She held out a rose, with a smile,
although I was at fault;
her gesture pure and free from guile,
her aura did exalt.
By her love infected,
parallax corrected,
her light I reflected.
In tranquil repose ~
She held out a rose
Categories:
out(a), forgiveness, love, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Quirky,
WOULDN'T I HAVE CALLED MYSELF CRINGE?!
Covered my face,
I stay sat aback.
Haven't you, liked to stay by her?
Was it because you liked her or tell me,
are my eyes fouled by hatred.
Am I that dumb that my brain is not working,
Not my heart even?
Words I can not speak,
Please is weird.
Why are you telling me THAT I NEVER HATED HIM?!
WAS I NOT SAYING THAT I CAN NOT STAND IT?
WERE THE TEARS SHEDDING WITHOUT A REASON?
If it was about,
realizing, knowing, living
Living by taking to the side,
Breaking, loving,crying
Was it something you wanted?
BUT THEN WHY ARE YOU FEELING BAD?!
Why, why
HAVE YOU GAVE ME THAT THING?
WAS IT FOR ME,
HER
WHY?
Categories:
out(a), 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
Daylight drags its feet,
its slippers are grey and pad silently.
Long after dawn
night keeps rolling over in its grave
refusing to die or give way.
Bats flutter listlessly in twilit belfries
somewhere upon a moonlit pond
a trout is crossing over a fishy Rubicon.
It is belly-up, a mottled death gleams
upward where only yesterday it leapt.
The dawn is going nowhere.
In dew-wet theme parks
unicorns shake their soggy manes.
The cat dreams on and will not
visit the litterbox for hours yet.
I am bogged down inside a poem
seeking not, rhyme nor reason,
but a little wiggle room, a plausible excuse
why this tardy day has marooned me
just nowhere,
with nothing more to say.
Categories:
out(a), poetry,
Form: Free verse
I Let Out a Scream This Morning
I am practically never startled.
I have three children, a husband, a zoo full of pets and ten grandchildren.
But this morning I jumped and screamed when I came out to the porch.
Because a huge head with a puppy attached was sleeping on the couch.
The one I lugged up there for me.
I screamed, but no one came.
Not my dog.
Not my husband.
Not my ghosts.
The puppy looked curious but did not bark
Which I thought was curious.
I tiptoed down the step and remembered my phone.
So, I had to pass this giant one more time.
He looked happy to see me, tongue out.
Big eyes, a husky mix, maybe a year old.
I called my husband as I was backing out.
There is a puppy on the porch I said.
I saw my husband looking as I left the driveway.
He called me soon after.
It’s a boy dog, he said.
He was hungry. I fed him dog food and steak.
Oh, yes, he is going somewhere any time soon.
“He is NOT coming in the house,” my husband said sternly.
“Yet,” I said.
Categories:
out(a), animal, dog,
Form: Narrative
I train my body, every second day
rest of the time, stretch my mind
Pumping iron, playing heavy metal
adds more weight, depth to rhyme
Hitting a punchbag, lets off steam
jabbing hard, tightly packed foam
Burning calories, fires up my brain
honed thoughts, will create a poem
Imagination stirs, no holds barred
muse unlocking, finding portal key
Tonight sky’s the limit, ready to roll
brain has other ideas, I fall asleep.
By
David Kavanagh
Categories:
out(a), allusion, humor, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Do you think out a poem?
Make little notes?
Have a list of words?
Rhyming words or vocabulary words?
Do you take your time?
Do you stare at each line?
Do the poems come hard?
Or do you just spit them out and wonder
where the hell they came from?
Categories:
out(a), poetry, writing,
Form: Free verse
In declaring for the clouds
That covered my eyes
Views not through the cataracts
And bondage the blurred vision of hostile humanity
Clothing and violence
the right of wrong
Wrong rights devotion construction war and violence
No understanding of general Life the rights are wrong wrongs
rights choices voices it's dark at night
And I realize I'm alive because I see out my blurred eyes
I stand apart I'm in all
Challenge me as I fall
10/23/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020
Categories:
out(a), anxiety, confusion, how i
Form: Free verse
Oh I wish I could give out a hug,
To all those around me I love,
See FaceTime is fine, for a moment in time,
But it really just isn’t enough!
Oh I wish I could give out a hug,
I really have missed them so much,
But we mustn’t be fools, keep the 2 metre rule.
And learn other ways to show love!
Oh I wish I could give out a hug,
‘Till I’m snug as a bug in a rug,
But I’ll stick with the screen, till the powers that be,
Say the ‘R number’ stays under 1!
