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Kinda Wonky

...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 strong...

Categories: kowtows, nature,
Form: Free verse

The Reptilian Anthropocene

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"The Reptilian Anthropocene"



The Reptilians
war daily 
enrobed in their
stiff distinction suits
rainbow coloured badges 
pinned to their lap...

Categories: kowtows, horror, humanity, war,
Form: Free verse

Black Eyed Susan Loves April

...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...

Categories: kowtows, courage, desire, for her,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Napalm In the Morning

...All the marches suppressed
And dissenters in jail,
Fascist troops are in charge of the mall,
And God’s churches now given last rites,
While our Statue of Liberty melts at Trump’s touch
As our Pr...

Categories: kowtows, abuse, corruption,
Form: Rhyme

Wake Asia Wake - Part One - 3

...No wisdom more canny than the folksome pantun’s peasant proverbials
            Wake! Monde Malais! Wake and note no Sultan whirls as a Sufi
             Nor  no Sage of Singapore pouting platitudes ...

Categories: kowtows, inspirational,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Prologue To Lessons of Change

...for King Wen, circa 1151-1143 B.C.E. – with seven mind-bending kowtows

There where you had no occasion for play
There in your confined Ming I space
Where change wrought no change
In your fate
But fo...

Categories: kowtows, life, may,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Mankind Thru the Looking Glass Part 2

...POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP

Chambers to Dais, Office and Palaces,
Coup d etats or electoral success.
Hereditary Throne or Law’s Clauses,
The roots of power has many sources.

One man’s oratories ...

Categories: kowtows, visionarydark, dark, freedom, power,
Form: I do not know?

Life Is a Jungle

...One person, you think may equal one mind 
but in each personality, there is much more to find.
*****sapiens and the animal kingdom are separated in ways, 
but are connected secretly, in each soul ...

Categories: kowtows, animals, imagination, people, visionary,
Form: Rhyme

A Chinese Marriage

...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 mus...

Categories: kowtows, family, wife,
Form: I do not know?