Long Reciter Poems

This is a lethal ink injection.
I know I’m blessed to have rejection 
Haters in my life 
only lead to introspection 
Understand 
I’m still the man
Who are you to question 
I agree to disagree
With all your...

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wobbling
   earth
      Phoebus
          slipover
               &
...

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My First poem posted here May 2007 was  an enigmatic Lanterne

Viduage

Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

My First ekphrasis (poem no 2 here ) BELLA

Bella

He
opened
the window-
in streamed his first
love
with
flowers,
dressed
in white-
she haunted his
art.

An Ekphrasis in lanterne  sequence on Marc Chagall

MY FIRST POEM I EVER WROTE poem no 3 here. a favoured form  AN ALLITERATION

Connections
Confront,clash,collide
COMBAT !
Cold shoulder,chill,cool
CUT-OFF !
Cry,crave,collect
CALL-ON !
Constant,compassion,consider
CHARITY !
Confer,commune,converse
COMMUNICATE !
Convene,concert,consensus
CONCORD !
COVENANT ! CHRIST ! CHURCH !

MY FIRST IMAGIST POEM -REFLECTIONS

Reflections

Deep into the pool
A blue moon,ephemeral,
Below white-coated peaks,
Bleak and surreal,
The transient image too soon
Dissolves,and ripples into space,
As water though my grasp.

MY FIRST CINQUAIN (after Adelaide Crapsey)

Long days
Of August sun
Where nature blinks and shrinks
The dying grass,yellowed in sleep-
Held fast

MY FIRST HIKU

On the wind,a bell
Muffled from across the square
Raindrops fill the air

MY FIRST TANKA- BREAKING UP

apart again
crestfallen within
my longing persists-
we dis-engage
into parallel lives

FIRST FOOTLE Jan 2009 (Plural footles never really appealed- I stil!l prefer my original creation)

Footle-Bonnie & Clyde

too snide

both died

MY FIRST(& Only PRIZE WINNER POEM )(75$ iN THOSE Soup  DAYS OF 2007)

ELEVEN :ELEVEN: ELEVEN

Chill breath of autumn
Sears the poppy scarlet red,
On his memory'd cenotaph.

Tears trickle in the furrowed
Faces of young comrades
.....now long dead

MY FIRST OPEN FORM

CONCEPTION
Standing
as in a dream
            bemused
in my private world
alone

and yet surrounded
by others

                thoughts
read
digested
and considered


waiting
listening then
             writing
my verse
I awake,content

until the next
time

( Year Posted 2012) OPEN VERSE using spaces&breaks/no grammatical symbols /relying on 'the one breath limitation'/this intuitive...

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spoke to stars

every 
   night
     when 
        world 
            slept
 ...

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THESE ARE OPEN(organic) VERSES using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols, the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' (intuitive cadence)& so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making this enigmatic form...

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Hostilities
  hate
   & hysteria
          world full
               of 
 ...

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This one
  for
    a 
      girl
         abandoned
           ...

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Dark space
               Cold 
           &
inexorable
    soul
  ...

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crushing defeat
   in 
     abyss 
         of 
          nostalgia
   ...

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whilst
    courting 
       reveries
          in 
           chamomile...

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nascent 
     dawn appears
kaleidoscope 
 of 
color
  midnight 
    sighs 
       leftovers 
        ...

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Let's meet 
     on 
        side
        of
      honesty
honor
    &...

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Poem -  Salesman , sales amen
Poet-Helal Hafiz
Reciter - Shimul Mustapha

Coaxer pain, pain less serene , reign, reignman 
Diversity  mortified in ranges of pristine
Coaxer pain, narcotic reign, dripping on muddy constellation

Red , blue and...

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"say Brian"
 what is your poetry creed?"

                POETRY IS AN ORAL ART AT ITS BEST WHEN  RECITED
 it then...

