www.storymania.com
Storymania Logo

 

 

Poetry




Tacoma by E Rocco Caldwell A poem about the city I love and believe has potential. [111 words]
Cascading by E Rocco Caldwell - [57 words]
Electric H2o by Stuart Eric Longridge A revival of a sticking point. [577 words]
The Darkest Show On Earth by Stuart Eric Longridge Dark! Dark! [257 words]
Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating. by Stuart Eric Longridge Time travel must be possible.Or something very mad is happening now ,i ... [382 words]
B.E.T.R.A.Y.A.L.(Revised) by Laura Mae Oldham-Brownell An Acrostic Poem that seeks to describe the emotional state of a betrayed woman. [30 words]
A Midnight Journey by Eric Richards I wrote this poem after getting lost in the woods while camping. It ended up kinda as an all... [131 words]
The Gambler by Eric Richards Not sure why I wrote about this... I don't gamble much. [132 words]
You Think Your Special by D Donely Just about people who seem to think that they're special, and better than everyone else. [66 words]
We See Things.... by D Donely Just r/r. Oh, and for some reason my author's description never changes... even when I try to... [67 words]
Wake-Up by D Donely - [23 words]
Untitled (For Now) by D Donely This remains untitles for now, but I'm open for suggested titles. reviews are, as always, ap... [64 words]
Unresolved And Used by Roberto J Moreno - [142 words]
Tore My Heart Out by Mike Axe This is scary and kinda weird. I wrote it about a year ago. Going with the theme "ripped my h... [84 words]
Time Lies by Roberto J Moreno - [128 words]
The Squiggle by Desdemonda A sweet little poem about a poem :) [61 words]
The Quintessence Of Death by E Rocco Caldwell - [96 words]
Stupid Girl (So Unfocused) by D Donely This is about a friend of mine who... well... doesn't exactly make the best of choic... [68 words]
Stranded Like A Picture Frame by Roberto J Moreno - [316 words]
Standing On A Monterey Pier by E Rocco Caldwell - [59 words]
Stains by E Rocco Caldwell - [120 words]
Soul Mates by Laura Mae Oldham-Brownell A short poem about finding true love. This is dedicated to Edwin with love. [31 words]
Smiling Cross The Walk by Roberto J Moreno Please write feedback. [188 words]
Small Town by D Donely Poem about my "lovely" home town. [54 words]
Silent Rain by D Donely A light little piece about my favorite type of weather. [31 words]
Silence & I by Branson Storm Discovery of who's in control in absolute solitude. [20 words]
Shield The Human Heart by Sara Roggy Then you'll see what lies can do.. [83 words]
September Dusk by Branson Storm Reaction to desert sunset. [122 words]
Senseless by D Donely Come up w/your own interpretation. [31 words]
Searching For You by Mike Axe - [89 words]
Scattered by D Donely Just a poem, see for yourself. Reviews are realllly appreciated!!!! [35 words]
Rutapottamus by D G Williford I think I saw a Rutapottamus... [114 words]
Regrets by D Donely A friend of mine wanted me to write her a poem about how she regretted leaving a guy she loved. This w... [80 words]
Reaching by D Donely Just read/review, that'd make the author very happy :) [38 words]
Pueblo by Branson Storm Passing through a small West Texas town. [68 words]
On Broken Wing by M Q Walters Finding by accident that one can love again, and learn something about ones self, though it ends... [103 words]
