Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Vulva

Vulva
Made.
You.
Look.

Busy

School. Please get out of the way of poems. I'm down 6, time to come back.
Busy
All this rush rush rushin's
got me cryin'
denyin' myself breath
denyin' myself love
denyin' myself myself.
Racing forward 'til I blur,
'n all you feel from me's a brush of air,
something that you KNOW, is there,
but only, if it's moving.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Teacher

An addition to the haiku series!
Old Man Teacher
Old man Teacher smiles,
kisses tips of wrinkled hands,
and waves us good-bye.

A Quickie on Affection

A Quickie on Affection
The note in the margin,
stained and sweaty from cent'ries,
reads: "Your freckles are my fav'rite."

A Cheesy Love Poem About being Dumb and in Love

A Cheesy Love Poem about being Dumb and in Love
Baby I'm not meant for dancin',
Sports and me don't get along,
But though my mouth ain't good for singin,
It's good for kissin' all night long.
...
Mathematics mystify me,
science, bio, all the rest,
the subjects pale inside my mind,
'cuz I know lovin' is the best.
...
I never claimed that I was bright,
and I can barely write a letter,
All I know's that lovin' you,
makes every moment better.

A Night for Cruising

Caught up tonight.
A Night for Cruising
Standiiiiing.
All, alooooone,
on the main deck.
With, the mooooon.
And missssst.
Sails,
billowing back behind me,
tug, at the ship.
Other nights,
we race,
but for now,
the sea is prime.
For cruising.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

I Met a Girl in a Gaming Forum

For everyone who gets this poem:
I Met a Girl in a Gaming Forum
I met a girl in a gaming forum,
a real-life-actual girl
in a gaming-gaming forum,
the one where I won
the Pokemon tourney.
She was draped,
in a mythril Font,
Times New Roman,
classy but bold,
and all that she offered
for a picture
was a striking visage,
of Liv Tyler,
God's gift to elves.
She was talking: Zeeeeeldaaaaa.
Her vocab was solid,
she knew a Wind Fish from a zora,
and she could recite
every yellow button
of every sage's song.
I knew I'd found a winner
when I asked for her name:
"Margaret, or Margary,
but I go by Majora."

A Quickie on the Real Meaning of Hand Holding

For Lovers:
A Quickie on the Real Meaning of Hand Holding
If I reach for your hand,
know all I hope you'll give me,
is the pulse beneath your palm.

My Parking Situation

For Allie:
My Parking Situation
My neighbors,
h-are h-in,
my parking spot,
I see them I SEEEEE them,
paaaaarkiiiiing.
And they get out, and leave, their car,
fooor hooooours,
for hours their car is there
there just sitting there
and blocking my view...
of something I don't know what
but I WOULD if their CAR
wasn't there!
...
Breathe...
I'll just have to move it...
Dooooown,
towards, the pool parking lot.
Shame I don't have the keys.
All I've got, is this brick.

Monday, August 23, 2010

A Quickie on Impressions

A Quickie on Impressions
Don't let the spider webs
covering my window,
keep you, from coming in my door.

Speculating

Speculating
Speculatin',
speculate perusin',
touching touching at
the edges of things,
little porcelain kah-nick kah-nacks
and
pieces of pieces of string poking out of
the edges of things,
little mystery puzzle pieces
all piled up up up
and spilling dooown,
aaall over the floor
as we tiptoe we tiptoe
around the edges of things.
Sometimes,
we'll even go so faaar,
so far,
to reach in the pile
and root around for a while,
'til we pull out from the center
a pair of crystal earrings
that match your handbag.
Priceless.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Casting

First week of school has thrown me off! Curses! 1 of 6:
Casting
Line up by the table,
get, staaaaared down,
hopefully by smiling faces.
I'll smile either or!
I've been there before,
hoping for that happy glance
that tells me
YES!
We, LIKE you!
But they always, always like you,
believe it or not.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Demon of Peachtree City (Part 2)

