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"squashed" poems
Here in this rich suburb of a city which is perceived as dangerous, the squirrels run right in front of the speeding cars, and some of the squirrels stop in time, turn around, and go back to the safe side, but some keep running and get squashed by the speeding cars. So one day I was driving and a squirrel ran under my car and as I drove on I looked back to see him writhing in agony, so the next car put him out of his misery by running over his dying body. I have not gotten past being a squirrel myself facing such an end.
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Jan 26, 2011
Jan 26, 2011 at 3:11 AM UTC
Squirrels
I am thankful for the mountains I am thankful for the music that comes from the mountains I am thankful for every fire that is lit by nothing more than the embers of a fire that raged before it Only these fires can truly comprehend what it is like to suffer and be born again I am thankful for the knowledge that every human being has in them a true spark Only some don't care or are too busy Or let their dreams be squashed or didn't have the fuel to burn in the first place I am thankful for the holy beat poets Kerouac and Ginsberg I am thankful for the poet saints Rimbaud and Lorca And I am thankful for my saints of folk music Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie shaped me long before any of this But all in all I am thankful for the holy ghost of Carl Sandburg Without him I would not be writing this poem or any I am thankful that these poems allow me to say what I need to I don't expect my words to be recited at weddings or funerals But I don't mind because both atmospheres depress me just the same I am thankful for every trail I have walked I am thankful for every breath of Rocky or Appalachian air ever to enter my tragic lungs I am thankful for the bonfires I have lit I am thankful for the sticks that snap in my hands and leave scrapes that bleed only enough to remind me that I'm alive I do not need such reminders but it's always a nice thing to have I am thankful for every lost love Whether I disappointed them or ****** them off is no matter All that matters is that there is humility I am thankful for the fact that these lost loves are leading Completely happy lives with or without me Knowing someone's happiness is dependent on me is a responsibility I cannot bear I am thankful for this typewriter It was my grandfather's when he was my age He passed away two years ago on the week of Thanksgiving He was born that week too And it isn't pilgrims or stuffing that help me to feel thankful It's the people like him
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Nov 29, 2015
Nov 29, 2015 at 2:19 AM UTC
Thanksgiving (Two Days Late)
I am thankful for the mountains I am thankful for the music that comes from the mountains I am thankful for every fire that is lit by nothing more than the embers of a fire that raged before it Only these fires can truly comprehend what it is like to suffer and be born again I am thankful for the knowledge that every human being has in them a true spark Only some don't care or are too busy Or let their dreams be squashed or didn't have the fuel to burn in the first place I am thankful for the holy beat poets Kerouac and Ginsberg I am thankful for the poet saints Rimbaud and Lorca And I am thankful for my saints of folk music Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie shaped me long before any of this But all in all I am thankful for the holy ghost of Carl Sandburg Without him I would not be writing this poem or any I am thankful that these poems allow me to say what I need to I don't expect my words to be recited at weddings or funerals But I don't mind because both atmospheres depress me just the same I am thankful for every trail I have walked I am thankful for every breath of Rocky or Appalachian air ever to enter my tragic lungs I am thankful for the bonfires I have lit I am thankful for the sticks that snap in my hands and leave scrapes that bleed only enough to remind me that I'm alive I do not need such reminders but it's always a nice thing to have I am thankful for every lost love Whether I disappointed them or ****** them off is no matter All that matters is that there is humility I am thankful for the fact that these lost loves are leading Completely happy lives with or without me Knowing someone's happiness is dependent on me is a responsibility I cannot bear I am thankful for this typewriter It was my grandfather's when he was my age He passed away two years ago on the week of Thanksgiving He was born that week too And it isn't pilgrims or stuffing that help me to feel thankful It's the people like him
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And a dilemma is?  Fixing the cafe while preparing your breakfast shake so elegantly. Hurriedly to turn on the news upon the squashed HD as you settle down on the white roundy, the sound turned down just enough not to wake the neighbors. Where has this life taken me? Dark dank daily routines...
