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Poems in English
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1. Too Harsh For Pastels
Too Harsh For Pastels is an unpublished poetry collection that is concerned with the suffering and growing despair in our troubled society. Diversion III The captain reports fuel tanks are full, water tank topped off, preparations made for a day on the boat. The chef reports fresh caviar, lobsters, a case of Dom Perignon. My guests wi...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 30th November, 2017   •Times seen: 347

2. Mortal Coil
Mortal Coil is an unpublished poetry collection that grapples with the frailty of this conflicted life.   Traveler’s Cares Perils of the deep concern fewer and fewer voyagers, since air travel obsoleted ships. We go from place to place faster, safer then ever before, and usually suppress apprehension, ...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 23rd March, 2017   •Times seen: 743

3. Virtual Living
Virtual Living is an unpublished collection vitally concerned with the growing frequency of substituting electronic interaction for physical activity.   Future War Cyber warriors defend the nation from sneak attack seated comfortably at computer screens, never face an enemy, never draw blood, will never know tr...
(1 vote)   •Last Modified: 11th July, 2016   •Times seen: 961

4. 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...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 04th February, 2016   •Times seen: 1022

5. Rulers
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 share, dominating the tribe in an exercise of po...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 19th May, 2015   •Times seen: 1332

6. Rank Hath Its
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 were too important to risk their lives in combat, ...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 19th May, 2015   •Times seen: 1344

7. Obituaries
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, dependent on welfare, hating the hand that...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 19th May, 2015   •Times seen: 1256

8. Media Face
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 common sense would ever give to a stranger. ...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 19th May, 2015   •Times seen: 1214

9. In Memoriam
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 burning to death, rescuers rushing in giving thei...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 19th May, 2015   •Times seen: 1086

10. Assault on Nature
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. Cash or Charge Bayonets are seldom put on brooms...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 24th July, 2014   •Times seen: 2166

11. Dawn in Cities
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 dune men trudging the dank shore seeking lost treas...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 24th July, 2014   •Times seen: 2283

12. Letting Go of My One True Love
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, and you refuse to stay. I used to think that we...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 24th July, 2014   •Times seen: 3566

13. Lies...
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 lied. You told me you would never hurt me. As I cr...
(1 vote)   •Last Modified: 24th July, 2014   •Times seen: 2172

14. A New Star in the Firmament
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 eyes, that the star does exist, that I should trust...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 24th July, 2014   •Times seen: 1536

15. Desperate Seeker
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 her happy, most of them so clever she cannot tel...
(0 votes)   •Last Modified: 18th March, 2013   •Times seen: 1775