Sorry I missed a few days. I was sick due to what could be called mass consumption. After this poem, I owe three more. I'm good for it.
The Demon of Peachtree City
Part II (The Devil Woos Annabelle Lee)
In the bed, room,
down the hall, way,
in the house, of,
Annabelle Lee,
was a poor, girl,
all, miserable,
she was pray, ing,
down on her knees.
...
Blither blathering,
scitter scattering
her prayers to the Fates,
tryin' to reach God
but Devil got, in, the way!
...
Devil said,
Oooh, Annabeeelle Lee,
Why don't you send, your prayers, to me?
My passion is fired
to fill your desires,
Send your devilish prayers, to me!
...
Annabelle Lee
screamed, but the sound
died on her lips,
quiv'ring, she was,
For she hated
Old Tom Devil,
like every, good,
Southern girl, does.
...
But Devil was fine
and he caught her eye,
Devil tickled out her smile,
and with her sweet grin
she said, "Devil please stay a while!"
...
Devil said,
Oooh, Annabeeelle Lee,
Why don't you send, your prayers, to me?
I've been caught by your charms
and I'll do you no harm,
so send your devilish prayers, to me!
...
Thus Annabelle Lee,
was caught,
by the Devil.
An innocent girl,
he saved,
from her troubles.
He kissed her forehead,
and he sent her to bed,
he placed the demon, in, her stead,
oooh,
he sent the demon, in, to her head.
...
Devil said,
Oooh, Annabeeelle Lee,
Now that you've sent, your prayers, to me,
Your heart will go blazin',
my Hell you'll be raisin'!
'Cuz now you, belooong, to me!
Oooh,
Now you, belooong, to me!

Monday, August 16, 2010

The Demon of Peach Tree City (Part 1)

The Demon of Peachtree City
Part I
The air was boilin' over,
September 19th,
those harsh kisses of heat
a gift from last summer.
Some kind of some kind of
heat wave it was,
burnt the skin of your back
when you bent to tie your shoes.
And all of Georgia was laid out on the porch,
napping,
trying to beat the heat back to Hell...
But Hell had other plans that day.
...
Peachtree City baked in the sun.
The denizens dozed and the citizens slept,
and so did I.
True, I'm a Columbus boy,
but there was a girl
and there's always a girl,
wherever I go,
but this one was good,
this one was right right where I wanted to be.
But I wronged her.
See,
there's ALWAYS a girl,
where-EV-er I go,
but she wouldn't hear it
and had let me out to fry on the porch,
which I did,
which was good,
'cuz when Hell broke loose in Peachtree City,
it crept out of her bedroom.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

A Short and Sappy Love Poem

A Short and Sappy Love Poem
You smell like cotton,
scented candles,
and all the air about you
warms,
embraces.
You hold my hand,
but I wanna be the one
who's holding you.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Environmental Design

Environmental Design
Magnolia pressed to brick,
roots scrape scrapin' at mortar,
tryin' to squeeeze out all the life they can.

License Plates

License Plates
Plate pressin, wedged up
against each other's shoulders
and grimy, chained feet.

Smile in a Black and White Photograph

Smile in a Black and White Photograph
Smile in black and white.
Amid a mass of fam'ly
portraits, you stand out.

Water Fountain

Water Fountain
A water fountain
gurgles, kisses the hot air,
hissing full of heat.

Wine Stains

Tonight I've got five poems and then I'm caught up! Three of them are MMCR-Y inspired haikus, yes, but I would much rather spend all day working on one than trying to write eleven all at once.
Wine Stains
My wine is leavin' stains
leavin' leavin' stains on the bar,
purple puddles on the stainless steel.
Some kind of fruit,
a grape,
bursts in my mouth,
sends me staring off after...
everything.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The Demon of Peachtree City (Prologue)

I'm closin' in!
The Demon of Peachtree City
Prologue
Neon lights flash flashin'
as I go drivin' past the town,
on my way to duel
The Terrible Acid Breathed Venom Skinned Demon of Peachtree City!
Blaring Billy Joel out my Toyota pickup,
I'm howling down
the seared Atlanta Highway,
316,
barely an hour away.
The pines are bare.
Their bark is scarred.
The sky's a rumbling black,
and the scent of burning flesh lingers in the air.
Gas tank's full,
and there's no turnin' back.
Our three fates hurtle together:
The beast's,
my own,
and yours,
my stowaway.
What has led led led us together,
even I can't say,
but I'll bear you on.
Now shut up and hold my axe,
and listen whilst I reminisce...

