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"spotting" poems
That workaholic lady who's always on call, keeping up with the market fall. That newly married lady with chunky red bangles, returning to her father's big castles. That person who's scared to get lapse, so stays active on the google maps. That person who swings like a kid at the back door, Or the one who perform calisthenics on an empty floor. That next door girl with a red lipstick, flicking her shinny hair & gossiping with her clique, That dreamer gazing outside the window, That overworked soul dozing on his elbow. That 21st century kid, listening to Eminem & playing video games. Or That 90’s kid, listening to Jenga Boys & playing outdoor games. That banker with a big fat stomach, filled with his beautiful wife’s love. That lady who eats like a thief, in her big fat bag hiding a beef. That old man who can’t stand Bombay's winding turns. That granny spotting & criticing  every fashion trends. That man who has Raju Rastogi’s concerns, thinking & chanting for earns & returns. Those kids who believe their job is to fill the voids in a battlefield, in the still crowd surpassing like electrons into a magnetic field. That lady sitting under cold seat like a glacial, than standing with 7kgs in a crowded central, & tryna stay sane listening to George Michael. That geek who switchs from Linkedin to Arjun Reddy, when the masses flee into the scenery. That trader crunching numbers so rapidly, when the stock prices go down hourly. That person on the last seat, diagressing from work & gazing around, soaking in her pashmina, with a career newfound.
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Jul 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 at 1:35 AM UTC
Your's truly, Travelogue.
That workaholic lady who's always on call, keeping up with the market fall. That newly married lady with chunky red bangles, returning to her father's big castles. That person who's scared to get lapse, so stays active on the google maps. That person who swings like a kid at the back door, Or the one who perform calisthenics on an empty floor. That next door girl with a red lipstick, flicking her shinny hair & gossiping with her clique, That dreamer gazing outside the window, That overworked soul dozing on his elbow. That 21st century kid, listening to Eminem & playing video games. Or That 90’s kid, listening to Jenga Boys & playing outdoor games. That banker with a big fat stomach, filled with his beautiful wife’s love. That lady who eats like a thief, in her big fat bag hiding a beef. That old man who can’t stand Bombay's winding turns. That granny spotting & criticing  every fashion trends. That man who has Raju Rastogi’s concerns, thinking & chanting for earns & returns. Those kids who believe their job is to fill the voids in a battlefield, in the still crowd surpassing like electrons into a magnetic field. That lady sitting under cold seat like a glacial, than standing with 7kgs in a crowded central, & tryna stay sane listening to George Michael. That geek who switchs from Linkedin to Arjun Reddy, when the masses flee into the scenery. That trader crunching numbers so rapidly, when the stock prices go down hourly. That person on the last seat, diagressing from work & gazing around, soaking in her pashmina, with a career newfound.
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Yesterday Was in the ecstasy Of realizing that We were Those two On earth Who liked bitter gourd curry Cooked with coconut milk …. Remember? Think it was In the sixth life. We were Two nascent bitter guards On the pandal Spread in the northern corner Of the farmland Belonging to a grandmother In a village in Mississippi Who used to attend to the orchards Sitting in a wheelchair. We had Watched earth And peeked At the sky Hanging from the same stalk The scar left From your tight clasp on my thigh Scared After spotting a double tailed pest Is still there. The pleasure of that pain Makes me tearful now. I am like the faces In the house of deceased Sobbing At times Bursting into tears The next moment Holding back After a while. Sometimes I am all the faces In the house of the dead Tears have Nothing to do with them. Sometimes The wedding house Will laugh and laugh Till its cheeks hurt. Just like you. My dear bitter guard, When will we Go back to that Pandal in Mississippi Where we had pulsated From a single stalk? Aren’t we the ones To offer obsequies To that grandmother Who looked after us With pots Of wholehearted love? Translator - Shyma P Shyma P : Works in Payyanur College, Payyanur. Translator and film critic. Has translated poems and articles in Malayalam Literary Survey, The Oxford India Anthology of Malayalam Dalit Literature, online magazines like Gulmohar, Readleaf Poetry as well as scripts and subtitles for short films.
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Dec 15, 2015
Dec 15, 2015 at 8:43 PM UTC
Letters to Violet -11
I have nothing better to do when it rains so I go to the pier on vacation with my pole and chicken necks and rusted traps, drive down to where the kayaks wait in the mud, stop to smell where fresh fish float through brackish waters and tie a knot at the end of my string, attach a bob and minnow and cast out towards the bay spotting dead skates and hope for mackerel and striper, how my father taught me be gentle I tie the necks to string and let the meat sink below the surface and wait to be caught up with delicious ****** poultry to feed on and get trapped behind the jailed walls. I hope the blue crab knows I had to drive over the county line in my shoddy white pickup to the quiet co-op when she bites into the chicken for our dinner.