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Apr 19, 2015
Apr 19, 2015 at 10:51 AM UTC
dark dank daily routine
It's Sister Lucy not Sister Bridget who's the crush on the young priest Father Joseph Magdalene said, Mary said is she the one? as she sat on Mags bed listening to music on her record player I thought you said the Bridget, Magdalene sitting beside Mary passed a glass of lemonade to her and said nothing certain you understand just the rumours I've heard but don't tell the parents or my arse'll be slapped for spreading the rumour, have you a ciggie? Mary said putting the lemonade and glass on the bedside cabinet, Magdalene poked under the mattress and took out a squashed pack of 10 Woodbines and said open the fecking window or Ma'll know we've been smoking and she'll have a moan and passed the packet to Mary who took a cigarette and put it in her mouth and went and opened the window, Magdalene took a cigarette and stuffed the packed under the mattress again, Mary sat down and said have you a light then or are we to fecking **** on air? Magdalene took out of the pocket of her dress a box of matches (liberated from the kitchen) and struck a light for them both and put the matchbox away again, they inhaled and sat in silence, the record played( Billy fury) and they tapped their feet softly and nodded their heads, so what are you doing about Brian Brady? Magdalene asked, what'd you mean doing about I'm doing nowt with the ****** it's him who thinks I'm going to be doing things the soft loon Mary said, you seemed to be encouraging him the other day Magdalene said, ah was fun only I'd not let him near me in a serious way no more than the holy Joe himself Mary said, smoke filtered ceiling ward, a car backfired from the street below, Magdalene leaned in close to Mary I'm your best friend and I get jealous of the likes of him being too near to you, O he's nothing to be worrying yourself about him Mags he's just a loon as boys are Mary said, Magdalene held the cigarette a way from her lips and kissed Mary's cheek, Mary sighed and said he's nothing I just give him the tease he'll get nothing from my ****** money box, they both inhaled and exhaled again and watched the smoke rise ceiling ward, the sound of Magdalene's ma downstairs singing along to the radio, Magdalene's hand went on Mary's thigh, a bright sun in a blue Irish sky.
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Jan 4, 2016
Jan 4, 2016 at 2:43 AM UTC
A BLUE IRISH SKY 1963.
It's Sister Lucy not Sister Bridget who's the crush on the young priest Father Joseph Magdalene said, Mary said is she the one? as she sat on Mags bed listening to music on her record player I thought you said the Bridget, Magdalene sitting beside Mary passed a glass of lemonade to her and said nothing certain you understand just the rumours I've heard but don't tell the parents or my arse'll be slapped for spreading the rumour, have you a ciggie? Mary said putting the lemonade and glass on the bedside cabinet, Magdalene poked under the mattress and took out a squashed pack of 10 Woodbines and said open the fecking window or Ma'll know we've been smoking and she'll have a moan and passed the packet to Mary who took a cigarette and put it in her mouth and went and opened the window, Magdalene took a cigarette and stuffed the packed under the mattress again, Mary sat down and said have you a light then or are we to fecking **** on air? Magdalene took out of the pocket of her dress a box of matches (liberated from the kitchen) and struck a light for them both and put the matchbox away again, they inhaled and sat in silence, the record played( Billy fury) and they tapped their feet softly and nodded their heads, so what are you doing about Brian Brady? Magdalene asked, what'd you mean doing about I'm doing nowt with the ****** it's him who thinks I'm going to be doing things the soft loon Mary said, you seemed to be encouraging him the other day Magdalene said, ah was fun only I'd not let him near me in a serious way no more than the holy Joe himself Mary said, smoke filtered ceiling ward, a car backfired from the street below, Magdalene leaned in close to Mary I'm your best friend and I get jealous of the likes of him being too near to you, O he's nothing to be worrying yourself about him Mags he's just a loon as boys are Mary said, Magdalene held the cigarette a way from her lips and kissed Mary's cheek, Mary sighed and said he's nothing I just give him the tease he'll get nothing from my ****** money box, they both inhaled and exhaled again and watched the smoke rise ceiling ward, the sound of Magdalene's ma downstairs singing along to the radio, Magdalene's hand went on Mary's thigh, a bright sun in a blue Irish sky.
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The birthday song is not a song it's not even a small ditty As it is only four lines long it's really rather ****** There isn't a good chorus so isn't that a pity A catchy tune it has not got and the lyrics are not witty This song's lyrics are so short and there all the ****** same Apart from the 3rd line down when you substitute a name Okay you say "Dear" instead of "To", but its still a basic frame So this is not a song at all so why has it got the fame It's no wonder people alter the words with monkeys in the zoo And looking like these critters and smelling like them too Or changed to bread and butter in the gutter or squashed tomatoes and stew Because the song is so boring so what else can you do Who the hell wrote this song was it someone who's autistic Come on now lets be frank and a bit more realistic If I where to write this song producers would go ballistic I'd get thrown out of the biz and become a lost statistic Just because it's your birthday I'm not singing about happy People are compelled to sing when really its just ****** It's not the best song in the world I don't want to sound so snappy The birthday song is full of crap just like a soiled ***** It's like we are pre programmed even Marilyn Monroe To sing the ****** birthday song just for ****** show But honestly this song is crap and it can surely go And we can stop with the pretence and cease going with the flow When your birthday does arrive and your expecting a big day The time will come when you know your ears are going to pay Cos someone's bound to start it with or without your say Why does it have to be sung does it have to be this way Singing the birthday song should not be a life compulsion Don't succumb to the trend and quash your minds impulsion   Stamp down on the process and enforce a song expulsion Do away with this song and all of its revulsion The birthday song is not a song when it's sixteen words long Half of them are happy birthday that doesn't constitute a song The wording is so ****** thin as thin as a snapped thong And the musical arrangement isn't even strong People should not sing this song not even a small bit Why is it classed as a song we should stop singing it Most of the words are the same and there is a lack of wit So don't sing the birthday song cos it's not a song it's ****
