of Cadillacs or corsets or sculpting **** - tail glasses delicately gold leafed - centre table? Back up x 30 in the Botanical Gardens at Mardi Gras & remember the good times, the sad times, the Carmen Miranda, feather boer, wig, **** & lipstick times my friends........ smooth jazz grand piano .......
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Dec 30, 2017
Dec 30, 2017 at 4:58 AM UTC
A Straight Womans Perspective On Protection
reverence in poetry.                             everything to every person. reader claims they can                         a necessary skill for uncover the reverence.                         successful hypothecating and in the scripts that                       (buying)poetry-creation outta nothing, life straight hands me,                          tell them what thy want to hear, for collection & correction,           and they’ll call you laureate,                       secretarial transcribing,                        instead of good listener binding, typo correction                       or just a keen observer-fakir mundane are the tasks,                          just take what they give ya, that’s all them muses ask,                     dress it like Joseph in a don’t interfere, taken what’s given,     coat of many colors, bow, curtsy, show respect,                     don’t let on your plagiarism treat its aspects/instincts correctly       is all them, redressed legally you’re just the pass through agent,   true you, gotta be smart about it, patient for no payment expected,    variant spellings, swinging verbs, be our adherent, not our truant,      be discreet, they’ll call your script we appoint don’t disappoint,          a real keeper and give love or sun, accept our patent, render legit        mucho poem emojis accoladeya as for this reverence thinge        devil in a blue dress, walk the streets if I do my job ok, on any day,     grabbing snatches of overhearings, any poem could save a life,        pressed into a single tunic, you think, if I get the commas placed,         he a genius, knows my thinking, just right, the periods period,     exactly,  what a great poet and while obeying the speed limit    con/hu-man par excellent them muses so **** pleased     even fool muses, too full themselves, by this true confession released, muses who think we stink and and self deprecation,                     couldn’t do it without them they call me reverend,                   great pretenders by stealing imagine them silly folk,                everything in everybody and calling a big fat liar.                       all thieves and cape riders, reverend, duh, the end                 original liars, pants on fire before midnight and after 3:20am April 7~8, two oh nineteen any message you send becomes my intellectual property, fool....
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Apr 8, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 at 5:24 AM UTC
reverence in poetry. (2) everything in every person.
reverence in poetry.                             everything to every person. reader claims they can                         a necessary skill for uncover the reverence.                         successful hypothecating and in the scripts that                       (buying)poetry-creation outta nothing, life straight hands me,                          tell them what thy want to hear, for collection & correction,           and they’ll call you laureate,                       secretarial transcribing,                        instead of good listener binding, typo correction                       or just a keen observer-fakir mundane are the tasks,                          just take what they give ya, that’s all them muses ask,                     dress it like Joseph in a don’t interfere, taken what’s given,     coat of many colors, bow, curtsy, show respect,                     don’t let on your plagiarism treat its aspects/instincts correctly       is all them, redressed legally you’re just the pass through agent,   true you, gotta be smart about it, patient for no payment expected,    variant spellings, swinging verbs, be our adherent, not our truant,      be discreet, they’ll call your script we appoint don’t disappoint,          a real keeper and give love or sun, accept our patent, render legit        mucho poem emojis accoladeya as for this reverence thinge        devil in a blue dress, walk the streets if I do my job ok, on any day,     grabbing snatches of overhearings, any poem could save a life,        pressed into a single tunic, you think, if I get the commas placed,         he a genius, knows my thinking, just right, the periods period,     exactly,  what a great poet and while obeying the speed limit    con/hu-man par excellent them muses so **** pleased     even fool muses, too full themselves, by this true confession released, muses who think we stink and and self deprecation,                     couldn’t do it without them they call me reverend,                   great pretenders by stealing imagine them silly folk,                everything in everybody and calling a big fat liar.                       all thieves and cape riders, reverend, duh, the end                 original liars, pants on fire before midnight and after 3:20am April 7~8, two oh nineteen any message you send becomes my intellectual property, fool....
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861 Split the Lark—and you’ll find the Music— Bulb after Bulb, in Silver rolled— Scantilly dealt to the Summer Morning Saved for your Ear when Lutes be old. Loose the Flood—you shall find it patent— Gush after Gush, reserved for you— Scarlet Experiment! Sceptic Thomas! Now, do you doubt that your Bird was true?
