Compounding Poems - Poems about Compounding

The Poet

...Let us think not only
of instrument and music
though a poem sort
of a dance

let is think not only
of voice and cadence
though a poem also
a trance

let us not think
let us not think
for ...

The Paradiddle of Being - Book One: The Struck World

...I.

In the beginning was the Single Stroke Roll—
left-right, left-right, the primordial heartbeat
of existence itself, each alternation a binary choice
between being and non-being...

Dot Dot Dot

...What do you do
when your head feels like
a million pounds,
your chest is buried
underground,
where worms and slugs
and filth abound,
and rocks compound overhead,
compounding a heaviness
whic...

Loss

...LOSS

Dreams are now lost and Hope floats away, ruining a chance for a better day

Oh to return to times now past, with memories fresh where the good times last 

The future is uncertain and Jo...

Mentality

...Drifting face across fulfilled lives, how many lies do I see inside? 
I see without visual, drowning in endeavours.  
I hear within silence, the blinding numbness adhere to my veins. 

The silenc...

Paying Forward

...Dying invested
dividend high
Selling tomorrow
presence to buy  

Feelings compounding 
destiny’s rate
One final moment 
— blessed in His Grace

(1st Book Of Prayers: August, 2024)
...

Burdened By What Has Been

...("Dark Pool Nebula", 2011, original oil)

Burdened By What Has Been

Each moment
The addition of a trillion bits of information
Like compounding interest
On the rest of eternity

(8/1...

Paradise Lost

...
Apology
not good enough
Intention
still to blame
The road to hell
left burning red
its deviance
in flames

Excuses
rolling off the tongue
with lie
compounding lie
A higher power
judgm...

Prized past preferential

...We found a way to mesh bordering on perfectly sequential
A widening variation of discovery; in a world I thought inconsequential
This investment is based solely on our long-term potential
In culmi...

Women’s rights

...My childhood was meant for innocent adventures,  
Climbing trees and chasing dreams, not living traumatic ventures.
But you stole that blissful promise with your heinous deeds,  
Planting seeds of...

A dogs unconditional love

...My childhood was meant for innocent adventures,  
Climbing trees and chasing dreams, not living traumatic ventures.
But you stole that blissful promise with your heinous deeds,  
Planting seeds of...

Compound Interest

...Sitting here, blanketed, the night is so dark
I look through my window and up at the stars
But something is missing, my heart sends a cue
That something is someone, that someone is you
All that y...

No Shortcuts

...Can’t just jump to the finish line
Need to put in the work along the way
Would be nice to only reap the gains
But no shortcuts despite what others say

Progress needs to build upon itself
Can’t...

From the Kitchen Window

...The burst soapsuds dissipate.
Six doves outside my window
Enjoy their meal, congregate.
Wings whirr, head to the gingko

Baby phoebes see surroundings.
With wide mouths expose taste...

Zero

...These lines are not billable.
Here's the statement for zero.
Though there're seven syllables
I'm no great poet hero.

Zero not so fillable
Compounding it won't rhyme.
Though seeds ...

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