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Jan 11, 2018
Jan 11, 2018 at 8:14 AM UTC
The Birthday Song Is Not A Song
The birthday song is not a song it's not even a small ditty As it is only four lines long it's really rather ****** There isn't a good chorus so isn't that a pity A catchy tune it has not got and the lyrics are not witty This song's lyrics are so short and there all the ****** same Apart from the 3rd line down when you substitute a name Okay you say "Dear" instead of "To", but its still a basic frame So this is not a song at all so why has it got the fame It's no wonder people alter the words with monkeys in the zoo And looking like these critters and smelling like them too Or changed to bread and butter in the gutter or squashed tomatoes and stew Because the song is so boring so what else can you do Who the hell wrote this song was it someone who's autistic Come on now lets be frank and a bit more realistic If I where to write this song producers would go ballistic I'd get thrown out of the biz and become a lost statistic Just because it's your birthday I'm not singing about happy People are compelled to sing when really its just ****** It's not the best song in the world I don't want to sound so snappy The birthday song is full of crap just like a soiled ***** It's like we are pre programmed even Marilyn Monroe To sing the ****** birthday song just for ****** show But honestly this song is crap and it can surely go And we can stop with the pretence and cease going with the flow When your birthday does arrive and your expecting a big day The time will come when you know your ears are going to pay Cos someone's bound to start it with or without your say Why does it have to be sung does it have to be this way Singing the birthday song should not be a life compulsion Don't succumb to the trend and quash your minds impulsion   Stamp down on the process and enforce a song expulsion Do away with this song and all of its revulsion The birthday song is not a song when it's sixteen words long Half of them are happy birthday that doesn't constitute a song The wording is so ****** thin as thin as a snapped thong And the musical arrangement isn't even strong People should not sing this song not even a small bit Why is it classed as a song we should stop singing it Most of the words are the same and there is a lack of wit So don't sing the birthday song cos it's not a song it's ****
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Forget me not as I find myself Blind to the lies, my knowledge is my own true wealth Dreams that I lay upon Orion's belt Your heart is ice cold, passion will make it melt Forget me not as I walk blind Right part of the road, wrong side of the lines Mother nature caresses me faithfully as I feel the wrath of Father Time I search for clarity, but I cannot find Squashed grapes on the ground of lies told through the life's grapevine Forget me not as my heart endures life's maze Guide me, Lord, through this very day Spring my faith, like the gentle flowers of May Tomorrow isn't promised, so all we can do is pray.
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Sep 22, 2013
Sep 22, 2013 at 9:38 AM UTC
Forget Me Not
*standing on the threshold of change, I await a fresh-line but the universe may be unready if not, I may take to choppy-waters all by myself* 1. if we are all stuck in the jam of time perhaps, if we spread it out real thin some of us could actually lift off and catch a ride.. out free some hostage from the twisting temporal-joints and the wool-gatherers mind their business and footsore beggars dine on exotic-things deep in the heart of the jungle where Nebuchadnezzar parked his dreams of old by saving your surprise for a weekday jaunt we limp on in the vacant-dust of paradox yet get unavoidably detained by the present undo the ribbons and the package may unfold its.. things espy the tick-tock riding the margin of fright common sense of morn lies delightfully unfinished and the wrong side of a bold idea gets squashed the brain-weary ingest their lot and plough on through thickets of tricky-fate while tiptoeing silent on the farthest-blades of brimstone holding subtly aloft.. the frankness of aiding-spectres 2. balloon of green, balloon of blue hold out your hand and pray you get no inequalities of flame easy catch of the sound of science scoffing in the parlour when we try to do something different; take a chance uncivilised-humour will argue the rings off your punctured-lobes any germ of new plan must needs be nurtured let any frenemy go; intolerant-ilk do better by their vacuous selves remarkably convenient there's almost enough water in the well to soak up the ivory-rays and let them fly and there's a breeze lifting the needle off the ancient-groove spinning reels on the bay *no, you will never convince me that the time-keeper holds all keys 'cos I snuck out furtive.. late one night and sawed through.. for a whole decade and well, guess what I have here..* :) S T - 24 Jan 2014
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Jan 24, 2014
Jan 24, 2014 at 8:24 AM UTC
stuck
