Long Likenesses Poems

Pellucid pachyderms wade across
the purpling River Manjees
and Tozzath watches from the bank, 
the seat of his maroon pantaloons soaked with mud,
his nostrils flaring with the fragrance of ombadalias,
whose lacey petals flutter
like the wings of long-dead...

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Betrayal (guilty as charged)...

within mine marriage,
and all the ramifications
that happen therefrom
courtesy the social media platform
of Facebook Messenger,
wherein those subscribing
to an orthodox dogma
may consider said website infernal
(even more despicable
then once upon a time
Old Rotten Gotham
sliding down...

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It is an unseasonable March day.
My kitchen blinds are drawn against morning sun,
their slender slats like new skin protecting the body's vital organs;
eyelids before this rose-covered tablecloth as though the blooms
are the pale larvae of...

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I will dwell in security
because the arms of your salvation
        have embraced me
higher than the mountains peaks
is the persuasion of your kindnesses
      ...

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I am a wood carver by instinct and intuition;
I am not a wood carver by trade or profession.
I carve the likenesses of things into something whole,
Into the shapeless wood, I carve the essence of its...

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THE AL-ANDALUS QUARTET: PART FOUR
ALMERÍA / UMM AL-MARIYA   2007 AD / 1427 AH 

The traveler who journeys to the City of Almería
arrives at a port where the routes of the ferries,
the whitecaps and...

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the free state is actually not free
casting my line into the many manipulations
worked by dust devils and hierophants
gambling their grunt wages on my young ass
like cowboys on a cattle free vacation
unwelcome by all rational standards
it's...

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Earth feels undone.
Not only incomplete,
but now unraveling,

Undead
but not resurrecting,
not fully alive,
not healthy enough
to listen for sacred survive
whispers, ReWind
ReGenerate
ReConnect

What Gaia has joined
ego-centers within ecosystems
must not secularize
disconnect natural analogical likenesses
inviting spiritual 
metaphoric 
profound illuminations

Of
and for
complex empowerment,
full living...

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With every page turned
I discover traces of myself
Behind the tattered covers
Of old family diaries
In the words of Homer
Within the songs of America
Amongst the GI’s, Hoplites, and Senators,
This is the masculine
I despise this cloak of anonymity
In...

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Crossroads to where life began
Fear of dark cold round me again

In the twilight before the morn
Scattered grass iced, forlorn
Silence in the air ash orangy dawn
Fire burnt out like clouds in storm

Life in vain for a...

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This body that I am now forced to own
once was a glove for desiring hands, and
a hand for the warm fitting-rooms of strangers.

I am an owner of derelict houses.
their roofs and walls unrecognizable
In the harsh...

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A rift was torn throughout what was once a perfect sky, the souls of many waiting to be born... beings of light.
A different being of the Lord's could not stop his internal fool's chatter inside...

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Disorderly conduct
Conducted under construction
Destruction of emotions, feelings and likenesses.

Simply stated yet so full of complications 
Complicated likeness and complying not.

Disorderly disorganized mishap
Misshapen. Shape it. Make it beautiful

Not so popular , not a real crowd pleaser.
Watching...

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Forms most enormous seen from our earth,
Dwarf the tallest, the grandest of mountains’ girth.
Magnificent spectacles rounded up in the sky:
Sculptured foam, floating frothy, towering high.

Black ominous clouds of malevolent breadth,
Funnels of doom, destruction, and death,
Whirling...

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The World in its most esteemed value is nothing without people,
A Nation is as great as its people,
A City is recognized by others for its people,
A Community is only the people of families which builds...

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Cancer has become a constant companion of many,
without a cure, it lingers on and causes tragedy,
It waltzes into the lives of the young and old,
taking up residence boldly,
Its victims fight the good fight
as Heavy Weight...

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   Character matters addressed by the Kings,
   By attitude adjustment - repentance of sin,
   From heaven and earth with prayers for the dream:
   Love is the standard,...

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Sharp ivory brushes my torso
Pain, but pleasure’s persistent
A flash of boredom that coinsides
With 
Saliva and other 
Suspitions.
Answers lay just beyond
Splashes of color and
Juxtaposed likenesses
My squealing snout hides me
And my pink flesh exposes
But covered with fiery...

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