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Jazzmole
Junior Member
since 2001-02-15
Posts 30
Texas

0 posted 2001-02-20 07:08 AM


There is a sewer running under your feet:
Flowing from the bowels of this town,
oozing from the intestines of this country,
seeping out of the colon of this earth,
spilling into the river of decadence
and filling the very sea of immorality
into which we cast our nets.

Into it, we flush our toilets and disburden our guilty concience of all transgressions
against humanity.
We open the man-holes, pretending not to notice
the foul stench of our decomposing children
that inundate the senses,
as we toss in the contaminated needles used
to satisfy our veins
and dirty syringes tainted with jealousies
and infidelities and talk shows.


Smiling with bleeding gums
as the violations are washed away:
Gnashing our rotting teeth
at any who would dictate our conduct
and run to the shore to dip our cups
and drink our fill
of just reward.






Michael~

© Copyright 2001 Michael - All Rights Reserved
Swamp¤Faeryie
Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 393
fairyland....of course;)
1 posted 2001-02-20 02:03 PM


this was delightfully foul. It was absolutely awful,which is what made it good..lol...does that make sense...of course it does. Anyhow i think your concept was worthy,and i thik you did a good job writing it,you didn't cringe from that nasty stuff,you put it in there and i think that's a big part of why it's great.Thought provoking....

samantha¤


Do i contradict myself?Very well i contradict myself.I contain multitudes.~walt whitman

Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
2 posted 2001-02-21 03:34 AM


Graphic,
It's a good thing we don't have scratch and sniff on this site.
Write on
Kethry


Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.



Ginners
Member
since 2000-07-22
Posts 339
Mullica Hill, New Jersey
3 posted 2001-02-21 02:38 PM


I liked this very much. Personally i have a very depressing out look on mankind in general and this seems to go along with my thoughts on it. great write i enjoyed it and i like to know that others can see behind the lies and false smiles of mankind as well.
Severn
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704

4 posted 2001-02-21 09:30 PM


It seems our jazzmole has something of an environmental conciousness...

I like.

Will try to critique when I have time.

K


...and I have found a lifetime can be lived in one moment...

Jazzmole
Junior Member
since 2001-02-15
Posts 30
Texas
5 posted 2001-02-21 09:50 PM


Thanks Severn,
I look forward to your critiques. I explored this room and looked to see if I had any dark poetry in my archives, but I had none. I wrote this to post here (and to say that, yes, I DO have dark poetry! lol), but as I now re-read it, I see many mistakes. Tense shifting even, *gasp*! Before you hack it, let me clean it up a bit. You'll polish it up for me.



Michael~

Songbird
Member Elite
since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184
Missouri
6 posted 2001-02-22 09:11 AM


It takes a talented poet to write a negative poem that one enjoys reading and you show your talent here. Yes, unfortunatly with the good we have the bad, the ugly and the evil. We need more courageous people who are willing to shed some light on those things that need improvment. Good write!
dragonpoe
Senior Member
since 2000-11-12
Posts 608
Palm Bay, Florida
7 posted 2001-02-22 02:09 PM


I have to agree with Swampfaery. This was delightfully awful! Deep, powerful, raw. Great write.

With the word, I am mighty, with the pen I am free..
dragonpoe

Suzanne Arlene
Member
since 2000-10-09
Posts 377
Ontario, Canada
8 posted 2001-02-22 07:23 PM


Hard to think that mankind can be this foul.It was graphic enough to make me smell it good write Suzanne
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