It's poetry month and I have managed to feel the need to produce at least one poem. Well, I have been working on a few poems for the last few months. What I have shared recently have been written hastily. I also feel the need to apologize for posting poems that were written in a matter of minutes under the warm buzz of some spirit. However, due to some genetic defect I am unable to do so. It is what it is folks. The really good poem, the one that will knock me on my ass, leaving me to wonder where in the hell did that come from, is going to manifest itself. Until then I do it out of ego and insecurity.
© Charles Scott 2014
Sunday, April 27, 2014
In the spirit of poetry month i offer shit
It's poetry month and I have managed to feel the
need to produce at least one poem. Well, I have been working on a few
poems for the last few months. What I have shared recently have been
written hastily. I also feel the need to apologize for posting poems
that were written in a matter of minutes under the warm buzz of some
spirit. However, due to some genetic defect I am unable to do so. It is
what it is folks. The really good poem, the one that will knock me on my
ass, leaving me to wonder where in the hell did that come from, is
going to manifest itself. Until then I do it out of ego and insecurity.
© Charles Scott 2014
© Charles Scott 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014
One Should Never Surf The Internet Looking For Art While Drinking Whiskey
Everyone is an artist, writer,
poet or some sort of bullshit
creative type.
The shitty “artists”
are the famous ones,
famous for making shit.
The real artists,
the ones who are greatness
work, create and starve.
Marketing is king,
art (good or bad) is relegated
to clicks and likes.
© Charles Scott 2014
One Should Never Surf The Internet Looking For Art While Drinking Whiskey
Everyone is an artist, writer,
poet or some sort of bullshit
creative type.
The shitty “artists”
are the famous ones,
famous for making shit.
The real artists,
the ones who are greatness
work, create and starve.
Marketing is king,
art (good or bad) is relegated
to clicks and likes.
© Charles Scott 2014
A Bit Of Something I Am Working On
She dropped her bag on the floor
and plopped all 95 pounds
of her body into the seat next to me.
She had a smell of cigarettes,
day old Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific
and bus toilet sanitizer.
She had just smoked a cigarette,
washed her hair
in some bus station bathroom the day before
and, as far as the toilet smell,
if you use the bus toilet
while rolling down the great american highway
you will have that lingering smell
until your next chance
to wash your clothes.
© Charles Scott 2014
A Bit Of Something I Am Working On
She dropped her bag on the floor
and plopped all 95 pounds
of her body into the seat next to me.
She had a smell of cigarettes,
day old Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific
and bus toilet sanitizer.
She had just smoked a cigarette,
washed her hair
in some bus station bathroom the day
before
and, as far as the toilet smell,
if you use the bus toilet
while rolling down the great american
highway
you will have that lingering smell
until your next chance
to wash your clothes.
© Charles Scott 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Because I Like This Poem: Humanity by Gregory Corso
What simple profundities
What profound simplicities
To sit down among the trees
and breathe with them
in murmur brool and breeze —
And how can I trust them
who pollute the sky
with heavens
the below with hells
Well, humankind,
I’m part of you
and so my son
but neither of us
will believe
your big sad lie
What profound simplicities
To sit down among the trees
and breathe with them
in murmur brool and breeze —
And how can I trust them
who pollute the sky
with heavens
the below with hells
Well, humankind,
I’m part of you
and so my son
but neither of us
will believe
your big sad lie
Because I Like This Poem: Humanity by Gregory Corso
What simple profundities
What profound simplicities
To sit down among the trees
and breathe with them
in murmur brool and breeze —
And how can I trust them
who pollute the sky
with heavens
the below with hells
Well, humankind,
I’m part of you
and so my son
but neither of us
will believe
your big sad lie
What profound simplicities
To sit down among the trees
and breathe with them
in murmur brool and breeze —
And how can I trust them
who pollute the sky
with heavens
the below with hells
Well, humankind,
I’m part of you
and so my son
but neither of us
will believe
your big sad lie
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Toxic
I had to leave, under the cover of night. Any other way
would have made me second guess my feelings for you and
I would have stayed.
You cut me deep, the wounds are still bleeding.
They won't heal. The blood a constant reminder,
along with broken bone limp.
It was hard to stand tall with the weight of
those who suffered before. Standing in line
for the next handout, from the benevolent adviser,
from those who control.
But I see you are broken too. I see through your veil,
a glimpse of your pain, of hungry nights, lonely days
and yearning for something better.
As I pick at these wounds, I see bits of you inside,
I tweeze them out with medical precision;
casting them aside for the dogs to eat.
One day the wounds will heal and the scars
will be a distant reminder.
© Charles Scott 2014
Toxic
I had
to leave, under the cover of night. Any other way
would
have made me second guess my feelings for you and
I would
have stayed.
You cut
me deep, the wounds are still bleeding.
They
won't heal. The blood a constant reminder,
along
with broken bone limp.
