#lonesomebigmike

[lonesomebigmike]

My grandfather, 17 maple trees tall

Stubble ridden, stained second shift shirt

Nudges me towards a Quick Trip counter top

He growls something barely audible as I sneak a second bag of candy onto the counter

He is getting too old for my shit,

But cannot begrudge my newfound love of root beer barrels and red and white vaporwave

He tells me only 11 year olds can have coffee

I am 10 years old

My grandfather, 13 maple trees tall

Teeth clacking on sugar free hard candy

Pins my hand to the arm of his recliner with a deep chuckle

He grins at me and hugs me tight

He feels my strength in me years before I do

We never arm wrestle again

I am 14 years old

My grandfather laughs at me as I fall off the wooden swing as he exits the house, my page in the book forgotten

He limps towards the garage

I limp after him

I am 18 years old

My grandfather is fading.

I call

He says " Hi Mike!" with the same enthusiasm as all 27 years prior

He has 15 days left

I am

For the first time

too old

#poetry #twcpoetry #oc #poets on tumblr #poetry riot #lonesomebigmike

[z-is-very-tired]

Viktor Updates!! (#1)

The other day (August 25th) I hit 10% completion on Viktor! It's still mostly unintelligible, but I am very happy to see how quickly he's coming along.

Since my first post about him, my boy has gotten a brand new frame and all but 2 of his colors. I'm very excited to keep going with him.

Original proposed completion date (100 sts/day): October 28th, 2024 Current proposed completion date: September 26th, 2024 Start date: August 14, 2023

I don't know how much I'll be able to keep up this progress once school starts back next week, but I'm very excited about my current progress.

Thank you to @4typercent for inspiring me to keep her company in Massive Project Land, @missmacfire for Talkin with me about my boy, @lonesomebigmike for tolerating my obsession with this particular project, and @lonelyfangirl11 for not calling me crazy too many times (and watching Arcane unwillingly during a group cross-stitch session).

#cross stitch #viktor arcane #z sews Viktor

[dbaydenny]

LonesomeBigMike

He picks up his pen

and we are not so lonesome

when we read the words.

.

D W Eldred

#poetry #haiku #lonesomebigmike

[dirtysouthpawpoetry]

@lonesomebigmike

Bleach my bones

With the honey in your eyes

Dry them in the sun

What’s left will shine

While we dine

Once your work is done

They say death dines with the best of us

At least, all of us, the once

But we have dined the sun away

Our jaws grow weary

#dsppoetry #spoken word #lonesomebigmike #twcpoetry #writerscreed #poetselixir #atlasconsiderations #lzlabseesu #smittenbypoetry #savage-words #poeticstories #poetryportal #poetryriot #songoftheclouds #blotchedpoems #poetry #poets on tumblr #my voice #not my words

[imperiallefty]

He doesn't associate with spineless cowards such as the monsters who hid underneath childhood beds.

15-word myth #40: @lonesomebigmike

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[buttonpoetry]

@lonesomebigmike, “10 Things You Should Know If We Date”. Watch Michael’s full poem!

#button poetry #poetry slam #slam poetry #spoken word #writers #performers #art #michael syznal #10 Things You Should Know if We Date #poets #poems #quotes #poetry quotes

[disarmlove]

“Seven days, seven black and white photos of your daily life. No explanation, no people. Ask a friend to join in every day.” @lonesomebigmike

[she-wears-glasses]

Alphabet Soup

Thanks for tagging me @madworlddiary !

Rules: answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you'd like to get to know better. Age: 22 Birthplace: Narnia Current time: 10:37 PM Drink you last had: water Easiest person to talk to: God, my family and a few close friends. Favorite song: sit still, look pretty by Daya. Very hard question but this is a song that I play the most. Grossest memory: fixing up a house that didn't have running water. Pluming issues. Hogwarts house: Huffle Puff In love: not in love at all. Jealous of people: sometimes but not as much as I used to be. Killed anyone: never. Love at first sight or should I walk by again: Now I was lost on this one I'll admit. I think it's possible to fall in love at first sight or at least see that the person is really special but I've personally haven't had a love at first sight kinda moment more like a "this person seems really different and special and I want to get to know him more" sort of feeling. Middle name: ain't this going to to be a disappointing response. Number of siblings: 1 One wish: to accomplish what God wants me to do. I don't really have any wishes but that's been in my thoughts recently. Person you last called: my dad. Question you are always asked: "what's your major and what do you want to do with your degree?" Reasons to smile: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, my family, my friends, my education, my hobbies, my passions, the list goes on. I have a lot of reasons to smile and be thankful for. Song you last sang: Don't go breaking my heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee Time you woke up: 6:40AM Underwear color: pink Vacation destination: either France, Italy, Spain, or New Zealand. Worst habit: I'm very bad with remembering names. It's something I want to work on. X-Rays: lungs one time Your favorite food: breakfast food! Zodiac sign: Virgo

