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"sods" poems
All year the flax-dam festered in the heart Of the townland; green and heavy headed Flax had rotted there, weighted down by huge sods. Daily it sweltered in the punishing sun. Bubbles gargled delicately, bluebottles Wove a strong gauze of sound around the smell. There were dragon-flies, spotted butterflies, But best of all was the warm thick slobber Of frogspawn that grew like clotted water In the shade of the banks. Here, every spring I would fill jampotfuls of the jellied Specks to range on window-sills at home, On shelves at school, and wait and watch until The fattening dots burst into nimble- Swimming tadpoles. Miss Walls would tell us how The daddy frog was called a bullfrog And how he croaked and how the mammy frog Laid hundreds of little eggs and this was Frogspawn. You could tell the weather by frogs too For they were yellow in the sun and brown In rain. Then one hot day when fields were rank With cowdung in the grass the angry frogs Invaded the flax-dam; I ducked through hedges To a coarse croaking that I had not heard Before. The air was thick with a bass chorus. Right down the dam gross-bellied frogs were cocked On sods; their loose necks pulsed like sails. Some hopped: The slap and plop were obscene threats. Some sat Poised like mud grenades, their blunt heads farting. I sickened, turned, and ran. The great slime kings Were gathered there for vengeance and I knew That if I dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it.
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Death Of A Naturalist
Between my finger and my thumb The squat pin rest; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound When the ***** sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down Till his straining **** among the flowerbeds Bends low, comes up twenty years away Stooping in rhythm through potato drills Where he was digging. The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft Against the inside knee was levered firmly. He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep To scatter new potatoes that we picked, Loving their cool hardness in our hands. By God, the old man could handle a ***** Just like his old man. My grandfather cut more turf in a day Than any other man on Toner's bog. Once I carried him milk in a bottle Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up To drink it, then fell to right away Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods Over his shoulder, going down and down For the good turf. Digging. The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge Through living roots awaken in my head. But I've no ***** to follow men like them. Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests. I'll dig with it.
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Digging
The allotment is where I grow my mind, tend my vegetables and flowers, for hours and hours. Turn over the sods, pull up weeds, for we think them not flowers. So there I spend hours and hours what do you do? The allotment is where i spend hours and hours.
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Jan 8, 2012
Jan 8, 2012 at 2:13 PM UTC
Allotment
The allotment is where I grow my mind, tend my vegetables and flowers, for hours and hours. Turn over the sods, pull up weeds, for we think them not flowers. So there I spend hours and hours what do you do? The allotment is where i spend hours and hours.
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Dec 5, 2011
Dec 5, 2011 at 2:31 PM UTC
The Allotment
The old priest Peter Gilligan Was weary night and day For half his flock were in their beds Or under green sods lay. Once, while he nodded in a chair At the moth-hour of the eve Another poor man sent for him, And he began to grieve. 'I have no rest, nor joy, nor peace, For people die and die; And after cried he, 'God forgive! My body spake not I!' He knelt, and leaning on the chair He prayed and fell asleep; And the moth-hour went from the fields, And stars began to peep. They slowly into millions grew, And leaves shook in the wind And God covered the world with shade And whispered to mankind. Upon the time of sparrow chirp When the moths came once more, The old priest Peter Gilligan Stood upright on the floor. 'Mavrone, mavrone! The man has died While I slept in the chair.' He roused his horse out of its sleep And rode with little care. He rode now as he never rode, By rocky lane and fen; The sick man's wife opened the door, 'Father! you come again!' 'And is the poor man dead?' he cried 'He died an hour ago.' The old priest Peter Gilligan In grief swayed to and fro. 'When you were gone, he turned and died, As merry as a bird.' The old priest Peter Gilligan He knelt him at that word. 'He Who hath made the night of stars For souls who tire and bleed, Sent one of this great angels down, To help me in my need. 'He Who is wrapped in purple robes, With planets in His care Had pity on the least of things Asleep upon a chair.'
