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beware when you fall in love with an artist be it a painter, a singer, or poet for the artist will paint you with strokes and hues in shapes of every kind sing about you with heartbreak lyrics and feelings which rhyme write about you with the simplest words and a secret message she wants to say beware of the artist, and her love one wrong move and you're an artwork in her display
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May 14, 2014
May 14, 2014 at 6:01 AM UTC
an artist's love
<> The Instigation: Edmund  Black, commenting on “weary weighted,” I agree with Kim; This is poetry at its best :)“ <•> *both of you shush! there is no “better” in poetry mine yours theirs, alive or not, just gasps tears and blood whimsical smiles and isles cuts and burns of pained revelations, hidden in fog, that words try to delete away, through the shrouded mists of human tissues, unconstrained by the bounded shape of the human cell, our first, our own self-imposed jail tissue, too, baby soft, or, purple beating majestic bruised blotches by those weaklings whose kindness never fully developed;   or old man mine whose skin cells erodes, so poems and light weary weighted, lightly flake off for your “betterment” mostly tho for worse good humans all await, in patientce lightly hidden, residents of dark sunspots in the glaring existence exposer of the unlit lighthouse whose time will come they get it how we get there unimportant get there GET THERE get there that is the poetic mission critical no path best or style preferred- no compare just, but, any path that lifts and elevates, to the commonplace* the common place *where all costarred, universal, where common is the temple mount of highest praise, holy smoke rising, a place that that discloses and closes, is scribed/described honestly as a connective, which is the simplest successive call my poems, blessedly common! that an honorable, so gladly accepted and so much more meaning-full than merely best or better* for that, I’d gladly weep, for no praise ever been bettered 8/2/18 406pm on the jitney to my isle
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Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 at 4:15 PM UTC
the common place... (for Kim Johanna Baker & Edmund Black)
<> The Instigation: Edmund  Black, commenting on “weary weighted,” I agree with Kim; This is poetry at its best :)“ <•> *both of you shush! there is no “better” in poetry mine yours theirs, alive or not, just gasps tears and blood whimsical smiles and isles cuts and burns of pained revelations, hidden in fog, that words try to delete away, through the shrouded mists of human tissues, unconstrained by the bounded shape of the human cell, our first, our own self-imposed jail tissue, too, baby soft, or, purple beating majestic bruised blotches by those weaklings whose kindness never fully developed;   or old man mine whose skin cells erodes, so poems and light weary weighted, lightly flake off for your “betterment” mostly tho for worse good humans all await, in patientce lightly hidden, residents of dark sunspots in the glaring existence exposer of the unlit lighthouse whose time will come they get it how we get there unimportant get there GET THERE get there that is the poetic mission critical no path best or style preferred- no compare just, but, any path that lifts and elevates, to the commonplace* the common place *where all costarred, universal, where common is the temple mount of highest praise, holy smoke rising, a place that that discloses and closes, is scribed/described honestly as a connective, which is the simplest successive call my poems, blessedly common! that an honorable, so gladly accepted and so much more meaning-full than merely best or better* for that, I’d gladly weep, for no praise ever been bettered 8/2/18 406pm on the jitney to my isle
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flawed to near insanity but long as you could hold down a job then its alright isn't that a wise policy she asked i'm not so sure watching the clowns strut their stuff in the midnight sun they are reckless to be certain but self aware to a fault just makes it all the more bizarre watch em go at it with each other over the simplest thing its no way to live you can vouch for the living as long as you haven't died and this madness is just shy of being in a pine box so darling lets get outa this crazy place get away from the thinking that you gotta be like everybody else get away from the plastic hippie rat-race roll down the easy highway find us some sweet sunshine to breath in find us a better life to be
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Mar 6, 2015
Mar 6, 2015 at 2:45 PM UTC
madness sunshine
Living is a cross That any one of the rock-faces Comprehends. We are drawn To many seas. We drown wholesomely In the failures of confrontation. The rain Drenching Our doorsteps Has nothing to do With the simplest desires And lacerations We bring To the smallest acts Of living. The child On the broken catwalk Hearing the sounds of our hunger Without understanding Throws echoes back To the earliest abandonments Of love. Minor devastations preceding Horror Resonate the ineffable. The mothers that wake At the slightest sound And the fathers that Smoke all night And the rest of us who are Vigilantes from the demons Of oppressed sleep Find at dawn the clearest Images of bewilderment. Even the best things Collapse beneath the weight Of ignorance. Living is a fire That any one of the wave-lashes Comprehends. _________ Source: http://www.universeofpoetry.org/nigeria.shtml
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Living is a Fire
