Submissions by souladareatease
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect- Steven Wright
Mountain climbing
I went to the mountain
praying upon knees
my wishes
be granted to me
favored lucky humbled son
audacity to ask
the mountain loomed
requiring I soothe
stretched out my strings
acoustic style peace
with seduction inlaid
the mountain did sigh
gratified
but set out the warning
with each wish I had cried
one you will get
but this life
you must commit
the second you set
is the worthiest yet
take your time, learn
make it your quest
this third I must confess
dear boy,
you will have...
praying upon knees
my wishes
be granted to me
favored lucky humbled son
audacity to ask
the mountain loomed
requiring I soothe
stretched out my strings
acoustic style peace
with seduction inlaid
the mountain did sigh
gratified
but set out the warning
with each wish I had cried
one you will get
but this life
you must commit
the second you set
is the worthiest yet
take your time, learn
make it your quest
this third I must confess
dear boy,
you will have...
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the boss STILL-BORN in the US of A
The craw of the serpent
that is low to the ground
Spews its venom loudly
spreading it around
rhyming games
same as anything...
tongue in cheek
innuendo
to pick on the meek
to go back down
Is the day I die
clawed my way up
in here and now
So the way this goes
in plain-speak
from end of my nose
is the sight flying
green eye
one who hawks like
a buzzard
lying in covet
I found and know JUST
and who I am
more traits than most
found in man
so the boss
that picks at
the working man
Is...
that is low to the ground
Spews its venom loudly
spreading it around
rhyming games
same as anything...
tongue in cheek
innuendo
to pick on the meek
to go back down
Is the day I die
clawed my way up
in here and now
So the way this goes
in plain-speak
from end of my nose
is the sight flying
green eye
one who hawks like
a buzzard
lying in covet
I found and know JUST
and who I am
more traits than most
found in man
so the boss
that picks at
the working man
Is...
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Glass to glass, a cheer to life (Collaboration: Souladareatease and Grace)
Dawn's sun rays glitters gold
Glimmers of gossamer dream dusts
On green drooping blades of grass
Hang on tips, collected dew drops
collected from silent sorrow tears
Reflections of your smile
these sing dawns arrival
they die of old, re-birthing tomorrows
develop and flower
style pistil petal
returning spring of Persephone
Dance in the meadow
Meadows of heaven
Spirit of Soul's fantasia
there, love lust-less recline
smiles to salve a broken heart
Collections of sorrows
Laid to rest...
Glimmers of gossamer dream dusts
On green drooping blades of grass
Hang on tips, collected dew drops
collected from silent sorrow tears
Reflections of your smile
these sing dawns arrival
they die of old, re-birthing tomorrows
develop and flower
style pistil petal
returning spring of Persephone
Dance in the meadow
Meadows of heaven
Spirit of Soul's fantasia
there, love lust-less recline
smiles to salve a broken heart
Collections of sorrows
Laid to rest...
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DRINKS ANYONE?
the eyes have it
say aye
this window of bliss
aqueous humor
the pupil of study
watching time
between You and I
pains in glass
darkened solid cast
black shining pearl
view of infinite world
the glancing Nancy
I
look to see
sights un-paralleled
such scene
locked
held within there
gaze glazed
as Iris written
adorning skies
this the look
the deepness
drank
well
that is
Your eyes
say aye
this window of bliss
aqueous humor
the pupil of study
watching time
between You and I
pains in glass
darkened solid cast
black shining pearl
view of infinite world
the glancing Nancy
I
look to see
sights un-paralleled
such scene
locked
held within there
gaze glazed
as Iris written
adorning skies
this the look
the deepness
drank
well
that is
Your eyes
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A TREE FALLS IN THE WOODS
A TREE FALLS IN THE WOODS
Death came scythe polite
Cutting down the man and wife
They never sighed they never cried
Continued holding hands
Through the other side
Greg and Linda had married young
Lived their lives
Loving one
Each day they rose
And night drew close
Kept in fold
As the others clothes
Here,the spirits
Not knowing it ended
Traveled great distance
Laughing,giggling
Ted walks his dog
Everyday, far and long
Entering the trail
The dog barks
Wagging his tail ...
Death came scythe polite
Cutting down the man and wife
They never sighed they never cried
Continued holding hands
Through the other side
Greg and Linda had married young
Lived their lives
Loving one
Each day they rose
And night drew close
Kept in fold
As the others clothes
Here,the spirits
Not knowing it ended
Traveled great distance
Laughing,giggling
Ted walks his dog
Everyday, far and long
Entering the trail
The dog barks
Wagging his tail ...
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GEDDY LEE FACADE
Do I HAVE to wear a mask to this ball?
Everones will look better
Tell ya what
Lets put it in this letter
I once wore a mask to this other ball
I still have it adorning my wall
The masquerade was thus
Business suits and dust
we sat at a large table
Snake oil salesman
And me the labeled
Implement of the push
Dust on my clothes
Thinkin
This is gonna end hurtin my tush
But jus so's ya knows
Blinkin winkin
Almost nodding off
They turned to me to say my piece
It'll be smooth and glide with ease
So...
Everones will look better
Tell ya what
Lets put it in this letter
I once wore a mask to this other ball
I still have it adorning my wall
The masquerade was thus
Business suits and dust
we sat at a large table
Snake oil salesman
And me the labeled
Implement of the push
Dust on my clothes
Thinkin
This is gonna end hurtin my tush
But jus so's ya knows
Blinkin winkin
Almost nodding off
They turned to me to say my piece
It'll be smooth and glide with ease
So...
