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Matters of the Heart

Balaclava'd minister in a lanky limousine
Condomised personality inside a broken mask
Skewered chopsticks serve pieces of Pancolin
Toilet paper dolphins to wipe his weary ****

Ave Maria.. Amanita Muscaria
Mycaphagists and mycaphobes
Trot the nuclear globe
Shroomy hallucigens
Amanita phalloiides
Droning overhead
I am become Death..

In 1938 Hitler kissed the Pope
In 2017  we kissed goodbye to hope
That thing with feathers of Ms Dickenson
Bards and wordsmith playing monopoly 
With Wisdom and Courage
Lord , help me to accept the things.
I cannot chang...

She explained to me 
The chemistry in the sea
Salt and water formula enacts a mystery
Brings increase of intelligence
Divine assistance to the brain
Blessed petrichor of rain

Make my poetry the most expensive hobby
And talk the cheapest currency
How  explosion can explain to me -
The chemistry of the sun..?

Thus let dreamy slake awaken with a start 
And disintegrate into matters of the heart

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Patricia Cresswell

Date: 8/30/2017 11:01:00 AM

Beautiful work!

Jannie Breedt
Date: 11/17/2017 5:14:00 AM

Oo Patricia, I only found your comment now, a bit late and again thank you

Gregory Richard Barden

Date: 3/2/2017 7:07:00 PM

Wonderfully meaningful and substantive, with deep thought, imagination, and integral phrasing ... I love poems that make me want to read them again immediately, that is often the first sign for me that it is extraordinary and deep, and your work so often does that. Beautiful write!

Jannie Breedt
Date: 3/12/2017 1:17:00 PM

Ooh Greg thats. So nice to hear. Thank you so very much

Robert Lindley

Date: 2/14/2017 12:27:00 PM

In a world ruled by darkness and evil decrees,its enslaved must wake to in faith-filled sincerity beg for the saving Light. You ended this superb and deep gem perfectly. A7 and a new fav..

Jannie Breedt
Date: 3/10/2017 1:30:00 AM

O Robert that is such an apt observation. Yes the evil looks so ugly these days

CayCay Jennings

Date: 2/4/2017 5:28:00 PM

Jannie - Hi, stranger! I need/want to write you, been VERY overwhelmed w/ Mom lately. This poem is absolute, definitive proof that your vocabulary is much better than mine! I love how you combined deep, thought provoking thoughts with a bit of flippancy! Very effective. Not an easy read, but a worthwhile read. Hugs, CayCay

Jannie Breedt
Date: 2/6/2017 12:49:00 PM

I sent you an e-mail with a joke to lighten the mood. I know this poem is rather hectic, thanks for wrestling with it. Love ya

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser

Date: 1/30/2017 3:09:00 AM

Jannie, I like how you formulated your lines; it has some beat that surely emphasize what you what to convey.. I like the message.. Love the use of symbolism as well as the contrasts... :) Id say this is a powerful, thought provoking poem.. :) the last two lines softens the others stanzas and still is tinge with hope... commendable write! Smiles, Olive Eloisa :)

Jannie Breedt
Date: 1/30/2017 5:03:00 AM

Hi Olive. Ty for another joyous encounter. Yes hope , that thing with feathers..

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 1/28/2017 4:47:00 AM

Such a profound poem, Jannie. Enough said. L & P ~ always.

Jannie Breedt
Date: 1/28/2017 5:09:00 AM

What a pleasure to find you here again . Ty Freddie

Ahmed Sheik Koya

Date: 1/28/2017 12:48:00 AM

You certainly know how to put things in words in a pleasing manner. Ahmed.

Jannie Breedt
Date: 1/28/2017 12:59:00 AM

Ahmed . Wow you are quick of the mark. Thank so much. I hope its also daytime where you are ty so much