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"smugly" poems
No matter how many times he hurts you No matter how many times he wrongs you No matter how many times someone tells you how dangerous he is You crawl back You crawl back with a head full of muddled thoughts Searching for satisfaction Convinced that he’s your salvation Each time you lie next to him In a fitful sleep Bearing your guilt as he sleeps smugly and soundlessly beside you Because he knows that no matter how much you fight You’ll be back
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Jul 16, 2015
Jul 16, 2015 at 10:57 PM UTC
Bulimia as the Ex-Boyfriend
My Heart and Mind had a discussion one day, About a man that they both knew quite well. The heated discussion continued for hours, Both with arguments meant to compel. A debate ensued between the two, With each taking a different perspective. The Heart believed the man to be true, And the Mind thought he was deceptive. Heart started the discussion with an obvious point, "He is sweet and gentle like no man before." Mind responded smugly, "That's great in the moment but how does he act after she's walked out the door?" Heart countered, already knowing the point being made. "Sure, he may not be able to write or call; He is busy with constant demands of his time. What he feels in his heart matters most of all." "I disagree," and Mind continued to say, "Actions mean far more than words alone. It is when words and actions are considered together that a man's true feelings are shown." "He has to compartmentalize to get through the day." Heart continued to defend his intentions, When they are together his feelings are real, but her insecurities span many dimensions." "It's funny you would mention compartmentalizing. Apparently your memory isn't as sharp as mine, He was once quoted as saying this was not his strength, proof that his statements don't always align." "You are cynical, suspicious and guarded." Heart was clearly tired of this dispute, "Those traits are clouding your judgement. He is genuine and telling the truth." "I think you are overlooking the obvious but I'll relax and stop doubting his intentions if he makes an effort to send a simple sign." Heart and Mind both wanting to prove their point and have the bragging rights of superiority. Mind sure that the man would disappoint her; Heart confident in his genuine sincerity. Both waited patiently for some type of gesture, Something to demonstrate that he really does care. Heart began to worry and whispered to herself, "Stay calm and trust that it's not just another affair." Patience prevailed and an email arrived, just as Heart had hoped and prayed. Mind, although disappointed by being proved wrong, was relieved and no longer afraid. Trust and calm filled her spirit when thinking of him, but it was both that won in the end. Maybe they were more than temporary lovers and could also be permanent friends.
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Dec 30, 2012
Dec 30, 2012 at 10:45 AM UTC
Heart vs. Mind
My Heart and Mind had a discussion one day, About a man that they both knew quite well. The heated discussion continued for hours, Both with arguments meant to compel. A debate ensued between the two, With each taking a different perspective. The Heart believed the man to be true, And the Mind thought he was deceptive. Heart started the discussion with an obvious point, "He is sweet and gentle like no man before." Mind responded smugly, "That's great in the moment but how does he act after she's walked out the door?" Heart countered, already knowing the point being made. "Sure, he may not be able to write or call; He is busy with constant demands of his time. What he feels in his heart matters most of all." "I disagree," and Mind continued to say, "Actions mean far more than words alone. It is when words and actions are considered together that a man's true feelings are shown." "He has to compartmentalize to get through the day." Heart continued to defend his intentions, When they are together his feelings are real, but her insecurities span many dimensions." "It's funny you would mention compartmentalizing. Apparently your memory isn't as sharp as mine, He was once quoted as saying this was not his strength, proof that his statements don't always align." "You are cynical, suspicious and guarded." Heart was clearly tired of this dispute, "Those traits are clouding your judgement. He is genuine and telling the truth." "I think you are overlooking the obvious but I'll relax and stop doubting his intentions if he makes an effort to send a simple sign." Heart and Mind both wanting to prove their point and have the bragging rights of superiority. Mind sure that the man would disappoint her; Heart confident in his genuine sincerity. Both waited patiently for some type of gesture, Something to demonstrate that he really does care. Heart began to worry and whispered to herself, "Stay calm and trust that it's not just another affair." Patience prevailed and an email arrived, just as Heart had hoped and prayed. Mind, although disappointed by being proved wrong, was relieved and no longer afraid. Trust and calm filled her spirit when thinking of him, but it was both that won in the end. Maybe they were more than temporary lovers and could also be permanent friends.
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Your a Tyrant, You doth not fear our kind. The Kind of Honor, And gratitude.. You sit upon your smugly throne, Beholding the power you own. When in all reality, Your just a tyrant King. A king that must die eventually.. And all Kings, Are not Honorably right..
