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Truth In Advertising

I do enjoy imbibing a vintage libation
now and again (and again, and again)
but when I thought I'd bought
the best bottle of Bordeaux money can buy,
then looked at the label on the back,
before pulling the cork, I nearly had a heart attack.
'Characterised by a great body,' it stated,
'velvety cedar and hazelnut texture,'
but my taste buds went unsated,
'with an intense deep ruby red colour,' to summarise,
'possesses exceptional aromas of cherries,'
and much to my surprise,
'with hints of vanilla, blackcurrant, raspberries,
cassis and tobacco which reveal
a long, chocolaty finish and a good mouth feel.'
Altho' this above-average beverage may in time be fine,
I'm truly convinced no grapes were unduly harmed
in the making of this wine!

COLLAGISTA miro

deeply
  rooted
 dualistic c
in
   complex
cyphers
  senstive&bizarre
personality
  characterised
active
    & emphatic
mutually
      related
in
    phylogeneticsp
rooted
in
spontaneous
   purity
n
sparse
   transcendent
contriuictions

Enthusim a Freed Verse

ENTHUSIASM
 out
of reluctance
some merriment
 heretofore
 esteemed

 notionally
incognito
in a
 lovely
renaissance
remained
a rarity
 a fantasy
of the
appetite
of curiosos
impertinent
in pursuit
of the picturesque

 to conceive
the vivid
in the
 archaic
 characterised
by
  pillars
of the
 intricate
patterns in
vivid imaginations
venturing into
the intrepid


visual art
for
 a connoisseur
 made
practicable
 likened to
 self-portrait
to celebrate
a common
 inheritance
& frequent
the  obscure
& the blurry
monochrome
reduced
to black
&  white
on
a
series
of murals

Perfections

PERFECTIONS
seamless
  movement
fine
  & applied
characterised
by
recognition
rooted
in
  meticulous
relief

striking
& beautiful
vital
to conviction
distinctively
 assured
continued
  unabated

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.

Ambiance

ATMOSPHERES
ambient
installation
in
communal cipherss
transitioned
then
transcended
  appropriated
with symbolic
  affectation
of
attitudes
characterised
by
 circles

simple
&positive
yet
marginal

merging
with
modernity
when
flourishing&
profound
 &all around 
is
 decline
of the
premodern
 replacing
the
 rational with
harmonious
 hubris
of
 circular time
in
 mystical
views
so intertwined
 with
     the
 contemporary


NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.

Beauty's Defiance

Beautiful women can be the aspects of ghosts, as their inner sincerity's hard to expose. Struck by the attractive feature, it's hard for the elegant creature's persona to be personified, character to be characterised. Warped by the untouchable shrine that's hard to define, binds your judgement, leaving you blind. So pleasing to the senses, one's reason is clouded by affection, bound by perception, thus the recollection of the fine line between mind and being visually divine is intertwined. Almost erased, left faint yet remains invisibly plain to the superficially tamed eye. How ironic that the eyes never lie, without the barrier of site, the reasoning of the mind would be hard to defy

Clerihew Modigliani

Modigliani had a unique style
simple & characterised without guile
an oval face and elongated neck *
peculiar & sans a reality check

*http://www.amedeomodigliani.net/portrait-of-jeanne-hebuterne/#:~:text=Portrait%20of%20Jeanne%20Hebuterne%20A%20Portrait%20of%20Jeanne,and%20also%20a%20painter%20in%20her%20own%20right.

Windy Gale

The wind is blowing,
Blowing strong and boisterous 
It's the wind of change
Tiffany truffles truncation.

Gale winds bowing to the
Prayer called by the Muezzin
The wind gauge is fixated
To the North's polarity.
Algorithms has altered its course.

All runing away from the curse
Of the dying whale marooned 
In the shallow waters of the lagoon
Sneaky slithering snakes
In the hub of damnation.
Dooms days gong sounding.

Gloomy reverberations all over,
Cheering jeers from the crowd.
Breeches from the leeches of Gbongbon.
Having been ditched by the es of Ab...

