"tumeric" poems
tumeric tucked twixt the members, the digits the fingers the thumbs
it's solivagent aromas
make their home
dormant,
yet retractable;
neutrons
known
many moments to millimeters
the soft rust color fades
oh,
i haven't even noticed the time passing
when will i notice my own grave.
© 2015 Kate Volk
Mar 24, 2014
Mar 24, 2014 at 1:38 AM UTC
Sleek lines curve around the mind, stimulating the imagination. Here and now she faces me, but who is the mirror?
Tumeric stains on fingertips, reminders of the culinary fun. A half empty glass of Bordeaux upon the monopoly board: oh yeah, another loss.
Ruby-red shoes seek a home.
A silver spoon is bent in two.
Johnny Cash plays as the record spins.
Some you lose,
some you win!
Sep 8, 2018
Sep 8, 2018 at 11:41 AM UTC
She's flying away
For good this time
Fells like we only just met.
You make heaven seem so dull
With your beautiful laugh
and tumeric juice.
You were never mine to lose,
Yet I lost you nun the less.
Entangled forever,
until the tides forget to pull us apart.
You soundly touched my soul,
And left no finger prints
We said goodbye,
I wished you well.
You said It's just words.
I knew That was the last time
I calmed your flames.
My deep blue waters are void again.
I wait at the lobby of your old apartment.
Just to remember how it felt to drop you off.
Riding in the rain seems a lot less fun.
Walks in the park a lot less nice.
And songs in the dark a lot less paradise.
I love you gently,
The only way I was allowed to.
I really hope you don't read this poem.
So we can stay goodbye.
Knowing you,
you'll have another one of your
Gut feelings and just know I do.
You're actually gone aren't you?
Jun 9, 2025
Jun 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM UTC
i am
angry.
i am
sick.
i am angry, and i am sick, and i am ******* tired.
my body is rotting,
my hands shake.
but,
i am Achilles.
best of the Greeks,
angry and righteous and terrible.
i brought the pestilence to your home- it will **** your sheep.
it will **** your flock, your herd, your crowd, your audience, mister.
after it’s killed everyone else, it will come for you.
it will taste like ginger.
like tumeric.
like sulfur burning your lungs.
there will be nothing to shield you,
no trust fund,
no banks,
no lying sons and daughters who feed only on your game.
the disease will have killed them,
it will be because of me.
the sun is mad, it’s betrayed you.
because of me.
when you look at your empire for the last time,
you will see me,
burning and rotting and
smiling.
Feb 14, 2017
Feb 14, 2017 at 12:20 AM UTC
Eating alone
and out of the pan
soup again
or - random produce
The spoon falls in
Here's whats included:
Romano beans
sun dried tomato
celery with leaves
red and purple pepper
Spike, cumin, tumeric
one small potato from Joe's garden
Let it simmer.
Sep 15, 2016
Sep 15, 2016 at 11:45 PM UTC