a thousand brilliant lies (Hafiz, Iran 1320-1389);      (L.F.P., USA 20~21st century) - Hafez -                                 - Left Foot Poet- “I have a                                  if only, in my meager possess, thousand brilliant lies,          but one lie when easy asked For the question:                    the simplest damning of, How are you?                          are you generally happy? I have a                                    what is god you ask, thousand brilliant lies.          no lies required, For the question:                    many answers upon my face visible, What is God?                          unsure if any worthy of believing If you think that the               8 centuries separate us, yet Truth can be known,              you lie; we poets - you, I, all believe From words                             in the divinity of words If you think that the                a thousand brilliant sparkles Sun and the Ocean,                 when Sun loves the Ocean, Can pass through that            each one a poem passing, tiny opening Called                my mouth, my wide eyes, the mouth,                                uttering a Cohen's hallelujah O someone should                 So we gleam, mirthing in glorious start laughing!                         and gleeful delight at ourselves Someone should start             for your brilliant happy lies easily wildly Laughing Now!"                                                                                        unravel into a thousand laughs
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Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 at 2:30 PM UTC
a thousand brilliant lies (Hafiz, Left Foot)
a thousand brilliant lies (Hafiz, Iran 1320-1389);      (L.F.P., USA 20~21st century) - Hafez -                                 - Left Foot Poet- “I have a                                  if only, in my meager possess, thousand brilliant lies,          but one lie when easy asked For the question:                    the simplest damning of, How are you?                          are you generally happy? I have a                                    what is god you ask, thousand brilliant lies.          no lies required, For the question:                    many answers upon my face visible, What is God?                          unsure if any worthy of believing If you think that the               8 centuries separate us, yet Truth can be known,              you lie; we poets - you, I, all believe From words                             in the divinity of words If you think that the                a thousand brilliant sparkles Sun and the Ocean,                 when Sun loves the Ocean, Can pass through that            each one a poem passing, tiny opening Called                my mouth, my wide eyes, the mouth,                                uttering a Cohen's hallelujah O someone should                 So we gleam, mirthing in glorious start laughing!                         and gleeful delight at ourselves Someone should start             for your brilliant happy lies easily wildly Laughing Now!"                                                                                        unravel into a thousand laughs
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For a creation was devised of the purest and simplest elements in life When the calming and smooth sensation of water caressed your bones, it carved canals of strength along the way Your skin crawled and crept past your defined chin to bind with its lover and when the tendon reached the muscle, it fused in an unbreakable relationship Baby, the sight of your eyes shatters the crystallization of the finest glass And your voice pierces the night fog leaving a path for only you The kindness of your heart poured into the rivers to feed oxygen to all of those who depended on it Your body contains the same carbon that creates sparkling diamonds The majority of the oxygen is the same element creating tornadoes, or when fused to hydrogen to make a hurricane Do you see how powerful you are made? Your soft lips are the same lips that can produce sound in an empty canyon Your bones are the base of your embrace when you sweep me off my feet That mind is the exact replica that discovered how to survive the times that were a bigger struggle than planned Despite all of these acts, how simple or extravagant You are the perfect arrangement of atoms that hold my hand when I am scared to carry on alone And the same arrangement of atoms that pull me close and kiss my lips One might say these actions, however small, have a stronger effect than any hurricane, or tornado, or diamond For you are a creation devised of the purest and simplest elements in life And you are completely mine
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May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 at 7:21 PM UTC
A Perfect Arrangement of Atoms
For a creation was devised of the purest and simplest elements in life When the calming and smooth sensation of water caressed your bones, it carved canals of strength along the way Your skin crawled and crept past your defined chin to bind with its lover and when the tendon reached the muscle, it fused in an unbreakable relationship Baby, the sight of your eyes shatters the crystallization of the finest glass And your voice pierces the night fog leaving a path for only you The kindness of your heart poured into the rivers to feed oxygen to all of those who depended on it Your body contains the same carbon that creates sparkling diamonds The majority of the oxygen is the same element creating tornadoes, or when fused to hydrogen to make a hurricane Do you see how powerful you are made? Your soft lips are the same lips that can produce sound in an empty canyon Your bones are the base of your embrace when you sweep me off my feet That mind is the exact replica that discovered how to survive the times that were a bigger struggle than planned Despite all of these acts, how simple or extravagant You are the perfect arrangement of atoms that hold my hand when I am scared to carry on alone And the same arrangement of atoms that pull me close and kiss my lips One might say these actions, however small, have a stronger effect than any hurricane, or tornado, or diamond For you are a creation devised of the purest and simplest elements in life And you are completely mine
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Have you ever felt A compelling urge To hug somebody? To just wrap your arms around them And never let go? You just want to drop everything And hug that person, Touch them, Embrace them. You just want to be near them. Forever. No talking. Just hugging. Because you seem to say more, Have deeper discussions, When you’re in each other’s arms Then when conversing aloud. That’s the kind of bond I want to have with someone Some day. Because the simplest of things Speak louder Than any words Ever will.