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The Ballad of Father Gilligan
One Republic pick and mix, assorted all sorted wrinkles missing, smooth as glaciers toils reversing on harbingers like excesses does walking the trodden alleys learning Sods mathematics organs pains for non-organics are inherent consequences so one Republic and the anthropologists utters a myth in passing all bananas look like all bananas because bananas are bananas alike sing a song of three pence and a pocket full of fear Plato's cave a grand auditorium for lames united disunited ages in anti-virus glares white noise in white air and masses sigh the emperor's coat plays invisible chess ladies think long and hard in minds for a dolphin swims like none-other the glides of the sweetest depths and in those places unseen expanded vibes of feels know reasons why so it's the bigger snap it's the difference the forbidden fruit lures will not move not go in
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Apr 20, 2019
Apr 20, 2019 at 6:07 AM UTC
Can't stop, he's coming now!.....
On Christmas Eve, the street was dead Most folks were home or gone The buildings all were empty That is, except for one Gianni kept the lights on As he did most every night To let the people of the street Know that everything's all right Gianni's was a haven A safe house for the street The residents were welcome And there was always a free seat On Christmas Eve, though magic... would take place inside the back For each Christmas Eve at midnight They'd get more than Santa with his sack Precisely at the hour When Christmas Day became the date The house lights dimmed just slightly As if by magic, or by fate There on stage with Gianni Sat the Bluesman and a band Some only played this concert It was the best one in the land Hymns and Christmas carols Sung like angelic odes of joy And as always ...there's the Bluesman Smiling, looking just a little coy You never knew his secrets There was always more than he would show And most folks would pay a fortune To know just what this man did know Holy, Holy, Holy, and songs from years gone by were mixed with hymns that grabbed your heart and made most folks there cry It was invitation only Just the folks from on the street The locals didn't post it It was kept quiet.... indiscreet He played for near three hours His little band of odds and sods Singing songs of Christmas Singing songs to God He always had his med-sin that small flask was by his side And Gianni, every watchful made sure it never did go dry The Bluesman, stopped the concert the room was quiet, all subdued And everyone just sat there I swear, not one person moved He opened up the window Pointed to the brightest light He said "another saviour may be born" "And it may just be tonight" It was on a night like this my friends That Mary did give birth When Jesus Christ, our saviour was given life right here on earth My music sends a message To all, both near and far The same message was sent years ago By one bright shining star Gianni, led them all outside And they stared into the sky Silent Night indeed, Gianni thought And then the Bluesman bid goodbye He went back through the kitchen To where he slept most winter nights Where Gianni, gave him refuge You know it's safe....from the bright lights.......
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Nov 5, 2014
Nov 5, 2014 at 11:51 PM UTC
A Special Christmas Concert
On Christmas Eve, the street was dead Most folks were home or gone The buildings all were empty That is, except for one Gianni kept the lights on As he did most every night To let the people of the street Know that everything's all right Gianni's was a haven A safe house for the street The residents were welcome And there was always a free seat On Christmas Eve, though magic... would take place inside the back For each Christmas Eve at midnight They'd get more than Santa with his sack Precisely at the hour When Christmas Day became the date The house lights dimmed just slightly As if by magic, or by fate There on stage with Gianni Sat the Bluesman and a band Some only played this concert It was the best one in the land Hymns and Christmas carols Sung like angelic odes of joy And as always ...there's the Bluesman Smiling, looking just a little coy You never knew his secrets There was always more than he would show And most folks would pay a fortune To know just what this man did know Holy, Holy, Holy, and songs from years gone by were mixed with hymns that grabbed your heart and made most folks there cry It was invitation only Just the folks from on the street The locals didn't post it It was kept quiet.... indiscreet He played for near three hours His little band of odds and sods Singing songs of Christmas Singing songs to God He always had his med-sin that small flask was by his side And Gianni, every watchful made sure it never did go dry The Bluesman, stopped the concert the room was quiet, all subdued And everyone just sat there I swear, not one person moved He opened up the window Pointed to the brightest light He said "another saviour may be born" "And it may just be tonight" It was on a night like this my friends That Mary did give birth When Jesus Christ, our saviour was given life right here on earth My music sends a message To all, both near and far The same message was sent years ago By one bright shining star Gianni, led them all outside And they stared into the sky Silent Night indeed, Gianni thought And then the Bluesman bid goodbye He went back through the kitchen To where he slept most winter nights Where Gianni, gave him refuge You know it's safe....from the bright lights.......