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Split the Lark—and you’ll find the Music
Now then,(Clicks fingers and stretches out),,,I know you men out there will think i'm all cahoots,But i need to vent my feelings on the, ever, splendid, boot,There,s black boots white boots, really outta sight boots,Baby boots, Mummy boots, ever just so yummy boots,X boots, Y boots, black patent leather thigh boots,(MMMMMM)Flat boots, high boots, heels like a needles eye boots,Work boots, shopping boots, **** , real eye popping boots,Going to visit mum boots, feeling very glum boots,Welly boots, smelly boots," i'm just watching telly" boots,Car boots,"?" truck boots, "come on babe, let's **** boots,All these boots and more would make a woman want to swear,But guys, you haven't heard me go on about our underwear!!!
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Feb 25, 2010
Feb 25, 2010 at 7:21 AM UTC
Boots (dribble dribble)
I’m singing the blues Saying good bye to my shoes The red patent high heels With the shine that appeals The shoes that made me feel hot Whether I looked it or not Made me walk with a wiggle Made my back side jiggle Gave me a **** demeanour Made my legs feel leaner Helped me walk tall On the days I felt small The same red shoes, so sweet That are now tight on my feet Which squash my big toe And somehow, they know That I’ve got dickie knees So I’ll never wear skis Not to mention arthritic hips Which cause a total eclipse When I bend over And moreover I walk just like I’ve got off my horse So I’ve got to bid farewell, of course Part company with my lovely red shoes That is why I’m singing the blues …..They should sell on ebay pretty quick ….. I’ll spend the money on a walking stick ©Nicki Tilston
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Oct 31, 2015
Oct 31, 2015 at 9:13 PM UTC
Red Shoes Blues
I sat across from a man made of millions. From his shiny black patent shoes to his dolphin patterned socks, and his slicked back gray blonde hair, a color so elusive Midas himself would find fault with designating blame, I saw treachery. If character were based on dress I would assign worth every time. But people don't work that way: you must listen to what they say. When he mentioned God and fate in the same breath as commissions and unlimited potential financially, I went back to the socks. Imagining the dolphins desperately trying to find someone else's socks, someone less driven by green pieces of paper easily set aflame by a deranged individual, someone like me, who would not be so ludicrous, but entertained the notion, would have more idealistic pure thought framing. While the world runs in bounding strides to freedom from debt, from loans, from taxes, and money....stuff, so that every "thing" materializes as a personal possession and retirement happens at the unseemly age of 35, but who will provide a home for the dolphins? I would not throw my socks away as soon as the threads began to bare. I would find some cerulean blue thread and weave in the ocean.
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Jun 27, 2014
Jun 27, 2014 at 1:35 PM UTC
a message from the dolphins
The rear axles hold the kick of twenty Missouri ********* It is in the records of the patent office and the ads there is twenty horse power pull here. The farm boy says hello to you instead of twenty mules-he sings to you instead of ten span of mules. A bucket of oil and a can of grease is your hay and oats. Rain proof and fool proof they stable you anywhere in the fields with the stars for a roof. I carve a team of long ear mules on the steering wheel-it's good-by now to leather reins and the songs of the old mule skinners.
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New Farm Tractor
boy coils in the lawn & early air. grass touching him wet, smoke crawls from his lips, into the blue awoken, or sky before his face. there it dances like wild life lived & falls away with breezy. dearly herb to glossy reds, he purses, thus to inhale. sparked ember, spark clench, fist to fist. life given to life encapsulated. the sense of it goes steady, goes patent cool. he exhales, and looks to the south, where his legs once were.
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Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 at 12:05 AM UTC
achilles says burn
An airplane crashes into an uncharted island and hundreds of people die in the burning debris, and somewhere a group of boys and girls are taking selfies as they stand next to a burning office building. Thousands of teenagers sit on the couch and eat ice cream until the buttons on their pants explode off. Kids light themselves on fires as if they were monks from the Tiananmen Square, trying to gain acceptance, their dreams of stardom translated through a series of YouTube comments. We can't afford books for college because the tuition is ridiculous, but these glossy tabloid magazines are only a few bucks; pick one to set the course of your life. Middle-aged people spend their lives indoors, away from the thirsty, hungry, withering children, and check how many likes did their photos receive on their smartphones. Pornographic images in front of our tired faces, our eyes locked to the screen and we do not blink as our memories become embedded with objectification. So we don't look up and see the chaos transpiring. Cat memes and colorful gifs hold our attention while our parents slave away at their boomerang-shaped desks, trapped in clustered cubicles. I saw a post on Facebook of a girl who was sexually assaulted at a house party and now her name was being hashtagged and kids were posing in photographs, laying on the floor, legs and arms sprawled out, left and right, trying to mimic the injustice. We swipe right to find our future hookups, but what if our future husbands and wives were on the left?   Society spends millions of dollars on drinks to numb our conscience, until our brain cells are wretched like the homeless guy on the street corner drinking liquor from a coffee mug. Israel and Palestine battle each other day after day while our generation gossips about Solange Knowles beating up Jay-Z with her patent leather purse as if that news conquers every other bit of information out there. The world will always be corrupt, but it suffers more from the apathy that belongs to us.
