Waiting for Nancy 11
Flu riddled
You cancelled our 11th meet up
With half a hours notice
Scratching down the phone
Like a chipped needle
On a record player
Skateboarding between
The truth and lies
Brick-edged across St Peters Square
With the tram lights
Spot lighting on me
Truthing the ground
Leaving me stood there
Alone in the rain.
(11th in a ongoing series)
Sunday 30th November 2014 11:46 am
Also by Gray Nicholls:
Waiting for Nancy (10) | Waiting for Nancy (XI) | Excuse Poem | Waiting for Nancy (VIII) |The Fall
Sunday 30th November 2014 11:33 am
Also by Twilbury Wist:
Silver and tin | The sums of life | Tricks of the mind | Snow White | Sometimes |Staring at a Hoopoe
ilare uccello calunniato
Caught in the moment,
there is no way of knowing
who might have blinked first –
the old man or his visitant,
the bright, crested
ambivalent bird. A few
scattered objects
implying a workspace,
the room is otherwise
unfocused beyond
the reciprocal stare
of two survivors.
The eyes of one are stoical,
but lit by a sense
th...
Sunday 30th November 2014 10:30 am
Also by David Cooke:
Distances | The Swan | Red Kites | Before the Storm | Village Life | The Burghers of Calais | In Search of Lost Time |THE TEAR
What, to you, does a tear signify?
Joy, pain, sadness, or just something in the eye.
How do you respond? Grasp the shoulders and share the joy,
Hold her close and reveal that it’s a boy.
Give a sympathetic cuddle with it's irritating stroking
Sorry, didn’t realise it was your eye I was poking.
© Jack Purvis OOPs
Sunday 30th November 2014 8:58 am
Also by Jack purvis:
A LAST FOND KISS | IT'S SO HOT |Fate Understanding
orginal posting on www.uink.ca
How to comprehend, events of late;
Trying to understand, can you explain;
Why we must smite our enemy
through greed, fear and fate;
I'm simple man, use plain words;
Creating a world in this state;
Elusive to the bigger picture, guessing;
Not meaning to ignorant, but simpler;
To be secluded to what's happening;
Grasping concepts hurts to understand mate;
...
Sunday 30th November 2014 3:50 am
Blood thief
There’s a floor called race and a home called blood,
it can be what forms you.
It can be what clothes you, what warms you as it flows through your body,
a rich honey providing brotherhood, relation, family and love -
bonds of pride which cartwheel through your body.
I have a mystery and in my father lies the clues.
I had droplets of speciality, uniqueness, distinction, excitement...
Saturday 29th November 2014 10:59 pm
Dumping a fantasy
How do you dump one who's never been yours,
who barely cares you exist,
someone whose body you never have held,
whose mouth you never have kissed?
Though there's nothing to dump, dump you I must,
Dump you right out of my head
where images of you haunt and tease,
caused (to be fair!) by nothing you've done or said.
Tomorrow I get my life back I hope
after a fantasy-nightm...
Saturday 29th November 2014 4:06 pm
Nothing
What if nothing really meant nothing?
We use this word so flippantly,
In everything we do,
I've nothing in the cupboards,
But we all know that's not true,
There's nothing on the telly,
There's nothing in my purse,
I've nothing to wear right now,
This nothing is a curse,
I've nothing i can offer,
Nothing left to give,
Nothing in my life right now,
Nothing but to live,
But what a load...
Saturday 29th November 2014 2:47 pm
Also by tina:
Black Friday Stampede | Beautiful creatures | I died inside | The Shame | The top of the world |more poetry published
Hi Guys;
More poems to follow soon as i will start blogging a new sequence soon but in the meantime, two poems of mine 'Magic II' and 'Kissing my every Scent' have appeared on Page & Spine' and can be read here
Also in addition, two more poems 'Priscilla' and 'Prisoners of War III' (both of which also appeared in my split book 'Europa' (co wrote with Nick Armbrister) have appeared in Poetic ...
Saturday 29th November 2014 1:43 pm
Also by Andy N:
Beyond the Sub-conscious |Hobby Horses Will Dance
My new collection of poetry, Hobby Horses Will Dance, is available from book shops £5. A collection based on folklore and nature.ISBN 978-0-9929685-1-9
Old Ninth
Blod monath arrived
shrouded in mist and
winter chill.
Soon the firewood
would be stacked
and the cattle
slaughtered.
And when All Saints
and All Souls had passed,
Mischief Night gone
and even befo...
Friday 28th November 2014 9:35 pm
Pollution Strikes Butt Tips Shower from the Sky
The number of individual
Disrespectful smokers
Butt ends
Used matches.
