Long Circumspection Poems

Increase In Head Size

impossible mission to encapsulate notion 
flitting hither and yon, to and fro
within cranium attached to mine body,
whereby irrefutable proof prevails
predicated when yours truly
scrutinizes other people visibly aware,
I a modest married male 
blessed,...

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Mein kampf analogous to one long run on unparsed sentence fragment

Heavily punctuated - hyphen
to embellish poetically
with bracing circumspection,
I markedly exclaim (parenthetically)
cumulative elapsed LXIII obits
around the nearest star
dashed by at lightspeed,
and quoting James Thurber
storied fiction titled
My...

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DIDACT:
VERSE 1:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES... 
VERSE 1:
Leaned on words of kind,
Nailed all thoughts of mind,
So well do I train it to bright.
A shackled bone screwed to be tight. 
Positioned keenly through a line.
Strapped without sight....

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(With apologies to Rudyard Kipling!)

If you can keep your head when your computer crashes
right after a new programme, removed essential caches!
If you can smile when you lose a whole day's work
and the blue screen of...

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To balance on a bike

you've gotta keep moving

but

 

since we can't

always move

 

our lives will improve

if we learn just when

it's time time time

to put a foot down

 

to keep

from falling

and breakin

our crown

 

wise is the...

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noah wide dee ya when,
where, why or how then
thine ark of in sight fullness, pen
(viz uber taurus), men
sans quirky physiological ken
focus a ford did afore hen
chosen poetic themed word den.

this tire less un escort head
eureka...

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Now, unlike my usually trenchant literary librettos, i regale the unknown (tum me) reader for savoir faire articulation, elocution, and indomitable tour de force proffered by spectrum of bounteous expropriated hegemony rightful to Mother Nature....

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Indeed, there are three sides to every story
multi-faceted, alerting us against fake news-misery
thus, wisdom is needed to unravel twists and mystery
along circumspection toward seeking truth's victory!

Here am I presenting a story
along my role in child-rearing...

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Adventitious existence birthed introverted spiritual outlier i.e. me

Speculative fictitious flirtation imagined
courtesy grown old male offspring (me)
begat when mine late mother and father met
former named, a popular Arthur Murray
ballroom dance studio instructor.

Subtle social cues (nonverbal or...

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February 13 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 17-20

Key Verse– Numbers 17:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the...

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Admonishing against arrogance and apathy
Building lives buttressed with leadership brace
Caring for his children, blending compassion and circumspection
Daddy* dearest is decisive, determined, diligent, dedicated, disciplinarian...

Empowering with his enabling encouragement
Fatherly figure, firming up family fortress by his...

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For 15 years I have tolerated,
calculated, anticipated, sublimated workplace degradations, derisions,
subversions towards my character,
not today, no more,
yes, my pride has become livid, swollen like a bad bruise on the heart
and I apologize not for my...

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Not conscious of infinities blast Big Bang into reality our matter hurled 
The Moira in our ancient past held us captive in this world

The blessings are the curses in every man’s situation
A profound secret and...

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January 31 Scripture Meditations Based on Numbers 10-14

Key Verse – Numbers 10:2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of...

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Mindful  

Startled out of nonchalant light,
Wakefulness stands at attention
Ignited flame from the eternal candle,
Energized vigil of the watchman
At the soul’s dawning daybreak
Tingling in the presence
Of every dappled infinite breath.

Rotating eye of illumination
Watchful, like a...

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The river smells like damp cotton this morning,
the weather has been so complimentary to our exertions
frost invades the nights nicely and soft sunshine comforts our faces in daytime,
we have been averaging 26 miles per day...

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He has gone forth

and traversed the paths of the world

and sought out those things

the desires                    ...

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March 29 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on 1Samuel 9-12 

Key Verse – 1Samuel 9:27 …  Stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.

FAITH IN GOD WHO...

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“To be or not to be: that is the question”*
Shakespeare’s wise words, worthy of introspection…
Such was first brought to my young mind’s discretion
During an English grammar class instruction
When teacher in her earnest presentation
Discussed “infinitives” to...

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The sage green wall had worn a blank look
until, slightly askew, with a tilt to the left
dangling helplessly, without a complaint 
is the pride of an artist, who lacked all constraints.

He dipped into his paints...

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In the mirror of life, God shows* us His perfect will
Teaching us to trust Him while staying serene
So that His plan we can perform with zest
By His instruction, making us triumphant.

In the mirror of life,...

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At the moment of our birth,
we begin a journey on earth,
knowing nothing of what awaits.
Being a one way uncharted road,
it’s where we’ll gather a disparate load
of indiscriminate likes, loves and hates.

Our road  may be...

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He has gone forth
and traversed the paths of the world
and sought out those things
the desires                    ...

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The affliction I have encountered has fastened my lips,
And I am at a loss for words therefore my feelings I cannot express.
However, as  I dip the end of my quill into apprehension,
And with urgency...

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A story having origins in Greek Mythology
dealt with a mortal woman having curiosity.
To avenge Prometheus for his wrongful theft of fire,
the gods sent a strange box for Pandora to acquire.
The box displayed instructions not to...

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