The Leader by Roger McGough
I wanna be the leader I wanna be the leader Can I be the leader? Can I? I can? Promise? Promise? Yippee I’m the leader I’m the leader OK what shall we do? ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the […]
The Identification by Roger McGough
So you think its Stephen? Then I’d best make sure Be on the safe side as it were. Ah, theres been a mistake. The hair you see, its black, now Stephens fair … Whats that? The explosion? Of course, burnt black. Silly of me. I should have known. Then lets get on. The face, is […]
Survivor by Roger McGough
Everyday, I think about dying. About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the end of the world. It helps keep my mind off things. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual […]
Stubborn by Roland Flint
Stubborn by Roland Flint On a rainy Sunday I have an optional meeting with my students, and eleven show up. We have a good time talking ninety minutes or so about James Wright’s “To a Blossoming Pear Tree.” Afterwards, though I had thought to stay in my office, I decide to go home, because I’m […]
Soil by Roger McGough
we’ve ignored eachother for a long time and I’m strictly an indoor man anytime to call would be the wrong time I’ll avoid you as long as I can When I was a boy we were good friends I made pies out of you when you were wet And in childhood’s remembered summer weather We […]
Silences still voice by Rohini Bhatia Singj
Silence whispered a tear To me the other day A tear strretching Long shadows Falling into the warmth Yet heavy moments air The intangible consequence Of concrete unbiased time Measuring the moment Unable to capture the space Grains of sand falling like silt To the ocean floor The hollow sound of wooden Floorboards comfort truth […]
Schlummerland – Slumberland / CD by Roland Zoss
1) Teddy bear is jumping on the bed, dancing such a bear-dance and and he says Every child is invited to share his birthday in the „fairy beary brothers land“ 2) The road into the bear brothers land goes there right through the mirror on the wall to where all bears are living all in […]
Prayer by Roland Flint
Prayer by Roland Flint Any day’s writing may be the last, He’s reminded at 2 in the morning, Making this year’s last Italian Notes, before readying his machine And self to get aboard the bigger Machine and fly, Dio Volente, home. And so he repeats the Our Father He said to himself before rising. And […]
Ladies And Gentlemen In Outer Space by Ron Padgett
Ladies And Gentlemen In Outer Space by Ron Padgett Here is my philosophy: Everything changes (the word “everything” has just changed as the word “change” has: it now means “no change”) so quickly that it literally surpasses my belief, charges right past it like some of the giant ideas in this area. I had no […]
ode to love by Rohit Sridharan
The clouds made the dusk fuller As he walked back from the ceremony.. Sermons, memories, adieu to the soul Tears in vain in filling the void. Murmurs around but the loved ones quiet.. Held in deep thought.. glances into the past, A few looks back, at the days spent together.. Unparalleled grief, true love unmasked. […]
My iPod by Roland Bastien
My iPod by Roland Bastien My iPod- By Roland Bastien She dressed a fashionable snug plastic cobalt blue robe on which, images around her reflected their pudgy pixels, a girl yesterday performed for invisible satellite cameras on Robson Street macadam. Her hair, red Bordeaux wine coloured her pale yellow face. Her purple lips, dark almond […]
Mrs Moon by Roger McGough
Mrs Moon sitting up in the sky little old lady rock-a-bye with a ball of fading light and silvery needles knitting the night ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual […]
Let Me Die a Youngman’s Death by Roger McGough
Let me die a youngman’s death not a clean and inbetween the sheets holywater death not a famous-last-words peaceful out of breath death When I’m 73 and in constant good tumour may I be mown down at dawn by a bright red sports car on my way home from an allnight party Or when I’m […]
Kinetic Poem 2 by Roger McGough
With love give me your hand some stranger is fiction than truth Without love I’m justa has been away too long in the tooth. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the […]
Jazz by Roland Bastien
