Damn Poets

pepper
pepper Posts: 155
edited January 2012 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I have had some of the greatest men
dance wildly
with the bird of madness
perched inside my ribcage.
Their words
are no stranger
to it’s song.
Their verses soar
with my sanity
upon it’s wings,

as I seep endlessly
through the hollows of heaven
with their wine on my lips;
forever a lover
forever a sinner
forever a woman,
passionately stirred
by some of the greatest men
I have ever had,
inside my mind.



(For the likes of Bukowski, Cohen, Oscar Wilde and Rumi, whose voices remind me that I am not alone)
Pepper- I am faith without religion, without bruised knees and pleas for forgiveness...
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  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    edited May 2012
    .........
    Post edited by Chip McFlennigan on
    I knew it all along, see?
  • zarocat
    zarocat Posts: 1,901
    edited January 2012
    For their kingdom
    Stardom
    Slides along the edge of man's historical word
    Governing the eyes & minds of the bodies looking right back at the madness of man
    Mirrors him
    Historically, pirouetted in the moment
    Post edited by [Deleted User] on
    1996: Toronto
    1998: Barrie
    2000: Montreal, Toronto, Auburn Hills
    2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal
    2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids
    2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
    2006: Toronto X2
    2009: Toronto
    2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton
    2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula
    2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo
    2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit
    2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2
    2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
    2022: Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
    2023: Chicago X2
    2024: New York X2
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    unfreakin real ! awesome poem pepper,I love it.

    Godfather.
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    awesome!
    Pick up my debut novel here on amazon: Jonny Bails Floatin (in paperback) (also available on Kindle for $2.99)
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    given the edge
    that's taken off
    from the visceral view
    where we've been we go
  • zarocat
    zarocat Posts: 1,901
    lined out, perching from within
    My hands grip the bone bars of what I'm to be free from
    And the branches soar by exchanging with me these poets
    The mightiest of men
    1996: Toronto
    1998: Barrie
    2000: Montreal, Toronto, Auburn Hills
    2003: Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal
    2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids
    2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
    2006: Toronto X2
    2009: Toronto
    2011: PJ20, Montreal, Toronto X2, Hamilton
    2012: Manchester X2, Amsterdam X2, Prague, Berlin X2, Philadelphia, Missoula
    2013: Pittsburg, Buffalo
    2014: Milan, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, Detroit
    2016: Ottawa, Toronto X2
    2018: Padova, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
    2022: Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
    2023: Chicago X2
    2024: New York X2
  • Cheeks
    Cheeks Posts: 151
    Fantastic write! Awesome tribute.
  • pepper
    pepper Posts: 155
    every response... a poem. Thanks guys!
    Pepper- I am faith without religion, without bruised knees and pleas for forgiveness...
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    pepper,

    i know this inside and outside of feminine ribcage
    a bird of madness
    songbirds go and come back

    the ladies in my life
    all rip me apart
    each angelic to me
    to forests
    to everything that has breathed

    never at ease
    nothing ever simple here
    do not and love
    do not and love
    her, the dancing beauty only to dandelion seed before the wind
    then i
    on seed riding in going deep
    traveling unchartered

    we do not need the moon as a guide
    but sure is nice when she does
    sure is nice when she does
    and she does


    thank you,
    chadwick
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Chip McFlennigan
    Chip McFlennigan Posts: 1,162
    edited May 2012
    ...........
    Post edited by Chip McFlennigan on
    I knew it all along, see?
  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    This whole thread is awesome...you guys are awesome.
    Pick up my debut novel here on amazon: Jonny Bails Floatin (in paperback) (also available on Kindle for $2.99)

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