The Poetry Marathon

Tales of the future past

They tell you we are the future of tomorrow but what does tomorrow hold for us seeing our the present is a mess

They tell you to build and improve on your father’s legacy but there’s nothing to improve we need to start afresh from the roots

The root of the problem call it corruption, call it egocentrism anyone you feel like it all comes to one thing how heart and mind everyone cares for themselves and not about building a nation whereby even the least person can have a say or at least afford three square meals a day

Mother nature looks at us with tears in our eyes as how much we hate ourselves and also ruin the planet

We kill beautiful animals and when they are about to get extinct we start looking for a way to stop it, it’s always said that prevention is better than cure

But our hearts have become hard and won’t break or yield to the pleas and the warnings of the news

Seeing the statistics we call it all bunch of lies and just mere figures not knowing they are people trying to save earth and our lives but we keep pollution and endangering species calling them nothing other than food

It’s a pandemic they call corona but the pleas of social distancing has fallen on deaf ears as some make mockery of it saying that it’s all a sham and they are toying with us

We are behaving like Caesar allowing our wisdom (foolishness) to be consumed with confidence

I hope it won’t be too late as we say had i known before we act

A triptych:

He writes in bytes.
A bit, dim-wit
attempt to pre-empt
a result, an insult
to Art. To depart
from convention, quill-wielders detention.

A constraint, a restraint,
perforce to chant in six, rant
in eight, a strait-
jacketed, net-less racqueted
game of shame, one would
not partake of, unless the stake
was a distraction from infraction,
from convention; quill-wielders detention.

So he runs, trips and shuns,
feeble submissions, remissions, revisions.
If there were no fire, would one still hire,
Responders and Warriors? Ponders
as carriers,
Infect and inflict, in conference
and convention- a quill-wielders detention

Hour 4: Dear Mama

mama,

i’m sending my letter up to the skies

to the heavens where you are

i need your hug more than ever

i’m trying to the the sails in the boat

where is the thunderous wind?

i want to tell you that you left a good map

to navigate the seas

you’re still my guiding star

my true north

to the moon and back

 

3. IT’S DIFFICULT TO BE OLD

When you are young, you are energetic and bold.

When you age, it’s difficult to be old.

Fear now takes over,

as you become older.

 

Fear of…….

…falling and breaking bones, of sickness and not recovering,

… not being taken seriously, when once you were a leader,

…being a soft target for being mugged,

…using advanced technology when once was a developer,

…losing memory, when once there was a razor sharp wit,

…being dependant for meals to you to bring,

when once, of your own kitchen you were the Queen or King.

…losing eyesight, when once there was foresight,

…empty nest, when one there was a full house,

… being a financial burden to loved ones, when once was a provider,

…of loneliness, when once was the centre of attraction

… who will take care of you, when ill, when once was the caretaker and caregiver.

 

Spend time with them, cherish them,

if you have any aged in your family,

because one day, they will be gone

and will be just a part of your memory.

 

Kaboom (old poetry)

does it ever feel like no matter how hard, how often or how frequent you push, push, push, push, PUSH, you can never seem to get ANYWHERE?

square one. 1st base. the fucking beginning.

my castle isn’t made of cement, it’s SAND.

sometimes it feels like everyone is moving faster than you’ll ever be, speeding by you as you slightly contemplate whether or not you should or not.

like your legs are stone while the rubber bands bounce around you like broken snakes, achieving ‘something’.

sometimes it feels like i’m meant to stay in the same place. doing the same thing. for the rest of my life.

Half Marathon – let’s do this!

Born and raised on Long Island, NY, USA, I had the love of writing poetry since I was about twelve years old.

I was originally influenced by reading Robert Frost and identified with his writings.

Writing help me to communicate my feelings about myself, along with the rest of humanity and its relation to the world early on as a teenager and, it continues to this day.

#3

The word Promise shouldn’t exist in any language—
For it allows an easy perverted manipulation of the heart
and subjects those who believe in it to be left open—
vulnerably desecrated to a point that is cruel.

A promise presupposes honor
and should dispose of integrity—
Otherwise: why make one?

A word that few know how to use with grace or mercy—
and a word that befalls out of liars lips so simply—
without conscious, without regard,
and just for the sake of sparing or conning another.

A simple word that hurts
the most when broken—
so it is just best
that it is never spoken.

Hour 3 — Will I Love You Forever?

Beth A. Fleisher

Hour 3

 

Prompt 3:  There are three stanzas. Each stanza is followed by a refrain (so the same statement is repeated three times).The first stanza is 6 lines long and presents a problem. The second stanza is eight lines long, and can explore or expand the problem. The third stanza is 6 lines long, and can either present a solution or document a failed attempt to resolve the issue.

 

Will I love You Forever?

 

You were so unexpected.

How could I possibly be prepared to find my soul mate

in such a crazy place, in such a crazy way?

Instant attraction, and so much more,

As you shared your story, we cried together.

But I saw the family photo on your desk.

 

Will I love you forever?

 

Connection overload

spiritually, emotionally, attractionally

white hot passion.

But you were not free, not for me.

I wept all the way back to campus,

Yelling at God:

How could you do this? Why?

Show him to me, but dangling him out of reach?

 

Will I love you forever?

 

Life moved on, we became friends, always careful friends.

Then, wonder of wonders, nine years later

you reached out to me — you had felt it too!

How amazing when I saw the love in your eyes

the first kiss, spirits dancing to Creator’s music,

hearts connected just holding hands at Panera.

 

Will I love you forever?

 

 

Hour 3-The covidcoaster “Bop”

December a time for Christmas and love

brought to the amusement park a new ride

The fiercest of them all, and nowhere to hide.

Then January emerged a new year and more frightening effects

all walks of life rode it while it presented defects.

No restriction on age or height

It is gonna bite, try and steer clear, or fight the fight.

 

We boarded the coaster and each of us had a different view

We held on tight, white knuckles emerged with sweat and fear

bracing ourselves for a whirlwind year.

February now and things got rough

only two months in and we already had enough.

March brought the steep climb we were locked down on top

April still no idea when this bubble would pop

Was there a fix and how would it spite?

It is gonna bite, try and steer clear, or fight the fight.

 

Finally May but things haven’t changed

Only a collapsed economy and disease that seems to soar

Why the lockdown if it can come through the door?

June and the curve is not flat

July in a few days and all from a bat.

I’m holding onto my positive sight

It is gonna bite, try and steer clear, or fight the fight.

 

3) Summer

Summer’s for loving,

summer’s for picnics

by the beach,

the mountains,

the limestone caves.

 

he takes his blanket,

the threadbare,

wine handwoven one,

his gran ma made

or was it great-gran ma,

family heirloom

and wrapped his sand driven

toes deep into the pile,

the fringe,

that’s when he smelt her

perfume, oils,

oil of Ulay massaged,

and caressed into her crepy fingers

and toes.

The thick yellowed nails of her.

the long, waist length plait.

Some days, she was next to

him on the blanket, serving tea

from the old flask