writing live

[HarryHill]

Ever have one of those moments
when the world suddenly drops away,
leaves you flailing for balance
falling into a pit of despair
no air to fill lungs
heart beating wildly

 

[butters]

Ever have one of those moments
when the world suddenly drops away,
leaves you flailing for balance
falling into a pit of despair
no air to fill lungs
heart beating wildly

when despair strips your lungs of air
i'll breathe for you

when the world it falls away
my hands are here

and should the time succumb
and all bubbles thin and fail

we'll fall into eachother's gaze and
cheat the last abyss

 

[Tsotha]

Ever have one of those moments
when the world suddenly drops away,
leaves you flailing for balance
falling into a pit of despair
no air to fill lungs
heart beating wildly

When you're lost in a maze
Or stumbling in darkness
Remember yourself,
Hold on to the strength inside
And even if it wavers,
Remember a candle burns bright in darkness

 

[HarryHill]

When you're lost in a maze
Or stumbling in darkness
Remember yourself,
Hold on to the strength inside
And even if it wavers,
Remember a candle burns bright in darkness

Your string of live writes that did it to me. spent a very uncomfortable morning reading them, imagining how I would feel if they were meant for me. not a pleasant thought.

 

[Tsotha]

Your string of live writes that did it to me. spent a very uncomfortable morning reading them, imagining how I would feel if they were meant for me. not a pleasant thought.

Hm. Got up early, couldn't sleep. Just felt like writing. Some of them are meant for no one, some of them are meant for me. Sometimes feeling something unpleasant is good. Sets you back in the right track. In any case, I'm sorry. I got a bit carried away.

 

[HarryHill]

when despair strips your lungs of air
i'll breathe for you

when the world it falls away
my hands are here

and should the time succumb
and all bubbles thin and fail

we'll fall into eachother's gaze and
cheat the last abyss

Drink from a well of emotions
drunken lay, descending
into the blue of your eyes
the true of your words

 

[HarryHill]

Wildcat
Always knew you were different
curling 'round my legs Puss
Margay told me once
you had a different scent
but I've never smelled you
just stroked luxurious fur

 

[butters]

06:38
He thought of love like a gentle thing,
Which all people should have,
"All should have some warmth in their lives," he said
He later wept softly, no one saw, no one cared.
A man is a fortress, a sand castle, on an island,
Where a wave comes crashing
Leaving nothing but rubble.
06:42

06:51
Time for breakfast.
Stretch your legs, your arms, your spine,
Your whole body.
Take care of things,
If there are things to be taken care of,
If not, go on,
Open the fridge, eat something, shove it in your mouth,
Like an animal,
Like the big, bad insect thing inside you
Giving you a kickstart
But stop, don't forget the crosswords,
They are important, they keep you capable
To spill words like an idiot.
06:55

Hm. Got up early, couldn't sleep. Just felt like writing. Some of them are meant for no one, some of them are meant for me. Sometimes feeling something unpleasant is good. Sets you back in the right track. In any case, I'm sorry. I got a bit carried away.

never apologise for material like this, tsotha. never.
vital, interesting, hurting - and yeah, the crosswords are important

 

[HarryHill]

No idea what will spew
but I've stopped to write a line or two
about the electric green I saw
striped by the wash of a water fall
backlit cliffs bordered blue
the summit where't tumbled from the sky
joining the spray sheened rocks
where waves gathered from the sea

 

[butters]

the summit where't tumbled from the sky

strong, strong line , and especially like the unusual twist of where't

 

[butters]

1: take up a pen

tool used nowadays mostly just for
scratching chicken marks on a set of sheets
pinned to a corkboard on a beige wall in work

2: stare at the strange blank sheet

one that won't fill at the dance of fingertips and pixels
no cursor goosing impatiently
no tailless, ear-less mouse beneath warm palm

3: chew pen

4: cut the crap

touch pen to paper's skin and
let words flow - they always did
communicate

 

[butters]

red towel
on damp sand
water's edge way out
flat and cold as a
thin sheet of metal

 

[butters]

sometimes i am the right person
sometimes
it don't matter a shit
'cos the right person
will always be the wrong one
for somebody else

 

[butters]

an unpoem

one day i plan on sitting down
and writing a real poem

*stares at screen*

*leaves up as a reminder*

*hits submit*

 

[HarryHill]

Bones

Where has your spirit gone,
leaving behind the refuse of your life
scattered on forest floor,
twined with honeysuckle
green on white.

