Best Stranger Than Fiction Poems
"If truth is stranger than fiction, you need to take a stroll inside my dreams!"- by me
Weave me a story; weave me a tale.
Whole histories I need not hear.
But juicy tidbits I love well.
You can whisper them in my ear.
Books are a joy I love to read.
Weave me a story; weave me a tale.
Non-fiction or science – no need!
On the swell of romance I’ll sail.
Give me drama. Spare no detail -
good movies to both hear and see.
Weave me a story; weave me a tale.
At theaters I love to be.
I fall to sleep and my mind weaves
thrilling things. It never grows stale
what imagination conceives!
Weave me a story; weave me a tale.
April 23, 2023
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She's on the Verge
Joe cool
She talks to her hand
like seriously duh
the joke im not telling
we used to be witches writing poetry in coffee shops
smoking pot in serene gardens
and if it wasn't for Ginger my dog
that ran away to make love to Winchester
when she was in heat
we never would have met when we were eight
and still friends
but she tells me its because of me she's crazy
She wants me to remove pro creations that are stalking her
something tells me she's visited the funny farm too many times
I've been there
I've seen it
I know
But me and Joe
we are two of a kind
But I could be bluffing
maybe we're part of a royal flush
I'm space ace from mars
and she's a voodoo queen
to complete the circle of a long lost God in Girlfriend
Only the watchtowers know what that truly means
How did i get soo lucky her mother asked
but I'm not lucky at all
count your blessings and learn to read between the lines
because this mystic in your life
from your tree of fruits and loins did she fall
I'm a gullible god
and so are you
the tower of Babel has fallen
and she doesn't know what to do
so when she speaks the tongue of spirituality or which
and all you hear is psycho babble
it doesn't sound like
sneesh cheep bleep flap jip hap frew
she makes sense to me with words shes obsessing
i just wish you would take it on yourselves to read up on it
to understand her to communicate
instead of sending her to the hospital
Those pills make her
talk to her hand
and those lies are mostly true
fact is stranger than fiction
and together your family can pull through
even those doctors
are a little bit mad at that tea party
and shes never thrown me away after what I've been through
i love her to pieces
so should you
shes always been there for me
and when we lose touch she searches high and low for me
when you lose touch
there are more than one thing u can do
shes had exorcisms
and a low self esteem
date rape by succesfull well respected men
and everyone said it was blasphemy
it's not easy but it could be worse
believe you me
she's beautiful on the inside
and soo many soo called sane people
are beautiful outside
but uglier than sin if you ask me
The last days are here!
There are wars
There are rumors of wars
Nature revolts every where!
False prophets!
With strange doctrines
Feed fat on human frailities
To man’s utter bewilderment!
Strange illnesses!
Stranger than fiction
Hold humanity
In deadly grips
Terror bearers!
Bearing human inventions
Kill and maim
In the World’s streets.
God said to our early parents
“ Go and multiply and fill the earth’’
But in disobedience
Sexual immorality rule the world
Let us repent and change our ways!
For the rapture is close at hand
The righteous will be heaven-bound
while evil doers will burn in hell.
I sat next to an old geezer on a park bench
He looked at me, said "I can see you're a mensch"
Let me tell you what I've learned in the past 80 years.
"Oh no", thought I, but his words flew like spears:
"Who can fathom the deviousness of the heart
To know the mind from the face, there is no art.
Woe unto them that call evil good, take it as a clue
If they can't anchor themselves in the obviously true
Some claim darkness is light, and light dark
If you follow that lighthouse, you'll end up in a shark.
Prepare in advance, no practice leads to error
A peaceful scene then sudden terror
Never underestimate the fury of the wicked
It will come, as the prophet predicted.
You can work too hard, and not work smart
Get your sleep, take a walk, create some art
Your health must survive any deadline
Nothing achieved when a sprint is followed by decline.
The old man paused, took a sip of juice
Maybe this was my chance to break loose
I looked for a polite way to flee
But I was exhausted from my weekly game of Rugby.
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue
Words can cut deep even if sweetly sung.
There is no safety for good men, but to believe the worst of those
who when given two paths, the evil one chose.
Be slow to anger, make sure you understand
Incompetence rather than evil, often rules the land.
If a man comes to kill you, kill him first,
But seek truth and be wise, lest the roles reversed.
Do unto others as you want them to do unto you
Often they want their side heard, their point of view.
Hear out the extreme, the foreign, the new
For in the unexpected, there may be wisdom to pursue.