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May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014 at 6:07 PM UTC
Tyrant King
Samhain time spirits are free ***** and lime share our company Smirking at our silliness smugly knowing we'd scream if they showed a willingness to swim in our stream If there feeling naughty we'll experience a feeling something wierd and creepy our senses left reeling We'll put it down to atmosphere or wishful thinking truth if we knew would cause fear our hearts sinking So leave them alone it's their moment cause them to groan and you they'll torment
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Oct 31, 2013
Oct 31, 2013 at 8:58 AM UTC
Samhain
Let me love you. Let me make out with you, then trail my lips from your neck all the way down to just above the waistband of your underwear. Just imagine the feeling of my lips hovering just above that sweet spot where your hot desire is growing. My warm breath across your skin, my lips and tongue and gentle touch in the perfect spot, igniting a flame in the deepest depths of you, striking a match in your heart. Imagine my hands under your thighs, just slightly holding your legs up while I kiss and lick and **** Imagine how the warmth and tingling sensation will travel up your spine and into your head and back down your chest while you breathe, heavy and sporadic. Imagine how much harder you'll get when you see me come up to breathe, smirking smugly, my **** in the air, covered in lacy ******* my hair a mess from you sliding your hands in and out of it, my lips wet, my ******* aching hard and straining my bra. Think about running your hands all along those full curves, like two berries, ripe and ready to be picked. Hold them gently, as if one too-tight squeeze could break them. Kiss my lips as if one too-hard kiss could shatter them to pieces like a wineglass on a wooden floor. Touch me like I'm made of porcelain and listen to me moan "I love you. I love you. I love you." Do you miss me now?
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Dec 28, 2014
Dec 28, 2014 at 4:34 AM UTC
it's 3:03 am and i miss you
Pugsley snugs on ugly rugs and smugly shrugs at Beak But Beaky's peaking and tweakily tweaking while squeakily speaking to Pink And Pinky thinks they're rinky ***** with stinky sinks and ***** winks Then Twiggy giggles and jiggly wiggles her wiggly jiggles at Mister Higgles And Mister Hig-g-l Wait a second Who's Mister Higgles? 'Undercover CBPP,' says he (Crazy Bad Poem Police) 'Okay, let's break it up! Enough of this stupid poem Let's go, let's break it up! Stay off bad poems people, this stuff'll rot your brain!" ©2011 Lyn
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Nov 15, 2013
Nov 15, 2013 at 10:26 AM UTC
CBPP
A frizzy blue black shadow, there you hold, curtaining off the door to the pleasure garden, in my frenzied day dreams, it seems like  everglades where your chiseled alabaster legs smugly join in. It would take many shapes in my hazy dreams when my ***** imagination, for you  is in an overdrive, at times it's a soft  winged butterfly flitting around your ***** intermittently sitting on your thighs, inching slowly upwards, how it takes my breath away! in each of it's tickling move. Excited I ogle,  and just then it assumes the look of a face, with such inviting succulent lips,  I fully lose my patience at first the kiss is soft, a fervency takes over,then, I slip in to a trance erotically charged and ecstatic,  I hear you moan,when I  explode! കാമ   നിഴല്നാടകം ------------------------------------ കുനുകുനെ കരിനീലയാമൊരു നിഴല്‍ അവിടെ നിനക്കുണ്ട്‌ സുഖകവാടത്തിനു മൂടുപടമൊന്നിട്ടപോലെ എന്‍ ഭ്രമ ഭരിതമാം പകല്‍സ്വപ്നങ്ങളി ലതു നീര്‍ നിലമായിമാറുന്നു.                                                                                    നിന്‍ വെണ്ണക്കല്‍  കടഞ്ഞ കാലുകള്‍  ചേരുന്നൊരിടം. എന്‍ ഭാവന യുടെ കാമ സ്വപ്നങ്ങള്‍   നിന്നെത്തേടിപ്പായവേ എന്‍  അവ്യക്തസ്വപ്നങ്ങളില്‍ അതു, രൂപാന്തരങ്ങള്‍തേടുന്നു. ചിലനേരംനിന്‍അരക്കെട്ട്ചുറ്റി യൊരുചിത്രശലഭംപറക്കുന്നു                               ഇടയിടയില്‍ നിന്‍ തുട പറ്റിയിരുന്നു   മേലോട്ട്മെല്ലെനീങ്ങുന്നു. അത് മെല്ലെ ഇക്കിളിയിട്ട്മേല്‍പ്പോട്ടു നീങ്ങാന്‍ തുടങ്ങവേ  എന്‍ ശ്വാസം  നിന്നുപോവുന്നു! ഉന്മാദിയായിഞാനവിടെ നോക്കുന്നു, അവിടെയൊരുമുഖമല്ലേകാണ്മൂ മദ ഭരിതമാ ചുണ്ടുകള്‍ കാണുമ്പൊള്‍ ഞാന്‍ എന്നെത്തന്നെ  മറന്നു         മൃദു ചുംബനം, ലഹരി പകരുന്ന മുത്തം പിന്നെ,എല്ലാം മറന്നമയക്കം! രതിലഹരിയില്‍ നിന്‍  വിതുമ്പല്‍ കേള്‍ക്കെ ഞാനുമൊരുകാമ വിസ്ഫോടനമറിയുന്നു (In Malayalam Translation)