Jazz by Roland Bastien Albert Ayler’s dead body rises up over the Rockefeller center tour Greeting by night bird – red {lipstips} on graffiti’s signs– Honolulu at 6.00 PM a Sunday Majestic dilemma crowns Braxton anger And Freezes the haze that gives birth to Jazz Julius Hemphill crushes the flying bone While world saxophone quartet […]
Goodbat Nightman by Roger McGough
God bless all policemen and fighters of crime, May thieves go to jail for a very long time. They’ve had a hard day helping clean up the town, Now they hang from the mantelpiece both upside down. A glass of warm blood and then straight up the stairs, Batman and Robin are saying their prayers. […]
First Day at School by Roger McGough
A millionbillionwillion miles from home Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?) Why are they all so big, other children? So noisy? So much at home they Must have been born in uniform Lived all their lives in playgrounds Spent the years inventing games That don’t let me in. Games That are rough, […]
Did you call me Love by Rohini bhatia singh
When you call me love Did you call me love Is that what you meant In a breath In a word the World melts before Oceans spilling into Fluffy clouds filled With rain pouring Puddles of swishy mud Beneath our feet Left footprints in sand Wash desires our way Did you call me love Love […]
Cauls of Haw by Roland Bastien
Cauls of Haw by Roland Bastien Dedicated to Janet and Yoko Do I possess my properties? A man asked to himself, hurtled his corpus and flensed it Until his bones cracked. By advertence The fleet gestures dropped in the air dust left by the tin tan over his cheeks and arms. He pelted like a […]
Cake by Roger McGough
i wanted one life you wanted another we couldn’t have our cake so we ate eachother. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here you’ll find […]
Beguiling by Roger McGough
She is so beguiling That when she beckons I can run a mile In twenty seconds. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here you’ll find […]
You Look Up Pictures of Icelandic Ponies by Ruth Madievsky
before sleep and carry a box cutter for protection you are an animal that is all loins and no dexterity you are the loneliness and non-loneliness of a planet with a flag in it and something ugly raccoon-paws the inner lining of your throat but you swallow it and you smash a snow globe in […]
Words Of Advice by Ronald G. Auguste
(For Nelson Auguste, my Grandson) Nurture the finest traits to gild your time. Extol the strengths and virtues of all things. Let poets sing their songs, in prose or rhyme. Serenely sip the joys the sweet sort brings. Of all the habits which you might acquire, None should impair that deity in your mind. Ascribe […]
Who is the Bogeyman? by Ross D Tyler
“The Bogeyman will get you!” That’s what Nana said. “Brush your teeth and say your prayers, And don’t get out of bed!” But Grannies scary warnings, Of this unknown, frightful fiend, Is something I’ve often thought about, What did Granny mean? Who is this horrible Bogeyman? This creature of the gloom. The one who must […]
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Ryssel Guzman
Where ever you go, there you are. You can lie to yourself but you can’t run away Suppression, mental repression,Leads to depression.Lying to yourself daily,Self deluded.No wonder you’re so wasted.Numbed by your own convictions.Coward you let them feed you,So you don’t have to think for yourself.Oh it’s so much easier that way.What happens when it’s you […]
We Miss You So Much by Ronald G. Auguste
(In Memoriam, for Daryl, after Twenty Years) We miss you so much, Son, in all these years, Enduring in our hearts a constant woe. Most thoughts of you still lead our souls to tears. Increasingly, though slowly, as years go, Sorrows engage our feelings … blow by blow. So much remains of dreams we used […]
Trial by Ruth Padel
Trial by Ruth Padel I was with Special Force, blue-X-ing raids to OK surfing on the Colonel’s birthday. Operation Ariel: we sprayed Jimi Hendrix loud from helis to frighten the slopes before ‘palming. A turkey shoot. * The Nang fogged up. The men you need are moral and kill like angels. Passionless. No judgement. Judgement […]
To A Wife, On Mother’s Day by Ronald G. Auguste
