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- June 14th, 2019, 4:54 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Restaurant Scene---a narrative poem
- Replies: 5
- Views: 550
Restaurant Scene---a narrative poem
The usual pushing aside an empty glass The grasping of a table knife Its dull blade The sweeping of crumbs over the cloth Into the palm of the hand The pocketing of such treasure The look around Somewhat guilty By pretending curiosity just enough That no one notices Then back to self-absorption Chin...
Re: Seeing
every time I see that despicable face on TV, on the internet, in the newspaper.
- June 2nd, 2019, 2:17 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Active Lies Sublimate a Conundrum
- Replies: 7
- Views: 896
Re: Active Lies Sublimate a Conundrum
James Joyce would have loved the language here. Rich.
- June 2nd, 2019, 2:13 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Adrenaline
- Replies: 3
- Views: 364
Re: Adrenaline
I like the ending----got to act fast meeting 4 & 8 yr olds----and what made me smile---"a good happy family."
- June 2nd, 2019, 2:10 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: the guy next door
- Replies: 5
- Views: 647
Re: the guy next door
A lot to like---when I dream the voices are as clear as artesian well water bubbling up from between the rocks and the hard places from a lifetime of salmon-like swimming, and---- safer than buying some drug from a some wiry bearded self-proclaimed preacher who's pedaling his one speed bicycle peddl...
- June 2nd, 2019, 12:25 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Sick As A Dog
- Replies: 3
- Views: 369
Sick As A Dog
Dog—sick as a dog Tail between legs—butt scraping floor Adding barf to arf Poor joke—not funny I apologize—not funny Give me a blanket, a rug Sweep me under it—dowse me with warm Water please don’t pour cold Water on me please—please I promise To be good—Christian—I’ll think pure thoughts Never get ...
- June 1st, 2019, 12:45 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Another American Poem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 366
Another American Poem
after midnight I'm typing a poem of sorts no, not the kind in Poetry magazine or the kind texted from an iphone or meticulously carved from traditional forms and the mutter language that matters like people sprawled in the shock of death from a gun fired indiscriminately at the court building or the...
- May 27th, 2019, 3:56 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Another Motel in Nevada
- Replies: 7
- Views: 548
Re: Another Motel in Nevada
have a minute here---like the poem. It captures a scene----contemporary and antediluvian scene also. This is really great: Until then I sit and watch cloud terrains, dream-spun bluffs, outrageously puffed, dark collision zones, white canyon rifts. Millions of years of sky geology unfold in minutes. ...
- May 23rd, 2019, 9:38 pm
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: two poems for sale
- Replies: 3
- Views: 354
two poems for sale
let us not be bitter let us be better----- ----surely someone has copyrighted that put their handcuffs on it charged passersby and tourists and connoisseurs of slogans big money if they can get it surely little money if poetry sells only a little or axioms and adages aren't popular in Hollywood beca...
- May 19th, 2019, 9:54 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: recollections ( or maybe not )
- Replies: 4
- Views: 626
Re: recollections ( or maybe not )
another excellent poem. All I can say is yes.
- May 19th, 2019, 9:47 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: Heart of Existence
- Replies: 3
- Views: 382
Re: Heart of Existence
Took a brief class on Hinduism and meditation. This has the essence of that.
Re: I'm gonna
I'm thinking would this poem get into one of those academic journals? I don't know but this poem is pretty damn interesting. Your imagination led you off into a rich communication of your visions. Maybe the ending----I'm gonna----might be a question or a resolution but I think the poem accomplishes ...
- May 19th, 2019, 9:37 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: one leg (baltimore style)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 652
Re: one leg (baltimore style)
I smiled after reading this. Hit the right notes.
Re: Upset
A lot in this. As with much modern and contemporary art/music/poetry----maybe even novels or essays----there are shifts of focus in this poem. The transitions are abrupt but the subject isn't the particular stories being quickly (and effectively) mentioned but your emotional throes. The particulars ...
- May 19th, 2019, 9:01 am
- Forum: Poetry
- Topic: a wee poem about perceptions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 743
Re: a wee poem about perceptions
This poem comes with strings attached. I got tied up in it.
Graph paper can not hold the coordinates that pop in and out of the mind.
Graph paper can not hold the coordinates that pop in and out of the mind.