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"spyglass" poems
there was little hedgehog he just long to be a little Sherlock holmes and solve a mystery he bought himself a fiddle and a pipe and hat then off to solve the puzzle of the missing cat searching for some clues to where the cat could be looking for some evidence sherlock holmes was he he took along his spyglass to see what could be found searching everywhere in the forest ground he searched for while along the forest floor there and back again and again once more suddenly he heard a little purring sound hedgehog he decided to take a look around there he saw the cat he had trapped his paw he was very stuck and couldnt walk no more hedgehog dug him out now the cat was free no longer was he missing he solved the mystery hedgehog played a tune upon his little fiddle just like Sherlock Holmes he had solved the riddle
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Mar 21, 2014
Mar 21, 2014 at 11:41 AM UTC
sherlock hedgehog
**the banner photograph that the poem references is off now, but... The poem is about a photo I took, outside looking in, where the window and an interior mirror, both reflected me, outside, outwards, but caught the interior of the house within, and the interior of our lives, which was my intent, but the poem came later.... a self portrait, a reflection in a window, in a mirror. a man stick figure within and without. me hidden, armed, iPad spyglass one upon the other, unaware of observation, introspection / extrospection. man, external, grilling striped bass, woman, internal, kitchen caught slicing heirlooms, a dressing awaits, peach salsa, the seagulls inform me. Outdoors, indoors. bay, in the background. living room, kitchen, in the foreground couching, crouching, cooking, a closeup and landscape, of two lives. so the photo treatment, introspection / extrospection, upon reflection, a poem ouside-insight. a moment to reflect upon a reflection of a moment. this  how I see things, and why not you too? Double vision. outside, looking in, inside, looking outward. then, at the point of intersection, a memory recorded, always recording, paths, moments, worthy of note. such a note, here, record of a photograph. preserving my preservation. tho photo blurry, what you see, is what I see. lives of symmetry summer symmetry is my life. life is my summer symmetry. exactly. August 2012
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 2:14 PM UTC
Introspection / Extrospection
there was a little weasel he was safari bound he took a trip to Africa to the jungle ground took his little case and a spyglass to to take a closer look and a better view now weasel he was ready his safari had begun deep inside the jungle looking for some fun there were lots on animals tigers and lots more and some very odd ones he never saw before there were lots of monkeys swinging in the trees jumping branch to branch swinging with such ease halfway through the jungle he heard a little yell where ever it was coming from he really couldnt tell he got out his spyglass and had a look around to see if he could find this little yelling sound suddenly he saw a little crocodile he was very sad and been there a while crocodile saw weasel and he began to cry weasel was upset and asked the reason why i am in a trap he said that someone laid for me dont worry said the weasel i will set you free weasel he was clever he knew what to do through the trap of rope he began to chew crocodile was happy he was trapped no more now he had his freedom like he did before weasel he returned from his holdiday and thinks about the crocodile every single day
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Feb 12, 2014
Feb 12, 2014 at 11:57 AM UTC
safari weasel
Real life has no filter; It's sweet and bitter, but mostly sweet. Savour. every. moment. See life as it is — a stream of passion that runs fast and then dry. So go paint the sky. no excuses. paint the sky. do it. I don't want to leave; it was just getting good.