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FOR-REST
cicadas sing succulent
Droning earthen growl
Lying beside bonfire desires
Lightning glance blinks flowing on breeze
Dance of the fawn encircled by trees
Prance in the wake of the fallen leaf
Twig,the sprig once more
Ilex verticillata
Pinholes pushing pressing
Down harder
Through night sky
Lunas light flashing fortnight
Dew carried kiss
The pull in, pushing of knee
as I stretch curved around
This and the they
Woodland garden sound
Firepit embers illume its soft glow
Growth
climbing up through...
Droning earthen growl
Lying beside bonfire desires
Lightning glance blinks flowing on breeze
Dance of the fawn encircled by trees
Prance in the wake of the fallen leaf
Twig,the sprig once more
Ilex verticillata
Pinholes pushing pressing
Down harder
Through night sky
Lunas light flashing fortnight
Dew carried kiss
The pull in, pushing of knee
as I stretch curved around
This and the they
Woodland garden sound
Firepit embers illume its soft glow
Growth
climbing up through...
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DREAMS AND FALLEN LEAVES
(entered in Dreamscapes and Ghost towns comp.)
I sauntered in the old place
Looking about for that familar face
Thrice I had screamed
"I AM HERE,PLEASE DONT TEASE"
wind whistled through the old windows
Dust and despair filling this old soul
Drops from the cherry tree pound the roof
Echoes of Her reverberate living proof
"Whatchya doing buddy,write anything new?"
"Sure did Mum,something for You"
Silent strings no songs heard here
Just my shuffle and the flowing tear
Still the images ...
I sauntered in the old place
Looking about for that familar face
Thrice I had screamed
"I AM HERE,PLEASE DONT TEASE"
wind whistled through the old windows
Dust and despair filling this old soul
Drops from the cherry tree pound the roof
Echoes of Her reverberate living proof
"Whatchya doing buddy,write anything new?"
"Sure did Mum,something for You"
Silent strings no songs heard here
Just my shuffle and the flowing tear
Still the images ...
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RITALIN KID
when i was just eight
the doctors asked me
please, to relate
how was i up there
are there things
that need repaired
make us a picture
let us see in your mind
drawing Charlie brown
thinking "O how fine"
they grumbled and groaned
collectively as one
are you sad like him
do things seem might grim
eight as i said
idiots of Med
proud i could draw
nothing else
that was all
thought i was depressed
despite what Mum had said
spent my days playing
reading and daydreaming
was bad within school...
the doctors asked me
please, to relate
how was i up there
are there things
that need repaired
make us a picture
let us see in your mind
drawing Charlie brown
thinking "O how fine"
they grumbled and groaned
collectively as one
are you sad like him
do things seem might grim
eight as i said
idiots of Med
proud i could draw
nothing else
that was all
thought i was depressed
despite what Mum had said
spent my days playing
reading and daydreaming
was bad within school...
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CIRCLES LEFT
AS A BOY I WAS SHOWN
A PROMISE~
I STOOD
IN...
THE CIRCLE...
OF THE MOON & SUN
HANDS CUPPED THE WATER,THE FIRE~
PLACE CAN BE CHOSEN
TIMES CAN BE FROZEN
LET THE WINDS TAKE YOU
BUT CHOOSE YOUR FATE
ALL THAT YOU CONQUER
DESIRES~
THESE STARS ARE TO CARRY YOU FAR
YOU DARE,YOU DREAM?
OF TIMES
THESE SCENES
DO YOU REMEMBER?...
"FLAT" AT THE...
A PROMISE~
I STOOD
IN...
THE CIRCLE...
OF THE MOON & SUN
HANDS CUPPED THE WATER,THE FIRE~
PLACE CAN BE CHOSEN
TIMES CAN BE FROZEN
LET THE WINDS TAKE YOU
BUT CHOOSE YOUR FATE
ALL THAT YOU CONQUER
DESIRES~
THESE STARS ARE TO CARRY YOU FAR
YOU DARE,YOU DREAM?
OF TIMES
THESE SCENES
DO YOU REMEMBER?...
"FLAT" AT THE...
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altar of sacrifice
And yet here I was again
Laid out
on the altar of sacrifice
Just peices of me
Little bits and string
Heart soul and mind
The dissections of time
To lay upon this table
Is feeling unhooked
Throwing this out
because I so choose
Today the sun rose
Because of the moon glow
Riding the winds
Whichever they blow
The birth of my Mother
Her second held life
Is just but another
This altar of sacrifice
I have felt many things
My time on this earth
Id go to great lengths
For...
Laid out
on the altar of sacrifice
Just peices of me
Little bits and string
Heart soul and mind
The dissections of time
To lay upon this table
Is feeling unhooked
Throwing this out
because I so choose
Today the sun rose
Because of the moon glow
Riding the winds
Whichever they blow
The birth of my Mother
Her second held life
Is just but another
This altar of sacrifice
I have felt many things
My time on this earth
Id go to great lengths
For...
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tell a scope of vision
Standing under the canopy
Watching the stars fall
I make my wishes
Gathering them all
The sky turns blacker
The images darker still
Not being a slacker
Gathering them my pockets filled
Wandering out in the open field
I pull them out
Whispering I beg of you
Throwing them I shout
As they shoot back to the sky
Bring these all about
My now well lit night
Watching the stars fall
I make my wishes
Gathering them all
The sky turns blacker
The images darker still
Not being a slacker
Gathering them my pockets filled
Wandering out in the open field
I pull them out
Whispering I beg of you
Throwing them I shout
As they shoot back to the sky
Bring these all about
My now well lit night
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