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"thesaurus" poems
It's a wide open art, from the start. Rules are for schools. Dont fret em, forget em. So Relax with a syntax, clown around, with a pronoun. Squeeze the ****** of a dangling participle. Free flying like geese, creative words release, make it up if you please. Example--the plural of mice is meese. Flowery language isn't the exclusive domain of the professional writer, it's for everyone! To continue then, about the writers pen. No write or wrong, nothings too short or long. Mangled, bungled, butchered, bumbled, don't matter. We don't need a librarian to admire what we have done. Words aren't hard, fling them unbarred. It's not arithmetic, or teaching a cat a trick. Crunch them uniting, mix them combining. Fling them, meld them, Verb them, sell them. We don't need a New York Times best seller to enjoy the art of writing. Uncrate it, create it. Use it, and abuse it. Don't bar us from a thesaurus Or a dictionary. The spiel is to write real tell the tale seal the deal. WORD HATERS live in the town called Fictionary.
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Sep 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018 at 12:53 PM UTC
Writing with words. Fling them around if you will.
I reserved a table for the two of us at the only restaurant in the world that not only offers atmosphere and setting but tone and syntax as well. First some articles for appetizers. They're easiest on my pocket you know. An an, a the, and an a. Let's not even start on the punctuation, I'm treating you to a rather large meal. As large as the entire English language, now back to the articles. Sure these taste like lint but they still taste. Petit fours but there you are. Try to be disinterested or you'll put me off my food. Nouns now. My, what a variety. Bit meaty, eh? These have staying power. They taste like a bit of everywhere, and everyone, and everything. What's that? Surely they're not that bland. Maybe you need some seasoning. "Adjective" comes from the French for "to the word." So exotic aren't they? These really are fantastic. Exquisite, unique, zesty to say the least. You must admit, they make the meal worth it. I hope you're not allergic, I could have sworn I just had something "nutty." Oh, it had nuts "in it"? There must be some prepositions mixed in here. (I'm glad we're getting through these now, I've never been a big fan of them. When I was a kid, I would always push my prepositions to the end of my sentences. You just can't do that in a joint like this, it seems.) Ah finally. The verbs are served. Well-prepared it would seem. Yes, anything you can do to a verb they've done to these. Infinitives (too good to realistically be believed!), gerunds, and participles (No, not particles. But we did have some of those at the Japanese restaurant.) Fairly lean too, as I can't see any auxiliary fat. For some reason those adverbs (just to your left, under that thesaurus) really go well with this. Plus those adjectives from earlier, rather pleasantly. Now a brief selection of conjunctions, but don't ruin yourself. They're not a meal of themselves, just a link to... Oh! Look at those interjections. So delicate, so (Wow!) incisive. I told you to keep your appetite. Well, just try a little of this. Goodness, me! And then everyone proceeds to die from a split infinitive.
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Mar 21, 2010
Mar 21, 2010 at 7:44 PM UTC
I Eat my Words.
I reserved a table for the two of us at the only restaurant in the world that not only offers atmosphere and setting but tone and syntax as well. First some articles for appetizers. They're easiest on my pocket you know. An an, a the, and an a. Let's not even start on the punctuation, I'm treating you to a rather large meal. As large as the entire English language, now back to the articles. Sure these taste like lint but they still taste. Petit fours but there you are. Try to be disinterested or you'll put me off my food. Nouns now. My, what a variety. Bit meaty, eh? These have staying power. They taste like a bit of everywhere, and everyone, and everything. What's that? Surely they're not that bland. Maybe you need some seasoning. "Adjective" comes from the French for "to the word." So exotic aren't they? These really are fantastic. Exquisite, unique, zesty to say the least. You must admit, they make the meal worth it. I hope you're not allergic, I could have sworn I just had something "nutty." Oh, it had nuts "in it"? There must be some prepositions mixed in here. (I'm glad we're getting through these now, I've never been a big fan of them. When I was a kid, I would always push my prepositions to the end of my sentences. You just can't do that in a joint like this, it seems.) Ah finally. The verbs are served. Well-prepared it would seem. Yes, anything you can do to a verb they've done to these. Infinitives (too good to realistically be believed!), gerunds, and participles (No, not particles. But we did have some of those at the Japanese restaurant.) Fairly lean too, as I can't see any auxiliary fat. For some reason those adverbs (just to your left, under that thesaurus) really go well with this. Plus those adjectives from earlier, rather pleasantly. Now a brief selection of conjunctions, but don't ruin yourself. They're not a meal of themselves, just a link to... Oh! Look at those interjections. So delicate, so (Wow!) incisive. I told you to keep your appetite. Well, just try a little of this. Goodness, me! And then everyone proceeds to die from a split infinitive.
