Long Entrant Poems

Mama – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « Mum » by T. Wignesan

Kevin Gilbert (July 10, 1933 – April 1, 1993) - father of Irish-English ancestry, mother an aboriginal from New South Wales - was orphaned...

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RHYTHMIC METER: POEM SWEETER

    Poetry is disciplined in a stream having units like ‘meter’ or ‘foot’ on 
    lines similar to measurements in length, though basically, poem 
 ...

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Life carried on brushing up pain
Each day I could hardly remain
Darkness seemed to be my only course
As I falter and enter ultimate remorse
I could not see what's going on before me
As life seemed dim I...

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Duet between Omodele Oluwabunmi and Wems Henry Temmy speaks... cautiously 

OmO
Mother, I forget not thy words
When I was a score and half a dozen
“My daughter, let your heart hold my teaching "
But my heart was...

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I loved her so much, at least for awhile
We were engaged to get married one day
Our hearts were as one, as forever whole
I wanted to be her husband, to stay

But one day, when everyone else...

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Our newest entrant, our newest nation, forged in fiery code
Bubbled like red hot lava from a net of connected phones.
This nascent nation, transcending any boundary road,
Passing ports of entry into our domestic pleasure zones.	
Is there...

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The fog comes rolling in
To the added horror of it
My situation with my car
Being broke down and all
And stuck on the side of
An abandoned road
Nobody has driven by
It’s been eerily quiet
It’s nearing dark now
I’m lost...

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MAY

Entrant to May without bay, surely I will slay
Demons of doubt and crush fangs of today
To jettison the forced road of casualty
But so that I may believe I will triumph only
Without ire come what may
A...

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In the part tonight 
all the eminent guests arrived
with their best apparels on,
full of illimitable mirth.

The assembly hall danced
with the fragrances of the deodorant;
cheer lightening their faces,
smiles lessening their age
and every new entrant
being treated warmly...

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I’m here to tell you about the Titanic…
Back when we were wealthy and rich
We boarded the ship at Southampton
And took all our family jewels with us
To find a resting place in New York City
This was...

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If I didn’t think that Halloween was so special
I would think that it was dull and quite boring
I love Halloween and all of its wonder
I think it’s the greatest holiday of the year
But if I...

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Walking down the concrete pathway
I sure find my mind wandering 
The view takes my breath away
As rain wets the ground meandering

There is a woman right there before me
Stark in contrast wearing a bright red
Walking a...

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Who else in this inhumane edifice
can dance while the suspecting eyes stare 
at his moistened armpit?
Pathetically unknowing music uplifts not just the soul but the intellect.

Who else got the fire in imparting?

or …

did theirs even...

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Scale mosaic tail lays gracefully draped over rock
Sumptuous hip width to skin graduates
Saturated waist trailing tendrils touched by moss
Silk mermaid nautical languor eminates
Sorrow in inhibit, love's absence induces her sobs


Vanguard calmly addresses the depths with...

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DIARY OF BOYS TO MEN

WHEN WE BECAME A MAN:
Entrant into the promise land of adulthood
Where the wanderings cease and building begins
Where that unstable thing in us solidifies
Where the irresponsible become committed
Where you rise up to...

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MINNIE

Entrant.
Act One. Scene Five. A voyage into The Minnie.
Never embark on this imagination without Me
Como dije, te ves hermosa
With gusto sing I the booty song with every strength I can muster.
Lips sumptuous, dripping sweetness is...

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Naked to Nurture.  Naked, to Nurture.



Why not naked into woods?
We yank up gumboots.
Enshroud our piggies in wicking and itching sockbags.
Hoping to holdfast against the forfeiture of bought heat.

The city slickers in their shiny slickers
clasp...

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They fall, and fall hard
Direct from heavens yard
"Angels descending, bring from above, 
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love"*

Maybe they had a heart
Especially for humans part
For our lives they must’ve seen
Desperate for help, we are keen

These...

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The holding of his joyful trembling arms
will clasp no more pink feeble fingers
for even blood betrayed its passing.

The most beautiful cry 
vanished without a single tune
unheard by the looking grandparents.

No unfamiliar friends in white
giving genuine...

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Summer Storms

Summer brings floods of feelings to surface
An impressive time period done shown
Having light shine down completely around
Very warm with everything fully grown

There’s one piece of the season that shows dark
Summer rains, warmly falling on...

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I have sketched your image on my paper
Then words came out to surround your presence
The words wafted higher than the image
Went and moved around catching air currents

Beauty surrounded my drawing with ease
A heart was enveloped...

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That is not my elephant
High-stepping in the basement.
Ardently preparing for her pachyderm placement.
Tapping her trunk on the window’s casement. 

Instantly intriguing, oh, the fashion statement.
Surprisingly sprightly swinging resplendent pendant.
 
Nonchalantly swaying as she strolls, compliant....

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Our lives together started off rather well
So tender is your splendid heart
I hold you so close as you are so dear
We've had many adventures together
We experienced our first encounter
With love that first fine weekend
We went...

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A young woman
Sleeps
Dreams of a spindle
Possibly a magic spindle
So she may spin
Some special threads
To create a lovely sweater
For winter is upon her
And her hourglass says
Time is about up
Her dream will end
And she will awaken
And that...

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“I hear a squeaking mouse behind me,” Ken said.
Julie spoke, “No it’s just a squirrel’s tail coming ahead.”
“You have a way with splendid words, you know
You could be a poet with soft spoken words to...

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