The lake in which I drown,
Now sucks upon your flesh,
Toothless, like I, upon your emotions,
Once did.
Swirling, receding,
Feelings like flattery,
Overused and unfelt.
Pulling,
Gentle, but firm,
As we have our way.
Detached now,
As the rock on the island,
$olitary,
Where even self-pity,
Fails.
A magazine for poetry and artwork protesting against abuse in any of its forms
Poetry|Prose|Words
Poems that explore different perspectives
Pretentious Bum with Delusions of Grandeur / Author & Poet
Here I express random thoughts in the form of poetry. There will be no rigid structure. I will talk about things as they pop into my mind. Please join me on my journey...
Writing, Running, Blogging
a part of Life
Appreciation of Life as Story
Independent audiovideo artist
If you search for the light, you will find it.
What a surprise...
Bassist, Producer, Busker
Tigers not daughters
Life is short..... but it's long enough to make you forget.....that it doesn't last for ever!
poetry
The Years of Watching Avidly
From adolescent to adulthood...words written in ink
in defiance of depression
Puking up Poetry, One Verse at a Time
war some of the time
where truth shines from shunning
Scribo ergo sum
What would you choose?
(overcome your fears)
Words of Wonder, Worry and Whimsy
Author: The Eternals Series
May You Touch Dragonflies and Stars - Dance With Fairies and Talk to the Moon
A New Era
reflections on a passing life
Never, oh! never, nothing will die... (Alfred Tennyson)
Heartspeak
"Live To Love - Love To Live"
Poems from life
Urban Minimal and Abstract Photography by Stuart Allen
Angie Flanagan
''Veritas Numquam Perit.''
Bizarre little stories and ideas from Petra Jacob
Great creativeness, did you mean for solitary to begin with a dollar sign instead of an s? Not critiquing your work, content, but the $ caught my eye when reading. I am a fan of your thoughts, keep creating. Ann
Oops! Thanks, I must make ammends! Thanks for reading and leaving your thoughts, and I’m glad that you liked this poem, Ann.
I love the opening to this in particular,
The lake in which I drown,
Now sucks upon your flesh,
Toothless, like I, upon your emotions,
Once did.
and I like the dollar sign perhaps in another context but that gave me ideas. Yes, it is still there lol.
Thank you very much for your generous words. I am pleased that you found this piece effective. Thanks too for the follow.
I like to compare our work with then and now, there are often drastic differences, which are interesting. and I thought I had followed you a while back. When I remembered I would come back to read your stuff.
It is interesting to see how perspective changes in writing – I like how you have experimented with form in older poems, for example – and how certain themes become recurrent. I hope that I can continue to hold your interest.
I am sure that you will, time allowing and thank you for such keen interest in my work.
What a haunting tone..the ambiguity is stunning.
Thanks, Rob, I’m pleased that you picked up on that. I appreciate your feedback.