cicero(25)•in #poetry•1690 days agoWinds on MarsI scare myself with my own desert places. --Robert Frost As I’m sitting Watching clouds roll The wind punishing My hair, I’m reminded There are winds on Mars, D...40$0.05cicero(25)•in poetry•1690 days agoWinds on MarsI scare myself with my own desert places. --Robert Frost As I’m sitting Watching clouds roll The wind punishing My hair, I’m reminded There are winds on Mars, D...40$0.05
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2205 days agoToo SuddenThe bitter scent of Maples, Dust and rain, Make this street A remembered pain. Dark and secretive Windows gleam, Breaking my heart With things I've seen. You ar...2653$1.85johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2205 days agoToo SuddenThe bitter scent of Maples, Dust and rain, Make this street A remembered pain. Dark and secretive Windows gleam, Breaking my heart With things I've seen. You ar...2653$1.85
johnjgeddes(25)•in #writing•2208 days agoThe Windfall House ...Part 2Fran and I had inherited a Victorian row house in the Kensington district of Toronto. The Windfall House as I called it should have comforted me—after all, it w...2883$1.80johnjgeddes(25)•in writing•2208 days agoThe Windfall House ...Part 2Fran and I had inherited a Victorian row house in the Kensington district of Toronto. The Windfall House as I called it should have comforted me—after all, it w...2883$1.80
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2209 days agoBlack RainRain is falling As I am falling Into a sadness now, Out of bed I'd end in the woods Darker than blacker boughs; I won't be nearer To you then—in ways Further aw...930$3.13johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2209 days agoBlack RainRain is falling As I am falling Into a sadness now, Out of bed I'd end in the woods Darker than blacker boughs; I won't be nearer To you then—in ways Further aw...930$3.13
johnjgeddes(25)•in #writing•2213 days agoDark Yule ...FinaleA man vows, and yet will not cast away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to brea...2482$1.70johnjgeddes(25)•in writing•2213 days agoDark Yule ...FinaleA man vows, and yet will not cast away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to brea...2482$1.70
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2213 days agoIn the DarkRain darkens everything: Each drop A black grain of misery Holding All the world’s pain And none of its sympathy; ... And it’s pouring again Beating a rhapsody ...12119$1.14johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2213 days agoIn the DarkRain darkens everything: Each drop A black grain of misery Holding All the world’s pain And none of its sympathy; ... And it’s pouring again Beating a rhapsody ...12119$1.14
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2220 days agoHearing VoicesIt begins with isolation, Blank stares and faces, Demons In desolate places. No one seeks To be oppressed, Simply suffers And accepts. Yes, I digress— To speak ...1004$3.52johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2220 days agoHearing VoicesIt begins with isolation, Blank stares and faces, Demons In desolate places. No one seeks To be oppressed, Simply suffers And accepts. Yes, I digress— To speak ...1004$3.52
johnjgeddes(25)•in #writing•2220 days agoChristmas Longings ...Part 3 ...Fact vs. FictionChristmas is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consolin...3311$2.54johnjgeddes(25)•in writing•2220 days agoChristmas Longings ...Part 3 ...Fact vs. FictionChristmas is a necessary festival; we require a season when we can regret all the flaws in our human relationships: it is the feast of failure, sad but consolin...3311$2.54
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2222 days agoSnowboundThe coloured windows of the houses dance Like the happiest of dreams before me, In this snow that hides Your house from mine. And you must be at the window Watc...870$2.42johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2222 days agoSnowboundThe coloured windows of the houses dance Like the happiest of dreams before me, In this snow that hides Your house from mine. And you must be at the window Watc...870$2.42
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2225 days agoSameI I’m the same As when I dreamt Of you, Before I knew Your name; Before I journeyed To your city, In hopes Of starting Life again. I’m the same As I first saw y...530$6.16johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2225 days agoSameI I’m the same As when I dreamt Of you, Before I knew Your name; Before I journeyed To your city, In hopes Of starting Life again. I’m the same As I first saw y...530$6.16