Not Like You by D Donely I'm not quite sure what I was trying to say... just read/reviews, and come up with your own interp... [42 words]
My Heart by Roberto J Moreno - [183 words]
My Dear by Stuart Eric Longridge Only time will tell. [122 words]
Midnight by Mike Axe Written for someone special.... Makes me cry. My own work makes ME cry. Reviews are appreciated! :) [121 words]
Looking At The Moon by D G Williford Waiting for my lover...I wrote this about 12 years ago and I gave it to my husband for Vale... [149 words]
Liz by Roberto J Moreno It's about a girl I met this summer. I like her ways and her fun personality. However, I don't know anymore... [455 words]
Lawrence by Rae The [brief] story of a man. [95 words]
Kirby & I by Branson Storm A late night walk in the desert with my cat, Kirby. [117 words]
Killer Of Love by Angel Silver - [83 words]
Idee Fixe by Branson Storm She's caught in my head. [37 words]
I Left You by D Donely My friend wanted me to write her a poem about how she felt... so here it is. It's hard though, since... [74 words]
I Hate Bittersweet Chocolate by Freedom Fries Awkwardly written. [247 words]
Human Nature by Hanan Al Kindi - [270 words]
How Big Everything Seems by Hanan Al Kindi It's about the world - today. [336 words]
Hope This Day Never Ends. by Roberto J Moreno Please write feedback. [214 words]
Hear My Shouts by Sara Roggy Someday someone will hear my shouts. [93 words]
He Said... by Angel Silver - [68 words]
G.R.A.N.D.C.H.I.L.D. by Laura Mae Oldham-Brownell An Acrostic poem dedicated to my grandchildren both present and as yet unborn. [22 words]
Grand Slam by Desdemonda Open to interpretation ;) [35 words]
Gone And Forgotten by Branson Storm Death can only kill the memory. [115 words]
Geometrical Re-Birth by Stuart Eric Longridge The fields are a great cosmic canvas. [176 words]
Freedom Cries. by Bg Ryan - [50 words]
For-You by Desdemonda For someone very close to me... you know who you are, one of the hardest things I've had to say, and th... [44 words]
Forsaken by Laura Mae Oldham-Brownell This poem seeks to describe the despairity, hopelessness, and wrenching pain endured by women when the... [211 words]
Fistful Of Sand by M Q Walters - [90 words]
Final Thoughts by Roberto J Moreno It's a poem about placing your life in perspective, but too lateto make changes. Please offer fe... [184 words]
Final Moment by Desdemonda Tempus fugit... [30 words]
Fierce Waves by D Donely Not much to say... [52 words]
Elizabeth Liz by Roberto J Moreno This is another poem about Liz. I had written 2 of them cause I wanted a creative contrast, but c... [196 words]
During A Nursing Home Visit
Diamonds On Morning Dew by M Q Walters - [78 words]
Dance Floor by Desdemonda Fiesty little poem ;) [26 words]
Crimson Sky by Sara Roggy One more night to see the crimson sky... [89 words]
Buy More Life by Roberto J Moreno - [117 words]
Black Bird by Angel Silver - [74 words]
Behind The Mirror by Gene O'div - [966 words]
At Church With Amy by Branson Storm Visiting Amy's lonesome grave in the desert. [84 words]
Are You Deaf? by D Donely About people who don't seem to notice... who don't seem to see... who don't seem to hear.. [65 words]
Angel-Like Devil by Hanan Al Kindi Never judge someone by their looks. [152 words]
A Heart Growing Tired by Roberto J Moreno - [291 words]