The number of complaints
Upset residents
Constantly bombarded
Dirty windows.
The nu...
Friday 28th November 2014 6:11 pm
The Monster
She was born from a parent
who left her at a young age
to be raised by a monster.
This monster created
such fear and depression
for this poor young girl.
The monster she feared
was there everyday waiting
for when she got home
or for when she woke.
The monster she didn't love
broken her down far too much
that even a thought of it
or the thought of being home
would make her panic.
...
Friday 28th November 2014 4:58 pm
Also by Spoken_Thoughts:
Alone |Calligraphy
Her hand was young
and open,
a generosity
of spirit in its
loops and curves,
and between
'with compliments'
and her name 'Nina'
I envisaged an x
...
...
words and foto T Carroll
Friday 28th November 2014 3:45 pm
Also by Tommy Carroll:
So and so | as Robbie Burns said: | B ro ken mas onr y | The taste of below |THE SHUFFLING GAIT.
Toward the shuffling gait I know
I must, like mortal others, go.
I could swim against the tide
but senescence will humble pride
and having seen how life corrupts;
how carelessly it interrupts
unbidden, its unwritten span,
I’m inclined, while I still can,
to exit, with my self intact, and
make my last, a conscious act.
Friday 28th November 2014 7:16 am
A Mozart Afternoon
Rather than beshrew with a stake drove
Beating through her immortal blood-welling heart
I took her uptown to a nosey French café
She sat fiddling with her crisp pale napkin
Under the checkered table cloth
And noticed not a thing
As they all looked past us among the mountain scenery
And the chef personally replenished her plate
Every thirty minutes
She cared n...
Friday 28th November 2014 4:02 am
Also by Pity-Poetry :
Naivety On A Walk | Not Home No More | Aces Always Guilt-black | Hats on Faces In A Street |Despair
I reach and cut a round hole in a square piece of card
and hang it on my wall, for all of mine to see
name it 'despair', that part of me, that
proceeds to extinguish all that touch,
frightens insects from the white
surface, scratched cold
barren, bereft.
But as, by whim
my friends they visit, I'm
found laughing at the trinket, how
and why this reason flew and set...
Thursday 27th November 2014 11:57 pm
Also by David Blake:
This Town | Palisade | Late Night Special |The Night Battle
The time
Was opportune.
My members all had mutinied,
Gone traitorous,
Withdrawn
Their mandate from the will,
And the will stood
A lonely sentinel
Afraid.
Behind my eyes
The minds limbs had grown gaunt,
Gnarled,
Defoliate.
And through all
The Simmoom of a desiccating want
Ceaselessly parched.
You,
Were a call to combat.
Eyes
Shaftin...
Thursday 27th November 2014 11:02 pm
When peace is no longer under threat
For safely passing
A pitch-dark evening
Under His protective wing,
Praise to the Almighty
Birds sing every morning,
What a nice thing!
Whenever men broken pray
God's omniscient ray
Their problem melts away!
Though unforgettable such a day,
Soon human-beings forget
A prayer to say!
Why should men thanksgiving forget
When peace is no longer under threat?
Thursday 27th November 2014 2:48 pm
Also by Alem Hailu G/Kristos:
Tight rope | Revamped | The survival of the slickest | Teacher | Quite strange | Back to square one | A balm | The incident I never forget | Lacerating is the pain | Love | Dust | Have you visited your brother in need ? | Lovely |Advent
Advent is here. The tree’s up,
The nights begin to freeze up,
And everywhere
The staff prepare
To have their Christmas knees up.
Thursday 27th November 2014 1:35 pm
Also by Gareth Glyn Roberts:
Advent | Tesco Ignore | text | So You Want To Be Happier? | My Knee |Dowry, or shall we call it voluntary gift
Your mother called up my mother
and asked if I would be 'bringing" something with me
when we got married.
My mother asked your mother if she was asking for dowry
to which your mother replied, oh no I am talking voluntary gifts
for my entire family, and friends and yes, cash would be welcome
and gold too, and clothes for about 21 people.
And yes, furniture, a television set, an...
Thursday 27th November 2014 12:12 pm
when you leave,it all remains
The strength that comes in With the desires in the heart Expectations break the mirage Of the dream's picture paintin' Hold on to it something whispers The heart pounds when it sees The reality,the beauty, It's a dream,walk in clouds slippers It's a confusion,should i believe? It's true or not. Your picture that i painted,i can't heave Put it safe,somewhere away,and safe a lot. T...
Thursday 27th November 2014 5:28 am
The Sea
The sea...