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Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014 at 11:33 AM UTC
Hug
the frustration I had after failing to bring myself to ****** for the tenth time this past week makes me more furious than depressed seriously my *** drive has always been high as soon as I got over the shame society places on women for enjoying their sexuality I have always used ************ as a release relieves stress leaves me relaxed and content or should I say, left me feeling that way usually it was once a day fairly frequent but, it matched my *** drive's needs what the **** is wrong with me I have tried imagining, watching, reading, looking at every form of erotica that exists I have searched through everything I can find from **** ****** stories, comics and my search history will let you know that I've searched everything from **** to ****** to interracial lesbian forced ******* and things worse than that e v e r y t h i n g used to take me, oh, I dunno maybe three minutes with my ******** after around an hour is when I give up now I even bought a different ******** NO RELEASE NO PASSION GONE what is WRONG WITH ME oh yeah - depression I mean I knew it was bad when video games no longer had appeal that was enough games have been a passion and a hobby of mine since I was five the other hobby I started a bit older than five but you stole that one, too after depression beat the **** out of me on Tuesday I thought that was it thought since the next morning I awoke without the urge to **** myself it was over nope you have robbed me of the simplest things in my life that give me pleasure no more wriggling moaning spasming the tingling sensation that starts in my toes and makes its way up the length of my body the warmness that follows with it the satisfaction slight smile snuggly sleepy post ****** me I miss her give her back I miss my life give it back this isn't ME for ***** sake! I am a ****** witty humorous creature full of passion looking for opportunities to get myself off! not this depressed apathetic vessel without soul. you won't stop until you have everything in my life you won't stop until you put my soul in your mouth chew grind crush it your saliva breaks me down spit me out please I am fighting for you to cough me up regurgitate the essence of me let me put myself back inside this body please please no you won't stop you will eat my soul until ever fiber protein ounce of health I had is now inside of you, depression cold-hearted *****
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Feb 19, 2016
Feb 19, 2016 at 6:10 AM UTC
************ VIDEO GAMES AND DEPRESSION
the frustration I had after failing to bring myself to ****** for the tenth time this past week makes me more furious than depressed seriously my *** drive has always been high as soon as I got over the shame society places on women for enjoying their sexuality I have always used ************ as a release relieves stress leaves me relaxed and content or should I say, left me feeling that way usually it was once a day fairly frequent but, it matched my *** drive's needs what the **** is wrong with me I have tried imagining, watching, reading, looking at every form of erotica that exists I have searched through everything I can find from **** ****** stories, comics and my search history will let you know that I've searched everything from **** to ****** to interracial lesbian forced ******* and things worse than that e v e r y t h i n g used to take me, oh, I dunno maybe three minutes with my ******** after around an hour is when I give up now I even bought a different ******** NO RELEASE NO PASSION GONE what is WRONG WITH ME oh yeah - depression I mean I knew it was bad when video games no longer had appeal that was enough games have been a passion and a hobby of mine since I was five the other hobby I started a bit older than five but you stole that one, too after depression beat the **** out of me on Tuesday I thought that was it thought since the next morning I awoke without the urge to **** myself it was over nope you have robbed me of the simplest things in my life that give me pleasure no more wriggling moaning spasming the tingling sensation that starts in my toes and makes its way up the length of my body the warmness that follows with it the satisfaction slight smile snuggly sleepy post ****** me I miss her give her back I miss my life give it back this isn't ME for ***** sake! I am a ****** witty humorous creature full of passion looking for opportunities to get myself off! not this depressed apathetic vessel without soul. you won't stop until you have everything in my life you won't stop until you put my soul in your mouth chew grind crush it your saliva breaks me down spit me out please I am fighting for you to cough me up regurgitate the essence of me let me put myself back inside this body please please no you won't stop you will eat my soul until ever fiber protein ounce of health I had is now inside of you, depression cold-hearted *****
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“the simplest definition of our learning to count to infinity” *wrote those words to a stranger in pain, awful pain, asking him to count his blessings* *now awful pain no stranger to me a pain four decades long, that the surgeon promised was fully excised. but today was triggered, chest pain dagger ingredient emergency room so I am counting for, but not to, counting on infinity when the wounding cannot be recalled, only a minor scar to struggle from wonder whence came it from which is the definition of reaching the infinity place,* where finite comes to rest
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Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 2019 at 5:37 PM UTC
the simplest definition of our learning to count to infinity
I just want it to end. The hopelessness, the fear, the constant critic in my head: I've lived with them all for too long. All I've ever known is this war, this endless battle. There's nothing wrong with wanting it to end. To wish that it didn't is cruel. But why can't the best solution be the simplest? Why do I have to keep fighting? At times it's deafening, and I'm so exhausted. Why can't I just lay down in no man's land and let this battle fall silent around me? Why can't that be the end? Because... I'll never know what's possible.
