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"trotting" poems
As we sit down to our dinners, as we open our romance books, people die. We sip our water; their guts spill open. We study our notes; their planes crash. We live; they die. We breathe; they suffocate. We are testaments to chance, to luck, to possibility. We are not products of God. We are blind goats trotting on our path before we perish, suddenly, and vanish into death.
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Jun 18, 2018
Jun 18, 2018 at 2:08 PM UTC
Who are we?
up in the high country the wild horses run free they've done so for nigh on a century not a saddle upon their backs enabling them to gallop unchecked around its tract in the Guy Fawkes National park there is a harass of them trotting through its blue hued wends their days are numbered in the park park authorities want end to their spirited lark up in the high country the wild horses run free they've done so for nigh on a century not a saddle upon their backs enabling them to gallop unchecked around its tract to sight the wild horses in full cantering step is exhilarating and fills one's heart with miles of pep their hooves thundering and pelting along to the wind's strong liberating throng up in the high country the wild horses run free they've done so for nigh on a century not a saddle upon their backs enabling them to gallop unchecked around its tract down the steep ravines and o'er the hills they stride without the reins of a man holding their ranging pride the wild horses have need of open lands to caper and pace they are a breed which must be allowed to freely race up in the high country the wild horses run free they've done so for nigh on a century not a saddle upon their backs enabling them to gallop unchecked around its tract
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Oct 6, 2013
Oct 6, 2013 at 9:10 PM UTC
Wild Horses (Ballad Poem)
Her wolf was circling. The ***** didn't even know... she was being sized up by an apex predator. She elegantly contained this knowledge of future bloodshed within her own head. Never letting that ***** out of her sanguine glare. She remembers only echoes of noises that accumulated into words. Annoying, ENRAGING, words. The wolf pounced out of her control, but not outside of her desire. The ***** made a beautiful corpse. That angered her. She walked away with a villainous smirk on her face, and a tumor of darkness growing inside of her. The wolf trotting along side her.
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Jul 3, 2014
Jul 3, 2014 at 11:29 PM UTC
howling
Blasting out of the fog and mud Past the forests in the sunrise Farms and high ways Trotting through suburbia Through the tunnel Defacing and refusing to allow themselves to be part of an unjust ****** Believe in the intermingling of colors Waiting for the planets to fall into place To stop for a moment and inhale the abundant harmony that surrounds them and emote and create a inspiring response in the form of self expressive freedom that matches the beauty that had compelled them
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Feb 19, 2014
Feb 19, 2014 at 10:51 AM UTC
Aesthetic Artisans
a future promise a hard on like bundled gym socks in stuffed blue jeans a future threat a shriveled phallus wrinkled obsolete she remembered fondly being beaten drum chatter and seized like slow roasted fall off the bone pulled pork ****** raggedy Ann catapulted beyond Euboean heavens ravaging scrotums Gordian ****** with her wild fiendish mouth drinking a river of haloed golden showers spit and **** in a runaway hot house of glistening pink buttery spires engorging her macerated orifices half eaten radish chocking on hordes of big do do ***** a ****** face; cross eyed Babylon abalone bashed Ashly mashed begging for a face full of swinging ***** like caped chandeliers trotting faint giggles in a constellation of ruptured arteries and thick sparked **** on her knees milk glitter faced scared with happiness she counted one smiling bruise at a time her badge of calamities black and blue silhouettes grinning invitations like party favors without a crease of shame her skin rapturous spackled patchworks bled like torrential fountains summer tide while every body had  fizzy red ice phlebotomies and steamed through her drooling tumble pie lust ***** totem house of winding labyrinths honey pumped transfusion flush on blush opera of tangled limbs red pulse wedding flowers slick ***** palace blood tongued orchard caressing knotted mooned **** spill
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Jan 14, 2019
Jan 14, 2019 at 2:22 PM UTC
**** Spill
Unicorns with long pointy spiral horns. Galloping & trotting along. Everywhere they belong. Never can they do any wrong. Taking no risks. A magical being. Seeing is believing. So graceful & majestic. A warrior to guard & protect. A friendship without neglect is what you get. With telepathic knowledge & supernatural power. Evil will melt & devour. The unicorn strength will carry you to the river bank. Your one companion with no pranks. A heartwarming love from below & above. Your family to love. A trusting loyal creature With enchanting stature & lovable nature. © Harmony Sapphire . All rights reserved,
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Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015 at 10:46 AM UTC
Unicorns
Can you spot those wild zebras, trotting across noisy plains of green? Can you spy them with binoculars, huddling together in familiar scenes? Can you observe these wild zebras, emblazoned with their traditional stripes? Can you recognize distinctive patterns of opposing colors of black and white? Can you form an opinion regarding the thoughts of wild zebras at play? Can any semblance of ‘Fashion Sense’ force a duality of stripes to rule the day? Can you number the size of the herd or even call out specific zebras by name? See their necks encircled by dangling whistles, as they continue… to officiate the football game. -Joe Breunig, Poet/Author, Reaching Towards His Unbounded Glory
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Sep 18, 2013
Sep 18, 2013 at 2:32 PM UTC
Poem: Wild Zebras At Play?