My lovely bold sea...
She's bleeding...bleeding profundly!
No, they can't make an entry there..try try..hard enough!
The fault can not be blamed on anyone,
The glory to be named on everyone...they do smile on the prophecies, in a good way!
Tame the sea and she will be yours,
But, who has understood the flow of current....can be in any direction!
Through your ston...
Thursday 27th November 2014 4:35 am
Also by Rims:
For Truths and Beliefs |My Bullet
Forgive me please, my sins, I beg, for I
Am not the glorious hero that they claim;
For I am one who dares to reason why.
They spoke of honour, courage, do-or-die;
They showed me how to shoot, to kill, to maim.
Forgive me please, my sins, I beg, for I
Am no brave lion, no matter how I try.
Returning home I feel somehow to blame,
For I am one who dares to reason why...
Wednesday 26th November 2014 7:36 pm
Poem: God Within
Though Life can be extremely difficult
and experiences can deeply traumatize us,
we can learn to control how we respond -
as demonstrated by our Lord, Christ Jesus.
For He alone is the hope of our glory;
when we show genuine, jubilant enthusiasm,
we naturally exhibit that “God is within”;
thus, we’re able… to bridge sin’s chasm.
This separation from God can be overcome
with daily pray...
Wednesday 26th November 2014 4:10 pm
Also by Joseph J. Breunig 3rd:
Poem: Transforming Power | Poem: Toxic Doctrines | Poem: Intellectual Postulations | Poem: These Earthly Things | Poem: Vastness of the Kingdom | Poem: Oasis | Poem: Chaff Removal | Poem: The Full Beauty of Thee | Poem: And God Spoke! | Poem: Embryonic Ideal |Morning, Neighbors
2 houses over
past jealous backyards
brilliant sun bathes their backdoor.
Dalmatian gallops and rolls, cuts like a quarter horse
lathers its spots with sun.
Morning sun shirks neighbor in between
til all the leaves left on his boughs
decide to tumble.
I’m denied the sun by too close neighbor to my right
-- who diligently pries acorns fallen
deep between shar...
Wednesday 26th November 2014 1:44 pm
Also by Tim Wright:
No Matter, New Jersey | Why Sitting Matters | Wake Up Calls | Morning's Moon | Work Day's End |Scaling Ayers Rocks (2004)
Blood diamonds dripping from my neck and wrist
It’s hard to see through your frosted ice, snow and mist
She’s showing off her rock like it means something
It could be a cola ring-pull or a piece of string
“Eternity rings are for when you get eterned” -
That’s a lesson in love that I have learned
De Beers marketing man set in stone - it’s true
That I work for 2 months to say with metal ...
Wednesday 26th November 2014 1:07 pm
Also by cbyrne:
Tunisian Holiday | My Main Regret | Art | My Romantic Poems |All For Love
All For Love
Love is not your hope,
Love, is not the dope that brings tranquil waters,
Love, is not kicking fuck,
Out of the partner seeking to destroy your heart,
Love, is not to celebrate retaliatory abuse,
When protecting your own children,
Love,
We only know it to be false,
Love never, makes a man
Humble at the caress and the touch,
Love, is always tr...
Tuesday 25th November 2014 9:41 pm
Also by Noetic-fret!:
The Devil Be In Our Ignorance | Waking Moments | No-one Really Understood Until the Blood Sapped From Their Face! | Seasons of Blood and Humanity's Cloth |Arroyo
Arroyo
The rain has fallen down for twenty hours
from a dead sky of slate and granite hews,
dampening the walls of urban towers.
Cobbled streets the colour of an old bruise,
tyres rattle over pothole dark drains,
counterpoint to some distant splashing shoes.
The day cast in monochromatic stains
as water forms itself into a lake
that eddies into inner city lanes.
A passing car cre...
Tuesday 25th November 2014 7:13 pm
Also by Ian Whiteley:
Last Orders | A Tree In The Elephant's Graveyard | Philae Shakes The Hand Of God | Wounded | An Unexpected Ghost In The Yorkshire Post |Mitternacht
In silence
eyes peer from
tears in pumpkin skin,
mulched November
sweets left in a storing
room.
The love is gone,
two poets
eaten of their romance,
blueberry lips from
sore and rough kisses.
He left with a telegram
from the BBC
while She stirred up
in sour light,
rhubarbs ploughed by
her father’s moon.
Tuesday 25th November 2014 3:59 pm
Candle burning with a blow.
Birthday sex
Happy eating cake,
bought with money
while standing on a
corner
candle burning
with
a blow.
Lady light high
above
half white
swimming
inside
young eyes.