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Nov 27, 2018
Nov 27, 2018 at 9:41 AM UTC
I just want it to end.
the count starts now (tired of tired) I read your outcry at 3:00am posted on Facebook you are tired of tired sick of sick the only question, will it ever end... rise this day,  start another way... count your blessing count against all odds for there are more than merely one use both hands both hands chested to feel the heart thrusting, for living is a wondrous blessing unique an unbelievable to believe than so many beats, born and borne, by you, a strength unequaled, you a richness possessed count that one first. count my hands holding your shoulders. count that as two, one for me, one for you. more? more.   mirror.  find the tiny light in each eye against a yellow backdrop. add two more. for they are a sparking confidence of confirming. you felt the heart thrumming go back, feel the breathing warmth breaching forth. add another. for now known you can never ever be cold. wash the face, wash away the caution that sleep leaves, the coverlet of fear that fears you not to dare, amazing that tap water plain is sacred when it miracle breaks you out and anoints thy forehead with pure oil like the kings of yore, be a kingly human being. go out. do not return until one act of kind is performed and count that as a thousand blessed, a sum recurring recounted walk humble and the path will always appear. walk contented for you can be both king and servant, there is no difference - you must be both to be the other one. and if you still cannot raise the head, call me. that would be a blessing for me and I will hear your blessings sounds mine merge, dear friend and no more stranger, that is the simplest definition of our learning to count to infinity
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Aug 10, 2018
Aug 10, 2018 at 4:33 AM UTC
the count starts now (tired of tired)
the count starts now (tired of tired) I read your outcry at 3:00am posted on Facebook you are tired of tired sick of sick the only question, will it ever end... rise this day,  start another way... count your blessing count against all odds for there are more than merely one use both hands both hands chested to feel the heart thrusting, for living is a wondrous blessing unique an unbelievable to believe than so many beats, born and borne, by you, a strength unequaled, you a richness possessed count that one first. count my hands holding your shoulders. count that as two, one for me, one for you. more? more.   mirror.  find the tiny light in each eye against a yellow backdrop. add two more. for they are a sparking confidence of confirming. you felt the heart thrumming go back, feel the breathing warmth breaching forth. add another. for now known you can never ever be cold. wash the face, wash away the caution that sleep leaves, the coverlet of fear that fears you not to dare, amazing that tap water plain is sacred when it miracle breaks you out and anoints thy forehead with pure oil like the kings of yore, be a kingly human being. go out. do not return until one act of kind is performed and count that as a thousand blessed, a sum recurring recounted walk humble and the path will always appear. walk contented for you can be both king and servant, there is no difference - you must be both to be the other one. and if you still cannot raise the head, call me. that would be a blessing for me and I will hear your blessings sounds mine merge, dear friend and no more stranger, that is the simplest definition of our learning to count to infinity
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New Like the dawn The glorious sunrise Pinkish hues awash with silent beiges And the sun Is a fiery orb Coloring life into every living thing I feel the new With my breath In and out And I think of the ocean The powerful ocean I can feel it within my heart, The waves rumbling through my veins I can see the new In not so distant visions Of a future full of growth I’ve healed so much And yet there’s more More of the new I open my doors Let it all in All the gloriously soothing beauty Of life’s simplest pleasures Healing me There’s been a crack made in my lifelong illusions I’m beginning to feel clarity, and not confusion Saying yes yes yes To more beauty.
