Poetry Partners #32
‘Poem of Atonement’, a poem by Adam Taylor of ‘Adam’s Poems Etc…’
we have slandered we have robbed we have bribed we have wrought wickedness we have lied we have provoked we have trespassed we have transgressed we have oppressed we have rebelled we have abominated we have wallowed in evil but otherwise we think we’ve done quite well
- Adam Taylor: https://www.adamspoemsetc.com/
A tanka by ben Alexander of ‘The Skeptic’s Kaddish’
no take-backs; no god; no redemption; nothing will change the past, nor cleanse us of our selves; the pain ends with death; drugs; desperate lies
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!
List of Poetry Partners
- Murisopsis of ‘A Different Perspective’
- Judy Dykstra-Brown of ‘LifeLessons’
- Jennifer Patino of ‘Thistle Thoughts’
- Mike L. Utley of ‘Silent Pariah’
- Barbara Schaefer of ‘solitary 4 tomorrow’
- Ron Rowland of ‘Navigating This Thing We Call Life’
- Cheyenne MacMasters: of ‘Cheyenne Paints’
- Rae Cod of ‘Rae Cod’s Writing’
- Eric Erb of ‘erbiage’
- Chris Reilley of ‘Christopher Reilley Poems’
- Jim- of ‘TheCommonAtheist’
- Selma Martin of ‘Selma’
- Vidah (Chavi) of ‘Magical World’
- varityteller of ‘Truth and Recovery’
- Quaranjavirus of ‘The Forgers of Fantasy’
- Kunjal of ‘Duo Disseminators’
- Coco of ‘un p❜tit je ne sais quoi’
- Lov Verma of ‘Underthetamarindtree’
- bodypositivefemme of ‘Ann_Within’
- Steven S. Wallace of ‘There is no Stigmata’
- Shay Simmons of ‘Shay’s Word Garden’
- Constance Bourg of ‘Tender Rebellion’
- C L Barton of ‘Linnets Sing in the Trees’
- Madamchryzl of ‘Rhymes, Writings, and Confessions to Small Crimes’
- Sangeetha of ‘Mindfills’
- Jo of ‘people in poetry’
- Audrey Duff of ‘Stopping Schadenfreude’
- Gillena Cox of ‘Verses’
- Yasmin of ‘yaskhan’
- Martha Anewa of ‘a young writer’s mind’
- Malalai Khan of ‘Malalai Noor Khan’
- Adam Taylor of ‘Adam’s Poems Etc…’
- trE of ‘A Cornered Gurl’
- Cindy Georgakas of ‘Unique Times with Cindy’
- paeansunplugged of ‘paeansunpluggedblog’
- davidatqcm of ‘The Hobart Chinaman’
- Orion Foote of ‘Visions of Orion Poetry’
- Susi Bocks of ‘I Write Her’
The skeptic's kaddish 
The endings are dark and true. Love the cynicism! Conveys the irony. 🙂
🧡💝 Terveen 💝🧡
Both dark delineating hopelessness, both powerful writes. ❤️
💕 Punam 💕
Stinging sarcasm by Adam Taylor and yours is a sobering response. Well done you two!
❤ Michele ❤
Well hello, hello! This tanka seems like the perfect reply to Adam’s poem! Loved it 🙂
❤ Veera ❤ – thanks
Describes humanity in a nutshell. (K)
❤ Kerfe ❤
Ack. Despair. 😦 Nice poetry as always, though!
❤ CIndy ❤ – thanks.
It's not despair though – it's just an honest account of the human condition, from my perspective. Life is pain – I embrace that particular Buddhist idea.
Both poems very dark but the first is an example of blindness and the second of hopelessness! I’m crossing my fingers that neither is truth for the poets!
For me, the first brings to the light the hypocrisy of repeated religious confessions for the purpose of redemption, and the second one simply describes life as it really is – with no sugar coating.
The whole truth.
❤ Paul ❤ – and nothing but the truth.
Indeed, and wonderfully expressed
Bravo to both of you! 👌🏻❤
❤ Filipa ❤
Both of these are brutal, dark and effective. Plenty of truth in each as well. 🙂
Yeah – brutal is spot on, Mike. Thanks!
❤
David
I enjoyed reading Adam’s poem , especially the last two lines. As always , your response tanka is great, David. Incredible work! 🙂
❤ Aishwarya ❤ – thank so much, truly.
-David