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But a Whisper

O gentle sleep. Most precious of secrets
Carefully placed between sunlight and twilight’s touch of warm air and wet kiss

Asunder from me, Yet all of me woven into a spiders web of silken spun strings. Reliving each and every moment in one’s lifetime. Again, then yet again.

Bizarre creatures I’ve created, shouting messages of concern. The very monsters that haunted my childhood. Now offering guidance, sworn allegiance to me for they know they have been conquered, so long ago.
A maestros wand, weaves a tapestry so intricate. Each line intersects. Yet does not interfere with one another.

O welcome sleep. With each worry and every dream. Days labor comes to end
On soft pillows where I’m lead towards a fantasy, I must then, take part in an eternal play
Filled with obscurity and dismay 
In search of meanings to each day.


Premium Member Virtuoso

Letter chosen "V"
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Virtuoso

Carnelian dawn reflects red sun rising,
Mirrors glow of vermillion flycatchers,
With scarlet plumage, so mesmerizing,
Dawn’s songbirds – virtuoso stature.

Flight song resounds through the still morning mists,
Woodland thickets embrace the day song,
Artists on wings with bright feathers flame kissed
Warble sweet aves on garnet birdsongs.

Vigil for daybreak in tones cinnabar
Matins’ maestros in morning’s sung prayers,
Amber strains from coquelicot popstars,
Lauds for the Daystar ring through newborn airs.

Cloaked in vermillion at evening's first light,
Songbirds wait to sing in red-orange delight.
Form: Sonnet

Premium Member No Fans Left

My name is Black.
My mouth is diseased.
I walk on walls behind your back.
I've come for your soul.
You had it out on lease.
(You forgot.)

Stop tending to the chickens,
Or don't stop tending to the chickens.
Either way there are no fans left for anything to be hitting them.
But if they were still around they would get hit by you-know-what.
So don't touch me.
Don't tick me off.
I send the weak and injured off screaming in horror.

Mostly I'm just misunderstood, though.
I call a spade a club.
I turn maestros into minstrels,.
Melancholy into minestrone.
I eat sadness and vomit out anger.

I'm a riot at parties for the first five minutes,
Then I'm the mom you didn't call,
The key you left in the car,
The ringing in your ear,
The stinging in your throat.

I'm the faint chittering you hear 
Somewhere in your bed,
Somewhere near your head.

Premium Member Songs of Old

A rhythmic sketch of melodies new
 Often leaves some singing the blues
 Bereft of passion and desire
 Unable to spark a musical fire

 Tenuous tunes leave us to sigh
 As music changes as time goes by
 A piano interlude with brittle notes
 Falls apart, unable to float

 Maestros of old would demurely smile
 As they tickled the ivories with style
 As these musical gems subside
 Somewhere along the way, the music died

 The immutable beauty of songs of old
 Framed in memories, dipped in gold
 The formidable classics of rock and roll
 And rhythm and blues with lots of soul
                         --
 10-24-17
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Critical Race Theory 2021

Black folk kept in sad condition
By owners without contrition.
What to do, what to do?
Wage war for emancipation
And forge a fresh slave-free nation.

The Forrest-Byrd Klan and Jim Crow
Surely are the ones you should stow –
What to do, what to do?
They rule and oppress your city
Blame them not ones who set you free!

Martin loved character content
With black and white talents lent
What to do, what to do?
Stevie and Paul in unity
Played in sweet keyboard harmony.

Smooth Barack cooed high in A sharp
As Hillary lowed in B flat
What to do, what to do?
So white folks, none playing a harp,
Chose the black, how racist was that?

Oppressed rainbow coalition -
All races rate full admission.
What to do, what to do?
Name trophy oppressor maestros
Amin, Mao, Adolf, and Castro.

Critical race theory, woke
Marxist, oppressive and no joke!
What to do, what to do?
Its rancid retro racist sin
Embalmed in landfill would fit in.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member The Colours of Venice's Isles

I've wandered many islands,
    Seen countless shades of blue.
But none compare, my friends, to where
    The glass and lace ring true.
Let me paint you a picture,
    Of Murano's fiery art,
And Burano's rainbow houses,
    That set these isles apart.

Murano's furnaces blazing,
    Glass maestros at their craft.
Molten sand transformed into beauty,
    With every skilful draft.
The clink of cooling crystals,
    A melody so clear.
Chandeliers and figurines,
    Fragile art appears.

In Burano, colours dancing,
    On every house and street.
A painter's palette comes to life,
    Where sky and water meet.
Lacemakers' fingers flying,
    Creating intricate dreams.
Their needles flash like lightning,
    Stitching stories at the seams.

