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Red Door

"Red Door"

love opens not 
like a red rose,
it caresses you
slowly,
entices you in 
holds you 
hard and fast, 
like a scarlet poppy 
opium sweet 
inviting, promising 
till death do us part,
the elusive everlasting



L'amour est enfant de Bohême
Il n'a jamais, jamais connu de loi
Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime
Si je t'aime, prends garde à toi !
Si tu ne m’aimes pas
Si tu ne m’aimes pas, je t’aime !
Mais, si je t’aime
Si je t’aime, prends garde à toi !



Euphoric,
intoxicated
as you like it,
as in an Arden dream,
viola tricola potion
dropped softly 
sensuously 
on seductive eyelids
love-in-idleness
that elixir of l'amour, 
Oberon love flies in 
mid-summer,
we dance with romance
in the labyrinth’s garden
like a bird caught in a cage
tamed and entranced



L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Que nul ne peut apprivoiser
Et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle
S'il lui convient de refuser
Rien n'y fait, menaces ou prières
L'un parle bien, l'autre se tait :
Et c'est l'autre que je préfère
Il n'a rien dit mais il me plaît
L'amour ! L'amour ! L'amour ! L'amour !



The red door is opened
love flies in, then,
the gate is closed;
in such sumptuous 
sanctuary 
we lay down with love
caught in the dream
‘twould seem, 
forever naked 
exposed to its fatal charm,
holding on tight 
for more, like a drug,
love insatiable 
insatiable love



L'oiseau que tu croyais surprendre
Battit de l'aile et s'envola ...
L'amour est loin, tu peux l'attendre
Tu ne l'attends plus, il est là !
Tout autour de toi, vite, vite
Il vient, s'en va, puis il revient...
Tu crois le tenir, il t'évite
Tu crois l'éviter, il te tient
L'amour ! L'amour ! L'amour ! L'amour !


We open the door
love flies in, love’s here to stay;

We open the door
love flies away

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)

I Love Lucy

I loved to watch her as a child

Laughing at her antics and cooing at her wilds
Over the top trouble and silly jokes played
Viewing every show I could, before my parents waned
Every Thursday night (I think) I'd called it Lucy Day!

Lounging on my bed and letting my head watch this parade
Ultra color, or black and white, to me it didn't matter
Cause that silly red head eating all the chocolate, was always on my platter
You try saying vita-vite-vegamin, without getting drunk!


I missed the shows I watched when I was little
Those actors where way before may birth
but I enjoyed her friend and funny neighbors Fred and Ethel Merts
But let's not forget Ricky, the Cuban mamba king
But It was always funny when he yelled: LUCY!!!!!!!!
...O RICKY! She didn't mean thing!
Form: Acrostic

La Valse Des Monstres

Écoute bien. La musique t'invite,
Les mots fanent et le ciel se remplit d'étoiles,
Il dirige cette explosion de beauté instantanément, vite.
Et descend avec élégance,
Levant ces ailes et ces voiles.
Il te donne une chance.

Depuis des générations j'allume ces bougies,
Et depuis des générations les ombres m'encerclent.
Avec la lumière vient l’obscurité... l’agonie.
Mais maintenant j'embrasse une affinité,
Dans cette cellule maléfique j'ai trouvé un pinacle.
Et je danse passionnément pour l'infinité.

Alors, je t'implore,
Tu m'expulses et ça me fait mal.
Une fois encore,
Coincé dans une chambre de montres,
Je voudrais apprendre cette valse,
Instruis-moi La Valse Des Monstres

Pour que je puisse toujours 
Danser dans la lumière !
© Gael Attal  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Walking At Night

Wundorlic' visions of beauty around
Glorious scenes shall unfold
Dazzling splendors surround 
When walkin' the streets at night, behold

From time to time on an avenue
Ye' see faintly silhouette expressions 
Of other lone·ly people who...
Are threat·ened by your lu·mi·nes·cence

No doubt, as you are by theirs 
H'ever, artificial light erases
The difference night and day compares
Mysteriously in the somber light places

Fore' be the darkness, 
It is easy to feel disoriented 
In the city at the dead of nightness 
Especially, if y'all are tired and demented

From roaming its burghal
It is not quite the same googling
In the image on empty street circle
No longer fighting against 'to-ing and fro-ing'

The solitary pedestrian's feet 
Begin to recall the real earth show
In all the city's internal concrete
Night time for daylight's dispossessed flow

Who walks alone in the streets at night? 
Da' 'sad.' 
Da' 'mad.' 
Da' 'bad.' 
Da' 'lost.' 
Da' 'tossed'
Da' 'sleepless.' 
Da' 'homeless.' 