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Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019 at 8:54 PM UTC
New
my subject, mrs. ((brown?)) for this speech is going to be: obesity. ish. you see I remember the article you handed out to us, loos-leafed, fresh-pressed, a dry white piece that told, in simplest terms, the most inarguable & bland facts about !healthy eating & !weight loss! but mrs ((whatever)), I want to tell n and the entire ******* crisp class, that obesity is a load of steaming **** from someone who’s really fucki ng sick (you know how much better it stinks then) that obesity was made to be glorified, I don’t tell you this— I ****** jiggle it to you, grab my santa clause puch and shove it at you-- tick tock we wait for the clock to tell us what s to come, except it makes us guess --see this: a mid-age woman, mother, fat & previously fat, goes in for stabbing pain in the chest, or chronic diarrhea, seeing stars & no energy left. ((this happens)) the doctor says, well let’s weigh you n see if you’ve lost the weight I told you to lose before remember Sharol now Sharol..,,,, sweety….. you weigh 55.62 lbs over the state-set “healthy limit”k, so we’re just gonna give u these diet pills & I promise they work,. all nach-yer-awl u see, none of that waterweight ******** [! excuse my language] and in about 3 months you’ll lose half that overweight, and I promise the starsll go away and you’ll feel right tip top okay now that’ll be $60 & come bac k in a month to tell me how much you’ve lost okay haha but that’s alrightright? she was unhealthy & doctors make you healthy only her brain cancer maybe, or like, colon cancer or literally anything other obesity kills her in about 3 months bc the **** doctor would only pretend that she cared what was wrong with Sharol, sweety…,,, im sharol and so are you and so is your uncle & so is your mother, probably because most of us are “obese” & the only cure for obesity is the cure for the term “obesity” you see
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May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016 at 3:50 PM UTC
Obesity
my subject, mrs. ((brown?)) for this speech is going to be: obesity. ish. you see I remember the article you handed out to us, loos-leafed, fresh-pressed, a dry white piece that told, in simplest terms, the most inarguable & bland facts about !healthy eating & !weight loss! but mrs ((whatever)), I want to tell n and the entire ******* crisp class, that obesity is a load of steaming **** from someone who’s really fucki ng sick (you know how much better it stinks then) that obesity was made to be glorified, I don’t tell you this— I ****** jiggle it to you, grab my santa clause puch and shove it at you-- tick tock we wait for the clock to tell us what s to come, except it makes us guess --see this: a mid-age woman, mother, fat & previously fat, goes in for stabbing pain in the chest, or chronic diarrhea, seeing stars & no energy left. ((this happens)) the doctor says, well let’s weigh you n see if you’ve lost the weight I told you to lose before remember Sharol now Sharol..,,,, sweety….. you weigh 55.62 lbs over the state-set “healthy limit”k, so we’re just gonna give u these diet pills & I promise they work,. all nach-yer-awl u see, none of that waterweight ******** [! excuse my language] and in about 3 months you’ll lose half that overweight, and I promise the starsll go away and you’ll feel right tip top okay now that’ll be $60 & come bac k in a month to tell me how much you’ve lost okay haha but that’s alrightright? she was unhealthy & doctors make you healthy only her brain cancer maybe, or like, colon cancer or literally anything other obesity kills her in about 3 months bc the **** doctor would only pretend that she cared what was wrong with Sharol, sweety…,,, im sharol and so are you and so is your uncle & so is your mother, probably because most of us are “obese” & the only cure for obesity is the cure for the term “obesity” you see
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Wish i am strong enough by this time. Wish i had the courage to face him later. Wish that i could hug him tight by the time that i saw him. Wish i could kiss him again. Wish i could reach out and grab him and feel his arms around me again. Wish i could share another day with him and share the laughter again. Wish i can smell his armpit and feet. Wish i could say i love him endlessly. Wish i am not craving for him anymore. Wish i am not crying at night wanting him to just appear in front of me. Wish i am not crying on the bathroom floor begging God to bring him back. Wish that i had him not only in my dreams so that i would not want sleep so much cos i know that dream is the simplest way for me to feel him again. Wish the gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart game is not that strong. Wish i didn't wished these last Wednesday wishes.
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May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015 at 8:50 AM UTC
Last Wednesday wishes
My doctor told me to find a more healthy way to release my stress. She said that taking two hours to fall asleep every night was rather unhealthy. So, she told me to come home and to write about the things that relax me. Here we are. Every day a thousand things run through my mind. I can't breathe because school sits on my shoulders. My job crushes me slowly and my family physically causes me pain. But through so many foggy images I can see you through them all. I can reach out and almost touch you even when I am alone in my room and I cannot get up because the panic has literally crushed me. You are there in the simplest way. The few moments in my life when I think the only way out is to let the weight of the world crush me entirely I can feel you. The times that everything is in pieces and I am vulnerable and on the floor of my bedroom sobbing, you happen to walk in. You physically pick me up and you carry me to safety. A bath and you will bathe me and you will hold me and I will collapse and you will support me. You carry me to my bed and put on a vinyl and a candle and you clean my room because it being ***** stresses me out. You turn the lights off and the fans on and you consume me in your warmth. You kiss the demons away and you strip off the suffocating clothing on me. You make love to me and you wipe away terrible tears and you drench me in your love. The seconds become minutes and minutes are now hours and you spend what is almost days with me in my bed wrapping your body around mine. I cannot breathe still but now it is the best kind of breathlessness. The kind that happens when you see heaven in the eyes of a human and your life is paused while you try to remember how it all happened. I am crushed still but now with the weight of your love. But there is no pain. None. Only the most beautiful feeling my small body has ever felt. And in the moments of bedroom bliss I am free. I am free of those things that eat at me and those thoughts that stress me to tears. With you I am free.
