Submissions by Tallen (earth_empath)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I am not really a seasoned writer. I write to Feel Less and I read to Feel more.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Apr 2024 11:58am
30th Apr 2024 11:58am
Feral Furphy
30/30
Feral Furphy
In the scientific realm
of impossibilities,
2 sides of the coin
exists for this thought …
I wonder if animals, pets
formulate opinions
As sentient beings,
they definitely have
likes and dislikes
a wide range of feelings
some, even
complex emotions
But what would it take
for them to have
an opinion!
For humans,
most of our tastes
are stuck in our
mouths
52 unique words
Feral Furphy
In the scientific realm
of impossibilities,
2 sides of the coin
exists for this thought …
I wonder if animals, pets
formulate opinions
As sentient beings,
they definitely have
likes and dislikes
a wide range of feelings
some, even
complex emotions
But what would it take
for them to have
an opinion!
For humans,
most of our tastes
are stuck in our
mouths
52 unique words
#animals
#NaPoWriMo2024
67 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Apr 2024 5:37pm
29th Apr 2024 5:37pm
In the year, 2124 (a lot less than 6 Trillion miles)
29/30
In the year, 2124
(a lot less than 6 Trillion miles)
Although I won’t be around
in corporeal terms
I might want to stick around
witness the universal source
employing its version of a
rifle sniper sending a
projectile to earth
(a large asteroid mass ejected
from a white hole, perhaps?)
enabling an
evolutionary reboot
this, providing we,
the so-called dominant
predators,
haven’t FRIED the planet
before the infinite
source considers taking us
out,...
In the year, 2124
(a lot less than 6 Trillion miles)
Although I won’t be around
in corporeal terms
I might want to stick around
witness the universal source
employing its version of a
rifle sniper sending a
projectile to earth
(a large asteroid mass ejected
from a white hole, perhaps?)
enabling an
evolutionary reboot
this, providing we,
the so-called dominant
predators,
haven’t FRIED the planet
before the infinite
source considers taking us
out,...
#earth
#evolution
#NaPoWriMo2024 #universe
#NaPoWriMo2024 #universe
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Apr 2024 1:36pm
28th Apr 2024 1:36pm
Fatuous illation
28/30
Fatuous illation
Damn Nesting Owls won’t shut up so I can think!
& now the Cooper’s Hawks are awake!
Difficult to spit out Day 28’s poem
all this racket goin’ on just outside my door
Don’t get me wrong, as I do adore
them Bird’s of Prey
the sounds they make
the rodent control
but the din early in the morning
when I am trying to think?!
Great
Now ALL the Birds are awake!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
60 unique words
Fatuous illation
Damn Nesting Owls won’t shut up so I can think!
& now the Cooper’s Hawks are awake!
Difficult to spit out Day 28’s poem
all this racket goin’ on just outside my door
Don’t get me wrong, as I do adore
them Bird’s of Prey
the sounds they make
the rodent control
but the din early in the morning
when I am trying to think?!
Great
Now ALL the Birds are awake!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
60 unique words
#birds
#NaPoWriMo2024
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Apr 2024 11:01am
27th Apr 2024 11:01am
Blah Blah Blah
27/30
Blah Blah Blah
Did we improve from the ancients?
Granted, in industry and technology
maybe even in other areas, as well
improvements, inventions
not Freedom but more free time
Idle periods for angry rants
differences of opinion
Diatribe – an old Greek word
a Pastime or Discourse
now reduced to long
drawn out rants
falling on deaf ears
drowning in hyperbole
54 unique words
Blah Blah Blah
Did we improve from the ancients?
Granted, in industry and technology
maybe even in other areas, as well
improvements, inventions
not Freedom but more free time
Idle periods for angry rants
differences of opinion
Diatribe – an old Greek word
a Pastime or Discourse
now reduced to long
drawn out rants
falling on deaf ears
drowning in hyperbole
54 unique words
#dialogue
#humankind
#NaPoWriMo2024
69 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Apr 2024 6:53pm
26th Apr 2024 6:53pm
Heretofore First Blush
26/30
Heretofore First Blush
I was pleasantly surprised
to hear a rapid-fire clicks
in succession of one
another, at 3am,
this morning
I know that’s the sounds
of happy Hummingbirds
What I didn’t know
is they are up flitting
about that early!!
