Long Handing over Poems

(His Version of Break My Heart)

I have each piece, each shattered part of your heart that I broke in two, I feel every ounce of pain, every emotion, just as you
I would never take this...

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"The Broken Valkyrie"



when 
the artificial 
sun 
replaced 
true Light,
revolution 
was a forgotten 
Valkyrie, 
Liberty 
had been 
put to bed
broken whore 
of Babylon
no longer holding
the torch for anyone;

women and men 
grew to love 
their servitude,
complacency 
skewered...

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It was an early fall day, some decades ago, 
When three of my boys were still young.
Looking forward that year to the Rochester Fair,
An event that was always good fun.

A promise from me I would...

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After four weeks...
A cruel infection, poor Ted, now prevents
you receiving Mummy's milk; nourishment
vital for the whole of you. We long for
you to breathe, to cry, to see. The waiting
of all who hope for you, so...

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just sitting there with your jaw all agape,
staring into my energized eyes with your black buttons
that got stuck within the orbits of your head, and
i feel as though i just might go apeshit

along the way,
i've...

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Paperback writer’s title was confirmed long ago 
Prepared and ready for imprint info 
It was a simple authored task 
Based on honesty no need for a performing arts mask 
No hidden comments 
Only an eerie...

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My Friends, My Faith, My Hope

My friends infuses our time spent together
As musk from a perfume seller,
Time spent in their knowledgeable company priceless,
Positive demeanor, manner, sincerity, such bliss
Mashing my cobwebs with threads of awareness
Instilling vitality...

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There is never an ending
		to the spending
	a world of paper
and plastic to collect
and horde
	clothes
	and cars
	and homes
	and jewelry
	and fine wine
	and paintings
	stocks and bonds
	vacations 
and expectations
entire vocations 
	devoted to 
disguising the numbers
the Caribbean masquerade
to volumes of recorded
purchases...

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Now Jericho, besieged by Israel,
Had shut its doors, and none went in or out.
The LORD told Joshua, “If you’ll believe,
We’re going to bring these walls down with a shout.

His mighty men of valor are inside;
The...

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A rhetorical question finds me asking 
(to no one in particular) why I recall 
the names of grade school teachers 
approximately fifty years ago (whose 
names listed below), when the need

to retrieve necessary information due
ring...

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A rhetorical question finds me ask
king (to no one in particular) why I bask
with recollection the names of blank
exclamatory staid grade school crank

key teachers approximately
     42,0480,000 breaths aye drank
fifty years ago...

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A rhetorical question finds me ask
king (to no one in particular) why I bask
with recollection the names of blank
exclamatory staid grade school crank

key teachers approximately
     42,0480,000 breaths aye drank
fifty years ago...

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Wanted: Slinger of Mirrors,

Tessellating lungs of fulcrum
Wading into scorn’s yellow Spring pond
We are flying to the airway Of. I hunger for our old hunger. 
We dealt our Hand and every Star
Only one pond my reflection’s...

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I didn’t miss the snub
Your fancy social club
Will just not be requesting my application.
But joy, as it turns out, 
There is no shred of doubt
That I too feel the indifferent sensation.

One time I wished to...

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*** Poet’s Greetings ***

(Written for Victor Buhaglar)

Does the Malta shore pause its gurgling rush
Of roll-over waves to hush
In appreciation of your hand brushing its ending, foamed
Touch over the sand, which is the greeting
I’ve sent on...

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18.7
“Seeing everything is imagination, 
knowing the Self as timelessly free, 
the sage lives as a child”

18.8
“Knowing himself as Absolute, 
knowing existence and non-existence 
to be imagination only,
what is there for the desireless one
to learn, say...

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Daily Poetry #70, April 8, 2017
Word:Nonsense

“Hahaha, it's always so funny,”
This endless world I can see.
“I'm so special, I am me,”
Try believing that for an eternity.
Another endless rant you go on,
I'm already tired, but let’s ramble...

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Born in a neighborhood where crime is the law
Mom dragged me out before I had learned to talk
Out of the frying pan, into the flame
Into a new hood where it all was the same

Do children...

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(Read “Interview with an Alien.” This is a continuation of the story)

Last thing Jim remembers is blowing his nose. Now
he sits. Where is he? What does he remember last?

“I’m here to interview you, Jim.”

“Who are...

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The colors of our flag
Do not stand for freedom
Anymore.

Red shall not be to honor the blood spilled by our troops
But rather the blood 
Spilled by those who wake up every day in fear
Of half the...

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One day he found himself at the rock bottom of a cliff

	shattered from descent but 
		the tides had been kind
			had revealed a chance
 				to rest on sandy retreat

He gathered sea shells memories temptations and shelter

	pebbles...

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My Simple Pleasures

With a sweeping of colors,
 l can imagine places in my mind
And display a world of imagination 
Converted to canvas
With my hand like a wave brushing fantasy into reality.

And as I turn the...

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Freedom to display one’s unwashed teeth
Exhibiting the whole thirty-two,
Even as others with anger seethe 
And the keenest insults on one rain, too.
	
Voice to broadcast one’s HIV-Status
Before it’s public discovery
Or befriending some consoling circus
And waiting for...

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B Bewildered the Little Prince landed on Earth


S Surveyed the drought amongst plentiful riches

I Ignored the facades and gave earthlings a rose

X Xenial embrace warm welcoming and hospitable


O On the surface he seemed to be...

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Goldfish stumble upon a princess
Ruby of the sea? Charlie guesses.
They swim to get old Tom
Who is floating close to a gaggle of mermaids.

Come quickly! Charlie says to their wisest resident.
He is an alarmist, so Tom...

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