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Nov 23, 2013
Nov 23, 2013 at 9:14 PM UTC
Doctors orders
My doctor told me to find a more healthy way to release my stress. She said that taking two hours to fall asleep every night was rather unhealthy. So, she told me to come home and to write about the things that relax me. Here we are. Every day a thousand things run through my mind. I can't breathe because school sits on my shoulders. My job crushes me slowly and my family physically causes me pain. But through so many foggy images I can see you through them all. I can reach out and almost touch you even when I am alone in my room and I cannot get up because the panic has literally crushed me. You are there in the simplest way. The few moments in my life when I think the only way out is to let the weight of the world crush me entirely I can feel you. The times that everything is in pieces and I am vulnerable and on the floor of my bedroom sobbing, you happen to walk in. You physically pick me up and you carry me to safety. A bath and you will bathe me and you will hold me and I will collapse and you will support me. You carry me to my bed and put on a vinyl and a candle and you clean my room because it being ***** stresses me out. You turn the lights off and the fans on and you consume me in your warmth. You kiss the demons away and you strip off the suffocating clothing on me. You make love to me and you wipe away terrible tears and you drench me in your love. The seconds become minutes and minutes are now hours and you spend what is almost days with me in my bed wrapping your body around mine. I cannot breathe still but now it is the best kind of breathlessness. The kind that happens when you see heaven in the eyes of a human and your life is paused while you try to remember how it all happened. I am crushed still but now with the weight of your love. But there is no pain. None. Only the most beautiful feeling my small body has ever felt. And in the moments of bedroom bliss I am free. I am free of those things that eat at me and those thoughts that stress me to tears. With you I am free.
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A Letter To My Aunt Discussing The Correct Approach To Modern Poetry To you, my aunt, who would explore The literary Chankley Bore, The paths are hard, for you are not A literary Hottentot But just a kind and cultured dame Who knows not Eliot (to her shame). Fie on you, aunt, that you should see No genius in David G., No elemental form and sound In T.S.E. and Ezra Pound. Fie on you, aunt! I'll show you how To elevate your middle brow, And how to scale and see the sights From modernist Parnassian heights. First buy a hat, no Paris model But one the Swiss wear when they yodel, A bowler thing with one or two Feathers to conceal the view; And then in sandals walk the street (All modern painters use their feet For painting, on their canvas strips, Their wives or mothers, minus hips). Perhaps it would be best if you Created something very new, A ***** novel done in Erse Or written backwards in Welsh verse, Or paintings on the backs of vests, Or Sanskrit psalms on lepers' chests. But if this proved imposs-i-ble Perhaps it would be just as well, For you could then write what you please, And modern verse is done with ease. Do not forget that 'limpet' rhymes With 'strumpet' in these troubled times, And commas are the worst of crimes; Few understand the works of Cummings, And few James Joyce's mental slummings, And few young Auden's coded chatter; But then it is the few that matter. Never be lucid, never state, If you would be regarded great, The simplest thought or sentiment, (For thought, we know, is decadent); Never omit such vital words As belly, genitals and -----, For these are things that play a part (And what a part) in all good art. Remember this: each rose is wormy, And every lovely woman's germy; Remember this: that love depends On how the Gallic letter bends; Remember, too, that life is hell And even heaven has a smell Of putrefying angels who Make deadly whoopee in the blue. These things remembered, what can stop A poet going to the top? A final word: before you start The convulsions of your art, Remove your brains, take out your heart; Minus these curses, you can be A genius like David G. Take courage, aunt, and send your stuff To Geoffrey Grigson with my luff, And may I yet live to admire How well your poems light the fire.
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A Letter To My Aunt
A Letter To My Aunt Discussing The Correct Approach To Modern Poetry To you, my aunt, who would explore The literary Chankley Bore, The paths are hard, for you are not A literary Hottentot But just a kind and cultured dame Who knows not Eliot (to her shame). Fie on you, aunt, that you should see No genius in David G., No elemental form and sound In T.S.E. and Ezra Pound. Fie on you, aunt! I'll show you how To elevate your middle brow, And how to scale and see the sights From modernist Parnassian heights. First buy a hat, no Paris model But one the Swiss wear when they yodel, A bowler thing with one or two Feathers to conceal the view; And then in sandals walk the street (All modern painters use their feet For painting, on their canvas strips, Their wives or mothers, minus hips). Perhaps it would be best if you Created something very new, A ***** novel done in Erse Or written backwards in Welsh verse, Or paintings on the backs of vests, Or Sanskrit psalms on lepers' chests. But if this proved imposs-i-ble Perhaps it would be just as well, For you could then write what you please, And modern verse is done with ease. Do not forget that 'limpet' rhymes With 'strumpet' in these troubled times, And commas are the worst of crimes; Few understand the works of Cummings, And few James Joyce's mental slummings, And few young Auden's coded chatter; But then it is the few that matter. Never be lucid, never state, If you would be regarded great, The simplest thought or sentiment, (For thought, we know, is decadent); Never omit such vital words As belly, genitals and -----, For these are things that play a part (And what a part) in all good art. Remember this: each rose is wormy, And every lovely woman's germy; Remember this: that love depends On how the Gallic letter bends; Remember, too, that life is hell And even heaven has a smell Of putrefying angels who Make deadly whoopee in the blue. These things remembered, what can stop A poet going to the top? A final word: before you start The convulsions of your art, Remove your brains, take out your heart; Minus these curses, you can be A genius like David G. Take courage, aunt, and send your stuff To Geoffrey Grigson with my luff, And may I yet live to admire How well your poems light the fire.
