a poem to sing with |
a poem to sing with by thomasjbates
"i'll write a poem to sing with," sang a bird
from an overhanging branch of shading leafs.
"i'll signal
the welcoming clouds," my ey...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:53:00 PST |
tired conversation |
tired coversation, by thomasjbates
coversation, coversation -
i feel it
know it, coversation
or hesitation
discomfort
(i cause suspicion.)
ENDLESS LOSS...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:50:00 PST |
loneliness and carl jung |
i've taken pictures of these trees. they've changed more than i have, despite passing years. i look at myself in the mirror and i say "hello" cautiously. i leave behind the drugs and harmful relations...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:37:00 PST |
thoughts |
he sculpted the figure of a young woman in the space of just over a year. every morning he would pull his thoughts and aspirations together after a deadly night of powerful dreams, smoke a cigarrett, ...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Sat, 31 May 2008 01:18:00 PST |
FEAR HIDES VACENT EYES |
BY THOMASJBATES
FEAR HIDES, VACENT LIKE A GHOST.
FEAR ADVOIDS DAYLIGHT AND COBWEBS, ALWAYS.
WHEN FORCED INTO DAYLIGHTS' HUM
&nb...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Mon, 26 May 2008 03:20:00 PST |
looking for memory |
i'm looking for memory
lost for years
and when i glance up through mercury
in the direction
of the sun i love
above,
i wish it bright with life.
in trace hopes
of seeing your face
...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Fri, 23 May 2008 02:29:00 PST |
CAPTURED MOTIVATION |
CAPTURED MOTIVATION
some are warmer than warm.
i stared dowm into
the Eygptian/Cleopatric eyes i'd drawn,
staring back
with dark makeup
traced around them,
enhancing a gaze of seduction and su...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:08:00 PST |
a naked woman. |
a naked woman by thomas j bates
a naked woman
lay dead in a room
of exhausted candles
after having spent the night
basking beautifully exposed in their light
and hoping
that before the last fl...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Wed, 21 May 2008 05:21:00 PST |
to become a god. |
to become a god by thomas j bates dedicated to jim morrison
to become a god -
to become immortal -
there are two steps
one first
must take.
one.
become famous...not terribly so,
but known.
two...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Wed, 21 May 2008 05:18:00 PST |
perils of living...an observation |
by thomas j bates
vultures and hyenas desperately run free
making scavages,-the dry tundra(African plains.)
excitedly mixed-in greed
of common predetory understanding.
animals
in constan...
Posted by siberian ginseng on Wed, 14 May 2008 03:23:00 PST |