(For Anita, my Wife) Especial thoughts, my Darling, come to you, Served from my heart, with Love that overflows. Pause for a moment from the things you do – Observe that Love spread high, in rows on rows. I prize this day … and prize you as you are – No measure can suffice to […]
Tiger Drinking at Forest Pool by Ruth Padel
Tiger Drinking at Forest Pool by Ruth Padel Water, moonlight, danger, dream. Bronze urn, angled on a tree root: one Slash of light, then gone. A red moon Seen through clouds, or almost seen. Treasure found but lost, flirting between The worlds of lost and found. An unjust law Repealed, a wish come true, a […]
Threads of Gold by Ronald G. Auguste
(For Etienne Walden, my Granddaughter) Educe the sweet and kinder truths in life, That you may taste of joys the Angels know. Infuse your being with beauty, lest man’s strife Efface the blooms in gardens where you go. Never display your beauty just for show. Never ignore another’s grief or pain. Effuse compassion on life’s […]
Thoughts by Ronald G. Auguste
(For Daryl Auguste, my Grandson) Dare you aspire to reach the eagle’s height, And soar beyond the common, out of sight? Reason and intuition say: “You can!” Yet you must learn to bear the ills of man, Lest all their minds’ diseases make you weak. Govern your actions wisely as you seek Under life’s unrelenting […]
The useless counsellor by Ross D Tyler
He sits down. He is ready. He’s got his ‘counsellors hat on’. But the client seems unhappy, Finding chewing gum she sat on. ‘Sorry about the awful mess’ He says, ‘I haven’t got a bin.’ ‘Would you like a glass of wine, or perhaps a tot of Gin?’ ‘No thanks’ the client quietly declined, ‘Alcohol’s […]
The tragic tale of Bobby Magee by Ross D Tyler
Picture a dark and terrible night, In a Treehouse my friends sat by candlelight, Shadows and whispers, eyes gazing at me, First to be dared was Bobby Magee. Bobby was Irish and terribly thin, His father was hairy and liked to drink Gin, To be in our Club was Bob’s number one plan, But first […]
The Scarecrow by Ross D Tyler
The mud is thick, the clouds are grey, Alone I stand here, in dismay. For months I will wait, without any friends, Standing on duty, ”til harvest ends. But wait. What’s that I see in the soil? There are tiny plants beginning to coil Upwards and outwards, reaching up to the sun, Their journey has […]
The (REAL) Tale of the Tortoise and the Hare by Ross D Tyler
Today I’m going to talk about, The Tortoise and the Hare, One was slow and one was quick, They really made a pair! I’m sure you all know the proverb, And perhaps you know the end? But the version you know simply isn’t the truth, You have been deceived my friend! Was the Hare quite […]
The missing pen by Ross D Tyler
I’ve done it again! I’ve lost me pen! I don’t know how, I don’t know when? Perhaps He’ll show, Perhaps He’s gone, Perhaps he’s back where he belongs? “Where does he belong?” I hear you cry, “A Magical pencil case in the sky?” Well he won’t come back, I know this now, He’s hiding away […]
The Appointment by Ruth Padel
The Appointment by Ruth Padel Flamingo silk. New ruff, the ivory ghost of a halter. Chestnut curls, * commas behind the ear. “Taller, by half a head, than my Lord Walsingham.” * His Devon-cream brogue, malt eyes. New cloak mussed in her mud. * The Queen leans forward, a rosy envelope of civet. A cleavage […]
Ten Years After by Graham Rowlands
Ten years after every beautiful cliche wearing jeans & kaftans & long hair & cheesecloth— after every beautiful cliche has gone or may as well have for all it means now L.B.J.’s gone & Che’s gone & Ho’s gone & Mao’s gone to their biographers in the sky without diamonds or L.S.D. Ten years after […]
Telescopes In The Square by Graham Rowlands
On Australia Day too. Good to see you. Like to sit on the grass? Good view. Up. Put your eye to the mouth of the flagon. Yes, eye. Go on. That’s all you have to do. Let me see. Here’s the green. I like green. Good for banks, building co-ops, insurance companies. That dark patch, […]
South Africa by Ronald G. Auguste
(For Nelson Mandela) Indeed! It is a new and shining land! So do not waste the New Day passing blame! From utter desolation, something grand Is rising … to obliterate the shame! The sun has set upon the sorry fields, And golden stars are twinkling in the skies. A new sun, rising on the New […]