Solitude-2
On the backdrops of mango trees
Paddy fields stretches beyond horizon,
Last rays of sunset when touches the branch of a river,
Over there sat on the varendah,
I watch the thatched house of my village
As if submerged, in darkness, the wave imperials!
Ever I narrated this part of solitude?
Everything when appeared as nothing!
From dust to sky, you hear a sole rhythm!
Solitude has spread her wings, here and beyond!
Categories:
backdrops, deep, feelings,
Form: Free verse
purple waters and a palm; drops
coconuts on the sailors. mutts -
the enlisted; maritime props
in greedy hands - bum hat of klutz.
weave of straw skirt - she laughs him off.
the nail in his coffin; alive.
she’s ugly with mesmerized cough.
without real girls, how to survive…
yellow and green mists, pink and blue.
misfits would sell their souls, embark
on this adventure to pursue
real girls they can’t see in the dark.
swooshy-swoosh, they shove past the flow.
the foam, ferocious. thatched rooftops
just over the shark-tooth waves. go,
looking for girls with lush backdrops.
ooh-la-la vegetation, pert
ebonic vines swing from girls’ heads.
officers anchor their feet, skirt
past the uncouth, off to real beds.
Categories:
backdrops, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Blight,
Growing,
Toxic seeds
Festering deep
Within cracking souls,
Shaded beneath blackthorn,
Watered by innocent's tears,
Blooming like demonic cancer,
Thriving on infinite misery,
Dissolving veils between conflicted worlds.
Faltering, earth trembling, Demi-Gods raise
The pyres of hellfire, hauntingly glow,
Among backdrops festering hate.
Eerie silhouettes reflect
A macabre ballet—
Twirl, twist, contort sin.
Sulfuric rain
Snuffing out
Hope's rays.
Blind.
Categories:
backdrops, dark, death, deep, gothic,
Form: Etheree
Our land of stars and stripes, now glows,
with screens that flicker in hallowed halls.
Entranced humans shuffle, with eyes fixed below,
on small gadgets that have us enthralled.
Should the Statue of Liberty, our symbolic girl,
be holding a smartphone up to the world?
While tweets fly like eagles and hashtags swirl,
foreign disinformation trends as fast as it’s purled.
In lunch halls, real conversations take rest,
as influence is sought—in hoity-toity, binary quest.
Friends are backdrops—originality in short supply
as likes and shares make our dopamine fly.
America’s zombies, though *********** drained,
shuffle endlessly on, with Wi-Fi stimulated brains.
Once the land of the free, we’re now the land of tech
with minds wrecked by truths unchecked.
As we rock and sway—the new robot way—
will our old, analog-republic simply fade away?
.
.
Songs for this:
Airhead by Thomas Dolby
.
Oh, and a Christmas playlist because—it’s December:
daweb.us/xmas/Christmas_01.mp3
Categories:
backdrops, addiction, extended metaphor, humor,
Form: Rhyme
O maiden fair whose elegant space that I, a little ant has found grace
It’s true that the breath of the devil resurrects Death
But your beauty can raise both Death and the devil to light
See your skin, as warm as a beige that glows under the merciless sun
And backdrops all the layers of gold you have dangling from your arms
O your eyes, feline and utterly luminous
As if they project their own ray beams
Fine woman of svelte neck, straight back and sturdy hips,
I secretly watch you – and patiently await my turn of acquaintance
To feel the peace of your calm temperament
And visualize up close the form of your
Lovely essence.
Speak to me, speak with me, why do you succumb to sorrow for the world that we despise?
