Denial by R Bennett Okerstrom Forbidden love [191 words]
The Sound Of A Tear by M Q Walters - [76 words]
Heather Dream 4,836 by Branson Storm Another tease from the ghost of my soulmate. [131 words]
Whatever Happened To All The Good Ideas? by Roberto J Moreno It's about society's lack of integrity. [245 words]
Three Wishes by Ralph R Martinez a poem about getting back together with an ex [100 words]
The Sky Above by Ralph R Martinez A poem I wrote for a friend, but never gave it to her... bummer. I should have. [85 words]
Sickness Of The Young, Poems by Mila Strictzer A collection of Poems. [2,758 words]
Nostalgia by K P William Cheng - [126 words]
My Angel Online Friendship by Ralph R Martinez This poem I wrote for a girl I met via the net she loved it! She'll always be specia... [153 words]
Love Joy Agony And Hatred by K P William Cheng - [214 words]
Lady Liberty Looks On by David Soriano A collection of poems. [1501 words]
Hunter For Her Feel by Roberto J Moreno Its about envisioning rather than seeing. [110 words]
Hello, Am I Your Son? by Roberto J Moreno It was a rainy day. [181 words]
Growing by Hope - [124 words]
Drive by Wolfa A poem. Yes. Yes it is. [88 words]
Witch's Broom by David Soriano A nature poem dealing with outer space and galaxies. [53 words]
Who You Gonna Call? by David Soriano A poem about seances. [104 words]
What Is Life? by David Soriano What is....life? [126 words]
Unreachable by Clarmila Orpeza A basic human quandary -- Why do we want the one we can't have? [99 words]
Through The Valley by Branson Storm A walk through the valley of darkness. [891 words]
Three Dimensional Vision by David Soriano A poem on thoughtfulness. [53 words]
Things I'd Like To Say by David Soriano A poem for a man of few words. [47 words]
The Tired And Poor by David Soriano Cheap Labor. [108 words]
The Second Effort by David Soriano The 1970 Kansas City Chiefs- up and over! [56 words]
The Land Of Green by David Soriano A humourous poem about an Irish Farmer's day in the field. [130 words]
The Irish Healer by David Soriano A poem based on an Irish legend about a healer. [73 words]
The Eye Of Evil by David Soriano A brief poem about the evil eye. [45 words]
Teleportation by David Soriano A poem about ghosts. [49 words]
Surf's Up by David Soriano Unusual poem about surfing. [81 words]
Study Guides And Solution Manuals by David Soriano A poem about academia and psychology. [33 words]
Spiritual Hunger by David Soriano A poem about spiritual differences. [97 words]
Slugfest And Sureshot by David Soriano A poem about a pinball machine. [82 words]
Sense Of Self-Worth by David Soriano A poem about one's self. [67 words]
Security Blanket by David Soriano A poem about the Shroud. [58 words]
Science And Religion by David Soriano A poem about... science and religion. [73 words]
Runaway by Jennifer Mendez - [119 words]
Restless Departed by David Soriano A soul not wishing to leave very expensive property. [70 words]
Receptor Sites by David Soriano A poem about consciousness elevation. [60 words]
Rapture by David Soriano A mysterious poem .... [110 words]
Placidness by David Soriano A poem about thoughtfulness. [78 words]
Pasteur by David Soriano A poem in honor of Louis Pasteur. [52 words]
Panspermia by David Soriano A poem about origins of life. [52 words]
Outrun The River by Sue (Sooz) Simpson The snow was melting fast and he owed it to himself and his seld of dogs to make it to safety. [145 words]
Odor- Eaters Needed by David Soriano A poem about shoes. [52 words]
Neanderthal Expressions by David Soriano A thoughtful poem on creativity and needs of self-expression. [60 words]
Moving On by Elizabeth Jessica Allen This is a collection of verse that portrays my feelings towards journeys that had to be made by me. [940 words]
Morlock Clones by David Soriano A poem based on the author's interpretation of the "Time Machine" by H.G. Wells. [67 words]
Mixed Emotions by David Soriano A humourous poem about a... piggy bank. [104 words]
Meloncholy Madness by David Soriano A poem about alchemy. [81 words]
Megalithic Ruins by David Soriano A poem about Stonehenge. [55 words]
