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Premium Member Sanctum Of Silence


in cacophony continuum
incongruent noise draft navigates
the decibel waves 
beyond the fringe of discernment
                         n u m b e d
while the sense of frenzy
feels the quieting caress
                         f o r l o r n 
of still calmness 
as the halcyon emotive sagacity 
sinks slow in hermit serenity  
                         u n e x p r e s s e d
in the remote impulsive recess 
of the mute mind
                        i n s e n s a t e

disparaging dissonance 
finally fades away 
in the twilight zone 
as the vibrato of the last spectrum 
echoes in the sonata of solitude
finds nascent niche
                        t r a n q u i l
strikes reticent concord 
                        s e n s u o us
in the concerto cord 
of the harmonic harp
as the taciturn voice of essence 
serenades the lilting lyric of the last mile
in the sanctum of silence
                         s e r e n e

Premium Member Tombstones in the Cemetery

"Some believe they must earn a life in heaven.unaware heaven is already their home" ~ CayCay



Human life is striving for joy while saturated with busy
bits of an emotional seesaw, its movements leave traces
in so many places, our goal seems pre-disabled.  So, it 
is that despite emotional throes we seek fulfillment over 
and over.

As God's own designed, divine-honed souls, we are 
light sourced as formed in His realm.  Reincarnation is the 
tutorial for achieving the brightest possible spiritual light.  
To earth we are sent countless times, exposed to endless 
human themed rhymes.  We die, into heaven we slide, 
advanced souls review and guide us through all we failed 
to discern, all we taught - be it good or an influence 
incongruent with who we really are.  A karma is decided and
once again a soul is flesh ignited.  Once a soul has met all 
goals, the most radiant color is bestowed; the color of 
euphoric radiance star-shining for eternity.

born human on earth
to spirit world all return ~~
man visits tombstones

Premium Member Eschewed Essence


Rhapsody of rainbow 
morphs melted 
into morose mélange,
scattered in sullen sky. 
Bleeding colors bleached 
from twilight cloud 
ruinous rainstorm daubs 
as derelict blemish 
on abandoned shards 
of broken heart.
Shades of blue 
permeate pining
frayed linen 
of lost love.

Requiem of roses 
resonates profound
in melancholic concerto.
Drooping petals languish
for dripping tear drops 
of mourning dew, 
desiccating dismayed
in somber sunshine 
in deserted mind,
where for bracing 
cold desolate stone
fallen flowers 
make bouquet 
for deceased passion. 

Cacophony capsuled 
in suffusing cauldron 
of mute melody,
lost in tempestuous sea
of incongruent tune,
chaotic symphony 
dismantles harmony
on discordant waves.
Synthetic smiles sneer 
scarred scenario 
of lonesome life.
Sanguine songs turn 
to convoluted noise, 
echoing in solemn soul.
Lattice of life 
seen through 
languid cynic lens
magnifies mystified
into crooked contortion 
of eschewed essence.


Premium Member The Waves of Everything Pretty

Air aided in gravel’s travel
Its ricocheting rhythm
Rhythming like the crunch
Of an ocean
The steps of someone
The left and right side 
Sway as incongruent tides
Whatever winds wind up
Within an earshot, it becomes
Tapped in our orbit
Wonders of the world all around
Wondering what it will be like
To be a cherished kind of sound

Premium Member Seeking Harmony

fleck of dust noticed
flicked off our shirt
reflex response

jarring earth life notes
incongruent with harmony
triggers involuntary aversion

within awakened cognition
we seek sacred geometry
as innate pull of our soul

thoughts and sense impulses
wax and wane like yonder moon
beseeching us to seek order in chaos

to this end we shift into silence
contoured by consciousness 
until identity drops away

Premium Member Art of Negotiations

Meeting begins, each puts best foot forward,
in as outer appearances do go,
behind banter lurk motives untoward,
sweet words incongruent with intent low,
just waiting to land a deadly death blow.
Weary of blood and gore, been here before,
we sift subterfuge and get to the core,
our call being, it’s not winner take all,
both sides must rejoice, seeking an encore,
in righteousness thus, players standing tall.

