tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43129570749776136522024-02-20T15:11:09.811+02:00Sam Manty - Not Another Blogging PoetCopyright (c) Sam MantySam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-52467654847986885972023-05-27T07:27:00.000+02:002023-05-27T07:27:05.893+02:00Unforgiving<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They
say the</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cancel
flick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Is
Cultural<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No
space for <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mistakes
now<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wrong
glance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Word
spew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Harsh
tone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And
its ticket</span>s<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><br /></p><a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"><img alt="Poetry Blog Rankings" border="0" src="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/images/banners/jon-ad1.jpg" /></a>Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-32589001647359335212021-09-06T11:31:00.001+02:002021-09-20T08:12:52.270+02:00A decade of receding<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">Limitless
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">Limits<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">Capable
of</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">Smallness<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">Now<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
Boldness<br />
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>a
backstory<div><br /></div><div>Now<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-27832621126103144452020-12-24T08:21:00.001+02:002020-12-24T08:21:12.088+02:00Melt down<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">mind
the cracks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">tread
carefully<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">so
necks don’t snap<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">in
it for the money baby<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">that
monthly paycheck<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">treading
water<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">sinking
slide<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">gulps
of salty <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">corporate
slime</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">keep
on trucking</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">dead
and empty<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">façade
slips<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">confidence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">drips<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">bend<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">over<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">nicely<o:p></o:p></p><br />Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-9277677609536410642020-07-23T04:30:00.002+02:002020-07-23T04:32:21.008+02:00I was told<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">We are not a family</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">that speaks about things</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">always fine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">we step over<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">the cracks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">fake the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">smiles<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">quietly<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">cry<o:p></o:p></p><br /><br />Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-51114381224879239952019-08-10T09:30:00.001+02:002019-08-10T09:30:19.244+02:00LOSS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
Sending you<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
my whole <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
heart<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
all of it<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
every drop<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
to soak<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
the devastation<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
the agony<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
of <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
loss<o:p></o:p></div>
<br /></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-18261483295841728912018-05-24T12:51:00.001+02:002018-05-24T12:51:18.089+02:00Last night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
that plastic container<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
with itsy white ones <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
called my name<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
popped one <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
then another <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
thought about<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
a fist full<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
a slam dunk<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
In that numb <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
hazed out space again <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
where terminating <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
entices<o:p></o:p></div>
<br /></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-87705569238561017882016-07-06T13:03:00.001+02:002016-07-06T13:03:27.262+02:00Uhm nothing inside<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
life in horizontal</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
pavement down<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
traipsing <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
purposeful<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
manicured feet <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
nick and shove <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
as they strut by<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
but this black dog<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
is frozen <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
struck <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
face <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
down<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-74840426228136915632016-01-06T15:23:00.006+02:002016-01-06T15:23:53.148+02:00On bergie day <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Don’t mean to be</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
ungrateful<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
when around me<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
thousands <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
sleep in the rain<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
collect meals <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
from dustbins<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
So many <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
outstretched <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
hands<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
So many <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
clenched <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
fists<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
coated in gold<o:p></o:p></div>
</div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-78722688513682448132015-08-21T10:26:00.000+02:002015-08-21T10:26:11.380+02:00Yearn for<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
intimate <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
interaction<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
cause adults <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