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Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016 at 6:20 AM UTC
Salacious shadow play ******
A frizzy blue black shadow, there you hold, curtaining off the door to the pleasure garden, in my frenzied day dreams, it seems like  everglades where your chiseled alabaster legs smugly join in. It would take many shapes in my hazy dreams when my ***** imagination, for you  is in an overdrive, at times it's a soft  winged butterfly flitting around your ***** intermittently sitting on your thighs, inching slowly upwards, how it takes my breath away! in each of it's tickling move. Excited I ogle,  and just then it assumes the look of a face, with such inviting succulent lips,  I fully lose my patience at first the kiss is soft, a fervency takes over,then, I slip in to a trance erotically charged and ecstatic,  I hear you moan,when I  explode! കാമ   നിഴല്നാടകം ------------------------------------ കുനുകുനെ കരിനീലയാമൊരു നിഴല്‍ അവിടെ നിനക്കുണ്ട്‌ സുഖകവാടത്തിനു മൂടുപടമൊന്നിട്ടപോലെ എന്‍ ഭ്രമ ഭരിതമാം പകല്‍സ്വപ്നങ്ങളി ലതു നീര്‍ നിലമായിമാറുന്നു.                                                                                    നിന്‍ വെണ്ണക്കല്‍  കടഞ്ഞ കാലുകള്‍  ചേരുന്നൊരിടം. എന്‍ ഭാവന യുടെ കാമ സ്വപ്നങ്ങള്‍   നിന്നെത്തേടിപ്പായവേ എന്‍  അവ്യക്തസ്വപ്നങ്ങളില്‍ അതു, രൂപാന്തരങ്ങള്‍തേടുന്നു. ചിലനേരംനിന്‍അരക്കെട്ട്ചുറ്റി യൊരുചിത്രശലഭംപറക്കുന്നു                               ഇടയിടയില്‍ നിന്‍ തുട പറ്റിയിരുന്നു   മേലോട്ട്മെല്ലെനീങ്ങുന്നു. അത് മെല്ലെ ഇക്കിളിയിട്ട്മേല്‍പ്പോട്ടു നീങ്ങാന്‍ തുടങ്ങവേ  എന്‍ ശ്വാസം  നിന്നുപോവുന്നു! ഉന്മാദിയായിഞാനവിടെ നോക്കുന്നു, അവിടെയൊരുമുഖമല്ലേകാണ്മൂ മദ ഭരിതമാ ചുണ്ടുകള്‍ കാണുമ്പൊള്‍ ഞാന്‍ എന്നെത്തന്നെ  മറന്നു         മൃദു ചുംബനം, ലഹരി പകരുന്ന മുത്തം പിന്നെ,എല്ലാം മറന്നമയക്കം! രതിലഹരിയില്‍ നിന്‍  വിതുമ്പല്‍ കേള്‍ക്കെ ഞാനുമൊരുകാമ വിസ്ഫോടനമറിയുന്നു (In Malayalam Translation)
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Back in my rebel days (yester) I sported a spelunking bumper sticker On my 1972  VW pop-up camper van That read Free Floyd Collins Totally apolitical well intentioned humor Concerning one of my pasttimes that surprisingly Never maimed or killed me Whilst reporting for an official call for jury duty The uptight and obviously a **** (did I just say that?) Prosecutor enquired during jury selection As to whether any of us prospectives Had bumper stickers and if so What they might say The NRA sticker guy next to me And the I'd Rather Be Fishin'  and NASCAR Sticker guy next to him Passed with smugly flying colors (red needless to say) While the 72 year old nun With the Amnesty International sticker Didn't fair so well And was promptly burned at the stake (I kid you) Needless to say The long-haired Harvard educated Native American With the Doctors Without Borders And the Remember Wounded Knee With a not so discreet AIM sticker thrown in to boot Also got the boot Pondering the merits of the court stenographer's Shapely fingers while judiciously confidently awaiting my turn It never ocurred to me that Mr. Collins might be So wrongly accused as to have me Rejected and summarily ejected From jury duty A travesty of justice I say If for no other reason than I was so looking forward to Sticking it to the Man You can imagine my surprise and disappointment As I wandered down to the Shamrock To catch Terry O'Leary do a slam And raise a glass to Bobby Sands r~ 22Feb14
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Feb 22, 2014
Feb 22, 2014 at 11:41 PM UTC
The Fine Art of Choosing the Perfect Bumper Sticker
I awoke to the sound of weeping, was a second before I realized it was my own. It was strange because I felt like laughing, sad as that would be all alone. My tired mind couldn't help it though, my decaying body couldn't stop. I wheezed a laugh so wretched, into the dry cemented ground. I spat blood onto the concrete, spat spit onto the road. The broken old town around me, wouldn't mind the blood below. Closest thing to rain its seen, since six or so centuries ago. My opponent was standing smugly, dark and tall and grim. My shadow was never one to fault me, for the failure I'd always been.
