Long Dislocation Poems

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Premium Member Ichthys July 10

SPACES-THEOPHANY

This is my beloved Son


Hear Him?

Note:'spaces' is an imagism form .It has a title and three line ,the middle being blank and left to the readers imagination. I labelled it 'spaces' as the middle line is an unsaid poignant pause or image.
Gael Turnbull(1928-2004,a Scottish doctor-poet created the imagist Spaces form in his collection Briefly (1967) a two line poem with a larger than usual space 
Turnbull  called poems using his device ‘Spaces’, and noted of these ‘The visual “space” is,a pause or hesitation, even a temporary dislocation of attention’ .


Note:(ichthys), or XIesoûs Khristós, Theoû Huiós, Sot?r;translates into English as 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior'
Form: Imagism


Premium Member Terminal Choice

crushed at rock bottom he gathered the fragments of descent

slow motion agony that started at a plateau of deluded deceit

free falling sadness spiraling out of control beyond fast repair


the black dog on his shoulder had survived the fall and barked

another round of sadness an insurmountable sorrow cheered on

‘you are useless and even void and oblivion are having a laugh’


a tunnel with no light and the canary asphyxiated in the mine shaft

another panic attack unable to ease the landing of a scarred mind

scared and confused he gathered the pieces and stabbing shards


with broken bones and un-abating accusations he collected his guilt

fears and shame about yet another defeat at the foundation of evil

demons and miserable clairvoyants spoke in bifurcated obsessions


possessed by the mother of all depressions he reached for a glimmer

of hope he searched for a message from science deities and reason

yet unable to guide his emotions all efforts crashed without rescue


the rope had twisted once more and he dangled helpless face down

just enough slack to disfigure his angry face that featured disgust

and yet as the blood flooded his brain he surrendered his objections


one final attempt and he severed the noose with the open fracture of

the razor sharp dislocation sticking out just below the palm of his hand

with a further snap of his wrist and life line he surrendered lost dreams


if life gave you hemlock but the vessel had cracked on the impact

of the smash and grab of lifeless cycle of disassociated insanity he

resolved to drink his own blood and call upon autoimmune response


after all the medication had been useless and hours on Freud’s couch

had only imprinted more festering pressure sores on purulent skin

cognitive explorations had only dragged him further down self-denial


religion mantras and science had failed to invoke sanity and healing

levitation would not emerge when he fell from the edge of madness

the cross lay in pieces and nails had lacerated his heart and resolve


just when he felt the pulse getting weaker and with delirious gaze

he succumbed to a last ditch attempt to reassemble a piece of his soul

wrote an ultimate will on the wall and vowed to hand over let go and live



15th June 2020

Serious Sibling Subluxation

Serious Sibling Subluxation... 
Rapprochement Somewhat Salvaged Dislocation

This trademark ungainly, unsightly,
     and unwieldy title essentially
     huzzah mask ***** aid,
and accentuates tendency
     (mine) to administer
     reverent unpretentious yawping,
     sans (asper thy usual)

     wordy, nutty,
     and gallimaufry charade,
though pointed lament
     decries copious blather,
     which awareness (in tandem
     with better angels)
     prevail upon sesquipedalian
     quirkiness, might be

     in my best interest to evade
leaving an unsuspecting
     readers psychologically frayed,
and without doubt prematurely
     finds same haired grayed,
akin to experience dramatic,
     and sudden onset of progeria
     hence, a concerted effort

     will be orchestrated, i.e.made
fur me tabby 
     conscientiously choosing
     modus operandi
     to mute trumpeting,
    associated with this one man
     faltering hit parade,
hence, an intent to write

more clearly,
     cogently, and creditably
     qua more understand
     able to in vite,
subsequently witnessing, an
     increased authorial fan
     base, and unite
easy to comprehend

     intelligent conversation,
     and/or share something trite,
anyway, thee impetus regarding
     risking emailing
     a younger sister,
     where spite led to
     dissolution, nee cessation
     of brotherly 

