TV Antenna
My TV antenna has a
sun-dried brick heart.
As a city gal, I’m constantly
Aware of what surrounds me,
From everything familiar
To a sight that might astound me.
Yet always I am on alert,
Attuned to what I feel,
For danger may be lurking
In my mind or else for real.
It isn’t paranoia,
Just the way that things can be,
So I trust in my antenna
When a message comes to me.
Which is why I made a U-turn
Early morning, on my walk –
A suspicious guy, an empty path,
Appropriate to balk.
Most likely, he was harmless,
But without a second glance,
I just followed my antenna
In this urban-safety dance.
Now do bear with me, for a moment ,please?
I shall not write vacuous poetry on my knees.
The approval of the crowd, is unbearable to seek.
I am truthful,and no, I will not turn the other cheek!
So when you find me as silent as the evening star.
Know that there is more to life, than poetry is life”# cookie jar!
I love to pen about the ingredients of a joyous or grim reality.
For~ to be true to life and one’s own soul is joyful,spiritual fealty!
11/21/2023
Special Dedication to A. Scorpio
Thank you for believing in me, my friend. And
acknowledging my spirit for absolute truth in
poetry…..There can be no dignity of the human
soul ..if we are threatened for telling the truth.
That is the warning that civilization is ending .
All despicable dictators know this technique.
Putin, Xi, Stalin.Hitler.All were killers of free
speech. Poets are not court jesters!
Tens of millions dead …unknown numbers in
prisons as I write.
~Panagiota Romios~
fifties rabbit ears
aluminum antennas
adjust them just right
The antenna of my clairvoyance
Brings me your picture
I see, still I see
You at end of the bachelor’s pasture
On the threshold of Wedlock’s lustre
In dilemma, being Connector you intend
Or as a Divider you stand
Vision is, yeah, very much clear
As if you are on my retina’s layer
The antenna of my clairvoyance
Brings me your voice clear
I can, still I can
Hear the unspoken words
That your lip’s womb delivered
Sobbing as a lost baby, in a cave you are
Of bachelor stones and married pillars
Echo is, yeah, very much clear
As if you are drumming it in my ear
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Hitendra Mehta
(Entry for Members Contest - Hearts Warmth by Sami Al-Khalili )