Wonky is nature's norm!
Our obsession with straightness,
conceived in arrogant innocent bliss,
kowtows to a belief
that adroit straightness
following straight lines,
somehow makes things stronger, smarter,
more eye-pleasing and ever better in the long run.
But entropy knows better than the 'know-alls',
that everything transforms and decays
to maximum disorder in time.
For order and straightness
requires the input of energy
and effort that entropy lusts
to pull down, bend, twist and topple.
Being simply, wonky simple is a start!
Light beams at dawn, are one of the
rare straight things things seen in nature.
These beams shine dead-eye straight
into wonky clouds that blush red,
embarrassed to be caught outside,
in fluffy slippers with night clothes on,
feeling kinda shonky, disheveled and wonky, as
the humans, straight-faced,
said they were.
Categories:
kowtows, nature,
Form: Free verse
Below deep snow snug and cozy,
Waiting for winters final bow,
Miss black eyed susan,
Pokes thru nosey,
Her face to love kowtows,
I Rescue her from the nights chill,
Her beauty will not be still,
In my vase,
On display,
She sheds a single tear,
A cry of thanks and not of fear,
"I love you Susan",
She knows this girl is sincere.
~Vickie Thayer~
Categories:
kowtows, courage, desire, for her,
Form: Rhyme
You took your place on a solid armchair
Amused with the attention you commanded
You told beautiful stories, great tales
Of ancient Chinese marriages and their glory
You spoke of what brides must endure
In the old culture of China
Where a new wife must be silently obscure
You were the matriarch Empress
I was a second class citizen
In this Forbidden City you created
I was not the Chinese wife you wanted
I had too much fire within my bosom
My passions burned too fiercely against
The kind of justice you dispensed
You wanted me to bow in kowtows
But my knees would not bend
I was not the Chinese wife you wanted
I was raw, untamed, untended
But the Empress' son saw through
The wildness of my spirit
He saw a Phoenix bride, a precious jewel
The bride he always wanted
Categories:
kowtows, family, wife,
Form: I do not know?