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Speculation proved contagious, misinterpretation crept silently on patchwork soles (odds n' sods messily stitched, tittle tattle did no favours) like a flu it spread, hushed curiosities rested outside ol' Hutch baker's door, where even a freshly oven'd batch might strain an ear or five to net nearby tongue trading, seeds straining on their brows. Even those Mother hens had a cluck or two left in them, rumours about the 'Dust mite Martyr' as she was dubbed, “Does she have no shame, sitting pretty in Matrimony's dress?” one heaving checkered breast commented titling her beak to gain a better look - At that shriveller slumped, an examiner of the cobbles with such a religious stare her lids traced stones within the darkness, a traveller - wanderer not to be trusted, especially not with bloodied lilies tangled within her gleaming mop.
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Oct 25, 2011
Oct 25, 2011 at 1:58 PM UTC
Martyr
The sun-setting solitude slowly turning a velvety night a fine goddess now descending concealing all her might. a temptress teaching, a mother loving, a judge always right granting us a freedom from a million corners more to fight. The dark angel calm shining her blinding beams so bright searchingly merciful creating still deep inky shadows of light numb blissfully for those conquered heroes false who slighting off the straight narrow path of the fair,just and right alight. Generous is she, the queen majestic enduring all the pain stoic, our pleasures and folly wise,even joys twisted and distorted vain! sods poor,fiends rich, the carnal drags and compassionate hearts, killers cold, sly cons,soaked winos, glitzy stars, gamblers and tarts, children of a kind all in her ***** mix,playing perfectly their parts trusting a goddess neither blessing nor reproaching dead impassive allowing us all a discretion total she is our grand,real mother massive! I am a son blessed rare,watching neon bathed the nightly circus affected judging never,comfortably learning with My Nocturnal Angel protected!
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Dec 4, 2012
Dec 4, 2012 at 5:44 AM UTC
My Nocturnal Angel. (The Night Watcher.)
If you had come away with me into another state we had been quiet together. But there the sun coming up out of the nothing beyond the lake was too low in the sky, there was too great a pushing against him, too much of sumac buds, pink in the head with the clear gum upon them, too many opening hearts of lilac leaves, too many, too many swollen limp poplar tassels on the bare branches! It was too strong in the air. I had no rest against that springtime! The pounding of the hoofs on the raw sods stayed with me half through the night. I awoke smiling but tired.
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April
The last pose flickered, failed. The screen's dead white Glared in a sudden flooding of harsh light Stabbing the eyes; and as I stumbled out The curtain rose. A fat girl with a pout And legs like hams, began to sing "His Mother". Gusts of bad air rose in a choking smother; Smoke, the wet steam of clothes, the stench of plush, Powder, cheap perfume, mingled in a rush. I stepped into the lobby -- and stood still Struck dumb by sudden beauty, body and will. Cleanness and rapture -- excellence made plain -- The storming, thrashing arrows of the rain! Pouring and dripping on the roofs and rods, Smelling of woods and hills and fresh-turned sods, Black on the sidewalks, gray in the far sky, Crashing on thirsty panes, on gutters dry, Hurrying the crowd to shelter, making fair The streets, the houses, and the heat-soaked air, -- Merciful, holy, charging, sweeping, flashing, It smote the soul with a most iron clashing! . . . Like dragons' eyes the street-lamps suddenly gleamed, Yellow and round and dim-low globes of flame. And, scarce-perceived, the clouds' tall banners streamed. Out of the petty wars, the daily shame, Beauty strove suddenly, and rose, and flowered. . . . I gripped my coat and plunged where awnings lowered. Made one with hissing blackness, caught, embraced, By splendor and by striving and swift haste -- Spring coming in with thunderings and strife -- I stamped the ground in the strong joy of life!