Go to page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 [132] 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163
TITLE (EDIT)
During A Nursing Home Visit
DESCRIPTION
A poem of reflection.
[92 words]
AUTHOR
E Rocco Caldwell
ABOUT THE AUTHOR



[April 2005]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (124)
58th And L (Poetry) Becoming a man [95 words] [Drama]
A City Pineapple (Poetry) - [117 words]
A Fair Brown Maiden (Poetry) - [155 words] [Erotic]
A Father And Son Chat (Short Stories) Are racists born or are they made? [278 words]
A Good Vision Demands Keen Insight (Essays) This is a part of a larger work entitled the New Union Standard. [1,302 words] [History]
A Grand New Age2 (Novels) The final chapter of a middle reader novel I am about to submit. [1,531 words] [Fantasy]
A Matter Of Faith (Novels) This is a small section of a piece I'm tossing about entittled "Calling all Angels". [408 words] [Fantasy]
A New Iraq- Repost (Poetry) For the brave Iraqis who chose liberty over fear and voted in the first democratic election ever! [45 words]
A Peaceful Sabbath (Short Stories) A reflection on modern times. [915 words] [Psychology]
A Seattle Dawn (Poetry) - [41 words]
A Sense Of Timing (Short Stories) - [564 words]
A Shooting In Iraq---Part Two (Short Stories) The special opts his ranger squad conducted was illegal and may have resulted in the death of a teenaged girl. [400 words] [Crime]
Abilene And Beyond (Short Stories) Further adventures of Bob Coltrane's war against the railroad in the Old West. [932 words] [Western]
Algolagnic (Short Stories) What happens when you replace total pain with total pleasure? One woman is about to find out! [2,768 words] [Fantasy]
Appomattox (Poetry) What is love can be domination too! [23 words] [Drama]
At A Wto Rally (Short Stories) - [853 words] [Fantasy]
At A Wto Rally 4 (Short Stories) Joe confront the internal workings of the consortium. [723 words] [Fantasy]
At A Wto Rally (Part Three) (Short Stories) Joe gets his first lesson as to what is the consortium. [435 words] [Fantasy]
B B C (Poetry) I just love the English accents.... [70 words] [Humor]
Back Page News (Short Stories) The thoughts of a dying US soldier on the road to baghdad. [805 words] [Drama]
Bird In The Hand (Short Stories) Gothic story of two men on a battlefield dealing with racism. [5,695 words] [Mystical]
Blackout-Part One (Short Stories) A detective that suffers from alcoholic blackouts is hired to discover the affair of a client's wife... [1,140 words] [Mystery]
Bloody Mary (Short Stories) Sometimes slumber parties games can get the best of you. [564 words] [Horror]
Business Card (Short Stories) Madness can be in a simple telephone call. [723 words] [Thriller]
Cascading (Poetry) - [57 words]
Clean Things..Part 2 (Short Stories) Brenda is horribly murdered and the police think it's Ryan who did the deed. [570 words] [Crime]
Clean Things...Part 3 (Short Stories) Ryan is surprised when the person he believe did the murder ends up murdered himself. [578 words] [Crime]
Clean Things...Part One (Short Stories) Unchecked desire can lead a man to the dirty things in humanity. [463 words] [Crime]
Clean Things...The Conclusion (Short Stories) There's one thing with being right...being dead wrong! [734 words] [Crime]
Colloquium Part Two (Short Stories) Ryder arrives at Moon Base George W. Bush in the 21st century. [349 words] [Science Fiction]
Colloquium...Part One (Short Stories) Inhabitants on a planet prepares to travel in time in order to save their own world [431 words] [Science Fiction]
Colloquy (Poetry) - [37 words]
Comatose (Poetry) - [92 words]
Cool Moonlight Outside My Hospital Door (Poetry) Ponder life as death lingers [86 words]
Droit Du Seigneur (Poetry) - [98 words]
Egalitarianism (Short Stories) We must pay for the sins of our enculturation that tells us we own the world one way or another. [750 words] [Fantasy]
Equivocation (Novels) The Sage of Scarbourgh is more powerful than Rye thought. [748 words] [Fantasy]
Equivocation Part 2 (Novels) Rye and the sage confront each other. [822 words] [Fantasy]
Fear Of Water (Short Stories) What's is in out drinking water anyways? [637 words]
Fighter (Short Stories) In a moment of weakness one can find strength to endure. [561 words] [Drama]
Forgive Us Of Our Debts So We Can Be Debt Free (Short Stories) A gunman owes a debt that he's come to town to pay in the old west. [1,241 words] [Western]
Forgive Us Of Our Debts...Finale (Short Stories) This ends the first two chapters of the Novel I hope you enjoy it. [1,472 words] [Western]