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Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016 at 10:21 AM UTC
Spyglass Hill At Dawn
The Real Poets Here are small craft sailing between the narrows of crack'd lines, employ the spyglass and luck to you, for them to find their voyages do not widen the chasm of waste, yawning greater now by propped up boasts of ugly shipowners who sin by commission, national ***** crowing of the greatest length of their prow, thinking that is a measure of prowess, their tubs, all but empty wordy new container ships, that are forever lost at sea, even before leaving port they, the real poets, are the quiet lost lot, a troop of forgettable ordinary  Marines, the sailors in the engine room toiling, exploring cartographers ***** from the ****** crafting struggle, looking to discover unmapped, invisible poles, East and West opening up new passages, within us, with new passages when called to arms, the real poets spill fresh ***** fluids from within the heart and mind borne, upon the blank spaces, they stain us with the grasping gasps of their sight insided fertile are the pastures where they lay low modest lay thinking, amidst the splendor in the grass of them I proudly will ever boast, hold them close and ever nameless, but deep inscribed inside of me *Ah, the real poets keep me whole within the ever smaller white purity of this narrow space that has lost the struggle to contains the unceasing ever spawning black letter'd oceans and navies of repetitive sad, sadly repetitive, puerile singsong cant that never sings, can't never please, but trends to the masses madly dewdrops of tears, are my own trees felled, an acknowledgement that when I read their unintended homages to humankind, that when realized, they speak with great respect, all quietly scream this whisper... all this, that I have written, and will yet to write, this is all, to give greater glory to all human ability whose sole purposed to fill us, wrench us from our lackadaisical comfort, or  urgently comfort us when none else can, these are my friends, the real poets here* god keep you well my trite words insufficient so I gift you some words worthy from Wordsworth
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Jun 12, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 at 3:29 AM UTC
A New Poem: The Real Poets Here
The Real Poets Here are small craft sailing between the narrows of crack'd lines, employ the spyglass and luck to you, for them to find their voyages do not widen the chasm of waste, yawning greater now by propped up boasts of ugly shipowners who sin by commission, national ***** crowing of the greatest length of their prow, thinking that is a measure of prowess, their tubs, all but empty wordy new container ships, that are forever lost at sea, even before leaving port they, the real poets, are the quiet lost lot, a troop of forgettable ordinary  Marines, the sailors in the engine room toiling, exploring cartographers ***** from the ****** crafting struggle, looking to discover unmapped, invisible poles, East and West opening up new passages, within us, with new passages when called to arms, the real poets spill fresh ***** fluids from within the heart and mind borne, upon the blank spaces, they stain us with the grasping gasps of their sight insided fertile are the pastures where they lay low modest lay thinking, amidst the splendor in the grass of them I proudly will ever boast, hold them close and ever nameless, but deep inscribed inside of me *Ah, the real poets keep me whole within the ever smaller white purity of this narrow space that has lost the struggle to contains the unceasing ever spawning black letter'd oceans and navies of repetitive sad, sadly repetitive, puerile singsong cant that never sings, can't never please, but trends to the masses madly dewdrops of tears, are my own trees felled, an acknowledgement that when I read their unintended homages to humankind, that when realized, they speak with great respect, all quietly scream this whisper... all this, that I have written, and will yet to write, this is all, to give greater glory to all human ability whose sole purposed to fill us, wrench us from our lackadaisical comfort, or  urgently comfort us when none else can, these are my friends, the real poets here* god keep you well my trite words insufficient so I gift you some words worthy from Wordsworth
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Surviving beneath bypass Cardboard ripping, some spyglass Thin covering, protection Sharpening knife, perfection Past life professional man Bad karma, God, dealt sad hand Panhandling corner right here Homemade sign makes purpose clear People ignoring, glower Certainly love hot shower Having nothing accept rags Don't own anything, no bags Eating something, drugging, ***** What's needed most cannot choose Spent long hot days begging cash Got ***** finished dining trash Trodded back to cardboard home Peeking out feeling all alone
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 4:52 PM UTC
Peeping Out At My World