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2226 days agoThe Room Suddenly BrightI wake and sense The snow Sifting Past the window, Blindly seeking Completion After the law Of beginnings and ends. Like this poem A turning inward To the soft ...3800$2.23johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2226 days agoThe Room Suddenly BrightI wake and sense The snow Sifting Past the window, Blindly seeking Completion After the law Of beginnings and ends. Like this poem A turning inward To the soft ...3800$2.23
johnjgeddes(25)•in #writing•2226 days agoA Good Man of Business ...A Weathered Stone'But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. 'Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands a...2474$1.85johnjgeddes(25)•in writing•2226 days agoA Good Man of Business ...A Weathered Stone'But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. 'Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands a...2474$1.85
johnjgeddes(25)•in #writing•2227 days agoOut of Time ...Finale“She has a look," I said, "of not altogether belonging to today.” ― Robert Nathan I'm sitting in the Clinton Tavern with Kath, a girl I rescued from the rain. S...490$4.55johnjgeddes(25)•in writing•2227 days agoOut of Time ...Finale“She has a look," I said, "of not altogether belonging to today.” ― Robert Nathan I'm sitting in the Clinton Tavern with Kath, a girl I rescued from the rain. S...490$4.55
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2228 days agoThreadbare LoverI want to depict you, Paint you in words , But you know me— Your impoverished lover With a Scrabble bag Of letters. It’s my infirmity To be ethereal Not know yo...20911$2.04johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2228 days agoThreadbare LoverI want to depict you, Paint you in words , But you know me— Your impoverished lover With a Scrabble bag Of letters. It’s my infirmity To be ethereal Not know yo...20911$2.04
johnjgeddes(25)•in #writing•2228 days agoOut of Time ...Part 3The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence ― T.S. Eliot I rescued a girl I found dazed and wandering ...2311$1.73johnjgeddes(25)•in writing•2228 days agoOut of Time ...Part 3The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence ― T.S. Eliot I rescued a girl I found dazed and wandering ...2311$1.73
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2229 days agoRuinBut how else can we live, these days, except in the midst of ruin? —Atwood The Moon asleep In a blue haze Up in the dark heights, And you somewhere Thinking of ...2854$4.86johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2229 days agoRuinBut how else can we live, these days, except in the midst of ruin? —Atwood The Moon asleep In a blue haze Up in the dark heights, And you somewhere Thinking of ...2854$4.86
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2231 days agoRainy WalkA rainy walk At night Will cure almost anything. I want it so much, Beloved, For this storm to give me Dark words of love… The same ones That broke your heart. ...462$0.83johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2231 days agoRainy WalkA rainy walk At night Will cure almost anything. I want it so much, Beloved, For this storm to give me Dark words of love… The same ones That broke your heart. ...462$0.83
johnjgeddes(25)•in #writing•2232 days agoAbominable SnowmanThere is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken with good motive, but nevertheless hypocrisy! ― Agatha Christie...2640$1.52johnjgeddes(25)•in writing•2232 days agoAbominable SnowmanThere is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken with good motive, but nevertheless hypocrisy! ― Agatha Christie...2640$1.52
johnjgeddes(25)•in #poetry•2236 days agoCovert LoverThese nights, these nights, The soul’s limitations; Everything cramped— Too large for spaces. I'm fearful Of the lamps’ oases, Obliterating Our magic places. A ...390$0.30johnjgeddes(25)•in poetry•2236 days agoCovert LoverThese nights, these nights, The soul’s limitations; Everything cramped— Too large for spaces. I'm fearful Of the lamps’ oases, Obliterating Our magic places. A ...390$0.30
johnjgeddes(25)•in #writing•2237 days agoGreen Energy ...Part 3 ...Off the Grid with CoyotesBeing a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. —Joseph Conrad I'm being pushed and pulled by two neighbours to s...2551$1.73johnjgeddes(25)•in writing•2237 days agoGreen Energy ...Part 3 ...Off the Grid with CoyotesBeing a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. —Joseph Conrad I'm being pushed and pulled by two neighbours to s...2551$1.73
