Long Burnishing Poems

 [Poem read at Sekoto’s inhumation ceremony at the Neuilly-sur-Marne-93 Cemetery, near Paris. Channel 4 in London recorded the reading as they did the funeral rites in the presence of his close relatives come from...

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Minimal involvement with extracurricular activity at Methacton
   limited to playing Baritone Horny within the band
   though marginal interest existed to maintain constancy 
feigning noteworthy interest second to none
   eventually...

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Early winter sun; low in the sky

Warm light burnishing the yellow leaves that stubbornly cling to the birches
Silver trunks contrast with their own dark shadows
Russet browns of the larches beyond add a touch of fire
And...

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Autumn approached about a week ago as stealthily as a fox!
The corn has been shucked and the golden fodder stands in shocks.
Luscious apples have been plucked from every supple bough.
Sweet-scented alfalfa for the cattle has...

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When are we gonna leave this mood
You keep dreaming under the roof of imagination that you are with this person
And for how long are we gonna  keep snaping in our head
The sounds alone keep...

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Beyond midnight her tears distil,
burnishing the valley between
her height of hope and depth of pain;
till dusky waves awash her dawn.
From whence comes these soldiers? 
pure grapes trodden under the feet of fate...
before her eyes the...

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Blanketed like silky chiffon amongst
a babe’s soft scent, 
allured into the morn’s glory with
sunbeams burnishing the dew 
bellowing on a white rose’s blade. 

The luster expressed has been 
tempted by the reasoning of love’s
natural resounding...

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We said our goodbyes 
Promising not to stay too long 
My son settling in  
The roads to the beach 
Straight and empty 
That winter’s night 
The Doors were on tape 
Morrison's deep voice 
Chanting...

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Sol struggles to peek through curtains of rain,
as sporadic sunshine pierces the gloom.
And yet, His persistence is not in vain,
His light fueling wildflowers to bloom
spread out before Him in their spring costume.

Droplets glisten in the...

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Scintillating muse providing inspiration
Jettisoning convention for innovation
Scuttling old patterns without expiation
Countermanding discourse with new creation

Alternating rhythms for lofty oration
Imbuing myths with crafty animation
Ennobling verse with majestic simulation
Abridging meter with stimulating catechization

Utilizing parody to intensify gratification
Brandishing...

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These are the stones
that ground dull nails and sharpened talons,
they have slid under mountains of ice and fire,
are polished by the grind of a glacial momentum.

The stones endure now as layers of motion
sealed within catchments...

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Here by the green glades and the babbling brook
Waters cascading bright like silver foam
The breeze rustling through pages of my book
Bring memories flooding of my sweet home
Where the sun reflects on the silent pool
Waters falling...

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You

You are my moon by night: silvering my dreaming sleep,
Limelighting my fond imaginings and phantom hopes.
You are my sun by day: gilding my wakened thoughts,
Burnishing my desires and heartfelt yearnings.

You are azure sky in Winter:...

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   "Autumn Splendor Serenade"


Autumn drapes green trees with golden leaves array
Lacing meadows in halos of wonder
Sidewalks scintillate in colored carpeting display
Crisp chilly air infiltrates in splendor.

Burnishing pastels fascinate in exquisite imagery
Cascading leaves decend...

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Deep as defeat as conspicuous
As the influx of presentiment

Passion is aimless humility
Panic is native to injury

Reasoning divulging odium
Sparkles unchosen but chemical

Puritans' speechless delivery
Idles in syllables neutral to
Carpet biology tapestries
Woven in Persian but personal
Surfaced in diamonds...

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Summer storms are thrashing
trees overladen with a lush glut
of arboreal heaviness.

Will the Fall enter through this crashing rain,
shall the canopy of a saturated season
crash now one leaf at a time?

I see fire in the sodden...

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A time of unrest like never before seen
While basic structures of society crumble,
Families lacking in simple cohesiveness
Schools accused of burnishing history
Churches falling into dismal hypocrisy
Rabble-rousers lurch toward anarchy,
Simple folks questioning whom to trust
Muckrakers telling us...

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Beyond midnight her tears distil,
burnishing the valley between
her hieght of hope and depth of 
pain;
till dusky waves awash her dawn.
From whence comes these 
soldiers? 
pure grapes trodden under 
fate's feet,
before her eyes the sun did...

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