*standing on the threshold of change, I await a fresh-line but the universe may be unready if not, I may take to choppy-waters all by myself* 1. if we are all stuck in the jam of time perhaps, if we spread it out real thin some of us could actually lift off and catch a ride.. out free some hostage from the twisting temporal-joints and the wool-gatherers mind their business and footsore beggars dine on exotic-things deep in the heart of the jungle where Nebuchadnezzar parked his dreams of old by saving your surprise for a weekday jaunt we limp on in the vacant-dust of paradox yet get unavoidably detained by the present undo the ribbons and the package may unfold its.. things espy the tick-tock riding the margin of fright common sense of morn lies delightfully unfinished and the wrong side of a bold idea gets squashed the brain-weary ingest their lot and plough on through thickets of tricky-fate while tiptoeing silent on the farthest-blades of brimstone holding subtly aloft.. the frankness of aiding-spectres 2. balloon of green, balloon of blue hold out your hand and pray you get no inequalities of flame easy catch of the sound of science scoffing in the parlour when we try to do something different; take a chance uncivilised-humour will argue the rings off your punctured-lobes any germ of new plan must needs be nurtured let any frenemy go; intolerant-ilk do better by their vacuous selves remarkably convenient there's almost enough water in the well to soak up the ivory-rays and let them fly and there's a breeze lifting the needle off the ancient-groove spinning reels on the bay *no, you will never convince me that the time-keeper holds all keys 'cos I snuck out furtive.. late one night and sawed through.. for a whole decade and well, guess what I have here..* :) S T - 24 Jan 2014
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If I were a cup of black coffee you take me just the way I am. If this were a thanksgiving dinner you'd be the turkey and I'd be the ham. I'm the water and you're the sea I'm the sailor and what I really mean is; you complete me.  If this were a battery you'd be the positives and I'd be the negatives. If I were a holiday you'd be the festive's. If this were space you'd be the stars that form my galaxy. If I were a driver in New York, you'd be my taxi. If I a flower and you the bee, then it's clear to see that what I really mean is; you complete me. One ways, u-turns, dead ends and yields, green lights, left lane merge and a squashed bug on my windshields. If I were a Bic ballpoint pen then you would write out every sin. If this were it, it would be the greatest love there has ever been. Road signs and paper, fantasies and nature cannot help to say in such a little way that all I try to convey that what I really mean is; you complete me. If I were a song you'd memorize my lyrics  If this were February 1990 it would be Hold On by Wilson Phillips If I were a comic book, you'd be my nerd. If you were a photographer I'd be your bird.  If I a cold night and you the book by a fire, then I'd be the Hobbit and you'd be my Shire. If I a cup and you the tea then all there is left to say is...
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Feb 10, 2015
Feb 10, 2015 at 12:00 PM UTC
Complete: A Valentines Day Poem
If I ever see you again I'll spat insults and hope they Spray on your aviators like the bugs that squashed against my windshield the last time I drove away from you If fate destroys me and I am in the same pub one night as your wormy self I'll tell you how you're the most arrogant, vapid, shallow, womanizing, ******* male mascot I've ever had the disgust to know I'll slap you hard across the face Oh and not like Scarlett O'Hara, you demon darling No crushing kiss will follow and I'll mean vengence vile will seep through my mouth instead of the sweet saliva I let you taste long ago If I ever hear your voice or see your mocking manequin among my tele again With disgraceful force I will lift that 50 lb set and propel that ******* screen across the state The way your black static apology shattered the brightness that used to reside within me If I hear of you one more dispicable time I'll grow bombs maticulously within my empty core and time them so perfectly that all of your dysfunctional doormat confidants will explode the second they come near me and their manipulative cells will burst and be burried among the soil of ***** words you whispered in my ears **** if I ever see you again I'll shatter every martini glass around me and down a fifth of fireball and breath venomous fire and burn you, you beastly boy And I'll pretend beauty amongst you and walk away, a tall glass of water That could diffuse that angry licking fire that is swallowing you up When I see you again I won't acknowledge your existence and I'll be dressed to the nines and I won't do a ******* thing about it Because you aren't worth a sentence within this stanza But I know I am.
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Feb 7, 2013
Feb 7, 2013 at 11:03 PM UTC
Revenge.
If I ever see you again I'll spat insults and hope they Spray on your aviators like the bugs that squashed against my windshield the last time I drove away from you If fate destroys me and I am in the same pub one night as your wormy self I'll tell you how you're the most arrogant, vapid, shallow, womanizing, ******* male mascot I've ever had the disgust to know I'll slap you hard across the face Oh and not like Scarlett O'Hara, you demon darling No crushing kiss will follow and I'll mean vengence vile will seep through my mouth instead of the sweet saliva I let you taste long ago If I ever hear your voice or see your mocking manequin among my tele again With disgraceful force I will lift that 50 lb set and propel that ******* screen across the state The way your black static apology shattered the brightness that used to reside within me If I hear of you one more dispicable time I'll grow bombs maticulously within my empty core and time them so perfectly that all of your dysfunctional doormat confidants will explode the second they come near me and their manipulative cells will burst and be burried among the soil of ***** words you whispered in my ears **** if I ever see you again I'll shatter every martini glass around me and down a fifth of fireball and breath venomous fire and burn you, you beastly boy And I'll pretend beauty amongst you and walk away, a tall glass of water That could diffuse that angry licking fire that is swallowing you up When I see you again I won't acknowledge your existence and I'll be dressed to the nines and I won't do a ******* thing about it Because you aren't worth a sentence within this stanza But I know I am.