     linkedin communication
     engendered me to a right
emotional estrangement,
     principally augmented
     (thank you very much) by me,
     viz in sum avoidance behavior
     (purring, loping,
     and humming along) quite

familiarly, easily, (no matter
     discontentedly), alas and alack
     moment seemed apropos
     for this only bro
their to allow, enable,
     and proffer selflessness -
     pushing ego
(mine) aside and attempt to go

for the gusto hoe
embarking, kickstarting, and
     resolving upon
     reasonable resolutions
to convey persevere re-establishing
     cordiality, despite misgivings
     toward Shari Todd
     (thee family member in question).

Premium Member Onslaught

A center stage of flood light probing,
      desperate living in a murderous onslaught 
war's naked inhumanity
          sky tearing rockets, a pinpoint rage
casualties that define a battlefield
carnage that sticks to history
joyless existence for those flash-blinded by fear
               upgraspable horror that fails comprehension

What drives global mayhem?
territorial expansion, the lust of thieves
                                      the dictator's creed
imperialist thrust to chop at a culture's roots
                                to replant borders through blood-shed
                                                                               greed
onslaught war in tanks of clattering woe
brute spectacle of citizen dislocation

Do we ignore war till it comes to us?
as history hooks another dark cloak
no civilized dictatorship 
no reserve to deflect blame
authoritarianism that hasn't breathed its last
for the murderer scheming in plain sight through 
                                                                        rubble-years
        cumulative scars of foes push his nervous tick
        an unending pleasure 
        malice that sticks like lipstick on a mirror

Do we just change one war for another?
Or is peace like the buried secrets of mummified souls?
                                   still struggling to be heard
Knowledge of survival that evaporates like steam


Poem composed October 3, 2022
Contest: Pick A Title Volume 32
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh

Premium Member An Outline In Transit

bemused
     at the prospect of life
a personal vision
             unashamed
                minimalist
                 yet
                     melancholic
eclipsed
          in a calm solemnity
           uncompromising
             full of abandon
     passionately involved

a familiar narrative
        encountering oneself
        an artistic instinct
         candour with revelation
and
    yet
         detached
                     from all the whys&wherefors
                     disturbed by experience
        yet
           innocent
lingering in this dislocation
of the cultural&spiritual
              in
               notions of intimate disclosure
shaped
     by absences
       challenged by self confession
encouraged
      by
        detached depiction
absorbed
       by
          relationships
oblivious
     to comment
Form: Verse


Premium Member Messages of Liberation

Hopes and prayers soar in aspiration
  In this season of heightened anticipation  
When diverse cultures in our great nation
  Await their holidays with eager expectation

Channukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa -- in ideation
  All Festivals of Light, their candles lit with jubilation
In awareness of their symbolic inspiration
  Fervent flames proclaiming messages of liberation 

Midst the darkness of December's nocturnal hibernation
  And from its accomanying spiritual malaise and dislocation --
Blazing a path to renew mankind's powers of imagination
  Rekindling our sense of wonder at God's purposeful Creation
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member An Appeal To My Muse's Inspiration

I long for thy truant inspiration,
     O Muse! (I feel thine absence for too long.).
Restore to me the gift of creation
     once more,—that I may sing a new, gay song.
Reappear soon to my great elation,
     O Muse! For thou canst never do me wrong,
or be the cause of my dislocation:
     upon thy return my distress won't prolong.  
On thine arrival, this crippling disrepair
     of my Parnassus shall give up its sway,
and the end of my creative despair
     will arrive on this most auspicious day
(like spring that welcomes existence everywhere),
     when this new sonnet comes to life this way.
Form: Sonnet

Serious Sibling Subluxation

Serious sibling subluxation... 
rapprochement somewhat salvaged dislocation

Truth be told about following poem 
mostly written quite some years ago, 
and revisions made to recreate
and revise a more satisfactory literary product.