Can you spot those wild zebras, trotting across noisy plains of green? Can you spy them with binoculars, huddling together in familiar scenes? Can you observe these wild zebras, emblazoned with their traditional stripes? Can you recognize distinctive patterns of opposing colors of black and white? Can you form an opinion regarding the thoughts of wild zebras at play? Can any semblance of ‘Fashion Sense’ force a duality of stripes to rule the day? Can you number the size of the herd or even call out specific zebras by name? See their necks encircled by dangling whistles, as they continue… to officiate the football game. -Joe Breunig, Poet/Author, Reaching Towards His Unbounded Glory Learn more about me and my poetry at: http://amzn.to/1ffo9YZ By Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, © 2013, All rights reserved.
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Feb 28, 2014
Feb 28, 2014 at 10:38 AM UTC
Poem: Wild Zebras At Play?
Post person or whatever. Always turning up. Regardless of the weather I feel for the postie upon this chilly day. Relied upon to bring with him, all Christmas in his sack. Bringing bills and festive notes from Southampton to John'O'Groats. No suprise from Santa Claus. Just a chilly postman going to the doors. Through rain and snow the postman goes. Trotting with his smile intact. Waiting for Christmas to come around again. His mailbag always laden, that's a fact for sure. I wonder when the day of e-cards supercede. The postman may redundant, not coming to my door! Thank you post person, You do a vital job. (C) LIVVI
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Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017 at 11:27 AM UTC
ODE TO THE POSTMAN
leaves start to fall they're mango-red and dry but seem like scattered tears in the grey dawn when i have got the paper from the lawn and sought the new day's fortune in the sky with hope the auguries will not now lie while those who sleep behind curtains still drawn miss happy sight of trotting deer and fawn for all the world like neighbours passing by now this is change and magic in its way which multiplied becomes the world's own form and contains us such moments we retain in deepest memory against the day of dearth and sorrow in the heart of storm when we are lashed by coldest wind and rain
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Sep 5, 2011
Sep 5, 2011 at 1:14 PM UTC
mango-red leaves
If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse’s feet, Don’t go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that ask no questions isn’t told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by! Five and twenty ponies, Trotting through the dark— Brandy for the Parson, ‘Baccy for the Clerk; Laces for a lady, letters for a spy, And watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by! Running round the woodlump if you chance to find Little barrels, roped and tarred, all full of brandy-wine, Don’t you shout to come and look, nor use ’em for your play. Put the brishwood back again—and they’ll be gone next day! If you see the stable-door setting open wide; If you see a tired horse lying down inside; If your mother mends a coat cut about and tore; If the lining’s wet and warm—don’t you ask no more! If you meet King George’s men, dressed in blue and red, You be carefull what you say, and mindful what is said. If they call you “pretty maid,” and chuck you ’neath the chin, Don’t you tell where no one is, nor yet where no one’s been! Knocks and footsteps round the house—whistles after dark— You’ve no call for running out till the house-dogs bark. Trusty’s here, and Pincher’s here, and see how dumb they lie— They don’t fret to follow when the Gentlemen go by! If you do as you’ve been told, ‘likely there’s a chance, You’ll be given a dainty doll, all the way from France, With a cap of Valenciennes, and a velvet hood— A present from the Gentlemen, along o’ being good! Five and twenty ponies, Trotting through the dark— Brandy for the Parson, ‘Baccy for the Clerk; Them that asks no questions isn’t told a lie— Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen bo by!
