“A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.” -Percy Bysshe Shelley
Friday, June 10, 2016
Be wildered
When I think about it too hard
I get vertigo.
When I don't do anything,
I turn morbid and green.
When I consider giving up,
I feel less...
closer to Death-without it.
When I write, I feel right.
When I forget all of this
I make sense.
Painting By Frederick McCubbin, 'Lost' 1886 (1855-1917) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Alpha-betting on-Omega
All whole words are concocted symbols
lines scrawled to convey meaning
not unlike painting,
sweeping strokes of generalities
whet form into abstract impressions
desist and seize definition.
A collector of rare words
admires antiquated articulations
and such-and so forth
forms thought into projections
as aroma refuses to go unnoticed
inoculating ideas, contagion cures.
To say the words aloud, incant
taste the tone on the tongue, palatable
digesting the dreams of others
does wonders.
Look (it) up.
It is alchemy really.
If you have dined around
the periodic table, you know
letters combine
to become more than themselves,
explosive elixirs
of ionic interpretations.
I get the Impressionism
and I objectivist
for surrealism, cubed.
Post-pop abstracted
Neo-classical characters,
re-defined and framed
a sentence for Life.
Image of artwork By Coles Phillips [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Fuel for me
You must exude your
brilliance, the world needs to see,
He had Faith in me.
Painting by FĂ©lix Vallotton (1865-1925), [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Finding my way to say
Knowing the words doesn't count for much.
Some sayings are worn thin,
and should be treated delicately,
like I love you.
As far as directions go-
make your own map,
my destination is different than yours.
I offer no solace, I cannot save myself.
I have quit only to find one must start again,
this is why you must love what you do.
Holding on is easy when your life depends on it.
Well-being is a verb that goes past tense.
I know all the words, this doesn't help much.
Image of painting by Pieter Claesz (1597/1598-1660) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Noon at the lagoon
I tried to walk it off
(instead of keeping me in)
heading afoot toward the lagoon
(a Tuesday at noon)
For peace sake,
with the marine layer pushed back
convinced, I headed onshore
(at times against the salty breeze)
Attacking it sideways
and I knew my grandfather would have said
Invictus-perhaps
(I plod on)
Not exercising, I stood out,
with my pedestrian thoughts
(aimless wandering)
but I find sense sometimes...
At the lagoon, bright blue-green
speckled with orange
Garibaldi all along the riff-raff
Ah-the smell! Simply incredible, soulfully edible,
(through rose colored glasses)
savory and savoring the solitude...
And I did find what I was not looking for-
On cue-loudly from the rocks below
a ground squirrel stood chirping, erect,
ear piercing, his body jolting- he sung
(bellowing for none)
Happy with his little self,
a lone mammal on the precipice
squawking on a Tuesday
because he had something good to say,
in a barking beechey marmot way.
I think he said I should stop
(chip) monking-around
I heard him, loud and clear.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Mountain Men
Listen,
It said to
Stop & Breathe
Forest
For the Trees
are lain out like a lumpy quilt
pinned to dry under fiery skies
of patchwork orange,
a citrus of sepia
trimmed in sheeny emerald
sat in
wonder when a wind yawned
wide, stretching cool brisk air
over my shoulders
gently stirring the quiet giant
in his bed of canopies
where he lies leisurely
tickling the sky
who cries in merry laughter
some times
while nobody's watching
He must have just turned over
and fallen back
in the deep
thickets, amongst
the dark womb roots
settling down
lulled by
a song
Foresting.
Image titled 'Orange Forest' [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Bells & Whistles
Ah, a gift for thee
a token of my love
a bit of magic by mans making
Look and see
the face
the hands
the delicate machinery
Of the precious dial that
is alive
it beats
its face reads with guile
Please, carry it with you
always keep it
close at heart, handy
it wants to feel your pulse too
A handcuff? No!
a shackle-perhaps
for some its a ticker, a fuse
Coded lines that sign in analog tho
watch its powers,
you'll see, this little clicking gift, a tricky token
from me, will count unto eternity
all the ways and each of the hours
of my love
making time
trying to be
when it was
is all
we needed
(and a piece of time for thee).
Image By Seriykotik (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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