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I met her on a narrow street of old Verona Her beauty’s magical, her name was Lady Mona She rolled a cigarette between her diva fingers A little cherry smoke around her gently lingers She had a long deep fire-coloured autumn hair That with the wind dance as if out of very care Her eyes are brighter, gayer then azure sapphires Two little diamonds that can start unholy fires Her ******* are full of life, the sweetest goddess milk It taste like childhood memories wrapped up in silk The skin – an undiscovered lands of sinful wild It sends you on a trip so rough yet very mild She was so picturesque, a genuine sugarbomb Like rays of sun that dazzle through a naked palm I pray thee, Jupiter, align the heaven stars And let me be the one who strikes of her guitars Wish I could walk to her and ask her dearly out I feel so brave yet nervous, want to scream and shout I want to spill it out, express my inner passion But that’s not me behaving in such crazy fashion Hell to the no! I go! I’ll spit my fire lines! I am a blonde! I curse those stupid *** designs I’ll offer things to her, I promise I’ll pushy **** I am gonna offer her my cola ***** If men be ***** models, I shall be one too I have one in my mouth – a nasty point of view If men can flirt and conquer, so can ******* I This Aphrodite’s taken, she is only mine I walk to her, approach her like the mighty Taurus Rehearse my lyrics, shuffle through my love thesaurus I smell perfume – ambrosia, nectar, lemonade… Formation, hold up, queen of… ******* Lemonade..? “What is the name of thee, do tell me, pretty dear Just like the beauty goddess you to me appear By any chance you are one of the youthful Graces? Be careful, darling, I can see your leather laces”
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Dec 9, 2018
Dec 9, 2018 at 2:42 PM UTC
Once Upon A Time In Verona (Part Uno)
I met her on a narrow street of old Verona Her beauty’s magical, her name was Lady Mona She rolled a cigarette between her diva fingers A little cherry smoke around her gently lingers She had a long deep fire-coloured autumn hair That with the wind dance as if out of very care Her eyes are brighter, gayer then azure sapphires Two little diamonds that can start unholy fires Her ******* are full of life, the sweetest goddess milk It taste like childhood memories wrapped up in silk The skin – an undiscovered lands of sinful wild It sends you on a trip so rough yet very mild She was so picturesque, a genuine sugarbomb Like rays of sun that dazzle through a naked palm I pray thee, Jupiter, align the heaven stars And let me be the one who strikes of her guitars Wish I could walk to her and ask her dearly out I feel so brave yet nervous, want to scream and shout I want to spill it out, express my inner passion But that’s not me behaving in such crazy fashion Hell to the no! I go! I’ll spit my fire lines! I am a blonde! I curse those stupid *** designs I’ll offer things to her, I promise I’ll pushy **** I am gonna offer her my cola ***** If men be ***** models, I shall be one too I have one in my mouth – a nasty point of view If men can flirt and conquer, so can ******* I This Aphrodite’s taken, she is only mine I walk to her, approach her like the mighty Taurus Rehearse my lyrics, shuffle through my love thesaurus I smell perfume – ambrosia, nectar, lemonade… Formation, hold up, queen of… ******* Lemonade..? “What is the name of thee, do tell me, pretty dear Just like the beauty goddess you to me appear By any chance you are one of the youthful Graces? Be careful, darling, I can see your leather laces”
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Love is a ***** soup going stale but steaming like it's brand new; And I'm Oliver twist walking up to the *** with a rusty spoon full of desire and hope asking for more but getting none. Love is a Doctor gathering dead bodies and shackling them up in chains; And I'm a green freak with Frankenstein bolts ****** through my head walking around with only a mumble to muster trying to love people who just want to run away. Love is a white paper rolled so finely, full of sedatives and drugs; And I'm sitting by a fire reaching in for a log to smoke. Love is puzzle made by Einstein and Sam Loyd; And I'm a child with eyes made of glass and hands made of thorns crying to my mother because that puzzle is a ***** Love is Navy Seal training on a beach covered in cold water spilling blood for a chance; And I'm a pot-smoking hippie who holds up signs and tells soldiers they’re monsters as I take a puff of death. Love is a ten-syllable word compacted into one; And I'm a hooked on phonics children’s thesaurus struggling to find a comparison that I can actually pronounce. Love is a white egg timer sitting on the fridge set to all nines; And I'm a busy housewife waiting to cook dinner at the sound of its bell. Love is a robber with a 45 in his belt; And I'm an eager dad trying to protect his family with a wooden stick. Love is hot coffee from a luxury beverage shop; And I'm a plastic party cup melting away. Love is a doctor with a PHD in heart surgery; And I'm a sick child waiting with his mother with no healthcare ******* on a free doctor’s-office lollypop. Love is a huge pink eraser; And I'm a graphite pencil struggling to write while me and the eraser fight. Love is a pickup truck speeding through town drunk; And I'm a lost puppy running through the same intersection looking for my owner. Love is meant for fish; And I'm a bird.
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Dec 21, 2012
Dec 21, 2012 at 12:18 PM UTC
Love
Love is a ***** soup going stale but steaming like it's brand new; And I'm Oliver twist walking up to the *** with a rusty spoon full of desire and hope asking for more but getting none. Love is a Doctor gathering dead bodies and shackling them up in chains; And I'm a green freak with Frankenstein bolts ****** through my head walking around with only a mumble to muster trying to love people who just want to run away. Love is a white paper rolled so finely, full of sedatives and drugs; And I'm sitting by a fire reaching in for a log to smoke. Love is puzzle made by Einstein and Sam Loyd; And I'm a child with eyes made of glass and hands made of thorns crying to my mother because that puzzle is a ***** Love is Navy Seal training on a beach covered in cold water spilling blood for a chance; And I'm a pot-smoking hippie who holds up signs and tells soldiers they’re monsters as I take a puff of death. Love is a ten-syllable word compacted into one; And I'm a hooked on phonics children’s thesaurus struggling to find a comparison that I can actually pronounce. Love is a white egg timer sitting on the fridge set to all nines; And I'm a busy housewife waiting to cook dinner at the sound of its bell. Love is a robber with a 45 in his belt; And I'm an eager dad trying to protect his family with a wooden stick. Love is hot coffee from a luxury beverage shop; And I'm a plastic party cup melting away. Love is a doctor with a PHD in heart surgery; And I'm a sick child waiting with his mother with no healthcare ******* on a free doctor’s-office lollypop. Love is a huge pink eraser; And I'm a graphite pencil struggling to write while me and the eraser fight. Love is a pickup truck speeding through town drunk; And I'm a lost puppy running through the same intersection looking for my owner. Love is meant for fish; And I'm a bird.
