Different Strokes of Poetry

I want you to tell me why you keep sulking at me? It doesn't help you or me. I want you to tell me why you sometimes just ignore me? It can be pretty insulting I want you to tell me why you wave like a political leader It sounds very condescending I want you to tell me why you walk with a stiff neck... Sign in to see full entry.

Slow slow up up Up plateau up Plateau up plateau Slow slow up up Up up up up crash bang crash Down, down, down Very very slow up Sign in to see full entry.

With beats of drums began life But dancing to silver-plated notes, dreams thinned, learning slowed, memories slipped stair to funeral Sign in to see full entry.

Just stand still at the marketplace And you will know who died yesterday and who's getting married tomorrow and who is going bonkers and who has kids that shine and what is the latest product and what is coming up in the neighbour's backyard and the latest political news about whether Government is... Sign in to see full entry.

Be naughty, be thrifty, be simply haughty Be gaity, be happy, Be guilty, be dirty Then you can be proper, have money, be light, Acknowledge your faults And be clean Sign in to see full entry.

The law of the Civilised That’s the law of manipulation That can correlate with robots That are here for mechanization The law of the Civilised That’s the desilivic That is the upside down Of what should be law It’s the work of power from up Not power bottom up So even a law about bottom up Becomes... Sign in to see full entry.

What can I do so the sun can with its heat scorch the discriminatory thinking from those it oversees so crystals of enlightenment can emerge? What can I do so the sun can shine and focus well on the countless good deeds that so many people quietly do? What can I do so the sun can set in the evening... Sign in to see full entry.

Through your eyes, I see a circle larger than me; A yearning to be free a move for sustainability. Yet, through your eyes I also see the lecherous looks, the zest for porn books and the hamlet of hooks Isn't this contradiction? Or is life just that? Tit for tat And hit for hat? Sign in to see full entry.

Why keep that bee in your bonnet about us? Let go of it It can make honey Which is so wonderful and which Can melt the ice in our relationship. Sign in to see full entry.

With ideas mushrooming and emotions high-flying, our acts soar like a kite. With ideas soaring and emotions mushrooming Our acts fly high With ideas high-flying and our emotions soaring Our acts mushroom. Sign in to see full entry.