Masks by M Q Walters - [144 words]
Love Of Winter by David Soriano Winter-my time of year. [57 words]
Linguistic Tongues by David Soriano A poem about weirdness based on a true story. [90 words]
Life's Work by Elizabeth Jessica Allen This is a collection of poetry which look at different aspects of past relationships. [1,013 words]
Leaving On by Branson Storm Words to family and friends prior to departing for a life of solitude. [208 words]
Inward And Outward by David Soriano A thoughtful poem on fellow man and life elsewhere in the universe. [66 words]
Intellectual Kelvinism by David Soriano A poem focusing on academic snobbery. [111 words]
Inner Demons by Alberto Pupo How insecurity kills... [65 words]
In Retrospect by David Soriano A poem describing appreciation. [122 words]
If I Had You by Jennifer Ramirez This poem needs no description, simply stated, I wrote this for my Husband Coy, because he's every... [166 words]
His Winged Sphinx by David Soriano An intepretation of the set and setting for H.G Wells when he wrote the "Time Machine". [165 words]
H.G. Wells by David Soriano A poem about writer H.G. Wells and his life. [120 words]
Hearts Clock by Ashley Negrete - [67 words]
Halloween by David Soriano A tale written for a Halloween night. [76 words]
Find Eternal Rest by David Soriano Restless spirits. [148 words]
Face Down In The Street by David Soriano A poem about sensitivity toward our fellow man. [90 words]
Emotions Of The Heart by Wantana Tierney - [121 words]
Dreams Of Transmutation by David Soriano A poem about alchemy. [144 words]
Competition by David Soriano Only the strong survive. [82 words]
Civil War News by David Soriano A poem based on American Civil War trading cards from ca. 1961. [56 words]
Chronicles Of Irish Tradition by David Soriano A poem saluting the excellence of Irish literary tradition. [69 words]
Calamus Revival by David Soriano A thoughtful poem on reflection. [79 words]
Boomerang by David Soriano A poem about the boomerang sport. [60 words]
Bogs, Swamps, Lagoons And Marshes by David Soriano A poem about..wetlands. [75 words]
Bloomin Annoying by Josh And Nicole Fish 'n' Frog It's a surprise. [107 words]
Bleaching Green by Andrew French Depicts the struggle of dealing with the addictions in everyday life. [83 words]
Ants by Kurt Kitasaki A short poem about a terrifying entity. [12 words]
American Revolution by David Soriano A poem about the 1960s era. [100 words]
Altered State by David Soriano A poem about being in a coma. [37 words]
8 by Clarmila Orpeza Wanting and needing. [48 words]
Young Love by Ralph R Martinez A short story/poem about a young couple in love. [370 words]
Without Her by Ralph R Martinez A poem about a couple who has been 2gether 4ever,and the wife ends up leaving this world. Now the h... [149 words]
What Is It? by Preston Miles Metz This is a rhythmic pentameter with a recognizable scheme. I wrote it recently, as my current inter... [134 words]
Underneath The Stairs by Mike Schiller This poem was written in a few seconds. A girl emailed me with a description of a photo s... [215 words]
Tantalize The Senses by Stephanie Siegfred From a chocolate lover's delight to the heartbreak of adoption... [373 words]
Sophie by Eloise H Anson - [153 words]
Someday by Christy Mack Disappointments in life... one of my more mature poems. [113 words]
So, Are We Famous Yet? by Fyona Doyle Latz - [129 words]
Ship Of Fools by M Q Walters - [72 words]
Self-Refusal by Vianne-Marie Fortier This is a poem I wrote about myself. I was in one of those writer's block moods when I hate myself... [40 words]
Politicians by Kurt Kitasaki A mild attack against politicians. [18 words]
My Mind Filled. by Ralph R Martinez A poem I wrote for a friend of mine. [136 words]
Memberwhen by Sue (Sooz) Simpson Memberwhen that mystical word of long ago memories. [189 words]
Marbles by Onederose Don't fight what distracts. [55 words]
Long Walk Back To Jurassica by Sue (Sooz) Simpson Evolution and progress or three million steps backwards? [323 words]
Lightning by Kurt Kitasaki A short poem on the violent force of nature. [13 words]
