Pedestrian Need Poem by Tailor Bell

Pedestrian Need

Rating: 4.9


I need concrete with sharp corners
Green waves crashing onto rocks
Brisk air and salty stares

Wings on birds, cats with claws
Fast dogs and circus scares
I need clocks and border stops

To get to heaven you need these things
Playground noises and bumblebees
Honest chocolate, gold with diamond rings

Death knocks on death day while children
Usually arrive at the ninth month
I sling my disappointments at the sun

Outlaw Monday with Sunday laws
Appeal on Thursday for Friday's brawl
Break early across the bow of the mine trawler

I need spiders in the web
And flowers for fun and seeds
In the midnight ground, never found again

West coast crackers on a pidgeon plate
Monks slashing rubber relief
Long bridges, tall hills, and nano states

I pull the ribbon on the package
To let bows fly over midge eyes
Paper crumpled on fresh trimmed grass

Royal blue Bells poised on the lawn
No trump of cards dealt
Without a pair of long johns, or sin

Impenetrable architecture I dismantle my own
Socialized assembly, to need life without power plays
I need out of my way in

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Patricia Gale 27 August 2006

Deep thought, delightful read.

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Mary Nagy 27 August 2006

Your poems are always so filled with things that make me think. I especially loved the though of slinging my disappointments at the sun! Great line. Sincerely, Mary

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Suchoon Mo 27 August 2006

A very fine poem, indeed.

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Will Barber 27 August 2006

Incredible write, Tailor. So much to praise, so much to contemplate. So much to wonder about. If there is such a thing as a Cubist poem, this is one. - Will

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Duncan Wyllie 28 August 2006

'I sling my disappointments at the sun' That line really stood out for me Thankyou Tailor Love duncan X

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Brian Dorn 06 October 2006

A collage of seemingly unrelated items and ending with a line that gives it a truely photomontage feel. Very artsy, Tailor... well done! Brian

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Séamus Fox 27 September 2006

Tailor this is excellent the way you have blended all these aspects of life and the end got me I must admit didnt expect it at all! ! Séamus

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Lori Boulard 09 September 2006

Yes, honest chocolate and honest Mondays, indeed. Bring 'em on! I'm putting this into my favorites for a rainy day. You have a nice pace and way with words. I hope to see more of your poems here. Cheers, Lori

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fanniesson - 07 September 2006

I see this all coming in a flash to you Me, I find it hard to see you coming back to this adding lines to it over a day or two one great read for me, perfect poem.

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Trucker Jeff 03 September 2006

You my friend are not a word smith you are the word smitty.

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