Long Ivies Poems

But we of the Three Tribes live undiscovered 
   In the reverberating stillness of the 
 Three Gorges...
And are therefore unknown to the warring mongol;
    His impassioned lusts -- his...

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RESPECT YOUR FREEDOM

I glance through my verandah window,
Birds flying over my head freely.
I imagined myself floating like them,
In pain complicated, reminiscence shown deeply.

The afternoon breeze breeds an aroma,
Like fresh cologne of summer ivies.
Unlike bad odors...

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murders rise on nights like these
                   crows - in bushels cross   
and stitch the horizon...

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Off with the old, and on with the new,
  Hopefully good ambitions all pursue,
  Salute Lord Tennyson do or die!
Ring out wild bells, to the wild sky...

I will read my Alfred Tennyson,
 ...

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Tended with diligent care and toiling
Prayed for against pest attack so severe 
Being nurtured by God’s bountiful grace 
Our church gardens* are flourishing indeed.

Abundant green and leafy vegetables
Sway healthily exuding their nutrients:
Camote, alugbati, and sili
Likewise,...

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Home.
The deepest crevices of your arms felt like home. 
It was a place of warmth and comfort
A place where I can nudge my nose into when it is cold from all the outdoors.
It reminded me...

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Are you chameleons, dearest leaves?
Stealing colors of amber, like thieves;
Hiding pure gold dusts within, sometimes, 
Putting on crimson shown like sun-shines...!

Birds, dear, from for lands! Don't go away!
You're nature's pleasure; kindly do stay! 
Nightingales, cuckoos,...

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It resembles a long corridor zone,
Leading me from the known to the unknown;
Sunlight on one side; gloom on the other,
Like cream of butter smokes seems to smother...!

Around the tunnel-like long way are seen,
Calico, flame wine,...

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In cracking lights, beaming smiles, lost in the moment, busy minds,
Someone just got lost in my vision, reached out to my senses
Hurricanes, poison ivies, king-sized towers turned out to be a joke
For a guy like...

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Follow the path that runs through the dale
Where it turns leading down by the spring
Lush ferns and ivies line the trail
Nearly everything bites or stings

The dogwood blossoms and the redbud trees
Paint splotches of pink and...

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CHRISTMAS WITH FAMILY


after breakfast
tangled in my father’s flings
hoped for an heretic utopia
cried the white guilt
he put next to me 
as a list of chores

after lunch
ran in the wild field
of lost fairytale heroes – 
denied the...

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This garden’s abandoned, the lawn grass is tall
The bushes and plants have grown high
Cracked slabs path is uneven and small
No one’s around to tell why
Front door’s off the latch, windows open wide
The table set looks...

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         ~ Prejudice ~

   O, that's a snappy book jacket
   That book looks interesting
      I think I'll buy...

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ANCIENT FOUNTAIN 

A fountain amid a floral garden, flowing to no end, 
Still watering surrounding flowers, 
the souls of them therein.

Perineal plantings, growing wild, vines of weeds and thorn, 
Yet yielding strength and beauty there,...

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"It comes to me in childlike dreams, 
a peaceful place to run away too." Quote by_ poet

Fluttering in the enchanted garden,
luxuriant foliage unburden.

Serene illuminated by fair hues
of gay sunshine overflowing muse.

Buzzing bees and colorful butterflies,
teasing...

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