http://slow.writerscafe.org/kieranmcgovern The original writings of author Kieran James McGovern en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776033607 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Sweat-clenchingYou looked to the groundSearching for answers in the here-belowSeldom mentioned meYour unconscious accomplice in crimeLittle-acknowledged accessory to sinDarling, I thought it was fineNow look at the mess that you&r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/689235/ My young, brash and lachrymose eyesRose on high to the skyBehold; the mentor Rills, rays, wrinklesOf an aging soulReality’s residual craters Memories frozen overDistant dreams withinThe once-was river He’d speak once, twi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/678989/ Your words Sincere, less-than-trite professionalSophisticatedYearning undercurrent burningA mindless at easeThan you’dHave it appear to beA desperate sense of longingProbably unconsciousLascivious, licentiousProjectionsOr loopholesLexicon or .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/676068/ oh to be a beatto have sufficient changeto daily ride the trainto make fateful foraysto the villageto hangoutat huncke’s hideoutto be a tomkin’s square millionairederelictinggaslighting my way about the day oh to be an artistthe hard.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/672356/ i think that i don’t believe(,) infacti only know of questions t(w)o which i've learned that certain answers are beyond our earthly comprehension i was never very good at math pretentiously questioning itsconventions because i'm guessin' the truth of life lies not in the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/670678/ there are still ten million things to saybut my very last shred of sanity keeps me enslavedto: prudencefrom: the bus stop bum the kids laugh at http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/670676/ Eyes closed and crusted overThe coming toThe moon rolled across the night skyCapsizing the horizonThat the sun is now hung overThe move from unconsciousness into a worldOf bittersweet Crimson-coalescence Tepidly synthesized symphonySaccharine backdrops Elegy.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/670675/ go f*****g kill yourselves for all i care http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/666780/ Preach to me your righteousnessYes teach me how to prayBeseech me to obedienceEnlighten me of your waysI’ll not slight the cause you’re dying for We’ve all got something to sayAll I know is Jerusalem was not seized in a day http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/665990/ Envision his design every bit as deliberateAnd try to be half as considerate of the ignorantBut, s**t… kid, I do this for a livingAnd I refuse to bicker with little children Hark the humble mumble scripturesOne collectively blessed drone, the tones insipid.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/663167/ Beautiful and ice coldForever yours and mine to holdBut she sings a new tuneFrom one season to the nextShe imparts her wisdom in autumn bittersweetTo sustain her winter’s hexAnd wakes the world with a gentle kissUpon the first of springBy summer, she loves u.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/660772/ Sweetie, there aren’t many fishIn such a shallow poolCast your line with Prince Charming in mindYou’re nothing but a foolYou’re playing hard to getAnd feel rottenWhen you aren’t gottenIf you can’t be real About how you feelYou&rsq.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/659908/ This is about my tendencies toward self-doubt lack of fulfillment... I can't write poetry within the constrains of traditional structure, and I'm disenchanted with my final product all too often http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/656258/ Maiden of the mist,I’m moved by your mystique,Mellowed amidst your mild manners,Maddened and/or mystified by your moxy.You mollify my, at times, misanthropic mind. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/656217/ This infliction renderedSickliest cold of DecemberRemembered In everyone I seeAnd everywhere I goAnd every time I breatheLike every hardship I've ever knownMy thoughts derailedbetter intentions slipping off the trackLike an emotionor ideaillusion evanescesAnd i won't get it&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/653893/ of a friend who died from drug addiction... addiction is a disease and not an immoral choice ... Sagtikos is a road on Long Island (SAG-ti-cose) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/650453/ I’ll watch the matchI won’t cheerWon’t take sidesSure as hell won’t join Parting with the fleet I wait in the peripheryMild-mannered and empty-chested With a starving will But there’s enough hatredAnd hypertensiv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/645756/ Isee battle scenesWhatcan I do?Sayingto myself “it’llall be over soon”AndI think to myselfWhata miserable world Isee children whoWilldie by nightTheever-out-of-mindLikewiseforever out of sightAndI think to m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/645738/ Views dramaticSuper-staticSickly-sweet, enthusiasticToothless romanticsClean you’re room, it’s trashed andInfuse some class inThings you doChoose your fashionPursue a passionDo something, execute an actionMake sure what you do’s outlastin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/639900/ If the gestures of resentment you’ve presentedAre meant to offend meAt least mention that intention with less discretionI.E., please address me directlyYes, convey your contempt and contention expressly Your pretentious nonsense and malevolenceWill never affect me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/639631/ As visage as half as vexed Would keep the angels confounded by sadness The image everlastingSyrupy saccharine Evaporate like tobacco in his pipeOr any broken notion of joy in his lifeThe implosion of emotions unspokenThe soul’s erosion and the void brought to ligh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/637592/ Of course your loved ones would love to have you backI’d settle for even 10 minutes just to ask:What were you thinking? Did you really mean it?If there was a speck hope at the tunnel’s endWould you have even seen it?And where do we go from here?When the noise an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/636085/ Hippies are coolAnd hippies are nice but lackThe intensity neededWhen it’s time to fight backTo act with tact is fine, in factUntil all of your rights are snatchedThen the planet needs peopleWho are unafraid of evilOr to cut out of lineAnd to cause an up.