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Jun 24, 2016
Jun 24, 2016 at 7:56 PM UTC
Clean each cell with a rag
An airplane crashes into an uncharted island and hundreds of people die in the burning debris, and somewhere a group of boys and girls are taking selfies as they stand next to a burning office building. Thousands of teenagers sit on the couch and eat ice cream until the buttons on their pants explode off. Kids light themselves on fires as if they were monks from the Tiananmen Square, trying to gain acceptance, their dreams of stardom translated through a series of YouTube comments. We can't afford books for college because the tuition is ridiculous, but these glossy tabloid magazines are only a few bucks; pick one to set the course of your life. Middle-aged people spend their lives indoors, away from the thirsty, hungry, withering children, and check how many likes did their photos receive on their smartphones. Pornographic images in front of our tired faces, our eyes locked to the screen and we do not blink as our memories become embedded with objectification. So we don't look up and see the chaos transpiring. Cat memes and colorful gifs hold our attention while our parents slave away at their boomerang-shaped desks, trapped in clustered cubicles. I saw a post on Facebook of a girl who was sexually assaulted at a house party and now her name was being hashtagged and kids were posing in photographs, laying on the floor, legs and arms sprawled out, left and right, trying to mimic the injustice. We swipe right to find our future hookups, but what if our future husbands and wives were on the left?   Society spends millions of dollars on drinks to numb our conscience, until our brain cells are wretched like the homeless guy on the street corner drinking liquor from a coffee mug. Israel and Palestine battle each other day after day while our generation gossips about Solange Knowles beating up Jay-Z with her patent leather purse as if that news conquers every other bit of information out there. The world will always be corrupt, but it suffers more from the apathy that belongs to us.
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You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees! The Original Conjuring Cat— (There can be no doubt about that). Please listen to me and don’t scoff. All his Inventions are off his own bat. There’s no such Cat in the metropolis; He holds all the patent monopolies For performing suprising illusions And creating eccentric confusions. At prestidigitation And at legerdemain He’ll defy examination And deceive you again. The greatest magicians have something to learn From Mr. Mistoffelees’ Conjuring Turn. Presto! Away we go! And we all say: OH! Well I never! Was there ever A Cat so clever As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees! He is quiet and small, he is black From his ears to the tip of his tail; He can creep through the tiniest crack, He can walk on the narrowest rail. He can pick any card from a pack, He is equally cunning with dice; He is always deceiving you into believing That he’s only hunting for mice. He can play any trick with a cork Or a spoon and a bit of fish-paste; If you look for a knife or a fork And you think it is merely misplaced— You have seen it one moment, and then it is gawn! But you’ll find it next week lying out on the lawn. And we all say: OH! Well I never! Was there ever A Cat so clever As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees! His manner is vague and aloof, You would think there was nobody shyer— But his voice has been heard on the roof When he was curled up by the fire. And he’s sometimes been heard by the fire When he was about on the roof— (At least we all heard that somebody purred) Which is incontestable proof Of his singular magical powers: And I have known the family to call Him in from the garden for hours, While he was asleep in the hall. And not long ago this phenomenal Cat Produced seven kittens right out of a hat! And we all said: OH! Well I never! Did you ever Know a Cat so clever As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees!