Men with rambling fever Are born not bred Their diagnoses are terminal No cure but to go And they sell their souls to the devil For a train to hitch a ride on And they'll die along the highway While their women stay home Remaking beds That have never been slept in I slept in this morning Even though I didn't need to I stretched my limbs Out into the ocean Trying to stay afloat alone in my bed And through my spyglass I still couldn't find the edge of it No body of land to stand solidly on I concluded that beds must be round Orbiting microcosms floating through apartments I got up and didn't tuck the sheets in I got up and didn't make it I didn't make it through college Because as soon as I got settled Into my air mattress I un-made it Everything called my name I tried to ignore the voices I tried to avoid them But the mattress deflated quickly The sails inflated cleaner than a cloudy day The maps on my wall needed navigating I had too much exploring to do I've read about explorers Men who made their fortunes Hunting gold and looting temples Never returning home Because the beds they left, they had already met Men who mapped the oceans And gave their names to continents Practically for free I will freely admit that I'm like them Unable to stop myself From risking it all For a chance at nothing at all Unable to stay in one place For long enough To make my bed and lie in it I will freely admit that rambling fever is not ladylike I will freely admit I'm an Unsettled woman I will freely admit I shed lives and beds with purpose I shed lives and beds like skin
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Jul 14, 2013
Jul 14, 2013 at 5:52 PM UTC
Rambling Fever
Men with rambling fever Are born not bred Their diagnoses are terminal No cure but to go And they sell their souls to the devil For a train to hitch a ride on And they'll die along the highway While their women stay home Remaking beds That have never been slept in I slept in this morning Even though I didn't need to I stretched my limbs Out into the ocean Trying to stay afloat alone in my bed And through my spyglass I still couldn't find the edge of it No body of land to stand solidly on I concluded that beds must be round Orbiting microcosms floating through apartments I got up and didn't tuck the sheets in I got up and didn't make it I didn't make it through college Because as soon as I got settled Into my air mattress I un-made it Everything called my name I tried to ignore the voices I tried to avoid them But the mattress deflated quickly The sails inflated cleaner than a cloudy day The maps on my wall needed navigating I had too much exploring to do I've read about explorers Men who made their fortunes Hunting gold and looting temples Never returning home Because the beds they left, they had already met Men who mapped the oceans And gave their names to continents Practically for free I will freely admit that I'm like them Unable to stop myself From risking it all For a chance at nothing at all Unable to stay in one place For long enough To make my bed and lie in it I will freely admit that rambling fever is not ladylike I will freely admit I'm an Unsettled woman I will freely admit I shed lives and beds with purpose I shed lives and beds like skin
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I have been aboard this vessel for Fifty months Nine days Ten hours And some value of minutes Which is unknown to me. I am Lost At sea. For a while it was bearable. I have enough water, Books, And *** to sustain me. But now all I wish is to see a pair of sails On the horizon. I have nothing left But to wander the seas And find whatever is there For me. Days pass. I have sympathized with the stars; For it seems to me that they are also Sailors Lost at sea; Traveling towards their own fate In directions Unbeknownst to me. At night I look up When the sky is clear And greet them, I wish them strong winds. I wonder if they have looked down on me. I have confessed all my sins to them For they are all I have. The stars and I. And we sail the same sea But we will never meet For we are infinitely far. This is our curse. At times I have fallen asleep on deck Beneath them In my hammock As the sea Rocks me And sings songs, Songs of ports and Sails On horizons. It was on the morning following such a night That I arose And at long last Saw With my own eyes A sail in the distance And I maneuvered so fast as my small craft would allow To be near to him And as I came closer I looked with my dusty spyglass And my heart dropped from my chest For he flew a black flag Which bore upon it a skull. I am writing this now as they approach For I know I cannot evade them Nor outgun them. I am writing this because I now know my fate: To die by their hands. I am horrified, But there is One thing that will give me peace: That I may Finally Sail Among the stars.
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Nov 11, 2013
Nov 11, 2013 at 1:41 AM UTC
Lost at Sea
I have been aboard this vessel for Fifty months Nine days Ten hours And some value of minutes Which is unknown to me. I am Lost At sea. For a while it was bearable. I have enough water, Books, And *** to sustain me. But now all I wish is to see a pair of sails On the horizon. I have nothing left But to wander the seas And find whatever is there For me. Days pass. I have sympathized with the stars; For it seems to me that they are also Sailors Lost at sea; Traveling towards their own fate In directions Unbeknownst to me. At night I look up When the sky is clear And greet them, I wish them strong winds. I wonder if they have looked down on me. I have confessed all my sins to them For they are all I have. The stars and I. And we sail the same sea But we will never meet For we are infinitely far. This is our curse. At times I have fallen asleep on deck Beneath them In my hammock As the sea Rocks me And sings songs, Songs of ports and Sails On horizons. It was on the morning following such a night That I arose And at long last Saw With my own eyes A sail in the distance And I maneuvered so fast as my small craft would allow To be near to him And as I came closer I looked with my dusty spyglass And my heart dropped from my chest For he flew a black flag Which bore upon it a skull. I am writing this now as they approach For I know I cannot evade them Nor outgun them. I am writing this because I now know my fate: To die by their hands. I am horrified, But there is One thing that will give me peace: That I may Finally Sail Among the stars.
