Best Feat Poems
In the dim-lit alley of the soul's bazaar,
Were jazz and jive spill from ajar,
We tap our feet, snap fingers, under stars,
And speak in verses, raw and without pause.
The city breathes, a living, pulsing beat,
Its heart a drum, its voice a saxophone,
We weave through streets, our words a rhythmic feat,
In its sync with life yet distinctly our own.
We are scribes of midnight's whispered tales,
Our ink, the dreams that dance in smokey air,
Each line is a track on which our spirit sails,
A journey deep, beyond the skin, we dare.
So let us write, with passion as our guide,
Some beat poems, where truths cannot slide.
Then we'll take a carpet ride,
Sail across space standing side by side.
GeorgeLuis: Deep demons breaking my heart
But I'm still smiling, trying to play the part
Time, time ticking in my head
Now life is like walking on a thread
Feeling alone, God send an angel instead
Real purpose of smiling again? Is there new love waiting ahead?
My angel keeps me company
Her love is my astronomy
Knowing every little thing she would do for me
Like I'll die for you, you die for me
I know one day I'll die in your arms
My love is yours and your love is mine
And I hope for you this is not only rhymes
You begin to notice my feelings give energy
My love for you is now until infinity
Xavier: Hopes of something new
No lovers in my view
Though my options are plenty, I'd rather be with you
She doubts we can be serious
My heart keeps me curious
Let rumors hold me hostage, with drama there's no healing us
Tears flow down your cheeks
Your past has you weak
We can take off high speed, leave the baggage in the street
Have I convinced you enough?
Or am I running out of luck?
I'll untwist us from the wire, if we ever become stuck. So what's up?
Attempting to charm, I share thoughts deliberately
My love for her is now until infinity
Ice crystal contrails cerulean skies crisscross,
Grazing the wispy clouds of cottony linens
Like smooth white, waxy strings of dental floss
Strung out high above these heavenly denizens.
Grazing the wispy clouds of cottony linens
Are they playing war games above the peace?
Strung out high above these heavenly denizens
Are they from earthly tensions finding release?
Are they playing war games above the peace?
These high-flying aerial jockeys of daring feat
Are they from earthly tensions finding release?
They soar through the heavens without defeat.
These high-flying aerial jockeys of daring feat
Top guns rehearsing for battles they must abhor,
They soar through the heavens without defeat
Ever testing, faster, never enough, always more.
Top guns rehearsing for battles they must abhor
Keenly aware of the vital defense roles they play
Ever testing, faster, never enough, always more
Their high-flying antics are de rigueur for the day.
Keenly aware of the vital defense roles they play
Like smooth white, waxy strings of dental floss
Their high-flying antics are de rigueur for the day,
Ice crystal contrails cerulean skies crisscross.
FIRST PLACE WINNER
Submitted to "Pantoum - Old or New" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Joseph May
SECOND PLACE WINNER
Written May 29, 2022
Submitted to "Flight Poetry Contest"
Sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke
#12 on BEST NEW POEMS LIST
June 10, 2022
Submitted to "Marathon Contest Mile 3"
Sponsored by Mark Toney
A bullet meant for one has somehow hit us both...
We tried to share more then we could but with little hope..
Now two hearts lay on the floor as pieces flow away..
I wanted you and her but my mind just couldn't stay..
To break one without the other is magic trick not found..
So now I lay here with my heart that barely makes a sound...
The hands of time I can not move or somehow change this mess..
I tried to have it all but I just ended up with less...
I damaged my own feelings by lying to her
Now I can’t live my days without my pearl
I never did realize, she makes my heart stirred
I’m on my insanity, my chance has been hurled
Her face now is my nightmare I can’t leave off
Lurking my thoughts of her wise and magic touch
What was inside me, I’d bled her heart and love
These make me drown my heart where evils crouch
Regret makes me awake yet in time kills me more
Death would only make me suffer inside the earth’s core
To live this curse is my only option
Until her forgiveness drunk by me as the curing potion
First 8 stanza: By Michael J. Falotico
9th-end: me
:)
* Always a pleasure to collaborate with him :)
Larry had a wart on the end of his nose
it was appalling and he saw that it grows.
He found a doc
who gave it thought.
Then slickly transplanted it to one of his toes.
Hug of Words
(11/09/2011)
By: Dinda Minardi and Michael J. Falotico
(Michael)
Two sets of eyes that never met.
A hug across lands where words connect.
We whisper and dream in poems so clear.
So far away but can still wipe a tear.
A friendship with no sounds, but a treasure I did found.
