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1. DiscoveriesGary Beck/Discoveries
Strange Surroundings
I have always lived
in alien enclaves.
never taking root
no matter how long I stayed
in one place
long enough to belong,
my distance from others
engraved in my soul,
that for some reason,
cause, curse, inheritance,
coincidental as existence
I am as temporary...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 12th February, 2023 •Times seen: 146 2. StillnessSixty-nine tears dropping from only one eye:
sixty-nine tears and the sound of a heart splitting in two.
In some corner of the gloomy large room, a soul breaking free.
Happiness, sadness, all that stuff doesn't matter anymore;
only the feeling of freedom matters,
only the feeling of living in peace with oneself matters:
like ...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 02nd November, 2022 •Times seen: 278 3. Double EnvelopmentGary Beck/Double Envelopment
Unfair
A child asked me:
“Why do some people have so much
and some so little?”
I searched for words of comfort,
but found none.
I considered explanations,
greed, capitalism,
inherited wealth,
but they wouldn’t mean anything
to a child.
The best I could mana...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 16th September, 2022 •Times seen: 350 4. UnilluminedGary Beck/Unillumined
City Fixture
The homeless sit
on unrelenting streets
cardboard signs
advertising need.
Passersby seldom notice
the invisable men
hulking on concrete nests.
Learning Gap
The pace of life
changes incrementally.
the more we advance technically
the faster it move...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 07th September, 2022 •Times seen: 632 5. A Carnival of FreaksThe monkey's praying, the baby is asleep and the monk goes on a trip.
Grandma's shouting, playing free, under a palm tree.
A lot of elephants behind me, speeding for a cup of tea.
Yellow circles on the ground, someone gets the black cat bound.
A mad woman barks like a dog, while a mad man jumps like a frog.
A carnival of fr...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 28th July, 2022 •Times seen: 309 6. Last WordsTo western sites I retreat, so dark and so deep.
In a winter palace my soul bleeds, in a battle field my body splits.
To eastern sites I retreat, so dark and so deep.
Distant ghosts echoes my voice, heavy machines run with big noises.
To southern sites I retreat, so dark and so deep.
Pale moons cast their spells, fading lights close ...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 12th July, 2022 •Times seen: 315 7. The Answer"Tell me why," the small poet asked the cold wind, "I'm so tiny and the stars
are so big; crowded houses, everywhere full of people, and I'm lying alone in this
little patch of ground. Tell me why my lyrics don't reach the skies, and my mood is
always darker than night" "Little nothing," answere...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 12th April, 2022 •Times seen: 398 8. UnveilingsGary Beck/Unveilings
Political Sketch
Too many of us
have become so angry,
so self-righteous
we don’t care if our country
is torn apart,
rather than reach across
the great divide
and compromise.
Soon we will be like Russia
oligarchs, functionaries, serfs,
since our refusal to agree
cast so many...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 28th January, 2022 •Times seen: 491 9. Amazing EchoesCrazy horses for the dead boys, wild horses for the still boys;
so they can run the last ride, before dying again.
Fast cars for the dead boys, loaded guns for the still boys;
so they can breathe for the last time, before ending life again.
I'm Macbeth, I'm Hamlet, I'm the moon and the stars, the sun and the landscapes.
I...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 23rd January, 2022 •Times seen: 497 10. Shaken WordsNo sad light inside this golden eye. No long finger pointing to the end of nothing.
And the mad man cried out, inside the heavy walled room, like a bird trapped
in a cage, like a man tied to a family.
White clouds like cotton sealing the landscape, and at the mountain top,
a woman screaming her freedom, instead of her rage.
Nothing l...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 15th January, 2022 •Times seen: 426 11. PurposeGary Beck/Purpose
Assessment
I sit among the aged, infirm,
in the hospital room
and know I am aged, infirm.
Unlike some I do not cry:
'where did the time go?'
I know where it went.
A lot of excitement.
A lot of fulfillment.
Frustration
at not improving the world
gnaws at me d...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 29th August, 2021 •Times seen: 523 12. MaybeSeven days, seven drinks, seven nights and seven nightmares.
Seven flowers, just only one for you, seven storms and seven shipwrecks.
Seven headaches, all of them for you, seven weapons and just one wound.
Seven armies to do nothing, seven deserts and seven losts.
Seven chairs and nobody to sit down, seven mistakes and only one lie.
...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 02nd April, 2021 •Times seen: 646 13. LacerationsGary Beck/Lacerations
Oglescope
The weather is still warm enough
for women to wear short skirts,
tight tops, bare midriffs,
a visual pleasure
for those who care to look,
soon to be removed
with the first chill of fall.
