Written: November 19, 2025, for contest sponsored by Miranda Hawley
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A kestrel’s shadow cleaves the obsidian dune,
as windblown kelp rustles to the tunes of oblivion
Peace is stillness between twin eclipses—
moonlight twisted, time blurred.
Love is a dream: a stranger wrecks a comet.
You wake with stardust on your palms.
Understanding is a prism—splitting ego into spectra:
Some mend, others sever the soul.
Mercy is rain without proclivity—
Falling on tombs, orchids, nests, and cribs.
Ah
be
come,
dearest
ever
faithful;
genuine,
honest,
in
joyous
kinship;
love
makes
not
only
paradise
quicken;
rest
safe
together
under
virtue's
wings;
X's*
your
Zion
GLOSSARY
Art
suffused
with
the
spirit
of
energy
compels
then
stumbles
amid
& within
the
conceptual
counterpoint
of
the
irresponsible
a
surging sense
of
the possible
inspiring
the
memorable
in
the unusual
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
I am on a quest to find my glossary
Have you perhaps seen it today?
An unremarkable paperback
Bearing dog-eared pages and faded tick marks
Bound between scarlet covers
Scarred by forgotten cigarettes and runaway coffee
Glossary
A wonderfully glorious word
Say it with me, if you please
It begins in your throat and ends on the tip of your tongue
Ushered away on expired breath
Glossary
Nothing like her drab kinsman called
Dictionary
Whittling words down to nothing but
Humdrum meanings
Or her chatterbox cousin named
Thesaurus
Repeating the same word one hundred different ways
Ignoring a rose is always but a rose
Dare to ask her another word for
Thesaurus
Her deadpan stare worth waiting for
I am on a quest to find my
(Say it with me)
Glossary
To lay with her
Upon my pillow
My thoughts unencumbered by life
As if my neck is headless
Acephalous
Bard Hirsch’s darling word
My glossary, my glossary
My kingdom for my glossary
Have you perchance seen her today?
Glossary pages
Glossary pages
sent to us through the ages
rages the young youth
in some irrational truth
memory of decisions
ecliptable transition
total transmission
on a mission
to extradition
conflicts of a traditional past
lying somewhere in the grass
glass elements
of rudimentary science
to sow an alliance
with zcience
Written by Sean Joseph randy McMahon on 19/03/06/ sun
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