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A Smuggler’s Song
If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse’s feet, Don’t go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that ask no questions isn’t told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by! Five and twenty ponies, Trotting through the dark— Brandy for the Parson, ‘Baccy for the Clerk; Laces for a lady, letters for a spy, And watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by! Running round the woodlump if you chance to find Little barrels, roped and tarred, all full of brandy-wine, Don’t you shout to come and look, nor use ’em for your play. Put the brishwood back again—and they’ll be gone next day! If you see the stable-door setting open wide; If you see a tired horse lying down inside; If your mother mends a coat cut about and tore; If the lining’s wet and warm—don’t you ask no more! If you meet King George’s men, dressed in blue and red, You be carefull what you say, and mindful what is said. If they call you “pretty maid,” and chuck you ’neath the chin, Don’t you tell where no one is, nor yet where no one’s been! Knocks and footsteps round the house—whistles after dark— You’ve no call for running out till the house-dogs bark. Trusty’s here, and Pincher’s here, and see how dumb they lie— They don’t fret to follow when the Gentlemen go by! If you do as you’ve been told, ‘likely there’s a chance, You’ll be given a dainty doll, all the way from France, With a cap of Valenciennes, and a velvet hood— A present from the Gentlemen, along o’ being good! Five and twenty ponies, Trotting through the dark— Brandy for the Parson, ‘Baccy for the Clerk; Them that asks no questions isn’t told a lie— Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen bo by!
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She knows she’s in the sepia photograph but doesn’t remember why or who the others are or why she dressed as she did back then or why there was a dog there at the front she keeps the photograph tucked between the pages of the black Bible some clergy gave her and a dark secret she was forbidden to tell and sometimes that short woman with the Mongolian features steals it to gawk at then she has to go get it back sometimes violently which brings the nurses running with their rough hands and strait jackets or that skinny woman who always stares takes hold of it and stares at it pointing to the various faces of the males and females and at the dog and smiles and wets herself and then laughs loudly which causes the other inmates to bellow or laugh or cry or scream bringing the nurses trotting with their what’s going on? or what’s all this then? she holds the photograph to her ***** when she can or tries to remember who they all are staring back at her including herself and when the quacks question her about the photo as to who is who or why she has kept it she doesn’t have a clue and one said she ought not to have it as it disturbed her but a nice nurse (and there were some) said o no doctor she needs that there will be hell to pay if she doesn’t have it tucked between the pages of the Good Book she kisses herself some days talks to one or two of the others there but who they were or to whom she speaks she doesn’t know and on cold wintery days she looks toward the sun for a message or a warming glow.
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Feb 16, 2013
Feb 16, 2013 at 5:09 AM UTC
THE SEPIA PHOTOGRAPH.
She knows she’s in the sepia photograph but doesn’t remember why or who the others are or why she dressed as she did back then or why there was a dog there at the front she keeps the photograph tucked between the pages of the black Bible some clergy gave her and a dark secret she was forbidden to tell and sometimes that short woman with the Mongolian features steals it to gawk at then she has to go get it back sometimes violently which brings the nurses running with their rough hands and strait jackets or that skinny woman who always stares takes hold of it and stares at it pointing to the various faces of the males and females and at the dog and smiles and wets herself and then laughs loudly which causes the other inmates to bellow or laugh or cry or scream bringing the nurses trotting with their what’s going on? or what’s all this then? she holds the photograph to her ***** when she can or tries to remember who they all are staring back at her including herself and when the quacks question her about the photo as to who is who or why she has kept it she doesn’t have a clue and one said she ought not to have it as it disturbed her but a nice nurse (and there were some) said o no doctor she needs that there will be hell to pay if she doesn’t have it tucked between the pages of the Good Book she kisses herself some days talks to one or two of the others there but who they were or to whom she speaks she doesn’t know and on cold wintery days she looks toward the sun for a message or a warming glow.
