Mark's Poems & Prose

Afternoon Torpor

One in the afternoon and I’m yawning my head off
Eating hasn’t energized me - I just grazed in the trough
Well, a big plastic bowl really full of veggies and beans
Very good for you apparently, full of greens

Still, my eyes ache and I think I will need a nap
To catch up on sleep, no-doubt help me snap
Out of this horrible inactive torpor
I’ve sunk into, a bit of a torture

But, maybe chocolate will lift me up
And to wash it down a decent sized cup
Of ginger wine might well do the trick
Not too much though - don’t want to be sick

This is a Haiku
A form of non poetry
Haiku, God bless you

Life can be a bitch
When all is said and all’s done
it is a dog’s life

I have come on Mark’s
lively poetry page
to write some haikus’

Well, that’s new :slight_smile: .

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What about new for OFF?

Stretch something to far and it will snap.

Elasticates.

Very good :smiley:

It’s eclectic

Indeed :smiley: .

What Makes The World Go Around?

Cum on - wrack your brains - what makes the world go around?
Is it work - is it showing off - is it complicated and profound?
I have a sneaking feeling it isn’t anything like that, anything but
Could it be a partner then or friends - as simple as that?

Can’t be in my case else I wouldn’t fight for my independence so
Fight tooth and nail to keep people at bay - clear off - no
To invading my space - feelings are locked up tight you know
And if you don’t then you will learn - it can be such a low blow

Life is long when you are young - immortal you seem to be
But at 50 plus most are aware life is fragile, like a leaf on a tree
Fluttering and ready to fall to earth with a crash
We don’t have time to reconcile the past …
when the future might be over in a flash

deep …

But at 50 plus most are aware life is fragile, like a leaf on a tree
Fluttering and ready to fall to earth with a crash
We don’t have time to reconcile the past

So very true Mark.

show us ya pro’s and I’ll show ya mine!

egocentric - electric and eclectic - and then there’s a dog tic!

I’ve only got cons

he said EUPHEMISTICALLY

I was talkin to this broad the other day and I said “well broadly speaking…” and she smacked me in the teeth!

haven’t you heard of hands, knees and bumps is crazy?

and then there’s “leisurely scribbles” I don’t know about you but as a kid I was never leisurely about my scribbles - it was always fast paced stuff - did Picasso do leisurely scribbles? - I know Rolf Harris scribbled a lot and look were that got him - locked up in a scribble asylum!

Broadly speaking , a poor choice of words IMHO.

By & Large might be worth a try, they’re in Pantomime at the moment on the end of Wigan Pier.

Tired!

Another day over and one that has left me contentedly tired
I’ve done ‘stuff’ - a days work - not quite though but sleep acquired
One way or another - booze might well be the reason
For goodness sake a few glasses can be expected - it ain’t treason!

So, there you are, you forum visitors
More insight into what makes me tick - inquisitors
All of you - some more than others
Quite claustrophobic - smothers

Enough for now - battle can commence
At a later day - some day hence
When I’m in the mood - I can take my time
I will fight back - maybe in rhyme!

there are such a thing as mans own demons
once implanted hard to reason
they buzz around like in a beehive
sometimes your head just won’t survive

If you wake up really slow
the noise has gone - like driven snow
but once your minds in overdrive
the demons fight - who will survive

we look for peace in peacegood shops!
is it there upon the altar?
no - it’s been there all this time
needs coaxing from crevices of the mind

Ever the question for those with a brain
How happy are those whose grey matter’s floppy?
Does life become meaningful 'ere we strive ?
Nah … what’s the point ? tomorrow we die

And so to bed in a light-hearted fashion
One’s not suicidal with no dictionary on iPad :confused:
So bugger my spelling, I is content
With tons of dosh and nothing to vent

Hey … I’m getting the no rhythm/rhyming thing … Yayyyyyy :smiley: