Belleta's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by Belleta — There are currently 19 poems total — keep up the great work!

Still Life Trees swaying in the dark Illumined by the full moon and stars. Local color, background noises, Music mixed with discordant voices. Festivities coming to a close. Images, sounds, fading in, fading out. Daylight covets midnight’s doze A cat’s... – *by Wuncie*	10 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Our Sacred Cows Are Showing We are not safe in the unknowing. And it is snowing, snowing, snowing. Gold, diamonds, platinum, grain Whatever, just let it rain. Lucre, lucre, and lucre again Is our mantra’s tireless refrain. But, it is snowing, snowing, snowing. Pater noster ... – *by Wuncie*	3 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Canned Fish Canned mackerel. Tuna encased in aluminum. Sardines swimming in a can of olive oil? Question: “Something is fishy, is it not? Was being fired and shown one’s life Is not inviolate part of the Master Plan? Moribund silence affirming This state of... – *by Wuncie*	6 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Yin Yang V Mother Nature doesn’t know What’s what. Surely she’s some kind of nut. To make a man a woman And a woman a man. So let us Homo sapiens Give her a helping-hand. Begosh and begorra, Of what use is modern science If it’s not gonna be The right sex... – *by Wuncie*	16 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Yin Yang IV And I am my brother’s brother If I so choose. I will wear men’s garments And men’s shoes. Wherefore free will If it fails to grant The right to call Round, square; straight, slant? I am a rhinoceros If I say so There’s only one Who’d dare say no.... – *by Wuncie*	5 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Yin Yang III They all contend that if Harry Wants to put an end to being Hairy he should discard hirsute And put on her suit, see a psychiatrist And a surgeon, take hormones And become a virgin... – *by Wuncie*	3 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Yin Yang I... – *by Wuncie*	16 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Yin Yang II If we but thumb our noses at it, It will succumb to what we posit. Twist, cut, bite, nick it. Kick, hit, push, shove it. Beat and choke it Soothe and stroke it Into submission And give it benediction. So say theologians gay Bent psychiatrists Afraid... – *by Wuncie*	2 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
When He Leaves Me Prior to his leave-taking Does he leaf through me Or is every page, every line perused? Does he ask himself, “What sense is this making?” Or does he simply scratch his head, Bemused, thinking “I ought to have... – *by Wuncie*	3 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
The 10th Brick From the Bottom Home is a brick-red structure With a black entrance and exit. A blackness that’s noted on the first And last day of the month And all those in between. By which, I mean, If leaving or entering There’s no way around... – *by Wuncie*	4 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
The 10th Brick From the Bottom Home is a brick-red structure With a black entrance and exit. A blackness that’s noted on the first And last day of the month And all those in between. By which, I mean, If leaving or entering There’s no way around... – *by Wuncie*	2 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
As Plaid As Plaid Can..... A GM Cadillac A hound or a cat Are judged old In their 15th season. And with good reason We celebrate the fact That they should for So long have... – *by Wuncie*	10 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Countee Cullen Love Love him. Who he was. What he became. How and why, And how! Great poet, human, Wondrous mind and So kind to grace Me and you with All he knew and felt Inside and... – *by Wuncie*	27 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Vitamin D Spring’s wetness undone By summer’s rays of sunshine, Browning, healing... – *by Wuncie*	45 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Fault Lines San Andreas Fault, Faultlessly, naturally: Tears of joy,... – *by Wuncie*	6 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Oh Bother! Eagerly, lustfully Pouring a hitherto Unknown,tinned Coconut beverage Into a glass fast When, as luck Would have it, A few droplets Escape down My leopard printed Sleeve. The animal in It, no doubt, determined To slake a... – *by Wuncie*	321 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Sometimes Fat Mayhap gladdens More so than,...or, Saddens by... – *by Wuncie*	5 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
But for the Crust A delicious collation, But for the crust. So... – *by Wuncie*	4 Views added 3 years ago	Rating
Spillage, save for Me It happens she’s old And in her dotage. She has aches and... – *by Wuncie*	8 Views added 3 years ago	Rating