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I hardly journey there anymore. Those ruins are far and distant, Far and distant, and black and grey. Relics are moon rocks in the frozen landscape. The grand façade of the pantheon has Crumbled into sand. I could crush it all into Dust beneath my heel. The mind itself is an eye, a camera obscura, Lit not by the moon— That old pinged marble— Over whose surface I skim in my tiny submarine. The lunar scene fills my vision, Film noir. I spy the cold garden. In the heart of it Gleams the litter of my chicken bones. My cowardice the wicked reminder, Consequence of the role I performed For the impassive audience. I underwent A sea change in the theatre of their minds. On some other plane Holy voyeurs peer through spyglass, Seeking to undress the celestial paramour. Such delicious vacancy— **** statue in an arena of eyes, Gristle picked clean by vultures. The air is ****** dry. Cold stars Abound in the black sky. Smeared ink the lingering impression, Smudged thumbprint.
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Nov 15, 2019
Nov 15, 2019 at 8:32 PM UTC
The Ruins
Pluviophile (n) a lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days. Its raining again, I smile The shadows of the droplets Flickering in the window are juxtaposed upon my face. I watch the delicate lines run down along my skin Two of them parallel with eachother form a tic-tac-toe board Between the shadows and the scars along my wrist I chuckle with the morbid humor of carving in my first move. X. Bottom right corner It's a smart move. I can move many ways to leave my opponent helpless Distracted, I look again out the window. I think about how as a child I watched Wide eyed with ecstasy as two drops One right next to the other Edging Edging Edging forward. One racing the other Both eager to reach the window pain where they will finally be free of my unforgiving gaze Last time I watched two drops race like that they were red. The poor wood floor was stained with their bitter victory I think now about that race. Breaking my trance my eyes shutter over to the throw rug that I hide my sins under I walk over and stand upon it. I can just barely see the window from this angle. I see the cold white tongue of lighting Flickering it's serpents tongue in the distance I remember a cold tongue. The same one that degraded me Told me nasty things I remember walking threw the halls of school and hearing people muttering being me 'Look at her!' 'Hey guys who let the cattle out the barn?' 'Does she even own a shower?' I felt spit sting the side of my face. The crack of thunder brings me back, I'm dizzy with displeasure My blood has gone colder than before Colder than the knife that cut me. The rain intensifies as if it sees what I'm doing What chaos I'm bestowing on myself The smooth grip of my Father's 44 fits elegantly in my hand, It feels like it's just an extension of myself, As if it belongs there as much as my fingers do. The chrome lined rifling grids out the direction of my bronze freedom fighter to fly I look at the back of the barrel, It reminds me of a toy spyglass I had when I was young, **** the hammer The thunder rumbles over the screams of my family...
