Long Deva Poems

Deva Ossig, the landlady (and property owner) turned rogue

Just a couple weeks shy 
and seven years ago to the day,
I still remember contractual obligations
our previous residential abode
724 West Railroad Avenue, 
Bryn Mawr 19010 zip code
volatile...

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day and night Blattaria of various shapes and sizes 
scuttle with incandescent 
   after glow as flashing blur rises
to fill every quarter of mine cerebral core, when asleep pries
me lids awake with shell...

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The lyrics roll off her tongue, the meaning is heard ...it is felt from R & B to the 
sweet soul of an Oldie, even the loud hard rock songs she hits every note, 
...

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Judo

My façade it is ‘hard as nails’, I must survive that way.
But when they got to know me well, it’s then, I heard some say.
That really he’s a cuddly toy, but we cannot tell why,
For...

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Every time I sit in one spot by myself

Every time I am alone in my thought

Every time I want time to slow down

I just lay in my bed and don't udder a sound

I stare at...

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My Ever Loving Brother Deva.....

The moment you were born
We were all happy to see you
You were precious gift to us from God
My mother held you in her arms
You were charming and we named you Deva
We...

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TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT

Mercury flys in golden winged sandals, 
making a dip in the suns blinding light.
Brilliant dark smudge to snuff out the candles, 
too close to the sun, to know that it's night.
In transit...

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Scented smoke from sandalwood upwards rose
As the venerable sage in yogic pose
Chanted arcane, esoteric Vedic prose.

The Sylvan glade with marigold and rose,
Where the doe with its deer fearlessly goes,
For its tranquility the Rishi chose.

The ancient...

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The tower of greatness 
Tamed the colors of your beauty 
You're a realm of bliss 
A kingdom great and mighty 

The contour of your terrains 
Is as sacred as you mountains 
The glimmer of your...

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 Conflagration 
in the void,
churning, 
turning,
an ebullient life.

Gaia boils
with frustration,
self-actualization
on a flaming scale;
a Deva enflamed,
still destruction’s
curtailed.

Name nailed
in the cosmos,
she prevails;
light years
dare not erase
her sacred face.

God’s other child,
spinning wild,
dervish pyre;
sits in splendor.
this enlightened 
wily cosmological
lantern.

Her passion...

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Conflagration 
in the void,
churning, 
turning,
an ebullient life.

Gaia boils
with frustration,
self-actualization
on a flaming scale;
a Deva enflamed,
still destruction’s
curtailed.

Name nailed
in the cosmos,
she prevails;
light years
dare not erase
her sacred face.

God’s other child,
spinning wild,
dervish pyre;
sits in splendor.
this enlightened 
wily cosmological
lantern.

Her passion burns
amid...

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“Halos of a Thousand Lashes” 

Sweet dreams
for runnaway children
looking for nursery rhymes

a sweet balm comes to mind
fairy songs sung 
to close their eyes

fluttering a thousand lashes
like angels wings

hearts wear thorny crowns
for halos seeking home 
opening...

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