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Jun 15, 2016
Jun 15, 2016 at 4:09 AM UTC
Shadow Boxing
(For G. H.) Say, does that stupid earth Where they have laid her, Bind still her sullen mirth, Mirth which betrayed her? Do the lush grasses hold, Greenly and glad, That brittle-perfect gold She alone had? Smugly the common crew, Over their knitting, Mourn her -- as butchers do Sheep-throats they're slitting! She was my enemy, One of the best of them. Would she come back to me, God **** the rest of them! **** them, the flabby, fat, Sleek little darlings! We gave them *** for tat, Snarlings for snarlings! Squashy pomposities, Shocked at our violence, Let not one tactful hiss Break her new silence! Maids of antiquity, Look well upon her; Ice was her chastity, Spotless her honor. Neighbors, with ******* of snow, Dames of much virtue, How she could flame and glow! Lord, how she hurt you! She was a woman, and Tender -- at times! (Delicate was her hand) One of her crimes! Hair that strayed elfinly, Lips red as haws, You, with the ready lie, Was that the cause? Rest you, my enemy, Slain without fault, Life smacks but tastelessly Lacking your salt! Stuck in a bog whence naught May catapult me, Come from the grave, long-sought, Come and insult me! WE knew that sugared stuff Poisoned the other; Rough as the wind is rough, Sister and brother! Breathing the ether clear Others forlorn have found -- Oh, for that peace austere She and her scorn have found!
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Elegy for an Enemy
Ask Germany for they surely know The tales of Heil ****** death and gray snow As the blonde Fraulein's with blue eyes Strolled the avenues inviting and slow. Delicate flakes kissed the putrid air   Neath their feet lay the ashes of innocent souls The ****** winds of approaching war and salvation would blow. Oh Germany my liebchen There is no denial Mitt dear you were patriotically complacent Turning your eyes away in shame Pretending you could not face it Sipping schnaps ignoring and abetting the genocide from afar In warm cafes that closed its doors tightly shut Smugly shunning the arm branded gold stars 6 million and counting were blindly lead to slaughter There was no preference Only Jews non human Beneath their feet It was of little matter. Cast your eyes to the floor For my lady you most surely did know When the smell of fresh death filled your nostrils Drifting down from tall stacks   The scent of pungent thick gray snow Some would feign surprise Others of course truly were But those touched by evil Denied ****** freely committed and known   Whence sprang the fire source The smell of charred flesh Into the sky ablaze the souls arose   So came the infamous days Of falling gray snow. Tammy M. Darby Jan. 17, 2018.
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Jan 12, 2018
Jan 12, 2018 at 6:12 PM UTC
The Gray Snow
Every single day is partitioned fairly, I'd  think amongst us denizens of this uncertain universe, that makes no loss ever in its  unceasing transactions, as every end is a new begining and also the reverse. I wonder again on  the complex algorithm at play and demands upon  each moment to accomplish it! With a laugh I just let go the thread of that ***** thought on  processors and servors for a humanguous operation needed for that to go on for ever and aye! What nonsense! the human logic is hugely flawed Cosmos has better manuels of operation never needed to be written down, just like the affairs of heart of men and woemen that jostle in this planet ,driven by urges prompted by mind, body and if you'd believe without any qualms,the  spirit, but I wouldn't insist. Dusk was falling, and I sat smugly on the sugary sands of the bikiny beach, with a vengence on my face (but not with the bitterness of one, just now short changed) And with an adamence to get my fair share of that day's catch, plucked fruits, harvest,hunted gold or whatever! I didn't want anyone notice as my exchange was happening in in silence, on cycles higher without any means tangible, of communication of any meterial sort. Then there was a  on sand behind me, I felt warmth, the dog was snuggling closer and closer to me to comfort! Her liquid eyes said, all that I wanted to hear She was my solace for the day's battle wound, I reckoned exuding warmth, she drained my pain like the bad blood darkly stuck,let out through the cut I just had survived..... Night was long and the moon anointed us with her balm on the sand bed a man and a stray dog slept unstirred.
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Dec 21, 2018
Dec 21, 2018 at 6:09 AM UTC
The fruit of the day
Every single day is partitioned fairly, I'd  think amongst us denizens of this uncertain universe, that makes no loss ever in its  unceasing transactions, as every end is a new begining and also the reverse. I wonder again on  the complex algorithm at play and demands upon  each moment to accomplish it! With a laugh I just let go the thread of that ***** thought on  processors and servors for a humanguous operation needed for that to go on for ever and aye! What nonsense! the human logic is hugely flawed Cosmos has better manuels of operation never needed to be written down, just like the affairs of heart of men and woemen that jostle in this planet ,driven by urges prompted by mind, body and if you'd believe without any qualms,the  spirit, but I wouldn't insist. Dusk was falling, and I sat smugly on the sugary sands of the bikiny beach, with a vengence on my face (but not with the bitterness of one, just now short changed) And with an adamence to get my fair share of that day's catch, plucked fruits, harvest,hunted gold or whatever! I didn't want anyone notice as my exchange was happening in in silence, on cycles higher without any means tangible, of communication of any meterial sort. Then there was a  on sand behind me, I felt warmth, the dog was snuggling closer and closer to me to comfort! Her liquid eyes said, all that I wanted to hear She was my solace for the day's battle wound, I reckoned exuding warmth, she drained my pain like the bad blood darkly stuck,let out through the cut I just had survived..... Night was long and the moon anointed us with her balm on the sand bed a man and a stray dog slept unstirred.
