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My poetry
Due the amount of material I have to post from many years, I've decided have my own topic.
Except for certain special ones that I save last, these are in the order I wrote them, looong ago...
Tiger in cage
why does the tiger walk in his cage
'cause he has nothing else to do
the obvious answer
but is it so simple
why does the tiger walk in his cage
'cause he's bored
he doesn't want to lie down
and do nothing
why does the tiger walk in his cage
maybe he's watching people
going by
thinking what he'd do with them
why does the tiger walk in his cage
maybe he's lonely
imagining he's not
that he has someone with him
why does the tiger walk in his cage
because he's anxious
tired and frustrated
on his fucked up existence
why does the tiger walk in his cage
because he'd like to rip someone's head off
(I was really trying too hard with that one...)
Joy of game
I strike like a hawk
into flock of sparrows
kill first going in
merely turn to get next
third and fourth take few seconds
but I get them too
and toy with the last
it's too easy
to bring adrenaline rush
but testosterone will do
that was fun
euphoria lasts
some time after the game
but then it leaves me
to face the world
tiresome
disappointing
Anti-rhyming
my poems don't need rhyming
they're better without it
rhyming is for witty poems
humor and jokes
and heart-warming tales
of happiness and companionship
not to serious thoughts
grim and dark
depressing stories
of sad loneliness
shouldn't do rhyming
must not
takes away the edge
(After the first ones, I wrote this as a comment about them on the forum I was originally posting these.)
No one
nobody knows me
I have so many thoughts
I never tell anyone
because I fear
I wouldn't be accepted
no one would understand
some things I can't say
because they'd hurt people
but it hurts me not to say
some things I should have said
a long ago
now it's too late
no use to anyone
even myself
to say them now
I'm not ashamed of myself
perhaps I should
I don't fear people's judgment
but I don't want them to leave me
there's no one I trust
never been
so what
I have no great secrets
just plenty of small
extraordinary thoughts
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Mar/21/2013, 20:04
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Re: My poetry
We may know you better than real life friends that never get to read your posts.
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Mar/23/2013, 15:20
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As far as I've ever had any RL friends, none of them has indeed ever known me.
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Mar/23/2013, 17:43
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Kaunisto. I'm sure you get tired of hearing what a brilliant writer you are. I like your no worries, no fears style.
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Mar/24/2013, 2:22
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I absolutely love those. I agree with echt, you are a brilliant writer.
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Mar/24/2013, 15:15
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I do indeed consider writing to be my one artistic talent - though a sadly little used.
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Mar/24/2013, 16:42
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None of these are among ones I'm most satisfied on, for one or other reason, but I'll post them anyway for completeness.
(Though ironically I did leave out few too personal ones between these.)
Ode to sauna
sauna is cleansing
heat cleansing to body
silence cleansing to mind
purifying
curing
sauna is a test of manhood
who can stand the heat
who's the last to stay
more water
to the stones
sauna is place of company
to enjoy with friends
or where family stops
is together
talks
sauna was place of birth
starting point of life
and also the ending
where bodies
were washed
Addiction
need it
though I just had it
hands are restles
head is worse
must do something else
so I don't think about it
if I stop
it's in my mind
must think something good
something I respect
to have strength
to continue without
of course
next time always comes
maybe not one day
waiting a miracle
King of the world
I rule
I'm the greatest
me
the one and only
the best
me
ultimate human being
more than a man
me
a supreme lifeform
superior to rest of universe
me
why doesn't everyone see that
why doesn't anyone see that
it's lonely at the top
Wasted
wasted chances
wasted time
wasted life
why didn't I see it
wasted moments
wasted years
wasted me
why didn't anyone warn me
wasted people
wasted work
wasted world
why don't I stop it
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Mar/25/2013, 16:16
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Insomnia
tick tock tick tock
it isn't really that
which keeps me awake
it's my mind
always busy
always working
always thinking
wrong kind of dreams
I'm still awake
dreaming when I should sleep
(Again I decide to leave out one too personal; pity as it's rather powerful)
Why why
why do I always ask why
why why
why these whys
am I curious
simple basic curiosity
no
more
desire to know
know myself
to understand
my mind
and the universe
a higher purpose
to better myself
to become more
why
I don't know
good question
Paranoid
is it there
did I take it
I checked it already
better make sure
did I turn it off
I think I did
not sure
I never am
will it work
did I set it right
got to go through it
once more
(Soon we'll get to the better ones, I'm not very satisfied with most of these early ones.)
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Mar/26/2013, 17:51
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No fair starting with the teasers. I like that we can edit and fix a mistake after hitting submit. I appreciate the time and cost that people put in to Runboard. The more I learn about these boards, the more I am amazed.
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Mar/27/2013, 6:14
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Ends
ends are cruel things
something disappeares
ceases to exist
is lost forever
ends are sad things
changes in things
old traded to new
never the same again
ends are beautiful things
the ultimate impressionism
conquerors of infinity
unique moments
Alive
pain makes me feel alive
pain is the sign of life
they say
being nervous makes me feel alive
doing difficult things
fighting it
heat of combat makes me feel alive
a good competition
one on one
triumph makes me feel alive
joy of success
victory
music makes me feel alive
sinking to the rhythm
another pulse
art makes me feel alive
greatest achievements of man
beauty
Cats
born hunters
no reason to fight instinct
saving energy
resting whenever they can
always cautious
aware of their surroundings
ignoring things
that are meaningless to them
so alike me
makes them seem intelligent
Hair
powerful symbol
hair or the lack of it
similarity and difference to animals
Samson's power
perhaps mine too
lies in the mane of lion
I never shave
why should anyone
I'm quite comfortable this way
yet even my eye
prefers a smooth skin
world and culture have power
Perfect
nothing's perfect
except me
of course
annoying to see imperfections
even in greatest things of all
but in people
imperfect is the default
so it must be
I'd hate anyone more perfect than me
even so
there's too few perfectionists
even if you're not perfert
you should try to be
otherwise you're surely not
perfect like me
Night
darkness comes early
but evening is long
before it's true night
silence of sleeping world
I wait for the night
staying up late
'til the world leaves me
into a peaceful loneliness
one of those moments
when I don't need universe
and it doesn't need me
just for a while we're even
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Apr/1/2013, 21:49
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