Adjacent Poems

Embryo begins outline of entity undetectably
Heart's last beat farewells inhabitant inevitably
Day drawn in brightness brings night to fruition
Opposites reunite in vital linked recognition 

Expectant plight climbs tiny kernels' potential
- prods pod of realisation, persistence temporal
Finest silken fighters align from depth...Read More

A kite floats
at the same place in the sky
where yesterday it floated ...
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Don’t worry spiders,
I clean house ... sparingly.
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Picking autumn plums
my wrinkled hands
once again grow fragrant
?Yosa...Read More

Poetry is watching the sail boats go drifting by 
on Port Gardiner's Bay.
Poetry is the happy laughter of children playing
at Forrest Park
Poetry is free out door music concerts
at the Everett's Marina.
Poetry is watching free outdoor summer's
movies at Box car park...Read More

When I goggle at the screen
Of wild black yonder,
O Stars! I feel a blazing avidity 
In my vital limbs

Elan eyes of the angels,
Invested in with thousand finesses,
Show your cloudless sparkle to
the ignorant world

The magnetic star adjacent the Moon
to guide the...Read More

I feel so proud when I see our national flag raised
and sing our Anthem ‘Oh land of our birth’
This island is not the place where I was born
but there’s no place on earth I’d rather be
with mountains and hills, a...Read More

Edenic garden* landscaped as nature’s paradise…

Thus is how I perceive my vacation haven-resort:

Nestled within flower orchard where I can view beauteous sunrise

Adjacent to fruits trees grove --- offering environmental comfort

Near vegetable and rice terraces boasting of the Creator’s gracious support.

*Isaiah...Read More

The flashing lights alerted us
That something was awry,
With rescue trucks preventing
Any traffic getting by.

Adjacent to the river, there were
Police upon the scene
And rubberneckers focusing
On something not routine.

My curiosity aroused,
But blocked by all the crews,
I googled the location but
There wasn’t any...Read More

We were invited to a house
which had a rusty door.
We went inside and heard a sound
made by the creaky ____________.   
boar   floor   store

We looked around the living room.
We tried to find our host.
And there...Read More

Time To Cook the Rolls 

“Honey, turn on the oven to 350; the movie is starting!”

Soupy Sales is kicking back with June Taylor at Studio 50.
He is flirting with her leggy dancers as they feed 
A sniveling White Fang burnt...Read More

Thralldom etched in Homo sapiens (mine) DNA

Though your true blue stated civilian
never enlisted nor impressed,
nonetheless I own an opinion
originally embarked on poetic quest
to express purposelessness,

when soldiers rest
at peace i.e. eternally,
many attired courtesy
smart uniform strong with zest.

Psyche steeped, macerated, brewed
as token...Read More

Laps and Gaps in My Synapse

Synapse definition, a region where nerve impulses 
are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon 
terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters 
in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap 
across which the neurotransmitters travel,...Read More

Impossible mission to pinpoint present
such fleeting moment instantaneously spent
according to yours truly i.e. this gent
mind boggled, intrigued, stymied...
courtesy unseen minute
(mine hoot, minoot, my newt...) agent

provocateur stealing every precious second,
whether or not satisfactorily spent
time thief absconds with
most treasured commodity
nary tell tale...Read More

Who is a strange word
always seem adjacent
Slightly off the tilt
As if spurned by other words
and whom
seem to invite judgement
but then is lost
in the whole
Are they measured in whop per
Or is it just a lie
Some words could who comfort
Whoa where did...Read More

Glitters of the waters of a mountain lake were turquoise blue
Showing activities of various fish swimming through 
Exultant duck families were floating with efficacy that was graceful
Magical displays of reflections showed mirror images of surrounding views

A narrow dirt trail was...Read More

Turquoise blue glittering water of a mountain lake 
Showing activities of various fish with their grace
Efficient floating of exultant duck families through their loveliness
Reflections of surrounding views’ brilliant displays 

Narrow dirt trail weaving through thick green woodlands 
Giant rocks and...Read More

Have you ever heard  
the woosh that comes 
out of the closed door 
seeping out 
of the cracks 
adjacent a knob 
beneath the base 
below the frame 
above the door
anywhere actually  
where air ecapes 
without a hiss ...Read More

Bi-balls are jewels carrying family pride,
though vital to survival they hang outside,
nearly all men have bi-balls but Hitler had one,
Goebels had no balls, why war wasn't won.

The bible talks bi-balls and politicians too,
bi-balls to the eyeballs never look new.
Some bi-balls...Read More

Poof issued from invisible magic dragon,
which nobody dead sea
immediately disrupting electricity
whereat mice elf (Stuart Little), i.e. me,
no particular rhyme nor reason
called Mickey, plus the missus Minnie

found ourselves literally
in the dark, no pleasant thrill
as well adjacent community
named Maple Hill
approximately few hundred

residents...Read More

Welcome to another story telling session ---
… in my special child’s dinosarium
Where varied dinosaur-toys seem to roam in his room
Near the aquarium, adjacent to his monkeyrium…
There, monkeys and apes’ posters appear as bride and groom.

For this Noah’s Ark dinosaur trip...Read More

When the sky crashes down onto your weary soul remember

	It’s a lot of thin air and you are never closer to nutritious clouds


When your world falls into a hole of paramount proportions

	Consider being down to earth and adjacent to togetherness


When...Read More

Rain,
Partial transcendence though a small sliver of heaven on earth.
Condensed droplets of dew, 
Crystal gold, diamond refraction. 
Needs no help, accomplishes purity by merely being, 
Transcends touch,
Refreshing rivers rush over red eyes,
purity melds with the impure offering as rain spills...Read More

Water flowing quickly over the river bed
moss hangs tight to adjacent rocks
dragonflies flickering upon the ragweed  
leaves hanging low from the night’s storm.
owls searching for food in the dismal light
the forest provides shelter from the elements
nature presides and governs...Read More

May Fifth, 2019, A Personal Tribute

Known as Bubba and,
she hapt tubby renown
to savor livingsocial
to five grandchildren, (now grown),
my late mother fourteen
journeys around nearest star died,

nonetheless fought tooth, nail and bone
years presence christened and known
since November 13th, 1935,
though last few years...Read More

Dear people,
Worthless, it. Certain, is…
To Encouraged services that offer the nervous sure assurances-
        to sure help self serve self worth with a sense of self-deservedness. Welp!
       ...Read More

Dear people,
A true Voice speaks pure truth in two tones. 
      Real Ears can only hear one. 
Get one half of two true whole truths, 
         ...Read More