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Rain After a Vaudeville Show
Gone are the glorious Greeks of old, Glorious in mien and mind; Their bones are mingled with the mould, Their dust is on the wind; The forms they hewed from living stone Survive the waste of years, alone, And, scattered with their ashes, show What greatness perished long ago. Yet fresh the myrtles there--the springs Gush brightly as of yore; Flowers blossom from the dust of kings, As many an age before. There nature moulds as nobly now, As e'er of old, the human brow; And copies still the martial form That braved Plataea's battle storm. Boy! thy first looks were taught to seek Their heaven in Hellas' skies: Her airs have tinged thy dusky cheek, Her sunshine lit thine eyes; Thine ears have drunk the woodland strains Heard by old poets, and thy veins Swell with the blood of demigods, That slumber in thy country's sods. Now is thy nation free--though late-- Thy elder brethren broke-- Broke, ere thy spirit felt its weight, The intolerable yoke. And Greece, decayed, dethroned, doth see Her youth renewed in such as thee: A shoot of that old vine that made The nations silent in its shade.
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The Greek Boy
I lived in a town where Sunny D dreams rested lazily on Mondays. Nothing is go go go - no - it’s lazy to rise. Lazy to bed. Lazy to meet up with friends at the beach. Lazily chewing on donuts while we listen to songs that lazily leak through the teeth of our radio free censorship both lazily digesting in our sour guts making us lazy in the way we think. Feeding off the television, white noise static permeating the folds of our lazy minds. We now regurgitate headlines at parties lazily arguing, debating, though not a single thought is our own.  We are lazy in the way that we say we’ll accomplish something. Making up little kid dreams for broken promises of “I’ll get to it tomorrow”. But we never do. Never did. Just lazily puff on ***** shards. Our crushed bits of ignorance. Every night. Lazy sods. Working, sleeping, working, smoking, sleeping, working. The cycle goes on. In this land where time takes a nap. Where magnolia groves now rest lazily in the space of an old man’s memories.  You see, even time is lazy among salty air humidity that clings to lungs in a wet rag sensation so that we are lazy even in the way that we breathe. That’s why our grandparents tell us all those stories. So that we are not caught up in the lazy way light filters through the leaves of citrine sunsets that mingle into dawn. Still, we yawn a question “what was I supposed to be doing again?” Here in this land where we all seem to exist in a static myth. Start another lazy day. Lost to IT. The big IT. The ever growing IT. The IT that consumes our lazy days with lazy work and lazy sleep and too much lazy play. It’s easy here to let go of what this land used to be. Back when gold ships carried Ponce de Leon upon God’s wings to a place where Highway 19 was no pavement or brick or man made industry but rough and raw and hot and undiscovered Timucuan territory. We effortlessly lose sight of our own history to lazy daydreaming   That slow,     drip          drip              drip of time leaking into tomorrow leaking into tomorrow leaking into tomorrow leaking into tomorrow Until your future    leaks into tomorrow Until you wake up from this lazy hell. Until you realize there is nothing left ahead on your lazy path Until the future has become your present and you are out of Days to dawdle and to say “I will deal with it tomorrow” before it all None too slowly Rather abruptly Comes to a clashing end.
