Run for an empty reason
A murder of the crows gathers on the fence.
we sit on two different benches, watching
whose daily hollowness may win the mock race
on the dark bottle green of our evenings.
Last evening an anonymous call spread
the rumor of a bomb threat at the mall;
prompting a mayhem; the run of the empty men.
Last evening we run for it; run towards it.
Now the run of our hollowness ends at the hedge
seeing strangers with blank eyes. The hollowness
returns without failing us. Beloved pets.
=© 2009-Copyright reserved Kushal Poddar (reprinting is absolutely prohibited, without permission)
The trick of swinging
“Trick or treat!”
said two brothers.
“Trick or treat!”
said two brothers.
“But you are dressed as what you are!”
said the neighbors.
How wrong they really are!
The crack of a smile travels
from face to face
for they are the soul swingers.
=© 2009-Copyright reserved Kushal Poddar (reprinting is absolutely prohibited, without permission)
(Taken over by Halloween, Robert and I exchanged our souls for some day in the past. "The Journey home" was really written by Robert and the posts of his, "Ledger Book of love" and "Soul Swingers" were written by me. A silly trick, we both enjoyed for a day. This poem is dedicated to that silliness)
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Ghosts in the machine, movers through space and time who parasitically live off other people's bodies for a time. Brilliant.
Thanks Frank.
"Zombies Dawn of The Dead" is trite
Is consumerism what you mean?
Our meanings play upon your screen
Also, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, soon> "All Saint's Eve".
soul and ledger(Kushal's)
the journey home (Robert's)
All is good.
It was in the past. The link of the writing was given in the reply to the John's comment.
trick of swinging
I am going to my post (the one with your poems) and say 'REALLY Written By: Kushal Poddar'
You can do something similar on "Journey Home" if you wish or you can leave it with your byline. It's not a problemo.
BTW: news from the doc wasn't quite as bad as anticipated, still bad though. I will have to send you a personal mail on the results later today.
Goodnight my brother.
Poet to Poet, Dust to Dust
Your trick was our treat
no apologies to lay at our feet
But now I suspect in a different season
Did TS Elliot write "Run for an empty reason"?
Is hollowness and empty men verse beyond ken
or is it recycled "We are the Hollow Men"?
in 1925 the shadow falls
"crowskin, crossed staves In a field"
Would you murder for crow calls?
The crows like Elliott are dead.
I read and I wonder can you swap
verse with friend from "death’s other Kingdom"
If you can, what did you write that Elliot can pop
on-line there "not with a bang but with" Freedom?
You've set a new trend
with these comments.
Halloween fun, no biggee.
with many thanks Kusha
Mark
lets feature them at Grass Roots Writing
with many thanks to Kushal for posting
Mark
and halloween - very clever.
Featured in the Triple Name Club.
trick of swinging
The evocation is effective. The popular source of this is the television.
I'm not sure I get the last two words.
Blessings
What a great line for this type of poem, Poddar! It spontaneously brings facial imagery into focus. A fun, entertaining write! I enjoyed it very much.
October walks
Thank you for posting to The Surreal Circus.
Thanks.
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first difficult to cope.
when I was young and just got my first shotgun out back I was when a flock of crows of around fifty or so were over-head, I shot up at them and they just went into a donut style hole where the shot just went up through them, then they just flew back together as if nothing happened. I never shot at crows again ever.
we're not the same as crows at all
and second funny
Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting
October walks
:) wishing you laughter
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