Your tears leave me with a wounded heart. Come, cleave my breast and see
Categories:
backdrops, art, beautiful, beauty, black
Form: Free verse
DEDICATIONS
milky-blue
swirly
signs
everywhere
stellar
backdrops
shoehorn
thoughts
wind&channel
with
emphasis arrayed
upon
the
traditional
Categories:
backdrops, poetry,
Form: Verse
Cadmium yellow
the terrestrial versions
on palette for air painters
birds with bright plumage
not colors straight from the tube
color theory complete
Harmony focus
a great dose of color joy
velvety feelings
sunflower beauty
in a world full of romance
force of attraction
Spin the carousel
exuberant atmosphere
with fascinating backdrops
ride rocking horses
hand painted by the rainbow
allows you to be seduced
Categories:
backdrops, celebrity, color, joy, magic,
Form: Choka
Disrupted rough sea ripples shuffle
audience anticipation
Shift in seats, hammered hearts
Pummel, fluffy microphone muffle
confines communication
To thespian garish starring parts
Leading lady stands on X central
scintillating stiff corset
Holds ocean of faces transfixed
Hushed haze of amazed attention
long leg stride endorses
Cancan colourful ruffled kicks
Glitter adds amps to eyes squinted
focus on filmed direction
Glow in spotlight, skin peach orange
Sets character afloat, limelight lifted
dusk dim purple perfection
Transmits her story beyond onstage
Pivot pelvis razzle reactive samba
fast feet choreograph flawless
Flashy features outshine backdrops
For her love, Leading man clamours
resounding auditorium applause
Ensures her ego never lacks props
13th June
Theatrical Resume
Categories:
backdrops, art, beauty, identity,
Form: Rhyme
The head of a gargoyle
rests in one hand
the scent of olive oil
aloft in the wind
While elves make mischief
in sweatshops subterranean
guilt storms man's conscience
'gainst backdrops Notre Damian
Categories:
backdrops, art, dark, religion, sin,
Form: Rhyme
A celestial season in the sky
sun's rays pierce clouds on high
Trails blazing, magenta-tint orange
Mikado performance, amplified
by peeks at the bluest backdrops
framing majestic sundrops ...
when suddenly, to my dismay
bright colors fade ~ all is gray
October 23, 2022
Entry in a Brian Strand
Premiere Choice Contest
Categories:
backdrops, blue, color, music, sky,
Form: Rhyme
Growing a rose, blushing
Shy as the dawn
Awakening
Hope
Drinking the sea, sapphire
Warm like the summer
Glimmering
Grace
Dancing in the breeze, twirling
Whispering soft poetry
Caressing hearts
Faith
Breathing notes, melody
In hues of melancholy
Misty azure
Silence
Laughing lights, stars
Glimmering on black
Backdrops
Nocturnal
Dreaming elation, salvation
Miracles praising
In the air
Love
Creating music, composition
Details blended
Inspiration
Gentle
Breaking up prisons
Of inhibitions
Naked desire
Passion
Brilliant and vibrant, captivating
Sunshine gold, feathery
Feelings glide
Spirituality
Roses grow wise, welcoming
Capturing promises
On petals
Delicate
Sensations of joy, fulfilling
Hearts breaking
Connecting, soul
Songs
Categories:
backdrops, passion, silence, song,
Form: Free verse
AMALGAMS of reality
dreams diversified
nostalgia
for the country
of his soul
colour
clarified
echos of nature
with
the universal
flying
floating
images of marital bliss
emotion elevated
imagination emphasised
magnified on high
with
stylistic symbols
amimalistic
beasts of beauty
in bovine backdrops
the unexplained declaimed
unembellished
fantastical
eclectic imagery
unique
childlike
in cubist
conception
bringing
revolution to
the eyes
Categories:
backdrops, art, tribute,
Form: Ekphrasis
prisimed
your blues seep through
delicate cracks
developed
by time and hue
a brush
technicolor of triumph
and failure
splashed and spotted
in a weighted night
of stars
falling down
backdrops
of tomorrow
it's all not black and white
true or untrue
love filters
dust and all
a departed dance
silhouettes in the stillness
clashed
where sepia warms her chill
Categories:
backdrops, love,
Form: Free verse
Where did I see you Last
David J Walker
Not in the gardens low and lush
Naked under tender branches of
Backdrops fauna
Not in the highways of outstretched
Light streaming down on
Our tonight from the
Distant stars
No, not there
I would have seen you in the dream
Of a dream
Softly singing the songs of a
Servants heart in
Prayers for my safe return
Categories:
backdrops, love,
Form: Rhyme
The backlog of time charts an aspiring future on the way
Scrolls back into memories lighting the path
Backstreets of remembrance embrace tantamount change
Rewind foundations towards a sweet novel journey
Back to Earth - Back to the Future - Backstage of Time
Rewriting the story - Reliving a dream - Reclaiming the Past
Background scripts mellow the nib of pen’s darkest pain
Invite smudges and scratches to assemble the trek
Backdrops entertain recesses shelter foundations of truth
Frame the here and now whence there and then
A tear for a tear and a smile for a twinkle
In the back of beyond awaits the henceforth
14th May 2019
Categories:
backdrops, future,
Form: Free verse
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