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Intro: Start with a hook sharp enough to catch many fish. Move into a broad outline of topic. Add some examples to peek the interest. End with a sentence that captures your thoughts. (Start the way you feel it should be). Body: Flavorful topic sentence to open paragraph one. State in detail specific examples and definitions. Follow with a reference or two, This keeps suspicion off you. Keep same format for paragraph two and three. (Continue on the feel that increases how you started). (Or retrograde and start a new direction). Conclusion: Wake the reader back up with thesaurus found words. State again the reason for your thoughts. Honing specifically on what you want to say, Without of course bringing in new info. End with a memorable sign off. (End with completing your thoughts). (Or start a new idea entirely), (Not leaving enough room for explanation).
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Aug 21, 2013
Aug 21, 2013 at 2:47 AM UTC
English Is Format (Creativity Is Free)
Irrelevancy is the only word with a clear definition Considering nowhere in the dictionary is no a synonym for yes. Your eyes pry at the binding of my thesaurus. By the time the letters that form the words that compose such literature become coherent; I find myself blindly illiterate. Ungrammatically correct. How persuasive is the introduction of negativity if the conclusion is positively wet.
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Dec 3, 2012
Dec 3, 2012 at 4:35 PM UTC
Persuasive Essay
symbol cymbals synthesize size symphony nymphs syzygy gypsy sympathy thesaurus synonym nimble symptom tomato syrup up
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Mar 16, 2014
Mar 16, 2014 at 12:44 AM UTC
Psychedelic Licks
I'm trying to meet new people and everything in between. I like to get drunk on patios, porches, tailgates, and float trips, and any outdoor scenario. I have a definite weakness for all things sweet. Pipeline rig welder in the making. Ask me, voted most likely to succeed in highschool. I watch too much netflix and enjoy crying over Frank Ocean. I am going to sue the **** out of you. I'm a guy that sometimes carries a pocket thesaurus. Socially conscious dude who probably drinks too much. Amateur chef. Banjo Jedi. New to this Midwest life.
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Jan 9, 2016
Jan 9, 2016 at 3:19 AM UTC
Tinder Poem
for Lori, Riley and Kendrick the questioning words jump off the page, into two hands transforming, words shape shifting into multicolored ink stained fingers, now, all a chokehold on my brain, my throaty gasps rasping from a simplistic convolution - single questioning deserving an answer what are you made of? the obvious answers left in the slow lane, bone, tissue, rivers and arteries of blue bloods, just oil and fuel of a containership, but the cargo carried, that’s the real stuff you have insight inside that cannot be seen, self-survival instincts that morph into morals, our shared air affects you differently, a sense of defending, caring, costless  and costliest simultaneously, spaghetti strands strong sinewed intertwining, into a better human than most to call you hero is wrongly insufficient, but the thesaurus lends me no substitute, weep, I do, as the spring and summer blushing green will not be seen by you at all, and by me, seen now so differently, when thinking of soil-born courage instinctual that has no name, but grows only in nature what are you made of? we know now, but knew not well, that thing that makes you leap first, was all you, the entirety of the best, that exists, existed, as reminders to us, to mine it, wear it, medal it upon our fabric *you three, breathe it back, exhale it from where ever you are, that trace chemical odor in our atmosphere, of life-giving sweetness, a rebirthing chlorophyll freedom that we humans all desperately need, even just to know it exists, and inform us* what we need to be made of
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May 13, 2019
May 13, 2019 at 5:43 PM UTC
for three who saved: what are you made of?
for Lori, Riley and Kendrick the questioning words jump off the page, into two hands transforming, words shape shifting into multicolored ink stained fingers, now, all a chokehold on my brain, my throaty gasps rasping from a simplistic convolution - single questioning deserving an answer what are you made of? the obvious answers left in the slow lane, bone, tissue, rivers and arteries of blue bloods, just oil and fuel of a containership, but the cargo carried, that’s the real stuff you have insight inside that cannot be seen, self-survival instincts that morph into morals, our shared air affects you differently, a sense of defending, caring, costless  and costliest simultaneously, spaghetti strands strong sinewed intertwining, into a better human than most to call you hero is wrongly insufficient, but the thesaurus lends me no substitute, weep, I do, as the spring and summer blushing green will not be seen by you at all, and by me, seen now so differently, when thinking of soil-born courage instinctual that has no name, but grows only in nature what are you made of? we know now, but knew not well, that thing that makes you leap first, was all you, the entirety of the best, that exists, existed, as reminders to us, to mine it, wear it, medal it upon our fabric *you three, breathe it back, exhale it from where ever you are, that trace chemical odor in our atmosphere, of life-giving sweetness, a rebirthing chlorophyll freedom that we humans all desperately need, even just to know it exists, and inform us* what we need to be made of
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The one with the crack along the middle, dark and so thin words could fall through like water in a colander. Under the grand chandelier, a slew of sheets spat with confident blue juice, cardboard-covered notebooks, a team of paper ***** to be tossed towards your wooden jail. Sketches of mice, polar bears, a recipe for rabbit at his right elbow, red Shakespeare and a well-read thesaurus as scruffy as recently rinsed blonde hair. You always ***** the lid on your own *** of ink, black, sleeping silver scissors near your French dictionary and shells over a plastic sunglasses case. The table in the room in the house on Tomás Ortuño, serenity bathing you, a golden spark of solitude.