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Gypsy-whippsy                            swishing tail trott on spindley legs                     and drink gallons of water the ball? No I didn't ask you to bring me the ball             Can't you see that I'm trying to write                                         won't you leave me alone mutt?             but you wont you keep emploring                                          with big floppy brown eyes and a cold wet nose                           the bone? NO I didn't ask for it either! Sheesh where do you get off stealing my time                                     since when did you pay rent?                   I say as I toss the ball away                          and look down at the keyboard once more                     only to find in the corner of my eye                                           the ball trotting back to me                         on spindley legs and laughing brown eyes                            knowingly drop the ball in my lap;                                               this is what I needed to do                                                           write now
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Apr 24, 2012
Apr 24, 2012 at 2:14 PM UTC
Gypsy
Gypsy-whippsy                            swishing tail trott on spindley legs                     and drink gallons of water the ball? No I didn't ask you to bring me the ball             Can't you see that I'm trying to write                                         won't you leave me alone mutt?             but you wont you keep emploring                                          with big floppy brown eyes and a cold wet nose                           the bone? NO I didn't ask for it either! Sheesh where do you get off stealing my time                                     since when did you pay rent?                   I say as I toss the ball away                          and look down at the keyboard once more                     only to find in the corner of my eye                                           the ball trotting back to me                         on spindley legs and laughing brown eyes                            knowingly drop the ball in my lap;                                               this is what I needed to do                                                           write now
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*You arrived suddenly in my tangerine bliss with my heart clinched in your fist you touched me... and the dance started with a gape of spontaneous combustion you swirled me around the dance floor dancing cheek to cheek....* we skipped the light fandango fox trotting and waltzing to the beat of tango the big band broke into a swing while the love light shone as a crystal disco ball jitterbug jive and a reet beet dance macabre and so light on our feet *You lead me by the hand bodies musing all the while... you lead me out by my hand and made way into the galaxy for our feet as we danced like fine wine...becoming intoxicated by its beauty~ you danced me into Shangri-La with my eyes wide and full of imagination we danced through tangled forests of light* like Fred and Ginger tiptoeing upon the backs of stars dipping into galaxies and twirling on quasars i hold your hand as you pirouette upon the moons of a mystic world as our romantic lambada is unfurled forbidden planets and forbidden dance the secrets of whirlwind romance *we were like Phoenix that had risen dancing into the morning dew and nectarine and I kissed you as the tangerines fell from the sky~ dazed with a trial of stars and then oh yes then.... I pronounced myself as yours....as we escaped to paradise dancing all the while.....cheek to cheek as you gave me the Tangerine Kiss.....* tangerine kisses, tangerine dreams sipped of the nectar of the gods the fruit of creation in the form of love a blessing from goddess, earth and above we dance the steps of swoon and lean and sweet nuances of tangerine with every blessing in between *I felt a kiss upon my frozen cheeks a clear promise of all our tomorrows as I sleep with love within our hearts your sweet tangerine kisses and dreams are part of our creation... straight from above My heart is dancing and dreaming with you always a blessing from God.*
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May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015 at 1:00 PM UTC
The Tangerine Kiss / collabration with wolf spirit aka quinfinn
*You arrived suddenly in my tangerine bliss with my heart clinched in your fist you touched me... and the dance started with a gape of spontaneous combustion you swirled me around the dance floor dancing cheek to cheek....* we skipped the light fandango fox trotting and waltzing to the beat of tango the big band broke into a swing while the love light shone as a crystal disco ball jitterbug jive and a reet beet dance macabre and so light on our feet *You lead me by the hand bodies musing all the while... you lead me out by my hand and made way into the galaxy for our feet as we danced like fine wine...becoming intoxicated by its beauty~ you danced me into Shangri-La with my eyes wide and full of imagination we danced through tangled forests of light* like Fred and Ginger tiptoeing upon the backs of stars dipping into galaxies and twirling on quasars i hold your hand as you pirouette upon the moons of a mystic world as our romantic lambada is unfurled forbidden planets and forbidden dance the secrets of whirlwind romance *we were like Phoenix that had risen dancing into the morning dew and nectarine and I kissed you as the tangerines fell from the sky~ dazed with a trial of stars and then oh yes then.... I pronounced myself as yours....as we escaped to paradise dancing all the while.....cheek to cheek as you gave me the Tangerine Kiss.....* tangerine kisses, tangerine dreams sipped of the nectar of the gods the fruit of creation in the form of love a blessing from goddess, earth and above we dance the steps of swoon and lean and sweet nuances of tangerine with every blessing in between *I felt a kiss upon my frozen cheeks a clear promise of all our tomorrows as I sleep with love within our hearts your sweet tangerine kisses and dreams are part of our creation... straight from above My heart is dancing and dreaming with you always a blessing from God.*