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President Comb-Over, Quite the despicable guy Got himself elected But the wise folk wonder why. Obama wore a tan suit Conservatives went insane, But this Wimpy lookalike butterball Sports a totally artificial mane. If ****** predation were a soccer game This **** would win The World Cup. If you ignored the news and his tweets You’d think someone made this horror show up. He’s lied and cheated and swindled his way In to more lucrative deals than he deserved Then a large minority of certifiable idiots Elected him so he could to pretend to serve. He took the Oath of Office, quite smugly But that’s where his integrity would end. He set about making deals for himself His trophy wives, his offspring and friends. He made few attempts to cover his tracks, Mostly just shouted blatantly obvious lies By which he was fooling no one intelligent. Just the moronic, the foolish and unwise. He relied on the vagaries of human nature That voters are among the laziest humans And would rather vote for a rascal it seems Than take a chance on an honest new man Or woman, or gay or an experienced soul That could take over the Presidential reins Instead of driving our country straight to hell And making huge profits off the remains. Brent Kincaid 4/23/2019
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Apr 23, 2019
Apr 23, 2019 at 2:46 PM UTC
PRESIDENT COMB-OVER
When addiction runs deep, Like the blood in our veins, Its impossible to kick, Unlikely to abstain. For we are what we love,   And we love what we are; It’s said that an apple,  From its tree won't roll far. Her parents were junkies, Generations gone by, So deep in her blood, It’d be cruel to deny. I’ve found in resistance, I beat my head on a brick, So no longer at odds, I embrace life as her fix. “Honey, can you fix this?” She says, smiling at the sale. At the lamp I look closely, It stands tired and frail; It's brass tarnished dark,  Its wire is frayed. In my head I say, “No," then, “Sure babe,” someone else said. Believing I’ve dodged one,  I breathe a sigh of relief; We return to our Jeep, and Drive away down the street. Then I glance in the mirror, And what do I see, It’s that LAMP in my back seat, Staring smugly at me. *“This dresser will be cool, In robin's-egg-blue;”* Just describing the hue, I see her almost drool. *“Yeah, natural on top, It's frame painted, then glazed... You’re the best at glueing drawers!”* She adds icing with praise. *“Look, here’s a chair I found, with pretty calico; If you fix it's broken arm, You’ll be my hero! Cuz I am sure it will fetch,  Ten times what I've paid.”* I’m a wage earner no longer, She pays me in accolades. That bowl with mustard yellow, Picture frames of wood & plaster; An old tin box, and this small broach, A barrel chest with leather straps. A jewelry box,  (A lover’s locket found inside) Each purchase she makes, Adds satisfaction, and pride. Her addiction runs deep, She’s my bargain-maker; Not a corporate girl,  But she’s a mover and shaker. Yes, she's my ****** And I am her fix; Together we’re a duo, "Can we peak in your attic?" In my chair as I write this, I feel something, turn and see; And there pinned to the cushion,  Is a price tag poking me. Now I’m nervous as a cat, Wouldn’t want to fall asleep; For fear I could wake up,  In the back of someone else's Jeep!
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Oct 12, 2013
Oct 12, 2013 at 1:16 PM UTC
The ****** and Her Fix
When addiction runs deep, Like the blood in our veins, Its impossible to kick, Unlikely to abstain. For we are what we love,   And we love what we are; It’s said that an apple,  From its tree won't roll far. Her parents were junkies, Generations gone by, So deep in her blood, It’d be cruel to deny. I’ve found in resistance, I beat my head on a brick, So no longer at odds, I embrace life as her fix. “Honey, can you fix this?” She says, smiling at the sale. At the lamp I look closely, It stands tired and frail; It's brass tarnished dark,  Its wire is frayed. In my head I say, “No," then, “Sure babe,” someone else said. Believing I’ve dodged one,  I breathe a sigh of relief; We return to our Jeep, and Drive away down the street. Then I glance in the mirror, And what do I see, It’s that LAMP in my back seat, Staring smugly at me. *“This dresser will be cool, In robin's-egg-blue;”* Just describing the hue, I see her almost drool. *“Yeah, natural on top, It's frame painted, then glazed... You’re the best at glueing drawers!”* She adds icing with praise. *“Look, here’s a chair I found, with pretty calico; If you fix it's broken arm, You’ll be my hero! Cuz I am sure it will fetch,  Ten times what I've paid.”* I’m a wage earner no longer, She pays me in accolades. That bowl with mustard yellow, Picture frames of wood & plaster; An old tin box, and this small broach, A barrel chest with leather straps. A jewelry box,  (A lover’s locket found inside) Each purchase she makes, Adds satisfaction, and pride. Her addiction runs deep, She’s my bargain-maker; Not a corporate girl,  But she’s a mover and shaker. Yes, she's my ****** And I am her fix; Together we’re a duo, "Can we peak in your attic?" In my chair as I write this, I feel something, turn and see; And there pinned to the cushion,  Is a price tag poking me. Now I’m nervous as a cat, Wouldn’t want to fall asleep; For fear I could wake up,  In the back of someone else's Jeep!