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May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013 at 5:07 PM UTC
Honeymoon Table
Dear **** boys Lies have become a custom to me. I heard so many and told many more. I take extra long showers now with boiling hot water, hoping to cleanse this skin. Hoping to erase this sin. I tell myself i'm over it but my heart still yearns it still burns with a passion only you could ignite. A blaze that's taken over my soul. I feel trapped, stuck in a black hole. I'm going no where im lost. I tell myself i will never talk to him again. I tell myself we can just be friends. It's my fault, I'm the one to blaim. I bought into it. I ran like a moth to the flame. And like a moth I got burned. Dear **** boy why am I so excited, my heart beats fast I feel pleasure and fear at the same time. I feel like i'm about to commit a crime. Dear **** boy When you said Netflix and chill I was unaware there would be no Netflix . Plus your definition of chill doesn't seem to be adding up to my thesaurus. Dear **** boy Where have you gone I've been calling and texting but you still haven't picked up the phone. When you said let's be friends was this a signal for the end. Dear **** boy what is heartbreak… Don’t know here's the answer loving you.
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Sep 23, 2015
Sep 23, 2015 at 3:31 PM UTC
Dear **** Boy
for logic to work, certain coordination words must be excluded from ever attain a thesaurus privilege, certain words must attain the same consistency as numbers already present, for worded logic to work, certain words cannot entertain synonyms or antonyms, and must be freed from the shackles of sophistry. can one animate object truly objectify another animate object? i ask, because this supposed feminist narrative of man objectifying a woman seems rather bogus - as i have to reiterate - can an animate object truly objectify another animate object?            i "think" (i.e. "i" deny) this to be highly unlikely, near impossible...                   i am innately inclined to the puritanical observation, that i can only objectify an inanimate object, point being: a man can no more objectify a woman than an animate object can make an animate an inanimate object without having to subject himself to hammering a nail into a plank of wood: using a hammer. how can an animate object (a man) objectify another animate object (a woman) - without, first of all objectifying a part of him as quasi-inanimate, namely his phallus?   women do not seem to be complaining about objectification of a woman, rather, a man objectifying his member -   and isn't that the point, to posses an object that you're not subject to obeying?                              once more how can a woman be objectified, when in fact man is attempting to de-subjective himself from his genitalia?                          an animate object can't objectify an animate object -                             since the contradiction is: both are in animation...                   the only time objectification happens is when an animate object subject an inanimate object into a purpose... a hammer is hardly a woman, while is hammer one-dimensional,    a woman is either mother, sister, vice,       a one night stand, a girlfriend, or a wife...    women are never objectified -    they are subject to the self-objectifiction of man, by man alone... and if you think that's post-modernist jargon, let me spell it out for you: T, O, G, E, T, A, H, A, R, D, O, N. objectification happens when an animate object subjects / encompasses an inanimate object into a subject of the animate object's intent...         unless of course you care to disclose a fetish for necrophilia... since only in necrophilia are women actually objectified.
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Nov 3, 2017
Nov 3, 2017 at 8:34 PM UTC
objectification / necrophilia
for logic to work, certain coordination words must be excluded from ever attain a thesaurus privilege, certain words must attain the same consistency as numbers already present, for worded logic to work, certain words cannot entertain synonyms or antonyms, and must be freed from the shackles of sophistry. can one animate object truly objectify another animate object? i ask, because this supposed feminist narrative of man objectifying a woman seems rather bogus - as i have to reiterate - can an animate object truly objectify another animate object?            i "think" (i.e. "i" deny) this to be highly unlikely, near impossible...                   i am innately inclined to the puritanical observation, that i can only objectify an inanimate object, point being: a man can no more objectify a woman than an animate object can make an animate an inanimate object without having to subject himself to hammering a nail into a plank of wood: using a hammer. how can an animate object (a man) objectify another animate object (a woman) - without, first of all objectifying a part of him as quasi-inanimate, namely his phallus?   women do not seem to be complaining about objectification of a woman, rather, a man objectifying his member -   and isn't that the point, to posses an object that you're not subject to obeying?                              once more how can a woman be objectified, when in fact man is attempting to de-subjective himself from his genitalia?                          an animate object can't objectify an animate object -                             since the contradiction is: both are in animation...                   the only time objectification happens is when an animate object subject an inanimate object into a purpose... a hammer is hardly a woman, while is hammer one-dimensional,    a woman is either mother, sister, vice,       a one night stand, a girlfriend, or a wife...    women are never objectified -    they are subject to the self-objectifiction of man, by man alone... and if you think that's post-modernist jargon, let me spell it out for you: T, O, G, E, T, A, H, A, R, D, O, N. objectification happens when an animate object subjects / encompasses an inanimate object into a subject of the animate object's intent...         unless of course you care to disclose a fetish for necrophilia... since only in necrophilia are women actually objectified.