don’t speak<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
about <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
the real things<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
keep things<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
surface <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
…the weather’s safe<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
…stock-market <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
pleasures<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
pump out <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
successes<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
achievements<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
showy banter<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
shiny noise<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
as meaningful as<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
…traffic<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-28465442675050879082013-11-14T11:31:00.000+02:002014-05-13T15:50:50.230+02:00FROZEN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">how to be more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and not so small<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">when the core<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">is a crumble<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and the world<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">cordons off <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">leaky people<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 51.25pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">embracing only<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">the ball breaking<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">cat -walkers<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">the washed out<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">submerged in <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">damp corners<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and doors slam<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">forcing rearward <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">desperate steps<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-64907872179910076592013-01-11T17:04:00.002+02:002014-05-13T15:51:08.646+02:00My father<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: left;">
died<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
peacefully<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I will take no <o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
other accounts<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
for I have seen<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
the wreckage of<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
slow death, and<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
in comparison<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
his ending<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
was near<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
perfect<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
one moment <o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
drawn breath<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
smooth as silk<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
a thread of time<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
from life to<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
last breath<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
as beautiful<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
a death, <o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
as lives</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
are written<o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
about<o:p></o:p></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-62992037046281922082012-08-24T09:38:00.000+02:002014-05-13T15:51:24.495+02:00Safety Net<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">head <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">against <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">your chest<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">just for a <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">moment<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">safely <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">ensconced<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">packed away<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">in your arms<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"><strong></strong></a><br /></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-31616168487690399682012-08-24T09:21:00.000+02:002014-05-13T15:51:38.963+02:00In the beginning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">there is no<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">flowery creator<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">proclaimed <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">maker of<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">humanity’s mistakes<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">no guiding light<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">forcing hands<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">making plans<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">rather<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">we’re a solitary<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">random blunder<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">a big bang<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">synapse of<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">molecules<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">with zero<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">purpose<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">equating<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">nothing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-91794265255428959382012-08-21T15:56:00.002+02:002014-05-13T15:51:55.098+02:00A is for<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shame on <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">that community<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">playing watchdog<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">dragging down-<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">syndrome young<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">girl from her bed<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">left jailed alone<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">as her parents flee<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">anticipating<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">mob trial<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">for singed papers<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">the burnt <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">offerings<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">of religious<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">charbroiled <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">words<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"></a><br /></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-9096509920692809272012-08-12T16:41:00.000+02:002014-05-13T15:52:10.654+02:00In Death We Unite<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a heartbeat<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">the mundane<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">humdrum<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">rumble, jungle<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">we call our lives<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">bursts open<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and it’s time to put<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">the dead to bed<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the gravesite<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">sombre