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on this ledge I sit
feet dangling
for no support exist
I clambered up here
as a kid of 6
holding a cake
and making a wish
soon now at 42
the wish will come down and all
will be true
I believe
I am right
I will be paid
for all the nights
the snow [...]

Etches Penmen
June 25, 2022
AcceptanceCourageousnessEmotions

Easter Sacrifice

there might be another way,
I hear friends whisper,
they talk gently,
(as if a breeze might snatch the truth away),
we can we can live lives flowing over,
I start simply, by mumbling thanks for what I have this day;
a friend , some bread, some sunshine,
that [...]

Poe & Penmen
April 16, 2022
ApathyEmotions

Spaced-Out

The Enjoyment of absent Apathy

was I a passenger?

all different and unconnected?
or all conniving erratically to one place
a plunging through the clouds
falling down and down
until
you swallow the empty alone
the Marvel © (™) quantum zone
of zany-art blended nonsense
where sneaky senses are blocking and
the [...]

Thomas Poe
April 2, 2022
EmotionsPeace

Less is More (or Less)

A drop of incandescent colour
on my warming skin
syncopating perfect time
arrival unforeseen
on a tedious day
on a parched spirit
its beguiling essence unrolling
dissolving into soul
reviving reminders of
strong bright days

the look of love
the touch of hand
words unspoken
words knowingly unneeded
words avoided for
patient bleeding
time is leaving
yet love encircling

one [...]

Etches Penmen
March 31, 2022
ApathyEmotionsGrief

1 Lifetime

we start
more yielding than the air
we start
taking breaths of potential
we start

because its desirable
because its needed

how might a soft thing
survive?
how can a caring thing
breathe?
how should a creative flower
bloom?

oh so rare
oh so rare

let’s hide away
let’s protect this musing moment

so short
so tight inside

this hardened ball
this [...]

Etches Penmen
March 4, 2022
Emotions

Inattentive

I battle with the truth,
so it will accept,
my lies,

perfect misdirection.

‘I did it my way’
what a tragedy,
what a lie,

in pretty wrapping, with a bow!

I need something new to,
interest me,

I need a waterfall of ideas,
to love,

falling freely upon me,
my focus lies beyond the [...]

Etches Penmen
March 3, 2022
EmotionsMusic

Endless Distraction

Gucci, Pretzel, and,
Suspicion, the Sky is Everywhere,
Foundations, Lasso, Dragon,
Lincoln’s Dilemma on the
The Morning Show?
The Kings Man in The Matrix?
Atypical and Godless, trash?

West Wing Dead to Me is Old news,
the First team, BMF, think,
After Party, Dear,
for Tom Hanks, as Gentlemen Jack,
or Vida knows [...]

Thomas Poe
February 13, 2022
EmotionsFear

Doomed to Failure

why set out ?
when you already know,

who told you ?
now you are so sure,

what shall become of us?
there is no one to care,

when will it happen?
is tomorrow to soon,

where will I be?
when this fatality,

befalls and then,
the end.

Etches Penmen
January 30, 2022
Julia Waves GoodbyeAngerCourageousnessEmotionsGriefmysogyny

Passed – Over

shunned, they smile at their friends, of convenience, their policies in shreds, their art ablaze, they bathe in the Jordan, dolling favours to their mates, postponed, ‘trust me’, ‘we will get to you later dear’, a lie so blatant, the words aflame in their mouths
Kingy Poe
January 17, 2022
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Some of the Poetry of Etches Penmen and Thomas Poe. Good Mates.