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He is ancient steadfast I am sure he was here when the world was created I am sure he will be here when it ends His gentle face carved with hard lines He poured forth knowledge in his native Persian tongue He called me Shohre I learned it was his sister's name He looked at me like a granddaughter and treated me just as sweet “Ghabl az enghalab...” Before the revolution... After which would follow painful reminiscing of The days before the current regime When wine bubbled out from Shiraz Men and women danced late into the night And soft voices wove love songs in street cafes “Ghabl az enghalab moalem dar daneshgah boodam.” Before the revolution I was a university professor. “Yeki az daneshjooyanam Ahmedinejad bood.” One of my students was Ahmedinejad. And in English, clear as hate, “He was a ******* One night I stayed back for extra lessons We ate cherries from Costco and Read excerpts from his autobiography Pages crafted from right to left, vignettes of His military service in Mashhad And consequent teaching career “Ba'ad az enghalab...” After the revolution... Was always followed with war stories Political dissidents lost to Evin prison Sharia law imposed on moderate minds Escaping Iran by night with a phony visa “Ba'ad az enghalab dar ketabkhane bayad kar konam” After the revolution I had to work in the library. “Khoastam yad bedahm, pas man o zanam be Amrika raftim.” I wanted to teach, so my wife and I came to America. He has not been home since 1981. On December third of 2009 he walked smugly into the classroom Setting a tape player happily on a desk. He opened a folder from right to left Produced a well-worn cassette And played Happy Birthday, in Persian, for me. He smiled at me with hands folded throughout the song As I’d imagine he had smiled at All the other special women in his life named Shohre. He never played Happy Birthday for any of the other students. Or gave them cherries, Or went to their weddings, Or held them while they cried when their grandfather died. I do not know what he saw in me But in each other we found family years and miles away from home.
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Jun 18, 2013
Jun 18, 2013 at 5:37 PM UTC
Aghayeh Roobakhsh
He is ancient steadfast I am sure he was here when the world was created I am sure he will be here when it ends His gentle face carved with hard lines He poured forth knowledge in his native Persian tongue He called me Shohre I learned it was his sister's name He looked at me like a granddaughter and treated me just as sweet “Ghabl az enghalab...” Before the revolution... After which would follow painful reminiscing of The days before the current regime When wine bubbled out from Shiraz Men and women danced late into the night And soft voices wove love songs in street cafes “Ghabl az enghalab moalem dar daneshgah boodam.” Before the revolution I was a university professor. “Yeki az daneshjooyanam Ahmedinejad bood.” One of my students was Ahmedinejad. And in English, clear as hate, “He was a ******* One night I stayed back for extra lessons We ate cherries from Costco and Read excerpts from his autobiography Pages crafted from right to left, vignettes of His military service in Mashhad And consequent teaching career “Ba'ad az enghalab...” After the revolution... Was always followed with war stories Political dissidents lost to Evin prison Sharia law imposed on moderate minds Escaping Iran by night with a phony visa “Ba'ad az enghalab dar ketabkhane bayad kar konam” After the revolution I had to work in the library. “Khoastam yad bedahm, pas man o zanam be Amrika raftim.” I wanted to teach, so my wife and I came to America. He has not been home since 1981. On December third of 2009 he walked smugly into the classroom Setting a tape player happily on a desk. He opened a folder from right to left Produced a well-worn cassette And played Happy Birthday, in Persian, for me. He smiled at me with hands folded throughout the song As I’d imagine he had smiled at All the other special women in his life named Shohre. He never played Happy Birthday for any of the other students. Or gave them cherries, Or went to their weddings, Or held them while they cried when their grandfather died. I do not know what he saw in me But in each other we found family years and miles away from home.
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Walk softly, she said, softly on hearts around you. Your power crushes, your love is unseemly, your tender eyes behind yellow teeth and make-up, your gifts are petulance, and your own heart, your own quiet beating drum, passion-beat ceased long before under the heavy tread, the power protecting, the dreamy love, the hard eyes behind white teeth, gnashing the giving of precious priceless gifts, not given freely, and the loud thrumming incessant hum. The masculine muscle, throbbing, beating proudly, smugly, handsomely sometimes. It weeps for you and itself, Carved of it's own destruction, as it tends to be.
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Jul 6, 2014
Jul 6, 2014 at 2:00 AM UTC
Passion-beat Ceased
I will not plug in, you fools - you may dazzle, tempt and cajole with high tech-cessories, interactive goggles, voice activated, touchscreen detachment-inducers But I will smugly refuse. Because the information you impart, while instantly comprehensive, is flawed. I will hear-see-smell my way through this beautiful life, truly connected and weaving through the cloud-heads with impunity. Until - composing a poem to explain my superiority I stumble and break my ankle on a jaggy branch which moments before a rabbit unfettered by language noted and bounced effortlessly over before merging with the quick green undergrowth.
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Jul 21, 2012
Jul 21, 2012 at 5:29 AM UTC
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They told me she died. So I woke up in the graveyard of my dead dreams, Took up my trusted shovel, And like a good old country lad, Decided to dig her up. They told me she died. But I knew they had to be wrong. Why, there she lay, as unattainable as ever, Smiling smugly from her coffin, Mocking me with her fake omniscience. For Death, may be a great leveller, And make sceptre and crown Just tumble down, But not so her beauty. They told me she died. But how could i believe them, After knowing her wicked wit of Solomon. With which all her life, She didn't let death so much as touch her beauty, For she hid it so deep within, Veiled beneath the layers of toughness And faded tee’s, That even a soldier camouflaging her scarlet skin, Would be put to shame. They told me she died. But they didn't bury her beside me. But by another man’s side. Because he was man enough to ask What i should’ve, And now she lies buried, As his bride.
