Literary Kicks

New Poems

Here are a few recently posted poems from Action Poetry
that have caught our eye ...

The Talmud by JTParreira
The Circle of the Lustful by therequired
Psychedelic by Silver-Golem

Wind's Arabesque

I like what you're trying to do –
this one

is a few drafts away from
being finished, I'd say.

The sally tree went pale
in every touch

I was standing watching you
take the leaves

as if your fingers
were walking on the ground.

J.T.Parreira

A Haiku

Windmills in the sky.
A Quixote goes breaking
one to one the clouds.

The Factory

Warhol, the dust has fallen

on the floor

a heart attack

of the ceiling close to our eyes

from the sky

light falls, your shadow

falls on the floor.

Confession: Charles Bukowski

waiting for death
like a cat
that will jump on the
bed
I am so very sorry for
my wife
she will see this
stiff
white
body
shake it once, then
maybe
again:
“Hank!”
Hank won’t
answer.
it’s not my death that
worries me, it’s my wife
left with this
pile of nothing.
I want to
let her know
though
that all the nights
sleeping
beside her
even the useless
arguments
were things
ever splendid
and the hard
words
I ever feared to
say
can now be
said:
I love

you.

Confissão

À espera da morte

como um gato

que vai saltar na

cama

estou muito pesaroso

pela minha mulher

ela verá este

corpo

duro

e branco

uma vez e

talvez outra

o abanará

«Henri!»

o Henri não

responderá.

Não é a minha morte que

me preocupa, é minha mulher

sozinha com esta

pira de nada

não obstante

eu quero

que ela saiba

que dormir

todas as noites

ao seu lado

e mesmo os mais inábeis

argumentos

foram coisas

sempre esplêndidas

e as palavras

difíceis

que temi sempre

dizer

podem agora ser

ditas:

Amo

te.

(Tradução: J.T.Parreira)