Only wait for a timely opportunity, alike space on road, then gently squeeze in, it is not any world's job to give you permission to be you, only to tell you how much of you you can show, it is 100 percent your job to give yourself breath and only you control how prepared you let yourself become and how well you prepare your piece and when you show it. Two tricky points...let time and heartbeat of piece dictate its perceived effect, there is no best time. There Is absolutely however worst times, when it is times of distress or you feel like you are rushing...it is best to not show it unless you have the floor, even when rushingit is as good a time as any...you waited that long.
--Dmitri Dimov
Categories:
dmitri, culture, philosophy, social, society,
Form: Free verse
the dogs were happy
did not have to dig deep
in bomb craters and
makeshift graves
they licked at pulverized bones
and liquefied brains
slurped up the proceeds of war
and roamed the street
sluggish and flatulent
saliva dribbled as well
from the industrial military complex
fused joy with sore fingers
from counting the money
Dmitri wondered
what had become of his folks
and where the flowers had gone
before he pegged his rag doll
to a skull bone that floated
in a sewer of lost hope
his young soul was confused
with reality and fake news
and yet his scarred mind
was never far from revenge
as he waded through carnage and destruction
he found remains of his pet
and smeared a bloody reminder
on his feverish forehead
picked up a land mine
and bode farewell to one of his arms
because the weapon exploded
never one to cease with belligerent ease
Categories:
dmitri, war,
Form: Free verse
In that
place
which is North of normality
where
insanity's just a formality
I'm sat
listening to
Dmitri Shostakovich.
Categories:
dmitri, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Dmitri Mendeleev of Russian descent
Designed a table for each element
Periodic symbols he inserted for flavour
Was his a chemical or human behaviour?
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Contest: Periodic Table of Elements
Sponsor: Anthony Slausen
Categories:
dmitri, symbolism,
Form: Clerihew