Long Vacuum Poems

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An Ode To Empress Josephine

Precious creole from a Caribbean haven,
she that inhabits the vacuum of my heart.
Your kiss can quell a heart laden with fury,
to save regiments from a scene of carnage.

A man's long life span of five score and seven
is nothing more than a fruitless lengthy age
in comparison with few seconds with thee.

Nothing else can inflict as much injury
as a minute second your departure
from a heart you have so pierced with Cupid's dart.

Yes my love, you are dexterously fashioned
by divine hands, distinct from every creature.
Nothing at all in this whole world gladdens me
like my love you have so graciously returned.
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Premium Member Bereaved

I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe. Jandy Nelson

What I scribe assists and soothes the pain.
Conceal my thoughts and jam in my silence.
A sense of agony overwhelms you to complain. 
Hardships from upshots or few guidance.
And the sorrow of collapse wager plain.

I cannot let wend my frozen dreams.
It filled my ego with scars from the past.
steadily nagging me, or so it seems.
It filled the vacuum with a mournful cast.
Delight fades away as smoke streams.

Spirits forth from might speak as a rancor.
Yet, nothing helped ease my sadness.
I suck in poison and crush out the clanger.
sick with grief, bearing with his madness.
Allow for the capture of whacks in anger.

The pause is broken, and the repeat is endless.
bleeding wounds, bringing eternal death.
Leave juicy tears of joy alone and friendless.
If you breathe in thickly, gasp your last breath.
My glimpse, soiled by each blink, was restless.

I retain moving forward and looking back.
Smile and laugh through the loneliness.
Lay my spirit on the soil, on a one-way track.
Write the facts again, hope for the wilderness.
Colors explode in a somber, limitless crack.

Return me to the realm betwixt eternal life.
Deny the facts that bind me afar of sight.
At this point, my lifeless face is blind to strife.
Thumps cry; all is gone; admit it; adopt flight.
Life's seed was lost at sea as a clasping knife.

Written: January 28, 2023

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Premium Member Ure Apprehensively Mine

Ure my chemical imbalance tipping the scales
Ure the voice shouting leaving me pale
Ure the fright in the middle of a soulless night
Ure broken glass on the sidewalk
Ure cuts thru my shoes while u mock
Ure poetry in motion with nausea
Ure incurable when I wanna be done dotta
Ure an audio clip on a permanent loop
Ure the scandal rag with a crappy scoop
Ure rinse and repeat without a cleanse
Ure finite resources thru a single lens
Ure the reason for recurring work in progress
Ure my daily dose of fogginess
Ure the vacuum of perpetual thoughts
Ure the story who cannot be bought
Ure the constant double edge sword
Ure responsible for striking a chord
Ure the force I try so hard to counter with good
Ure responsible for me being misunderstood
Ure my nemesis and friend all the same
Ure the one enabling me to be creatively insane

No pills, no frills, just terrifying numbness followed by troubling relaxations
A pattern of chills trying not to succumb to this rollercoaster of varying sensations

Copyright © Christopher Delegans 2023

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Eider ducks in a row and Noah’s Arc for foaming bath tubs

Pull the plug on solitude and play Eros full steam ahead

		Rubber dolls with vacuum function

		Touch Mahal at the press of a button

		Mandala and kind Karma on the spot

Meanwhile Hey Judas blasts sounds through supermarket isles

As encouragement for a little temptation at the bread counter

		Self-rising yeast and sugar watchtowers

		Lick away your sins until kingdom comes

		With crispy pretzels from Salt Lake City

Nihilist colouring books on display no glossy crayons needed

Agnostic wet dreams wrapped in silk brassieres and braces

		The end is nearer than the cashier

		A reaper tills luscious fields of plenty

		Until blinders fall under a heavy load


30th December 2019

Premium Member My Universe of Bull

My vacuum cleaner’s broken, 
sits in the garage gathering dust 
Beside dad’s old green car,
oxidising an orangey rust
I tried washing it last week, 
and the water turned to wine
Well the colour miraculously looks,
venetian turpentine 

World weary in a dusty brain,
contemplating null dividends 
Doubtful the universe grew from zero, 
to mere accidental existence
I’m never sure of anything, 
other than opening up my eyes 
When intelligence outsmarts evolution, 
worlds of meaninglessness arrives 

Nothing ventured everything gained, 
the cosmos just gave and came 
Dust clumped together,
galaxies burst forth into flame 
No blueprint just chaos, 
serendipity’s our only friend 
Instructions out the window, 
laws of physics can’t comprehend 

Anyway God created us, 
a few millennia after we made him
Mankind needed order, 
to rid an infernal world of sin
I mean who’d hold faith in dust, 
when all is said and done 
Well some of us actually do, 
on the mantlepiece in an urn

Yeah I’m full of bull, this 
agnostic needs little imagination
I’m wasting space on the fence, 
making these observations 
I watch dust versus crosses, 
and a universe going bust
Neurons keep me company,
as my brain churns out mush 



Sponsored by: Charles Messina 
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01/12/22 rhyme form
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Shadows of Lost Love

Written: April 27, 2025, for contest by Anoucheka Gangabissoon

Quote: "Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." By Rumi

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When love weakens, a vacuum remains,  
A canvas painted with countless shades of gray.  
Laughter fades into a quiet pain,  
And joy shifts into a foreboding sway.  

A world of vibrant colors unfolds before you,  
Yet now dull tones steal away a fading dream.  
The echo of your presence hits frighteningly true,  
A spectral grip, a limitless gleam.  