All the city's internal oppressed
The night has always different 
The time for daylight's dispossessed...
The time for daylight's dissident 

Walking alone at night in the city 
Has been interpreted as an in-vite 
Of suspicion, moral and social gritty
Solitary people who walk the night

Circa January 2010 Bell Tower and Carillon

Twittered Via Chilled Wren
At Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Prior carte blanche to confessing illicit
     extra-marital affair
I embolden tomb ache
     elicit, and baldly bare
faced laid out some
     of the sordid details clear
embarrassed at one escapade
     in particular constituting dear

peppy's questing randy romping caper
     necessitating vigilance 'ere
a park ranger, (or other unsuspecting
     winter weather way
     Farer attired in gear
adequately bundled
     cold as a witch's tit
     seasoned trooper) 
     reluctantly repeated here

(unforgettable if only be
     cause this "FAKE" Casanova ace
thee Missus i.e.wife)
     did conversationally chase
beseeched, hen pecked,
     and implored me NOT to erase
boot to recount with (itty bitty)
     Monty Python glory, a straight face,
that one particular amazingly grace

obviously penned up, 
     and not in the write
mind (pre poetry daze),
     which scurrilous anecdote
     did (and still does) in vite

guffawing, sans
     peculiar public philandering,
     with atavistic cave man
     designs tried to unite
where daunting phallus spite

confronting Arctic Vortex when right
lee let loose from pants
     froze like a little popsicle quite
purposely remained flaccid

     leaving me in a penile plight
when trying to hump
     (standing up like a good Knight
comically ridiculous travesty)
     With Barbara B****, light
of adventurous Green Beret spirit, the
     Unabashed MILF about average height
fifty years, whose busty bosom

     silicone breast implants
     tell tale viz radiation
     and chemo therapy fight
(resulting from post
     Ductal Carcinoma in situ)
needless to tell
nary an erectile spell
Asper tinker soldier
     tailor spy didst quell

basic animal instinct,
     and feral gonadal horniness
with intent to consummate sexual intercourse
     according tummy ought to occur,
     cuz that blustery air
     mirroring said day when hell
nearly froze over invoking
     intervention from Cain and/or Abel.

Thus when prick remained
     limp and nearly frost bitten
(at a boulder christened cock rock),
     aye frostily smitten
slogging wet sneakers, thru
    knee high snow...now, no mo' tubby written.
Form:

Serious Sibling Subluxation

Serious Sibling Subluxation... 
Rapprochement Somewhat Salvaged Dislocation

This trademark ungainly, unsightly,
     and unwieldy title essentially
     huzzah mask ***** aid,
and accentuates tendency
     (mine) to administer
     reverent unpretentious yawping,
     sans (asper thy usual)

     wordy, nutty,
     and gallimaufry charade,
though pointed lament
     decries copious blather,
     which awareness (in tandem
     with better angels)
     prevail upon sesquipedalian
     quirkiness, might be

     in my best interest to evade
leaving an unsuspecting
     readers psychologically frayed,
and without doubt prematurely
     finds same haired grayed,
akin to experience dramatic,
     and sudden onset of progeria
     hence, a concerted effort

     will be orchestrated, i.e.made
fur me tabby 
     conscientiously choosing
     modus operandi
     to mute trumpeting,
    associated with this one man
     faltering hit parade,
hence, an intent to write

more clearly,
     cogently, and creditably
     qua more understand
     able to in vite,
subsequently witnessing, an
     increased authorial fan
     base, and unite
easy to comprehend

     intelligent conversation,
     and/or share something trite,
anyway, thee impetus regarding
     risking emailing
     a younger sister,
     where spite led to
     dissolution, nee cessation
     of brotherly 

     linkedin communication
     engendered me to a right
emotional estrangement,
     principally augmented
     (thank you very much) by me,
     viz in sum avoidance behavior
     (purring, loping,
     and humming along) quite

familiarly, easily, (no matter
     discontentedly), alas and alack
     moment seemed apropos
     for this only bro
their to allow, enable,
     and proffer selflessness -
     pushing ego
(mine) aside and attempt to go

for the gusto hoe
embarking, kickstarting, and
     resolving upon
     reasonable resolutions
to convey persevere re-establishing
     cordiality, despite misgivings
     toward Shari Todd
     (thee family member in question).