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Vesuvius Eruption

flumped
feeling
  fading
     forthcoming
 carrying 
    his 
giant
   cyclopedia
in hand
  snaring
of 
 day's sun

believing 
  his soul 
hoisting
&
asked
don't cry
as
   I feel...

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dear heart
  life 
    not
       always
          bluebirds &
       butterflies
 ...

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Written: September 22, 2023
No 1242 New Poem Only Poetry Contest      Sponsored by: Brian Strand
______________________________________________________________

Jewel 
     winks 
         ...

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bafflingly 
    bemusing
         mind
       &
         mood
    ...

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TRIBUTES
overt
 the
 implication
& correlate
with
the
  traditional

 receptive
to
a
 witnessed
 desire

 themes
 at least
in part
 a reaction
to be
 explored

 the intent
 has
 an intrigue premise
 persuasively
 constructed
&
organised
yet hazy
concept
of  inspiration

sans rigour
questioning
or doubt
created
 through
 a complex
&  informed
relationship
of
 obedience
in
 manifested
attitudes

a refusal
to adhere
to
unfashionable
& ascribed
anathema
topically
 perceived

more
 receptive
to
 witnessed
 desire

 themes
 at least
in part
 a reaction
to be
 explored

 the intent
 has
 an intrigue premise
 persuasively
 constructed
&
organised
yet hazy
concept
of  inspiration

sans rigour
questioning
or doubt
created
 through
 a complex
&  informed
relationship
of
 obedience
in
 manifested
attitudes

a refusal
to adhere
to
unfashionable
& ascribed
anathema
topically
 perceived


NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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POIEMA PERFECTED

made divine
        & healed
        rescued
        &transformed 
our life
fully satisfied
    ...

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October vortexes
      summer 
  scampered
   with steam 
     auburn haze
Keats poetized 
   musings of
darkness
   In windswept
mardy
   asteroid
blizzard...

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Skies cast 
     a 
periwinkle 
     moodiness
shimmers 
   eyes full 
of 
   tears
gauze 
   invade 
ankles
     feet...

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TRAUMA
anxiety
  feeling
  unprepared
yet resilient
&very blessed

hybrid
of naturalistic
 fantasy
elaborate
sequences

 compelling
but
fascinating
warm
& captivating
interesting
 &
 accepted

incredible
 meaningful
creativity
identified
the
emotional
connects
&clinches


a beautiful
idea
to  transition
imagination
into
 fearless
 personal
experience
from
chaos
of anger
&rage

to
the
 idiosyncratic
&
 unique
BLUSH
so elusive
gradually
 emerge
from
 scattered locations
  otherwise
unknown

 light
as parchment
the delicacy
 of nature
swirling
wayward
 & abrupt

white
 materialise
 like a vision
every
 nuance
natural

below
 & beyond
in
 disorientating
dimensions
 about
to be gone

lies
the  bizarre
&coarse
 glimmering
 out
of nowhere
against
a hazy
 darkness
in
appearance
&
 so expressive

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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Listening to a poem recited
in your head as you read it 
can become a monotonal drone,
lacking verve, color, context and texture.
So much better to hear it read aloud to you
especially by the author themselves
who can...

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ESCAPADES
inescapable
the
clarity
illustrated
  in the
mysterious

erupts
to
illuminate
that
hidden beneath
the enigma
&
perplexing
&
teasing
to transform
the
   meticulous
detail

the
challenge
  the
unfailingly
humdrum&
monotony
 of existence

a
faceless
 lifetime of
  masquerade
unsettling
decades
of
tedium
  episodes
appear
 to visualise
then
retreat
 before  gathering
a  raisonné
so enjoyable
akin to  a
vivid
&
 memorable
sojourn
a
passage
int
 eccentricity
with delivery from
the
 chaotic
&
deadpan
contemplating
the impossible
  reflection
in
 a looking glass
of concealed
questions

curious
cryptic&
fragmentary

&
cheerfully
  chaotic
 on its
own merit
 readily
accepting
 the challenge
& never
 resting
  a nuanced
memorial
so
superbly
   typical

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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