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Oct 17, 2018
Oct 17, 2018 at 11:38 AM UTC
Lazy Sunny D
I lived in a town where Sunny D dreams rested lazily on Mondays. Nothing is go go go - no - it’s lazy to rise. Lazy to bed. Lazy to meet up with friends at the beach. Lazily chewing on donuts while we listen to songs that lazily leak through the teeth of our radio free censorship both lazily digesting in our sour guts making us lazy in the way we think. Feeding off the television, white noise static permeating the folds of our lazy minds. We now regurgitate headlines at parties lazily arguing, debating, though not a single thought is our own.  We are lazy in the way that we say we’ll accomplish something. Making up little kid dreams for broken promises of “I’ll get to it tomorrow”. But we never do. Never did. Just lazily puff on ***** shards. Our crushed bits of ignorance. Every night. Lazy sods. Working, sleeping, working, smoking, sleeping, working. The cycle goes on. In this land where time takes a nap. Where magnolia groves now rest lazily in the space of an old man’s memories.  You see, even time is lazy among salty air humidity that clings to lungs in a wet rag sensation so that we are lazy even in the way that we breathe. That’s why our grandparents tell us all those stories. So that we are not caught up in the lazy way light filters through the leaves of citrine sunsets that mingle into dawn. Still, we yawn a question “what was I supposed to be doing again?” Here in this land where we all seem to exist in a static myth. Start another lazy day. Lost to IT. The big IT. The ever growing IT. The IT that consumes our lazy days with lazy work and lazy sleep and too much lazy play. It’s easy here to let go of what this land used to be. Back when gold ships carried Ponce de Leon upon God’s wings to a place where Highway 19 was no pavement or brick or man made industry but rough and raw and hot and undiscovered Timucuan territory. We effortlessly lose sight of our own history to lazy daydreaming   That slow,     drip          drip              drip of time leaking into tomorrow leaking into tomorrow leaking into tomorrow leaking into tomorrow Until your future    leaks into tomorrow Until you wake up from this lazy hell. Until you realize there is nothing left ahead on your lazy path Until the future has become your present and you are out of Days to dawdle and to say “I will deal with it tomorrow” before it all None too slowly Rather abruptly Comes to a clashing end.
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I got wet. Then I got more wet. Then I lost my keys. And my shoes were filled with rain, chattering teeth, soaked to my thighs through to my skin shrivelled up feet, trench foot set in but then I think about real trench foot and silently apologise to the poor sods who died with wet feet I cried when I peeled off my clothes I felt sorry for myself But the little un had made me a hot drink So I thought myself lucky I am not native to wet and cold The sun is needed for us growin' old
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May 14, 2020
May 14, 2020 at 8:10 AM UTC
Rain
It's been a while since I've let my fingers do the talking Subtle clattering intermittent between self consuming stares into space Strange and conventional instrumental atmospheres driving fantastical thought And that self indulgent need to be heard by people without discernible cells I guess my poems are a hobby of sorts A collection of ideas, observations and metaphors put forward (barely) structurally Though I admit the process is more for introverted enjoyment than anything direct What my tongue would sound blurting these words is a fantasy in itself I try to stay optimistic in them Holding on to my passion for the positive, despite the convoluted dysfunction of the day to day I do it with the same eyes as speaking to others, trying to be someone who's worth being around Ending with some ******* non-committal message about an approach towards tomorrow I hope one day I'll get around to reading these poems Hearing what my inner monologue sounds like in that quiet but intently occupied space Taking the time off poor sods who'll listen, hoping that the messages mean more than just metaphor But I'll get over it if life doesn't produce such idealistic circumstances Thanks for reading what I've written These white spaces have given me a quiet personal realm for exploring ideas A place where I can explore my intelligence beyond academia Indulge my passion for the written word by pouring out gallons of ******** And hopefully make someone, somewhere, smile in the process
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Jan 3, 2013
Jan 3, 2013 at 3:50 PM UTC
A poem about poems