11-April-2022


Premium Member Power To Run

“He's out of his league” the saying goes
Deliver the words to a poignant rapture
Along the way and through the never
Success brings a certain stumbling

Darker each day, the writing withers
Even the best delay induction
Fortune belies the power to run
A mind to the source instruction

Since a spendthrift soon wilts
Better to crack wide-open throttle
Rather than bottle what cannot be stopped 
Stamped incongruent but not incomplete

Buddha: Be Thy Own Light

One may many a scripture read 
Of disparate, divergent views, 
Incongruent their wisdom’s creed, 
Heavy that weighs down to confuse: 
Hindu monks walk in saffron wear, 
Buddhists in their tawny yellow, 
All-white a wear’s what Jains prefer, 
And some wear naught but their halo! 

Doubt, dress can cloud a confused mind. 
If so whose wisdom should one tow? 
Who can help higher up to grow? 
Who can help hereafter to find? 
You indeed, self help any day,
Be thy own light, find thy own way.
__________________________________
Sonnets | 17.08.2014 | 
Poet’s note: Anand was Buddha’s key disciple and an elder cousin. Seeing his master breathing his last, he felt a void without his guru’s guiding spirit. It is then that Buddha uttered his last words: Be thou thy own light. He contemplated on these words and realized true knowledge within a day of Buddha’s death. 

____________________________________________  
  Sonnets | 17.08.14 |

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Written 01-28-19
Writing Challenge 2, Bio Form, January 2019 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Dear Heart

Premium Member That Momentary Promise

Poignant concentric circles speak
lies ever present keeps us in
social chess limbo
one step forward----limitless
backs to a mirrored standstill
focus of one against everything
and yet nothing really stands in 
our way, but----------ourselves.
Wavering our intent to do what is
taught right, converges on a purpose
to be US----non levied--incongruent
proactive engaged--centered and corporeal
in our global love, splintered, spawned and sealed
in a charity of actions all of which, what kind, 
how many and whose-----------will always begin at
HOME.

Planetary Catharsis

This kindred of separation
this breed apart
this top of the food chain
and its self distinction by the manipulation of thumbs

This arrogance of intelligence
with its pocket-sized reasoning of knowledge
and by default applies its logic
this incongruent species of taking everything for granted

These nations of waring factions
and the tyrannies of their religions
and all their obsessive obsessions with death
and all their cognitive dissonance of life

All the distractions
the desperate intentions
to impart some measure of meaning
some inkling of purpose for a life they have never really lived

Predisposed to elitism
by their own sense of division
this bipedal predator of vertebrate mammalian
assumes all of creation was only created for them

And in their frustration
and with their playground experience
they build all manner of weapons
to beat the crap out of the people living with them

Still the sun shines
and only by its grace do they continue to exist
all the quantum theories and universal singularities
do not help them with catharsis
they survive only by the elements of a planetary symbiosis

Digressive Death

Digressive Death

Deflected by summer’s breeze
Find me fallen upon my knees
Now it’s time for a pensive prayer
To let go thoughts thru abrasive air

Digressive death, I will weepingly awaken
To search the heavens that have forsaken
Longing for love within the internal light
Drenched in darkness of nocturnal night

To cries of anguish we must respond
Lachrymal lure of Satan’s spawned
Lucid layers of decaying dreams
Suffocating silences in strangled screams

Incongruent idols, immaculate imagery
Fallen angels of beguiling brilliancy
Treasured tombs that satiate the soul
Amongst wandering winds, on midnight's stroll.



Jan.23.2017
The Poet And I - Contest 
Sponsored by: Mystic Rose

Premium Member High Noon At Karnak

Tex’s shadow defines him—cut-out 
from the heat haze of Karnak’s quartz, 
a scintillating contrast to Egypt’s questing sun.
He slouches among the other black castings of 
denser composition mottled with grays, 
and Prussian blues, incongruent in a cowboy
hat. This six-gun scenario’s frame
disrupts the crafted precision of 
a chiseled arch.

****-kicker, lizard-skinned, boots point 
toward the desert’s dunes—death hides.
Needing no words to enjoy a taste of antiquity,
Tex shuffles sighs and takes a draw on
an American cigarette. With a flick of his fingers,
he deposits the butt alongside the others
in the white sand. His contribution
to posterity. 

First Published in Spank the Carp Issue 21 2016

She Is a Conduit of Love

over joyed by the
imminent alignments
of wondrous insights
completion of this enormous
cycle of transmuted energy
she is a conduit of love
incongruent feelings
harnessed affections
burning in orange flames
pre ordained divine consorts
dysfunctional blood lines
purging pure vesels
she is a conduit of love

sep 14 2016
7.37 pm

My Bss

Is the data congruent?
Is the hypothesis centrivical?
A mix of incongruent inconsistencies
Go back to the lab
Put in on a slab
Revamp the mix

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