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Oct 28, 2016
Oct 28, 2016 at 8:45 PM UTC
Pluviophile
Pluviophile (n) a lover of rain; someone who finds joy and peace of mind during rainy days. Its raining again, I smile The shadows of the droplets Flickering in the window are juxtaposed upon my face. I watch the delicate lines run down along my skin Two of them parallel with eachother form a tic-tac-toe board Between the shadows and the scars along my wrist I chuckle with the morbid humor of carving in my first move. X. Bottom right corner It's a smart move. I can move many ways to leave my opponent helpless Distracted, I look again out the window. I think about how as a child I watched Wide eyed with ecstasy as two drops One right next to the other Edging Edging Edging forward. One racing the other Both eager to reach the window pain where they will finally be free of my unforgiving gaze Last time I watched two drops race like that they were red. The poor wood floor was stained with their bitter victory I think now about that race. Breaking my trance my eyes shutter over to the throw rug that I hide my sins under I walk over and stand upon it. I can just barely see the window from this angle. I see the cold white tongue of lighting Flickering it's serpents tongue in the distance I remember a cold tongue. The same one that degraded me Told me nasty things I remember walking threw the halls of school and hearing people muttering being me 'Look at her!' 'Hey guys who let the cattle out the barn?' 'Does she even own a shower?' I felt spit sting the side of my face. The crack of thunder brings me back, I'm dizzy with displeasure My blood has gone colder than before Colder than the knife that cut me. The rain intensifies as if it sees what I'm doing What chaos I'm bestowing on myself The smooth grip of my Father's 44 fits elegantly in my hand, It feels like it's just an extension of myself, As if it belongs there as much as my fingers do. The chrome lined rifling grids out the direction of my bronze freedom fighter to fly I look at the back of the barrel, It reminds me of a toy spyglass I had when I was young, **** the hammer The thunder rumbles over the screams of my family...
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Dear Stranger you've shown me the earth. Not as I see it but as you do, An ocular rebirth You asked me if I'd like for a moment To look through your spyglass The one you hang on a chain above your heart And see through tinted lenses That refract tainted beams of time The mountains you saw as a child And thought holy. Well, I do I'd like to see that and more, If you'd let me stay a minute longer If you'd let me take shelter in your arms Till nigh on the horizon looms the golden shore Till the final notes are played Of the song you heard as a child The one that taught you how to smile And quietly we'd keep awhile As society's engines run wild I'd wrap your head in flowers To remind you of your existance Your momentary brilliance As the petals lose their form And ease into sleep Against your skin We too would be freed from this world Locked in our treehouse A temple we built To the gods alive in our bodies A honeycomb house Made of chambers Identical to those in our hearts We'd live there too. I'd be a river And you'd be my name I'd carry promises Like stones from the ocean Downstream to be yours We'd be the unlikely meeting Of opposing poles And we'd wear the smile Of their newfound friendship Like a coat To protect us from the winds In the eye of the storm When all we can see Is spinning too fast to hold So we wouldn't try. We'd sway to the push and pull Of the wind Like waves that wash away The most magnificent of castles Into millions of pieces Waiting to be reassembled. We'd whisper secrets like songs And the first one would be "yes"
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Jan 27, 2012
Jan 27, 2012 at 6:55 PM UTC
The Author
Dear Stranger you've shown me the earth. Not as I see it but as you do, An ocular rebirth You asked me if I'd like for a moment To look through your spyglass The one you hang on a chain above your heart And see through tinted lenses That refract tainted beams of time The mountains you saw as a child And thought holy. Well, I do I'd like to see that and more, If you'd let me stay a minute longer If you'd let me take shelter in your arms Till nigh on the horizon looms the golden shore Till the final notes are played Of the song you heard as a child The one that taught you how to smile And quietly we'd keep awhile As society's engines run wild I'd wrap your head in flowers To remind you of your existance Your momentary brilliance As the petals lose their form And ease into sleep Against your skin We too would be freed from this world Locked in our treehouse A temple we built To the gods alive in our bodies A honeycomb house Made of chambers Identical to those in our hearts We'd live there too. I'd be a river And you'd be my name I'd carry promises Like stones from the ocean Downstream to be yours We'd be the unlikely meeting Of opposing poles And we'd wear the smile Of their newfound friendship Like a coat To protect us from the winds In the eye of the storm When all we can see Is spinning too fast to hold So we wouldn't try. We'd sway to the push and pull Of the wind Like waves that wash away The most magnificent of castles Into millions of pieces Waiting to be reassembled. We'd whisper secrets like songs And the first one would be "yes"