Forgive Us Of Our Debts...Part 3 (Short Stories) A company of US soldiers block Coltrane's way into Topeka but going around isn't an option. What's a man to do....? [1,274 words] [Western]
Forgive Us Our Debts Part 5 (Novels) Confrontation between two of Coltrane's gang and Lincoln Washington. [1,022 words] [Western]
Forgive Us Our Debts...Part2 (Short Stories) - [1,525 words] [Western]
Form A Vision To Success (Essays) This is a speech I am going to give to Junior High Schoolers today 1/16/04 for Martin Luther King Jr day. [759 words] [Self-Help]
Freedom Riders Of 1966 (Poetry) After a rally in a southern town in 1966 four SNCC kids are heading back to Vermont. [83 words]
Gambling (Poetry) - [100 words]
Gay Marriage Is Constitutional (Essays) - [807 words]
Georgia Peaches (Novels) This is a portion of a novel I'm working on. [963 words]
Global Part Four (Short Stories) Some clones are like bad pennies...they keep turning up even when you don't want them to! [610 words] [Science Fiction]
Global Part One (Short Stories) It's in the near future and human organs are in great demand...to make money you have to get them anyway you can. [655 words] [Science Fiction]
Global Part Three (Short Stories) Clones can bleed and have emotions and what's worst they can have babies..... [792 words] [Science Fiction]
Global Part Two (Short Stories) One way around the problem of made organs and real organs is a line straight line! [585 words] [Science Fiction]
Hanging With Jack Day (Poetry) Jack Day was a friend of mine who shot himself one afternoon....at times I think of him. [182 words]
Heaven And Earth (Poetry) A poem about life and death. [75 words]
Hell (Poetry) - [181 words] [Spiritual]
If There Are Two (Poetry) - [59 words]
Instincts (Short Stories) A young reformed gang member is trying to just survive the night and make it home. [3,398 words]
Laborer (Poetry) - [86 words]
Lady America (Poetry) - [146 words]
Lead In Walls (Poetry) - [72 words]
Love Ended A Long Time Past (Poetry) Another poem in my series of the usage of sunlight [97 words]
Madness In The Dark (Short Stories) Insanity creeps up the spine of a shunned lover during a blackout in New York. [660 words] [Psychology]
My Cat (Poetry) What exactly is a habit any ways? [135 words]
Mystery (Novels) A Private eye and Catholic Priest attempt to find out what is really behind New Orleans. [888 words] [Mystery]
Mystery Part2 (Novels) The seeds of voodoo grow in New Orleans. [605 words] [Crime]
New Iraq (Poetry) Repost of a poem I did yesterday. [45 words]
Not In My Name Part 1 (Short Stories) A spirit from the terrorist attack on the World Trade Towers must let go of the living in order to cross over with the dead. But he is held to the living by the revenge of love ones. [2,458 words]
Not In My Name The Conclusion (Short Stories) He confronts the fireman in death that couldn't save him in life. The fireman hopes he can convince him to let go of the living and embrace heaven and finally peace! [1,402 words] [Fantasy]
One More Highway Song (Short Stories) Racial hatred can burn both ways and be all consuming no matter what color your skin is! One eight year boy learns one night during the Newark Riots in 69 [3,735 words] [Drama]
Pieces Of The Pie (Novels) This is the first three pages of a novel I am just about finished with...it is 189 pages in length and is targeting high school readers. [650 words] [Science Fiction]
Place's End (Poetry) This is an old one I posted a while ago but thought I would re-write it and re-submit it. [137 words]
Poltergeist Inc. Part One (Short Stories) One corporation has figured out how to defeat it's competitors...cut all energy cost and convert to seemingly endless energy....there's a catch...ghosts [683 words] [Science Fiction]
Poltergeist Inc. Part Two (Short Stories) Hilliard Aerospace has a secret.... [390 words] [Science Fiction]
Ripple Effect (Short Stories) A scientist has discovered time travel or maybe his own descent into insanity. [838 words] [Science Fiction]
Scarborough Fair (Novels) This is a portion of one of the chapters of the novel Scarborough Fair. It is a place the people there aren't completely sure what it is. The chapter is entilted Brenda. I will submit it in portion to... [657 words]
Scarborough Fair Part 2 (Novels) Further portion of the chapter Brenda. [701 words]
Scarborough Fair Part 3 (Novels) Further portion of the chapter entitled Brenda. [888 words]
Semantics (Short Stories) A police interview. [305 words] [Drama]
