http://slow.writerscafe.org/jesthepoet The original writings of author jesthepoet en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776021725 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15                              Rapidly careening                   .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/240105/ Catch me on the other sideI'm too far gone tonightCan't stop myselfNever couldNot with youYou turn me and twist mewrap me up in a tight little knotThen release meI spin out of controlAnd I'm goneLostLost in the momentLost and found in youYou call and I answerwith every se.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/240104/  ~Ash of Tomorrow~ The grass-ankle deep. weedsovertake the flowerbeds.tapping her pen on the notebook,weeding the garden, internal.tangled. choked. deep-rootedthoughts pulled and eradicated.The ash of tomorrow.“Do you think we need more Delphinium?”.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/239635/ ~The Smell of Whiskey~Her childhood snipped short.scraps of life. the reel spins.stops. suspendedat the picnic spot where he carved his name in deep.go…going…gone.the planets realign.reconfigure.stop her in her tracks.hold her fast.he crept into her nightmares.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/239634/ grass widow Function: noun Date: 1528 1chiefly dialect a: a discarded mistress b: a woman who has had an illegitimate child2 a: a woman whose husband is temporarily away from her b: a woman divorced or separated from her husband http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/239631/ This first poem is one I wrote several years ago. Coming upon it recently I felt a strong need to say something more~to continue the story, I guess, or answer it. Thus, the next poem: http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/239629/ ~Orbit~I know why you're always running.Your elements: Noise and motionMine: Serenity. Devotion.Everything: Optical. Aural. Sensory.Chaos: Your Ruling PlanetI Am: The moon in your houseWe: OrbitGravity: The glue that binds.Mine to yours: Yours to mine.Because I forget to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/236245/ Just having a little fun! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/236243/ ~APORIA~(The Gateless Gate)HERE     WE REACH     THE DOOR MASSIVE     UNPENETRABLEUNPASSABLE     WE SEARCH     FORA LOCK     A KEY     A HANDLE.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/236239/ ~Sisyphus~No vision yet?The knowledge you seekis resistantto mental-yanking.A lap-dog yipping at the anklesgets kicked.Yell all you want at the door;just don't expect to hear the answerover your yelping.So they said, “Do this.”and you went along,claiming “.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/235804/ Experimenting a little with style here. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/235801/ I still have not decided on a title for this piece yet.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/235797/     ~Two  AM~One hand rested. Anothertravelled restlessly.One ear heard the silence,another his breath:constant, comforting, almostlulled her backto where she had come from.Intent.One body moved.One body felt the stir.Two bodies respond.One han.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/235791/ Inspired by a writing workshop assignment, which was simply to write anything inspired by the words "reined in". http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/235787/ Every morning I get up at 6am, just so that I can have a little quiet time to write before the kids wake up. This is something I wrote on just such a morning: http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jesthepoet/235664/