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i , yes, i , no not I but i in my life so young , have found God. No , not God, life. No , not life, light. No , not light , darkness. Oh, i , yes , i , oh.... i , saw , i... through the rapidly clearing miso soup of my perspective it is as if each whirlpool of salty broth , clears to reveal a single piece of seaweed that splatters on the floor as i drop the bowl oops paradigm shift. And just like that , the afternoon light which was just environmental delight becomes a so , essential detailed prop to the existential conversations baseline drop later , after i have pondered what this new fangled spyglass lends to my current present i pick up a magazine by the name of 'Ok!' ... i read only the images and few words in english i put it down i have a headache. i get up , i feel sick i read the front 'Super Dad' so harsh , so much pressure to fit into the narrow channeled idea somethings got to give , this ain't living it's a waiting room for the already dead Horoscope tells 'KNOW YOUR FUTURE NOW' at least that's accurate... ( pun)
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Aug 8, 2013
Aug 8, 2013 at 10:36 AM UTC
KNOW YOUR FUTURE NOW -
*Fatefully falling He grabs the string and pulls everything down.* A spyglass of forgotten gems- won in a rigged lottery in the days before he was awake- spies a land that has not yet been ravaged in the pitch-black starless sky not yet been taken by the drilling crushing by the empty words and hollow promises The dreams do not prey on tonight. They leave that vulnerable cardiac node that empty dried well for a delectable snack in the times when the hollow men should not feel so alone- *Silently drowning He grabs the rope and pulls every hope down.*
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Mar 24, 2013
Mar 24, 2013 at 12:31 PM UTC
A Nighttime Gaze
From between your raised hips, I see you with my spyglass, you're such a pretty maiden. Hurry, up with the black flag, slide down my mast, fast, lie on your backside sweet lady, this will last forever.
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May 5, 2015
May 5, 2015 at 8:34 AM UTC
A Pirate's Folly
sailing down the eve of years spent I set sail again the horizon in my spyglass up anchor steer full speed ahead
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Jun 20, 2014
Jun 20, 2014 at 1:17 PM UTC
Steer Full Speed Ahead
I fall in love with broken men. **** tragedies ****** me with sin. Handsome cloaks of invisibility, Obscure and trap in vain utility. Hero and martyr of all your stories, Vengeance sought for selfish glory. Innocents injured from their quarry. I fall in love with broken men. Doors lock me out, keeps keys hidden. Knocking patiently with open arms, Getting too close trigger his alarms. Suspicious eyes peek inside. Skeletons spooked, he runs and hides. Spyglass searches to glimpse vulnerability, Weak boundaries highlight insincerity. Pacifying chit-chat on future home owning   Facing real offer, reveals he lied for a showing. I fall in love with broken men. Eclipses excite those worlds they darken. The moon shines brightest in the night. Warm pulses beat faster, from dusk’s frost bite. Fooled by familiar shadows, say devil I know Not friend but foe, they rob me of my glow. I fall in love broken men. Mosaic glued parts, now misshapen Pirated sea glass left ashore by a hostile. Cut mermaids who seek a love note in a bottle. Shatter lines leak, drips proof of last traumas.     Messy flaws teach wisdom, beauty from drama. I fall in love with broken men. Divorced of dreams and magic forgotten. Shut eyes to memories to keep pain asleep. Nightmares of happy times, disturb the peace. Drugs pacify crying but fears never cease. Haunted by ghost stories of witches and fools, Masks hide his scars, but phantoms are cruel.
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Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019 at 4:38 AM UTC
Loving Broken Men
o vento fazia o pó levantar. de olhar maduro, óculos de protecção, casaco preto e chapéu, ao peito um medalhão. ele era um rapaz nobre. nunca se tinha visto ninguém como ele. que segredos antigos estavam à espreita? e ali estava ele, flutuando na magia da brisa. ao peito a mais perfeita arma de julgamento. cano curto. o segredo fora revelado, e o carrasco chegava para mim. com uma intenção maravilhosa de assassino malicioso, Spyglass olhou-me nos olhos e senti o vento no meu cabelo. flashes de fogo na calada da noite. a maravilhosa máquina de sua majestade. gritei: "semeador de chumbo". o sangue, escuro, corria, mortal.
