Hats

Why should the woods be caged
In order to look alike?
Multi-colored umbrellas
In the wild
Jailed in a hat

Mold makers with style
Colors, feathers, and sounds
Stomping off your mind
Vibrations dig up a smile
That cracks all the way
Up to your melting eyes
Emulators of light

Outsider tones
Flooding your speech
One slaughtered sheep
Absorbed by the void
Returns as gray, rolling spheres
With no value at all

Fish turn unable to drop
Their folded paper stones
Sand walkers of our world
Canned mushrooms lay ahead
They all look the same
Sons of a geometric shape

Nothingness growing up
Directly from your head
Falling around your neck
Stands locked, so it waits
For you to smash the jar
Revival of the white flash
Ideas should not fit in a hat....
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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September 29, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Cesar, congratulations on making the first round of the contest...Raul
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September 25, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Congratulations on making it through the first round in the contest. Good luck in the finals! Karen
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September 24, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Great poem! Congratulations on being in the round-one finals! Love, Carolyn
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September 24, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Cesar, congratulations in getting past round one of the competition >> James
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September 24, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Congratulations on your poem making it through the first round.Wishing you the best in the finals. Love, Carol
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June 27, 2009 at 6:33 AM
Congratulations on your featured poem Cesar>>James
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June 25, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Congratulations on your featured poem this week. May you have many more Cesar. Love, Carol
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June 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Congrats on "Hats" being featured Cesar. Vince
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June 23, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Cesar - Congratulations on having your poetry featured this week, God Bless, MJ
Brown Avatar
June 23, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Wow this is great!
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June 23, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Congratulations my friend on this featured poem. God bless. Ernilando
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June 22, 2009 at 4:33 AM
Congratulations on your feature this week !!! james
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June 21, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Vivid imagery for a powerful poem. Much for the reader to think about. Congratulations on having your poem featured. I wish you continued success with your writing. Karen
Shango Avatar
May 29, 2009 at 7:46 AM
I see you have words with the cultural drift of the day .... poet and culture warrior ... let nothing stand in your way, right on!
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May 27, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Lovin' How Yew interpreted this msg,C.Oman was hit by Guno.This hurricane in the middle east,almost hitting the U.A.E that borders Oman.My dad's a pilot so he phoned my mom and we were able to stay at her friends who lives in the mountains during the whole thing.But our house was flooded almost reaching the ceiling of the first floor.So we moved here to U.A.E
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May 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Wow, there is so much depth in your writing. I think it's wonderful how you speak out in an individual way about the freedom of expression,creativity, and individuality. Great job, very well written. Smiles from Lolita
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May 17, 2009 at 3:44 PM
This is incredible writing my friend...you had me glued to all your words in this piece..love the images in the write and how you had my mind thinking as I read..that is the goal of good poetry..provoking the reader to do some thinking...thanks for your comments..hope to read more of you.
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May 17, 2009 at 1:54 PM
This is truly amazing Cesar! Good job my friend. Please keep posting as talent radiates off your work! - jeremiah
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