Out of my Mind: A Collection of Poetic Forms

By Steve Davies

This is Poetry that goes a bit left of centre. It is a strange mix of free verse and rhyme that takes you to dark places in the mind and the universe which surrounds it. Amid the dark there are rays of light to bring balance and evoke a smile.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Feb 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781483519258

Book preview

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Alliteration Alleluia

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alliteration Alleluia

Buoyant boys bellow boo-yeah

Cheeky cheerleaders chanting

Dainty dandelions dancing

Elephant’s elegant entrance

Fancy fantasy fandance

Gentleman’s gentility

Hillary’s hilarity

Idiotic idiosyncrasies

Jolly jester’s jealousies

Kindly king’s kinship

Lively lovers lock lips

Many money-making mums

Naughty nubile naked nuns

Opal opulence

Papal populist

Quality quartz

Raucous rorts

Seasonal stormy seas

Teen’s tarty tease

Ukuleles useful, Ulysses useless

Vicar’s vengeful, Venus villainous

Wrapped writer’s wrist

X-otic X-men X-ist

Yay! Yellow yaks yield

Zany zebra’s zippy zeal

Alleluia, Alleluia

and Amen

At any given moment

In my computer-centric microcosm

consisting of a desk, a chair, a screen and a keyboard

Staring out a window on the world

vertical blinds afford a blinkered view

Just like watching a reality TV show

A mixture of wonders and horrors

are occurring in places all around me

at any given moment

A teenage boy is daydreaming about having sex with a pretty girl

Lightning is striking physically and figuratively

A typical male is seeking to dominate everyone as per his elevated testosterone level

A wife is complaining vociferously about her husband’s infidelity

A master is subjecting a minion to a cruel and unusual punishment

Partners are struggling with the words ‘I love you’

A psychopath is hungering for their next victim

A gay man has been alienated for declaring his sexuality

A black man has been racially vilified by a stupid white man

The loved and unloved are going missing, never to be seen again

A speeding car is going out of control leading to death, maiming and disfigurement

A heart that had been pumping beat for the very last time

A sensitive individual is experiencing extreme vulnerability

The defenceless are being set upon by those who would deem themselves superior

A ruthless person is using intimidation and bullying tactics to gain advantage

A devious type is lying through their teeth to fool the naive

An overgrown garden is finally being attended to by a caring nature-lover

A woman has been sexually assaulted by a complete stranger

A child has been sexually abused by someone they knew

People who had made false assumptions are being caught out by them

A psychiatrist has just concluded a patient’s session by prescribing unnecessary pills

An angry youth is trying to solve his problems using his fists

Winners are enjoying an endorphin rush that comes from the euphoria of victory

Losers are picking through their performance at a post-match post-mortem

A so-called man of God is misusing his religion in a way that is harmful

A person who wants to avoid responsibility is slowly drinking themselves to death

Cancer has claimed yet another life

A fragile mind is about to snap

What was begun has come to its inevitable end

Confessions of a porcine male

I ask you

Is there anything sweeter than eye candy?

Though not to everyone’s