The canals reflect the hues,
    Of houses standing tall.
A kaleidoscope of wonder,
    Enchanting one and all.
Fishermen's boats bob gently,
    In waters calm and still.
Their nets full of the day's catch,
    The air with salt air fills.

The church tower leans so slightly,
    A guardian of time.
Watching over coloured houses,
    In this land so sublime.
Tourists wander, cameras clicking,
    To capture every sight.
In this magical lagoon world,
    Bathed in Venetian light.

As day fades into twilight,
    The islands slowly sleep.
But their beauty keeps on glowing,
    A memory to keep.
So when you're seeking wonder,
    And your heart yearns to roam,
Remember Murano and Burano,
    Where art and colour call home.

In glass and lace and painted walls,
    These isles have cast their spell.
A testament to human craft,
    And nature's beauty as well.
So let the world keep turning,
    But pause here for a while,
Where Murano's glass keeps burning,
    And Burano's colours smile.

Premium Member Tanka Times Two - Time and Clocks

Time racing quickly
       
                         Clocks ticking madly

The measures are absolute
   
                         Conducting meters of life
    
Keep pace with the race
      
                         With synchronized hands

Like maestros gaining control
  
                         You must act now or never
  
Join the endless concerto
      
                         To achieve your finish line


August 14, 2019

Contest: Invitation To Play
Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper

Two Tanka Intermingled; 
Read as one 10-line poem,
or read separately as two 5-line poems.

Tanka syllables: 5, 7, 5, 7, 7
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Magnificent Masquerading Marauders

Magnificent marauders masquerading magically might mean 
Messy mollusks masticate marbled marigolds momentarily. 
Maybe. 
Moreover, momentous mosquitoes might make marvelous mini-muffins mixing marmalade momentarily. 
Meanwhile 
Minnie made monthly memories merely medicating masses 
Mediocre men mysteriously manufactured man-made missals 
Might mean 
Millionaires mystify magical muggles’ meager melodies making 
Magnifying, mollifying mortifying mind-blowing majestic missives. 
Moreover, 
Mummies, mammograms, mushrooms, minks, musicians, 
Models, maestros, minions, muskrats, merry men 
May 
Momentarily medicate marvelously magnificent marauders. 
Meanwhile 
Mary May memorize multiplication minimizing 
Mark’s Mother’s marmalade mini-muffin memory. 
M might make momentous mountain-mincing molehill.

Premium Member Heartbeats in Heaven

Sometimes when 
moonlight weeps to sleep,
I sit, draped 
in burning dreams,
and beautiful nightmares 
of moments lost,
engraved along the rising
of blushing blossoms,
within cerulean azure.

But shadows fade, 
as clarity descends 
upon the ivory beach,
adorned in pearls 
and palm leaves.
I await for twilight to 
sing my heart to 
the milky-way.
I stretch my fingers, 
to count glistening gems,
that shower silver 
streaks upon my 
stranded silhouette.

And I question the universe,
in r i d d l e s and r h y m e s~
what flows within
empty spaces
between iridescent
lines of stars?
Would I find traces
of footprints that left
the face of this earth,
where they 
thrive eternal crests
in paradise?
Maybe there’s rivulets 
of jewels with initials of
angels residing 
in blissful musing,
in hope-filled reveries,
as the cosmic maestros, 
orchestrate peaceful notes
with ethereal keys of faith,
In a choir for 
celestial requiems,
to heal the grieving mind
that t i m e couldn’t mend.

I saw it rained
a rainbow with frozen
memories through my
glass window..
and I remembered 
how I’ve always felt
closer to you in astral realms,
whilst soaked in 
galactic light.

So tonight, I whisper,
prayers in poetic prose,
hoping you’ll feel my tears,
from the 
  highest halcyon haven.
Even death can 
never kill a dreamer,
that bears memories,
and relives them 
through classical sonatas.

Maybe this is how 
a poet reminisces,
heartbeats in h e a v e n…

Epstein and me among the umpteen

Ah Epstein Files, who’s who of naughty names
Making life come good at resorts with dames.
But I’m disappointed 
For not making the grade
Among some biggest guns that play such games
And make some rare headlines
Hard for poetic lines,
Whatso open fame’s gate is free from shames,
No evidence of guilt 
Is no proof of no guilt,
A top gun legal authority claims.
___________________________________ 
Happenings | 15.02.2026 | fame, name, shame, humour, society, world 
Note: More and more Big Names get linked to Epstein. Trump and Musk, two famous Bills, actors, linguists, and even motivational maestros. Poets? Not sure, but here‘s my chance as the only unknown name. As the needle of suspicion comes closer home, this is what this pen-pusher hopes.
Form: Limerick

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