Oh I wish I could give out a hug,
They’re a wonderful gift from above,
We avoid those we see, when we walk down the street,
It’s so sad what the world has become.
Oh I wish I could give out a hug,
But I’ll wait till the death of this bug,
And for now I’ll resist, give an air hug and kiss,
Even though on my heart strings it tugs!
Oh I wish I could give out a hug,
But I won’t be despondent because-
The hug will come back, there’s no doubt about that,
And I’m first in the line when it does!
18.08.2020
You can see a performance of this poem here: https://youtu.be/db1Z3MdNPO4
Categories:
out(a), family, giggle,
Form: Limerick
Stop the heat-give out a treat-get on your feet the brightness is powerful around
the atmosphere to be near the moon like the sun shines brighter and brighter that makes the clouds and the temperature get hotter and hotter than it is powerful and difficult to be outside for long periods of time
Categories:
out(a), adventure, appreciation, art, blessing,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
spending time, charmed by all the goodies
...a weight room, pool and foosball tables and
a padded room with a wrestling mat and dummies.
a kids paradise. Little girls backflipping, colliding
with little boys. ...with choke holds and all.
upon disembarking this adventure, past the fountain,
and stepping on ritzy road of the very rich,
the school age thinker asks, with a gulp, gears spinning
in his overwhelmed head:
“What does someone have to do to live in a place like this?”
3/28/2018
Categories:
out(a), child, fun,
Form: Free verse
Scope Out A Dumb Dope
Out whole situation started to scope;
We did discover he was dumb dope;
Wears orange stack,
And will stab in back;
With Trump here gave up all hope.
Jim Horn
Categories:
out(a), allegory, analogy, angst,
Form: Limerick
Seek Out A Priest
When of all things think we are the least;
Should start and try to seek out a priest;
Then guitar may play,
Travis picking way;
Saw him with family and my spirit increased.
Jim Horn
Categories:
out(a), allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
TIME RUNNING OUT
A mask a scarf
it's the light of the sun,
it's the glitter of the dew
it's a life begun
it's a blade of grass,
it is white, it's the dark,
it is black ,it is light,
it's a glow, it's a spark.
the clutter of life,
a word in the ear,
the noise in the night,
the point of the spear.
the centre of the world,
a walk in the park,
the look in the eye,
the song of the lark
it's the colour of the moon
it's the sound of your voice.
it's a chair, it's a stair,
it's a promise, it's a choice.
and the seconds tick by
of the time running out
it's the ifs and buts,
it's the uncertainty.
the arch, the shade,
the sheet, the bed,
the rhythm of the tide,
a garden shed.
a branch, a twig,
a hearty cheer,
a lock, a key,
the start of the year.
the star of the east,
the middle of the day,
the breeze in the trees,
it's a trap, it's a stray.
a hole, a ring,
a laugh, a scream,
a shout, a song,
the end of the dream.
and the seconds tick by
of the time running out
it's the ifs and buts,
it's the uncertainty.
inspired by the style of the lyrics of Antonio Carlos Jobim's English lyrics to 'The Waters of March
Categories:
out(a), appreciation, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
This love for you brings out a million tears,
When you left me with a doubtful promise;
That you will be back so I'll never miss,
The things we shared for a couple of years.
But fate provided me nothing but fears
For your advent’s impossible to please
Even if I pray, beg down on my knees
Your voice, so sweet, again cannot be hears.
So I lift up with smile, tears in my eyes
Reminiscing the presence of your love
Hoping for the chance this life had given
While gazing peacefully at the blue sky
‘cause I know that you’re watching from above,
smiling with restfulness there in heaven.
Categories:
out(a), soldier,
Form: Sonnet
It ran along the backbone like a stoney ripple plunged
Darker in the deep of hearty's forgotten tarn
How high, how high did that water rise?
To be carried off by conduits, banked by its fall
Oh Europe it lays waiting, it's crumbled castles ungunned
Docked are the hopes of ships which once followed each sun
That sky, that sky was thick then with lies
That was years ago honey, it's light-years away still
Broken hearted, broken hearts mend
Get the better of them all
You see, warm are the icecaps north of your blind wanderings
Give a sigh to them I dare, they'll groan back a cheer
God knows, Darwin knows that ain't a shame
And mischief looks out a window, the Sun in at you
Hum at a guess that the terrors of dreaming are smiling
Happily defeated and receding to clear
Those skies, those skies awaiting your name
Just swing the propeller, above weather, it's all blue
Whole hearted, whole hearted my friend
Get the better of them all...
Categories:
out(a), adventure, friend, happiness, leaving,
Form: I do not know?
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