Best Index Poems
You gaze in wonder, at books of the library of thoughts,
With trepidation, of likes and loathes, to feed the minds’ draught,
An index, a reference section, never ever found,
Even in the hypnotic silence of the musky surrounds,
Your heart in shambles, realise it is unpaired,
Seeking for a rational index of souls to share,
Your perseverance was destined to no ones’ gain,
Up until you were hit by the drop of a rain,
Unrealised you posture, to the form of a mime,
Amidst the section of poetry’s’, endless rhyme,
With a mind bound, trained to build with bricks,
Imaginative poems was to provide your kicks,
Yet today you stand alone, in the surrounds of books,
Searching for your souls passion, in corners and nooks,
You are lucky, to be enabled, to function with hands,
Although in trance of stupor, by a psychotic mind-band,
As the chaotic lights, gleam, whizz, and pass you by,
You miss the expectant twinkle in the strangers’ eye,
Instead all that glare back, are books at hand,
Lost in your mind, without, an index band;
add inflation & unemployment stats,
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an absence of universal healthcare,
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foreclosures, lost pensions, dead 401K’s, etc.
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&
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you get a whole lot of angry people
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waiting for something to happen---
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are you ready for this?
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are you gonna save up all your strife &
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pretend that it matters when you walk into
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the ballot booth on 11/2/12?
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gonna try & make yourself believe that
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those in power are gonna save you?
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that they are going to have a sudden change of
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heart---
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and suddenly they will just feel sorry for the rest of
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us &
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wash us all over with their cash
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allowing for the 99% to get
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just an
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itty
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bitty
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piece of what the other 1% has?
what does it take to wake you up from your slumber?
gonna go to your priest,
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when he’s not raping little boys &
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beg him for help from your big imaginary friend in the sky?
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is he gonna help you?
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you think you have an ace in the hole,
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something that can be drawn upon at the last minute---
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well,
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the clock is ticking &
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the index is rising.
the boy
the longbow
in the company of men
forests and stars
the stream of sighs part ii
the giving tree
the flight of an arrow
the fallen men
under the dying cloud
Form:
Heat Index 111
Miracle Man
6/12/2022
Air has the feel of touching a griddle,
as if given birth by smoke and fire.
From a shady nook, thumbs I twiddle,
but for today, little more do I aspire.
Intolerant toward a flaw,
more oft than not, we quote the law
and so burn the witch at the stake,
whilst love weeps for love, for love’s sake,
that if we peep into our past,
at our conduct, we’ll be aghast
but when it comes to our own soul,
we call to God to make us whole,
with a gentle slap on our wrist,
letting us enjoy our life tryst
but right is right and wrong is wrong;
conceded yet take all along,
that at end of days, we may smile,
since love never goes out of style.
M-eet the summer sun,
S-wim across the perfect pool,
N-o more cold windchill.
Form: Acrostic Haiku
wrote a poem across his back
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
Submitted on July 11, 2021 for A BRIAN STRAND JULY 13 contest sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - RANKED 1ST
Posted on July 8, 2021
Centred in the heart,
tranquil eye nonjudgmental,
love is our sole emotion.
In this lucid dream,
even if it’s unreal,
our breath enriches the void.