stroll passed<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">so many rows of stones<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">someone’s Solly<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hymie or Polly<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A Kaplinksly, Rabinsky<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">or Moshe Manisnsky<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A plane sweeps above<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">glides through <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">the misty day<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and moments <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">slow down <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">surreal <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">words on display<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Soil tossed <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and shovels<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">laid down <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">face first<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"></a><br /></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-74126891359194927152012-01-27T10:21:00.003+02:002012-01-30T08:19:41.118+02:00The Blues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
when your <br />
grasp on life is slowing<br />
No confidence<br />
No growing<br />
the walls a crumble<br />
the office a jungle<br />
take a deep breathe<br />
and ward off slow death<br />
with anything sweet<br />
a thought, a small treat<br />
the tiniest of smiles<br />
and a note to your head<br />
that the people you love<br />
are the real <br />
stuff of life<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"></a></div>Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-59251730572181769282011-09-13T16:50:00.004+02:002014-05-13T15:52:27.072+02:00Enjoy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Your life <br />
blow away<br />
sorrow thoughts<br />
ugly bile <br />
terror trials<br />
<br />
On a taxi <br />
innocent ladies face <br />
is covered with acid<br />
by gang initiators<br />
who flee<br />
<br />
In Bruma lake<br />
bodies float<br />
to the surface<br />
with the marks <br />
of a serial killer<br />
<br />
In North Africa<br />
Gadaffi dictates<br />
in the South<br />
Mugabe<br />
mutilates<br />
<br />
Blow all those <br />
thoughts away<br />
the stoning of Soraya<br />
the rape of six month old<br />
baby Tshepang<br />
<br />
For today the<br />
sun is shinning<br />
and for billions life carries<br />
on oblivious<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/">http://www.google.com/</a><a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"></a></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-60768528832502799382011-06-03T14:38:00.000+02:002011-06-03T14:38:35.278+02:00Craquelure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">when <br />
the facade slips<br />
beware the <br />
wolves licked lips<br />
sure time <br />
for a calculated <br />
trip</div>Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-45027250300176628442011-02-18T10:55:00.004+02:002014-05-13T15:52:47.155+02:00Lie still<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
no energy <br />
to chase <br />
flies from<br />
mommy’s face<br />
<br />
her eyes <br />
glass hollows<br />
gaze at me<br />
with love<br />
<br />
enough to <br />
fill my heart<br />
and feed air into<br />
my swollen belly<br />
<br />
and flies feast<br />
off mommy's face<br />
and her eyes <br />
are still mine<br />
<br />
for a while<br />
until blackened<br />
buzzing<br />
covers her lids<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"></a><br /></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-31405888966458722372010-11-26T08:54:00.000+02:002010-11-26T08:54:29.533+02:00On the Fritzknew a girl<br />
born out of era<br />
was it god<br />
or evolutions error<br />
<br />
She didn't blend<br />
with the pace<br />
of the human race<br />
<br />
so she opted out<br />
and took last placeSam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-27426788763957635752010-11-23T14:47:00.000+02:002014-05-13T15:53:09.995+02:00Carcass of an Atheist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At the gym reed thin blonde girl<br />
treads and steps, <br />
pounding anorexic bones<br />
gaunt eyes on CNN <br />
<br />
It’s babies today<br />
from deep dark Africa<br />
rope arms not to carry<br />
or wrap around<br />
legs not for walking<br />
<br />
Hollowed faces<br />
marble stares<br />
born to starve<br />
too die in pain, <br />
like Jesus did.</div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-45611146197911464902010-10-25T10:00:00.012+02:002010-10-27T08:57:53.448+02:00Mamihlapinatapai<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<br />
Unrequited desire</div><div style="text-align: center;">momentarily melodious<br />
through shared dual mellifluous gaze</div><div style="text-align: center;">mutual yearn, burn, covet, crave</div><div style="text-align: center;">desiring instigate from other</div><div style="text-align: center;">left deflated...uninitiated</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-84187680960567025752010-08-31T16:42:00.000+02:002010-08-31T16:42:19.237+02:00The Bed<div style="text-align: center;">Oh to lie<br />
with you</div><div style="text-align: center;">in that bed</div><div style="text-align: center;">from the 80’s</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">arms thread</div><div style="text-align: center;">through</div><div style="text-align: center;">wrought iron</div><div style="text-align: center;">platted twirls</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">bodies</div><div style="text-align: center;">entwined </div><div style="text-align: center;">silky moans</div><div style="text-align: center;">honey sighs</div><div style="text-align: center;">spread across that</div><div style="text-align: center;">big baroque bed</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"></a>Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-40172679175756343362010-08-24T10:02:00.003+02:002014-05-13T15:53:33.637+02:00Finger Dance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
Did I dream you last night</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
or was it you that led me </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to the room next door</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
smoky and dense</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
thick tongue</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
rich red</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
filled my mouth</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
hot and moist</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
we fell into eachother</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Arms at my sides</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
too weakened</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
to hold you</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
FaintingFlyingFloating away</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Drenched in bliss</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"></a><br /></div>
Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4312957074977613652.post-56736453863589410312010-07-07T12:20:00.005+02:002010-07-07T15:00:55.789+02:00Press Playbeen on pause <br />
stuck in a lacuna<br />
a debris space<br />
<br />
while <br />
Zimbabwean man <br />
is flung from <br />
Xenophobic train<br />
<br />
Ego matters of <br />
slow magnitude<br />
midst a world <br />
bleeding<br />
<br />
Time to <br />
smile outward<br />
lock fingers<br />
with brothersothers<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.poetryblogrankings.com/members/poet_home.aspx?pun=sammanty"></a>Sam Mantyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560783237729990097noreply@blogger.com3