It's been a while since I've let my fingers do the talking Subtle clattering intermittent between self consuming stares into space Strange and conventional instrumental atmospheres driving fantastical thought And that self indulgent need to be heard by people without discernible cells I guess my poems are a hobby of sorts A collection of ideas, observations and metaphors put forward (barely) structurally Though I admit the process is more for introverted enjoyment than anything direct What my tongue would sound blurting these words is a fantasy in itself I try to stay optimistic in them Holding on to my passion for the positive, despite the convoluted dysfunction of the day to day I do it with the same eyes as speaking to others, trying to be someone who's worth being around Ending with some ******* non-committal message about an approach towards tomorrow I hope one day I'll get around to reading these poems Hearing what my inner monologue sounds like in that quiet but intently occupied space Taking the time off poor sods who'll listen, hoping that the messages mean more than just metaphor But I'll get over it if life doesn't produce such idealistic circumstances Thanks for reading what I've written These white spaces have given me a quiet personal realm for exploring ideas A place where I can explore my intelligence beyond academia Indulge my passion for the written word by pouring out gallons of ******** And hopefully make someone, somewhere, smile in the process
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FRENCH KISSING ON VENUS(A little nonsense ) Just coming to life. Was up til three. Playing silly sods. Hopped into my baby son's spaceship. Found myself on Venus. Don't know how I got there. Maybe I was seeking love. Venus has a purpose, in matters of such trivia. In the silly world of love. Met a few Venusian chaps. Funny things they were. Their hands were wandering everywhere. Too many of them you know. Far too many hands that is. One went in for a French kiss. Guys from Venus like to kiss. His tongue was very very long, with it my tonsils tickled. Irksome tongue, it made me choke. Ipso facto,  that mega tongue, made me rather sick. That rampant guy from Venus,  well he ripped of all my clothes. Used them as a hand kerchief, on which he wiped his runny nose. Somehow. Method as yet unknown. Landed outside my front door. What a shock that was. For my poor unfortunate neighbours. Who saw all my naked bits. A weird situation,  created by a kiss.
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Feb 10, 2014
Feb 10, 2014 at 5:05 AM UTC
FRENCH KISSING ON VENUS(A little nonsense )
A sprinkling of ice sugar across the moor tops A gentle reminder, that winters fingers still grip Despite the buds, bursting through warming sods Waking greenery deepening, life forging ahead The day slightly longer, than yesterday, Warmth in a higher sun, gaining strength Sky less matt grey, a brighter hue of blue Urgent bird’s darting, dancing movements Marking territory with a sweeter song This the first day of spring
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Mar 3, 2015
Mar 3, 2015 at 6:56 PM UTC
First Day of Spring
I. The burnt patches on your Index finger have quietly been Snuffing out the cigarettes you've Been inhaling ever since The start of this ****** conversation— All too deep, I suppose. II. Your cigarettes remind Me of my shriveled up crayons: Wayward patches of yellow and amber in between Countless granules of Fairydust; Gaudy amalgamation Of mirthless colors. III. As you leave the downtrodden Sods of my mind, I can't help but pick up The stubs you've been grounding Out all night. Light a match. Listless. IV. You'll be delighted to know My bedroom walls now Come in different Shades of gray.
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Apr 14, 2014
Apr 14, 2014 at 10:59 AM UTC
Crosshatching
Drink a toast to the dreams that got lost. Sat in a world of  the single minded. The location of shattered dreams lost. No longer whispering. Ghosts of long gone dreams. They wail. They scream as banshees of doom. Predicting solitary misery. Not destitute, Quite happy really, Hell maybe, I am, I am not. The music plays and I drown in it. Swallowing it, hook line and sinker. This funny woman, A deep thinker. An amusing muser. Somewhat bemused. She lives on the planet of miserable cow. The couple next door. Sharing a lunch, One between two. In oblivious dreams of true romance. New romantics perhaps. As lucky sods and demi-gods, They sat and munched their lunch. Me, The she, Listens to the music, listless. In a place where no-one can dance. Tapping my foot in time. Yes, my friend. I said in time And the music strokes the air. The music gets stuck in my auburn hair. Soul to soul, She is bare, Unwrapped. My coffee went cold. Should I maybe be so bold. To stay and listen to more. And the music became more. So much more. My inspiration on this glorious day. Passion in full view. C'est la vie. (And Alaric ,my friend). May the devil enjoy my play on words, Such injustice be kindly greeted. Would prefer to tickle angels, with my words instead. Sooner meet the Lord of Love, When I end up dead! By ladylivvi1 © 2013 ladylivvi1 (All rights reserved)
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Dec 7, 2013
Dec 7, 2013 at 1:46 PM UTC
The Cafe of Lost Dreams!