Tuesday 25th November 2014 1:32 pm
Also by Danny Metcalfe:
The Marching Kingdom. | The moon's fame, child of the sun. | Pséf̱ti̱s. (Short story) |Anti-Smoking Project
Hello all
As you know, we are thinking about making a poetic contribution to an anti smoking campaign in Heaton Norris. Aside from the obvious health issues, there is also the problem of people tossing dimps out of upstairs windows of high rise flats.
Here is the email by Naomi Whitman, the Creative Media Centre Project Manager:
'We’re still in very early stages of the project at the mo...
Monday 24th November 2014 11:40 pm
Also by Stockport WoL:
November Collage Poem: Organs | Linda's Link |Onion rings
Now I have a thing for onion rings
the roundness and batter
Oh my heart sings
reminds me of polos
but softer and bigger
glad they are not minty.
I hear you snigger
But with my rings and a mayo dip
I close my eyes
Off I go on my trip
To the land of onion rings
floating though the loops
swimming through the rings
Marching with onion ring tro...
Monday 24th November 2014 11:00 pm
Also by Quiet Comet:
Blackball | Stake of the heart | 5 years |the question is the answer?
I walk with a purpous God is waiting for me to unearth this Being inside see; I'm living lively but not inside me, I've allowed temptation to take it's roots in a place that God had sworn to protect I swear I wasn't a reject I just needed to find the time to reset, a recess, I've been robbed of my autobiographical pretext I been stuck in play but just wanted to see next, chapter quiz or is this a...
Monday 24th November 2014 9:59 pm
Eternal Infancy
No matter how many years are added to my life,
I will always be a child.
For in Your presence- it is all I can be.
Though infancy is not to my memory
I can feel it overwhelm me as though it is all I have ever known
Grabbing for Your pinky,
Drawing nearer and nearer to You,
At the approach of all that is new
Of all that is strange
Of all that troubles me
Gazing with un...
Monday 24th November 2014 4:29 pm
Also by Deanna M:
Stone Among Clay | A Noun in White Open Space |MY REGRET
Why did I attend that event, Why did I even talk to you
At the verge of cursing the day I met you
Warm memories gashed through my mind
Rushing through my heart
I smiled
Yet
I regret meeting you.
Did I not enjoy your company
We made endless promises to each other
Holding hands, sharing secrets in the park, strolling by the ...
Monday 24th November 2014 4:10 pm
The Door
-the ramblings of another young girl-
written:11/22/14
My whole life I have had this wall,
it has protected me from the inevitable fall.
But then with three tiny words,
that wall was torn down
by my new favorite sound.
and I knew that with your beautiful voice
whispering to my soul,
I was no longer bound.
With my protective wall
now lying broken o...
Monday 24th November 2014 3:40 am
Also by .L.m.P.:
Tears of agony and pain.. |Body Trap
The shallow grave sank.
A quantity of gasses, liquids, soft tissues
decomposed,
the earth above
fell.
Stolen vegetables in belly
(motives for the killing)
transformed
along with her eyes
along with her skin
into one subsidence.
Still buried were the snapped spine,
scream-splayed jaws
and claws that grasped at crushing bars.
Sunday 23rd November 2014 9:21 pm
Also by Alex Smith:
Last butterfly of 2014 |Count to five
Just a bit of fun...
'Breathe in deep and count to five'
are things that can be done
Especially when you're twenty
And you're living with your mum...
'Move your shoes' 'Comb your hair'
'You can't go out like that'
Mum although I LOVED those times...
I thought we'd got through that.
A time for chats and sharing tales
about my childhood that has been
I fear for you it is the case
t...
Sunday 23rd November 2014 6:01 pm
Also by Fae:
Textures of shame | Bedtime |Anniversary
that night, I woke and remembered
wrapped in grief
in the tangle of my sheets
I couldn't sleep
I wound your old sweater round my neck
sinking in
breathing in the very scent of you
by the lake, gusts of wind stirred the leaves
the shivering trees
flashing lights from passing cars lit the shallows
shoals of ghostly fish slid by
like traffic on a neon-lit motorway
mimicking the ...
Sunday 23rd November 2014 3:43 pm
Also by Judi Strega:
Validation | A Mother's Lament | Suitcase | The 25th Floor | Tea Rooms |Who'da thunk it?
Sunday 23rd November 2014 10:54 am
Talkin' late night, buy it now, extended warranty, consumer durable blues.
Possibly the best comedy on TV is to be found late night/early morning on the shopping channels...if you've never watched then I suggest you take and evening out of your life and dedicate it to this pursuit.