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A brush of lips, a trace of fingers against warm flesh, The warmth of your eyes The simplest of seduction. A heated sigh against a cheek of another, the whisper of 'I love you' and I'm yours The simplest seductions. A simple embrace and the strength of our ever long chats The sight of your smile sends a heart racing The simplest of seduction. The feel of your lips upon the flesh, a quick hug to show that you care. The simplest of seduction, and forever I'm yours.
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Sep 22, 2010
Sep 22, 2010 at 9:47 PM UTC
The simplest of seduction
I returned home to the kitchen the way it was left, with everything laid out on the counter top. It was such a mess, of course it was; we dropped everything as we rushed out the door. A cutting board, with apple slices now browned by their exposure to the air, bananas now withering into nothingness, and a knife, dripping with the blood-red juice of a pomegranate. Or was it her blood on the floor? I breathed in the scent of the two day old pomegranate; it was still sweet, and it ****** me off. I used to love my Sunday mornings. Waking up, getting out of bed kissing her. She was perfect, and made even the simplest task, such as cutting a pomegranate in half, beautiful. I’ve never seen her be anything except beautiful, not even once, not even as she grabbed her stomach, where our beautiful flower bloomed, not even as she screamed in pain. She was the essence of everything fantastic, and whatever she did reflected that. I used to love the smell of pomegranate. It would wake me up, and I would follow it down the hall, to the kitchen, and into the arms of my beautiful wife. The pure, sweet scent reminded me of Sunday mornings, and Sunday mornings reminded me of every reason life was worth living: Her . I was silent as I began to clean the counter top off, the apples went in the trash, the bananas went in the trash, but the pomegranate… the pomegranate stared at me from where it was. It burned a hole into me. I picked it up, and the very touch made me angry. I couldn’t bare the thought of it being near me. Its sweet smell turned putrid in my hands. I threw it as hard as I could, its path going through the window, and the glass made a sound I’ll never forget. But the fact was, I threw it out, and it was gone. The smell of pomegranate would never be here again on Sunday mornings. And neither would she.
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Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014 at 3:17 PM UTC
Sunday Mornings.
I returned home to the kitchen the way it was left, with everything laid out on the counter top. It was such a mess, of course it was; we dropped everything as we rushed out the door. A cutting board, with apple slices now browned by their exposure to the air, bananas now withering into nothingness, and a knife, dripping with the blood-red juice of a pomegranate. Or was it her blood on the floor? I breathed in the scent of the two day old pomegranate; it was still sweet, and it ****** me off. I used to love my Sunday mornings. Waking up, getting out of bed kissing her. She was perfect, and made even the simplest task, such as cutting a pomegranate in half, beautiful. I’ve never seen her be anything except beautiful, not even once, not even as she grabbed her stomach, where our beautiful flower bloomed, not even as she screamed in pain. She was the essence of everything fantastic, and whatever she did reflected that. I used to love the smell of pomegranate. It would wake me up, and I would follow it down the hall, to the kitchen, and into the arms of my beautiful wife. The pure, sweet scent reminded me of Sunday mornings, and Sunday mornings reminded me of every reason life was worth living: Her . I was silent as I began to clean the counter top off, the apples went in the trash, the bananas went in the trash, but the pomegranate… the pomegranate stared at me from where it was. It burned a hole into me. I picked it up, and the very touch made me angry. I couldn’t bare the thought of it being near me. Its sweet smell turned putrid in my hands. I threw it as hard as I could, its path going through the window, and the glass made a sound I’ll never forget. But the fact was, I threw it out, and it was gone. The smell of pomegranate would never be here again on Sunday mornings. And neither would she.