Hypocrisy is the tribute vice gives to what's good
We can't always live up to what we should
"And last," he said earnestly "I must preach
To think before talking, be concise in speech
Don't give strangers advice, for all our sakes
Especially if like me, you made endless mistakes
Be aware of your own contradictions
Know that reality is stranger than fiction.
"Thanks geezer", I said, "but I gotta go
"In the rugby game of life, you must have been a pro
In my hurry to leave my foot fell into a drain
All that advice, and now I have a sprain.
Two quacks walking side by side
one looking one way, the other the other
disturbingly similar, they could be one
and never the twain shall meet...
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
So who do you look up too?
Wishing you could repeat their acts of daring do!
Dying to escape your self build shell,
Dreaming that you were like Constantine in the realm of hell.
When real life is getting you down.
Day dreaming you were Spiderman webbing up the town.
Reality the daily struggle we face.
Faster than the Flash trying to get ahead of the rat race.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Have faith in the strength of your convictions.
Know that no matter how small we feel.
Everyone is going through their own ordeal.
So remember every day be strong.
Swimming through humanities daily throng.
Heroes they need heroes too.
You're a hero to me I know thats true.
"Gaslit"
Truth they say
is sometimes
stranger than fiction
Fiction they say
is sometimes
the tonic to escape
Blue Pill?
Red Pill?
which one to take
before one considers
it is all too late
Faith they say
is belief without
proof
A leap for some
caught in the
wrinkle of it all
We walk our days
immersed in what
we think is real
we shun and
turn away
from the talk
Gaslighting
and the abysmal
moral disengagement
false projections
buried we are locked in
the old stories never end
egos burnt to ashes
finger on the forehead
marks noticed and felt
it all begins, a new story
what it’s really all about
some believe, most doubt
Truth they say
is sometimes
stranger than fiction
Life is what you want it to be
The old stories end
A new way of thinking begins
A new way of being begins
(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
"Meditation Forest"
https://youtu.be/HSkgFARZbJM
Moral Disengagement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_disengagement
https://www.apa.org/international/pi/2016/03/moral-disengagement
https://oxford-review.com/oxford-review-encyclopaedia-terms/moral-disengagement/
Moral Disengagement / Albert Bandura -
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-43532-000
Gaslighting
https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/gaslighting
https://blog.apaonline.org/2020/09/15/freedom-for-the-power-to-be-believed-on-gaslighting/
https://worldnews.upexampaper.com/7-things-to-know-and-understand-about-gaslighting-more-latest-world-news-headlines/
Creepy Tales
"The Lion"
On a dark stormy night a young lady took a stroll
through the local park, it was a short cut to her home
in London, as she was progressing she observed a large
bolt of lightning she found a gazebo to take shelter in she
could wait there until the storm passed, a young
man had a similar idea and also entered the gazebo, he
was a lecturer at the local university he introduced
himself and sat down on the bench, the storm by now
appeared settled, so he offered to accompany the young
lady, they walked side by side until the man reached his
portal to his street, the storm intensified and the
lightning was extreme, a huge bang was heard as the girl
noticed a lion's statue in the park, she walked on then
the lightning worsened, she heard a lion's roar, she
heard it again and it was getting closer to her, in panic
she begins to run towards her home, moments
later she is confronted by a real lion, she panics then
runs away from it, there is a large scream and she
collapses to the ground. On the following day a park
worker notices the girl's body lying next to the stone lion,
she was dead. The police arrived and notice she has died
of shock. What could have caused this strange event ?
Did the girl really see the lion or was it an illusion of her
own mind, could she have been struck by lightning. It is a
matter of conjecture, an unexplained mystery. What
are your thoughts regarding this creepy tale, is truth
stranger than fiction, I leave it for you to decide.
Author: John Ginesi
9th February 2014
Oh, King David I think your groovy.
If You were here.
Unlike Your peers.
In spite the Years.
You would not go goofy.
May I meet You at the movies?
"Indeed." King David spoke,
Without malice.
"You have brought your crystal Ball."
Inside my Palace.
Wait a decade.
When everyone memorizes The Bible.
To counter-act The Liable.
And the clergy eclipses theatrics.
We also have concessions.
But the peanut gallery, boogieing to biographies?
On your way outside,
Hang the, " do not disturb."
Feed my ravens, popcorn along the curb."
"Well," I guess someone should get mad"
I replied.
" Well certainly, can't be us.