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Don't be scared to sneeze in MATH105 Blow these numbers off the page, so I can finally have an excuse to Blow off some time with you I want to memorize what that sneeze sounds like, unique to the individual Each sound varies upon sneezers voice, allergies, voice box, larynx, even personality If that's all true, I bet even you, sneeze as **** as a mother ****** The only thing that I want more wet and slimey than the inside of your elbow, Is the way we make love "Oh baby, that's it! Sneeze for me! Sneeze harder! Sneezed like you've never sneezed for a man before and then sneeze harder!" Don't EVER hold a sneeze back! You're not only killing brain cells But killing me as well! I want to see what kind of tornados you can throw when a dust storm gets at you What demons are you hiding, not letting Christ expel Don't be ashamed! Are you scared that just you're sneeze Will create tsunami waves of attention If so! I'm buying a front row ticket wearing nothing but arm floaties and a rain coat If you get sick, kiss me with your breathe And well get over this cold- feet together I want to know your sneeze so when we Are cooking dinner, you can be half way through inhale And I'll have a tissue and the words "Bless you" Already trotting outta my mouth I want to be the blessed one To be within hearing distance Be able to bless you back See you come outta your shell for .237 seconds There to catch the science of your anatomy jumping off the cliff of your nose I want to be in the bookstore, Reading super hero graphic novels And hear you in your boredom two floors up at Starbucks, sneeze, And be able to say "YES! THATS MY MAN!!" You hear that one Peter Parker? Try to dodge your spidey-sense around that one! That's a sneeze that'd make the phone booth go inside Clark Kent! We'll have two kids, named Gesundheit and Salud The cat's name will be Ah-Choo Unless you're allergic to cats Then scratch the kids, we'll have A cat zoo! So I can hear the symphony Of your nostrils on the daily If you think this poem is gross Wait tell you see the way I sneeze When I'm thinking of you
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 5:02 PM UTC
for the cute boy who holds back his sneezes
Don't be scared to sneeze in MATH105 Blow these numbers off the page, so I can finally have an excuse to Blow off some time with you I want to memorize what that sneeze sounds like, unique to the individual Each sound varies upon sneezers voice, allergies, voice box, larynx, even personality If that's all true, I bet even you, sneeze as **** as a mother ****** The only thing that I want more wet and slimey than the inside of your elbow, Is the way we make love "Oh baby, that's it! Sneeze for me! Sneeze harder! Sneezed like you've never sneezed for a man before and then sneeze harder!" Don't EVER hold a sneeze back! You're not only killing brain cells But killing me as well! I want to see what kind of tornados you can throw when a dust storm gets at you What demons are you hiding, not letting Christ expel Don't be ashamed! Are you scared that just you're sneeze Will create tsunami waves of attention If so! I'm buying a front row ticket wearing nothing but arm floaties and a rain coat If you get sick, kiss me with your breathe And well get over this cold- feet together I want to know your sneeze so when we Are cooking dinner, you can be half way through inhale And I'll have a tissue and the words "Bless you" Already trotting outta my mouth I want to be the blessed one To be within hearing distance Be able to bless you back See you come outta your shell for .237 seconds There to catch the science of your anatomy jumping off the cliff of your nose I want to be in the bookstore, Reading super hero graphic novels And hear you in your boredom two floors up at Starbucks, sneeze, And be able to say "YES! THATS MY MAN!!" You hear that one Peter Parker? Try to dodge your spidey-sense around that one! That's a sneeze that'd make the phone booth go inside Clark Kent! We'll have two kids, named Gesundheit and Salud The cat's name will be Ah-Choo Unless you're allergic to cats Then scratch the kids, we'll have A cat zoo! So I can hear the symphony Of your nostrils on the daily If you think this poem is gross Wait tell you see the way I sneeze When I'm thinking of you
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It started in Dublin before I was born Crossing the Irish Sea to weather a storm. London called through the wind and rain Big city lights and a country's flame. To Manchester then, a city united At least to outsiders. But to those within it's somewhat Divided. Summers in France. Dining in Provence Time in Toulouse And along the Loire. But Paris! Paris has that Je ne sais quoi Fine wine, fine company It's a fine philosophy. A German exchange *in einer stadt namens Bad Bentheim.* Exposed to a culture And the work of Rammstein. A few days in Berlin A fantastic city with much History within. Gondolas in Vienna if only for a day Sailing down the Danube Water wants us on our way. We stay for a while Within the walls of Budapest, My first shot of Absinthe Puts my liver to the test. No rest for the wicked That wanderlust I long. Settled for a while by the lights of Hong Kong, A place I felt for a while at peace High in the Monastery of Lantau's peeks. I went once and I went again. When wizened crones speak of golden devils, Stroking my blonde hair on the streets of Shenzhen.
