Submissions by Ghoulie (Miss G)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Sep 2014 4:04pm
1st Sep 2014 4:04pm
Sageless (Ad)vice
to desire
is to feed
the muse
to require
is to drink
the poisoned well
is to feed
the muse
to require
is to drink
the poisoned well
58 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
31st Aug 2014 7:12am
31st Aug 2014 7:12am
The Nature of Things: The Plight of the Peach (edit)
imprints of a grasp linger
haunting the sallows
in the withering husk
of a once succulent,
savored indulgence
its ghostly tendrils
cement the regrettable,
but inevitable
transgressions
of a bulimic past
seeping inadequacies-
fermenting nostalgia-
pitted desperation-
naked, wounded
unfinished and cast aside
left to perish in the
unabsolving sunlight...
haunting the sallows
in the withering husk
of a once succulent,
savored indulgence
its ghostly tendrils
cement the regrettable,
but inevitable
transgressions
of a bulimic past
seeping inadequacies-
fermenting nostalgia-
pitted desperation-
naked, wounded
unfinished and cast aside
left to perish in the
unabsolving sunlight...
61 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
21st Jun 2014 11:26am
21st Jun 2014 11:26am
We Create Our Own Monsters; Self-Rejecting Perceptions
every 2am shadow dance
i try and sit up,
but slowly fold into myself
nursing an ongoing insomnia with shaky hands
adjacent the company of used needles
tenuously connected to
spattered spools of fraying thread
from the repeated and futile attempts
at surgically salvaging
this chimeric malformation
of an over-edited heart
lately i've become more and more suspicious
of it's ghoulish reanimation,
rather than it's inevitable failure;
legitimately...
i try and sit up,
but slowly fold into myself
nursing an ongoing insomnia with shaky hands
adjacent the company of used needles
tenuously connected to
spattered spools of fraying thread
from the repeated and futile attempts
at surgically salvaging
this chimeric malformation
of an over-edited heart
lately i've become more and more suspicious
of it's ghoulish reanimation,
rather than it's inevitable failure;
legitimately...
104 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Jun 2014 8:56am
21st Jun 2014 8:56am
Palpating the Fragile Calm
unencumbered & transfixed
i abide in the vast chasm
of sequential moments
where i have forgotten
just how cold i've become
until the incidental warmth
of your unintentional touch
seems like a glancing blow
to my carefully constructed ego
shocking me,
once again
into arrhythmic
(e)motion
i abide in the vast chasm
of sequential moments
where i have forgotten
just how cold i've become
until the incidental warmth
of your unintentional touch
seems like a glancing blow
to my carefully constructed ego
shocking me,
once again
into arrhythmic
(e)motion
99 reads
5 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
17th Jun 2014 7:23pm
17th Jun 2014 7:23pm
Neverland
Written for the 'Titles Titles Titles, Oh My!' Competition]
i found Marcelles Wallace's soul on I-10
far off in the desert Southwest
between drags of peyote
and hitched thumbs
even with transcendence
he ceased to look like a bitch,
but i still seem to be up for debate
vortexual Time sandblasts
the proud ink from my skin,
echos through holes in the soles
of my wayward tread,
and whips the ashes of decaying words
across my face
caking it with amnesiac...
i found Marcelles Wallace's soul on I-10
far off in the desert Southwest
between drags of peyote
and hitched thumbs
even with transcendence
he ceased to look like a bitch,
but i still seem to be up for debate
vortexual Time sandblasts
the proud ink from my skin,
echos through holes in the soles
of my wayward tread,
and whips the ashes of decaying words
across my face
caking it with amnesiac...
119 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd Jun 2014 8:17pm
3rd Jun 2014 8:17pm
Ruffled Quills
Written for 'On the Outside Looking In' competition]
the thought of survival
was negligible
when her staunch demeanour
was absolute; inflexible
bracing the vermillion bloodlust
the friction was palpable
static anticipation arced
from feather to feather
like a crow keen for a murder
the thought of survival
was negligible
when her staunch demeanour
was absolute; inflexible
bracing the vermillion bloodlust
the friction was palpable
static anticipation arced
from feather to feather
like a crow keen for a murder
59 reads
4 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2014 7:17am
2nd Jun 2014 7:17am
Unsalvageable in the Atlantic; Two Years at the Bottom of the Ocean (edited for visuals)
Written for the 'I Don't Want to be Here' competition.]
¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸
my heart is an anchor
to a derelict ship--
...........|
a spineless broken mast
a rudderless silent tongue
...........|
plunged into murky
near-arctic depths that
stagnate and compress
the virile life
above sea level ...
¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸
my heart is an anchor
to a derelict ship--
...........|
a spineless broken mast
a rudderless silent tongue
...........|
plunged into murky
near-arctic depths that
stagnate and compress
the virile life
above sea level ...
92 reads
10 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2014 6:24am
2nd Jun 2014 6:24am
Unto the Seer's Mouth: A Blank Slate Sacrifice
Written for the 'Objects' competition]
click-clack
forgoing every fear
syphoning every secret
deciphering every desire
digit by digit
tick-tap
letter by letter
always seeing through
white out's subterfuge
making truth concrete
carved by keyed teeth
ding!
click-clack
forgoing every fear
syphoning every secret
deciphering every desire
digit by digit
tick-tap
letter by letter
always seeing through
white out's subterfuge
making truth concrete
carved by keyed teeth
ding!
56 reads
2 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
23rd May 2014 8:00pm
23rd May 2014 8:00pm
Just Add Salt; Double Shots
Written for the 'Drink, Drank, Drunk' comp.]
when sandpaper memories
abrade unmendable gashes
and I can no longer fight
the urge to scorch the words
from the inside
Drink (subterfuge)
with one and two
I'll settle into the room
and pour salt into
my unlickable wounds
take with a pinch...
when you fall for every
hollow word I say
Drank (distort)
and three and four
we'll roll around on the floor
sweat stinging my eyes
as yours look toward the door
take with a pinch... ...
when sandpaper memories
abrade unmendable gashes
and I can no longer fight
the urge to scorch the words
from the inside
Drink (subterfuge)
with one and two
I'll settle into the room
and pour salt into
my unlickable wounds
take with a pinch...
when you fall for every
hollow word I say
Drank (distort)
and three and four
we'll roll around on the floor
sweat stinging my eyes
as yours look toward the door
take with a pinch... ...
152 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st May 2014 5:42pm
21st May 2014 5:42pm
Words are False Idols
Written for the " Metaphorically Speaking" Comp.]
it'd be disingenuous of me
to tell you to write;
since I no longer have a valid address
and you ran out of bartering words
a while ago...
'cause we're the crooked kind
thick as thieves; but with less honor
we tell the most beautiful lies
...and I am a magpie
rereading polished epistles
in all-consuming effigy
unable to resist
its inexorable shine
we tell the most beautiful lies
thick as thieves; but with less honor
'cause...
it'd be disingenuous of me
to tell you to write;
since I no longer have a valid address
and you ran out of bartering words
a while ago...
'cause we're the crooked kind
thick as thieves; but with less honor
we tell the most beautiful lies
...and I am a magpie
rereading polished epistles
in all-consuming effigy
unable to resist
its inexorable shine
we tell the most beautiful lies
thick as thieves; but with less honor
'cause...
75 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
15th May 2014 2:57pm
15th May 2014 2:57pm
In Recurring Dreams...
Written for the Play Your Hand Comp. (50 words)]
where a silhouette is backlit
by a hearth's licking gaze;
the only attire needed
are the velvety
disarming words
cascading eloquently
from jugular to clavicle
then entwining a heaving cage
as a studious digit
traces a convex arc
I feel spineless
in this tenuous
moment
the delirium between
wake
&
sleep
...
..
.
where a silhouette is backlit
by a hearth's licking gaze;
the only attire needed
are the velvety
disarming words
cascading eloquently
from jugular to clavicle
then entwining a heaving cage
as a studious digit
traces a convex arc
I feel spineless
in this tenuous
moment
the delirium between
wake
&
sleep
...
..
.
75 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
15th May 2014 2:47pm
15th May 2014 2:47pm
Self-Immolation
Written for the DU User Rank Comp.]
Insight of Fire
words written all ignite
-sacrifice-
ignite all written words
Fire of Insight
Insight of Fire
words written all ignite
-sacrifice-
ignite all written words
Fire of Insight
77 reads
4 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by Ghoulie (Miss G)