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Nov 30, 2014
Nov 30, 2014 at 11:06 PM UTC
It's raining crab meat
*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!'m not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!'m not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!'m not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!'m not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!&#£ if you prefer political sensitivity and a blanket and a ***** and a nanny); unlike germ- -any (+)- where they love to **** on each other in the shadow of the crucifix procreating for films, while in england they're into children; owning a use of a word, venerating its usage: where's the Schengen vocabulary? i want to be there - free flow of words like spotting a kestrel in my garden one time, while the traffic shovels hours into comparison with sea waves and a traffic-jam becomes a static tsunami for the eyes.
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Mar 4, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 at 11:17 AM UTC
Schengen vocabulary
*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!'m not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!'m not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!'m not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!*i'm not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!'m not moralising, i see the toilet as the throne for the trinity of my excavations, like a coal-miner, i have my **** (the helmet and light bulb), i have my urinary duct (my chisel)... and i have my testicular duct (my shovel)... well... can't miss out on all the fun you peeps are having and not join in.* verboclasm is real, in england it's basically f@!& etc., and in america it's ****** (n@!&#£ if you prefer political sensitivity and a blanket and a ***** and a nanny); unlike germ- -any (+)- where they love to **** on each other in the shadow of the crucifix procreating for films, while in england they're into children; owning a use of a word, venerating its usage: where's the Schengen vocabulary? i want to be there - free flow of words like spotting a kestrel in my garden one time, while the traffic shovels hours into comparison with sea waves and a traffic-jam becomes a static tsunami for the eyes.
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I made a new friend, Though old she may be. Spotting her at the end, I invited her for tea. Sitting with me for a moment. My worries became obsolete. Her sting so potent. It made everything sweet.
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Jul 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 at 6:13 PM UTC
A New Friend
don't understand me. this is not for you. It's for you. my Gemini shin splints are pirates. hopeless Romans, romantically dismantling the things you Undo. the things you You. I Doctor in your Seuss canal. with a frontal lobe, more Job than a postage stamp - in this Day and Age. It's grey and rage - with the tooth torn out ! Out through the probable snout of the next mummified god-king of our interlocking rot... our chamber pots spotting the oft begot good of our evil Mummenschanz we are crepes' rue; yet we roulette best in Typhoons from murk placid. with 2.8 kids and damp matches. we are struck in a gale of flaccid dumb as a Belle of the Ball that Squares a Rube with an Ism.... from Ix. sometimes.
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May 2, 2013
May 2, 2013 at 8:38 PM UTC
STRAIGHTEN UP AND PYRITE
by rgpage in this late hour on a mid-august night the day's torturous heat now just a trace. with heaven's dark sky splattered star light bright and with the moon's help, how they now illuminate. naked to the night on a blanket she waits from a crystal flute she sips her wine. its acrid taste makes her body brace, and her silky skin to shine. our lady awaits anticipates the night of love to be, she's made her nest in secluded style away from prying eyes, alone in the night she patiently waits for her lover to arrive. her warm body bathes in the evening breeze eyes closed she lets her fingers roam, her half-erect ******* she'll gently squeeze 'til engorged with blood they flush fully grown. laying a hand to her most sensitive spot the cradle of life's onset if you will, her first finger eases itself into place, and deftly a second does follow. slowly and softly in clockwise rotation wishing it were her lover's trace; the effect was good with her hip's gentle motion her soul now wrapped in silk and lace. with quiet stealth on an old forest path her mate breaks out of the tall trees cover, spotting his sensual prey's silhouette naked and silent he slips toward his lover. feeling his presents her eyes slightly open towering above her as tall as the trees, she sees her muscular handsome young swain in time to see him drop to his knees. leaning in he gives her soft kiss' his hand tracks her ******* with a gentle lover's mirth, slowly and gently he brings her along, with a touch as soft as a feather's fall to earth. reaching forth and touching his face and gently pulling him down to her lips, they lightly touch then drift apart as he makes his way to her ******* and hips. the time is not urgent there's no wasted efforts, every inch of her skin he greets with a kiss, as a hungry lion studies his prey not a single sound made, nor morsel missed. seductively firm he leads her to ****** she honors his every wish and whim. knowing his every move leads to pleasure from pleasure to rapture time and again. as the moon crosses over making way for the day, and the star's disappear in the sun's early light. our lady awakens alone where she lay her mysterious lover is gone with the night…