The Finches, Sparrows
Cardinals, Doves, Quails,
and Turtledoves
all rise around 5:30am
The predators are up
at dawn –
save for the Owls
Who hoot until
their bedtime
at 6am
I am up and down at all hours...
Heretofore First Blush
I was pleasantly surprised
to hear a rapid-fire clicks
in succession of one
another, at 3am,
this morning
I know that’s the sounds
of happy Hummingbirds
What I didn’t know
is they are up flitting
about that early!!
The Finches, Sparrows
Cardinals, Doves, Quails,
and Turtledoves
all rise around 5:30am
The predators are up
at dawn –
save for the Owls
Who hoot until
their bedtime
at 6am
I am up and down at all hours...
#birds
#morning
#NaPoWriMo2024
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0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Apr 2024 3:04pm
25th Apr 2024 3:04pm
Must be an Arizona (DRY) Heat
25/30
Must be an Arizona (DRY) Heat
Ever wonder how many times
Poets, Lyricists……..Novelists
now even in our present day
of online technology – Bloggers
run into (at lightening speeds
of a lame, maimed tortoise)
this bucket of dried out seeds>
I know it’s within me
to spill anything and yet
my spit has become a wee bit
cotton-mouthy, thick
with no muse in my backdrop
to hydrate
maybe it’s time to consume
a shot of bourbon
or 2
63 unique words
Must be an Arizona (DRY) Heat
Ever wonder how many times
Poets, Lyricists……..Novelists
now even in our present day
of online technology – Bloggers
run into (at lightening speeds
of a lame, maimed tortoise)
this bucket of dried out seeds>
I know it’s within me
to spill anything and yet
my spit has become a wee bit
cotton-mouthy, thick
with no muse in my backdrop
to hydrate
maybe it’s time to consume
a shot of bourbon
or 2
63 unique words
#NaPoWriMo2024
#WritersBlock
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Apr 2024 5:02pm
24th Apr 2024 5:02pm
Inconducive
24/30
Inconducive
Dropped a shiny nickel down a well
Hoping for a splash
Hearing a kerplunk
What???
I should have known
expected this arid bit
no more energy
for no more spit
Been getting by on
perhaps, due to the well
having been dug deeper
from a hole an “Alice”
fell into chasing rabbits
or wishful dreams
(thinking)
I wish I was thinking
then I wouldn’t have to
ruminate something
out of thin musty old
air in the depths of
my ancient history
buried in a...
Inconducive
Dropped a shiny nickel down a well
Hoping for a splash
Hearing a kerplunk
What???
I should have known
expected this arid bit
no more energy
for no more spit
Been getting by on
perhaps, due to the well
having been dug deeper
from a hole an “Alice”
fell into chasing rabbits
or wishful dreams
(thinking)
I wish I was thinking
then I wouldn’t have to
ruminate something
out of thin musty old
air in the depths of
my ancient history
buried in a...
#myself
#NaPoWriMo2024
#WritersBlock
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Apr 2024 4:59am
24th Apr 2024 4:59am
Adam's ale
23/30
Adam's ale
this polar inorganic
can be hard or soft
drunk but sober
and wet
for some reason
it feels cooler during
extreme heat
even colder when
inside a bottle
shaken
I love the fact that
it’s not liquidy
for if it was
no one would be
able to swim in
a lake or pond
or sea
or tub
50 unique words
Adam's ale
this polar inorganic
can be hard or soft
drunk but sober
and wet
for some reason
it feels cooler during
extreme heat
even colder when
inside a bottle
shaken
I love the fact that
it’s not liquidy
for if it was
no one would be
able to swim in
a lake or pond
or sea
or tub
50 unique words
#NaPoWriMo2024
#water
48 reads
0 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2024 3:28pm
22nd Apr 2024 3:28pm
Hugger-muggery
22/30
Hugger-muggery
I can tell now, not carved with a pocket knife
haphazardly agog, etched in granite
the only Family I’ve left, moving out of
an umbrella of skin searing heat . . .
