why …
why do we careless creatures
hold on so tightly?
tears are not poisonous
they will not etch our face with the
afflictions they carry
but they WILL assuage its acidity -
why not let them roll?
we … are ambiguity’s toys
for love is a whipping post and
an altar, divine …
we allow its words to chain us, unseen
to one or the other
when, in all better judgement
we could allay the flogging and the
flames of infatuation
by simply … letting … go …
yet our fists remain clenched about it
the cable of needs and passions and the
price we pay for them,
firmly in our grip
as we slowly tie it into a gallows
of emotional greed and
committal hubris …
thus …
no matter how many moonrises we
watch trickle thru life’s sieve,
we continue to fall like children for
the hearts we hope to sway
and pay for the privilege with the
dearest of currency …
all the while finding ourselves back in
a purgatory of indecision
weighing love and its costs against loneliness
never knowing which …
is the most …
deadly.
Categories:
acidity, analogy, relationship,
Form: Free verse
why …
why do we careless creatures
hold on so tightly?
tears are not poisonous
they will not etch our face with the
afflictions they carry
but they WILL assuage its acidity -
why not let them roll?
we … are ambiguity’s toys
for love is a whipping post and
an altar, divine …
we allow its words to chain us, unseen
to one or the other
when, in all better judgement
we could allay the flogging and the
flames of infatuation
by simply … letting … go …
yet our fists remain clenched about it
the cable of needs and passions and the
price we pay for them,
firmly in our grip
as we slowly tie it into a gallows
of emotional greed and
committal hubris …
thus …
no matter how many moonrises we
watch trickle thru life’s sieve,
we continue to fall like children for
the hearts we hope to sway
and pay for the privilege with the
dearest of currency …
all the while finding ourselves back in
a purgatory of indecision
weighing love and its costs against loneliness
never knowing which …
is the most …
deadly.
Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden, April 5, 2024
Categories:
acidity, analogy, loneliness, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
sweet
saccharine, sugary
dulcifying, tasting, adoring
confection, savory, tangy, acidity
fermenting, distasting, frowning
vinegary, astringent
sour
Date written: 05/13/2023
Categories:
acidity, creation, poetry, words,
Form: Diamante
My bones corrode
From the acidity of your endearment.
Stay away.
Keep your distance.
I am already decaying
From the affliction
Of all the tenderness I carry
For you.
Categories:
acidity, absence, care, desire,
Form: Free verse
pie
delightful, delectable
appealing, appetizing, appeasing
sweetness, sugariness, acidity, acerbity
retching, regorging, regurgitating
brackish, brinish
fly
NB: This is purely my own reaction to eating flies. I understand it’s quite the delicacy to some. To each his own ... :)
14 January 2023
Delightful Diamante Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Caren Krutsinger
Categories:
acidity, culture, food, insect, senses,
Form: Diamante
The woman is
milk juice,
the man is
sugarcane juice...
the woman is
Apple pear,
the man is
lemon fruit...
the woman is
for pro sec
the man is
brandy...
the woman is
sweet potato,
the man is
manioc...
the woman is
the heat,
the man is
popcorn...
the woman is
violin,
the man is
trombone...
the woman is
basilar,
The man
it's acidity...
the woman is
the road,
the man is
truck...
the woman is
a garden,
the man is
the wilderness...
the woman is
to forgive,
the man from
kill executioner...
the woman
never is afraid,
tô donate
the man is
afraid to surrender...
the woman is
Calm sea,
the man is
angry river...
the woman is
beauty flower,
the man is
proud cactus...
the woman is
right sure,
the man is
kinda crooked...
the woman is
landlady,
your man is
farmer...
But love is a strong link
that promotes communion,
love is the amalgam that unites them
and do party in the heart...
Separated they produce nothing...
but together they bear fruits
in creation...!
Categories:
acidity, allegory, allusion, analogy, extended
Form: Free verse
the slabs are huge and are uneven
sky horizon that is no longer perpendicular
another line is tangent to the straight line
stability donned its mist suit
it insidiously wraps around the curving walls
makes the mouth of life produce a trembling voice
words that echo slipping through the fog
acidity of knowledge that created a never again
aridity of the texture that covers the earth
greed for how hungry the time is
it's so easy to see mistakes
and see that soon we will all be
on the same painful side of this syringe
Categories:
acidity, angst, humanity,
Form: Free verse
and our thoughts that were serious
turned life into acidity
but we're celebrating having survived
without tearing each other down too much
see, I allow myself to laugh at the televisions
as you solve cross puzzles
on this corner the milky way would be friendly
if we managed the odysseys correctly
maybe something dark is coming
mortal fleeing from the center of the universe
but we are ready the oracle said
because we have a surname hecatomb
Categories:
acidity, allegory, universe,
Form: Free verse
Beneath waves that concede a change of life
shapes of shifting forms
hidden in ocean depths
murky coloration of perpetual flux
as fish without eyes cruise crustacean cousins
in a midnight zone of black
midst trouble changing sea acidity
flowing currents once flush with species
It's peaceful at the bottom in what can't be measured
for the deeper one goes the familiar disappears
like seaweed that displaces coral
turbulent reef on the cusp of scant recovery
Underwater paradise,
surface waves of imposing rhythm
forms that wash to shore
life in the voracious jaws of damage
what sustains a teardrop
when anchored eyes open
Poem composed; June 17, 2021
Categories:
acidity, change, earth, fish, water,
Form: Free verse
Peaches
Peaches are my favourite fruit,
Plump, juicy, and tantalizing
Of cling and freestone varieties
That are rounded, fitting in the hand,
And wrapped in fuzzy skin covers
Of melded red and yellow colours.
