Long Broils Poems

REFLECTIONS ON POSTWAR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
 
Truman became President by accident, which
probably explains why, on the whole, he did a good job.
Eisenhower, deprecated as an inveterate bungler,
a shillyshallying,  grinning incompetent,
is now beginning to emerge as...

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I stand naked wrapped only in the truth
you vile, loathsome reptile.
My contempt of you is limitless
as I have been force-fed your hypocrisy.
Your postulations are lost on me
as my insight into your repulsive nature
is exceeded only...

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Love is some thing i entreat 
Of which without it my eyes are in  the murk of picket -eye lids,
 It is a Croft on which our spirits  first grub
To then be able...

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Sounds creep into my ear, sounds that have wandered 
over these valleys, mounts and plains, once debased by ruined man,
sounds that creep from the crevices of these wrecks, they have wandered-
over time and seasons, under...

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she wanted to impress those in attendance
seemed the proper thing to do seeming
most of the folk were their to either
endorse her new
restaurant.
she wanted something special for the chefs special
but didn't want to spend the time...

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I am in all a moderate man,  a noted country gentleman'
with all the accoutrements, a house, a farm and gout.
My politics are not extreme, I'm reasonably devout.
 I have my peccadillos but they barely...

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The noise broils over in the heat
And spread out like wares along the street
The haze of crowd, the jungled feet
Fresh scent of soil and the aroma sweet
I see the bright cloths, and the fashion shows
The...

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They could be heard across valleys with their screeching echo
Flailing above tree height they’d flock in their thousands - the Black Cockatoo
Like nature’s eclipse, they would descend in clouds; all great gangling wings
Flapping madly at...

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Looking forward to tomorrow’s Thanksgiving dinner!
     Hosted by best chef in the world - my loveliest grandmother!
              ...

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A storms coming,
  I can feel the tension in my throat.
  Hustling, bustling people,
  Scurrying all about.

  A storms coming,
  I can feel my lungs struggling for a breath.
 ...

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The visit to Moon passes his Fall
     Teeth rust and jews shrink;
I bet he must cuddle his grandsons,
     Yet man oft’ runs to mount on Moon. 

Brings...

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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

I've seen the wind oh, how it moves;
The tornado storms  tempest roar;
Temperature broils we want it cool;
Sea waters rise above the shores;

       you choose...

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She lays the white cloth 
on the ground of grass
and opens the cans of coke
with gentle flicks

On a little narra table 
she sets the plates 
each with three hanging rice, 
and a quarter of lechon

While...

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Forest fire engulfs a fleeing deer 
Ignited by some John Doe. 
Raging heat and smoke, life denied  
Engulfing  the innocents to die.  

Nature as no defence when fire comes to call 
tree...

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That signals sun smears
broils upper skin
I should move
but eyelid strength
defeat the rising
sizzle grass whips the back of knees
Ants bow head
in praise of shadow
and butterfly melts
to swooning plant
Too hot
Too many
silly balls
to say
silk licks it lips
on satin...

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