Long Aken Poems

19 December 2010

Christmas Wreath

C  ircle band of lights indicating halo
H  alo of hope to continue the whole year round
R  ound in shape flows youthful spirit to ingest
I  ngesting a strong hold...

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"Spellbinding beauty holds you, neither you nor I can tell if it is willingly."
Quote by poet.

Pulchritudinousness, the beauty beheld
Uncaptured with looks unparalleled
Likened to mythical being, nymph perhaps
Can this beauty lure the naive like me into...

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R-ecline your wearied self within my care

O-n a coverlet of eventide and moon

M-elted stars, in platinum tresses, rare

A-light your eyes and aspect, as I swoon

N-ight is but another of your lovers

T-aken as I am, with...

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Leaving quickly I rushed by
Opening my error in this case
Standing on my doorstop at home
Taken aback my gloves are lost

Going too fast I went past them
Leaving them behind somewhere
Originating a fear that they’re gone
Very calmly...

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If I were a horticulturalist like Sam Van Aken
I would splice a banana tree with a strawberry tree.
Strawberries are not tree-grown? 
Okay.
Then I would splice a banana tree with a peanut tree.
If I could find...

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Jailed at home by a white, frozen world
Adorned by one unmindful Jack Frost.
Ceramic ice was recklessly hurled,
Kicking bitter, beast-winter across
Fields, woods, yards and modern built cities.
Rejoicing nature rules us as boss,
Offering risky snow trussed pretty.
Some...

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