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Mr. Mistoffelees
You ought to know Mr. Mistoffelees! The Original Conjuring Cat— (There can be no doubt about that). Please listen to me and don’t scoff. All his Inventions are off his own bat. There’s no such Cat in the metropolis; He holds all the patent monopolies For performing suprising illusions And creating eccentric confusions. At prestidigitation And at legerdemain He’ll defy examination And deceive you again. The greatest magicians have something to learn From Mr. Mistoffelees’ Conjuring Turn. Presto! Away we go! And we all say: OH! Well I never! Was there ever A Cat so clever As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees! He is quiet and small, he is black From his ears to the tip of his tail; He can creep through the tiniest crack, He can walk on the narrowest rail. He can pick any card from a pack, He is equally cunning with dice; He is always deceiving you into believing That he’s only hunting for mice. He can play any trick with a cork Or a spoon and a bit of fish-paste; If you look for a knife or a fork And you think it is merely misplaced— You have seen it one moment, and then it is gawn! But you’ll find it next week lying out on the lawn. And we all say: OH! Well I never! Was there ever A Cat so clever As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees! His manner is vague and aloof, You would think there was nobody shyer— But his voice has been heard on the roof When he was curled up by the fire. And he’s sometimes been heard by the fire When he was about on the roof— (At least we all heard that somebody purred) Which is incontestable proof Of his singular magical powers: And I have known the family to call Him in from the garden for hours, While he was asleep in the hall. And not long ago this phenomenal Cat Produced seven kittens right out of a hat! And we all said: OH! Well I never! Did you ever Know a Cat so clever As Magical Mr. Mistoffelees!
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Inspired by George Ella Lyon's poem Where I am From I am from cul-de-sacs From skinned knees and seven speed bikes I am from the bewitching perfume of the osmanthus bloom mingling with freshly mown grass I am from the familiar music of the bubbling creek and the cardinals song the swish of a golf club and the thud of a soccer ball I am from hot pavement on bare feet, the taste of honeysuckles, and reaching pine tree forests whose invisible trails and clearings became my secret empire I am from airplanes and home cooking From Mary and Mark northern accents and southern hospitality I am from "use your manners" and "Not enough month left at the end if the money" I am from sunday school and patent leather shoes that pinch my toes from a prayer before dinner that is carved into my brain I am from poland from poppyseed kuchen and kielbasa I am from my grandmother forgetting baking soda in the bread and then... years later, forgetting me too. I am from my grandfather's sense of humor and his unwavering stubbornness. I am from too many cousins to count from pinched cheeks and "How you've grown!" I am from piles of unfinished photo albums brimming with new adventures, frozen faces, and old memories I am from the path I carved for myself with tools that my parents bestowed upon me.
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Apr 8, 2013
Apr 8, 2013 at 1:14 PM UTC
Where I Am From
The Mother Angels of Einstein's Eve heard her shaking completely curly tresses,    waiting for the waves of the mountains' magical colors, and beginning to undress,    said, understanding his limitations, and he retreated to the desert, Marcus trafficking in ashes.                                          :- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : Asked for memory devices, journalists look to the magazine ISISToo like an angelic angel, who has a solid table's tablet that John describes in the water that John describes as a hungry Christian mother in the south, Christian Christian light cuts into bed and hatred,   and in the shade of the first wedding,   John writes Bettie sold out to the enemies of the people because he planted in Greece against angels angel Einstein by a mother one who heard Eve fill in the upper part of the corner, waiting for the Hills Hills to get water into the skin when these magic-colored shades began to dress, she answered, as measured by the limitations until the reading was to spread themselves into the ground and report Jack's ashes scattered throughout the desert. It depends on the face of the world, and that it literally means shadow shadow shadow shadow. I think all the wordless words are kissing: the molecular is the girls with the dark splinters and the calves, beginning from the dark to light on the loaf of **** for Satan launches the beans placed on the socks before the Asian Secrets that are in the patent to produce data to meet with Lovers,    and iron that is important, and women who are soon weeping,     seat seats like Unfortunately, for some other reason the costly assaults over the years, the number of socks, so long in the winter he was praying for a streaming stream that closed the glass glass inside the interior of the interior, he received a 'meditation' gift, the dreams, the, the thoughts, the singers;
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Oct 7, 2018
Oct 7, 2018 at 11:16 PM UTC
The Mother Angels