It was
hard to stand tall with the weight of
those
who suffered before. Standing in line
for the
next handout, from the benevolent adviser,
from
those who control.
But I
see you are broken too. I see through your veil,
a
glimpse of your pain, of hungry nights, lonely days
and
yearning for something better.
As I
pick at these wounds, I see bits of you inside,
I
tweeze them out with medical precision;
casting
them aside for the dogs to eat.
One day
the wounds will heal and the scars
will be
a distant reminder.
© Charles Scott 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Hey France, hook me up!
According to Blogger stats I am building an audience in France. Any French followers looking to pay for me to come and read hit me up.
© Charles Scott 2014
© Charles Scott 2014
Hey France, hook me up!
According to Blogger stats I am building an audience in France. Any French followers looking to pay for me to come and read hit me up.
© Charles Scott 2014
© Charles Scott 2014
Found Fortune on the Way Home
Walking, at 3 am, in the land of
Bathtub Mary, low rent and cockroach colonies;
I find a 10 dollar bill.
I pick it up, smile and know
that tomorrow I eat.
© Charles Scott 2014
Found Fortune on the Way Home
Walking, at 3 am, in the land of
Bathtub Mary, low rent and cockroach
colonies;
I find a 10 dollar bill.
I pick it up, smile and know
that tomorrow I eat.
© Charles Scott 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Poets I Like
I have finally started to add to the Poets I Like tab. Check it out now and periodically. I will be adding to it as time allows.
© Charles Scott 2014
© Charles Scott 2014
Poets I Like
I have finally started to add to the Poets I Like tab. Check it out now and periodically. I will be adding to it as time allows.
© Charles Scott 2014
© Charles Scott 2014
Sunday, April 06, 2014
Tinnitus
It's 1am
and I feel compelled
to write a poem.
In the distance
a train sings it's
lonely song.
I imagine it is
going to some place
I haven't been.
Maybe Denver,
Omaha or,
Frigid Fork something
or other.
It's taking coal to the
power plant.
No adventure in that.
The train cries off
into the distance,
and I am left with
silence and this damned
ringing in my ears.
© Charles Scott 2014
Tinnitus
It's 1am
and I feel
compelled
to write a poem.
In the distance
a train sings it's
lonely song.
I imagine it is
going to some
place
I haven't been.
Maybe Denver,
Omaha or,
Frigid Fork
something
or other.
It's taking coal
to the
power plant.
No adventure in
that.
The train cries
off
into the distance,
and I am left with
silence and this
damned
ringing in my
ears.
© Charles Scott 2014
Saturday, April 05, 2014
One Day in the Park
People walking by
as I sit and watch,
my super power,
reading of minds,
kicks in.
An old man,
with a stern face
is thinking about
how he shouldn't have answered
that email from the
deposed king from Africa.
Now he's out $200.00!
And his bank account is closed.
A lady walking her
shizu, wishes the
damn dog would crap
so she can get home
to watch American Idol.
That was an easy one.
She was holding a plastic bag.
A lady in a long skirt
and pentecostal bun
is fretting over the idea that,
any day now, the government
will force her to get micro chipped.
She sent money for a prayer cloth
to a televangelist.
A homeless man
talking to himself,
has all sorts of crazy shit
going on in his head....
He's nuts!
A cheap bottle of whiskey
will quiet those voices later on.
This goes on for hours;
a suicide case
waiting to happen.
A couple of frat boys
hoping no one finds out
their love for each other.
A Chinese man
who I can't understand
(all super powers have limits)
An old widower
wishing death would come soon
so he could see his love.
A banker and a drug dealer
thinking about one thing:
Money.
All of these people
have one thing in common:
Life.....
© Charles Scott 2014
One Day in the Park
People walking by
as I sit and
watch,
my super power,
reading of minds,
kicks in.
An old man,
with a stern face
is thinking about
how he shouldn't have
answered
that email from
the
deposed king from
Africa.
Now he's out
$200.00!
And his bank
account is closed.
A lady walking her
shizu, wishes the
damn dog would
crap
so she can get
home
to watch American
Idol.
That was an easy
one.
She was holding a
plastic bag.
A lady in a long
skirt
and pentecostal
bun
is fretting over
the idea that,
any day now, the
government
will force her to
get micro chipped.
She sent money for
a prayer cloth
to a
televangelist.
A homeless man
talking to
himself,
has all sorts of
crazy shit
going on in his
head....
He's nuts!
A cheap bottle of
whiskey
will quiet those
voices later on.
This goes on for
hours;
a suicide case
waiting to happen.
A couple of frat
boys
hoping no one
finds out
their love for
each other.
A Chinese man
who I can't
understand
(all super powers
have limits)
An old widower
wishing death
would come soon
so he could see
his love.
A banker and a
drug dealer
thinking about one
thing:
Money.
All of these
people
have one thing in
common:
Life.....
© Charles Scott 2014
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