Last night a crazy dream came to me,
I dreamt I bought a comfortable settee.
When I sat down the very next day,
All the springs on the bottom gave way.
I guess i...
Sunday 23rd November 2014 10:25 am
BEGGAR ME!
It hurts when you want to help and believe...
Realising the reality of "practice to deceive"...
The person with a dog and proffered cup -
The ingratiating smile that says "cough up".
Not quite sure of what is true,
Or whether the need is in them or you?
.......................................................
Saturday 22nd November 2014 1:19 pm
Also by M.C. Newberry:
THE BERLIN WALL - REMEMBERED | NOVEMBER |PLASCRUG
PLASCRUG
There was a great ditch
And an avenue of trees
Leading directly
From the busy town
To the cemetery’s silence
Ornate gates sick with rust
Relics of grander times
When they marked the way
To ancient Plascrug
Back and forth we jumped
Across the weed choked water
There was a Scout Hut
Near a playground
A row of park benches
Where we sat i...
Friday 21st November 2014 6:57 pm
The Dream
The following is a dream. In a small way I hope the ending comes true
My Mother, Sister, Brother and I check into a hotel room.
When we enter the room my Dad who passed away
almost five years ago is sitting on the bed.
We ask, "Daddy why are you here?" He says "I wanted to
see my family." We are overcome with emotion and hug
him. We are all talking at once.
...
Friday 21st November 2014 2:47 am
My Inner Child II
My inner child
Is like sunshine
She loves attention.
She loves it when
You do well
She has faith.
My inner child
Is confident
Is giving
Is kind
Is gentle.
She tries to be open
She tries to encourage
She doesn’t want to
Do you down.
Because then you
Might feel lonely, forgotten about
Again
She says
She knows you are h...
Thursday 20th November 2014 12:04 pm
Run With Me
I still cant find you, looking around and you're not here.
You're lost in this word, and Im here on my knees.
But until that time, I'll sit and wait, and hope tomorrow brings a brand new day.
And maybe then, I'll get the chance, to look around and hold your hand.
To see your face, to make you glad.
...Wednesday 19th November 2014 6:03 pm
'Can I read this out to you?' 'Noooooooo, I've got stuff to do.'
Remember last night's tea
when you brought your girlfriend,
and you brought your friend?
And the dog was excited
because he loves it when you are all here
because I am so happy
and I'm like- superwomb?
And I got food delivered
and you were all relieved
because it can be touch and go
with my cooking
and there was loads to go around
and Dad didn't ...
Wednesday 19th November 2014 3:44 pm
Puppets on Strings
None our own devices
in any scheme of things
We all are but nothing
than puppets on strings
With advent designed
for a set time on stage
All expectedly ordained
impossible to rearrange
Often get manipulated
and to probable comply
...
Wednesday 19th November 2014 3:27 pm
Inspired
Working 9- 5, what a way to make a living. I hate those words Dolly sings.
Working in an office, I can’t put into words the misery it brings.
Boring old small talk, ‘Nice evening? Nice weekend? Nice lunch?
Listening to the office geek, you know the I.T guy you just wanna punch.
Checking the Daily mail website 72 times a day,
staring at the computer screen, hoping an alien ...
Wednesday 19th November 2014 10:07 am
Tinsmith
Tin to mouth
Tin to feet
One jig to reel
enough to eat
Is he broken, broke, breaking
on the pavement by the station?
Is he played, paid, playing
to his own tune or to yours?
Tin to mouth
Tin to feet
Two jigs to reel
enough to eat
Do you jingle jangle shillings
in your pocket as you’re walking
past the tinsmith making
all the magi...
Tuesday 18th November 2014 9:41 am
Also by Laura Taylor:
Jigsaw |You,
Can make me a puppet.
You can make me dance
And moan
And shake
And cum literally at the tip of your finger
You make my entire body move with your finger
(and your eyes)
You can make me feel my matter condensing to a single point at the tip of your finger,
I imagine it is glowing.
And sometimes when you’re making love to me
(I’m sorry, I know you hate that phra...
Tuesday 18th November 2014 7:43 am
Also by Molly :
(untitled) |Goodbye
I sit inside watching the snow fall from the dark grey sky.
I see you, not physically, but mentally.
A memory of us filled each snowflake.
It started out beautiful and high in the clouds.
Then it floated down lessening in beauty and in shape.
Until it eventually hit the hard cold ground shattering and turning into nothing.
I sit and watched our past disappear into the gravel neve...
Monday 17th November 2014 5:52 pm
Setting
its a beautiful thing watching the sunrise and sun set,
but i will forever be a moon child;
most nights i look out my window. lights off, immersed in the fineline music of darkness.
& in my darknest of hours the only light shedded was from the mood;
"i am here...for you.."
many faces i have shown
"i too have many faces.."
when i feel like im surrounded by the unnecessary..
...
Monday 17th November 2014 12:53 pm
Bloody hell
Bloody hell
Reigned down
In bloody mess
Blood stained streaks
Of bloody minded bloodiness
Fill red rose pools
Whilst everyone looks round
for somebody else to accuse
each claiming God is on their side
But who can say whose blood
Will soak into infest, ingest, ingress
Into the hearts, minds and souls
Of those soul less others
The passion that was dealt
...Sunday 16th November 2014 11:07 pm
Also by Martin Elder:
Do it again |leika
Nascent swimming, undertaking the lunge into reservoirs.
Our third tour of duty for love
I chase the serenade of warmth in your eyes----Balanced perfectly on stout cheeks and lips who utter the slightest phrase will control liberty.
The voice of your channels propel me into quandary.
Continue to hide behind your stare and I will be your audience. The avenues shine in the dark room.
...
Saturday 15th November 2014 8:22 pm
Also by Bloomie Scott:
Leika pt.2 | Samantha | Aspire | Sonnet VI | Malikah |Trev does Texas again 2015: The run up
Image: Louie a boston terrier the latest addition to our family enjoying an early morning nap (snooze). While he was sleeping it was raining outside and the following poem came to mind. The second poem was some lines I had been working with and decided to put them together to see what came out
14/11/14 - 1) Sat listening to the morning rain
Beating on my window pane
Louie’s on my lap...
Saturday 15th November 2014 11:39 am
Sometimes Things Just End.
It’s been two years, since we slept like
lovers hands intertwined, laced together
as if stitched with thought.
Since sunlight pierced the scene of ash trays
spilling, morning sweat pooling in our curves,
Your breasts on my back.
Your breasts in the bath gathering suds while
I'd mash the mash, stir the gravy and sing along to
‘I Love to Love' by Tina Charles;
Then clink to us, on a sun...
Friday 14th November 2014 6:08 pm
Winter afternoon
On a winter afternoon, when I besieged you in my soul,
love emerged drawing your kisses on my lips;
in my breasts the man next to my bedside
and behind the dream a wave of your memories
Your voice was the silence and sap running through my body...
and from the dream to my memory only unconsciousness passes through my eyes
and my torment is the sea of your hands,
the ins...
Friday 14th November 2014 2:50 pm
Also by Noris Roberts:
The skin of my words |She
Locked behind Xanax bars; trapped between the ocean and stars
I lie
To rot away the life I have been given; to choose a life of opposition
For Unless one happened to stumble upon a key; I couldn't be, I know not what she
believes, only that through the drugs she sees
Through storms we sailed, across the ocean without fail, with glowing eyes that impale she is sure to turn heaven fro...
Friday 14th November 2014 1:19 am
EULOGY TO MY DAD
(We cremated my dad on Tuesday. I closed the service with this short eulogy)
It falls to me to say a few words to bring this service to a close, some of which I wrote a few days ago and some I wrote this morning.
I wrote some this morning because I’d woke early. I couldn’t sleep for thinking about my dad; several separate memories, some of them almost trivial. One in particular was a...
Thursday 13th November 2014 10:02 pm
Also by John Coopey:
THE GREATEST | HARRY KANE (HURRICANE) | LITTLE BASTARDS |The wind of the North
The cold wind from the North sent chills down their spines,
The thunder of Thor was so powerful their shields dropped.
The galloping of Sleipnir shook the ground,
We attacked.
They ran into our shield wall,
without mercy,
I drove my spear into the enemy's face,
The wall opens.
Norsemen charged forward with no fear of death,
With rage burning so hot like surts fire,
Ou...
Thursday 13th November 2014 4:10 pm
Also by Rollo:
The Great Battle In England. |This Autumn
This Autumn
Strong winds have ripped the smoke tree’s russet gown,
Yet with glistening berries still the hedgerows drip.
In skies of arctic blue pale suns slip down,
As iceberg moons the season’s balance tip.
Winter flint now gives the evening air its edge,
In his cottage an old scholar weeps alone,
Weighs the beauty of a disregarded pledge
Against summers which are foreve...
Thursday 13th November 2014 11:46 am
Transcendentalism
Much is made of the ‘out-of-body’ phenomenon -
that other-worldly experience
that can shift or shaft accepted ideas.
And rightly so: such events deserve our unbiased scrutiny.
