Sulked Poems

Cletus O'Toole sulked 'neath the mistletoe

   Pining for a kiss by chicks to bestow

      They tittered as they passed by

         Noting his jean's open fly

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Old Rudolph was lazy this year.
Did not want to pull, that was clear.
He sulked in his stall
and started to bawl.
St. Nick had a problem, I fear.

Mrs. C. announced, “I’ll fix that.
I’ll knit him a warm winter hat.
he’ll have a good...Read More

Her eyes were not of only one hue:
Green, with little flecks of gold imbued,
All edged with halos of brightest blue

Her smile revealed warmth, humor, and grace;
Hers was the beauty for which he craved;
This he knew, having studied her face,

Learned the...Read More

Jonah's Calling

A vision of Jonah I did not see;—
“Arise and go to Nineveh for me!”
“Set me free!” cried Jonah,
And said to himself;
“They are but strangers to me!”
And the Lord heard Jonah’s heart,
And turned!
—In shame, Jonah ran away
To Tarshish where he...Read More

She wondered why school had to be this way
Time was spent hurrying from class to class each and every day
Where teachers piled onto the already gargantuan mountain of work
From projects to essays, it was completely berserk
It was hard to keep...Read More

Blackjack’s face held its dark glare,
he shook his head in disgust.
“We rode all this way, and your great ‘treasure’
is some moldy old paper and dust?”

He slowly moved his hand towards his gun,
but besides him a short man spoke low:
“The mayor...Read More

LIVING OUT OF SUITCASES
There was a time when everyone lived out of a suitcase!
Not just the homeless, the free spirits and the spirits of the free!
But everyone did live out of a suitcase.
Today, we are going to pastures green;
they said,...Read More

Today I sat down with my palms on my chin
I thought and thought, all I could think
Knowing very well life's conquering thick and thin
But this reality could not keep me asleep even a wink!

"Why do you keep all the good...Read More

I remember it was during winter
When your heart sulked and withered
I came by in the night with my flicker
I sang to you with glitter
It was in winter that you made me sigh

Waking up in the morn
Your image lingering in my...Read More

BE CAREFUL WHO YOU GIVE POWER OF ATTORNEY TO,
COS THEY CAN TURN ON YOU, AND MAKE YOUR LIFE INTO HELL 2016
Frank hangs on the hook at University.
He willed his body to science.
Frank got a girlfriend carer 3 years ago, he...Read More

(a true story)

“Don’t make me go to Disneyland,” I cried
Fourteen years old with all the angst that brings
They made me go and something in me died
Depressed by all the fake and plastic things
The second time my parents made me go
Was...Read More

There was a man on the field 
resting his head calmly on the trees rustic trunk, 
didnt look too old or either too young
drumming his pale hand on the solid ground, 
peaceful peace oh peaceful peace
he sung in angelic voice...Read More

The knight of knights, Sir Lancelot,
From far away in Camelot,
Went by a way that he knew not
And thus, by chance, spied Astolat
With sunset's gleam upon her tow'rs:
T'was there he met the maid Elaine,
With hair as golden fields of grain-
A lily...Read More

I gave she snatched I asked she 
sassed
I shared she stole I begged she 
snarled
I smiled she spit I came she split
My turn she skipped I caught but 
she sliped
I agreed she'd shift I saved she 
spent
I stared she snubed...Read More

SUSAN  (A name poem)

Susan seldom sulked
Unless she felt mistreated
She dreamt-- elusive adoration
At times her quest seemed fruitless
Never truly disembarked



Copyright© April 2013—Kim van 
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"A child, more than all other gifts
That earth can offer to declining man,
Brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts."

			W. Wordsworth
								

I am your grandmother.
I spent 24 years making
parenting mistakes, so I think
I'm pretty well trained now,
pretty worn down, open-minded
and accepting.
I think...Read More

I wake up to a deserted town
"Where are the people?"
I ask myself aloud.
"Gone." answers a voice.
But no one's here...
but me.

Broken glass litters the street, 
a Kristallnacht in the making.
Houses, half gone and half standing,
specked the dirt road.

I lay, pinned to...Read More

Nostrilvartu :)

Old Nostra took a swallow dive
bounced off the river bloody Clyde
a shark spat him out n then
to the bloodbank  suck it in again

got so filled with pink he'd have to hide
a wheelie bin he got inside...........  ...Read More

You and I built empty things
empty sounds that drip, dripped
down bathroom sinks
Gone stale in damp mountains of towels
that sulked resentfully behind doors 

I listened to the tick, tick of a soundless clock
that moved up and down
with our childrens' breath
Your 3...Read More

Sulked and sat. That’s what you have done. 
A new person’s life you’ve barley begun. 
I watch you now in your time of despair. 
Thinking about how you’ve changed and no longer care. 

Your body is raped and your mind...Read More

The garden where I could suppose,
I loved a little flower
with scented leaves, but not a rose,
a wasted childhood hour.

Among the blooms of regal love
a violet had my heart;
she hid within the garden grove
where salad leaves depart.

She shined beneath the window...Read More

I will always bring water to your lips
And the let the little fawn over your bramble skips
For memory cannot close its doors
On the lanterned woman laddling from your shores
Welcome for: the tired, the paltry poor,
Blown in the blustering winds rhizome...Read More

As a child in days gone by
Mother’s rod was swift  but sure
Many a weal as time went by
Scarred my skin an ugly blue.

Nagging was the way of life
My mother used to lay the rule 
Not a day did I...Read More

He despaired. He was despondent and desperate.
He was impelled to violent action but restrained from acting out.
He had finally given up. He had lost all hope.
Disheartened and dispirited his will had collapsed.
Lacking confidence or courage, depression defined him. 
He languished...Read More

Behind the door, I know she’s there
She’s waiting silently and ever still
But, I can hear her breathing hard
To not open the door, takes some will

I am weak and I want her bad
She’s my desire, my heart she robbed
So I will...Read More