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Oil and Water - Glenn Hughes

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For First Underground Nuclear Kitchen (FUNK) Poetry Contest sponsored by Robert James Liguori

"Time, keeps slippin' and there's no crime You know there is no time it's never too late" Oil and Water - Glenn Hughes I do not have time I already left Missing my connection Ending up bereft And time stops spinning Stops playing it's game I see all for what it is I'm always just out of the frame Time is inhaled My breath is on pause Vision gains focus Clarity on cause All the time in the world Lies here in my hands But what lies so out of reach Is someone that understands I drift in reflection Hardly taking part Endless time a handicap A real dying art

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thriveni c mysore

Date: 3/6/2025 8:07:00 PM

Unique as always. Congratulations on your win dear poet. Cheers!!!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 3/6/2025 11:34:00 PM

Thank you Thriveni - what a lovely gift your comments are, thank you :)

Robert James Liguori

Date: 3/5/2025 4:01:00 AM

So many word plays with time… very interesting. Congrats on your placement. Please consider doing my next contest on Iron Maiden!

Di11y Da11y
Date: 3/5/2025 12:25:00 PM

I certainly will Robert, thank you for my placement - I had fun playing with time

Ink Empress

Date: 2/20/2025 7:28:00 AM

This is beyond beautiful and so lyrical i agree with david below! Im a fan of kurt cobain ugh! Love him! And i see theres a cadence in this that would go well with his usual melodies! I absolutely loved this! I think will be a top win! Best wishes in the contest dear dd! Nailed it

Di11y Da11y
Date: 2/20/2025 7:51:00 AM

Aww thank you, I wrote this quicky so it's a real surprise this has been well received. The concept in the song was fun to riff on. I didn't write it as lyrics, but it would be fun to know if it would work with a guitar track sang :)

David Kavanagh

Date: 2/19/2025 6:53:00 AM

A very lyrical piece Dilly, if only you could put a good guitar riff to it, 4th stanza is brilliant and resonates totally with me, it’s like something Kurt Cobain would have written, all the best in contest, cheers David

David Kavanagh
Date: 2/19/2025 10:41:00 AM

Yep Kurt could’ve used your last stanza as a bridge (no better man)

Di11y Da11y
Date: 2/19/2025 8:17:00 AM

Wow, you've gifted me some compliments over the last couple of years but from you I'm sure a comparison to Kurt Cobain's writing is about as complimentary as it gets :) This one was a quick write whilst I was on a roll with the Plages Roses one this morning. I probably should have continued - my inner goth liked the dying art line. I learnt guitar for about a year as a young teen but seemed to remain at the "there was an old man called Michael Finnegan" stage :) hope the mood has passed already x