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Maelstrom of emotion emboldening an eye opening betokening of an attitude full of alluring arousal Walking thesaurus as fluid as a notable chorus playing in accordance with an authentic Baroque performance; silver-tongued eloquent deliveries enthusing an amusing musing Roaring reassurance of being on the prospect of procuring central evidence - the preciousness within choosing a gained conscientiousness approach promotes an unadulterated antidote Introspection of one’s predilections stirred the modern, robust direction toward the recollection of a pristine, internal haven nurturing relaxation and crystallization.
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Nov 13, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 at 11:37 AM UTC
Reassurance
To keep a poet happy First off... naturally... You must give him time Time to write Time to rhyme And three square stanzas Every day Keeping his writer's block At bay... **His pen and paper Must be fixed Or a computer In the mix A thesaurus A rhyming dictionary Or perhaps the classic writing Of a visionary...** Don't forget the light To see his words You also have to listen He wants to be heard! Some structure and a clock To see the time Avoid writer's block And help him rhyme... **Here is the recipe For his feeding If he has the block He needs to be eating! A pinch of metaphor A splash of color An image or two Then add another!** *But dissing folks Has NO allure... Nobody wants to eat MANURE !!!* The Girl Who Loved.You SoulSurvivor (C) October 10, 2014
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Oct 11, 2014
Oct 11, 2014 at 1:39 AM UTC
Care & Feeding for a Poet (with The Girl Who Loved You)
I’m not a hideous wall flower; school girl steam pleat, designer girl, Nike or Jordon’s silly Preteen, air heads I’m gifted, provocative, I am the teen princess. I able to fuss, blush and rebel, I’m awkward, backward, I am Peppy long stocking; I’m all that! I am teen of the pack; I am not likely to turn back I am your commercial, billboard cover story Smarter than you can imagine, I am passionate, but a little old fashion, yet modern, bold and witty, Oh yes! I’m so ambitious, super delicious, super fly with an upbeat modernize Hollywood red carpet style I speak in a youthful way; that’s my urban thesaurus I am not curse, the curse that invades your privacy, sometimes, I am sluggish and  downright lazy? I am mommy baby and Daddy maybe However, I’m no wall flower
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Nov 19, 2013
Nov 19, 2013 at 7:11 AM UTC
I amn't A Steam Pleat Teen
Love mourner Angst angler Thesaurus eyer Rip-rapper Suet idler Dream creamer Cascade scribbler Intro-pee-er Guts gusher Endorphinater Sonnet snoozer Trochee tripper Iambic lamer Spondee sniveler Whisper whipper Music quencher Apt-less adjectiver Yeast yearner Simile stitcher Metaphor monger Exclaimationizer!
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Nov 1, 2010
Nov 1, 2010 at 7:58 PM UTC
Par-annoyer
***** purple prose Who does it think it is, Looking all beautiful just because Of flowery, sugar-coated words Someone plucked from a thesaurus? It's very much like a woman Who, let's say, in one man's eyes Is very pretty if and only if Makeup cakes her face To conceal dull features underneath And that's where we writers are wrong, see Your message can still be portrayed beautifully Without long words one would find difficult to spell or pronounce It's all about the raw emotion And how we can manipulate a reader's feelings Now, I'm not trying to say That our generation is a dumbed-down audience Keeping it to the point is what really gets us on our toes But I guess if purple prose is your thing Well, each to his/her own
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May 10, 2014
May 10, 2014 at 12:59 PM UTC
The Problem with Purple Prose
Words long as The sea You are above Every Articulate Aspect
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Jan 30, 2017
Jan 30, 2017 at 5:27 PM UTC
A thesaurus for beautiful
my breakfast of thesaurus and chorus. as to not miss that quick bliss, moment of genius. forcing wit;  i’m done with it. i lay in bed and moan: "mouth was a blue sash of rain raining convocations of flesh." like Sonia Sanchez said in her poem to Nina Simone. “owls coo, only see blue, and through storm windows, they yawn like nothing’s new." what did my words just do to you? i hate all the rhyming all the timing. the whining. all this meditating and levitating. but if you don’t swat the fly, you become the fly.
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Dec 4, 2015
Dec 4, 2015 at 8:40 AM UTC
the exhaustion of expression
Words are a fickle thing. They claim those faint of heart, Destroying those heathenish men, Who dare try to control the world Through the power of words. Those who try are instantly conquered By the omniscient dictionary, Destroyed by their constant use of a thesaurus, And taken over by attempting mimicking another man’s voice, Instead of trying to find their own. They fail because they write for the wrong reasons. They fail because of their selfishness. They fail because they want fame. They fail because their words are… Lifeless…. Hopeless... Stubborn… Their words refuse to conform to their ideas. Their words punish their minds with sleepless nights, Over their horrid word choice. Crush their dreams with metaphor upon metaphor. Win over their imaginations by continuous simile stacking. Imagine if you would, Attempting to perform heart surgery, With a sledge hammer, While a hungry lion is in the room, And you’re in your underpants. That is the challenge that these miserly men face When they sit at their desks, with their pens twirling, And their minds racing, asking why their characters Are like puppets with no puppeteer. Why their poems have no reason. Why their words truly have no power. When you write, think not about what you want to accomplish. Don’t think about what will make people stir. Think about what you feel. Feel your heart pound and your soul quake. When your words make you want to dance, That’s when you know that you wrote something worthwhile. Because it made sense to you, someone else will feel it. Someone else will know exactly what you mean. Always remember that your first draft comes from the heart.
