Long Aeolian Poems

"""Incontinent of self without the Lord I either am or am not it would seem always in some way, as 
it always in all ways does seem to govern me, on a collision course with...

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""At last... at last!" - as a sweet rejoinder-
to Him my soul cried out aloud, "at last... !" - 
as I marveled...

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Now gather around, ye lusty lads, a tale I'll tell to thee
Of jealous Gods, monsters and ill-fated men who sailed the sea.
My tale is set in hoary times when fickle fate was by divine decree.
Then...

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~ This is a form of poetry called "Concrete" or form poetry or given another form name, it would be 
or have 
some of the characteristics as well of a form of poetry called, "Dirty...

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Only when the trumpets roar
Angels in chorus, enchanting all music
The day our creator calls.
I surrender my soul, O Holy One, to you
He who casts, out all shadows, from the darkness
striking at the devil's door, he...

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Musicianship 
(3 May 2014;  For my son Steven, an ACCOMPLISHED guitarist)

Real musicianship can truly drive you nuts—
There really are no “ifs”, “ands”, or “buts”.
Practice, study, memorize, then more practice--
Is this just an obsession or...

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Oh Spirit of Love; lost ... far, and apart; away from any abundant freedom, 
genuinely aeolian, without-You, soiled, sick, dying-naked cold alone-lost, this is all 
of me broken of-heart; everything I can-give, here I am, please, pick-me-up 
embrace me carry me onward upon this awakening.

 
Gentle lullaby of truth so divine my Sweet Phonation of Grace Faithful Father,
Keeper of all Your Words Holy; e'er, Regal, Valiant; Just ... . Brilliant Morning-
Sunshine excuse-Yourself as judge in view of my-irreverence complete; (blind) ... 
uphold me in this hope; welcome me in Your warmth move me along further than-
ever-alone, could I.

 
Befriend me shower-Your-light, all the way-down, into the barren; valley ... 
of-my-soul. Wash-me relieve me of my retched self, that I may begin ... 
(for You only to live).

 
(Yes Lover, of my life (clothe-me)) cover me moreover in this certainty))), 
find me well within Your mercy illuminated high, upon the beauty; of Your gape.

 
So ... that being-restored, entire, delivered (in all my joy secured there in 
Peace through You for the remainder of my days, here ... and beyond); 
I know it will be then; for me, when received, in true liberty ... Your 
perfect comfort (my soul ... may eternally abide-with-You, 

in rest).
 
and as I Ponder-
anything-acquired-monetarily, 
is but momentary ... . ~

~ In surrendering everything of oneself 
to The-Almighty, the-certain-peace-and-
joy; the-liberty attained thereafter; 

is-a gift; everlasting ... ! ~ 
 
 
 ~ So when to ponder this life and my position, 
and my importance and priority amid the essence of life, 
the vision. A broader idea one in nature to picture and open and one...

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On a windswept hill crest by the sea there is a lonely ancient sentient tree that seems so 
figuratively familiar to me, I wonder why this can be n’ who my heart longs for when
I’m...

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~ A Sovereign God ~ (The War) ~

Pray ... !


The war will not be long-friends.
The one that is said to come.


About as long as this poem.


A mighty thrashing will rise from-Him
and-after, His-blessings-
~ will reign. ~


An-eternity-of...

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~ (~) "Those eminent-depths yes-vast-those elucidated-and-certain-and-ever evolving; 
moreover-painful-voids — upheld beyond their exclusion-always plaguing-solely pledged 
avidly, admittedly pleaded each one... for the-other; their denial-indifference-once known of 
this very-distinction patient love the principal always opportunistic-rushing in...

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Written: September 17, 2023
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In the misty, morbid moors of winter mantle,
Meadows lay barren in gray shades and prattle.
Skies, akin to canvas, drawn with grief and woe,
Skylarks seek shelter as spartan spurs stow.

Wind whispers weakly, a...

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The crew, thinking the Aeolian Gift was not Odysseus' alone but common property
Stole the bag, with avariced mind, curious to find, broke the seals - the winds were free
The winds in fury, unconfined, vent their...

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~ At last! ~ At last! As 
a sweet rejoinder to Him my 
soul cried out aloud, at last, as I 
marveled in the benignity of my 
Lord. For imparting to me, the 
liberal blessing...

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~ and so now At last! ~

~ At last! ~

~As a sweet rejoinder to Him my soul cries 
out aloud, at last, as I marvel in the benignity of my Lord. ~


~ For imparting to me,
the...

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Oh Spirit of Love; lost ... far, and apart; away from any abundant freedom, 
genuinely aeolian, without-You, soiled, sick, dying-naked cold alone, this is all 
of me broken of-heart; everything I can-give, here I am,...

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Mum

  Mum, let her sleep mother,
  For it’s time, time to lay fatigue bone,
  Time to cover up with a quiet rest forever,
  After much ruffled in the,
  Dust wrapper...

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Which key should I put this song in?
I sing in G Ionian/major comfortably,
Likewise the relative E Aeolian/minor scale.
Plus those guitar chords are easy as sin.

I could choose a scale that’s more exotic -
D Mixolydian has...

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A Poetic Tribute to You Know Whom

"Humility is a virtue in others."
-- the human ego
 
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The paragon of bards whom I admire
anonymous hath opted to remain,
beseeching humbly mine...

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i.

(W)ell, love-in hand
(O)pportunity,
(R)andom tandem tether tide-to-grace... 
(D)ivinity, delighted... !

ii.

(G)ranted hope and happen-stance
(O)pportunistic, both,
(E)nlightened enchanted-
(S)un evolving rolling around kissing-the dusk shines, there; riding-down... !

iii.

(H)eaven awaits here the plea His cry; 
(E)very-one together with Him,
(R)ejoicing,
(E)olian-laughter... !

iv.

(I)nnovations-inspirations of...

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A pendulum is but a slave of time:
What its trapped spirit wants is hidden where
The folding waves can find a friendly clime,
Far from the bloody dagger of despair. 

Inveigled by amorphous accolades
Of lust, the lure...

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As the screaming Sirocco swept the sands,
Suffocating the Shiekh's Sixth Sick Sheep,
It's sister, Simoon, soon sought to strike
The sweat-suffering Sultan's sweet sleep.
Then came the Khamsin, and  Calima, too,
- Dust-devils, Diabolos, Lavaan, Loo!

Angered, Aeolos, King...

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From without.
The din of the splattering rain
On the cantankerous tin roof!
(Raindrops keep falling on my head!)

The wind whistles
Through the Aeolian Harp
Of the gaunt ribcage of the hovel
While yellowed ivories chatter in cadence!

The cold numbs and...

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Warm winds blow
Their golden grain
The sands not in charge 
Off their own domain
 
These hills of sand
Aeolian processes form
Shifting at will
In any desert sandstorm
 
The shape of the dunes
You see today
Were not their shape
Yesterday
 
Crescentic,...

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The stairway to nowhere:
The desert where you wander when you dream
That dry plane with cold marbles
Under the hot overhead
Where shadows have passed 
Somewhere close to my mother laughing
Somewhere close to me jumping

In this crystal house...

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Knife sharp nerves, veiled in silk
Stretch and strain to break through
This barricade of skin
To reach out across the charged chasm,
To touch you where you stand,
Shadow-drenched and whisper-close,
To cradle you in love’s aeolian embrace.

But Fear, the...

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