No one ever asked me if I wanted to be shackled, instead of being free no one ever asked, but decided anyway to turn and bolt the open doors tie me to the dusty concrete floors and work me to the bone. No one said,you'll never own a home and if you do we'll steal it back and mortgage you instead, one day we'll all be dead 'so what's the rush?' is what I said. Brokers in the token towers endowed with powers beyond our 'ken' and if or when they do decide to let the status quo remain the status quo will automatically, register it as another of the same old krap it's something else that they'll steal back. I've got to tell you, that I'm pig sick of make it fast and spend it quick and sod the rule of law it never did apply , to the hotshot, potbellied, suited city guy who has his eye on articles one to five and in any case will most definitely survive against the odds by burying away us poor sods in backroom books,stirred slowly into microfilm by corporate crooks who cook away as if each day a different menu was on sale. Beyond the pale where riders sit and watch the scenes unfold, and it is foretold that judgement day will wash the wicked clean away and save the righteous. Yes, well don't I just believe all that another bunch of total krap. The pious in their pious world could not foresee that greed alone would be the fall of man..and in the fall,where man has done it all and nothing of it done remains the register clicks on two more games to play one tonight and one the day to come a bonus ball for everyone except Mario because he's on heroin,you know it,I know it the moguls in the mighty towers blow coke into their nose and they know it too. Not a thing I want to do should I do, would I if I could do,do? I wonder where it's written that we have to go there to get back and if we go why don't we stay one day we'll all be dead. A thought as going ,when to bed arrived in and another trial that I survived through one more dish of microfiche that never swam in any sea and small as anything you see or smaller for all that a status bit of *** for tat and let the gnats and hounds of titled lords and ladies give the peasants rampant rabies, who cares but the undertakers undertaker,the sombre funeral formulator? and I don't give a ****
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Jul 12, 2013
Jul 12, 2013 at 3:46 PM UTC
Hopscotch
No one ever asked me if I wanted to be shackled, instead of being free no one ever asked, but decided anyway to turn and bolt the open doors tie me to the dusty concrete floors and work me to the bone. No one said,you'll never own a home and if you do we'll steal it back and mortgage you instead, one day we'll all be dead 'so what's the rush?' is what I said. Brokers in the token towers endowed with powers beyond our 'ken' and if or when they do decide to let the status quo remain the status quo will automatically, register it as another of the same old krap it's something else that they'll steal back. I've got to tell you, that I'm pig sick of make it fast and spend it quick and sod the rule of law it never did apply , to the hotshot, potbellied, suited city guy who has his eye on articles one to five and in any case will most definitely survive against the odds by burying away us poor sods in backroom books,stirred slowly into microfilm by corporate crooks who cook away as if each day a different menu was on sale. Beyond the pale where riders sit and watch the scenes unfold, and it is foretold that judgement day will wash the wicked clean away and save the righteous. Yes, well don't I just believe all that another bunch of total krap. The pious in their pious world could not foresee that greed alone would be the fall of man..and in the fall,where man has done it all and nothing of it done remains the register clicks on two more games to play one tonight and one the day to come a bonus ball for everyone except Mario because he's on heroin,you know it,I know it the moguls in the mighty towers blow coke into their nose and they know it too. Not a thing I want to do should I do, would I if I could do,do? I wonder where it's written that we have to go there to get back and if we go why don't we stay one day we'll all be dead. A thought as going ,when to bed arrived in and another trial that I survived through one more dish of microfiche that never swam in any sea and small as anything you see or smaller for all that a status bit of *** for tat and let the gnats and hounds of titled lords and ladies give the peasants rampant rabies, who cares but the undertakers undertaker,the sombre funeral formulator? and I don't give a ****