 

[butters]

Where has your spirit gone,
leaving behind the refuse of your life
scattered on forest floor,
twined with honeysuckle
green on white.

bones
where's your slick poetry
your honeycomb of life
your pliant flex, calciferous stamina?

this dry crumble
this flake, this mouldered snap
beneath a foot
that makes vines bleed a
sympathetic smear of sun-won green

means what? no tale to tell
yet still we fill the blanks

 

[HarryHill]

bones
where's your slick poetry
your honeycomb of life
your pliant flex, calciferous stamina?

this dry crumble
this flake, this mouldered snap
beneath a foot
that makes vines bleed a
sympathetic smear of sun-won green

means what? no tale to tell
yet still we fill the blanks

..
Ah, what blanks you fill,
what life you bring to bones
wandering to Libation
capturing imperfectly
an image
stored in a brow leather bag
waiting for the Postman
and me a bright red flag........
..

calciferous stamina..... comment before bing:
iron bearing strength, rocky? limestoned iron?
After: I see you heart
4:01

 

[HarryHill]

Not far from Parsloes Park,
pretend
astral projection is perfected
footfalls on Ivy Walk
a step a sigh but still your eye
sees not the thought I send
or my kiss sent caress of wind
as you pensive walk on by

 

[butters]

Not far from Parsloes Park,
pretend
astral projection is perfected
footfalls on Ivy Walk
a step a sigh but still your eye
sees not the thought I send
or my kiss sent caress of wind
as you pensive walk on by

now that's a neat trick!

the park in the picture
the one i cross if walking to work
or sail on past if on the bus
so let me catch an unseen kiss
the kindest breeze brought to these lips
from oh so far away

 

[butters]

twelveOhOne

deep
in blue
diaphanous scarves
gaze lost
ice-lattice gauze
eyes film with frost
crystals on flesh
teach the nature of delicacy
tongue discovering new flavours

 

[butters]

fool's cake

dark
moist
neither too light, too heavy
bite
gently
allow the sweet soothe to
coat smooth
swallow with closed eyes
lick away the frosting from your lips
from your fingers

 

[butters]

begin |14:40|

this is the thread
for those who feel like fakes
who unroll their prose dressed as poe
try
to join the gaps
line to line
muddle through
smiles sublime
me

end |14:43|


note: this is not to say others here are 'fake' poets/writers, just a nod to how some of us might feel about our own stuff

 

[HarryHill]

nightwalking

raindrops in the still winter eve
a chillsome smattering
a repetitiveness, pattering
of mid-formed precipitation

..
How soft the night calls
the spastic tap of rain falls
recursive wandering rhythm
in a blanket of shadows
hiding garish greens

No other sound intrudes
even rude thought is silent
in the matte' play of nights palette
decorated by raindrops
bright as her eyes

 

[butters]

..
How soft the night calls
the spastic tap of rain falls
recursive wandering rhythm
in a blanket of shadows
hiding garish greens

No other sound intrudes
even rude thought is silent
in the matte' play of nights palette
decorated by raindrops
bright as her eyes

let night's soothing shadows
fall lightly on your skin
as softly comes the whisper of
again, again, againnnn...

 

[HarryHill]

let night's soothing shadows
fall lightly on your skin
as softly comes the whisper of
again, again, againnnn...

Hello, little holiday puss
necklace of mistletoe
a ring of cream upon your chin
mewing
kiss me