The Mother Angels of Einstein's Eve heard her shaking completely curly tresses,    waiting for the waves of the mountains' magical colors, and beginning to undress,    said, understanding his limitations, and he retreated to the desert, Marcus trafficking in ashes.                                          :- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : Asked for memory devices, journalists look to the magazine ISISToo like an angelic angel, who has a solid table's tablet that John describes in the water that John describes as a hungry Christian mother in the south, Christian Christian light cuts into bed and hatred,   and in the shade of the first wedding,   John writes Bettie sold out to the enemies of the people because he planted in Greece against angels angel Einstein by a mother one who heard Eve fill in the upper part of the corner, waiting for the Hills Hills to get water into the skin when these magic-colored shades began to dress, she answered, as measured by the limitations until the reading was to spread themselves into the ground and report Jack's ashes scattered throughout the desert. It depends on the face of the world, and that it literally means shadow shadow shadow shadow. I think all the wordless words are kissing: the molecular is the girls with the dark splinters and the calves, beginning from the dark to light on the loaf of **** for Satan launches the beans placed on the socks before the Asian Secrets that are in the patent to produce data to meet with Lovers,    and iron that is important, and women who are soon weeping,     seat seats like Unfortunately, for some other reason the costly assaults over the years, the number of socks, so long in the winter he was praying for a streaming stream that closed the glass glass inside the interior of the interior, he received a 'meditation' gift, the dreams, the, the thoughts, the singers;
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Jonathan Anderson's collections walk a confounding tightrope between naïveté and decadence. Much of his new menswear looked like clothes for a futuristic, spiritual retreat (Anderson himself said he wanted something "laid-back, Zen-like"), but the buckled patent shoes were purest dancehall honky-tonk. The fitted leather jackets were pretty flashy, too, especially when contrasted with multi-pleated pants in plainest calico or denim. "He took himself seriously," said the voice-over that launched Michel Gaubert's stirring soundtrack (a journey all in itself), but that felt like Anderson poking a little fun at his own expense—or at least anticipating reactions to his quirky rationale. He insisted his collection was actually like an imaginary world that a child might create for himself, akin to the tree houses he and his brother used to build. The preciousness that such a boy would bestow on things that are essentially valueless was reflected in the ordinary objects—keys, tools—that were transmuted into jewelry, the board game that mutated into a constructivist jacquard, and the calico or denim artfully constructed into the pants that made up the foundation of the collection. Some of the models were carrying a small metal frame on which curious little things were suspended, almost like charms to ward off who knows what. That subtly occult tinge has become something of an Anderson signature, the way he disturbs the refined with the raw, for instance—a thin strand of bamboo or a bandage of calico nipping the waist, or a crude smear of paint across a tulle top so fine it is barely there, or even a white feather stuck to a shoulder. Such touches feel last-minute spontaneous, but also off-kilter, which is exactly where Anderson wants to keep us. But his work is now so consistent that off-kilter is proving a rather pleasant place to be.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/evening-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses
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Jun 15, 2015
Jun 15, 2015 at 2:01 AM UTC
J.W. Anderson
Jonathan Anderson's collections walk a confounding tightrope between naïveté and decadence. Much of his new menswear looked like clothes for a futuristic, spiritual retreat (Anderson himself said he wanted something "laid-back, Zen-like"), but the buckled patent shoes were purest dancehall honky-tonk. The fitted leather jackets were pretty flashy, too, especially when contrasted with multi-pleated pants in plainest calico or denim. "He took himself seriously," said the voice-over that launched Michel Gaubert's stirring soundtrack (a journey all in itself), but that felt like Anderson poking a little fun at his own expense—or at least anticipating reactions to his quirky rationale. He insisted his collection was actually like an imaginary world that a child might create for himself, akin to the tree houses he and his brother used to build. The preciousness that such a boy would bestow on things that are essentially valueless was reflected in the ordinary objects—keys, tools—that were transmuted into jewelry, the board game that mutated into a constructivist jacquard, and the calico or denim artfully constructed into the pants that made up the foundation of the collection. Some of the models were carrying a small metal frame on which curious little things were suspended, almost like charms to ward off who knows what. That subtly occult tinge has become something of an Anderson signature, the way he disturbs the refined with the raw, for instance—a thin strand of bamboo or a bandage of calico nipping the waist, or a crude smear of paint across a tulle top so fine it is barely there, or even a white feather stuck to a shoulder. Such touches feel last-minute spontaneous, but also off-kilter, which is exactly where Anderson wants to keep us. But his work is now so consistent that off-kilter is proving a rather pleasant place to be.Read more here:www.marieaustralia.com/evening-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses