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Came home from a trek into town. To buy so odds and sods. Guess what smacked me in the eyes. Memories generated by sweet pewter rocking horse. I walked into the sitting room. Found laid upon the deck. Undamaged fortunately. My little pewter rocking horse. Initiated memories of us two in the pub. Where we first met that rocking horse. Not mine. The one that lived on the shelf by the books. Remember that day so clearly. You were very funny. You still are in your own sweet way. You were drunkish and I was your dear lady. Still am. Everyone who approached us. You greeted with one question are you a poet? You told the world that proud you are to be one. Me. Poetess also with poise and prowess. I'm proud of you. I will always remember that day. Come what ever. As poets and lovers we remain. Livvi Kent Sept 2013
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Sep 7, 2013
Sep 7, 2013 at 11:11 AM UTC
The Rocking Horse....Part 2
Jiggle a notion of the Hieland brew that swells from Scotland's crispy dew To fill hearts a plenty with joy and song Scot's Whiskey born wild and strong. Swallow that liquid of golden honey down your gullet to warm your tummy Then know you drank the breath of Gods a fiery brew you drunken sods. Crisp as a cold wind against your lungs Hot as the temper upon your tongues Whiskey,Whiskey the Scotsman's drink that lifts your spirits to the brink. You'll find it where ever Scotsman congregate Heiland Whiskey best drank straight. -----Alisdaire O'Caoimph------
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Mar 24, 2011
Mar 24, 2011 at 1:52 PM UTC
Heilan' Whiskey
*Paul Simon wrote of sitting at a railway station, With a ticket for his destination, A cool autumn morn, and I’m doing the same, Penning my thoughts, while awaiting my train. A nice warm coffee cupped in my hand, My trusty pen, the poet’s wand, More travellers arrive, their tickets purchase, While I just sit, composing verses. My I-Pod blasts out Thin Lizzy live, The music helps my poem thrive, People staring, I'm deep in thought, Me thinks this poem won’t be short. The train arrives, of course its late, So much to do, I cannot wait, We pass through villages, towns and fields, The lonely scarecrow, no secrets he yields. The stunning views sure do amaze, As we journey on through drizzly haze, The farmer’s fields and their misty shroud, As I travel further from maddening crowd. Through the cloud comes a shaft of light, Then forms a rainbow, bold and bright, You see the world with a different view, Or perhaps not, as we pass through Crewe. Great, sods law, one working loo, And yes of course, there’s quite a queue, I-Pod still belting out the tunes, As along the track, the train it zooms. Ahh, now my destination is in sight, Now a cracking day and drunken night, A time to catch up with good friends, And where both Journey, and poem ends.* © Cinco Espiritus Creation 2013
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May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016 at 7:33 AM UTC
The Journey
The morning gives a wink,a passing nod and sods off to play again in yesterday. I lay my worries to one side pry the lid off Monday night as if the innards of yesterday had invited me to come and play a game of hide and seek. Last week I did the same and was rewarded when the morning came with a blindfold on my eyes and mournful cries from Wednesday when it realised the games we play were lost, and who could say when found once more in the morning which had discovered that I wore pyjamas laced with polka dots? Each anniversary of Sunday,Tuesday,any day where night comes out to play in the nursery where the dreamers and the children stay and the lemon socks of half eaten sticks of rock will stick tight to tiny toes I tap my fingers on the window pane I want to play in yesterday again. Who knows the secrets that we find when rummaging within the mind and yesterday is often kind, much kinder than today.
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Jul 8, 2013
Jul 8, 2013 at 7:33 PM UTC
Pearl diving