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Dec 2, 2011
Dec 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM UTC
the nestling
by rgpage in this late hour on a mid-august night the day's torturous heat now just a trace. with heaven's dark sky splattered star light bright and with the moon's help, how they now illuminate. naked to the night on a blanket she waits from a crystal flute she sips her wine. its acrid taste makes her body brace, and her silky skin to shine. our lady awaits anticipates the night of love to be, she's made her nest in secluded style away from prying eyes, alone in the night she patiently waits for her lover to arrive. her warm body bathes in the evening breeze eyes closed she lets her fingers roam, her half-erect ******* she'll gently squeeze 'til engorged with blood they flush fully grown. laying a hand to her most sensitive spot the cradle of life's onset if you will, her first finger eases itself into place, and deftly a second does follow. slowly and softly in clockwise rotation wishing it were her lover's trace; the effect was good with her hip's gentle motion her soul now wrapped in silk and lace. with quiet stealth on an old forest path her mate breaks out of the tall trees cover, spotting his sensual prey's silhouette naked and silent he slips toward his lover. feeling his presents her eyes slightly open towering above her as tall as the trees, she sees her muscular handsome young swain in time to see him drop to his knees. leaning in he gives her soft kiss' his hand tracks her ******* with a gentle lover's mirth, slowly and gently he brings her along, with a touch as soft as a feather's fall to earth. reaching forth and touching his face and gently pulling him down to her lips, they lightly touch then drift apart as he makes his way to her ******* and hips. the time is not urgent there's no wasted efforts, every inch of her skin he greets with a kiss, as a hungry lion studies his prey not a single sound made, nor morsel missed. seductively firm he leads her to ****** she honors his every wish and whim. knowing his every move leads to pleasure from pleasure to rapture time and again. as the moon crosses over making way for the day, and the star's disappear in the sun's early light. our lady awakens alone where she lay her mysterious lover is gone with the night…
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Warmth, Sunshine, Humidity, Filling the days. Monkeys here, Snakes there, Geckos everywhere, Finding them throughout the day. Homesickness pulls at my heart. Birds tweeting, ****** of a foreign language, Small things caught throughout the day Reminding me of home. Cold, Clouds, Wind, Filling the days. Raccoons here, Seagulls there, Buildings everywhere, Spotting them throughout the day. Homesickness pulls at my heart. Foreign things, So different from home Making me long for the past.
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Oct 2, 2013
Oct 2, 2013 at 7:30 PM UTC
Homesick
We get put into groups by the colour of our skin, Judged if percieved as 'too fat' or 'too thin', Singled out for looking different to them all, Perhaps you are seen as slightly too tall, Name calling and looks spotting is all the rage, Ridiculous really in this day and age, Both genders 'beauty' reviewed time and time, This generation is certainly out of line, They define peoples beauty by the medias conception, Letting it alter their personal perception, The pain they cause to the people they prey among, Your faith in humanity would nearly be gone, Who should show these people they are doing wrong, What they have been causing all along, Societies segregation and marginalisation, Creates for us a serious realisation, History is repeating again and again, This same thing was happening way back when. To be yourself today, is something they tell us is not okay, We need to stop these people , tell them, soon it will be our day.
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Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 2015 at 12:25 PM UTC
No individuals in society
What the hell When I have heaven in my arms? I see Blake, I see Plath I see the bike next to the block Am I good?at your puns? Spotting these metaphors and sensing your lust The Devil  himself between these mellowing thighs Oh, He looked a lot like you Sean. Undress not your self But your gown For me once Disarm these plausibilities I know where you're from
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Dec 11, 2014
Dec 11, 2014 at 2:21 AM UTC
Unnamed
With an old secret I sank into her endless eyes Pondering over laws That effected such marvel And leased me to madness Words were melting in my mouth She, refraining her turn of phrase A tear rolled down my cheek Stirring passion's tongue A tear rolled down hers Wielding my soul ablaze I rejoiced in silence Lest I betray my confidence She handled my eyes Spotting my inference I could no longer bear The fruits of my fear I leaned over and touched Her sculptured nails tenderly Freeing my emotion She smiled coyly Sealing my devotion.