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You can tell a lot about A person by the ones he admires. Another telling factor is The people whom he inspires. Donald Trump, for example, Praises Putin, a leader who Has jailed dissenters, squashed human rights, And done away with opponents, too. After a questionable referendum, Which restricts in many ways Civil rights, the leader of Turkey, Erdoğan, received Trump's praise. Duterte of the Philippines-- Authoritarian and leading official-- Has had thousands of people killed In a manner blatantly extrajudicial. So that's his way of solving the problem Of drugs in the Philippines is it? And guess who wants the blood-thirsty, Despotic leader to come for a visit? And then there's the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un. Only a rookie Would say that the mad, unhinged and murderous Leader was a "pretty smart cookie." Trump's had business ties with three Of the above countries. There's no mistaking. But does this mean that a Trump Tower In Pyongyang is in the making? -by Bob B (5-3-17)
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May 3, 2017
May 3, 2017 at 9:57 AM UTC
Praising the Unpraiseworthy
somewhere in this vast oasis of home party streamers of the heart faded stuck to the walls pale pinks like the sinking sun drowning in it’s own image below the horizon i feel that’s us where we belong laughing through our shame the night calls without names into the last party of the decades rushed into goodtimes and struggles flushed away into pollution tv static nuclear radiation here on this couch of your parents orange and yellow brown from some era I can never understand or touch as with each moment some new invention is formed the past is squashed we strum along to the hum of a world never quite ours but here we are 5/27/11 1258pm fri
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May 27, 2011
May 27, 2011 at 12:02 PM UTC
somewhere in this crash pollution............... is us
My shattered life is like the forsaken Black Widow spider. The victim's detestation does not even show passion to me. I bit my victim in two and also hurt them in the process. The more I hurt my victim in the process, the more woe I have and hope they are still my friend tomorrow. The deeper I sink my teeth into my victim, the more fatal my poisonous venom becomes and hope the fatal poison doesn't execute them. I think of all the hard times I've had, just by being nice and friendly, but it does not work. When I let go of my victim and hope they do not smash me, But have the time, I get squashed and hope my sin are forgiven. Then time was wasted for unanswered dreams and in the process making new friends. But I never did. Life has gone without a prayer, without friends and for someone to love me. The next time you see a Black Widow spider, ask yourself, "Could my life be like a Black Widow spider's?"
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Oct 17, 2010
Oct 17, 2010 at 8:37 PM UTC
The Black Widow Spider
Some fairground by the coast   taken by the Baptist mission by coach and outside some magic mirror tent after having gone in you said to Helen not much in there to see and the fairground guy having overheard you said not much to see? come here and see again and he took you in the tent again and showed you how you looked in front of the various mirrors in some you were thin and tall and in another you were broad and fat or you were squat as if someone had sat on you and squashed you flat and you laughed at that and the guy said see there is much to see so go tell your girlfriend so you went out of the tent and said to Helen yes it was good the second time around and Helen said perhaps we should go in together and so you paid the guy the money and you went in with her and stood together in front of the mirrors and laughed and she held your hand and you remembered the guy saying tell your girlfriend and you guessed she was and that made you feel happy even schoolboys of 10 years old sometimes want girlfriends secretly endeared away from the sight or knowledge of other boys as if it were some kind of betrayal of the schoolboy code and as you walked about the fairground you watched   where others on racing wooden horses rode.
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May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013 at 3:27 PM UTC
WITH HELEN AT THE FAIRGROUND.
Trains at the bottom of the garden metal dragons breathing out smoke and steam huffing and puffing, waiting for the signal some compact with tanks affixed others larger, more grand pulling colour matched tenders sometimes bearing shields and names beginning with 'Duchess' or 'City' mostly black, some rusty deep reds or greens with contrasting lines edged in gold Once one came in matt pink and I wondered why it didn't gleam like the others, perhaps pink was a colour not to be given it's equal due with other less feminine shades it had to be denied vibrancy yet I loved the pink one best later I learned somehow that the colour was that of the primer used to inhibit the rust and my pink engine was just an unfinished paint job pressed into service prematurely to give cover for another that was broken I wrote down the numbers regardless it was a ritual that one performed though I didn't understand why yet it was exciting to record a new one that hadn't passed before Behind the business end came carriages laden heavy with the visitors of summer come to fill our beaches and our town with their loudness their raucous laughter with strange accents brummie, scouse, mancunian faces pressed against glass expectant, excited, impatient almost there now anxious that this last delay pass quickly and the half mile remaining be completed We would lurk beneath the bridge like adopted troll children it was cool there in the summer heat darting out from behind pillars or in my case watchfully, cautiously edging my way forward to place pennies on the track or sometimes nails then to retrieve them flattened, thinned, squashed once the train had passed sometimes we'd wait hours or so it seemed sometimes no train would come and we would trail home for tea and bath and bed leaving our offerings to the gods of the rail for rediscovery and inspection the following day. Cynthia Pauline Jones 17/10/13