Each bite is a tasty adventure
With exquisite flavours bursting
Peachy squirtings into the mouth
That flood the buds of the tongue and roof.
Either white- or yellow-fleshed drupe;
Peaches in season are delicious!
***
Note:
The name “peach” is derived from Persia, from which the fruit was transplanted to Europe. Peaches belong to the stone fruit (aka drupe) family and can have either white or yellow flesh. Cultivated peaches are classified as clingstone, freestone, or semi-freestone/semi-clingstone depending on whether the flesh sticks to the stone or not. Peaches with white flesh typically are very sweet with little acidity, whereas yellow-fleshed peaches typically have an acidic tang coupled with sweetness. Low-acid, white-fleshed peaches are the most popular varieties in China, Japan, and neighbouring Asian countries, while Europeans and North Americans tend to favour the acidic, yellow-fleshed cultivars.
Categories:
acidity, fruit, summer,
Form: Verse
I still remember
that one time I fell into the lust filled puddles
that settled where your eyes once were
we both know
it was over and over again
that i'd willingly dove in
I replay you in my mind
here's a secret
never have I ever
remained so submissive and committed
a true fool, I am
but why did you have to hold me so secure
kissed my eyelids, painted my orgasms= gold
couldn't you taste that my soul
was tarnished with the acidity that the last lover spewed my way
pacing back N forth
...was devising how to divulge my yearning for you
until i woke up and remembered that you belong to her
silly me.
Categories:
acidity, bullying, crush, depression, desire,
Form: Free verse
The woman is
juice to milk,
the man is
cane juice
The woman is
Apple pear,
the man is
prickly pineapple
The woman is
Prosecco wine,
the man is
porto...
The woman is
sweet potato,
the man is
manioc...
The woman is
the warmth,
the man is
popcorn...
The woman is
violin,
the man is
trombone...
The woman is
basilar
The man
it's acidity ...
The woman is
the road,
the man is
truck...
The woman is
a garden,
the man is
the backyard ...
The woman is
of giving forgiveness,
the man of
killing somebody
The woman
gives without fear,
the man has
fear of giving
The woman is
Calm sea,
the man is
angry river
The woman is
beauty flower,
the man is
ugly proud
The woman is
pure thing,
the man is
kind of crooked ...
The woman is
owner of the land,
the man is her
farmer...
But love is strong link.
which promotes communion,
love is the bond that unites them
and makes the feast of the heart ...
Separated nothing produces ...
but together they create humanity ...!
Categories:
acidity, fun, hilarious, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Couach potatoes! Scrambling for trivialities
The eyes delight, detrimental to their intellect
Immersed in gape at the melanin free race
Laying eggs of colloquialism to metamorphose into
Formality cherishing fool's errand with hilarious gestures
Blindly swaggering when near a shelf of
Bibliographies,deaf to the wail of books left desolate
Heading for the sitting room to clinch the cosiness
Of the couch which Springs up felicity like an oasis and academics viewed ad draught calling acidity
Recording "etiquette", becoming a lady or a gent,
Being flirty trendy and touched
Like an umpire as points scored
"civilised" if this be be, count count not l among thy subjects
Cast me away from thy chariot ,
Exclude me from your parade
Aloof stand l, outcast l proclaim
Categories:
acidity, 5th grade, anger, cry,
Form: Blank verse
A nice little horse story to tell to the beetles and cakes.
What if the rotating square meet the sides of a spinning circle? Well a dance, a spin and a sparkly front facing flip out from the watching triangles. Triangles are good gymnasts and also very proficient swimmers too. The length of a log is the length of a pool. And a shimmering hexagon is quite exquisitely placed upon a scented pillow. Wave no wearing prismatic mineral containing aluminum and acidity regulators would prong the air with a glow stick bought from a shop of equal price. Process plays process paying parsonages pleasing pickled people. And a nice metre of gold dust to rise and tickle the air from a sheet. Great. No ha no x no z. Just reading rhino reviews. Statiturisation at twenty one iron ore lolly pops to twelve cones of coal.
Categories:
acidity, beauty, horse,
Form: I do not know?
Acidity aside
In the back of her mind
The poison leaked through
No rooster to roo
But beyond blasting
A hole in my shoe
I tell her I love her
Nothing to do
Categories:
acidity, america,
Form: Free verse
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