Defining the boundaries, or non-boundaries,
of Soul and Mind occupies serious thinkers constantly -
probably uselessly.
I declare that the subject is up for grabs
from anyone who gives it any th...
Tuesday 11th November 2014 3:54 pm
PORTREATH
(This poem is dedicated to the select members of the S.A.S. .... Surfers Against Sewage)!
I’m just swimming in Portreath
Just going through the 'motions'
A large environmental car thief
Made of a thousand witches potions
I’ve streaming eyes and raspy throat
A throbbing head and aching ear
The only safe place is a boat
I’d never write “Wish you were here!”
...
Tuesday 11th November 2014 1:00 pm
Darkest Days To Come
Staring at this blank page I admit defeat, I lost all I had won, Thieves stole everything I was worth, Heart break after heart break but here I am, I reman still the same, Feeling the coldness of my lonely soul, Keep faith in a love that has yet to come.
This darkness spreads as I slowly fade away, Warping into the things I hate, As I take this heart in my hands as it chips and breaks, Neve...
Monday 10th November 2014 3:32 pm
I knew from the very first moment -
what I knew, I didn't really know in the moment
but a part of me just knew
and I knew he knew too.
Every part of my broken heart and aching body
seemed to scream it;
the words breaking through my skin -
dying to be heard.
But I was so afraid and he was so damaged
No one could know.
No one ever knew.
Not even him;
and now it...
Sunday 9th November 2014 7:28 pm
Late at night
Late at night you lay
Face in pillow pointed away
Tears gleam and in the reflection they glare so unyeilding
It's so late so late at night
Is it almost day
The clock ticks and tocks but doesn't move
The hours tick by endless
It is late at night and all thoughts are awake
Laying in bed wondering what happened with fate
Remember the promises you made the promises layed to...
Sunday 9th November 2014 4:14 am
Toxicity
Toxicity
Trusted with this physical being
Responsibility to protect the mind, and the body
Hearts connected, through vulnerability
To the touch, pleasured
The voice, pleasing
The quiet, all words are heard
Actions, speak loyalty
Treatment brings clarity
Dominance provokes security
Family intermingled
Emotions intertwined in a dream
The goal, to live a lavish li...
Saturday 8th November 2014 11:06 pm
Words of Darkness and Light (2nd edition)
In 2012 I self-published my first collection of poems Words of Darkness and Light.
On Sept 15th 2014 Words of Darkness and Light was published as a revised/edited 2nd edition by Thynks Publications (40 revised/edited poems from original collection plus 8 new poems) http://www.thynkspublications.co.uk/
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1900410761/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&co...
Saturday 8th November 2014 6:58 pm
The Demise of the Optimist
I arose to a light each day
No fret nor fear
Light was my heart each day
No burden of tomorrow
Swift was the awakening
And thus came the end
For the warm and friendly optimist
Maybe it was dust was buried
Or the earth that swallowed
The oh so promising optimist
Cries went unheard
Of a life endangered
By the swallowing ignorance
And the engulfing endeavors
Lasting only so long
...
Saturday 8th November 2014 6:37 pm
Zones of Avoidance
Review
Zones of Avoidance, David Russell Theatre, Portsmouth
Maggie Sawkins' Zones of Avoidance is an intriguing combination of video, sound and live presentation of her poetry combined with words from people in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse.
The award-winning show - recipient of the 2013 Ted Hughes Award for New Work Poetry - takes its audience into the world of Maggie's daughter'...
Saturday 8th November 2014 2:54 pm
Blue November Blue
Summer's come and gone just like a dream
Where’s the sunshine now for crying out loud
There has got to be some kind of reason
Why my head is floating high in the cloud
I don’t know what to say
Got no words anyway
I know this much is true
Blue November Blue
Nothing much we can do
Blue November Blue
I remember kicking up the autumn leaves
And strolling with you in a cool refreshing bre...
Saturday 8th November 2014 11:20 am
Brush Grass From Our Knees
We will walk by the water amid those tall verdant trees,
then lay in long meadow grass sampling the breeze,
that carries the scents of wild flowers to soften the air,
and while I look on you with love you will play with your hair...
And later when we rise to continue our walk through the wood,
we will talk in those love whispers that are only understood,
by those with great depths to their...
Friday 7th November 2014 11:40 pm
Also by Dave Dunn:
Cat Ass Trophies |Where our hearts and eyes meet (across the Bosphorus sea)
Where our hearts and eyes meet (across the Bosphorus sea)
We cross roads
and plains
Think we will never
See that face again
That lit up a runaway
Finally shot our heart down
But in the mist of time
I finally found
What was always mine
Just across the Bosphorus sea
That’s where my heart
And ours eyes meet
As gentle as the call to pray...
