Submissions by ScottSF21
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
More poems inspired by reading classical chinese poetry.
1. The river bed
is exposed
the bones
of
fossils
can still
be
seen
still we
dance
in it's
corpse
like kids
in a park.
2. Tides of thought
in
out
in
out
like
breath
ebb
flow
go
arrive
and
recede
day and
night
plankton
in a
pond.
3. "What do I know"
well
I never doubt
humanity's ability
to kill the rest
on
an Industrial scale
progress
frequently
is new means
to
Murder ...
is exposed
the bones
of
fossils
can still
be
seen
still we
dance
in it's
corpse
like kids
in a park.
2. Tides of thought
in
out
in
out
like
breath
ebb
flow
go
arrive
and
recede
day and
night
plankton
in a
pond.
3. "What do I know"
well
I never doubt
humanity's ability
to kill the rest
on
an Industrial scale
progress
frequently
is new means
to
Murder ...
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To past loves
1.
The lips now unkissed
arms now unlinked
no longer together
in a city of
lights
loss
like an irresistible pull
like a whirlpool
2
so fleeting
like smoke rising
then
gone
like the dove released
never yours
will it return?
S3
we are like tectonic plates
glorious in separation,
in collision
friction
the earth
would be disturbed
never
to be
the same
S4
since you
everywhere...
The lips now unkissed
arms now unlinked
no longer together
in a city of
lights
loss
like an irresistible pull
like a whirlpool
2
so fleeting
like smoke rising
then
gone
like the dove released
never yours
will it return?
S3
we are like tectonic plates
glorious in separation,
in collision
friction
the earth
would be disturbed
never
to be
the same
S4
since you
everywhere...
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Bakunin in Leith
Bakunin in Leith
meets tom bell
who tells tsar Nichols
to go to hell
meets tom bell
who tells tsar Nichols
to go to hell
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Black storms
1
Dauntless wise old man of my class
I would be your poet.
Elder of the gone fighters
your stories light a thousand flames.
you breathe in
the dust of the earth
without choice.
we would have ten million of you
then the world would be turned upside down
2
ancient symbol of rebellion
ancient symbol of hope
each meets
"unity is strength"
from germ to generation.
flags without nations
flags for dreamers
without dead imagination.
the startled cat
the dog of Greece
owl flaps...
Dauntless wise old man of my class
I would be your poet.
Elder of the gone fighters
your stories light a thousand flames.
you breathe in
the dust of the earth
without choice.
we would have ten million of you
then the world would be turned upside down
2
ancient symbol of rebellion
ancient symbol of hope
each meets
"unity is strength"
from germ to generation.
flags without nations
flags for dreamers
without dead imagination.
the startled cat
the dog of Greece
owl flaps...
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Clegg spoiler
How many budding romances
have been ruined
when one found the other
was
a
Lib dem
has he not caused enough
carnage
for
one lifetime
must he take what is special
too
Clegg
the spoiler
Clegg
the spoiler
of dreams
have been ruined
when one found the other
was
a
Lib dem
has he not caused enough
carnage
for
one lifetime
must he take what is special
too
Clegg
the spoiler
Clegg
the spoiler
of dreams
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poor capitalism
Oh poor capitalism
what agonies you have suffered
from the likes of me
how natural
how inevitable
we are whiney children
nothing has anything to do
with anything
keep watchful of your wealth
for we come to take it
not even toothbrush left
look at the freedom
of those sleeping on the streets
free to buy
free to sell
we must pull aching teeth
inch by inch
all else is extreme
over-reaction
how sad we would reclaim the commons
what evil venomous communism
and if the world were not
under the thumb
of...
what agonies you have suffered
from the likes of me
how natural
how inevitable
we are whiney children
nothing has anything to do
with anything
keep watchful of your wealth
for we come to take it
not even toothbrush left
look at the freedom
of those sleeping on the streets
free to buy
free to sell
we must pull aching teeth
inch by inch
all else is extreme
over-reaction
how sad we would reclaim the commons
what evil venomous communism
and if the world were not
under the thumb
of...
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Showering.
I remember
how weird it was
for us
to shower together.
It could've been
it should've been
SEXY.
Maybe we were doomed then
because
for the first time
we were truly naked
together.
Inspired by Bukowski.
how weird it was
for us
to shower together.
It could've been
it should've been
SEXY.