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Sep 20, 2012
Sep 20, 2012 at 4:19 PM UTC
Words are Fickle
Words are a fickle thing. They claim those faint of heart, Destroying those heathenish men, Who dare try to control the world Through the power of words. Those who try are instantly conquered By the omniscient dictionary, Destroyed by their constant use of a thesaurus, And taken over by attempting mimicking another man’s voice, Instead of trying to find their own. They fail because they write for the wrong reasons. They fail because of their selfishness. They fail because they want fame. They fail because their words are… Lifeless…. Hopeless... Stubborn… Their words refuse to conform to their ideas. Their words punish their minds with sleepless nights, Over their horrid word choice. Crush their dreams with metaphor upon metaphor. Win over their imaginations by continuous simile stacking. Imagine if you would, Attempting to perform heart surgery, With a sledge hammer, While a hungry lion is in the room, And you’re in your underpants. That is the challenge that these miserly men face When they sit at their desks, with their pens twirling, And their minds racing, asking why their characters Are like puppets with no puppeteer. Why their poems have no reason. Why their words truly have no power. When you write, think not about what you want to accomplish. Don’t think about what will make people stir. Think about what you feel. Feel your heart pound and your soul quake. When your words make you want to dance, That’s when you know that you wrote something worthwhile. Because it made sense to you, someone else will feel it. Someone else will know exactly what you mean. Always remember that your first draft comes from the heart.
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aesthetic is etiquette is: what is & isn't either: yet is both: in that they are the same: disparaging meanings... nouns: the source of ultimate meaning, crux words... and the source of the thesaurus... i wasn't looking for a mathematical conflation of grammar either... but... aesthetic ≠ etiquette... but... it does! to keep up with the formality of norm, of power, then (the) aesthetic = (the) etiquette, but there is no "the" to begin with... yet... if the aesthetic ≠ the etiquette... why, either?! dumb questions usually prescribe a continued willing to perpetuate: unquestioned... hence the dumb questions... my dumb question lacks any elaborate ploy to topple the status quo for the sole reason that... my alternative matches no genius of the originator basis... wordings are not simply chanced to be worth debating a miscarriage of implementing the averted coin-flip... (funny, how the articles prop up, miraculously)... etiquette? a macabre variety of aesthetic... nothing more... but... etiquette is still subordinate of aesthetic... isn't it? hardly: etiquette is still subordinate off aesthetic... is it?! a month spent in a monastery of a novel... cradle these words unto a course of nullification... if i'd utter them in a clutter of sparrows: i'd be a equivalent to a mute stone... if i'd utter them in a lion's harem: i'd be a cat's meow (if not less)... if i'd utter them in the crow's shamanism of all shadows... i'd still be less the croaking hark of a voice that might dictate: obey... so... so... ah... was kommen: was ist... und alles was: ich, ich sterben... ich war geboren? ich war nie sein: geboren.... ich war sein: sterben!
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Jan 17, 2019
Jan 17, 2019 at 8:33 PM UTC
the shortest true sentence
aesthetic is etiquette is: what is & isn't either: yet is both: in that they are the same: disparaging meanings... nouns: the source of ultimate meaning, crux words... and the source of the thesaurus... i wasn't looking for a mathematical conflation of grammar either... but... aesthetic ≠ etiquette... but... it does! to keep up with the formality of norm, of power, then (the) aesthetic = (the) etiquette, but there is no "the" to begin with... yet... if the aesthetic ≠ the etiquette... why, either?! dumb questions usually prescribe a continued willing to perpetuate: unquestioned... hence the dumb questions... my dumb question lacks any elaborate ploy to topple the status quo for the sole reason that... my alternative matches no genius of the originator basis... wordings are not simply chanced to be worth debating a miscarriage of implementing the averted coin-flip... (funny, how the articles prop up, miraculously)... etiquette? a macabre variety of aesthetic... nothing more... but... etiquette is still subordinate of aesthetic... isn't it? hardly: etiquette is still subordinate off aesthetic... is it?! a month spent in a monastery of a novel... cradle these words unto a course of nullification... if i'd utter them in a clutter of sparrows: i'd be a equivalent to a mute stone... if i'd utter them in a lion's harem: i'd be a cat's meow (if not less)... if i'd utter them in the crow's shamanism of all shadows... i'd still be less the croaking hark of a voice that might dictate: obey... so... so... ah... was kommen: was ist... und alles was: ich, ich sterben... ich war geboren? ich war nie sein: geboren.... ich war sein: sterben!