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Mar 2, 2015
Mar 2, 2015 at 5:17 PM UTC
Globe Trotting
Why is it that Poetry has never yet been subjected to that process of Dilution which has proved so advantageous to her sister-art Music? The Diluter gives us first a few notes of some well-known Air, then a dozen bars of his own, then a few more notes of the Air, and so on alternately: thus saving the listener, if not from all risk of recognising the melody at all, at least from the too-exciting transports which it might produce in a more concentrated form. The process is termed "setting" by Composers, and any one, that has ever experienced the emotion of being unexpectedly set down in a heap of mortar, will recognise the truthfulness of this happy phrase. For truly, just as the genuine Epicure lingers lovingly over a morsel of supreme Venison - whose every fibre seems to murmur "Excelsior!" - yet swallows, ere returning to the toothsome dainty, great mouthfuls of oatmeal-porridge and winkles: and just as the perfect Connoisseur in Claret permits himself but one delicate sip, and then tosses off a pint or more of boarding-school beer: so also - I NEVER loved a dear Gazelle - NOR ANYTHING THAT COST ME MUCH: HIGH PRICES PROFIT THOSE WHO SELL, BUT WHY SHOULD I BE FOND OF SUCH? To glad me with his soft black eye MY SON COMES TROTTING HOME FROM SCHOOL; HE'S HAD A FIGHT BUT CAN'T TELL WHY - HE ALWAYS WAS A LITTLE FOOL! But, when he came to know me well, HE KICKED ME OUT, HER TESTY SIRE: AND WHEN I STAINED MY HAIR, THAT BELLE MIGHT NOTE THE CHANGE, AND THUS ADMIRE And love me, it was sure to dye A MUDDY GREEN OR STARING BLUE: WHILST ONE MIGHT TRACE, WITH HALF AN EYE, THE STILL TRIUMPHANT CARROT THROUGH.
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Tema con Variazioni
Why is it that Poetry has never yet been subjected to that process of Dilution which has proved so advantageous to her sister-art Music? The Diluter gives us first a few notes of some well-known Air, then a dozen bars of his own, then a few more notes of the Air, and so on alternately: thus saving the listener, if not from all risk of recognising the melody at all, at least from the too-exciting transports which it might produce in a more concentrated form. The process is termed "setting" by Composers, and any one, that has ever experienced the emotion of being unexpectedly set down in a heap of mortar, will recognise the truthfulness of this happy phrase. For truly, just as the genuine Epicure lingers lovingly over a morsel of supreme Venison - whose every fibre seems to murmur "Excelsior!" - yet swallows, ere returning to the toothsome dainty, great mouthfuls of oatmeal-porridge and winkles: and just as the perfect Connoisseur in Claret permits himself but one delicate sip, and then tosses off a pint or more of boarding-school beer: so also - I NEVER loved a dear Gazelle - NOR ANYTHING THAT COST ME MUCH: HIGH PRICES PROFIT THOSE WHO SELL, BUT WHY SHOULD I BE FOND OF SUCH? To glad me with his soft black eye MY SON COMES TROTTING HOME FROM SCHOOL; HE'S HAD A FIGHT BUT CAN'T TELL WHY - HE ALWAYS WAS A LITTLE FOOL! But, when he came to know me well, HE KICKED ME OUT, HER TESTY SIRE: AND WHEN I STAINED MY HAIR, THAT BELLE MIGHT NOTE THE CHANGE, AND THUS ADMIRE And love me, it was sure to dye A MUDDY GREEN OR STARING BLUE: WHILST ONE MIGHT TRACE, WITH HALF AN EYE, THE STILL TRIUMPHANT CARROT THROUGH.
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#*I write my heart out In my thoughts and words You will see glimpses of my soul Two years of writing Has brought in me a change Meltdowns have gone down A mature turnaround I am all happy , yet insane :)) This part of me remains the same Life begins at 40 they say At + 2 , Young and free spirited mind The child within me thrives Sometimes I like my shell Undefined solitude Peaceful place to dwell There is beauty and pain in the Walk of life The beauty I love to rejoice and pain I learn to endure To strengthen the core The heart and soul My calling lay here Unknown to me for years It was destiny and good fate A passion for words That led me to this place Hello poetry A haven for Thoughts and Words Reading writing sharing Has taught me To imbibe , absorb and let go Not moving an inch yet trotting the globe We may never meet But I already know The hearts and minds of so many of you Thanks for showing me your world And sharing your thoughts and words I have always been fascinated By nature and philosophy Here I read them in abundance Enrichment it brings to my soul Thanks for sharing the knowledge keep doing so The lesson I took  to my heart , “Share the love , share your gifts “ Thanks for teaching me so Life is uncertain Sure , here I share my thoughts And will Whenever I can Blessings to one and all Peace love and harmony to the world*#
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Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018 at 11:44 AM UTC
Milestone (2 years)
A nomad's home is the road His favorite spot, the window. The eyes wander constantly Heightened by their vicinity. A nomad adores people To his travels, they're fuel. Differences is what he seeks A common ground is what they'll reach. It's a nomad's addiction Have this world leave an impression. He'll get smitten with a place Set off, but not without a trace. It's a nomad's prerogative To venture, for him, is to live. Memories in his suitcase New experience, he'll embrace. For a nomad, it never stops There's no such thing as enough. Globe-trotting is a purpose This nomadic life he chose.
