Colander Poems

Filtered Through Consciousness

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like steaming water seeps through the openings in the bottom of a colander
the wisdom of ages past is filtered by my conscious mind
leaving all but a few bits and pieces caught in the process

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The Room

...Where is the place I shall live?
Is it like a colander or sieve?
Is it dim or dull or have a light?
Is it enclosed?  Is it airtight?
After I find myself within,
can I ever come out again?

The...

Getting Ready to Sail

...The trumpet sounded hearty and hale
What was that? Asked Daddy; he is all male.
I ignored this and leaned over a rail
A piece of shale! A piece of shale!

Our doggie Luther was wagging his tail
...

Three Sides to Every Story

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Reality and fact, a stark, cold, whiteness.
Dripping slowly through the filter of my mind, staining it with a rainbow of color. My mind is full of blues and greens, a hint of yellow ar...

Charano Dhorite Diyogo --- A Tribute to Tagore Geetanjali

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Charano Dhorite Diyogo --- A Tribute to Tagore Geetanjali
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A foothill moment got lit up underneath my colander, himalayan she
I beseech thee, have mercy upon me
Throug...

The Cognitive Colander

...Perhaps it is weary.
In the mental hourglass.
I rummage through my recollections.

Along the back wall of the speakeasy.
when the public voice has spoken
Perceptions.

Grace from ...

Acquittal Clock

...warrant humaneness
It's all surgeon bludgeon
equanimity stratagem
unfazed by quibbles 
           coarse aqueous colander

a memory pillow
bled to venture
perplexed spuriousness
throb gr...

Tick Tock

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I saw
The candle burning
Casting shadows
Over solemn faces

Tick tock
Goes the clock

People are born to die

I'm just afraid
Because I'm no longer afraid

Dreams of gold
Embossed...

Reminiscence

...How dim memories can slip away.
The decades of life highlighted in our thoughts
Sifting through the large colander
Of daily happenstance.
Leaving very few past images that can bring us gentle pea...

Dove Food

...Floors for threshing

                                 What sneaks through the colander.

                                 Nutrition for doves!





Written: May 29, 2021...

Incidentals

...No! not about pits
they’re removed
the fruit sliced.
ugly in effigy —

the air turns
their innards
burnt orange.

their rainier skin
scarred and pale —
tasty or not.

i’d rather them red...

Universe Unites and Unties

...Black but brilliant, because this BOWL is like the biggest Colander
And through each INDIVIDUAL aperture, the light expresses itself
LORD forbid that any aperture in said Colan...

Not Alone

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Like block shaped wheels our lives stumble at the chapters we write
Corners seem dark and teeming with doubt,
alleyways call in echoes of our name,
as if tempting us to crawl when we ...

What I Met During My Trip To Birthday

...As I was walking swiftly
Just to reach Bajoga early
To see what a hot birthday
Will be chucked in the day
Of 27th of the october,
I collided with a creature
Seemingly so calm in nature
And so ...

Try This Won

...speak it as it was to be
something for a world of
people to love and admire.
delicious and special.
she wanted something that was flavored naturally.
we determined that a sweet fruity flavor wou...

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