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I want to write a bad poem A cringe worthy, generic, forgettable poem Maybe something along the lines of...                        ...your bruised arms around me                                    left a hole where my heart should have been.... That was a good first attempt at bad, I reckon. I shall litter said poem with words I found in a thesaurus, (iridescent, luminous, diabolical, sacrilegious, egregious etc.) and elements of nature, (infinite blue skies, bubbling starfish pond, burnt autumn leaves) and vague ****** references, (satin bedsheets, steamy phone booths, glistening skin) and unremarkable idiosyncrasies of past lovers (you always filled your pockets with loose change; you always peeled the apple bottom-up; you always blahd the blooh blah with your blah-like personality) and lastly, but most importantly,   the stray allusions to a life of tortuous heartache and unfulfilled dreams. Zzzzzzzzzzz
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Sep 10, 2010
Sep 10, 2010 at 5:18 PM UTC
A Bad Poem
I’m a written and published open book, you just have to read past the first chapter. You skimmed the pages and took a look at the last line to see if there was a happily ever after. But like most things it’s up to interpretation, left open ended in way for a hopeful sequel, ‘cause like all things true it’s plagued with complication, but our story has no end and it has no equal. And you, you were my favourite memoir, your depth lined the thesis of a never ending essay. I became inspired so I held an impromptu seminar, a whole panel to if your picture was sepia or artistically grey. I memorized every single thing you said, every cryptic metaphor, every perfect rhyme. I’ve lost count of how often that I’ve fully read, and I still don’t understand after all of this time. You’re a novel and I’m a novelty, but you need a title; what should it be? I’ve been writing you so that the whole world can see, the way you shine bright effortlessly. You were my own personal thesaurus and dictionary, providing different words to dress up each thought. You’re a first and only edition; what a rarity, laced with metaphors and satire that’s barely caught. You’re what Shakespeare aspired to always write, and you accomplished it simply by being born. I’d translate you to brail so those without sight, could hear about you and the beauty they now mourn. You’re a novel and I’m a novelty, no need to proofread, no cause for editing. I’ve been writing you so that the whole world can see, the way you shine bright, always illuminating. I’m a prologue, and we’re the conclusion. My authors note; the words of a demagogue, but the details still lack any illusion. You’re a novel and I’m a novelty, I’ve memorized every word and dissected them cautiously. I’ve been writing you so the whole world can see, and once they skim the synopsis; they’ll never stop reading.
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Jan 20, 2019
Jan 20, 2019 at 8:13 AM UTC
To The Bookshelf
I’m a written and published open book, you just have to read past the first chapter. You skimmed the pages and took a look at the last line to see if there was a happily ever after. But like most things it’s up to interpretation, left open ended in way for a hopeful sequel, ‘cause like all things true it’s plagued with complication, but our story has no end and it has no equal. And you, you were my favourite memoir, your depth lined the thesis of a never ending essay. I became inspired so I held an impromptu seminar, a whole panel to if your picture was sepia or artistically grey. I memorized every single thing you said, every cryptic metaphor, every perfect rhyme. I’ve lost count of how often that I’ve fully read, and I still don’t understand after all of this time. You’re a novel and I’m a novelty, but you need a title; what should it be? I’ve been writing you so that the whole world can see, the way you shine bright effortlessly. You were my own personal thesaurus and dictionary, providing different words to dress up each thought. You’re a first and only edition; what a rarity, laced with metaphors and satire that’s barely caught. You’re what Shakespeare aspired to always write, and you accomplished it simply by being born. I’d translate you to brail so those without sight, could hear about you and the beauty they now mourn. You’re a novel and I’m a novelty, no need to proofread, no cause for editing. I’ve been writing you so that the whole world can see, the way you shine bright, always illuminating. I’m a prologue, and we’re the conclusion. My authors note; the words of a demagogue, but the details still lack any illusion. You’re a novel and I’m a novelty, I’ve memorized every word and dissected them cautiously. I’ve been writing you so the whole world can see, and once they skim the synopsis; they’ll never stop reading.
