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51. Blunt Force (2698 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 03-02-2016 | Poems
Gary Beck/Blunt Force
Undesired Devices
Terror hovers in the air,
as people go about
normal routines,
some concerned
with enemy threats,
some indifferent,
others oblivious
until detonations
loudly demand
they share danger.
Clumsy Giant
Now t...
52. A couple of jokes in English (2975 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 06-10-2015 | Jokes
Here are several old jokes in English:
- James, the invisible man wants to see you.
- Tell him I can't see him today.
-Waiter, there is a mosquito in my soup!
- Sorry, sir, but it should be in the salad.
- Waiter, a fly in my soup!
- I am terribly sorry, madam, but we have no more fl...
53. Rulers (3217 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 19-05-2015 | Poems
Gary Beck/Contusions
Rulers
Chiefs once evolved
from their ability
to provide food, security,
earning the clan's gratitude
for service to the people.
Tyrants pretended to care
until they were strong enough
to take more than their fair shar...
54. Rank Hath Its (3255 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 19-05-2015 | Poems
Gary Beck/Contusions
Rank Hath Its…
Many Generals were killed
in the brutal Civil War,
when leaders led from the front.
Few Generals died
on the battlefields
in succeeding wars,
having convinced themselves
and the gullible public
that they wer...
55. Obituaries (2955 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 19-05-2015 | Poems
Gary Beck/Contusions
Obituaries
Public housing was built
to better the condition
of the urban poor,
providing decent apartments
alternatives to tenements.
City planners didn't foresee
that along with regular people
the disaffected moved in...
56. Media Face (3212 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 19-05-2015 | Poems
Gary Beck/Contusions
Media Face
Crowds flock to the voting booth
supporting the candidate
they never met,
but firmly believe in,
have strong opinions about,
argue passionately for
against those with contrary views,
giving a level of trust
that no one with comm...
57. In Memoriam (2726 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 19-05-2015 | Poems
Gary Beck/Contusions
In Memoriam
Once again that fateful day
is remembered by some,
while many are forgetting,
as people always do,
the shock and urgency
of horrified reaction.
And as the buildings fell,
workers leaping from windows
rather than burni...
58. Best 17: The TOP vendors for IT training resources (5415 times seen)
By Miscellany | 16-10-2014 | Articles
There are many sellers which are accessible to give you the best preparing for IT. Each of them contend with each other, yet just few of them can snatch the top positions. The year 2014 saw the arrival of numerous valid certificates. In any case, alongside the accreditations, there emerged a require...
59. 10 Interesting College Secret Societies (3906 times seen)
By Miscellany | 10-10-2013 | Articles
Education in college brings a lot of hard working on different assignments like paper writing or research work. Special writing service can help with that. Although studying in college will never be an easy process, there are pleasant things in it. For example, college societies, especially when the...
60. Desperate Seeker (3541 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 17-03-2013 | Poems
Desperate Seeker: 'Internet Yearning', 'Diminishing Voices', 'Observer', 'Protective Shield', 'Travel II'
Internet Yearning
Ms lonely heart
sits at her computer
reviewing candidates
at an on-line dating service,
each one promising
to make ...
61. Assault on Nature (4586 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 17-03-2013 | Poems
Assault on Nature: Media, Cash or Charge, War on Nature, Bridge, Two Visions
Media
Powerful light splits the night.
Cameras and crew lust the suffering
that is the entertainment of the people.
Trapped in violet despair,
the helpless victims can’t escape
the consuming dance of TV.
...
62. Dawn in Cities (4731 times seen)
By Gary Beck | 17-03-2013 | Poems
Dawn in Cities: 'Effluvia', 'Tidal Sweep', 'Fruitless Search', 'Hope', 'Doomed'
Effluvia
Before dawn
waves break loudest on beaches
when no one suns, or fumbles under blankets.
Morning light makes little whispers
and horizons are attracted
to sand dun...
63. Song of the Conquerors (4518 times seen)
By Raanan Geberer | 23-02-2013 | Short Stories
Josh glanced at his watch. It was a Rolex, one of the few relics of the comfortable life in the former United States, along with his pipe, his clarinet and his biology book, that he’d taken with him when he came to this remote corner of the world in search of a new life.
Four o' clock. ...
64. The Kingdom of Heaven Is Within You (4961 times seen)
By Raanan Geberer | 23-02-2013 | Short Stories
“I geev you de el-lis-dee, yah?”
With those words, Tomas Sladek walked from the kitchen to the gigantic 1920s-style living room, carrying two tabs of acid. Rob hoped that they would be as good as the orange sunshine he had tripped on at the State University at Albany, almost 10 year...
65. Letting Go of My One True Love (6317 times seen)
By Miscellany | 23-02-2013 | Love Poems
Looking into your beautiful eyes, I fell in love with you.
Further into the relationship I knew what we had was true.
I thought of you as a gift from above.
To show my gratitude I tried to shower you with my love.
I guess maybe I tried too hard, or gave too much away.
Because now I am all alone...
66. Lies... (4764 times seen)
By Miscellany | 23-02-2013 | Love Poems
You told me you would always take care of me.
Now that my world has turned upside down I realize you lied.
You told me you would always be there for me.
Now that I'm all alone I realize you lied.
You told me countless times you would always love me.
I see you with her now and realize you l...
67. Metaphor, Metonymy and Synecdoche (21115 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 20-02-2013 | Language
Metaphor forms part of our way of thinking, of understanding the world. At times, it lexicalizes (that is, it becomes very common), and we are not aware that we are using a metaphor: Life is not a bed of roses.
We base on previous models to produce communicative units, and a transmitter, a receiv...
68. Taboo Words, Euphemisms And Dysphemisms (9912 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 20-02-2013 | Language
Taboo words are those that are considered in bad taste by some people or that are better to be avoided because they mention realities that are stark or vulgar. They refer to sex, religion, necessities such as the act of emptying the bladder or the bowels, and so on. Examples: fuck, fornicate, mastur...
69. A New Star in the Firmament (3305 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 20-02-2013 | Love Poems
Fortune-tellers said
that there’s a new star in the firmament,
that if I close my eyes,
and listen to my heart,
I’ll see her,
that everything a man asks for is in this star.
Fortune-tellers said
that I could only perceive her with my heart,
that I should never try to use my eye...
70. Old Age (5912 times seen)
By Miquel Molina i Diez | 20-02-2013 | Letters
Dear Old Age,
It seems just yesterday that I was only a kid, and played in the garden with my parents. It seems just yesterday!
Now I feel lonely and desperate: nobody loves me! I don’t think I deserve to end my days so lonesome. I have given the best of myself to help others, but now no...
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