SCATTERED SHORTS

A Collection Of Shorts

                               ORANGE

            (CAT, DECEASED, 2010)

        I don’t care much for nature

       She don’t care much for me

       I can be alone with a person

       I can be alone with a tree

 

I am imperfect

And so is my lover

We both need the world and each other

I love his hair, his lips,

his gentle caress

and I shall have nothing less.

 

                

                  Tea

                                       

                                        Some might have it milky

                                        Some might have it sweet

                                        Some like it luke warm

                                        Some prefer it weak

 

                                       Some take it with lemon

                                       Some drink it alone

                                       Some like it really hot

                                       Others prefer it strong

 

                                       But if you made me a cuppa today

                                       I would unreservedly say, 

 

                             “Ooh, lovely that’s made my blinking day”!

 

  A thought for You

Is it true that you who grew

from baby to man

has barely lived life

beyond an old pram?

                You never knew comfort,

                 affection or joy

                 You have never played

                 with a single toy

                                     Is it true that you

                                      at a tiny age

                                     were transferred from

                                     your pram to a cage…

                                     placed with others in

                                     a grim and cold orphanage?

                           It is true that you

                           who was abandoned at birth,

                           exists as you do,

                           on our planet earth.

 

The Unstable Dog

He sat on the grass

He scratched his arse

Paranoia,   Paranoia,   Paranoia

He growled with disgrace

He wrecked the whole place

Get a Lawyer, Get a Lawyer, Get a Lawyer

 

 

Reviews

[Richard Lane]

This is a fabulous and well done piece of work. I especially love the way you spaced
the different sections of the poesy and then gave the sections different titles. I do similar work and I am very much impressed with what you have created here. I am a fan of good writers and you are a great writer and I am fan of your work.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Hi Richard, thank you for the flattering compliments, I'm speechless, honestly!

[Richard Lane]

you are very much welcome Sheema. :-)

[luviva]

wow.. the way you mingle different aspects of life is truly wonderful and admirable..!!
love it to bitss
great write en thanxx for sharing

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Hi there Luviva, these seem to please and I'm glad, thank you so much

[jacob erin-cilberto]

here's the thing...these snippets are pretty cool...you capture real life poetically...

i also like the bookend pieces...one being about a cat the other a dog. And smartly you kept them separated from each other.

jacob

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Ha ha, thanks Jacob ;)

[Anniebugg]

This is great, Sheema. I loved everyone one of these "shorts". What else can I say but you've made my blinking day!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Ha ha ...Thanks Anniebugg

[Mic]

You've made me think, pause, and even laugh... run the gamut on a single page. Love the arrangement, very clever. No better ending than 'The Unstable Dog'.

Very well done, and thank you again SHEEMA.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

awh, you are very welcome and thanks Mic

[Muse]

Random thoughts made one through inter-connected thoughts and a great flow of imagery. I've noticed you have a unique style. I've been missing out reading you...where have you been? :)

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I thought that you didn't want to be my buddy( which wouldn't suprise me...you seem to have thousands)....anyhows I shall glide over and give your writing some quality time with some reviews soon, laters

[Muse]

I get bored reading the same stuff..cliche topics..you seem to defy the very trap that many writers seem to fall into.

[michael.c.m]

..."abandoned at birth..." brilliant piece. Love the way you exhibited these.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks ever so much Michael

[Fabio_Cassilias]

Brilliantly put together and they are individually perfect on their own..Keep up the good work.Still your Biggest Fan..:D

[SHEEMA HUQ]

i blush, and thanks indeed

[Cerise]

over all very amazingly written...but i tnk i wud side with A Thought For You...actually luvd it...its written very nicely...keep up gud wrk

[SHEEMA HUQ]

thanks so much for your thoughts and encouragment

[Cherrie Palmer]

I'll tell you what I like about this arrangement is each short has its own voice. Which is not easy to do. Some poets poems all sound the same with only one voice to share, But this collage rings out with individual thought like a round robin of many voices.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

forgive me i think I've just pressed the 'thumbs down' button by accicent which I'm unable to resolve...thanks for such a positivley interesting response...'one voice' poets mind you...do have an extablished feel about them or no doubt have often wroked at creating their poetic voice, thanks a million.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

just to reasure you: a lovely review!!

[Cherrie Palmer]

lol thats ok

[Cherrie Palmer]

It is easy to do at times I' all thumbs as well