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 2:23 PM UTC
Trains
Trains at the bottom of the garden metal dragons breathing out smoke and steam huffing and puffing, waiting for the signal some compact with tanks affixed others larger, more grand pulling colour matched tenders sometimes bearing shields and names beginning with 'Duchess' or 'City' mostly black, some rusty deep reds or greens with contrasting lines edged in gold Once one came in matt pink and I wondered why it didn't gleam like the others, perhaps pink was a colour not to be given it's equal due with other less feminine shades it had to be denied vibrancy yet I loved the pink one best later I learned somehow that the colour was that of the primer used to inhibit the rust and my pink engine was just an unfinished paint job pressed into service prematurely to give cover for another that was broken I wrote down the numbers regardless it was a ritual that one performed though I didn't understand why yet it was exciting to record a new one that hadn't passed before Behind the business end came carriages laden heavy with the visitors of summer come to fill our beaches and our town with their loudness their raucous laughter with strange accents brummie, scouse, mancunian faces pressed against glass expectant, excited, impatient almost there now anxious that this last delay pass quickly and the half mile remaining be completed We would lurk beneath the bridge like adopted troll children it was cool there in the summer heat darting out from behind pillars or in my case watchfully, cautiously edging my way forward to place pennies on the track or sometimes nails then to retrieve them flattened, thinned, squashed once the train had passed sometimes we'd wait hours or so it seemed sometimes no train would come and we would trail home for tea and bath and bed leaving our offerings to the gods of the rail for rediscovery and inspection the following day. Cynthia Pauline Jones 17/10/13
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I'll ask you not to turn off the lights, I want them to blind me with their brilliant filaments until the bulbs break like a vase on a tiled floor, the walls, the door go back to being charcoal black as they have been so many times before. I have started to abhor the roads that define me, the words that describe me and my traits, the way I must walk in wintery air to a migraine inducing wilderness to be squashed into old moulds, will this be adequate for you now and when? What is this fall, does it affect you, your actions, your jumbled jigsaw piece thoughts? These bruises are purple, this brain is strained, inject me with zest until my wrist pains so much it must combust. Out of the glass is nothing, a candyfloss cloud, a tree, a lawn, it bores me, an artist is needed, paint a new canvas swathed in colour and things from my weekend dreams lucid and intense. I am a ******* up ball of paper, unfold me, still legible? Fold it again, an airplane chucked into an angry breeze or please, if the lamps are tough enough, watch my words illuminate, drool across the table.
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Oct 25, 2012
Oct 25, 2012 at 3:59 PM UTC
Terminal Velocity
He's black and tiny. Dull but shinny. Disgusted with its presence. People swap him off the tables, the wall. Their eyes blazing with flare. Raising fists about to strike, their food becomes trash in a moment, the fly flies, not anymore, squashed and lifeless, where it lies paralyzed and dies.
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Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:21 PM UTC
the Fly
There's two eyes of the Hurricane both blue flecked with grey. Incalculable forecasting the direction. Ominous hunch it is heading my way. The stability of shelter is a lottery of hope; defenseless if caught in its path. I'd be squashed like a paper cup. At a glance, she can obliterate you just like that. (click)
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Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014 at 7:36 PM UTC
Batten down the hatches
I squashed a cockroach the other day. A big, Fat, Cockroach. It was trying to get away and I squashed it. Not that I had anything against that, Particular cockroach but, I was bare-foot. I had tea, And biscuits, And was bare-foot when he made his dash across the corridor. It took some time to calm down and, Fetch another tray. When I returned, The cockroach had moved. A thick, white streak, Of substantial viscosity, Ran right across the floor and, Straight under my door. Her gartered leg was up on the table. She removed a delicate silver pistol and, With his back turned, Fired a single shot. I used a shoe this time, Like a maniac, And then, Framed by a single, Swinging light-bulb, Waited for the detective.
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Jan 13, 2013
Jan 13, 2013 at 11:25 AM UTC
Serial Killer
Three dead birds on highway squashed, Roadway washed with corpses discarded as carrion, To be chewed upon by companions in a world of brothers, In a world of blood and guts, A lone magpie was seen, A sure purveyor of doom, Gloom and sorrow, For birdies splattered, No tomorrow, Perhaps they saw him too, Didn't show him due respect, They'll never know if they had regrets! Livvi Kent 09/06/2013
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Jun 9, 2013
Jun 9, 2013 at 3:10 PM UTC
Superstitious!
She was elegant and graceful. Light as a feather drifting upon an empty winters day. Baby spiders crawled up her arms she squashed them to crusty blood upon her featherlight biceps. They told her once that she was the ugly duckling to the flawless reflection of white. How can all colors compare to the purest? She had long grey feathers. They protruded from her back. White never goes grey. To the youthful feathers on each unhappy bird.
