Displacing Poems

SILLY BUT TRUE: A TANKAING FREE FLOW OF THE STATE OF OUR NATION

...SILLY BUT TRUE:  A TANKAING FREE
FLOW OF THE STATE OF OUR NATION

Tariffing power,
With screwworm-like politics
Coopering our lives
Uprooting our lives:
Uprooting human justice,
Tree barking ...

He Called Me Lazarus

...

Twas the day after Easter when my Cardiologist said,
“Good morning Lazarus” as he entered the room.
You should no longer be here but among the dead,
but a miracle has happened displaci...

Within the threescore and six orbitz that span my lifetime

...Within the threescore and six orbitz that span my lifetime...

the impact of current
Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR),
also known as Industry 4.0 revolution
characterized by the fusion of tech...

Lost dexterity since fingers tap away at qwerty keyboard

...Lost dexterity since fingers tap away at qwerty keyboard...

since being a student in grade, junior and high school
analogous to geometry proof how lack of use proves
quite aware that finger musc...

Biographies

...Artists are not so different,
at times glossing over truth,
hiding beneath a sheen -- 
some extra linseed goes
a long way...

What is this cry for realism?!

Picasso sought deeper meaning
vi...

Humanity

...

 4. Quantum Superposition

. A particle can exist in multiple states or places simultaneously until measured

Are humans waves or particles?
Even an entire human being, under the righ...

Wild is the Night

...waking up from my sleep, I was all confused.
I heard a boom as that of thunder,
or the sound of a hammer striking on the anvil.
trying to be up, I felt as shaky as a fawn, 
getting up...

Upon a dark and stormy night

...Upon a dark and stormy night...

as jagged bolts of lightning
tore thru the the midnight clear
and figuratively ripped the sky to shreds
(analogous to jumping Jack flash),
and ear splitting thu...

Unrequited

...I was once a Romeo
In gallant quest of romantic love.
For sake of which I wandered far afield,
Past mills and quarries, foundries and farms 
Where good folk tend their business 
And useful thing...

Imprint Vanishing

...feet displacing sand 
water filling up the space
imprint vanishing
 
...

Water's Bind

...Stepping in water, displacing the pool.
Walking prudently in body and mind. 
For there is no room for a squatter, 
forcing spillage over water’s bind  

Secure a space for your form, 
sitting g...

Winter Sonata

...

Like the breathless air of twilight,
As the moon softly rises and tempts the stars
Into the quiet revelations, admissions
Grace, splendor, magnificence…
Painting the dreams with a quivering i...

Frightened Sobbing

...Written: September 08, 2023
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In the realm of fearless pranks, we meet,
Where weakfish lump and teardrops greet.
A sluic...

There Was No Noble Savage

...I sometimes hear a stubborn myth,
that before Europeans came
the locals of America
all lived lives quite peaceful, and tame.

The old trope of the Noble Savage,
that somehow manages to persist,...

Urge

...sometimes we wish the freedom of sunset's pink clouds
                                     that cross the sky in ribbons
sometimes one urge piles on top of another, 
                              ...

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