This trademark ungainly, unsightly,
and unwieldy title essentially
huzzah mask ***** aid,
(my humble apology NOT
to incite unwanted 
and unwonted anger 
among lgbtqia community),
and accentuates tendency
(mine) to administer
reverent unpretentious yawping,
sans (asper thy usual)

wordy, quirky, nutty, heady, easy...
and gallimaufry charade,
though pointed lament
decries copious blather,
which awareness (in tandem
with better devilishly cherubic angels)
prevail upon sesquipedalian
nippy nap noopy quirkiness, might be
in my best (in show) 
interest to evade
leaving an unsuspecting

reader psychologically frayed,
and without doubt prematurely
finds same cyber surfer 
harried and grayed,
styled akin to experience dramatic,
and sudden onset of progeria
hence, a concerted effort
will be orchestrated, i.e.made
so everyone involved woodwind 
fur me (a hip cat) tabby 
conscientiously choosing

meow me modus operandi
to mute trumpeting, 
associated with this one man
faltering hit parade,
hence, an intent to write
swiftly tailored and more clearly,
cogently, and creditably
qua more understandable to invite,
subsequently witnessing, an
increased authorial fan
base, and unite

easy to comprehend
underlying intelligent conversation,
and/or share something trite,
anyway, thee impetus regarding
risking emailing a younger sister,
where repressed spite led 
to dissolution, née cessation
of brotherly linkedin communication
engendered me to make right
egregious emotional estrangement,
principally vitiated, nursed, 

generated, augmented
(thank you very much) by me,
viz in sum avoidance behavior
(traipsing, purring, loping,
humming, and doodling along) quite
familiarly, easily, (no matter
discontentedly), alas and alack
moment seemed apropos
for this only bro
their to allow, enable,

and proffer selflessness -
pushing aside ego
(mine) and attempt to go
for the gusto hoe
embarking, kickstarting, and
resolving upon reasonable resolutions
to convey persevere re-establishing
cordiality, despite misgivings
toward Shari Todd
thee family member in question.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Spaces the Form

spaces-PECKING ORDER

Sparrow on the bird table


the hawk has a feast


Note:'spaces' is an imagism form .It has a title and three line ,the middle being blank and left to the readers imagination. I labelled it 'spaces' as the middle line is an unsaid poignant pause or image.
Gael Turnbull(1928-2004,a Scottish doctor-poet created the imagist Spaces form in his collection Briefly (1967) a two line poem with a larger than usual space 
Turnbull  called poems using his device ‘Spaces’, and noted of these ‘The visual “space” is,a pause or hesitation, even a temporary dislocation of attention’ .
Form: Imagism

Premium Member Love With Benefits

Could you love
an old white redneck
with HIV,
inhaling too much medicine?

Could you love him
if he were able to listen
without judging,
but commiserating,
curious about nuances,
finding dark humor
transcending rumors
of ego’s timorous tumors
and climatic anthro-terrifying tremblers?

Could you love a sad house-bound poet,
with too many kids of vulnerable colors,
multiculturally married but neurodiversely separated,
haunted by recurring adoption-denied nightmares?

Abandonment
allows suffocation,
nutritional neglect,
dislocation
drowning embryonic surf,
tidal pools of loneliness
propelling salty 
dark
dissonant compassions,
emotive compost 
organically fueling preoccupations
toward resurfacing light.

Could you love him
if he could know what you feel,
and guess why
and wonder how,
and hope when,
and care where 
we might want to hear
and feel and dance and breathe
this sacred co-opera again?

Could you love erotic simplicity
if delivered with truer exotic festivity?

Could you love integrity,
us becoming right synergy 
here
and now?

Could we sacred love
exchanging secularized anger management
for musing compassion's 
proactive
interactive
interdependent
inter-reconnecting
inter-re-ligious EarthTribe opportunities?

Could you love
these neurodiverse
neuro-sexsensory ones 
you are already miraculously singing
and dancing within
without?

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