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Mar 9, 2012
Mar 9, 2012 at 5:12 PM UTC
The nomad
I am a sheep wrought with steel wool that’s coarse and painful to the touch It erupts anything that touches me into a throng of agitated skin disease So I habitually avoid anyone and anything that nears me with my terrified animalistic eyes For fear of watching some curious creature bleed because of me and my dangerous idiocy However as a sheep with sheep tendencies I can’t help but follow after the herd of my family From a distance; trotting over trodden grass that’s easier on my hooved feet Than other paths that are less traveled, more dangerous and more interesting Instead staring at my family’s tail ends with an envy too poignant for my age As they baa and cackle and coo over their own amusements and mutual understandings And I find myself wishing woefully that I wasn’t just a sheep with steel wool But a ferocious wolf, independent and beautiful; merely hiding within an ugly costume
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Jul 1, 2013
Jul 1, 2013 at 1:30 AM UTC
Sheep
Water of remembrance sprinkled On the mountain crest of recollection. Indulgent mussy memory catapulted Stones of retentiveness into the Courtyard of events like bricole Of battles. Pendulum of reminiscences swinging On oscillating milage of roads like Trotting horse with drippage of sweat And itching foots. Ghost of reminiscences restlessly Roaming with carriage of yesteryear. Final year educatees required Boardinghouse, But list of items engorged dear Mother's treasury "where do l raise money to buy oyinbo mattress, Ilori?" Mind pullulated with weariness. Intonation of worries. Cantillation of wants. Deficiency of measured means. Oyinbo mattress beyond ladder Of reach. Gluttonously waiting to devour Lesser items, But rays of compulsion unslammed The gate of respite. Lordly arrival warmly welcomed by The dorm room's porter, Walking majestically to the bed-space With the acquired cotton wool and raffia leaves mattress. Gamut of items passed through the eagle's eyes of the housemaster. Silver painted pail donated by a neighbour passed through the sentry of inspection, And got its admission. Mother's used cloak turned bedsheets Passed through the rigorous scrutiny. Newly built portmanteau unlocked and neatly dissected, item by item. Agazed eyes focused on the cotton wool and raffia leaves hand-made mattress. Expectations rattled mumbling astonishment. Legs stuck in the mud of mystification. Telepathic dews covered ocean of thought. Tranquil silence engulfed vicinity, Deflating the balloon of hope like a litigant awaiting verdict from the jurist's chambers. Porter's gesticulating gesture connoted nothingness of demeaning disapproval, perambulating on the hilly terrain of approval. Akimbo stood l. Now the verdict! Molten volcanic magisterial command erupted in a gestapo gesture, Spudding out from the barytone's baritone voice from the selfsame housemaster, From the bastion of authority, And the house generalissimo like a wild brant squalled, matter-of-factly, "we do not accept bed bugs cotton wool and raffia leaves hand-made mattress here". Entreaties collapsed.
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Jan 11, 2019
Jan 11, 2019 at 1:30 AM UTC
OF REJECTED MATTRESS
Water of remembrance sprinkled On the mountain crest of recollection. Indulgent mussy memory catapulted Stones of retentiveness into the Courtyard of events like bricole Of battles. Pendulum of reminiscences swinging On oscillating milage of roads like Trotting horse with drippage of sweat And itching foots. Ghost of reminiscences restlessly Roaming with carriage of yesteryear. Final year educatees required Boardinghouse, But list of items engorged dear Mother's treasury "where do l raise money to buy oyinbo mattress, Ilori?" Mind pullulated with weariness. Intonation of worries. Cantillation of wants. Deficiency of measured means. Oyinbo mattress beyond ladder Of reach. Gluttonously waiting to devour Lesser items, But rays of compulsion unslammed The gate of respite. Lordly arrival warmly welcomed by The dorm room's porter, Walking majestically to the bed-space With the acquired cotton wool and raffia leaves mattress. Gamut of items passed through the eagle's eyes of the housemaster. Silver painted pail donated by a neighbour passed through the sentry of inspection, And got its admission. Mother's used cloak turned bedsheets Passed through the rigorous scrutiny. Newly built portmanteau unlocked and neatly dissected, item by item. Agazed eyes focused on the cotton wool and raffia leaves hand-made mattress. Expectations rattled mumbling astonishment. Legs stuck in the mud of mystification. Telepathic dews covered ocean of thought. Tranquil silence engulfed vicinity, Deflating the balloon of hope like a litigant awaiting verdict from the jurist's chambers. Porter's gesticulating gesture connoted nothingness of demeaning disapproval, perambulating on the hilly terrain of approval. Akimbo stood l. Now the verdict! Molten volcanic magisterial command erupted in a gestapo gesture, Spudding out from the barytone's baritone voice from the selfsame housemaster, From the bastion of authority, And the house generalissimo like a wild brant squalled, matter-of-factly, "we do not accept bed bugs cotton wool and raffia leaves hand-made mattress here". Entreaties collapsed.