Shooting In Iraq (Short Stories) - [466 words] [Crime]
Should I Look Within (Poetry) For my mother. [125 words] [Spiritual]
Silicone (Short Stories) (The centralized theme of the story is to ask the question in a marriage how much of it is companionship and how much of it is sexual? Is there a balance? On the psychological level, what is the balan... [3,012 words] [Psychology]
Sirens (Short Stories) - [682 words]
Space, The Final Finale -Repost- (Short Stories) What happens in space can be inside or outside the mind. [1,008 words] [Science Fiction]
Stains (Poetry) - [120 words]
Standing On A Monterey Pier (Poetry) - [59 words]
Stephanie (Poetry) - [63 words]
Tacoma (Poetry) A poem about the city I love and believe has potential. [111 words]
Tangled Berry Bushes (Short Stories) In the style of Edgar Allen Poe. [1,892 words] [Crime]
Tempered Tools (Poetry) Healing is always a miracle [30 words] [Spiritual]
Tenements (Poetry) - [58 words]
The Adventures Of Roco Clay (Novels) A man hunts the takers of his wife in the Sudan. [1,128 words]
The Axe Man (Poetry) A professional on his way to work. [113 words]
The Cascade Hills (Poetry) In Washington State, there is nothing more lovely than the Cascades in the dawn. Another installment of my sunlight collection. [67 words]
The Christian Thing To Do (Novels) Lincoln Washington sits in ambush for two outlaws from Coltrane' s gang. [1,021 words] [Western]
The Clearing (Short Stories) A simple ghost story that happens to be true. [783 words] [Horror]
The Conductor (Short Stories) What exactly is death? Is it the release of our spirits or just the recycle of energy? One person will soon discover the truth. [920 words]
The Dawning Of A Seattle Morning (To Doc Bryon) (Poetry) I wrote this poem a bit ago but never liked it. With the passing of my friend Doc it seemed to all come together. [78 words]
The Game (Short Stories) A contractor contracted to knock down the last vestment of baseball learns the power of the game. [1,838 words]
The Hunter And It's Prey (Short Stories) - [446 words]
The Manipulatory Factor (Novels) The only man that can save Known Earth struggles to save his sanity. This is a section of the chapter titled The Manipulatory Factor in book one of the DayStar Trilogy. I started writing this my first... [1,160 words]
The Penalty Is Death (Short Stories) A Private Investigator is hired by a client to find out if his wife is having an affair. What he finds will change his life for good. [4,184 words] [Crime]
The Phantom Group (Novels) Portion of one of the chapters. [2,308 words]
The Quintessence Of Death (Poetry) - [96 words]
The Reckoning Zone (Short Stories) A place we all must give a reckoning for the deeds you have done. [491 words]
The Stairs Of Woman Hill (Phnom Srei) (Short Stories) It's time we brought home all our missing Americans from the Vietnam War. This story is for all who fought in that damn war! [1,208 words]
The Stigma Of A Race (Poetry) - [79 words]
The Strength Of Six Million (Short Stories) A young man is confronted with death but calls upon the strength of Six Million. [746 words] [Fantasy]
The Trees On Mckinley Avenue (Poetry) - [153 words]
The Union Chronicles (Novels) This is a portion of a chapter of a novel I wrote some time ago. I was re-reading it and thought it might be a nice read. [790 words] [Fantasy]
The Voyage Of The Kyle Mayes (Poetry) This is a poem in 5 beat meter as a part of the poetry contest mentioned in the Advisor. [78 words]
Title Less (Poetry) - [95 words]
Union Chronicles (Novels) Just a little more of the story. I enjoy this section the most. [645 words] [Fantasy]
Wal-Mart Wants To Rule The World (Essays) Someone left a message that this article was racist and I would like the site's opinion. [917 words]
Wanning Colors (Poetry) - [102 words]
Wanning Vivid Colors (Poetry) - [140 words]
What Else Can Sunrise Do (Poetry) Driving to work I see the sunrise nearly everyday...it's a wonderful death and life expereince. [60 words]
Where The Struggle Has Gone (Poetry) - [86 words]
Who Are We (Poetry) I wrote this after my mother past away Are we spirits or just a portion of the universal constant...energy? [124 words] [Spiritual]
Who Are We -Revise (Poetry) For my mother. [124 words]
Wto Rally The Final (Short Stories) Joe has a rude awakening. [548 words] [Fantasy]
Ze Zen Ta Continue (Novels) - [545 words] [Science Fiction]
Ze Zen Ta (The Way Of The Thinking Fist) (Short Stories) First part of a potential novel. [692 words] [Science Fiction]
During A Nursing Home Visit
E Rocco Caldwell



