A nothing from nowhere cast his words to a world wide wind, hindered by periphery. |
༺♡༻ It’s full on now ~ woke and slimy-scaly. You had to… Solicitors Get Off My Lawn (or I’ll hose you down! ![]() Platitudes and false flattery don’t put their hands down these pants. So, you were collecting for who, now? ![]() Over 20-thousand times unseen. (Who’s fake?) It’s still a beautiful thing, with pipes that I sing (while I’m the Angelou bird) My family will have instructions to unhide post mortem. Post Morten, Apple? It’s all around. ————————————————————————- I’ve deleted five times more than what’s seen now. Less to view in future. Mind-boggling the words I’ve produced with low vision. Conditions I live with, the strength it takes to hold it all in, as I’m redacted by cowards in society…no that’s it. I eat more than words, self-repair. How much of it got on you? — your monster? If you prick a caged animal and it doesn’t have to be put down for savoring your flesh, does it not…what? I’m a fool, if I’m played by fools. And, you are…? But, you…know as much of me as you want. What more can I offer you today? I have leftover dignity and steely resolve, reproducing daily. Reason I came here in 2006, before all butterfly fancy and aimless balloon chasings. Thanks. It went…that way… T̵̢̝̗̰̪̠̹͗̾̾h̵̥͉̲̠̍̽͛̌͂̆̚ě̸̗͓̱̺̮̣̽͆ Ab̴̦̄̈͐̾̑̚͝s̸͉̻̃͘ě̸̗͓̱̺̮̣̽͆n̴̝͚͎͔̘̰̅ͅcě̸̗͓̱̺̮̣̽͆ o̷͍̥̣̺͋f̶̭̱̘͇͊͋̾̋̄͆ Wa̴͙͓̓̕vě̸̗͓̱̺̮̣̽͆l̵̩̘̯̪͋͒͒̉͒̄ě̸̗͓̱̺̮̣̽͆n̴̝͚͎͔̘̅ͅg̸̫͙̻̭͐͝ț̴̵̢̝̗̰̪̠̹̈́͌͆̑͋͂̅͗̾̾h̵̥͉̲̠̍̽͛̌͂̆̚ You get hungry as a seldom published author/poet/lyricist, so quit pedaling words and just enjoy the writing process. The bullshit ‘process’ of submitting is submission. We had a season, and people better not forget when it’s done. This is hard work and dedication (in the zone nightly) from one who is PRIME for next season: In sports, there’s absolutely no back down when it comes to the greats/greatest. Recognize… End of these days near…ing… --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How I see myself create…in the zone Curry Flurry: ▼ Writing ▼ The beautiful mess made: I had a lover's quarrel with the world - Robert Frost | I'm sorry you got caught in the middle. - me Neurodivergent poet ▼ Best Poetry Collection ▼ Been more than I could imagine or expect here. Why Mail It In? In Latin ▼ Pluggers: You are an icon here. ![]() You suffer, but you suffer brilliantly. Wow, what a great writer. ![]() And other people’s (reviewers) words…Review of "Rolling Through Intersections" ![]() Your poetic muse is on fire! ![]() ![]() Published four times with one a literary journal, including… ![]() ![]() I don’t submit—too much work with ADHD, OCD, low vision in condensate in mental prison of failing memory. I’ve seen a lot of smoldering and snow. Cynicism bred, work hard at openness and consideration. I'm Godzilla ▼ August 28, 2006 this blog opened ▼
No specific aim going forward (2014) ▼ ![]() ![]() What Was NEW Who am I, you ask? My mirror knows that question, repeated daily. Just trying to create a little buzz, not boost my ego ▼ #amwriting #poetry #blog #contest #freeverse #award #bestpoetry #lyrics #music #video #YouTube #awardwinning Can you believe it took this long for someone to put a quarter in me and push the button GET ANGRY? Mud 4 My Eye: ![]() |
Lyrics Look at the desperate man Clutching with broken hands Wondering how it ends Stumbling back and forth Looking to start a war I'm lucky he was a friend Wait Take me apart and I'll flow like water slowly fade I'm disappearing again He would've risked it all He wanted to heed the call This was the last attempt But as he turns to go A broken voice cuts through the cold "This ain't how it ends" Wait Take me apart and I'll flow like water slowly fade I'm disappearing again Time and space, there's never enough and I don't mind waiting for The day Everyone here will go mad Wait Take me apart and I'll flow like water slowly fade I'm disappearing again Time and space, there's never enough and I don't mind waiting for The day Everyone here will go mad I was the foolish man Living to fight again But dying to find the end |
