Long Banister Poems

I remember feeling so empty the abuse had escalated after four hurricanes witnessing a murder horrific traumatic brain injury I was now uprooted leaving my beautiful home in Fort Myers Florida at the behest of...

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Break my neck; snap it in two, snap it in half
don't give me that incredulous, frightened look as I ask
don't hesitate in front of me, please just do me this favor
so I gain a halo,...

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Date:  August 10   2051

At the time Dolly Molly and Holly arrived at the restaurant most of the Hakims were there enjoying jazz melodies some relatives were on the second level l. Mama...

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Federal bureau of investigation 
My prayers are with the Mexican violent offender sent to break into my home finally stabbing five persons over 20 violent convictions blackmailed in exchange for favors removing a few of...

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Palatial building of my Grandma, once in grandeur and pomp
            ran full of kith -kin -cousins on extended family.

     ...

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HOUSE OF GRANDMA

         Huge house of Grandma once in grandeur and pomp
               ...

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A kiss from her lips are sweeter than honey, sweeter than nectar
a blessing from disaster 
till her kiss spreads the venom from her poison to your brain
the sickest pain, felt from undercover, she hit the...

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Fear

I raise my hand from the banister
As I ascend a flight of stairs

The air is musky and quite repugnant
And dust is a common feature

Though beneath the smell of musk
Blood lingers like a faded memory

At the...

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The rain hits the glass of the window 
As the thunder gets louder
I’m sitting on the gallery banister
Seeking refuge from a bottle of liquor

But the alcohol doesn’t help me
Right now nothing can
Lightning casting shadows on...

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"The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts."-
Italo Calvino

We moved into an inherited old house with a friendly ghost,
our house is an old Victorian built along the mid coast.
Our ghost is...

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Dreams Forever Awake
                 by Odin Roark

A father dreams of getting it right finally
succumbs to sweat drenched nightmares

Somewhere
he stumbles about
to...

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Justice...ha, Spartacus said it best; there is no Justice, not in this world
What sense of Justice is there when concrete jungles become habitats
while citizens become jackals who hunt in packs
becoming an alpha set when smelling...

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Walking deep into the woods we stumbled on an old abandoned place
A white and blue farm house with a wraparound dilapidated porch
Tall grass was overgrown and with many shade trees of oak and birch
Plant pots...

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He looked out at the snow and ice,
As a cold wind whistled winter
Through the door, bringing hope
Of making a real-life snowman,
A special friend for a lonely boy,
At least in his world it was so.

He ran...

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Here I found a cruel necessity for a new, chilling ambience
There was even a need for the drifting fogs of dreary past 
A need for the blurred emptiness that sadness elates
An unimpeded appetite for a...

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A single golden light 
Danced through the frame,
And spangled out of the dark house
As snow spun downward 
Into the abyss of the night.
A man trembled inside
Shaking his head in pain.
Tears grew off his face and
Watered...

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Six Hundred Boys

Six hundred boys were singing in the hall
Six hundred boys were singing in the hall
Six hundred boys were singing there
Singing out a secret prayer
Six hundred boys were singing in the hall

Angelic voices bouncing...

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The shelter and comfort I gave so freely was gone with my destruction. The child once played alone and content in the comfort of my stairwell. The cat stalked the banister for a friendly monster...

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Beauty is an ethereal mother
That’s elegant touch
Showers sweet, freed water
Distilling the very strangles
Of a gripped heart.
Its kiss bathes your lungs
In a silk freshness
And softens the folds
In coiled palms.

And in life we can hide from nothing.

A...

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THE RIBBON

The ribbon laid gently,
In the old ornament crate;
Even amongst the bold colors, 
It still looked so great!

Originally, wrapped around,
A banister garland of green,
Each year, it adorned,
The prettiest decorations, seen!

Long enough to fully complete,
The journey...

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Wreaths and stockings hung with care,
baughs of holly deck halls that were bare.
Tree lights twinkling, a top a star glares,
Trimmings decorate banister and stairs.
Homes inside and out have holiday flair.

Angels with gold horns ready to...

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Golden oak, the banister gleams,
its clean waxed surface lightly
touched by her soft, soft hand as she
descends the green carpeted stair,
tossing her lustrous, long blonde hair.
She is modishly dressed, in a casual way
(a green twill frock)...

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The hinges on the door are worn and rusty
Its windows cracked, the floors, faded and dusty
The front porch swing lies crumpled in a pile
With mud daubers claiming the bathroom tile

The fireplace brick cast in impotent...

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She glides up the staircase
Such a sight to see; angel face
Like she's stepping up to the heavens
The clouds seem to part but it's just the curtains
To welcome her, graceful being
I wish all could see what...

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DESSERT TABLE

Yes, it’s a beautiful spread
A tantalizing sight
With not Cezanne depth or solidity, but
Our hostess’ fond delight

She’s gathered not justs -
Not just cakes, cheeses and fruit
But a famous pot of snowball flowers,
A tall bottle of...

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