Jakob Poems

Numbers In Uphill Letters

...[A cuppa with mademoiselle Fana Tesfagiorgis] 

I had just driven my ageless self into the Kaufmanns’ 1936–1939 
Frank Lloyd Wright-constructed Pennsylvania getaway:Falling Water Mansion– 
In a 1...

Categories: jakob, appreciation,
Form: I do not know?

Critical Cerebral Synapse Doth Momentarily Induce Lapse

...thy body electric experiences 
     constant dry cough and wheeze'n 
perhaps explainable 
     via my headstrong commander in chief 

     o' me fifty nine shades of gray matter 
     resorting...

Categories: jakob, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

Disney World

...Seven years ago,

I went to Disney World,

Lola, Lolo,

Comes along the Titos,

Gary and Glenn

Small brothers of Papa

Who was holding Mama's Hand

Who was Pushing Jakob's Stroller

...

Categories: jakob, magic,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Brodmann Area 4

...The debate between free will and fate has taken a hard right
turn to neuroscience, Brodmann area 4 the primary motor
cortex of the brain located in the posterior frontal lobe
(the one cut out of t...

Categories: jakob, children, death, games, lost,
Form: Verse

The Camp of the Dead Children

...Emily of three years
Leukemia eating her soul
Her bald head, made her smile wider
Please mummy do not cry
I will hug you even after I die

Tommy of five years
Bone cancer eating his limbs
Una...

Categories: jakob, beauty, introspection, love, sad,
Form: Ekphrasis

Saturday Morning

...I woke up in a Saturday Morning
sleeping in too late.
It is a little boring
this is the mood I really hate.

I missed all of my favorite cartoons
its now 11 o'clock.
Maybe I should play with my harpo...

Categories: jakob, funny, summer,
Form: Ballad

Love of My Life

...Love of my love 
angel of my life
the stars in my soul 
caused only by your love
sensory overloads
my life, oh my life
without you i would perish
My savior
who brought my life back
it was yo...

Categories: jakob, angel, angel, love, me,
Form: I do not know?