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Oct 19, 2019
Oct 19, 2019 at 2:49 AM UTC
Strangers In The Light
Trees bare, night falling, Cat prowling, distant owl calling, Cold air, frosted with flakes, Of Snow. Spotting the cat, owl awakes. Owl and the Pussycat's strange partnership plays out on the wild range. One a trophy bearer, The other wisely to accept. The owl dropped down, talons filled with rat, He accepted this **** the black and white patch cat, Looking at the other so close and so near, There was no weakness, no fear. ***** cat took the rat mouth full of rodent, The owl stood, feathers whiter than the moonlit snow, Stopping and dropping the rat,to say,"My turn next time, I know," then picking up the gift once again.
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Apr 6, 2013
Apr 6, 2013 at 11:54 PM UTC
The Owl & The Pussycat
I spied it first from my upper deck, a huge nest of driftwood, tree limbs and seaweed. Each summer watching the male do his sky dance while spotting prey underwater from 30 meters above Hells Gap Marsh. His wings constructed in a manner that allows him to bend and shield his eyes from the sun as he lands. The first thing I would look for after each hurricane took another bite out of our coastline. And after six succeeding hurricanes the nest still strong in the top of the old tree, though empty in the cold months as the Osprey winters south. Several generations of young I've watched grow through summers in my time here. For two full years now the nest has stood empty. Mates for life have parted. No more young learning to hunt the fish. Standing  as a metaphor for my own soon to be empty nest. A reality, not just a syndrome. r ~  30Jan14
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Jan 30, 2014
Jan 30, 2014 at 11:50 AM UTC
The Osprey Nest
The excitement built as I approached the station you could smell the smoke from the engine. Before you entered the stations enticing doors you could see the shunter's in the sidings. Black smoke and steam rising blending into one the joy of the impending journey had begun. Our memories are often all we have left of the days we were young as age creeps on. Bad thoughts fade as you only think of the good steam trains dominated when I was a lad. Boys then all wanted to be the driver of the train in the early days of Elizabeth's reign. Far less roads and motor vehicles to pollute the countryside was ****** more rural. An era when trains had more lines to travel a pleasure for everybody to go roving. A special treat to get people to the coast an adventure not something to boast. Looking at the chaos around us now my young days were glorious. Before the innocence was drained in the ether simplicity the key to sanity. A day train spotting was the weekend treat then was very hard to beat. The holiday to the Isle Of Wight by steam train then across on the ferry I remember. When my special mother was there very much alive the past is the past now my memory. Unique I learned I am not, millions feel the same staring at a faded picture in an old frame. Rekindles that long gone excitement. The Foureyed Poet.
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Apr 17, 2011
Apr 17, 2011 at 4:11 AM UTC
Excitement
i went into absorption for months... upon returning to words i found they had atrophied--like spotting an ant through a keyhole. they came so sparely, one by one... wondering why i wished to violate the silence that so blessed me. so they sat next to one another in lotus position, and poems were emanated. they became more and more voluminous, to the point of daily. as if being summoned by a spell...slowly poured into a glass and spilled into a pair of lips. to be reabsorbed by her mouth.
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Jul 18, 2018
Jul 18, 2018 at 12:11 PM UTC
Absorption
GOLD of a ripe oat straw, gold of a southwest moon, Canada thistle blue and flimmering larkspur blue, Tomatoes shining in the October sun with red hearts, Shining five and six in a row on a wooden fence, Why do you keep wishes on your faces all day long, Wishes like women with half-forgotten lovers going to new cities? What is there for you in the birds, the birds, the birds, crying down on the north wind in September, acres of birds spotting the air going south? Is there something finished? And some new beginning on the way?
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Falltime
I see through your atoms. I collect data on your likes and engage in tactical warfare. I dedicate my hours to spotting weakness, then hop-jump-skip over them. I crawl at the feet of great folks who approach the world at full. I become inspired. Anti-protons and protons. Nuclear particles that make up the billions of thoughtful questions I have, all without a voice. Or an answer. I exist in something like a game but I never learned the rules. I hopped scotch because its all I know. I fight against the gravity that I create and instead I choose to orbit small moons and elegant stars.   I crash into lakebeds and leave everything dead and gone. I am Man, or at least some guy, and that’s a good enough title for me.