Once filled with laughter, now it's a mournful sigh,  
Craving the touch of a once-lovely grace.  
My spirit shrinks and begins to softly die,  
As darkness stretches across my face.  

Yet a spark still flickers amid gloom,  
An unknown strength; a will to rise anew.  
A phoenix emerges from the grave of doom,  
A reborn self, strong, courageous, and true.  

Though love may have faded, a lesson shines bright;  
To spot the beauty in a tightly clenched shell.  
To conquer suffering, I must stand and fight,  
Learning to love myself and embrace the tale to tell.

Accept the love that escaped you,
Love is not a feeling, but rather a choice.
Being able to love is even more untrue,
A strong love adorns our lives with rejoice.
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

The Hatchet

Hatchet in the tree
Hatchet in the snow
A snowman’s hand gripped
A snowman slashed low
Low falls the timber
Low level UV light
Light reflects white
Light will then entice
Entice by photoelectric effect
Entice by photons in cadence
In cadence with yuletide
In cadence with Christmas time
Time is itself a gift
Time and time again
Again the winter solstice
Again the world will spin
Spin on it's axis
Spin by angular momentum
Momentous holidays will come
Momentous mementos prior
Prior to the feasts
Prior to the givings
Giving a beginning
Giving an end
Endpoint to point
Endpoint to position
Position the world with bows and ribbons
Positioned in a box
A box of dark matter
A box of hot rocks
Rocks wrapped in flavour & colour
Rocks wrapped in gravity & electric charge
Charged forward by a vacuum
Charged forward at 0 dollars cost
Cost just a kiss under the mistletoe
Costs just an open heart, does it not?
Not if not genuine
Not because it ought to be
Be because you ought to be
Be joyeux noel
Joyeux noel Deus ex machina
Joyeux noel God by machine
Machinations of generosity against greed 
Machinations of compassion against apathy
Apathetic the inanimate object
Apathetic indeed
Indeed life is an incantation
Indeed the miracle we need
Needless to say
An incantation speaks atop the tree
Form: Blitz

Vehemant Youth

Little boy on the verge of manhood.
Anger and frustration.
Filled with animosity.
Thinks he know the true world;
Believes the lies and propaganda.
Never experienced real life.
Small town boy raging against a big nation.
Words spoken in a vacuum
Falling flat on the floor
Finding no air to waft
To listening ears.
Lashing out at fire, hitting nothing,
Feeding the fire in his mind.
Smoke rolls out as he speaks
And vanishes into the night.
Little boy coming into his own
Trying to find his way.
Needs a light in the night to guide him.
Fireflies sparkle and fade away.
The only light, the fire in his soul,
Fueled by half-truths and speculation.

Premium Member Gift Given Mcgee

Gift Given McGee     by JT Curtis   Nov 2017


Well, it didn't take long for time to move on
And again, it was that time of year
There Ole' McGee, sat in the pub
With Finn by his side drinking beer

"Valentines day is soon on the way" 
Said Finn as he held up his glass
"And what pray tell, did you procure
For your loyal and wee loving lass  

McGee raised his glass and donned a broad smile
And remarked "I sure hate to brag
But when at the store, I spared no expense 
As I bought her a new belt and bag"

Now Finn spoke up "  McGee, your wife 
will be glad it isn't a sweater"
Then McGee replied while releasing a sigh 
"I just hope the vacuum works better"

McGee then turned, asking young Finn
"And what did you get your sweet bride"
" She couldn't make up her mind " said Finn
"So I gave her year to decide "

Premium Member Dawn Forever Rising

Dawn Forever Rising

It starts

Street lights fade
their tiny soft-winged tenants flee
checkerboard facades change
last night's illumined squares now dark
become but yesterday's portals
some polished
some weather streaked
all reaching to reflect first breath

Steam ascends from the city's vacuum
gratings rattle with subterranean yawning
people-movers wind their way
through mazes of starts
stops

Topside tracks
like fixed contrails
glisten with frost
not yet enjoined by speeding transit
their skeletal tributaries
readying the trickle of humanity
into a mass ocean of glass and steel survival

Uptown
Downtown

A street sweeper's tire rubber and swirling brushes
beneath the overalled believer in Lottos
holding firm the wheel and gears of faith
of trust
gathering gutter-lodged disposal
glass and plastic
paper and cardboard
spinning into the vortex
lifting yesterday's careless cast-offs
inviting today's Starbuck anew
reflections of another kind

Leashes strain from anxious sniffing
bladders hold
ready to burst
seeking just the right tree
the right hydrant
the "ah, yes" that only a canine can know

Rays of sun begin spilling down alleyways
the long-tail rodents scamper for cover
their bellies full
seeking safety after a long night of ancient ritual
food of anything
digestion of history
all in a night's work

Suddenly

Full light cascades down avenues and streets
itinerant pigeons and seagulls spread habitual wings
ready to adore the steadies
the loners
park walkers
window ledge dependables
homeless with dance cards of crumbs
envying the moneyed insomniacs throwing chunks
baguettes gone stale
fit for few
a feast for many
senses loving the coos and warbles
the bobbing thank you
the reciprocal bonding
few but the lonely can appreciate

Finally

The steel and glass imitation of nature
comes fully alive
a sun's illumination without reserve
energy's provision for another day

Rich mix with the poor
money exchanges hands
the hotdog vendor
the hedge fund taker
the cookie jar provider

Most become tomorrow's yesterday
knowing little of the other light
requiring no rising or setting
illumination that never grows dim
something as nothing
forever light
never of darkness

Such for some
awakens from a New York sunrise
this dichotomy like no other
forever reminding
our eyes of dawn
one's inner light
is forever rising
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