Long Ichthys Poems

BLOTTED OUT
He loved,but could not say
such words,he could not find;
He loved,but could not touch
such warmth,was just too much;
He was proud,but could not praise
such sounds he could not raise;
He supported,but not with words
such feelings,witheld unheard;
Sentiment,tight reined...

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"Wings of Icarus"


every angel for himself

the sky never falls
when love carries its 
shining sword on clouds 
walking on a blue Ichthys ocean 

words each feather
waxing lyrical wings
enfolding the fallen labyrinth
opening golden grail stories

wings of Icarus...

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HAIKU is the ' phonetical&cultural original 'in Japanese'& in reality uses '17 'onji' (sound symbols)rather than syllables ,&traditionally written in Japanese as a single line

whereas

HIKU is the English language tristich (three line) version(including translations)with similar...

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ICHTHYS


                       .  C   H   R  I ...

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Scales hardened over her skin
a condition called ichthyosis vulgaris

ik-thee-O-sis vul-Ga-ris

fish disease

(the ‘vulgar’ means ordinary
but at its worst
it is far from common).

She bled where the plaques chipped and cracked,
she leaked oils, but could not sweat enough.

She...

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TRUE GRIT
He like a drink
did granpa  Shreeve
Sergeant stripes stayed on
his sleeve- Victorian born with
buckled belt ,boots,trousers braced;
strong silent,with twirled of moustache;
rigid of back,upright no ceremony allowed-
a legacy faded sepia grey in memory
	GRANPA
He loves action,with...

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ICHTHYS


                       .  C   H   R  I ...

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.  C   H   R  I   S   T        S          ...

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To
express
emotions-
in coherent
form

see more at my blogs

http://poiema-ichthys.blogspot.com

http://poiema2.blogspot.com
oh little sonnet gathering wings-
of your beauty once more sing
oh little sonnet gathering wings-
fly,fly away and contentment bring;
oh little sonnet with sweet verse
at your breast invention nurse
oh little sonnet in...

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FLIGHTS OF FANCY PHRASIS 3
Blossom of baby's breath,soft white
gorse,crusted yellow, weeping willow
rush patterned lace pastures a pastel green.
Buttercup,daisy&comely cowslip mingle
&mix in fellowship swaying pelts of grass
with purple vetch & ribwort plantain,clover
in English rain.Scabious,burnets butteflies
and bees...

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This link will show this haiku in a haiga form on one of my paintings

http://haiga-ichthys.blogspot.com/


s
u
n
s                    ...

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SCENES OF A CARELESS BOYHOOD

The sound of water,escaping dams
willows,old rotten planks,slimy
posts,brickwork,old timber props
wet ditches,sedges and silvery nets
towpaths without gates,horses that
tow barges collared with crimson fringe.

Wheat and thatched cottages and cornstacks
grasses in flower,bogrush bulrush and
teazle,so tall.Bindweed,wild...

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CHRISTIAN PHRASIS 5-theological
To discern & receive God’s grace
in our lives,following His footsteps,
God made visible,the man Jesus
His complete expression.Unconditional
love to receive unconditionally.An 
antidote to anxiety,the agape of the
will that turns us away from sin and
back to...

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COMMONPLACE VI
Off beam,along the circles rim then
a creative impulse on the spur of
the moment drops of poetic essence
spontaneous and prolific from the
workings of the heart to distil into
another’s mind.A painting with
words uttered one by one...

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FLIGHTS OF FANCY PHRASIS 1
The soft yellow streaked the terra cotta,
shadowing the speckled sallow saffron 
a bluish buff upon the cochineal;
brilliant boneblack grizzled the engrain
citrine carnation as the fallow flaxen,
rustic rubrical rainbow-tinted 
the magenta mandarine;unseen
the...

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FLIGHTS OF FANCY PHRASIS 2
Lady’s mantle with butcher’s broom
dwarf cornel cotton grass so thin,
yellow travellers joy,with buttercup
on sunspurged ,petty whin.
Creeping jenny over silverweed
groundsel& cudweed,balm,rockrose 
and agromony with thistle prickly green.
Good King Henry,goose fat red and...

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HE LIVES
.....................................B.....................................
.................................Y..E..S.................................
.....................................Y.....................................
.....................................O.....................................
.....................................N.....................................
.....................................D.....................................
..................................T.H.E..................................
...............................C.R.O.S.S................................
......................IS...THE.......CHRIST........................

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

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LANTERNE PHRASIS 2
Coloured filled swathes,bands of
blocks,circles,squares&oblongs
attached yet apart in migrainous
views,grating abstract shapes
triggering stark sensations.A 
painted mist,emblems of the mind
introspectives that hover between
the abnormal & true.A light-dark unity of
pervading symbols in perspectives,
simple yet meticulous,weaved into
themes& threads...

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PHRASIS STREAMS part 5
Inwardly afraid,perfunctory &peripheral
the how&what of our choosing,these
whispered sounds of tender lasting
moments,ever seeking a rationale.
Waiting&wondering to pursue that
inner voice or proven better way.
Such a blinkered view so innocently 
implored,innate but creative,these sounds
of words...

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PHRASIS STREAMS part 4
Sighs ,with a warm welcome with
eyes that chaperone & guard
emotional honesty of our lives then
bring personal pleasure within,not all
about.Such emphemeral delight every
moment of the day.Pleasure without 
measure if truth & honesty flow...

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COMMONPLACE PHRASIS XII
Reality dawns in my mind,a trhread that
runs through reason,a repository and
reference point in imagination’s flight.
Seeing what’s there to see,that single tree
in the forest of my mind’s eye.This
defining moment where inner
feelings fly free.Seeing things...

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COMMONPLACE PHRASIS IX
Everything in its season,concentrated
and alive stray objects ripple across
the view and solitary imagination
is its scale.Recollections of things
past,so apposite for self-expression
sieved to retain the essentials.
Exaggeration modified,ignorance
contemplated and constrained.
Atmospheres of yesterday translated
loom & sound so,...

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COMMONPLACE PHRASIS  part 2
Humble stirrings in our own sphere,
a diary of retrospective truths,of passing
fads of intervening years,a reasonance of
lyrical feelings,hand-penned.These mysterious
centres of thought formed into poetry
pictures,intangible ,but to feel& see,
a speechlessness,a fascination of agreeable
word...

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A PUPIL’S PROGRESS-a phrasis
Good work,a praiseworthy effort, 
sadly exam nervousness held him
back .He can think quickly,albeit 
sometimes not clearly, when he
thinks before he inks! 
He grasps new ideas ,solves problems
logically,never flags, meeting
difficulties with enthusiasm;outstripping 
others...

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SEQUENCE PHRASIS 1
Remember ,momento mori,always 
ever present in life,where,the rain
falls on both the good&bad.Words
so often dissimulate & dissemble,
alter the envisioned state of the
moment,& become convention.
Nostalgia slowly secretes into memory
bewilderment conceives a new
understanding on the shifting...

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