"Mild brown eyes beckon me to the past, but memory provides no clue." - Mason Cooley
Dark are the eyes of my love -
dark like freshly brewed coffee
brimming with the lust for life
Dark is the skin of my love -
dark like a beautiful ebony night
and velvet to my touch
Dark is the hair of my love -
dark like soft, rich sable
through which I tenderly run my fingers
Dark is the mahogony obsidian chakra of my love
which empowers him with strength and sensuality,
and mesmerizes me with the poetry of his soul
Categories:
cooley, dark,
Form: Free verse
Sitting down in peaceful quiet
not going anywhere at all
thinking what can I do here
just looking into that wall
But think about it now
you can open up a book
so many on your shelf
take your pick have a look
It can take you to anywhere
across the world wide globe
even back to history past
put on a former King's robe
Take a trip to any continent
far away or anywhere near
join a fictional fairy tale
let the mind be quick to hear
So many miles can be travelled
just sitting where you are
no limit to your scope
going further than any car!
©poetgord
"Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are." : Manson Cooley
Categories:
cooley, life,
Form: Rhyme
Cooley High In Reverse
Sometimes I watch the 1970's movie
Cooley High in reverse,
The reason being that the ending is
the worse,
I figure if I view it backwards, the main
character Cochise can rise up and be with
his friends...
Preach and Pooter and the boys could all have
Fun cutting classes and joy riding and throwing
caution to the wind,
The guys could all go to sock hops, prom and
graduate,
They'd stand on the corner and sing and drink
Cheap wine and never meet such a twisted fate,
Their teacher, Mr. Mason wouldn't have wasted his breath
or his time,
Preach's girlfriend, Brenda wouldn't have fallen for a line -
Of poetry and pure high school testosterone,
And the two villains, Robert and Stone
Could slide back into their holes and no one would know
where they are,
And the world wouldn't lose another ghetto super
star,
Cochise could get his basketball scholarship
to college and go on to make Chicago proud,
He'd be ranked up there with Michael Jordan,
somewhere in the clouds,
But I am dreamer...
Yep, sometimes, I watch Cooley High in reverse because
I'd rather see Cochise having fun than lying
in a hearse.
Categories:
cooley, black african american, high
Form: Free verse