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Apr 9, 2015
Apr 9, 2015 at 5:05 PM UTC
Semeador de chumbo
I hear many emotions disguised as words These spoken feeling are dried then stuffed all their glorious masculinity, now compacted and their complexity is now rather compressed emotions grinded into flat and blank thoughts Sometimes i don't believe in words, The way force themselves in and out . For they falter when trying to explain colors, Shades and tones always lack proper description. Rarely do words capture that exact bend in light. Nor that exact bend of your long neck, foreign sensations my fingers once knew. Words lack terms for the roughness of your face, lack measurements for the smoothness of your lips. And paragraphs won’t explain the feeling in my chest. Nor can they explain the hollowness within my heart When I could tell no one the secrets of my grief. Only so many words can be used in a dying breath, And Last words are usually much later said. what did she wish to tell us on her death bed? Nor can words covey those underlying emotions, who tend to not speak too well for themselves See, feelings tend to simply mumble and stumble By sending mixed signals and double meaning They ramble until the phrase is finally complete But it is said that words are like a dusty window They are like a man’s beloved yet cracked spyglass Although words appear to be not quite clear, And often find themselves fumbling desperately to be heard They offer a outlet for our souls, otherwise left unspoken.
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Jun 6, 2012
Jun 6, 2012 at 12:16 PM UTC
Untitled
Dirtiest mouth this side of Hell. Ocean horizon eyes, laughter like Galloping horses thundering by; Making everything else Shake with blissful amusement. Like me. Man... We talk for hours. You place a feather on My fresh stitches; blow gently On the burns and smack a good- Night Kiss from half way across the World so directly onto my Forehead, I turn over and sleep like a Bear cub momside. You are more than you'll ever See yourself. You shine with shades of Beautiful not yet Mapped by those who do. Your words attracted me. Our attraction helped healing me. We stand in sunlight, under The silver sails Of our friendship; cutlass drawn,   Spyglass raised towards the Adventure. I'll write with you until We're both blind. I'll laugh with you until We suffocate, I'll tell you a secret Every time you want. Until we share them all. Then we'll make each other New ones.
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Jul 3, 2014
Jul 3, 2014 at 3:16 PM UTC
Astral Sister (For Brook)
From the smoke where all are the same, come back. Tread the time and war observation deck, Scan the flat lens of summer off it. Porcelain caps flinch asudden to flick the ash And a washing wave, fading in its splash, Rolls the skull of Oleg the Prophet. Where ebbs are sipping a mix of bricks, By the sunken town and ruptured bridge, Pull the net of the briefly known. It's the truth laid bare that makes us crease, It is not a stone we shall squeeze but cheese, But compress it to strength of stone. Wind is carrying tire hiss from the dam. Not by prompt of age we'll replay for them, For all those who lost before us. Throbs of catfish under the clouded stream; Meet the cold light, meet the anxious dream, Meet the end of the shielding forest. A yacht in the spyglass is changing course. Kitchen gas is twinkling at dormant shores, Kind of early to us the older... Sunset touches scatter the soft relief Of the amber shine at a Baltic cliff And the tan of a pine tree shoulder.
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Oct 7, 2016
Oct 7, 2016 at 3:26 AM UTC
The Northwest
Drove 16 hours today Up and down the interstate Stopped for fast food in Denton Felt my treads wearing thin On 44 I felt like I was going to burst So I grabbed one of the Styrofoam cups from the passenger seat Dumped the half melted ice out my window Relief down to my feet In plain view of the policeman in his squad car Watching for people like me Desperate to get away, half-desperate to be caught For a moment in my mind I can see the celebration freedom lights red and blue Until some guy blows by doing at least 100 Breaking the spell It's three hours later and I'm asleep on your couch or pretending to be. I can hear you arguing with your boyfriend in the next room He's not nice, but he seems to know the score You come into the room and pat me on the head Hair like grease-soaked down. I hope he' sticks to your ribs like your mother's cooking I hope he plays your guitar when it rains I can hear you mumbling reassurances Spyglass in your hand Pretty pink drapes to hide the grimy windows.