A litany of lives dance random insipid jigs
Things are changed by force or by will
Nature the puppeteer working inscrutable strings
Tangling
Dangling
Near the flames
Reaching
Burning
Sometimes full of shame

A life's innocuous savor
Is baptized in lukewarm water
Bleached and displayed for all to see
Misery
A felony
A crime against humanity
Dying incalescence
The ending of the day

Then lives ponder the what ifs
Staring back at fading steps
Imprisoned in sagging frames
Oatmeal on their lips
A thought not quite formed
Memory
Agony
Both combined
Accusing as a pointing finger

No more Scottish virgins
With innocuous emerald eyes
Pure as burning flames
Youthful
Promising
The way things should have been
Going
Going
Expired





 

READER'S REVIEWS (7)
DISCLAIMER: STORYMANIA DOES NOT PROVIDE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWS. ALL REVIEWS ARE PROVIDED BY NON-ASSOCIATED VISITORS, REGARDLESS OF THE WAY THEY CALL THEMSELVES.

"This is wonderful! Nicely written..." -- Michelle.
"Bravo! I think this is one of the better pieces I've seen lately... My grandmother died of Alztheimers and it reminded me very clearly of the tortured brain and the helpless bodies they are left with... " -- D. G. Williford.
"I like it very much! I volunteer in Old people's home and this gives a clear picture. It is extremely lonely there...and silence is deadly!" -- Nadia.
"Yes, growing old is a painful thing all must face. I'm glad you give them joy in their graying years, Nadia" -- e. rocco caldwell.
"Touching..and a little poignant as I pass another Birthday. "Imprisoned in sagging frames" is a hell of a description. Didn't quite get the Scottish Virgins, but if you have some spare, send them over ! Evocative and scary work Rocco !" -- Harvey Kennett, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
"thanks, Ken. The virigin is innocence" -- e. rocco caldwell, Tacoma.
"Hi Rocco, a lot of people are put in homes because they have no choice due to their illness and old age. It is a crying shame to see people left there. A little love goes a long way. for l also looked after an 97 year old Alzetheimers person- despite her illness we had lots and lots of laughs together. Most old people are very hurt and rejected by the ones that loved them at one time. "staring back at the faded step" is their only hope. I loved your poem on this. The last line says it all- they are left there to die. " -- Amy, Hayes , UK.

TO DELETE UNWANTED REVIEWS CLICK HERE! (SELECT "MANAGE TITLE REVIEWS" ACTION)

Submit Your Review for During A Nursing Home Visit
Required fields are marked with (*).
Your e-mail address will not be displayed.

Your Name*     E-mail*

City     State/Province     Country

Your Review (please be constructive!)*


Please Enter Code*:

Submit Your Rating for During A Nursing Home Visit

Worst     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10     Best

COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2003 E Rocco Caldwell
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
June 2003
NUMBER OF TIMES TITLE VIEWED
2408
 

Copyright © 1998-2001 Storymania Technologies Limited. All Rights Reserved.