(Dinda)
Thousands of landscapes and lining mountains,
Cannot separate our mingled words that fountained
Dear precious, our bond is stronger than before is certain
Wishing spells and crafted words in rainbow tint
We fulfill each other, as dry season completed by season of rain
By: Michael J. Falotico and Dinda Minardi
For Tracie Edwards
Contest Name 'Grab a mate and collaborate
*9th place in the contest
These are thundering noises that I hear
They are thumping in my ears, pump restlessness to my head
I feel like I'm going to explode
Breathe no more.. I gasp my last air
They're getting louder
I run so fast till I can't feel my feet
I run so fast till I care no more but sounds of my steps
I’m still not breathing
So this is how I die
Drowned by my fear and worries
With my chin just over the point where I could breathe..
I French kiss the air to show my fight and belief…
I won’t leave this cruel world like this, not this way..
My life needs to be read and my dreams another day…
My crawl becomes a walk and my stride now a run..
Because this heart is strong and my soul is not done…
Collaboration feat Michael J. Falotico
Special thanks to Michael J. Falotico that has completed this poem in a perfect way :)
When my soles were first created
Mom and Dad did consummated
Tossed and turned out a head
Lost my bearings feet instead
After spank to make a cry
Inked and printed black feet dye
One small step for little baby
One giant leap for parent's maybe
After one two or three needle
All of a sudden I was bipedal
On my soles could not lose
Roll the dice need some shoes
Give me some that have three strips
To young now no worry the types
Later on when I spike
I'll be running with the Nike
School is done say hoot hoot
Off to work construction boot
Fancy ones for all those dates
And the ones that they call skates
Walked around in those slippers
Even walked in things called flippers
The only shoes I could not handle
Had to be the dreaded sandal
As a man with covered soles
Went through life achieving goals
Feet first baby I begun
Lucky me I could have none
This month This day
Is our time to show
The universe our love
How much were embraced by each other
The intensity of our feelings for one another
How our lives were meant to some way intersect
We was We were
Always meant to be
What we have
Has already stood the test of time
So….
In This month on This day
I say to you….
That I Love you
And Happy “ Valentines day”
Copyright ©2008 Myishia Williams
Rusty rock scrabble
Crunches under my boots
Carefully
I place my feet
Been kicked down
Your steep face
Before
When I
Heedless
Scrambled up
Until
Rock rolled
Ankle
Pain
Torture
Crash
Black…
...tumble …
...down
You...
...didn't trip me
...didn't catch me
Either
Did you?
"Dad! Dad!"
Frightful eyes
Over mine
On that ledge
Of disaster
Frightened me
Made me careful
Full
Of
Care
Now
There is no one
To rescue
To even see me
Yet
I feel your care
Always
Always
Yours
I know
I know
Also
Your indifference
When I don't...
...when I'm--
Care--
--less
David said
"He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet:
And setteth me upon my high places." *
So, yeah
I didn't make my feet
I make my steps, though
When not
As grateful
And mindful as
Beauty
Deserves
Deserve I
Indifference
By grace
You're still here
For me
To tread lovingly
In no
Heated rush
Graced
Am I
To know
There's
So much more
Than just
Surmounting you
There's every
Little leaf
Little flower
Little bug
Every
Little
Detail
My layered Beauty
I document
My "feat"
But
I'm no conqueror
My only esteem
Is
I treasure you
Psalm 18:33 King James Version (KJV)?
Cobalt clouds lie heavy laden
Clear sun's light peeks through gray
Crows cawing says enjoy the time
Even on this rain drenched day
The barn swallows fly out to hunt
Their circles and swoops low
I hope their breakfast is delish
And in the sky God hangs a bow
The air is pleasant, damp and cool
There's an eerie stillness
Will there be thunderstorms today
A day filled with realness
It's so comfy out on the porch
A little break from the heat
This time needed for some real praise
Thank God, for awesome feat
To live in a world of vain
With deceiving harsh mystique
Where nothing shall ever be sane
And love is our greatest feat
Oh i feel defeat
Oh i live in defeat
Oh my love is in defeat
Oh the blood of defeat
Oh father of defeat
Oh come on defeat
Oh lets live for the feat
Success can only be achieved through
constant endeavour and dedication,
Excellence is the result of determination
and concentration.
Good, better, best
Never take rest
Until good becomes better
And better becomes best.
Success earned
Is success deserved.
NO GREATER FEAT
No greater feat now, no conquest higher;
than to rescue thine heart to its own desire.
Must you be in such anguish, at my arrival?
I shall save thee now to a passion's revival.
Fear now no longer that I cannot see,
how your heart doth race at the mere sight of me.
Raise the stakes, wear the mask of transparency,
nothing shall avert my pursuit of thee.
For there will be no relent, nor will I retire,
until harnessing the love I can see, within thy hidden fire.