Jason (I Still Need You) by Christy Mack The love of my life. [121 words]
Imprisoned Heart by Preston Miles Metz This poem was inspired and written when I was a teenager in love, naive and still innocent. D... [83 words]
I'll Be There by Ralph R Martinez A poem about a friend who offers. His love to a friend during a time of need. [87 words]
Friend Of Mine by Ralph R Martinez This is a poem that i had written for a friend of mine. She loved it! [134 words]
Empty Nest by Vianne-Marie Fortier This is about a bunch of siblings who leave home for college and have to tell their mother that this... [94 words]
Dreams Of A Librarian by Lisa Petro This is included in an anthology of poetry to be published in October, 2002 entitled Lett... [81 words]
Cobweb, A Collection
Captive Of Earth by Sendria Crandall - [110 words]
Call It As You Will by Onederose Here's to the strength in US. [85 words]
Backwoods Beast by Preston Miles Metz This is a humorous poem written when I was a youngster. It is part of a cherished collection. ... [80 words]
Awkward by Vianne-Marie Fortier This is just a spur of the moment poem. Inspiration comes from "So much for the Afterglow" by Everclear... [43 words]
A Journey Throughout by Alberto Pupo A journey... [73 words]
A Day With Dog, Poetry, And Prose by Preston Miles Metz This is a blank verse, thoughts and reflections during a spring day. [298 words]
Dark Oblivion by Jessie Finn There are no words to describe the hidden message of this poem, just read it and you will know wh... [129 words]
Your Unique Picasso by Fyona Doyle Latz - [124 words]
Where To Go by Jennifer Mendez - [69 words]
Voices Inside by Jessie Finn A haunting poem about the conflict of ones mind. [80 words]
Travel In Darkness by Alberto Pupo The road of a weary traveler... [73 words]
Tongues, A Collection by Durlabh Singh A collection of verse: Tongues, Green Green, Hunters Of Sea. [210 words]
The World Through Your Head by Roberto J Moreno Late night random thoughts. [179 words]
The Scream by Bollimuntha Venkata Ramana Rao - [89 words]
The Replacement... by Alberto Pupo Substituting one for the other... [57 words]
Straying From The Path by Wolfa A Poem, once more. Ahh, my memories of a certain delightful time in high school... and ... [471 words]
Satan Wears A Dress by Ryan Watts - [40 words]
Realizations by Alberto Pupo To realize... [64 words]
Never Again by Eloise H Anson I'm terrible at poetry, but, hey, I tried! [111 words]
Love And Friendship by Juned Ahsan - [165 words]
Last Goodbye by Jennifer Mendez - [162 words]
Jesus Fucked A Camel And Now We All Have Gonorrhoea by Ryan Watts - [190 words]
Flicker by Michelle Worswick - [18 words]
Emotion Pool by Alberto Pupo A pool of emotions brewed into one. [42 words]
Dead by Drevan - [66 words]
A Lack by Alberto Pupo the confusion created when I miss her... [58 words]
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Cobweb, A Collection |
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A collection of verse. Many of them are simple sketches of scenes of nature with a couple of surrealist scenes in among.
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AUTHOR
Ben Rymer |
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[June 2002] |
Cobweb, A Collection
Ben Rymer
A very simple sketch of one of natures most magical contraptions. I also see them as portals and traps, something I've communicated here.
Cobweb
The hypnotic, maths-precise spiral hangs
In premonition of moth, midge and dew-drop,
A death-continuum live to chance, a trap of intention.
At its’ centre the cannibal jailer,
The captor
Whose sticky scurry and devouring frenzy
Remain changeless, unchanged
by variance in necessity or want.
Creation’s bored doodle lies sprung, baited,
The barb-wire in a no-mans-land
We will never enter.
I spent absolutely ages trying to get this one right, and I'm still not there yet. Its about a train journey I took from Devon back to London, and the psychological effects of winter. The weather seems like a constant battleground, and this is an attempt to rationalise that view.
