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A poem by p neri. "Death".

submitted by paul_neri to PoetryForBrokenHearts 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 01:01:50 ago (+3/-4)     (PoetryForBrokenHearts)

I saw Death sitting on a park bench the other day;
He was reading a newspaper;
As I walked by he lowered the newspaper;
and our eyes met;
"keep walking" he said;
But I know one day;
he'll say:
"Come sit beside me".


8 comments block


[ - ] UncleDoug 1 point 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 09:41:02 ago (+1/-0)

Queeri seasons his ass
With parika and pepper
A very spicy death

Haiku certified goats?

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 2 points 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 19:19:52 ago (+2/-0)

Not a bad effort for an Australian - being a people not known for their sensitivity or subtlety - just ask their womenfolk! Your poem has a certain rough-hewn earthy quality about it reminiscent of a newly felled gum tree bleeding from chainsaw cuts with the misspelling "parika" (paprika) enhancing the rough and tumble nature of the rough-hewn phrases. Overall, this is an uncut gem of poetic insight which will, over time, be shaved down to its true glittering core of perception.

[ - ] SumerBreeze 0 points 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 05:27:38 ago (+0/-0)*

That’s a bit presumptuous - how do you know if a nigger won’t stab you and take your life without ceremony, and body slam you onto that park bench next to our dear friend Death?

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 05:29:55 ago (+1/-1)

Write your own poem then!

[ - ] SumerBreeze 1 point 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 05:33:26 ago (+1/-0)*

Technically, I just did; read the sentence after the dash again.

How do you know
if a nigger won’t stab you
and take your life without ceremony
and body slam you onto that park bench
next to our dear friend
Death

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 06:51:30 ago (+1/-1)

Brilliant! You're a natural.

[ - ] paul_neri [op] 0 points 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 05:30:41 ago (+1/-1)

Us poets are very sensitive.

[ - ] SumerBreeze 1 point 1.8 yearsAug 27, 2023 05:36:47 ago (+1/-0)

the grittiness that fails to overcome our sensibilities can really help spicen up our prose.