The weather is so hot an egg could be fried on the path.
Milkman Ted to his girl - "In ice-cream I will fill your bath.
It will be pasteurized because pasteurized is best."
Said she "I’ll be happy if it comes up to my chest."
Now his girlfriend is much sweeter, that was the aftermath.
Categories:
pasteurized, sweet,
Form: Limerick
Retirement blues you ask?
nothing of the sordid sort for me.
my life, a twilight zone of new
cause and effect with no outer
limits of things to do---no negative
schisms of a bored being waiting to
cash it in, kick the bucket, roll over.
loneliness? a state of mindless critiques
of forgone measures of no importance-
toddler steps toward ever existing Fun.
ageful wisdoms of calm bearing,
a rediscovered sense of peaceful purpose.
I've paid my past emo debts and made
reasonable restitutions to those wronged.
Now is my place of impermeant residence,
Then was just a house of cards.
Let the party begin.
Categories:
pasteurized, adventure, appreciation, celebration, change,
Form: Free verse
youths reign
pasteurized
senyours
Categories:
pasteurized, allusion, class, lost, society,
Form: Haiku
*Image of The Farmhouse by UNS.
Hint of Autumn
Sunstar wakes, Aurora reacts,
As light skews her southernmost sky,
A roost rouses, a rooster crows,
Henhouse's wood handle lifts up.
A replete farm inclined to rouse,
Sunstar wakes, Aurora reacts,
Four-year-old farmhand gets busy,
Baskets of fresh eggs walked with care.
A kitchen's stove burners light up,
A toaster plugged, and cooked bread sliced,
Sunstar wakes, Aurora reacts,
Pasteurized cow's milk fills glasses.
Patterned shirts and blue-jean jumpsuits,
Waits for the bus, two school returnees,
A leaf falls, "Guess afterschool rake?"
Sunstar wakes Aurora reacts.
2022 August 12
*5th Place*
Hint of Autumn
~~Regina McIntosh: Judged 2022 September 03
*HMS; 8 syllables per 16 lines
Categories:
pasteurized, autumn,
Form: Quatern
ive been to the bottom of the barrel
it was in my head
the critical self hatred poisoned my well wishing
dare i strive to become whom I want
pasteurized and organized to fit
my odd ways having no polarity
id rather be this than that
inexplicably me
i watched my parents fail to stay stable
rotten to the core before the tree dropped me
i saw hard work end in poverty
people telling stories
only I can tell mine
drinking the salt water and swimming in brine
pierce my flesh
and you can see my stone gaze
take back what you thought had on me
my pain will be yours
i bend your impressions to rude awakenings
its my pleasure
ive been told by multiple people
id never
not without
watch me surpass you
and not wave as I go by
this fire and rage just a catalyst for visions
a quest within
Categories:
pasteurized, confidence, courage, freedom, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
THE HAUNTED CABIN
Now the cabin that we call earth, was not always a cabin.
There was a time when nothing decayed, a time only of sterilized
Molecules. There was no smells, no disease, no flowers, no rats,
The earth was filled with water pasteurized organic eggs.
Death arrived with life, they built this cabin to hide their secret.
They were lovers from the beginning. They nursed one drink
All night long. Life fed death but death fed life. It was their
Pessimistic custom, they could not live without the other.
The Pantheon said, let there be life, but let it be guarded by death.
Categories:
pasteurized, absence, allusion, america, birth,
Form: Prose Poetry
Limerick : Once a dainty Milkmaid with hands like lead
Once a dainty Milkmaid with hands like lead
Milked a cow whose one eye was painted red:
She woke up terrified
Thought Dali Pasteurized:
Felt upturned moustache growing through her head!
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014
Categories:
pasteurized, fantasy,
Form: Limerick
The light!
it outshines, dominates and cannot be captured,
is the definition of its glory and pride.
But a substance,
as little and unseen as it is,
captures the light, processes and even converts,
so is my victory and testament.
The Chloroplast!
Aiming at a shot, but had a blast
despite the hibernation
my doings shout and boast
as influence and praise stretch my coast.
From east to west
spreading so fast
like the yeast on an old baked dough.
My methods cast upon the waters
as they stay afloat and pass the test,
this marvels my competitors
and keeps them alarmed.
The past,
having its proclamation of me,
"less than a commoner
and worse than an outcast".
The present protests
while the future screams "AVAST!"
my new empire,
filled with pasteurized milk
produced from healthy breasts
and sweet scenting red meat
well spiced, salted and roasted
sums up the efficiency of my hands
which have defeated lack
until Ice heavys water.
At last!
In the Island of abundant grapes
having supplies of fresh and viscous Honey
with vast avenue for pleasures.
I stand the greatest.
And as mighty and untouchable as I seem.
I still dwell like the chloroplast.
Categories:
pasteurized, character, pride,
Form: Prose Poetry
The teleprompter tumbles
in the clamorous migration
of doting interns and
banner-waving believers,
as the majority rallies
yet again toward fervor
behind pitch-black sound bites
guaranteed to stir frothing
complacency of thought.
As the seconds stretch in the
arc of gravity, the press core
readies their cut-to-tape excuses
while half the bodies on stage
begin talking to their sleeves
with darting eyes hushed
behind nearly opaque lenses
until the shattering collapse
and surrender of yet another
useful tool to destruction.
Thousands of eyes turn
in absolute unison to beseech
the captain for a message
to resonate, to cut the pasteurized
void left in the breath of calm
between his mid-sentence message
about the importance of maintaining
calm in the face of financial adversity
and that shocking interruption bound
by clumsy circumstance in tumble.
Instead of recognizing
such folly with human
understanding, he lowers
his eyes in silence
while whisked away
in a swift procession
of escape.
Categories:
pasteurized, allegory, funny, political
Form: Imagism
In this world we criticize
When will we realize
That sometimes we should fantasize
Instead of ostercise
We try to commercialize
And revolutionize
And even capitalize
When all we should do is harmonize
In this world we colonize
And some terrorize
And then pulverize
And we institutionalize
It is a world where we advertise
Go crazy with exercise
Want food pasteurized
And drink milk homogenized
Then we coat it caramelized
Not showing what we despise
Because we try to revolutionize
Instead of realize
Categories:
pasteurized, on writing and words,
Form: Blank verse