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May 4, 2014
May 4, 2014 at 5:10 PM UTC
The Black Swan
I have become a gran again, To a special girl, Shes's got warts on her face, And a squashed-up nose, And she trots at a fast pace. She's cute and she's brown, Apricot to be correct.. I love her so much Even when she's being greedy, Which is most of the time But we keep her in line As pugs tend to go fat.. And we don't want that, I find it a joy To have her stay, My cat isn't impressed And does her best To ignore Peggy the pug, I hope one day They will be friends, As I care for them both, The love from a pet Is unconditional, Their loyalty knows no bounds To stroke a pet is therapy they say I know being with Peggy makes my day
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Jun 13, 2016
Jun 13, 2016 at 6:58 AM UTC
Peggy The Pug
Perched motionless Gleaming among the catkins of the oak— with toy accordions for leaves And a heron—watching Neck pleated Head resting in feathery shoulders Sharp-eyed, beak brutal Watching— where below that beer can, squashed and stabbed ...And did he see her? by the naked window Did he see the lace that bloomed? No—fell like spring’s full flakes to coat the hills in white for an hour at best in its cool damp? Did he see? the way her hair lapped the spine and blade of back? Bent the night—so darkly red from black as she pulled her blouse above her head? And did he want! the flesh of warm yellow lamplight the smeared press of spit and sweat! YES! Squash and **** that beer can! Sculpt your loneliness! and stick it through with any hard implement handy! Grind your teeth on dumb regret and **** yourself! You know you don’t—love her? Be jealous of her sheets, her springs, her sunsets!   on their ways to frost and moonlit sleep turning forsythia of day to fuzzy falls of glitter-gray spilling down thick hips of the river’s dungeon banks so steeped in heat to the dizzy roar that follows.... Be jealous of the River! who always goes to her when you will not... And if—you really loved I mean—loved! who you saw... you would have seen the tired tears—roll than linger—Years forsake their bones defy the need for sleep Defy everything! Except— the moon’s cloister...an owl’s call And if you had loved her you would have made the distance! crossed the lawn! skipped stairs! Fought the Night of Time! taken her porch like a champion! Heart pounding near—the door down! And if you had really loved who you had seen I MEAN—LOVED HER! You would have— You would have done— ANYTHING!
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Sep 9, 2016
Sep 9, 2016 at 9:28 PM UTC
Heron
Perched motionless Gleaming among the catkins of the oak— with toy accordions for leaves And a heron—watching Neck pleated Head resting in feathery shoulders Sharp-eyed, beak brutal Watching— where below that beer can, squashed and stabbed ...And did he see her? by the naked window Did he see the lace that bloomed? No—fell like spring’s full flakes to coat the hills in white for an hour at best in its cool damp? Did he see? the way her hair lapped the spine and blade of back? Bent the night—so darkly red from black as she pulled her blouse above her head? And did he want! the flesh of warm yellow lamplight the smeared press of spit and sweat! YES! Squash and **** that beer can! Sculpt your loneliness! and stick it through with any hard implement handy! Grind your teeth on dumb regret and **** yourself! You know you don’t—love her? Be jealous of her sheets, her springs, her sunsets!   on their ways to frost and moonlit sleep turning forsythia of day to fuzzy falls of glitter-gray spilling down thick hips of the river’s dungeon banks so steeped in heat to the dizzy roar that follows.... Be jealous of the River! who always goes to her when you will not... And if—you really loved I mean—loved! who you saw... you would have seen the tired tears—roll than linger—Years forsake their bones defy the need for sleep Defy everything! Except— the moon’s cloister...an owl’s call And if you had loved her you would have made the distance! crossed the lawn! skipped stairs! Fought the Night of Time! taken her porch like a champion! Heart pounding near—the door down! And if you had really loved who you had seen I MEAN—LOVED HER! You would have— You would have done— ANYTHING!
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.                                     c o                                     c k                                     r o                                r    a  c    r                            o      h     c      o                           a      o       c        a                           c       k       r        c                            h       o    a         h                             c        c h         c                               o       c        o                                 c      o     c                                         k *Hey, it's a fact of life for coaches ... if you win everyone loves you.  If you lose you get squashed."
