Exclamatory Poems

When Profound Feels Sacred

My youngest
of three AfricanAmerican adopted sons
has profound nonwhite
nonstraight
nonverbal cerebral palsy.

Profound
in at least not being privileged
or victimized
by internal LeftBrain dominance,
violent micro-aggressions,
zero-sum competitive thinking

Either positively True and Good
or negatively False and Bad,
laughable
or humorless

Sacred indigenous consciousness
feels more Right-Elder brainstem
bodymind nondualistic synergy
friendly energy
which is my son's political blessing
and his capital secularizing
segregating
colonizing
economic disabled curse.

Youngest son communes
with music
more fluidly co-empathic
than linguistic communications

He touches
and sings
and chants
through echoing shouts
and exclamatory barks,
short nonphonetic phrases,
lip smacking,
and belly laughs.

When he cries,
which is seldom,
he cries silently

No vocal cords

Profound inhaling wet gasps
and exhaling sad sacred shakes.

He laughs unconditionally
from his root chakra 
warm unguarded soul
and bicamerally cries
from his buddha
co-empathic eyes.

A Gold Treasure Stamped Exclamatory Statement

dreaming about you in winter
coming out of nowhere in spring
changing my life in summer
until we fall into autumn again

starting over again with you 
year after year
is so easy to be so hard
forever what a wonderful thing to promise when fully committed

know that i love you
know that i sincerely care
know that my heart is forever invested
you can put a gold treasure stamp on this exclamatory statement:
FOR ME THERE IS NO OTHER!

She Can'T Sleep Tonight

she can't sleep tonight
i listen to her vent
i rub her belly like in the early years when she had the stomach hernia
i pray for any type of flatulence to behave
tonight it sleeps in, and i say a exclamatory Prayer of Thanks in a very low whisper

she can't sleep tonight
we stare at the ceiling in the quiet darkness
i rub her belly like in the early years when she had the stomach hernia
she smiles as she begins to relax,
which, in turn, helps me to do the same

she can't sleep tonight
we do silly things in the midst of the wonderful feeling of the queen size bed
i rub her belly like in the early years when she had the stomach hernia
the snores come quietly
then they increase in tolerable normalcy

Frozen In Plain Sight of a Melting Pot

what i saw
i can never see
seeing is not always believing 
a question mark exists
exclamatory sentences are all run on
completion is still in the process in progress
all i have seen are all tested and owned by those braver than i, me, and myself
i draw inspiration from them
yet the art of it all is not legible and very incomprehensible
the story of my life is all sticks and no bricks
the definition of the description is all struggle and strife with no life
in the brightest part of the day, i light a candle like it is the darkest hour
repetition is inevitable
confusion is pretty much guaranteed
the old shoes that i once threw away, like a very nose observant dog, 
has found their way back into my endless tunnel closet

Thin Blue Line

Today, October 13, 2021, William Shatner
went where few men have gone before.
He entered space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. 

Thin Blue Line

thin blue marker
we think it’s phat
we live by the blue sky
by the earth’s green
it’s where we’re at

Shatner shattered
so very fast
his inner universe
blown, by
the exclamatory
sensation

life here on this
puny planet—
well lit, colorful…
blowing kisses
a masterpiece

life and death
quickly experienced
there was light
then there was dark

we carry ourselves
as burdens,
living large
yet
we are infinitesimally
small

God
is infinitesimally
large
yet
he knows the count
of each one’s hair

shall we challenge
him to a duel?
possibility of winning—
futile

shall we grasp
the hem of his garment—
the thin blue line?
adoration, satisfaction,
salvation, divine

10/13/2021

The Words I Prefer Most

I prefer to show the word
exclamatory, interjection
and reticences,
Than the empty word, written or spoken...
The one that has no rules,
who does evil and follows
the game
of fury
and the lie...!

Missing Earth

Oh joy! Oh bliss! Oh crêpe suzette!
— Dr. Zachary Smith Lost In Space

MISSING EARTH

exclamatory eeks of terra ferma.
Oh meddlesome bother oh heartbreak!
extreme scripted screams: ah ah ahhhh, almost
a sneeze. a snodular lunicious decrepitabilty,
a blunderous crustacean of ineptabilty.

4/10/2020

Infinitude

what the ancient groom
kens with exclamatory
bliss: his prismatic diamond.

profusion of light,
tintinnabulation of
melodic soulmates ~ the bride.