In our virtual realm of,"No Conscience."
Can we still be friends?
I know your not mean."
King David spoke " Most assuredly.
Take my bow and sling.
You will need them.
The New Millennium,
New authors, writing New psalms.
New craftsmen, learning to muffle.
Blessed excuses for the super bowl shuffle.
When it all comes together.
Truth will be stranger than fiction. Verily,
Verily I say to you.
Everything will seem fake.
You will turn away to the dictionary.
You'll need to understand, Why.
The capitol S' in "Satan."
Has been erased."
Oh, King David I think your groovy.
I'll stick to the secret religion
I don't need a reason
to enter metamorphosis
like the wind cutting rocks
to carve out new rivers
Stranger than fiction
my nominal friction
ties to this earth
I might fly off
like a child in birth
severing ties to his mother
The inside out pains
for all I've attained
the scratches and bruises
hardly tell the story
of a life of little worry
throw stress to the winds
every now and then
look back and say
how did I get here
with minimal damage
I don't have much
but I manage
These days drained of desire
like a thin pulled copper wire
shiny on the outside
brawny in the in
its like a wick in the wind
kindling this fire
I'll be okay though
because I'm a short winded liar.
Love is blind
Love is kind
Kind of nice
Kind of crazy
Crazy coot
Crazy voice
Voice in my bed
Voice in my head
Head towards the beast
Head away from danger
Danger is a trap
Danger is a stranger
Stranger than fact
Stranger than fiction
Fiction is a lie
Fiction is a story
Story of my life
Story for a child
Child of my dreams
Child of my heart
Heart of darkness
Heart of gold
Gold is yellow
Gold is precious
Precious things are sold
Precious things are stored
Stored away in a dusty room
Stored away under lock and key
Key to my heart
Key to my room
Room for comfort
Room for change
Change your life
Change your clothes
Clothes cover up nudity
Clothes emphasise nudity
Nudity glares
Nudity bothers
Bothers me
Bothers you
You are a mystery
You are a riddle
A riddle is a code
A riddle has a solution
Solution for problems
Solution for life
Life is strange
Life is beautiful
Strange...
Beautiful...
Right
half male,
left, female,
as Shiva and
Shakti together;
our twin flames so unite,
which evolved yogis so feel.
Fact stranger than fiction no doubt,
we do know someone, who feels as such.
Ardhnarishwar, affirmed in scriptures,
is mostly taken as folklore,
dismissed by logical mind
as a mere fairy tale,
till we encounter,
such a being,
right in front
of our
eyes!
26-October-2021
Chimera’s are mythical creatures composed of two or more parts.
Sagittarius, by example, is shown: to be made of both man and horse.
But Myths are not found among the living, except in the mind and art.
For where is the mermaid and her siren song found? Nowhere, of course!
Fiction has brought us fantasies, though life is stranger than fiction, I think.
For, now they’ve found the butterfly is in its life, two very separate beings.
Two separate strands of DNA work at different times within this missing link.
One is for the caterpillar, while the other is for the butterfly’s wings to bring.
One must die, or so they say, to allow the metamorphosis to bring the other to life.
But if they say one is dying… I think not… perchance it dreams, or does it sleep?
Or is this like the Phoenix that dies in flames, to again be reborn amid the strife?
Next time you hold a caterpillar or a butterfly in your hand… think about this leap.
Imagine all the wonder of their secret lives, and all that this can mean.
Not only is it a miracle, but perchance a place where we have found our dreams.
It may sound incredible to the modern
The intelligent man may deride it often
Nevertheless, it is sensible to concede
That the heaven above ties nuptial knots.
Facts are stranger than fiction indeed
For believers no stout logic is required
To understand the ways of providence
That works in a strange way with ease.
The groom and the bride are handpicked
By destiny through a move well planned
Thus, all things necessary deftly managed
To carry out the design that is prearranged.
Love and longing are but barren words
Addition to the stuff for poetic jargons
It is the heaven above decides everything
That includes venue, time and the linking.
No one knows how it works, definitely
As it is impossible to delve into it deeply
It is good to accept and enjoy life merrily
For heaven above fixes marriages’ surely.
after the firestorm
when the earth shakes her fury
the time of rainbows.....
her devastation
but a path
to what cannot pass away
the spirit that thrives
inside orange blossoms
that roar and howl
with flesh
stranger than fiction
stronger than chains
imprisoning
then linking us to earth,
a flash,
here then gone.