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/633834/ At a lack of freedomDespite the prideIgnorance eats us up inside Election day approaches Like a cannon ballBut does it matter if we vote allAdopt a new ideologyIf you really wanna be freeSeek only the truthNot non-existent WMDs America’s no .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/620196/ When miserable… s**t, at least you’re miserable… when desensitized,just wait… the numbness will soon dissipate… you’re growing in your dormantstate… your unlimited guilt and sordid face… can be purged, but here in thismoment, just l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/619000/ My mind is entwined in a whirlpool of autumnal colorsThe essence of ancients, my sisters, my brothersI am one with the earthI am one with the universeAdmiring how leaves on treesWho are awaiting the fading of their vibrant greenSend the sun’s love back up to heaven.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/618037/ i'm a hard worker that beats himself... this came when i missed a conference call. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/610974/ as corny as it sounds, love is a two-way street. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/610686/ In the civil rights field, you won't get rich like a rockstar or CEO... nor as celebrated as a cop, soldier or firefigher even though it costs far less tax $$!) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/610682/ 1st verse, stumped http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/610681/ they're like a******s yeah http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/607983/ :/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/607792/ Everything that’s rightIs all that’s left behindAnd all the words unsaidEcho in the winds of timeTears who were once spentEvaporate and their essenceSedimentsFerment RegretRegrets  I will take everyone I knowTo a field gone fallowW.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/605686/ CAPS-lock was on when i entered the title, too lazy to fix it... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/605682/ nothing special, lyrics to three-chord song about social services http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/605680/ Like a breeze in a meadowOr a junkie in a ghettoAnd with nothing to hold ontoWandering shadows set upon you A pool of white noise in a cityLong-abandoned and empty Or an explosion In a ghost townWhere it’s dead and there is no soundUntil nowUntil now.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/602483/ The fire never dies but it hidesLike a child with stifling, frightful criesWhile tyrants and they’re disciplesSilently devise and contrive Plots and missions of oppression, injusticeAnd in adopting conscious oppositionYou're written off as committing sedition .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/602107/ written with a grain of salt http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/598586/ To look upon everyoneWith judgment in your eyeIs to enter your damnationAnd to come to love a lieThe contrast that you there invokeSuperficial, lame Till you’re choking on the words you spoke‘Cause you are just the same Or even worse, dece.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/598271/ you tell me that only the good die youngbut so too do those whoare bitterthe stubborn, the quittersreally, it's just something to consider http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/597828/ realtalk http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/596943/ song i wrote/recorded last night http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/592665/ Mine is a stride you’ll not soonbreakAlthough at times, I berate myselfI wonder whyI’ve got pictures in my to remind meOf all I have seenWhat I amAnd what I have beenThe journey I'm set to beginMy signature is downOn the ground floor of hellI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/592486/ this is full of double-entendre regarding perspective, so err on the side of caution... 'cause someone is really reading it, right :P http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/592445/ Drive five thousand milesAnd never arrivePlay hide and seek With those demonsSqueeze a stone enoughAnd you’ll get bloodSell your heart and you’ll find loveChemicals course through your veinsTo kill your soulTo rot your brainSearch for life .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/592441/ "the only war worth winning is the one inside your head" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/592423/ 1/4 stanzas of new rap http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/581032/ Nothing’s killing me tonight, I’m sureIdle time to endureI am a vacuum, here is the last tune of the dayYet I strive to stay awake Best of broken notions rot within my headTheir collective essence evanescesPurpose displaced by harrowing angerH.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/579954/ I tell the synapses Of every cell to turn offIts receptorsTo heed not outside stimuliTo focus insteadOn the hell in my headThe heat of the sun that makes meitchMy crooked spine that hurts all thetimeNothing of consequenceIt’s all in my mind&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/579951/ Let’s meet at the creekAnd let’s leave our answers behindTo engage fullyIn the wilderness of wondermentPortraits of purity  Painted in our footprintsAlong the muddy bankOn our way to exuberance and richesBy happenstance absence of worldly .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kieranmcgovern/579949/