They have all tried,
long before the great da Vinci,
both ancient and modern cartographers,
to wit,
‘Goode’, the Evil Mercator,
tried and failed.
Not one
had the skill or imagination
to map your smile,
for like the world in sunlight
your smile is the shape
of laughing eyes.
No hand could mix the paint
that painted you,
nor survey your loveliness
with compass or caliper.
I have a detailed atlas,
yet nothing can explain
how I discover Xanadu
everywhere
by the way,
you turn my page.
Categories:
caliper, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Time
You are a master manipulator
The Jekyll and Hyde of then and now
At first, you're in my favor
But then a drifting shroud
Boastfully, you dance to the wind
Taking away my breath
Shriveling up my, once soft skin
Taunting me with my death
Tick, tock, tick, tock
My heartbeat is relentless
But only till the day it stops
You make sure I don't forget this
I began repurposing calendars
As my trash was overflowing
It seems my personal caliper
Has shrunk without me knowing
Once upon a stage of my days
You were merely an illusion
Despite the things adults would say
You insisted on confusion
The future, past and present
All belong to you
You dispose my every second
Doing that thing you do
Categories:
caliper, age, growing up, time,
Form: Rhyme
Fragrant* bliss* whispers* splendor*
Wafting* through the open window's breeze
Lavender* blossom surround me with tranquility*
Like my lover's lilting* caress and eloquence* of voice
Nature's dulcet* array of stimulus to my senses,
Carries me away to ecstasy
For Andrea's contest 4/10/10 good shot gun caliper
Categories:
caliper, nature, on writing and
Form: Light Verse
I’m a poetic gun;
Shells of great caliber.
I measure each poem,
With my trusty caliper.
I load my own rounds,
Thoughts are the primer.
The powder’s my inspiration;
I’m a quick draw rhymer.
With my cylinder loaded,
I’m ready to take aim.
Shooting poems into existence,
Into life’s open range.
In the heart of the prairie,
An outlaw poetic spree begun.
Shooting rounds onto the page,
From my poetic gun.
Categories:
caliper, imagination
Form: Quatrain