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Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 8:55 AM UTC
They Told Me She Died.
My father, he always has so much to say, you know. He loves weddings. My daughter, yes, she’s always been so smart, and we’re so proud of her. He says it like he knows anything about me. I nod and smile, and shrink myself in front of the men.   What is there to do but pretend? No one needs to know about the ways that you made me unlovable, the way I spread my legs, the way I strike a match. We don’t talk about it. It’s cultural values, or something like that. Look at the happy couple, interchangeably pharmacists, physicists, or physicians. The groom smiles, the bride does too, they’re both so good. I sit there and dream of it. A mandap, a great big white horse. I would be forcing it, I knew, but I wanted them to see me in red. I wanted to walk down that aisle alone, and smile, demurely, smugly – look what I did. I got him, I wore him down. I dream like it makes it redeemable, the things that I’ve done. How bad is the punishment if I deviated with best intentions? We hold onto these tiny ambitions, the boy the buffet line and the bragging rights, like it undoes the damage.
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Oct 28, 2017
Oct 28, 2017 at 10:35 PM UTC
Shaadi Mubarak
Who shall deny me my revenge. Betrayed love and honor bear a price, If in my hatred loyalty avenge. A heart long restrained burst forth in anger, The soul must be fed. My calculated trembling thoughts, The cruel and vengeful dream I seek, Slain with stinging wounding words, he was Bitter blade ****** deep. I smile smugly contented, Scheming roads to hell led, For I gave warning in the beginning, The soul must be fed. This poem is copyrighted and stored in author base. All material subject to Copyright Infringement laws Section 512(c)(3) of the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. S512(c)(3), Tammy M. Darby Sept. 11, 2014.
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Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 3:41 PM UTC
The Soul must be fed
feral as the untamed passion of the soul Unrestrained murmurs seep out into ether vastness pleas of an abandoned heart A howling silence bears a merciless ache   heedless to the rampant storm This silent reverie -- but muted amends. For in shameless longing, the furor a deserted heart, thrums onward, unrequited, wafting in the wind song’s serendipity Wild as the winged wanton breeze   Oh chilling winter winds of change ! Come lay me down ; as if I were the windblown golden fields of summer down to the ground … down to the ground                                                        cast aside some unnoticed countryside Smugly indifferent, restless to rise up untouched, where seeds  of  wild hope once thrived defy gravity in the wind swept  aftermath a thwarted sweet surrender © wild is the wind
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Jan 12, 2016
Jan 12, 2016 at 2:38 PM UTC
Surviving the storm
Are today's young people troubled? Is their hearing all impaired? Do they think that thier loud music? Will make some people scared? I don't want to hear it And I think that you'll agree That their music sounds real ****** And I know it's not just me They sit inside their cars alone Playing sound bites at full bore If it gives me **** headache Then they must be quite sore The bass just shakes my bladder The treble hurts my teeth It peels the skin back on my skull So you can see what's underneath If I wanted to hear their music I'd ask them for a ride But intstead of going with them I think I'd rather hide Today, while waiting at the lights A car pulled even with my front His music shook my windows The kid looked like a runt I couldn't hear my wife at all She was just two feet away But, I wouldn't let this twerp fiends noise Destroy my perfect day I yelled at him profusely I had tourettes of my left hand I flipped him off eleven times While he listened to his band He smiled and turned it louder Just to show he didn't care Then he smugly, turned away from me Just like I wasn't there I thought about how vengeance Is something best served cold And I thought I'll teach this ******* I'm not that ****** old So, as he increased his volume His hip hop shook my glass I fired back with Mel Torme' That sure put him on his *** He cranked it up again some And this song hurt my liver But, I left him sittling stone faced When I hit him with Moon River I don't wan't to hear their music And they do not want mine And if they blow their ear drums To me...that would be fine.
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May 12, 2012
May 12, 2012 at 5:12 PM UTC
I Don't Want To Hear Their Music
Are today's young people troubled? Is their hearing all impaired? Do they think that thier loud music? Will make some people scared? I don't want to hear it And I think that you'll agree That their music sounds real ****** And I know it's not just me They sit inside their cars alone Playing sound bites at full bore If it gives me **** headache Then they must be quite sore The bass just shakes my bladder The treble hurts my teeth It peels the skin back on my skull So you can see what's underneath If I wanted to hear their music I'd ask them for a ride But intstead of going with them I think I'd rather hide Today, while waiting at the lights A car pulled even with my front His music shook my windows The kid looked like a runt I couldn't hear my wife at all She was just two feet away But, I wouldn't let this twerp fiends noise Destroy my perfect day I yelled at him profusely I had tourettes of my left hand I flipped him off eleven times While he listened to his band He smiled and turned it louder Just to show he didn't care Then he smugly, turned away from me Just like I wasn't there I thought about how vengeance Is something best served cold And I thought I'll teach this ******* I'm not that ****** old So, as he increased his volume His hip hop shook my glass I fired back with Mel Torme' That sure put him on his *** He cranked it up again some And this song hurt my liver But, I left him sittling stone faced When I hit him with Moon River I don't wan't to hear their music And they do not want mine And if they blow their ear drums To me...that would be fine.