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when day breaks and brazen stands the sun as if to say, it is day, the storm has passed once more you lay in a pool of soft sand, a whisper of what once was fists clenching and unclenching silence so deafening you ache it feels so unpleasant, this ease comfort was not meant for you, where do you even place yourself in a scene meant for someone else? you make suffering your home the cold tiles a cornerstone but the suffering has ended in spite of you of all your pleas to stay in a race for survival trotting on battered rubble-bound roads and despite it all you are safe and free the sun lapses in providing warmth but never stills and neither have you before now and yet happiness does not creep in, nor does it knock nor barges or in wanders you are left empty in a filled space almost to the point of combustion and this is how you shall stay shivering, the rays hurling themselves at any surface besides you fruitless, the suffering meant so very little besides all that you knew empty, just as the space next to you
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Nov 15, 2023
Nov 15, 2023 at 1:27 PM UTC
without me
THE MARE Alix breaks the world's trotting record one day. I see her heels flash down the dust of an Illinois race track on a summer afternoon. I see the timekeepers put their heads together over stopwatches, and call to the grand stand a split second is clipped off the old world's record and a new world's record fixed. I see the mare Alix led away by men in undershirts and streaked faces. Dripping Alix in foam of white on the harness and shafts. And the men in undershirts kiss her ears and rub her nose, and tie blankets on her, and take her away to have the sweat sponged. I see the grand stand jammed with prairie people yelling themselves hoarse. Almost the grand stand and the crowd of thousands are one pair of legs and one voice standing up and yelling hurrah. I see the driver of Alix and the owner smothered in a fury of handshakes, a mob of caresses. I see the wives of the driver and owner smothered in a crush of white summer dresses and parasols. Hours later, at sundown, gray dew creeping on the sod and sheds, I see Alix again: Dark, shining-velvet Alix, Night-sky Alix in a gray blanket, Led back and forth by a ****** Velvet and night-eyed Alix With slim legs of steel. And I want to rub my nose against the nose of the mare Alix.
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Talent. So so Far I've seen the talent-less and the talented **** heads until their skulls cracked and we peered in and saw a garden growing green leafy creativity Gallantly trotting across the right brain like the breezy morning wind And as we looked away and declared the winner had won but cracked his skull on the stubborn brick wall the talent-less had spun out of hard jealousy and mortar crafted from their own lack of self discipline The sun even sighed died for a second then came back alive only to find the talentless still forrunning their forte up every frigid full soul he found on his way So the days saddened into rainy Saturdays 19 in a row with the downpour too vicious to even kiss on the cheek as a pity way of putting across that "you should really go" the rain rained down boulder sized bouts of concentrated creative energies only able to be ****** up by sponges with cracked skulls and thus made into uncracked skulls mended skulls Talented unabridged uncensored skulls that may drown out the talentless just like the rain and storms tried to muster a try at And by that we only see the talented come out walking with rain pouring Into their brains getting ****** up by extracorpus veins Not because they were born with contraptions but because they avoided distractions and gained traction in this multiverse where everything happens with struggle and pain.
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Oct 1, 2012
Oct 1, 2012 at 12:54 AM UTC
A poem
#*I write my heart out In my thoughts and words You will see glimpses of my soul Two years of writing Has brought in me a change Meltdowns have gone down A mature turnaround I am all happy , yet insane :)) This part of me remains the same Life begins at 40 they say At + 2 , Young and free spirited mind The child within me thrives Sometimes I like my shell Undefined solitude Peaceful place to dwell There is beauty and pain in the Walk of life The beauty I love to rejoice and pain I learn to endure To strengthen the core The heart and soul My calling lay here Unknown to me for years It was destiny and good fate A passion for words That led me to this place Hello poetry A haven for Thoughts and Words Reading writing sharing Has taught me To imbibe , absorb and let go Not moving an inch yet trotting the globe We may never meet But I already know The hearts and minds of so many of you Thanks for showing me your world And sharing your thoughts and words I have always been fascinated By nature and philosophy Here I read them in abundance Enrichment it brings to my soul Thanks for sharing the knowledge keep doing so The lesson I took  to my heart , “Share the love , share your gifts “ Thanks for teaching me so Blessings to one and all Peace love and harmony to the world*#
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Oct 19, 2018
Oct 19, 2018 at 7:03 AM UTC
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