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Three words. That's all it takes to contain the world, Which you long to give me so. Three words. The meaning of life, The driving force of theuniverse Boiled down to its simplest form Emotion. I love you. That's all it takes. I don't want the moon And I don't want the starts Why own these beautiful things, When I'd rather share them with you? It seems to be embedded in the male mind That physical gifts are the best way to show their feelings. To an extend this shows commitment and selflessness And I will cherish even the smallest of gestures given But the thing I long for most are those three words Holding me in your arms And letting me look into your heart While those three words spoken With pure honesty in your eyes. Three words, contain the world.
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Mar 4, 2013
Mar 4, 2013 at 7:13 PM UTC
Words
English with 26 letters, is generally thought to be the simplest language on earth. A language built up on 26 letters is amazing. But within just handful of letters, how many words can be misspelled.. My childish attempt to rhyme and write... ei or ie, we are confused when we write, it's then the words jump to end their lives. Homonyms, homophones, homographs It's fun to know the very facts. Bear tried to **** Jack with its bare hands, Jack had to bear the brunt of the bear. Speed is what we thrive to do If we forget to Brake, will break a head or two. 100 cents makes a dollar Jack sent his wife to buy a stroller She smelled the scent of a broiler And forget all about the stroller. The people who lives in Desert do they have dates as their Dessert? The dinner was perfect The wine complemented the feast The hosts were perfect And were complimented for their treat. The King who reigned Prussia Rode high holding his horse's reins, But his horse started to panic As it started to Rain. Drew looked at his new site The building looked a perfect sight When asked for the legal owner He cited the document which held his right.
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May 21, 2016
May 21, 2016 at 2:38 PM UTC
How an Indian sees English?
I've told people not to let others plant flowers inside them, for they will leave, and all the loveliness inside them will wither and die I've said it as if it's the simplest thing in the world. But clearly, it isn't. And you don't get to choose who will do it, when they will, or whether they will. You won't feel it when they finally do. One day you'll wake up with a garden blooming inside you until they leave, and you've got nothing but tears to water what they've left.
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Aug 17, 2014
Aug 17, 2014 at 6:53 AM UTC
Poison Garden
I can’t sit still, Pacing round and round, Feeling like running, Mind slipping from one thought to another, Can’t focus unless I’m distracted— Does that make sense? Too distracted—no focus now, No control, Now I’m ashamed, Too many things to say, Too little time, Forgetting the simplest things Within seconds. “Why did I come here again?” Oh, now I remember. Never mind, it’s gone. Still and silent, My face a calm mask, Stript of all personality. Nothing to say, No urgency to do Anything. Do what I’m told, Have to stay on task, Pay attention, Can’t risk a slip, No time for distractions now, The medicine won’t allow It. Go to school, No appetite, Restlessness rising in the afternoon, Do homework, Go to bed, Next morning, Swallow the pills, Start all over again. Does anyone else feel this way?
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Jun 15, 2013
Jun 15, 2013 at 12:18 PM UTC
ADHD
the crickets have arthritis so we're stuck here in silence. no melody to lead us to our way no morning song to wake up the day. so the sun sleeps in for the first time in weeks and i wake up to darkness resting on my cheek. i untangle myself from under this blanket i turn to you and smile a soft whisper lost a cry that didn't make it. restless eyes fight  the stupor through this obscure enigma. my mind’s overwhelmed   my heart in a coma, I’m trying to sort myself out gather my words when a kiss, simplest of sparks turns into kinetic chaos launched to the basement of my heart. you stroke my face, a hidden tear you smudge i open my mouth to speak but you’re too quick to judge. so i bite my lip and   lie next to you in silence, moonbeams highlighting the empty space inside us inside me. all because crickets have arthritis.
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Aug 27, 2011
Aug 27, 2011 at 3:14 PM UTC
The Crickets Have Arthritis
It is seven this crisp April morning. In woods before the rising path reveals the heath, there, no there, just there are the first bluebells. Most still hide their pendulous bells in sheath-like petals. When open into a bell the end flounces, splits, curls back on itself. Then the petals reveal their delicate shades of light-thriven lavender. The stout purposeful stem meanwhile allows a gathering of bells, no, a necklace of bells, bells laced around the neck.   I cannot look at this flower without knowing it is the colour that so often graces your purposeful frame, arrayed in the simplest clothes, so often in layered friendly shades; so often falling, loose, quiet, light-enhancing as your blue with grey with green eyes that hold my gaze in pillow-closeness, in that magnification of those intimate moments when one can only whisper.   The common bluebell is the first whisper of summer. It is Endymion, of the bower, a 'bower quiet for us and a sleep full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing'. In that mornings’ moment I am John and you ***** May we this vernal evening sit together as the dusk gathers darkness 'and with full happiness. . . trace the story of Endymion. . . the very music of its name gone into my being'.
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Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013 at 2:01 AM UTC
Bluebell