Ponderous Changes
In the 1830’s
Americans went west
for free land,
...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 19th March, 2021 •Times seen: 638 14. Learning CurveGary Beck/Learning Curve
Urban Reaches
Alone in a great city
strangers pass,
intent on jobs, crime,
shopping, terror.
I know not what.
They all look remote,
don’t say ‘good morning’,
don’t meet my gaze,
except the hostiles,
when I quickly look away.
I cannot tell
who is good, ...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 02nd November, 2020 •Times seen: 747 15. Calm Before the StormNo birds singing, no leaves swinging; oh baby, it's the calm before the storm.
No lightened houses, no cars running, no people wandering the streets;
I tell you, brother, it's the calm before the storm.
No breathings emitted, no sounds heard, no words spoken;
take it for granted, guy, it's the calm before the storm.
No pa...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 28th August, 2020 •Times seen: 748 16. The Heartbroken SongCome with me lonely cowboy,
come with me for a walk,
I'll show you lovely things
You've never seen before.
Both of us know what's the matter,
She's gone away, she's gone away and won't ever come back.
So, forget her pale blue eyes, her long blonde hair, and her reptile smile.
Let your shattered to pieces...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 07th June, 2020 •Times seen: 794 17. Fractional DisorderGary Beck/Fractional Disorder
Dread
In the prevailing climate
of imminent destruction
of civilization,
it may no longer be
in our nature
to save ourselves
before it is too late.
Exploration
I will no longer go
down to the river,
follow its flow
to the embracing sea,
stand at the ...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 28th April, 2020 •Times seen: 862 18. MickeyMickey Mouse is in the house,
and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright now, everything is right now,
Mickey Mouse is in the house, he's come back right now,
and he's bleeding, he's bleeding, and the lonely rose set in the middle of the sitting room,
is bleeding too, and me too.
Mickey Mouse is heartbroken,...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 21st November, 2019 •Times seen: 1055 19. Earth LinksGary Beck/Earth Links
Celebration
Independence Day
may have meant
more in the 1780’s,
liberty just won,
a new nation
not yet as corrupt,
oppressive,
as the old world,
new citizens hopeful
the eloquent promise
of new government
would bring freedom.
Smoldering
Eruptions of violence
sweep the nation
r...
(0 votes) •Last Modified: 26th June, 2019 •Times seen: 1215 20. TransitionsGary Beck/Transitions
Do As I Say
Primitive man
didn't understand
the nature of the universe
and developed superstitions
when answers were needed
to make sense of life.
When tribes gave way
to church and state
the new leaders
promptly took charge
of ignorant fears
and substituted faith
in the ...
(8 votes) •Last Modified: 29th August, 2018 •Times seen: 1457 21. Blunt ForceGary 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 that we've left Iraq
violent disorder
per...
(4 votes) •Last Modified: 29th August, 2018 •Times seen: 2430 22. The MAN'S name is PARANOIA
EVERY MOVE WE MAKE
EVERY STEP WE TAKE
IS WATCHED BY THE MAN
SO WE THINK
PARANOIA IS HIS NAME
MAHOGANY CLAIM TO FAME
IS THE MAN WATCHING YOU
STOPPING YOUR DREAMS FROM COMING TRUE
AND WE SWEAR TO BE
THE CHILDREN OF THE MOST HIGH
REMEMBER? THE ONE WHO CAN DO ANYTHING Y?
R WE SO EASILY DISCOURAGED Y?
R WE SO READY TO BLAME
OTHERS COME ...
(5 votes) •Last Modified: 29th August, 2018 •Times seen: 1637 23. SAD (haiku)I am cold like snow...
No longer will I give love..
numbness is my fate......
My heart is bleeding...
but blood is not the fluid...
All love has leaked out....
Rejection of joy....
my self-destructive repeat
To die will be life...
I will die lonely...
because I have chosen to...
Yes, Death becomes me.......
(4 votes) •Last Modified: 29th July, 2018 •Times seen: 1553 24. Boogers in my noseI was in the car with my little
niece, she jiggled up and down in her
seat. She frowned as we passed by
cars on the road, I turned back to
her and asked why, and she
replied, "Boogers in my nose."
In the morning my husband is really
grumpy. He mopes around looking down
and frumpy. His voice is low and
...
(3 votes) •Last Modified: 29th July, 2018 •Times seen: 1301 25. Break me like a horseA gentle breaking takes time
Ironically time is what we’ve had the most of
Both time and gentleness breeds trust
A horse and his rider slowly learning to gallop together
The bit is placed in her mouth first,
Leading by example yet steadily steering
The stallion to the pasture of his dreams
I willingly bridle, likened to a mare with tru...
(4 votes) •Last Modified: 28th July, 2018 •Times seen: 1566
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