Tagging: @christophermcgeownwriting @byronicdreamwalker @lonesomebigmike @bleedinginkpoetry @rarasworldbro @tafkas77 @renaudcr7 @sonador-reveur @drearydaffodil @anotherboywhowrites

#alphabet soup #tag #tagging #I got tagged #I was tagged #tag game #tag games #tagged

[zombieconvent-blog]

Is he that cute in real life? And what's his middle name? He wouldn't answer me :(

@lonesomebigmike the world may never know

[mostlymissguided]

Do you know lonesomebigmike?

I do ♡ He's a lovely poet and an even lovelier human.

[lonesomebigmike]

Patchwork Hearts

There is a piece of me on Simcoe

And a piece of me in town

A piece of me in the hospital boilerroom

Trying to work without burning down

A piece of me in the country

Reading under the trees

A piece of me on the internet

Seeding thunder in other's dreams

A piece of me in the rusted halls

That reek of iron and blood

The same piece that answers the call

Come the trouble or the flood

The delayed decay of mourning

Keeps hostages of a few

Of the pieces that belong to me

That should belong to you

Pieces bloom or die, but a sum sings to a man

Their stitches ripped, misfits get shipped

Or fed to the flash in the pan

Like the first bacon surrendered to cook the rest

The homework we do before the test

The peace ripped from my chest

Bred the warmth in my breast

That paved room for

"I have a few spots left"

For you its not empty space

Some grew back and some grew grace

Some grew new stitches in their place

I have the ones of yours

I feed and water them with the cat

I make them do their chores

I help them grow and make sure that

They go right next to mine

And sing in kind when overjoyed or bored

A patchwork heart is fine

Compared to a heart thats been ignored

#poetry #twcpoetry #oc #spoken word #writerscreed #poetry riot #lonesomebigmike #prose #poets on tumblr

[dirtysouthpawpoetry]

@lonesomebigmike

Lovely

If ever a language left my lips That did not know your name The desire, the fire Would make me a liar And I’d call you mine just the same

#dsppoetry #spoken word #lonesomebigmike #twcpoetry #poets on tumblr #brokensoulsuploads #abstractcommunity #blotchedpoems #re-bumbleblossoms #poetryportal #poeticstories #my voice

[lonesomebigmike]

Spare me

For you have killed me twice already

The boy I was

The man I couldve been

Thrown down to doom for a taste of your ecstacy

A moonlit sky and a promise of another

A crooning frog and the hospice of a third me

Painting candlelight with a thousand different gothic inks

A thousand links to sunflowers and weeds

To the cold showers and needs

To the musty pages and storyfueled rages

The mutiny of your silence in a city street

I can hear your heartbeat in the busstop

Taste your succor in the locked archive

Every shade of black another adventure

I can feel the keys in my sleep

The jingles fading as my eyes break their fast

Our lips have locked for minutes

Not lifetimes across the stars

But I would give you every single minute I have left

#poetry #oc #twcpoetry #poets on tumblr #poetry riot #writerscreed #prose #lonesomebigmike #z

[lonesomebigmike]

Sweet lover

Tastes of home cooked

Oh honey

Smells like lovers abuzz

And

A fine man

My flesh, my heart, my ribs

For the breeze of your laugh

Tickles across my throat

Oh dear

Looks like we can rest here

Share our books and let the world atone

Feels in my oversized bones

Like we made or are

A little bit, maybe, home

#poetry #oc #poets on tumblr #lonesomebigmike #twcpoetry #poetry riot #writerscreed

[lonesomebigmike]

And he is

Tired again

He tells me of the fires in his

Loves and friends

And how they sit beside him

Theyre his

Only kin

They maintain and sustain his

Will to live

He is so tired, hes come so far he

Wont give in

#poetry #oc #twcpoetry #writerscreed #lonesomebigmike

[lonesomebigmike]

A weeks end ghost

Lips crushed against regret

The things we need, we make the most

Trying to get just a little closer

As we bury the closure

Of a five day old me

You cant help but scold me

For wasting the last days

Cause of death: papercut

From the delta ticket home

#poetry #writerscreed #writerscreedchallenge #twcpoetry #oc #poets on tumblr #poetry riot #lonesomebigmike #recognizingthevoiceless