Compressing Poems

The sky didn't rain enough

...I opened the door
it was unfamiliarly wet outside
the water eroded the memory

I have opened the wrong door

each door has a history
didn't know that
so I accidentally changed the story

no...

Tickling the ivories

...
In my youth I dreamt of playing the piano
filling the nights with romance and melodies
orchestrating sound and beauty

Reading and interpreting sheet music while
compressing innermost feelings...

Dance with Delusions

...
Dancing with delusions, sparks of hellfire
Course through my lugubrious quill pen.
Distorted words igniting fear,
Anxiety fills crevices,
Encircling, silencing,
Asphyxiating.
Walls c...

Cling

...The sharp knife of simplicity 
cut a transverse incision through my scalp.
The hands of hope gutted out my psyche,
deconstructed my mind,
and organized it into a coherent tumor
that fills the ga...

Hyper-Caloric

...Though what we know
and that which we feel
goes into what we write

I believe
poets are more inclined toward

image-periphery

the alchemy of lyric-formation

what is just around the corne...

Recursa Absurda

...Straight lines, sepia

The suppression of unwanted thoughts

Like time spent in sensory deprivation
Time spent in a droning room
Under sterile light hums, practically drooling

The vacuum of ...

The Song of Strom

...There's this little fragile
Betwixt the escort.
Trying to understand
Their psyche,
Their interest.
Are they really the armours
Or the aviary?
And will the dust devil arrive,
Rising from our o...

The Encounter

...Lying halfway across the path,
there was nothing
to alert the eye or hint 
it was anything but a discarded
length of rope. 
Then, approaching closer, 
I saw it move.
A sudden bend gave form
t...

An Inspiraling Expiration

...It might become too ironically
and iconically embareassing
to admit
I am taking a (s)hit
while exploring
my latest
and perhaps final 
nutritional surmise
compressing peak climax 
surprise

...

Life Keeps Throwing Curve Balls

...Everything pressing on my mind 
So, I question, why?
Blessings are small when addressing
Where I am currently at right now. 
Life is compressing my being 
With every-day turmoil progressing.
I ...

The Brain--Your Personal Computer

...The brain is an incredibly efficient computer
Compressing trillions of bytes of information,
Registering every impression we encounter,
Analyzing concepts from formation to causation.
...

Dancing Psalms

...Dancing our epic song
inside images
dreams
narratives
ritual motions
rhythmic changes 
disembodied

Can become dissonantly self-predative
depressing
exhausting
compressing

Claustrophobi...

Be Aware of Who Doesn'T Care

...When you're busy living life
and everything is going right,
be aware of the side line
those who watch and recognise
you've success they've been denied.

Be it brains or better looking,
be assu...

The Aquarium

...On July 15, 2010, my wife, Teri, and I took our younger daughter, Isabel, to the doctor for a regular checkup. She was nine months old and appeared to be in perfect health. Her first teeth had come i...

Room Won'T Disclose

...Majestic flight sweeps up from lobby sprawl
Mattress padding pink carpet creeps corners 
Bannisters ornate in century's old discussions
Omit disclosure of grim history above

Uniform scuff tread...

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