Orphaned by their loss 
Enters the blame game
Characterised by sore losers
Winner's have many friends
But woe to you if you are a loser
That is the nature of the game.
(Written on the 10th April, 2015)

As Amedeo Saw It

glazed 
     faraway faces
 inventive 
    elongated elegance 

legendary 
       like-life 
           portraiture

studies
        in the contemplative
 characterised facsimilies
posed postures 
the attractive 
decorative

memorable 
     unclassifiable 

in
    linear depictions

this is
      what he sees

Victory Holds the Keys Turning

So many people in this modern world lost souls testing our faith
pretending to have virtues locked inside a shell hallowed
Their moral rights have become so twisted with hidden lies
they have lost all values when it comes to highlighting the truth
trying to justify their own hidden weakness
The false appearance of love and caring has a deluded vision
creatures of habit attack religious beliefs
creating division condemning them unholy
characterised by delusional ideas of judgement
falling down tortured by sin craving attention
There is a price to be paid one way or the other
blindsided by the deceiver they are the tool
Destroying principles believing something that is untrue
misery always loves company punishing the good
wickedness has no mercy when it comes to the suffering innocent
The price of such a shame will come with chaos and discomfort
in the end we all know who wins

Universal Blueprint

I stand alone and take in my surroundings..
The Earth is quiet.. the Earth is still.
Only I exist in this very moment..
In all my complexity and freewill.

This is my personal blueprint..
Uniquely created  like DNA.
It exquisitley defines my identity..
From my first breath to my last day.

I'm characterised by my birth name..
The location, date and time.
It is my future path.. and my history..
Marked where the planets and stars align.

By the constellation my stars occupy..
I am the elements of water and fire.
My gift is the Cusp of Oscillation..
Ruled by the Sun and the Moons desire.

It defines my weaknesses and strengths..
My compatible soulmates and life path.
Lucky numbers and self expressions..
This is my blueprint, my Birthchart.

27th February 2020
GIF# 2

1st Place
Contest:  GIF With Your Best Anything
Sponsored by: William Kekaula
Judged 14/03/2020

The Desert

There's a vast bare land afar
Blanketed with dry brown sand-dunes.
A brown ocean with no moisture in its heart
A land bereft of rivers and streams.

The home of dorcas gazelles, blind skink, 
Camels and chuckwallas.
A pool of sand characterised by meagreness precipitation, 
Maximal drought and intense solar radiation.

A land clothed in simmering pools of mirage.
Yes! it might be barren, yet it's not devoid of life.
The saguaro cactus, Mexican poppies
And the wild flowers  are all a part of the beautiful life
hidden in the desert.
                     ...Stranja...

Where Am I From

Where am I from? A mulatto.
Is there a place to call my home?
“Hey piggy!!” the blacks say to me
"You monkey", words of the white.

If the velvety black skies
give room for stars to bloom,
Why am I not worth your love?

If behind the white expanse
charcoal clouds can loom,
Why do I not deserve a brotherhood?

Unbar your wounds and mine,
do they not spill the same crimson waters?
Oh, Why call me a stranger?
When we just are different lights 
from a common spectrum?

Be silent about where I come from,
because I want to live like you.
Look not at my colour,
to attribute me to a nationality
Be me not characterised into a race
Just make me one of your own.

Whether Black or white, 
American or Asian, 
European or from Africa.
We are one people.

©Stranja_depeot

Ever After

Seafarers shall be saved, though waves may
deem them dead, lost in the ocean's fray
they shall not perish, nor shall they be afraid
nor falter, though their earthly woes be done.
They shall tame the deep, brave the mighty Charybdis*
and win release to heaven's blessed throne.

Nor shall the poor be stilled in death's dark tomb;
they shall enjoy the fruits their earthly span denied
and reap full harvest as they rule the Pleiades!**
The lame will mark their years well spent
in painful suffering at the world's behest,
for they will revel with the wild Eumenides!***

The realm of death is nothing to be feared,
though sting of loss shall curdle in the breasts
of the deserted they will finally comprehend
true love's eternal message in their hearts;
the special blessing of the ones who heed the call,
the realm of heaven draws all the faithful home.


* Charybdis  a mythical sea monster characterised as a whirlpool.
** Pleiades  an open star cluster among those closest to Earth.
***  Eumenides  the Greek deities of Vengeance.

Awake

I can feel the sweat drops forming on my skin
Like morning dew
I can hear my blood ticking
My heart beating
My breath passes my lips 
Like a tropical storm
Battering the defences of some third world country
My waking life is  characterised by emotional dullness
My nerves offer nothing
I glide through the days
Waiting for a god I dont believe in
Hypersensitivity
Now even sleep offers no respite
From the ceaseless roar

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