Peach Ice

Peach Ice
She's got a peach Italian ice,
let's it drip from her fingertips,
and patter 'gainst my palms.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Stupid Uterus

Stupid Uterus
Stupid Uterus!
The only thing you're good for
is what I DON'T want!

LAWLZ

These next two are again haikus from the MMCR(-Y). What, you don't think haikus are REAL poetry? Go tell that to centuries of Japanese tradition, punks.
LAWLZ
LAWLZ! Roflcopter,
OMG, did u c tht?!
jeremy fell DWN!

Irony in the Produce Aisle

I'm catchin' up!
Irony in the Produce Aisle
One: Plastic case of strawberries,
on a bed of blueberries,
Mother Nature pressure sealed,
protected 'til she rots.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Fox News

Fox News
This Fox News Alert
brought to you by Terrorists:
You all let them win.

Nuclear Bomb Attacks

Nuclear Bomb Attacks
Get under your desks!
Pray to your god! Kiss your ass
bye, Motherfucker!

"Thank You"

"Thank You"
These two simple words
just might save the world one day.
Remember: "Thank you."

Amnesia

These next four are the result of a Haiku game played with the infamous MMCR(-Y). You give each other a topic and write. The title's are the subjects that she gave me.
Amnesia
I'm walkin' to the...
Did I leave the oven on?
Where was I? Ummmmmmmmm....wha?

A Short Blurb on Flying

A Short Blurb on Flying
Crispin me crispin me
airstrip,
Burn off my excess and lighten me
up.
Loosen my limbs,
scrape of my sins,
send me airborne
past Delta,
and Airtran,
and angels, angels, angels,
in flight.

A Girl in Moscow

Gonna catch up this week, gonna catch catch catch up!
A Girl in Moscow
I had a girl in Moscow,
she was a silver thing,
a sweeter thing there never was!
...
And golden curls, they graced her,
they fought against the snow
to shine shine shine!
...
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?
Why did I leave her anyhow?
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?
...
How she would sing of Russia,
And I could make her blush
with yarns of Georgian afternoons.
...
Behind the window pane,
we'd hide and wait out night.
The dawns would always come t0o soon!
...
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?
Why did I leave her anyhow?
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?
...
We stole each other's hearts
and dangled them to play
at being thieves and laughed out loud.
...
She boasted that she knew the city best, said she
could show me all the twists and turns...
of the town.
...
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?
Why did I leave her anyhow?
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?
...
But I went home to study books,
and she stayed on to do the same.
Now I'm aged and wise and rich,
and all I want is golden Russian curls.
...
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?
Why did I leave my girl in Moscow?

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Sun and Wine

By my count, I owe 6 poems. Here's one today to keep the ole gell runnin'! I'll close the gap! Let it be known that Jake Young always pays his debts! In good time!
Sun and Wine
In the flicker of candlelight
wait for us a pretty sight,
a lakehouse home,
graced with kisses of
sun, wine, and morning mists
flowing in off the skin of the water.
Laid beneath the pine trees,
a view, a view, a marvelous view for two
upon a weathered crisscross of roots,
smoothed by countless lovers
who cooed below the green needles,
green needle-needlin' the palms of our hands,
our backs,
between our vertebrae,
make us catch our breath
as we twist with the trees.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Manager Birch

Manager Birch
Birch is comin',
fiiingernails strummin'
on his clipboard,
clip. Clipboard.
Eyes,
pryin' 'n pullin' 'n bendin' back
everyone's pages and reading our margins
and note note noting
all our stray marks.
He's a clerk who can't stop counting,
cal-cu-lating mistakes,
mon-i-to-ring schedules.
But while he breaks
our coffee breaks in half,
he keeps the business goin',
keeps it flowin',
keeps the whole place hummin',
alive.
Birch is comin',
fiiingernails strummin',
but catch his eye,
and you might see it wink.

Canadian Courtyard

Okay, got a lot of catching up to do:
Canadian Courtyard
I'm leaning out over a Canadian courtyard,
just a little lonely.
Bob Dylan took the train for Toronto,
Stanley Kubrick's flown to Rio,
and all the movie stars
flagged down vans and roared away
in flurries of maple leaves.
Somebody!
Get me a Caesar!