Long Obstinance Poems

Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees, 
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage, 
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...

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Faith offered in the advance of ourselves, in our Creator, in all life is the best leverage for the (H)onest, (O)pen and ever-(W)illful heart. Letting go of this for another is the gracious welcome all...

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With lone intent, all freedom it will wrest
if obstinance you let these wolves deny.
As tonnage sinks beneath the torrid crest
your struggles for survival magnify.
Each flailing ship that ferries surety
is fodder for the fathoms of abyss.
Their...

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It caters to an arrogance of hate
when war becomes a method of despite.
Through vile contempt, he seeks to cultivate
a dogma that defines inhuman blight.
The devil’s plan has given due consent
to let annihilation be the goal.
Let...

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As Barbarossa roars into the East.
its southern barb cut swiftly to the core.
And as it raged the slaughtering increased,
consuming any force that stood before.
His swift barrage devoured the ranks of Red
as iron divisions consummated death.
These...

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Beneath the ash its morals face defeat
as segregation separates is corps.
The scars outline a union incomplete
and wounds define its failure to restore.
Though rally calls have filled a Nation’s heart
and motivation fueled its vast machine,
supremacy held...

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As gods go forth to set the world a fire
‘tis ego that consumes the despot mind.
While domination seeks its epic spire,
the raging wars from east to west align.
‘Tis mere despite that veils a wailing world
then...

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Obstinance, indifference, blind tendentiousness towards one's own self. These are all the shattering of my scattered thoughts of myself and you today.

Just as I woke up to these conditions that I am placing upon this...

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...But with no drink to bring them enjoyment,
more folks went down to the music halls,
finding relief in the soft swoon of strings
that echoed out from within crafted walls.

It soon became so very popular
that many didn’t...

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My name is Walter Eddington,
live in Maine with my wife and son,
own a growing timber company
way up north with vast tracts of trees.

My son’s name is Bruce, and one day
at age fourteen he came home...

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III.
Some claim that your sex is all in your head,
that you can change it at any old time,
gender is not bound by our biology,
it’s nothing more than a sure state-of-mind,
and so we see them, dressing...

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I rise from deep within the earth
out of pressured lavas

I rise above the level into
breathable realms

I rise following the risen
He who set my path and
monitors my lift lovingly
tenderly, yet such pinions
given of steeliness unpluckable

I rise...

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The Obstinate Lighthouse

It was off the coast of Newfoundland in the year of nineteen ninety six
A humble little lighthouse, against a fleet of mighty ships
Lights flickering in the night time and the Americans did say
Beholder...

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I aspire for a flight of magnificence 
though the words at times reek of innocence.
Yet striving to create a renaissance 
in form which will not require penitence.
I boast of overcoming pestilence
in manipulating verbal reticence
to overcome...

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"The Flipside" 

We write 
our hearts out

we pull 
the catch back in

slowly, 
they read,

we think, 
too fast

swallowed 
in the hollowed out

hallowed hearts measured 
ounce per ounce

we write 
our hearts out

stamping footprints
obstinance turning 

ourselves
inside, out

stone washing
ourselves...

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I have often seen perfidious faces
wandering through dark hallways
without showing any human resemblance:
ah, is it envy, ah is it jealousy;
or an unquenchable absurdity
that doesn't admit their open obstinance? 

Unrestrained hate can turn us into unrecognizable...

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In the castle of flesh and bones, 
Held by the chains of antagonism,
She dreamt of freedom,
For he was who she was yearning.

On the door stood guard arrogance,
"I'm the best, you can't escape" he said,
She denied...

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We never engaged in the pleasure of love-making,
they banned us from giving embraces and kisses:
how belief shaped the naiveness of our minds... 
making us fear and keep us from sweet giving!

We longed to tremble, giving...

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Poet took a high-falutin' leap of faith,
   amidst a big swig of moonbeams
   dabbling toes beyond starry galaxies
Milky Way spun in translations
    Pluto still looked oddly perplexed,
Big Dipper...

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I’ve already packed
Everything you need
For your trip, Little One.
“Yes,” she said,
“But I’ve never been 
To Chicago before,
And I just might need
My old hairbrush
And this book I used to like,
And…” it all went
Into her backpack

I smiled...

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This life has become unbearable
Two ships passing in the night
For there is no greater loneliness
Than the loneliness of together

How two people can desecrate
Each other with such brutality
Two lives torn into tatters
Addicted as we, both to...

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Wikipedia describes intransigence as
"refusal to change one's views."
A trait that people of faith 
are known to demonstrate; if put to the test.
Don't get me wrong,
obstinance is not a bad thing,
merely a form of thinking that...

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Spring is here as well as the weeds,
they are growing profusely all over,
thinking about weeding the front garden,
it means bending down and yanking,
as they scream and are chanting.

Determination is my mood as I pull,
each time...

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Watching the clock I'm wary of time,
listening to words that mean nothing to me

If I could do better and take useful notes,
then maybe the lesson I could finally agree

It's no good to be different in...

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