No enigma there, however, one exists
Received a box of frozen foods
(I guess their freezer is not empty)
what I don’t understand is why
there’s labels & dates on gravys,
assorted vegetables, bacon
but not on a huge block of meat
Mystery Meat!
Remained my conundrum until I put it in
my...
Hugger-muggery
I can tell now, not carved with a pocket knife
haphazardly agog, etched in granite
the only Family I’ve left, moving out of
an umbrella of skin searing heat . . .
No enigma there, however, one exists
Received a box of frozen foods
(I guess their freezer is not empty)
what I don’t understand is why
there’s labels & dates on gravys,
assorted vegetables, bacon
but not on a huge block of meat
Mystery Meat!
Remained my conundrum until I put it in
my...
#food
#mystery
#NaPoWriMo2024
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
22nd Apr 2024 2:32am
22nd Apr 2024 2:32am
Boffola & Drollery
21/30
Boffola & Drollery
a decade ago, I started a group on Facebook
for like-minded individuals wanting to
share experienced, learn more about
things related to their spiritual journeys
every now and then I will share
a humorous meme
calling it, Levity for the day (or week)
I feel it’s important for all to laugh
laugh a lot
all the time
at ourselves
with others
I try to cause my Mom to laugh
during every visit
I tell Her that I believe we
live longer
if we are...
Boffola & Drollery
a decade ago, I started a group on Facebook
for like-minded individuals wanting to
share experienced, learn more about
things related to their spiritual journeys
every now and then I will share
a humorous meme
calling it, Levity for the day (or week)
I feel it’s important for all to laugh
laugh a lot
all the time
at ourselves
with others
I try to cause my Mom to laugh
during every visit
I tell Her that I believe we
live longer
if we are...
#NaPoWriMo2024
#TruthOfLife
62 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Apr 2024 3:32pm
20th Apr 2024 3:32pm
Disassociated
19/30
Disassociated
Trying my best to do my inner work
Being content with myself
with
no god
no friend
no lover
no mentor
not giving in to the temptation
to digest mushrooms
or CBD gummies
or massive amounts of libation
(as if the alcohol would surpass
and be stronger than the mind-
altering natural shit)
I believe, at one time, I was
ever alone, happy, WITHOUT
anything ….. anyone
to get me to that higher plane
of consciousness,
that existence
Somewhere...
Disassociated
Trying my best to do my inner work
Being content with myself
with
no god
no friend
no lover
no mentor
not giving in to the temptation
to digest mushrooms
or CBD gummies
or massive amounts of libation
(as if the alcohol would surpass
and be stronger than the mind-
altering natural shit)
I believe, at one time, I was
ever alone, happy, WITHOUT
anything ….. anyone
to get me to that higher plane
of consciousness,
that existence
Somewhere...
#myself
#NaPoWriMo2024
72 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Apr 2024 3:27pm
20th Apr 2024 3:27pm
Why can I not find a Beautiful Synonym For Dying?
20/30
Why can I not find a Beautiful Synonym For Dying?
I HAVE to attend a Birthday celebration, today
initially I absolutely didn’t want to go
as I don’t do well in tight crowd-like spaces
I learned of my Friend’s cancer diagnoses
a month before her Daughter flew here to
Southern Arizona to take charge of
From previous experience, I KNOW
the cancer may not have been discovered
soon enough and me and her are really
not that close
I said OK to Linda’s (that’s her name)
close Friend and my neighbor ...
Why can I not find a Beautiful Synonym For Dying?
I HAVE to attend a Birthday celebration, today
initially I absolutely didn’t want to go
as I don’t do well in tight crowd-like spaces
I learned of my Friend’s cancer diagnoses
a month before her Daughter flew here to
Southern Arizona to take charge of
From previous experience, I KNOW
the cancer may not have been discovered
soon enough and me and her are really
not that close
I said OK to Linda’s (that’s her name)
close Friend and my neighbor ...
#love
#NaPoWriMo2024
#sadness
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