Maybe we were doomed then
because
for the first time
we were truly naked
together.
Inspired by Bukowski.
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government is civil war
Capitalism is inevitable
and natural
they say
but was that really the case
on the day
the enclosures
stole the commons away.
and peasants pushed
into the city
to work under the bosses' rule
in wage slavery
where striking could mean starvation
a huge act of bravery
and the way we think of women today
was formed in the witch-hunts
Now Capitalism strengthens
Patriarchy
and wouldn't do without it.
could there be a
'Feminist capitalism'
I very much
FUCKING DOUBT IT!!
change the faces on the...
and natural
they say
but was that really the case
on the day
the enclosures
stole the commons away.
and peasants pushed
into the city
to work under the bosses' rule
in wage slavery
where striking could mean starvation
a huge act of bravery
and the way we think of women today
was formed in the witch-hunts
Now Capitalism strengthens
Patriarchy
and wouldn't do without it.
could there be a
'Feminist capitalism'
I very much
FUCKING DOUBT IT!!
change the faces on the...
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Where?
1. Not doing
is
like breathing
two revealed as one
no success
no failure
the steady hand hits the joints
does not
blunt the blade
does not
overfill the cup
pours
drinks
then stops.
2. This there
that then
place and time...
the West is still catching up!
3. You cannot eat money
'primitive' is the society that wishes it could
forgetting some
it forgets
ALL
is built on sand
a strong and
hearty gale
would blow it away
would be dust
if not
for the dream
- It's rock...
is
like breathing
two revealed as one
no success
no failure
the steady hand hits the joints
does not
blunt the blade
does not
overfill the cup
pours
drinks
then stops.
2. This there
that then
place and time...
the West is still catching up!
3. You cannot eat money
'primitive' is the society that wishes it could
forgetting some
it forgets
ALL
is built on sand
a strong and
hearty gale
would blow it away
would be dust
if not
for the dream
- It's rock...
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Uisge beatha - Usquebae –Aqua vitae
1.
Like the hand writing the pages
Or brush strokes
Never ending details added
Flooding
Drama
Like steam
Emerges
Rises
Evaporates
Then feeds back
2
Pentlands
To
Esk
to
Water of Leith
to
Firth of Forth
Feeds back
to a sea
of calm
3
Storms are welcomed by the plants
both and the rest
give it time
they will come
like moths to the light
waiting
4
Without trying
is penned
only some stories are told
life without punctuation marks
who...
Like the hand writing the pages
Or brush strokes
Never ending details added
Flooding
Drama
Like steam
Emerges
Rises
Evaporates
Then feeds back
2
Pentlands
To
Esk
to
Water of Leith
to
Firth of Forth
Feeds back
to a sea
of calm
3
Storms are welcomed by the plants
both and the rest
give it time
they will come
like moths to the light
waiting
4
Without trying
is penned
only some stories are told
life without punctuation marks
who...
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Doppler
1. "True Enlightenment "
The blossom waiting to bloom
close the black hole would consume it
the cat prepares to pounce but is hit by the car
its corpse is used as a play thing
in childish games
2
my fingertips
touched
the stars
held the horn of plenty
now like the oystercatcher children
of Victorian London
smoke and mirrors
inferior dough
cookery cannot be betrayed
3
The stepping stones
were laid
in plain view
some years ago
you only have to look to see
pruning
trust the...
The blossom waiting to bloom
close the black hole would consume it
the cat prepares to pounce but is hit by the car
its corpse is used as a play thing
in childish games
2
my fingertips
touched
the stars
held the horn of plenty
now like the oystercatcher children
of Victorian London
smoke and mirrors
inferior dough
cookery cannot be betrayed
3
The stepping stones
were laid
in plain view
some years ago
you only have to look to see
pruning
trust the...
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Oan the Night bus
Yin nicht
Oan the Night bus
a wummen gote oan
wi glaikit pus
shi stertit singin
naebody kennin
whit tae dae
some stertit
clappin thir hauns
an singin tae
whit ferlies!
whit a sicht!
you gote oan
serves
ye richt!
Oan the Night bus
a wummen gote oan
wi glaikit pus
shi stertit singin
naebody kennin
whit tae dae
some stertit
clappin thir hauns
an singin tae
whit ferlies!
whit a sicht!
you gote oan
serves
ye richt!
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