Thursday 6th November 2014 9:04 pm
On the spectrum
frightening, baffling
those are people,
people people
faces
scarey faces.
What is behind?
What is inside?
Masks, masks and movements,
movements and words.
Fear, being afraid
of people.
Nerves jangling
more than nerves
very much anxious.
Words and movements!!
What do they mean?
What does that mean?
and this mean?
and that mean?
and the touches which are bad-worst of a...
Thursday 6th November 2014 7:48 am
My Man
I am looking for a man
who smokes, drinks and thinks
he is the best.
I’d like to share with him
the same interests.
..
Wednesday 5th November 2014 11:45 pm
Also by Larisa Rzhepishevska:
Who are you looking for? | What Is Better |Just a few less dreams
Wednesday 5th November 2014 11:29 am
Writing Prompt for Monday
Wednesday 5th November 2014 11:11 am
BLINDFOLD
BLINDFOLD.
Hips
Locked and loaded.
Lips,
Ruby red, and swollen
In anticipation
Imagination overload
Blindfolded, at the crossroads
Of desire.
Passion’s fire burning
Twisting, turning
Sensory deception
Sensual perception
Taste, feel
Smell
It’s real
But you mustn’t see
You must simply be
As your body shakes
Your muscles aching
Anticipa...
Wednesday 5th November 2014 8:48 am
The Prophet Of Amanga
I've published a new ebook, and you can get it for free at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/489438
It's the first part of a trilogy called God The Banana, an epic verse-novel written as a sequence of 437 sonnets. Here's the first one:
Picture a diamond spinning against the dark,
flinging back the brilliance of a sun.
Move a little closer - you’ll be stunned
how lakes and oceans ...
Wednesday 5th November 2014 8:48 am
For An Evening
the window is open
to the sound
of the water
sighing
the light
from the waning
moon
speaks softly
to the corner table
you left
a glass by
the kitchen sink
pale pink tracing
the line
where your lips
had been
Wednesday 5th November 2014 4:57 am
frozen over
I’ve been eating coal out of the furnace. My charcoal stained teeth are shivering with their roots. My message in a bottle seems to have been caught in your frozen ocean. Here nothing ever seemed more linear, the past and future are my constant company. We leave the present in the corner; we don’t pay him any thought. My pacing motion erodes these tattered ashy green floorboards. The candle wax m...
Tuesday 4th November 2014 4:14 am
Also by therearemanyme:
where is superman: |Incredulity
The look was in her eyes and to my surprise, she collided all the words i could imply.
No women no cry, who will love me till i die?
Who will fight the demons when i’m hearing all their lies?
I keep thinking of you, the girl i used to screw we fucked our heads with what they said
and tangled up the view.
Who will love me when i’m high?
Who will figh...
Tuesday 4th November 2014 3:23 am
First Love
That first beat, that first melody,
The notes coming out of the speaker
And into my ears
Filling my head
Surrounding my heart
Experiencing a feeling people call music
I call it form of art,
Notes telling my body to move
People call it dancing
I call it instinct
Then the notes came from my mouth
People call it singing
I call it love
And I was good
As I grew
So did my love fo...
Monday 3rd November 2014 9:53 pm
Also by melissa:
Empty |Lost At Sea
LOST AT SEA Weston Parks I'm perched upon the sandy shore, fast anchored to the land As I do gaze with one accord, through spyglass in my hand Far out to sea I do espy, my one and sacred love My Dearest One I'll ne'er deny, my bonded lady love Alone she sits and tears do fall, and reach her I cannot Though hoarse my voice I call and call, she's not within earshot She's suffered yet aga...
Monday 3rd November 2014 5:52 pm
PROFILER
I’D UPLOAD YOU A PICTURE
OR DOWNLOAD, DRAG AND DROP
I COULD SMOOTH OUT ALL THE WRINKLES
UTILISING PHOTOSHOP.
BUT I’D MUCH PREFER TO HIDE BEHIND
THE DARKEST SILHOUETTE
THAN TO OPENLY EXPOSE MYSELF
TO PEOPLE I’VE NOT MET.
Monday 3rd November 2014 12:20 am
Also by Mitch.C:
SHADOWS | THE END | CONSUME |A Delicate Talent
Happiness Surface embracing Sinks stinging Price and prize A Chase in maze Happiness Varied means Varied meanings Now here Nowhere A delicate talent
Saturday 1st November 2014 9:57 am
Victorious
I'm ready therefore I get up and go because God is a part of it,
Saturday 1st November 2014 3:21 am
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