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Pieces of Writing Arranged by Category
Poems in English 1. Discoveries Gary 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: 1462. Stillness Sixty-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: 2783. Double Envelopment Gary 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: 3504. Unillumined Gary 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: 6325. A Carnival of Freaks The 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: 3096. Last Words To 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: 3157. 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: 3988. Unveilings Gary 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: 4919. Amazing Echoes Crazy 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: 49710. Shaken Words No 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: 42611. Purpose Gary 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: 52312. Maybe Seven 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: 64613. Lacerations Gary 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: 63814. Learning Curve Gary 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: 74715. Calm Before the Storm No 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: 74816. The Heartbroken Song Come 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: 79417. Fractional Disorder Gary 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: 86218. Mickey Mickey 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: 105519. Earth Links Gary 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: 121520. Transitions Gary 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: 145721. Blunt Force 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 that we've left Iraq violent disorder per... (4 votes) •Last Modified: 29th August, 2018 •Times seen: 243022. 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: 163723. 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: 155324. Boogers in my nose I 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: 130125. Break me like a horse A 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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