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Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 at 4:16 PM UTC
Pink Drapes
I wish not... To harbor these vessels. For I know In those holds is sickness. Crates of longing Often opened, empty. Barells upon barrels Of jet black loneliness Forever splashing, unsealed, seeping. So like my dreams These ships of her navy. Christened with shades of she "Lost Love", "my One", "my only",  "nevermore", "ever after"... They set no sail Anchored securely off my shores. Out of reach Yet constant in presence. Seeking no barter, no passage... No plunder. Ghostlike they haunt All of what I most want. And dreams like mine Always calling Taunting those black sails In windless waters Embracing no breeze Only serving to open old wounds My spyglass weeps Fixed on yesterhorizons Where gone and do go Phantoms and shades My sea of regrets.  Jfehlmann
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Oct 11, 2013
Oct 11, 2013 at 3:16 AM UTC
"My Sea of Regret" by: J Fehlmann
Hath they quaver By any other sway but West To sunset For its fallen brother I would have taken Far from mistaken The beads of sweat from rest Risen dried Crackle bones lost milk of mother And other Departed as the bending sigh The one that bred its daughter lie So seed can bloom with mindful bride Shed off the blissful slumber Would golden blaze Be unlike the brass war-chains In low remains Whilst weight shift in its wake Tell moving breath Out come its wealth And not the founding of its pains Slip from sightless Gloss a cover of unknowing Left bowing No wisp of remorse or remiss But metal shifts And opened rifts Divide an ocean outgrowing Shards beneath Emblazoned even if in dark I shall hark Precious dull that beckons breathe Even if restrained Will not let waned How earthen dreams have left their mark If I could see Old ones with minds of gilded time Would it shine And make pearls out of shapeless sea Take their age Befit a sage To wrap this darkened world with light Safe walkway Come by the cobbles by the days And passing they Make moulded casts of harshest clay So must I Wait then to lie Once sibling star has passed my way Ore-laid wreath Weigh low my courage rash and weak So bleak Beside the timeless task to seek Shores for the flame Never the same Like sands through spyglass let receive Should they fall In avalanche cascade their edge A hopeless fledge Understand a broken wall Births fouled resentment Doubtless consignment The dam repent its burden baggage Return By rivers come a lightened sky A catching eye To spread the scattered overturn Ringlets in the armour glow Wind suffered gently blow Witness resending wisdom fly
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Oct 18, 2014
Oct 18, 2014 at 1:37 AM UTC
Breathe Again
Hath they quaver By any other sway but West To sunset For its fallen brother I would have taken Far from mistaken The beads of sweat from rest Risen dried Crackle bones lost milk of mother And other Departed as the bending sigh The one that bred its daughter lie So seed can bloom with mindful bride Shed off the blissful slumber Would golden blaze Be unlike the brass war-chains In low remains Whilst weight shift in its wake Tell moving breath Out come its wealth And not the founding of its pains Slip from sightless Gloss a cover of unknowing Left bowing No wisp of remorse or remiss But metal shifts And opened rifts Divide an ocean outgrowing Shards beneath Emblazoned even if in dark I shall hark Precious dull that beckons breathe Even if restrained Will not let waned How earthen dreams have left their mark If I could see Old ones with minds of gilded time Would it shine And make pearls out of shapeless sea Take their age Befit a sage To wrap this darkened world with light Safe walkway Come by the cobbles by the days And passing they Make moulded casts of harshest clay So must I Wait then to lie Once sibling star has passed my way Ore-laid wreath Weigh low my courage rash and weak So bleak Beside the timeless task to seek Shores for the flame Never the same Like sands through spyglass let receive Should they fall In avalanche cascade their edge A hopeless fledge Understand a broken wall Births fouled resentment Doubtless consignment The dam repent its burden baggage Return By rivers come a lightened sky A catching eye To spread the scattered overturn Ringlets in the armour glow Wind suffered gently blow Witness resending wisdom fly
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Jul 7, 2018
Jul 7, 2018 at 11:42 PM UTC
Lurching Toward Grammatical Perfectionism