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Feb 15, 2014
Feb 15, 2014 at 4:51 AM UTC
Gravity
The Heart-of-Promise, filled on his Wanton Day Sorted the Journal to fix his Dates ahead But the Noise down below would get in his Way To record this Occasion; And the Dread Of another Year before his License To join the main and raucous World of the Teens Each page A-Party; Each Chapter A-Spotting And every Mouth speaks of Haves and Have-Beens This is the Juice which every Child must Drink Sour enough to turn his Locks into Stress But the Door came A-Knocking; Mum held the Cake Sixteen Candles he blew; And Hope came to Bless. His Heart now strong; His Promise just fulfilled And left his Room sweeping the Dust he killed.
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Mar 8, 2013
Mar 8, 2013 at 12:43 AM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE: BENJAMIN DALEY
Bend with me... Move with me... No. Move through me. Love me like a ghost. Feel me as a coldness Freezing the memories of you and I. Because I don't want you haunting mine. These fingers remember the way Your skin laid- Quietly, anxiously With the better man I was When I was with you. Those were the "golden days" for me. Before all these emotions overcame my mind like a runaway train. Before they repeated me to sleep. The clouds looked down upon us, Watching the way we changed- Symphonically. Spotting fights with dots. Proving how something so big for us was nothing but small. They never should have been, But were, nonetheless. Our chemistry faded Like a failed science project. Unstable at times. Miraculous in another form of light. And no other but the clouds Bare witness to the blinders on our eyes. Excuse me dear, But I really feel like we let them down.
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Jan 31, 2014
Jan 31, 2014 at 11:35 PM UTC
The Letdown
her words snap me back to reality, away from supposition and hypotheticals, into her arms where I feel safe. blue eyes that pierce whatever darkness i thought i had and lied to myself about, eyes that see me for a who I am and who I want to be. imagine walking down a darkened path, content in the streetlights that guided you home, and spotting something small and kind. whatever it is you imagine, it beckons you to hold it and when you do, you smile, truly and impulsively. that essence is a woman, and one i admire. someone beatiful, kind, and funny, including her incessant snoring on already sleepless nights because a cat is begging for food but you feeling comfort in their REM cycle. too little space to be your own, but enough heart to bridge the gap. imagine, then, that someone places your hand on their lap when you drive, but are equally willing to do the same, in what feels like an equivalent exchange of heart and sheer goofiness. and tell yourself it doesn't feel right that you were able to find home in them, effortlessly and happily. you won't and can't, and neither can i. words can't express that she has been friend, confidant, and a visual marvel, and someone i envision as a pillar of my bright existence.
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Jul 14, 2023
Jul 14, 2023 at 9:25 PM UTC
a woman i admire
on a rainy day your body spread over a picnic table like an egg yolk, and you swallowed the word profound again and again. someone from your past has gone beneath the ocean, leafless and you can hear the wailing from here to the saginaw people begin to breathe blood: they’re choking up, soughing “be easy buddy” and “he wanted a black eye for prom so i punched him in the face” flowers arrived at the door, a ghost, an ear of corn while everything yearned tall: frames, shadows, in st. louis you circle a bit of claret earth spotting your sister’s face in the mirror, leaving linseed and shreds i could never ask how you are. the wail is a train whistle, i hear it pauses for no softness of flesh, these midwestern daughters she loved all living things. imagine carefully painting a boat a pencil in your teeth, cutting through earth, the nantucket sound you’re going to take your boat beyond this firmament, you know, we’re all waiting through this salty crush sinking below a winter current this is all yours now: mainsail, rudder, hard-a-lee you darling masters of the sea. for PW and LE. goodnight.
