Best Patronized Poems

I tiptoed through the tulips
And leapt over the lavender bed
I covered the ground in red rose petals
And laid out a picnic spread
I winked at the...

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Since time’s distant dawn 
Men have told lies 
Calling it truth 
The facts, patronized. 
But truth doth not jest 
It is what it is 
It’s...

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through generations---
clan patronized eldest son
till women claimed rights



Patriarchy Contest
8 July 2015...

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Ayo, Once upon a time...
Their was a young brave renegade
That would love someone solely than detonate
Than pick up the pieces and try to renovate
Just so...

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Take your filthy strands 

of reasoning, shedding 

off-white from my hair. 

I claim this fistful of universe

as my own. Let my mind expand

and dance, unfettered...

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"The Value of Reading"

messages impressed
upon the secret keepers.
when is late too late?
to divulge the truth?

"I know this is a shock"
arrives far too late 
when it...

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This poem is not meant to be a speech nor is it written to offend or give anyone blame.
It just a mere observation of how...

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Adolescent apparitions aquiring apathy.
Beaten bloody, broken, battered belligerently.
Crystal clear causes craving compassion consistantly.
Domimating demons drive desire diligently.
Even emitting echos escape everyones empathy.
Forgeting fatalities frantically follow...

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My favourite bard
I will not disguise.” Velvet
bums he patronized.”

© Harry J Horsman  1993...

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Daily, Diana coils herself 
In a dirty corner on top
The ever patronized Mararaba
Pedestrian bridge
 Cold mingling in her ribs 
Like a poisonous snake, she 
Hissed...

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Picture Perfect

She exuded a vindictive pride -
not frightened – not fortunate.
She would bathe in the amazing ritual -
opening night.  All eyes, all attention,
focused on...

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PRETTY KITTY

They named her Princess
Coal black    with long    silken fur
She had this proud air
They had to laugh  ...

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Uncommon Man

hard hat 
lunch bucket
high steel walker
at home where eagles soar.

mole, in pits and holes
deep, dark cracking stone
labyrinth’s glitter.

salt stained, rocking seas
tread her whims
for silver...

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All his life he's been ridiculed and patronized....but
he'll take any moment to show you true love inside,
no he doesn't need reciprocation because he is used...

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Visual chaos runs havoc in a weeping world,
echoes of screaming pain in my bleeding words.
The ocean is made from nothing but tears,
a reflection of the...

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