The last line of that first answer was all I needed to see… https://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2019/04/poetry-that-speaks-truth-to-po... …and if anyone knows me, truly, knows what I felt. No hint provided. It may or may not be in my writing. It may or may not be rooted in religiosity… 5.5.23 It might be a hint, but, it’s in the answer about being broken. There is power in the written word, if anyone knew how to read. I might be among the writers and interpreters who get it wrong…let’s see? |
Some contests don't deliver on reviews and/or prizes. I do. Suck on that. ![]()
Listen, I'm willing to give back. I'm going to recognize motivated, as well as, talented writes. This is the second month in a row I dragged the contest into the community (public) arena. I appear to have committed again to host a contest in May. Would like to build the Red Wheelbarrow membership base. But, if that isn't happening, the group won't dialogue in forum, have open discussions about free verse poetry. If I knew this contest/group was going nowhere while putting in the work, I'd pull up the reins right now. I'm going against the notion to fundraise to bankroll. I will bring trhe money to the table if it would mean networking with others who want to interact and push the envelope. We can take free verse/poetry to new places. I have my own writing to consider, in other words. And, it doesn't have to be judged or responded to anymore. I know what I want to say and I'm going to start saying it. That will mean scraping a few things off my plate. Brian 4.9.23 ADDENDUM: Not to sound like I’m holding anyone hostage, but I gushed about making my own merit badge once, then committed to it (procrastination, perfectionism, first timer), resurrected forum, contests, and gushed about making a ribbon, process starts over, and old patterns re-emerge. People around here can do it, get participation. I’m no P.T. Barnum, or Bailey, but an idealist who is impulsive, disorganized and motivated by a fire in an ignorant belly. It’s like starting a campfire, black, sooty smoke pours out, dies out, and you keep feeding it until it’s hot enough to burn on its own. I’m choking on the fumes most days. The people I could count on seem distant. I don’t ask for help, not feeling a part of anything at this moment. So, if it’s fold up, then it shall be. But, always have this on the back burner because there are more than enough resources to keep it burning. Must have forgot to pay gas/electric bill. Metaphor breaks. Thank to the people who have been kind and true. Like truth, knowing where I stand. When I can’t ask, I poke animals until I know here the lions, tigers and bears are. Oh, my. I ain’t afraid of no ghost. Breaks metaphor on purpose. |
I can take every thing I've ever written and throw it in the trash...right now. And, start over. A new era has dawned. It's that meaningless; though, historically significant, as I move forth with waged words encrypted, easily solvable, but not loveable...to the likes of who? Oh, your friends. Sorry. Does that mean I am an enemy? No. I've devised meaning within the subcultures of a much larger construct, incentivizing parties within to war with one another, or just play nice, with their words. PC, you know? Slowly, being redacted. Not studying our own ignorance, but ironically blacking out the text of the past, deleting old episodes that showed where we were on the path to where we have come. Without that bridge, you can no longer look back and look into the present day mirror to clearly see your image. And, just image a generation that studies social culture and symbolic language through the internet, without ever picking up a classic novel, learning history, or advancing beyond a second grade, rudimentary, 12-year-old's imagination of the universe. Can we distract more geniuses with unprovable math and Hadron collider's while sipping on more of Elon Musk's gas? 3.31.23 workshopping this, too. Edit later? Tired of my own bullshit. Really. I don't want to be a modern day Holden Caulfield than pay Tom Sawyer's fee to paint a virtual fence from the most wildest (revealing) dreams...but only one color. Monochrome is the color of dreams. Let's avoid red. What's in this coffee? Stay focused, Brian. Sorry, that's my schizoid other half, life partner. We're inseparable. Use it to jail me, as I use as defense to stay out of invisible traps to social imprisonment. Nicer than gas chambers. What am I implying? What do you infer? can you? read? between? the lines?? Huh? Exactly. Nah, we don't connect. Wrong audience? Not looking for one. Do want to get off this line, if - I - could - just - hang - up... *dial tone* (anyone remember...at all?) def. editing later DEL no anagram can get me. maybe an emoji. how much time do you have to read symbols in this cave and clue it altogether? Yeah, I know. ;erft pf cenmter tjhos os whjat i wrptoe. ![]() an now it's noon. more ![]() Excuse. I'll have some commas to insert, later. |