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Speaking is an art words like paint we smear and spread out our ideas onto canvas If you paint too fast- **** it you might make a mistake Did you know paint can expire? you think come one, paint? paint can't go bad! then you try and use it and its separated and chunky and boom your whole piece is ruined. Words can expire too. did you know that? phrases and metaphors age turn ugly and contaminating just like the paint they might have been usable once, but now you'd better get some new words. Like, when referring to someone who uses a wheelchair people don't say they're crippled. because that word has expired! The same way simpleton was used to refer to someone with intellectual disabilities was is the key word there. please for the love of god don't call anyone a simpleton Lunatic was once used to refer to people with psychiatric disabilities don't say the teacher who gave you homework on a Friday is a lunatic! ******** was used to refer to people with intellectual disabilities but now you should NOT call anyone or anything ******** because it is inappropriate and insulting This isn't about taking away your words it's about what you are taking away from people with disabilities when you use language like that. what you are stripping away from people when you decide to use a word like ******* gimp deformed disfigured Freak insane lame ****** ***** spaz stupid whacko Knock it off! when you decide to use those words it takes away from anyone who has a disability or anyone who every will. Use a different word use swear words find a thesaurus. Get some new **** paint
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Jan 17, 2020
Jan 17, 2020 at 5:19 PM UTC
Expired Paint
Speaking is an art words like paint we smear and spread out our ideas onto canvas If you paint too fast- **** it you might make a mistake Did you know paint can expire? you think come one, paint? paint can't go bad! then you try and use it and its separated and chunky and boom your whole piece is ruined. Words can expire too. did you know that? phrases and metaphors age turn ugly and contaminating just like the paint they might have been usable once, but now you'd better get some new words. Like, when referring to someone who uses a wheelchair people don't say they're crippled. because that word has expired! The same way simpleton was used to refer to someone with intellectual disabilities was is the key word there. please for the love of god don't call anyone a simpleton Lunatic was once used to refer to people with psychiatric disabilities don't say the teacher who gave you homework on a Friday is a lunatic! ******** was used to refer to people with intellectual disabilities but now you should NOT call anyone or anything ******** because it is inappropriate and insulting This isn't about taking away your words it's about what you are taking away from people with disabilities when you use language like that. what you are stripping away from people when you decide to use a word like ******* gimp deformed disfigured Freak insane lame ****** ***** spaz stupid whacko Knock it off! when you decide to use those words it takes away from anyone who has a disability or anyone who every will. Use a different word use swear words find a thesaurus. Get some new **** paint
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after witty humour, which spawned slapstick... slapstick can only spawn the last of the known humours... the offensive type, the 'get me out of this straithjacket of everything's fine apathy,' the ugly humour... rude humour... i take oaths humour... i rather write a swear word to oil up than degrade myself with thesaurus usage humour. why is poetry such a ***** of coding daily activity... who needs poetry if the everyday is intact? atheism didn’t **** god... it merely killed the logic of myth.... atheism is far worse than mythology... it just regurgitates facts to make you submit to them without the necessary philosophical awe of finding them interesting... poetry isn’t dead... it’s a ***** which is worse than death where i come from... there’s ezra with his fountain comparison: ‘i ****** in it... and put pigmenting chlorine in it - you **** in it... streaks of blue... i think that’s called cubism in france.’ did i say alcoholism was engineered by the nazis for the bomb sarcasm? cheap humour you say... ah well slapstick was invented after sarcasam... i heard the new best anti-ageing cream was butter rather than l’oreal - there are too many stages in the differences of women, i quite like the summer spring autumn winter thing going... it’s like this thing that’s happening right now... christian nations censor words... like **** cultish **** of the brothel... and islamic nations invoke words... like kefir (sour milk, not quite youghurt), dawah... adhan salat abraham... one party censors words for excess ***** saying: ‘we don’t like swear words in accomplished spelling, we like dyslexia and **** teen **** graphic...’ sounds about right... the other party says: ‘we hate censoring ***** words, that’s doubly censoring, censor ***** words get more dirt out of it... we invoke the power of arabic to teach koran latin for the knobs!’ problem sorted... we’re all power brokers of spelling / punctuation / arithmetic - that’s what i don’t get, the ratio of the two languages... all you have in the digits A to Z is spelling and punctuation... but what you have in the digits ZERO to NINE is so much more... is grammar a castle that’s keeping certain functions out? in mathematics you have +, x, obelisk, -, square root, etc. but in linguistics you have this permament reminder: SPELL RIGHT FROM WRONG AND RITE FROM THONG. well... ****** me timbers... i think i just spotted a lumberjack chequers tweed jacket.
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Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 2015 at 8:49 PM UTC
a lumberjack chequers tweed jacket
after witty humour, which spawned slapstick... slapstick can only spawn the last of the known humours... the offensive type, the 'get me out of this straithjacket of everything's fine apathy,' the ugly humour... rude humour... i take oaths humour... i rather write a swear word to oil up than degrade myself with thesaurus usage humour. why is poetry such a ***** of coding daily activity... who needs poetry if the everyday is intact? atheism didn’t **** god... it merely killed the logic of myth.... atheism is far worse than mythology... it just regurgitates facts to make you submit to them without the necessary philosophical awe of finding them interesting... poetry isn’t dead... it’s a ***** which is worse than death where i come from... there’s ezra with his fountain comparison: ‘i ****** in it... and put pigmenting chlorine in it - you **** in it... streaks of blue... i think that’s called cubism in france.’ did i say alcoholism was engineered by the nazis for the bomb sarcasm? cheap humour you say... ah well slapstick was invented after sarcasam... i heard the new best anti-ageing cream was butter rather than l’oreal - there are too many stages in the differences of women, i quite like the summer spring autumn winter thing going... it’s like this thing that’s happening right now... christian nations censor words... like **** cultish **** of the brothel... and islamic nations invoke words... like kefir (sour milk, not quite youghurt), dawah... adhan salat abraham... one party censors words for excess ***** saying: ‘we don’t like swear words in accomplished spelling, we like dyslexia and **** teen **** graphic...’ sounds about right... the other party says: ‘we hate censoring ***** words, that’s doubly censoring, censor ***** words get more dirt out of it... we invoke the power of arabic to teach koran latin for the knobs!’ problem sorted... we’re all power brokers of spelling / punctuation / arithmetic - that’s what i don’t get, the ratio of the two languages... all you have in the digits A to Z is spelling and punctuation... but what you have in the digits ZERO to NINE is so much more... is grammar a castle that’s keeping certain functions out? in mathematics you have +, x, obelisk, -, square root, etc. but in linguistics you have this permament reminder: SPELL RIGHT FROM WRONG AND RITE FROM THONG. well... ****** me timbers... i think i just spotted a lumberjack chequers tweed jacket.
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