4/9/2020
Title chosen: Infinitude
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh

Checked with howmanysyllables.com

Period

Is there anything of
unappreciated significance
that is used more than I ?
I've got to be the "where's waldo"
of precocious punctuation!
piled atop baby j's and baby i's
balanced under interrogatory swirls ?
and exclamatory lines !
and others of my kind : ; !
Also, laid down with more of the same ...
Accountants and mathematicians
have rued my misplacement,
yet though I'm remarkably plain,
the simple truth is, when I say it's done,
it's done......PERIOD!

About That Certain Thing Called Nonsense

About That Certain Thing Called Nonsense

Nonsense is that certain symbolic communication form
that oft pervades our human space with its absurdity!

All of us from time-to-time have had to deal with some
people who revel and rave in it to provoke a response.

Making sense and communicating in an intelligent fashion,
reflects a spirit of human decency that’s so needed at times.

“Nonsense!” used as an exclamatory pronouncement inheres
a necessary tone of disagreement to stop boorish behavior.

“Nonsense” in a whimsical use can tickle one’s funny bone,
whilst creating, at times, a much-needed spirit of amusement!

And so, “Nonsense” as part of our grand human condition,
may not be all bad, except when some choose to be naughty!

Nonsense is an important part of life because it brings us to
a certain view, which should be of no surprise: C’est la vie! 

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
December 9, 2018 (Couplet)

Then the World Died

for Jessica

Orchards recurring: Two twenty year olds 
on dissimilar paths undaunted by love’s 

tapestry approaching exclamatory 
yields of apricot musk and peach marmalade 

their unified voice.  It was you.  Tonight you’ll take
me in Albuquerque sex 10,000 miles away.

I’m walking home from Dane Smith Hall thinking of
Houston - how it’s become a common noun I’ve told

you about while outside the fraternity house
and it’s increasingly proper status

watching us smoke cigarettes.  Our unspoken
thoughts vanish.  Grey.  White.  Blue.  Oncology.

Storytelling

The gentle watery flow smashing against the ragged rocks.
The snowcap mountains nestled against the bluest sky
wisps of a soft breeze whispering against the blushing cheek
unanticipatory verbiage impacting emotions

to thine own self be true
to rhyme without rhythm
to eat, to pray, to love

the best of times, the worst of times
the state of an era,
the unpredictable elipses

the improper but appropriate pause
inflection for reflection
brilliant salutations

morphemes
contractions
exclamatory fragments

Freedom within thought
freedom to express
Once upon a time ...
it was a dark and stormy night.
Of man's first disobedience ...
We hold these truths to be self-evident...

learned growth, 
long journeys into the lost world
satisfaction at the close of the book.

artful, impacting, storytelling.

A Poem For My Quintessential Queen

what's a little bit of love from a big part of me
if it makes you smile for a while and you are digging my style
if i made your day better, then i will shower you with a love so unconditional
you make my day better everyday without even trying
open the home of your heart and let me show you how much it is appreciated
i will prepare your favorite dish....whatever it is that day
i will even attempt your favorite dessert
let's admire the view of the natural surroundings and converse until we lose the battle with sleep and nod off
as long as i am with you, the holiday will never end....even on workdays
i just want you to know each and everyday that you are appreciated
each morning i whisper a barely audible but exclamatory 'Thank You' in your ear
what you have come to mean to me is worth more than material beauty and the simple subject
your worth is what i admire and love about you most
please accept this plethora of love from little ole goofball me

Resounding Reciprocity

your friends hardly recognize you
your vitiligo  so effected your self esteem
we all got together to make a spotlight day for you
for once you cry happy tears when you tell us you feel beautiful
i then recite a poem for you while a crown is put on your head
you sit at the head of the royal table still in shock and disbelief
as i attempt to bow at your royal feet, you stop me halfway
you brush your lips against mine and tell me Love Is King and God Is Love today
you then take my hand and we go to our little secret place
here skin and looks do not matter....only friendship and admiration
you brush your lips against mine again and whisper a thank you in my ear
i tell you beauty is in the eyes of the beholder of friendship and doing unto others
it was our turn now to give a little something to you....to say....an exclamatory THANK YOU....

The Constant Spotlight Dilemma

if my shyness was a loquacious
heartbeat helping me to live, 
would you give it a gentle massage
to help keep it alive
accentuation in certain aspects can 
be so ridiculously overblown
so much so that the expressive inside
is often overlooked
if my bashfulness was an extrovert
helping me to express myself,
would you rub its belly to break up
the stressed flatulence 
exclamatory undertones can have 
such absurd overtones
so much so that the pathway to God's 
Blessing almost always goes unnoticed

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