First Cold Day
As our seats for winters Panzer-attack
Scuttle over Wiltshire, the sibilant chill snarls
Through framed-doors;
We, ignored incidentals, trundle through the wind-din,
Seasons erupting around us. The sabre-blade ether
Is alive with a brittle sheen:
Out bows autumn,
Rusty umber intermediary,
Whose exit leaves motion forbidden
In the absolute-zero stillness, edgy
Like a pre-brawl bar, its tension
Permeating the train.
The leaves auburn inferno,
Al fresco, sweep back to the skyline:
Giant black spiders of birds nests rest
In the dew-shot light around their wooden webs.
On the platform,
Diesel stained air astonishes
And feels brittle.
One season has ruptured into another
Whose Roman man-of-war spikiness
And pre-gene vernacular are more than familiar,
More than known.
Here, in the trenches of the warring seasons
The cutting gusts are gunfire
And settling snowflakes the embodiment
Of eleventh hour armistice.
Heres one of my speciality Nature/Surrealism pieces. Dusk seems to me to be a very poetic time of day, and heres an example of that.
Evesong
Birds call. I rest away
And eventually escape the tangle of sun
Knotted before me, drowning in its' penumbra,
My last breathe's now dust
Carried with the clocks ticks
On a breeze burnished with honey
And cut wet grass.
Slowly, the drowning sun sinks
Below the horizons' choppy lip
And a ghost-moon rails up
To gulp down the milk of noon
In climbing, being made solid
More with each risen inch.
Nights' Sisyphus hoists once more
His dumb load skyward to rest
Among a shatter of stars sprinkled
Like mirror-dust into ink.
This is my attempt to beat that old devil of writers block- I knew I had something to say but couldn't find a suitable form, so I just started to write about the weather...
Rain-flower
Hardly has the rain begun
Then the minds shoot comes to bud-
Pithy energy starts
At the skulls base before spreading
Forward to the temples and pupils,
The fledgling life delicate
And tenuous as a rainbow,
No less full of hope.
Slowly, with the uneven creep
Of starting-to-cool lava
Each minute finger unfists itself,
Haemorrhaging purples and blues as it goes:
More and more and more and more
Colour bursting into existence
Until a violence of yellow is revealed,
Smash in the centre, brimmed to overflowing.
No matter how many days weigh down
On this, my minds freshest bloom,
The sepia-wilt of time passing will not rob
Its' brilliance or exuberance-
Its air no summer breeze nor enemy
Winters gusting, rather my own senses fed it
And now capture it in constant genesis,
Never to be destroyed,
Never really having existed.
This is a landscape of the Australian landscape I wrote for a friend who lives there; I've also tried to comment on our relationship with time.
She
The sun scorched horizon creeps closer
With evening, shunned by the sun and its servants
The distance lessens until the lip of the world
Quivers, and disappears.
Tinder, bush and scrub lie waiting for the morning,
Scowling at the lack of water.
Night-noises crawl from holes and nests
And the desert convulses with whoops and cracks;
A snake humbles a shrew, to be humbled in turn
By a scorpion. The earth tells no lies here,
She never even speaks.
Westward and eastward, straight up and down
Four oceans lap at the shores, surf roars itself on,
Triangles of plastic zipping and dodging amongst the boom,
Sailors hunting for more life than land can give them.
Sun up, orange groves release their citrus calling-card;
The bright fruit and sheer flat ultra-blue above
bruise the eye in compariosn.
nature whispers secrets deftly;
Colours reveal an amazing truth, told in code.
The earth tells no lies here
She never even speaks.
The shrill hundred-truck howl of half-a-mach engines
Fires for the first time- the sounds of nature
Are overhauled. On landing, her rustles
And bustle slowly re-emerge, and in the surf
She is deafening, in every atom
Of every droplet there is a message,
On every leaf a tiny reminder.
'Everything I have done is crystallised
In the present', she says, 'and so too is everything
You have done. The past is as real as the future. Consult it as you would a friend.'
The earth tells no lies here.
She does not need to.
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2002 Ben Rymer |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
June 2002 |
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