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Apr 7, 2013
Apr 7, 2013 at 8:31 PM UTC
your family described you as a builder of boats
shakin like a bacon eater takin down a bird feeder cedar creatures rollin up a doobie they be suing me for truancy I shoo a flea from chewin me a wrap of lettuce fed us said us fellas sellin head amounts of coke we oughtta **** a bowl of hope my soap and rope fill up my closet I deposit positively. Stop to mop it cropping photos,potting soil,oil spotting wrapping lettuce wraps and leftovers in foil I'm American and spoiled
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Aug 22, 2014
Aug 22, 2014 at 1:05 AM UTC
lettuce wrap together
I'm chasing a chupacabra through Mississippi through mud thick like chocolate milkshakes and rain soaked boots stick to my socks to my skin I run around trees and zag and zig to navigate a maze of horticulture past ferns and bushes and it stops. We're eye to eye like two old lovers spotting each other from across a beach bar except those bloodsucker eyes could paint the Grand Canyon red and nosferatu fangs still warm from goat ******* could sizzle the sun. Cobra tail whiplash spotty patches of hair the ugly duckling. I aim my pistol at the beast and pull the trigger like a civil war hero king of champion hill and the bullet takes off at the speed of life it penetrates the animal and blood sprays out of the torso like a garden hose set on mist and I run up to the almost dead chupacabra and it barks softer than balsa whimpers of a new born puppy tears staining red eyes and as loud as a mouse it says goodbye in dog
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Oct 4, 2010
Oct 4, 2010 at 9:03 PM UTC
Cryptozoo Hunter
walking down childish roads I weep spotting something rotten a tree & I wonder before tying my shoes in a church guarded by senile eyes I think to myself why must I hold in my fleshy heart one becomes itself. & below after years of walking & soaking structures & small soiled gatherers I see teal stained pages smeared red, white with the doings of our past only needing a page in books to breed fear in rosy hope. looking before as a camera wants we fly into the upward quickly with enthusiasm a smile etches our glossy face & we see me someone is here on my road I stay calm next to me sets the biggest jaw I have or will see sure there are greater in numerous numbers strange unfathomable flanks ranking from mine created from my rust & our immense patience seeing or realizing there are strange silences between the peace you held. no I don't care
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Jan 5, 2013
Jan 5, 2013 at 1:23 PM UTC
Clay
Exams over, friends dissolved and school also told bye, Holidays commence; time to wander and to fly. The first day of holiday-I woke up like an early bird, Mom preparing stuff for breakfast, And dad busy with calls and hurrying fast. I stare at my room window and take a glimpse Of people rushing their cars past the traffic. Seeing everyone in routine makes me terrific! The birds chirping daily without any holidays And the sweepers taking away the dust without any leavings. The gardener has arrived, the maid had come In almost each person’s home. People terminated their morning walk And grabbed the car. I’m still at the window spotting tones of people departing out very busily- The merchants and vendors shouting noisily. All the work is turning on without distraction, Everyone at their workplace in attention. After some time, my neighborhood turns out to be calm The tranquil and the ready floating breeze blow past my face. This assures me that everyone left their houses And reached their respective places. I take my eyes off the window and sit-back. No more to-do lists, no more writing the home works, And timetables on the calendar looks. No more wearing shoes at the sound of the school bus No more books and things at mess. I see the clock-it’s only eight Same time yesterday I was in an exam fight. Spotting everyone at their routine work- I feel so much desolate and forlorn. And yet at dusk I watch people returning home from their day’s work. At twilight, I see the firmament fading into a thick sapphire loom And ask myself-“What have I done today?” The obvious answer is-“Watching people drive and return from work!” I see the calendar-Two more months for school: Two more months for my homely eyes to twinkle Two more months to shut the windows Two more months to mess my table Till then, my homely eyes-weak and feeble I just need to nurture and make them twinkle…
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Jan 6, 2013
Jan 6, 2013 at 12:49 AM UTC
Nurturing Home Eyes
Exams over, friends dissolved and school also told bye, Holidays commence; time to wander and to fly. The first day of holiday-I woke up like an early bird, Mom preparing stuff for breakfast, And dad busy with calls and hurrying fast. I stare at my room window and take a glimpse Of people rushing their cars past the traffic. Seeing everyone in routine makes me terrific! The birds chirping daily without any holidays And the sweepers taking away the dust without any leavings. The gardener has arrived, the maid had come In almost each person’s home. People terminated their morning walk And grabbed the car. I’m still at the window spotting tones of people departing out very busily- The merchants and vendors shouting noisily. All the work is turning on without distraction, Everyone at their workplace in attention. After some time, my neighborhood turns out to be calm The tranquil and the ready floating breeze blow past my face. This assures me that everyone left their houses And reached their respective places. I take my eyes off the window and sit-back. No more to-do lists, no more writing the home works, And timetables on the calendar looks. No more wearing shoes at the sound of the school bus No more books and things at mess. I see the clock-it’s only eight Same time yesterday I was in an exam fight. Spotting everyone at their routine work- I feel so much desolate and forlorn. And yet at dusk I watch people returning home from their day’s work. At twilight, I see the firmament fading into a thick sapphire loom And ask myself-“What have I done today?” The obvious answer is-“Watching people drive and return from work!” I see the calendar-Two more months for school: Two more months for my homely eyes to twinkle Two more months to shut the windows Two more months to mess my table Till then, my homely eyes-weak and feeble I just need to nurture and make them twinkle…
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