The Interpreter

HERE COMES THE IN SECURITY
VOICI L' INSECURITE

THAT WALKS GRADUALLY
QUI SE DEROULE UN PEU

SHE ENTERS THE STAGE
ELLE VIENT A L'ENDROIT

LIKE SICKNESS IN THE BODY
COMME LA MALADIE DU CORPS

RESEARCHERS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
LES CHERCHEURS FONT LEUR  RECOMMENDATIONS

THE PARTICIPANTS REMAIN AKIMBO
LES PARTICIPANTS, AVEC LEUR POINGTS SUR LEUR HANCHES

THE EVENT INSECURITY
L' EVENNEMENT INSECURITE

PROFITABLE TO THE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
LUCRATIVES AUX PARTICIPANTS ACTIFS

THE WISDOM OF THE RESEARCHERS
LA SAGESSE DES CHERCHEURS

NOT PROFITABLE TO THE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS
NON LUCRATIVES AUX PARTICIPANTS ACTIFS

THE PRIORITY OF  THE WISDOM
LE PREMIER POINT DU SAGESSE

ENGAGE THE YOUTH
EMPLOYONS LES JEUNNEE

THE HUNTER LIKE AN INTERPRETER
LES CHASSEUR COMME UN TRADUCTEUR

BLOWN THE WHSTLE
DONNE UN COUP DE SIFFLET

GERINIA, GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
GERINIA,RETOURNE VITE A LA PLANCHE
Form: Couplet

Mine Kempf As Imagined Writ By Shakespeare

the great bard and Elizabethan play wright
begetting complete dramaturgy
     explaining fate hollowly airtight
succor starved, riddled smitten tattered

     sir real body politik blight
under whelming enthusiasm
     witnessed blank quarto copyright
more tragedy than comedy

     visited mine biography to date
     expressed as dearth 
     decayed delight
devoid absent audience
     hip...hip...hooray 
     three chairs to excite

zero non-exhaustive effort
     summoning stagecraft
     imagining hardened 
     faced spectators
     muted nonexistent ovation,

     sans anticlimactic action
     superfluous stage fright,
thus retrospective stance taken
     billeted envisioned 
     anachronistic gunfight

signifying emotional crisis,
     especially high anxiety 
     pained height
incorporating mine every birthday
     newly aged since

     LIX January 
     thirteenth orbitz insight
oppressive ominous gloomy glum
     obscuring highland dale light
whereby substantial sole action

     asper arrival of midnight
celestial curtain call enclosing
     somber static theatrical night
hoop fully explaining deadening

     copious heavy breathing
     followed by extended lapses
     of utter silence outright
spartan mise en scene 
     absent agit props

     nsync with holographic thespians
     staid theatrics displaying plight
uneventful sleepy representation quite
leaving entire cast

     (singular char actor his shun
     of myself) remaining
     soporific steadfastly right
lee measure for measure
     much ado about nothing
hermetically sealed, NON GMO

     vacuum packed no sight
worth seeing on the twelfth night
starkly barren aimless
     padlocked mortal soul asylum
     no, not even Romeo and Juliet
     love's labor's lost passion

a comedy of errors, 
     viz unbridled trothplight
mock king lear ring alls well that ends well
     where me crushed psyche doth unite
with death vis a vis
     as demise of Julius Caesar
     et tu Brutus I in vite.

Television As Glorified Citizen Kane

Upon making
     the treacherous
     undertaking optimal
     poetic theme to write
dangerous, and
     arduous foray into
     spooky catacomb, I in vite,
     where fear doth 

     dill liver worst
     trek to our mailbox tonight
risking life and limb 
     at very right
angled turn
     summoning em mon ent
     mettle pluck quite
for quotidian plight,

asper hiding unseen creatures
     sealed in dark shadows
     along the edge of night
way after deep
     into nighttime hours,
     I cautiously slink
     with steely might
thru barely adequate light

even for this healthy
     as an ox good knight
relying on a Jack o'lantern
     designed jacklight
with superb vision,
     and supreme insight
steadily held above
     mine five feet and

     ten inches average height
espy spilling thru underneath
     securely eye 
     booked deal lee shut tight
locked heavy metal doors,
     a faint glimmer
    sans gaslight
possibly from blaring,

     flashing, and placating
     television screen se
essentially keeping curmudgeonly
     aged residents company,
     while reminiscent nostalgic
     "FAKE" memories take flight
as such wistful 
     foregone reflections

     upon the gift of
     a watermelon pickle excite,
viz the cobwebbed 
     whirled wide
     give "tearful", though
     pained years gone by
     blinkered back teary delight
a hermetically sealed story,

     one will never
     get ghost written, nor
     affixed with a copyright
depressingly clamped 
     down inescapable
     emotionally stagnating
     autobiographical blight.

Bilan Annuel

Comme a écrit un grand philosophe,
Il y a deux tragédies dans la vie.
L´une c’est de réaliser ses rêves
Et l´autre c’est de ne pas les réaliser.
Ah! Comme le temps passe vite,
Une année s’est écoulée et je ne peux dire
Si j’ai réaliser mes rêves ou pas.
J´avais envie de m´évader de cette maison,
De ce quartier, de cette ville, de ce pays ;
De créer un monde différent de celui dans le quel je vivais.
Mais je ne suis allé nulle part
Et j’ai rencontre des gens formidables qui comptent pour moi aujourd’hui
Et depuis, le quartier dans lequel je vis s’est métamorphosé.
Par ailleurs j’ai eu des angoisses, des remords
Et des espoirs envolés.
Hélas, c’est une nouvelle année qui va commencer
Et je me sens comme perdu au milieu de ce monde.
Form:

enjoy walking

Why walk fast,
If we enjoy walking slowly?