In the bitter battle against myself to complete a book of poetry and losing, I am reminded why I make notes at the end of each blogged poem. As neurodivergent in an unidentifiable location on the spectrum, I know I suffer short term memory loss that can lead to permanent memory loss. I could look at a life of concussions as another excuse. As an example, a poem I'm working on to include in the anthology with it's updated notes gives me perspective (at this hour): Uttering Our Rosebuds If I stop walking to start thinking all old feelings and musings might rush back, and with a new twist. Something else crystalizes as truth to diminish a melting illusion. Or, is it delusion that freezes me here toying with a shape-shifting puzzle not faithfully marveled, in want to understand? stung by the white lies of life, until left uttering our rosebuds in deathbeds? 9.9.18 12.11.22 more cohesive and inclusive to include reader with edits 3.6.23 deeper look at poem ending to create imagery to support this otherwise unsupported summation. Original version stored on WDC. ‘white lies’ the new emphasis? Just before first ‘Or’ could add ‘simple enough’ as a two word sentence at end of illusion line. I think the second verse juxtaposes the first and it’s about thinking too much and getting caught up in our own lies, not living life but asking why life. Additional note, supporting introductory thoughts: In pursuit of publication, is the focus that these poems are offered as some awakening as neurodivergent, atypical, ADHD sufferer seeking truth and solace through the construction of these self-evident, or searching for the truth postulations coined as poetry? The only handout I seek is peace of mind. I could just stop writing altogether. Then, moments later, he lifts the pen-finger again. Yeah, I'll consider and edit further, later?? I'll actually make time for that? pen-finger? if only these walls echoed true answers instead of my warping, distorting voices in return. Nah. Could work on that, too. |
Guess I should seek publication more often… Congratulations Dear Brian, Your poem, “Potatoes,” has been accepted to appear in the 2024 Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar. We will ask you to proofread your poem and short biography as part of the publication process. On behalf of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets, we thank you for helping to keep this literary tradition alive in our state. May you enjoy continued success in your writing. 2024 Calendar Editors, Nancy Austin and Kathleen Serley This makes 4 of my last six submissions. ![]() Already exclusive to privileged WDC members: "Invalid Entry" ![]() |
Maybe, inspiration will come. In a rut/funk now…been. https://www.quotev.com/quiz/13568704/What-is-your-kryptonite I got: Uncommitted If this is your kryptonite, you might hesitate when faced with situation that require dedication to a particular long-term goal. Often, this term is used for romantic relationships, but it can be used for any other areas of life. Being unable to make commitments can be troublesome, because this inability can cause failure in any sort of relationship, ambitions, and work. You might find that you can’t stay in a relationship for longer than a few weeks, or you can’t follow the same daily routine you have planned for yourself for longer than a week. Perhaps you get bored or tired easily. You lose motivation quicker than you gain it. The perks of this kryptonite is that you have the desire for change. This allows you to experiment with new ideas, so you gain more knowledge, and open up your mind. So, being uncommitted is not so entirely bad, and it’s perfectly understandable. |