The Sycamore Tree
...I was born to breathe free, outdoors
count my rings and you will know how old I am
I come from a family of sycamores
I own a massive trunk when eagles soar
they perch upon my branch they d...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, introspection,
Form: Villanelle
Odyssey From Africa 14d
...Chapter 14d (King Ptolemy the second, cont.)
https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Africa-adventures-Phil-Salmon/dp/197392479X
“And upon the open ocean
Far from land in roving sail-ships
How to fi...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, adventure, africa, history, mythology,
Form: Narrative
Ethical Dilemma of the Dented Cans
...Walking, walking, walking, walking,
Slower and slower and slower,
And s-l-o-w-e-r,
And s-s-l-l-o-o-w-e-r still.
Barely moving...
Eyes shut tight...
Footsteps weaving...
Intestines heaving...
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, confusion, death, emotions, hero,
Form: Narrative
Soar
...7/15/17
Object in space and on the ocean floor
Above the Earth's core
As of now and since way before
Across any shore
Near and far from ores
Either scarce or a galore
Regardless of if you ca...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, dark, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Odyssey From Africa 1a
...Chapter 1 THE FISHERMAN
At the dawn of humankind in
Africa's great land of sunlight
This adventure of survival
Of a family's arduous journey
One of exile and betrayal
And of hopeful brav...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, adventure, africa, history, humanity,
Form: Narrative
Saying
...5/3/17
Another painting
I'm making and creating
Results and outcomes occasionally dismaying
Sometimes it goes without saying
Times of hardships
Through the tropics and arctics
As well...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, poetry, rap, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Rotten To the Core
...9/15/16
Across the lands and shores
Plants and spores
So much life in different shapes and forms
Many storms cold or warm
Always been an omnivore
So I eat vegetables like corn...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, poetry, rap, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Which Fish Lures You
...It’s said there are many fish in the sea
So which type of fish would you choose to be
The sharks and jellyfish I would avoid
Swimming with dolphins I’ve always enjoyed
Tropical rive...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, fish,
Form: Sonnet
Visual Melodies
...Fresh evergreens stand beside
A crisply clear slow moving brook
Reflections of minnows glitter
In the midday sun’s warm look
Bare branches began to don
The tiny green leaves of spring
Nature’...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, naturebeauty, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
Visual Melodies
...Visual Melodies
Fresh evergreens stand beside
A crisply clear slow moving brook
Reflections of minnows glitter
In the midday sun’s warm look
Bare branches began to do...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, imagination, inspirational, mother, musicbeauty,
Form: Rhyme
Mistaken Identity
...There was an eel on the ocean floor,
Sammy his name, he knew the score.
His friends said, he was smart,
Then upon a dinner cart,
He said, Hey, I am not an albacore....
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, animals, confusion, funny, imagination,
Form: Limerick
Albacore
...Tremolo vibrations mark this soar
like weight lines in my invisible cloak
urging more ardor as nerves implore
testimony heralding our sick joke
while packed within schools of baffled flesh,
no...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
albacore, allegory, nature
Form: Rhyme