Birds are a part of the puzzle,
Intelligence is part of the puzzle,
The trees too,

Walking alone allows you to find other pieces
missing.



Pourquoi marcher vite,
Si on apprécie de marcher lentement ?

Les oiseaux sont une partie du puzzle,
L’intelligence est une partie du puzzle,
Les arbres aussi,

Marcher permet de trouver d’autres pièces
manquantes.

Le Changement

Les jours s'achevent 
le temps passe vite
le present devient le futur
le passe devient le present
les meilleurs aventures deviennent de l'enfer
et la beaute deviennent le tenebre.

Les jours ne sont plus des jours
mais des nuits d'enfer, de couchemar et de pleurs.

Voila le changement
quand le temps mange la vie
et se refrechit de la peur des hommes
s'envelope par les coeurs des femmes
et se deguise en fille.

Moi, je l'ai compris!
c'est le CHANGEMENT.
Form:

Manifest Pentru Pace

manifest pentru pace
(antipoezie)
  
 traim sub tunuri ?i avioane 
 cu armele încarcate cu propriile noastre pacate traim
 pe timp de pace sau razboi 
  
 (who cares?... nobody gives a ****!) 
  
 mai nou traim din nou atomic 
 pâna la self distruction  
  
 Nagasaky-Hiroshima 
 sunt doar un co?mar uitat prea repede 
 chiar ?i pentru secolul vitezei 
 cu care ne amenin?a astazi 
 realitatea 
 
în persoana lui Kim Jong-un schizofrenic 
 cu acte-n regula scapat de sub control
 pe tabla de ?ah a lumii 



manifeste pour la paix 
(antipoésie)

nous vivons sous des chars et des avions
avec les armes chargées par nos propres péchés vivons
par temps de paix ou de guerre

(who cares?... nobody gives a ****!) 

c’est nouveau, nous vivons une guerre atomique
jusqu’à la self destruction

Nagasaky-Hiroshima-(Fukoshima) 
restent des cauchemars trop vite oubliés
même pour ce siècle de la vitesse 
avec lequel nous menace aujourd’hui 
la réalité...

en la personne de Kim Jong-un schizophrène
patenté ,qui échappe à tout contrôle
sur l’échiquier du monde

traducere de, Angela Mamier Nache

Christmas

Noel approche a grand pas
Les decorations,sapins, tout est la
C'est la fete qu'on attend pendant toute l'annee
La famille , les cadeaux et toutes les festivites

Les decorations ornent tout le pays
C'est la fete ou tout le monde oublit ses soucis
tout les enfants revent de cette nuit
et revent de leurs cadeaux en dormant dans leur lit

Pere noel existes-tu vraiment ?
es-tu vraiment l'idole de tout cec enfants
si tu es vraiment la
alors s'il te plait ecoute moi

en etant petit j'etais immature
je ne voyais pas ce qui etait important
meme si je ne sais pas ce qui m'attend dans le futur
j'aimerai que tu ecoutes mes requetes longuement

Repare mon cher Liban
qui est ravage par toutes ces guerres
agis vite tant qu'il est encore temps
Ne le laisse pas atteindre l'enfer

aide tout ces enfants qui n'ont pas de maison
que l'on voit sur la route mendier toutes les saisons
Plante la joie et la bonne humeur
Rempli notre cher pays de beaute et de splendeur

pere noel je sais que tu es occupe 
mais s'il te plait transforme mes reves en realite
quand j'etais petit je ne pensais qu'a moi
je ne pensais qu'augmenter ma propre joie

maintenant je sais ce qui est important
c'est de voir la positivite dans les gens

Just Because An Impetus Arose 1

Just because an impetus arose

Thank dog, and cat,
     no pet tee filed - late fee
incurred from this
     sole heir, matted son
     Avenue of Harris communique
to his youngest sister
     busy as a queen bee,
her name mentioned

     backwards solely for
     wry ming sense – re:
garding Dunning-Harris Shari:
Not there need not
     be any clear cut,
     nor cloudy total
     reason to bolster wee
kind fortitude to write

an email (albeit
     with my characteristic
     trademark rhyme) to in vite
my own impetus to dash
     off a friendly hello
     in a gentle
effort to unite
sibling camaraderie,

     whether this
     material in question
profound or trite
with no pro noun
     sub bull adverbial,
     or adjectival intent,
and of course nada spite,
this exercise to compose,

     whatever occurs within
mum mind quite
     likely to concern
     general circumstances,
rather than touch upon
     any single plight
since, an easily educated guess
     can paint (no Norman...

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