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I can’t let society get to me as I’m walking down the street A white cat in the window of a white house stares at me so sinisterly He smugly licks himself and tells me to stand up straight To pin my shoulders back he tells me “walk THIS way” To hold my head up high cut my hair and shave Give poetry a break “do something with your life” Society grins and invites me to come in Come and breathe their air but only what they feel’s fair I feel my chest tighten my lungs gripped by anxiety squeezing the life out of me I can barely breathe As society stares at me I feel a growing need To walk my way Talk my way Walk away from here So as I leave the white cat behind I smile with relief I’ll choose the air I breathe And it won’t be societies
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Jul 8, 2020
Jul 8, 2020 at 11:02 PM UTC
The White Cat (I Can’t Let Society Get To Me)
Rippling down the stream Of many peoples consciousness An effervescent future life Stripped of this abhorrent distress A future filled with study Free for each and every human being A world with no false borders A world with far less disagreeing And a universal language Forged with available technology That translates in real time Enhanced with anthropology Giving us a precise understanding Of how each other achieve solutions A pragmatic communication Circumnavigating ****** revolutions We would calculate the earths resources And how to evenly distribute them Then we would dispose of pointless cash Like ill people dispose of phlegm Our centralised political weasels That do far more harm than good Would be replaced by microchips Programmed to not be misunderstood It is an interesting proposal To those with a humane conscience But to those smugly enjoying advantage I guess it is annoying nonsense So we must wait for millions to be displaced For total world economic collapse The greedy spoilt brats will listen then Or will they continually relapse?
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Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 2014 at 11:59 AM UTC
Beyond Blood and Weasels
There was a particularly nasty looking garden spider Crawling up the cracked molding of my window Not that he looked particularly nasty compared to other spiders In fact, up close, spiders are one of the wisest looking creatures that exist But I don't have eight eyes like the garden spider So I can't see that without the help of a camera lens So to me, he just looked Nasty Buzzing from behind my curtain A particularly nasty looking yellow jacket Landed next to the spider I didn't need a camera lens Close up or far away Some things are just Evil The spider must have sensed this too With a leap He grappled the wasp And they tumbled Buzzing To my uneven hardwood floor Landing with a small Distinct plink And I stood over them While they tussled As I have stood over a million things Watching with glazed indifference While creatures purer in their existence than I Fought for their lives I could see that the spider was doing poorly The yellow jacket was giving it to him in the abdomen Jamming his stinger in and pulling it out and jamming it in again Until the spider started leaking white and green And started fighting less and less The yellow jacket Smugly victorious Save one crippled wing Started to putter away But I brought a rolled up newspaper down on the both of them Like a pillar falling from the front of some great Roman temple When the Gauls sacked it Retracting the paper They had both been reduced to wet smudges I felt bad for killing the spider I wish I could have trapped him in cup with a card over the top And placed him outside on a leaf in the garden So he could rule where he was meant to But I considered it an act of mercy I couldn't stand to see a noble being end like that And you should always ***** out evil If you have an opening I sat back on my bed Considering it a wash A bit of beauty for a bit of order As it has always been
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May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016 at 8:27 PM UTC
An Act of Mercy
There was a particularly nasty looking garden spider Crawling up the cracked molding of my window Not that he looked particularly nasty compared to other spiders In fact, up close, spiders are one of the wisest looking creatures that exist But I don't have eight eyes like the garden spider So I can't see that without the help of a camera lens So to me, he just looked Nasty Buzzing from behind my curtain A particularly nasty looking yellow jacket Landed next to the spider I didn't need a camera lens Close up or far away Some things are just Evil The spider must have sensed this too With a leap He grappled the wasp And they tumbled Buzzing To my uneven hardwood floor Landing with a small Distinct plink And I stood over them While they tussled As I have stood over a million things Watching with glazed indifference While creatures purer in their existence than I Fought for their lives I could see that the spider was doing poorly The yellow jacket was giving it to him in the abdomen Jamming his stinger in and pulling it out and jamming it in again Until the spider started leaking white and green And started fighting less and less The yellow jacket Smugly victorious Save one crippled wing Started to putter away But I brought a rolled up newspaper down on the both of them Like a pillar falling from the front of some great Roman temple When the Gauls sacked it Retracting the paper They had both been reduced to wet smudges I felt bad for killing the spider I wish I could have trapped him in cup with a card over the top And placed him outside on a leaf in the garden So he could rule where he was meant to But I considered it an act of mercy I couldn't stand to see a noble being end like that And you should always ***** out evil If you have an opening I sat back on my bed Considering it a wash A bit of beauty for a bit of order As it has always been
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