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It was well said of him, “The clothes bespoke the man”. Yes, he stumbled in the mud. Yes, his reputation soon was stuck within the stinking sludge and, granted, it was all of his own making. But surely you remember how he'd been so impressive. Once I said, “You're spotless as a manikin” and shared a hearty laugh with him. Be we also had some serious conversations, discussing what he meant by “loveliness”. That was all before the storm that hit us with the force of filth from continents and generations. It reminded us, again: not every love is innocent; the finest gentlemen are capable of (some say inclined to) monstrous crimes. After, no one spoke of him. He tried to hide behind his usual accoutrements: the matching tie and handkerchief; silk shirts; his feathered hat and crimson mackintosh; the smell of musk. But he was tainted, spotted once the news was out. As the headlines had it: “Gilded Lily Withers – Roots Exposed”; “If clothes have made this man, they're now irreparably torn.” “Patent leather ******* now well scuffed.” God knows what his publishers had to put upon his jacket to sell off the remainders. Yet even from the darkness of his prison, he seemed to think he could rely upon the persuasiveness of beautiful adornments - “Always envied; often copied; never matched” (his line) - trusting it would make him seem attractive once again, even clean. He died the 23rd of May, 2007. They say that night he'd tied his shirt a special way, with a feminine flamboyance, but it failed to impress as he intended. In some dark hall (we don't know how) they caught him, stripped him to the bare essentials, leaving him undressed and cut, an ochre ugliness. What were his final thoughts, when all that he had left was soiled and bleeding? What we he really needing? Still, I'm glad I knew him, Still call him friend, and miss him.
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Oct 8, 2012
Oct 8, 2012 at 5:26 PM UTC
Soiled
It was well said of him, “The clothes bespoke the man”. Yes, he stumbled in the mud. Yes, his reputation soon was stuck within the stinking sludge and, granted, it was all of his own making. But surely you remember how he'd been so impressive. Once I said, “You're spotless as a manikin” and shared a hearty laugh with him. Be we also had some serious conversations, discussing what he meant by “loveliness”. That was all before the storm that hit us with the force of filth from continents and generations. It reminded us, again: not every love is innocent; the finest gentlemen are capable of (some say inclined to) monstrous crimes. After, no one spoke of him. He tried to hide behind his usual accoutrements: the matching tie and handkerchief; silk shirts; his feathered hat and crimson mackintosh; the smell of musk. But he was tainted, spotted once the news was out. As the headlines had it: “Gilded Lily Withers – Roots Exposed”; “If clothes have made this man, they're now irreparably torn.” “Patent leather ******* now well scuffed.” God knows what his publishers had to put upon his jacket to sell off the remainders. Yet even from the darkness of his prison, he seemed to think he could rely upon the persuasiveness of beautiful adornments - “Always envied; often copied; never matched” (his line) - trusting it would make him seem attractive once again, even clean. He died the 23rd of May, 2007. They say that night he'd tied his shirt a special way, with a feminine flamboyance, but it failed to impress as he intended. In some dark hall (we don't know how) they caught him, stripped him to the bare essentials, leaving him undressed and cut, an ochre ugliness. What were his final thoughts, when all that he had left was soiled and bleeding? What we he really needing? Still, I'm glad I knew him, Still call him friend, and miss him.
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Take a look at a flower that we adore And observe this precious creation to the core. Those tiny petals free themselves from the bud And bend towards the ray of light Workshipping sun to stay on sight Though sunlight is absent at night. Day by day this flower blooms Revealing its beauty even in gloom The production of honey sweet scent Introduces us of its own patent Attracting those diligent bees Flirting with vibrant butterflies To generously share its honey product Cause life is all about giving without doubt! A blooming flower; a genuine wonder Asking us to thoroughly ponder How significant its existence in nature Teaching us not to stop hoping for the future As this flower will not stop blooming Until its growth has fully matured.
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Feb 14, 2019
Feb 14, 2019 at 11:07 PM UTC
A Blooming Flower ♡
Bumblebees making love or war On an Easter Sunday morn' Spritely fairies in pinkish frills Wearing their patent leather buckles Little boy blues in powder blue suits Running amok in the chapel belfry Sanctuary dressed in lavender hues As the ***** sounds the call to worship
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Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 at 11:25 AM UTC
Easter Egg
340 Is Bliss then, such Abyss, I must not put my foot amiss For fear I spoil my shoe? I’d rather suit my foot Than save my Boot— For yet to buy another Pair Is possible, At any store— But Bliss, is sold just once. The Patent lost None buy it any more— Say, Foot, decide the point— The Lady cross, or not? Verdict for Boot!
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Is Bliss then, such Abyss