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Jun 3, 2016
Jun 3, 2016 at 1:44 PM UTC
Cockroach *****
Ah wuz lookin oot o' mah winder and ah saw this lad wi' a barry wee lassie gaun' up the hill. -Wair the **** d'ye think you're gaun tae? ah yells oot. But the daft ***** didnae answer at aww, must've been oot o' thir ****** heids wi' E's or summat, d'ye ken what ah'm tellin' ye,ye daft radge? -Wair ye're ******* going? ah yells a couple mair times and finally the gadge yells back to ays, -Up the ******* hill tae fetch a pail o' ******* watter, me Ma's hud her fuckin' taps turned oaf by the fuckin' Corporation, which is a ******* pain in the erse ah had ter agree. I realised ah knew the wee **** Jack but, eh wuz an auld classmate of ays and eh's hung oot wi' ma brar n me, when we wuz bairns oan the Scheme,eh? -That's a bonny wee lassie ye've goat wi' ye, there Jack, ah yelled, thinking ah'd nae kick her oot o' mah scratcher withoot gi'ing her a guid ride. Ah huvtae sey ah recognised hir as a wee **** called Jill from the Scheme, a right tidy wee ride in mah opinion wi' a guid little ***** on hir, as ah recall. -Mind ye're own fuckin' business, the **** yells back at ays, takin' the pail in yin hand and the hoor's wee hand in the other yin. Ah can tell ye ah totally pished meself wi' laughter when the pair o' they wide ***** fell doon, Jack breakin' his fuckin' croon n the groond, ah'm sure he nivver meant it tae happen, 'n eh mustae squashed his ******* bawws as eh fell doon n aww from the wey he screamed oot, but the wee lassie cam tumbling doon the ****** hill n aww, heid n **** oor her fuckin' erse 'n ah could see she wasnae wearin' any ****** ******* 'n her ***** was on display under her skirt. Ah wouldnae expect anything else from a wee hoor,eh? -Dinnae worry, ah'll com and help ye, ah called oot, but when ah goat thir, both o them wis deid, ah thoat o' gittin mah hole wi' the deid lassie n aww, but you shouldnae dae that, it's no respectful tae wimmin, 'n eywis, the polis might trace me through the DNA, those ***** are clivvir 'n aw, ye ken. So ah contented mesel' wi' rummidging through the poakits o' the lad's jaykit tae see if eh hud ehs payment from the Joab Centre, but the daft **** mustae spent it aww on a boatil or two o Grants, ah ken ah'd hae done the same mahsel'. And there wasnae a penny in the lassie's purse, so ah thoat ah'd jus' **** oaf doon the ****** 'n ask some **** tae call the hoaspital and the ****** polis. Eh?
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Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014 at 7:34 AM UTC
Hillspoatin'
Ah wuz lookin oot o' mah winder and ah saw this lad wi' a barry wee lassie gaun' up the hill. -Wair the **** d'ye think you're gaun tae? ah yells oot. But the daft ***** didnae answer at aww, must've been oot o' thir ****** heids wi' E's or summat, d'ye ken what ah'm tellin' ye,ye daft radge? -Wair ye're ******* going? ah yells a couple mair times and finally the gadge yells back to ays, -Up the ******* hill tae fetch a pail o' ******* watter, me Ma's hud her fuckin' taps turned oaf by the fuckin' Corporation, which is a ******* pain in the erse ah had ter agree. I realised ah knew the wee **** Jack but, eh wuz an auld classmate of ays and eh's hung oot wi' ma brar n me, when we wuz bairns oan the Scheme,eh? -That's a bonny wee lassie ye've goat wi' ye, there Jack, ah yelled, thinking ah'd nae kick her oot o' mah scratcher withoot gi'ing her a guid ride. Ah huvtae sey ah recognised hir as a wee **** called Jill from the Scheme, a right tidy wee ride in mah opinion wi' a guid little ***** on hir, as ah recall. -Mind ye're own fuckin' business, the **** yells back at ays, takin' the pail in yin hand and the hoor's wee hand in the other yin. Ah can tell ye ah totally pished meself wi' laughter when the pair o' they wide ***** fell doon, Jack breakin' his fuckin' croon n the groond, ah'm sure he nivver meant it tae happen, 'n eh mustae squashed his ******* bawws as eh fell doon n aww from the wey he screamed oot, but the wee lassie cam tumbling doon the ****** hill n aww, heid n **** oor her fuckin' erse 'n ah could see she wasnae wearin' any ****** ******* 'n her ***** was on display under her skirt. Ah wouldnae expect anything else from a wee hoor,eh? -Dinnae worry, ah'll com and help ye, ah called oot, but when ah goat thir, both o them wis deid, ah thoat o' gittin mah hole wi' the deid lassie n aww, but you shouldnae dae that, it's no respectful tae wimmin, 'n eywis, the polis might trace me through the DNA, those ***** are clivvir 'n aw, ye ken. So ah contented mesel' wi' rummidging through the poakits o' the lad's jaykit tae see if eh hud ehs payment from the Joab Centre, but the daft **** mustae spent it aww on a boatil or two o Grants, ah ken ah'd hae done the same mahsel'. And there wasnae a penny in the lassie's purse, so ah thoat ah'd jus' **** oaf doon the ****** 'n ask some **** tae call the hoaspital and the ****** polis. Eh?
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When our names were smeared with dust and kicked butt-naked into the streets tramped upon, squashed by dancers revelling on the song of our shame We take all in saintly fate Poverty has diverse chairs all which are glued to the heart of hell upon which we sit pipped with jears Our pains for the tithe we never paid untill our lives are almost spent We aren't bearing with us our sack of shame to the land were we shall endly rest Laugh not out of you breathe we shall mend our broken past and pick up the moon we left behind
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Oct 26, 2013
Oct 26, 2013 at 6:50 PM UTC
Poverty