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Premium Member A Sense of the Organic

gestures of merit
    light in letters
      with fluttering words
simplicity
  of impulse
       twixt art &art

white silence
     shape emotions
with
   power of the image
in
  the inner 
state of mind
           oozing unevenly
seething
constellations of perception
random 
      splinters of sound
roadways of
                 thought
out
   of everywhere

sequenced elipsis
visual blanks
on 
a spatial pitch
in
   spiritual breaths
minimal linear
                flows&
stopped
      by streams&visions
bruise-blue
           cloud shapes
rouse anger
&exhileration
in
   the absence of constraint
belonging nowhere
looking
touching
longing
       wishing
choices scattered
                blunted
by helplessness
uprooted
crumpled in small tokens
shaken
crushed
     fallen shapes
         abandoned

upwards
sideways
     in silent
unshapen
    shadows-
the unspoken
essence of knowledge
&
sounds remembered
Form: Verse


Premium Member I Am Grateful

After a few years, I visited an old friend at his
Office.  He was not there, but I was informed
That he would arrive shortly. I waited, and
Waited, and waited until I could wait no longer.

I left my friend a message with words that
He would understand from one who' had
Ground older and learned new lessons
Of life.  Message:  "In years of not so long
Ago, I waited more on men and less on God.
I have now learned to wait less on men and
More on God".

The paths I have troded;
The places I have tasted;
The people with whom I have been treated;
The purpose of which I have been presented;
The plans that I have been assigned to execute.

My Lord and my life have been good to me;
Giving me cause for much gratitude.
I have walked in shoes crafted just for me,
Carrying me above and beyond, to points
And places both familiar and otherwise.

I was never afforded a life without pain,
But granted one more than filled with change.
So I adjusted and when required, changed lanes.

Through pathways both broad and narrow;
Traversing twisted and rugged roadways;
Leaving me sometimes feeling lost and lonely; But always belonging and evermore fulfilling.
Form: Narrative

If I Were Chosen

Should I see His face
 a countenance of innocence, love, purity, and grace
 or hear His voice, every melodic flow
 the very rhythm of life, I pray that I would know 
acknowledge the Son of God, walking upon this earth
 blended into the side paths and roadways of life-s after birth
 in awe and appreciation 
 within the embrace of His creation;
the beauty, bounty, magic, mystery, and wonder
 of a God's love, His heart, His spirit, His thunder,
 His existence, presence, the essence of being
 within the marrow of my soul, eyes open wide to seeing.
Would that I could recognize through these human eyes
 His endearing boundless efforts to save me undisguised,
 call me to His arms, teach me the truths
 that I fail to learn alone in old age and youth.
Surely, I would get down upon my knees
 pray for wisdom, guidance, direction to believe
 the inclination to open my eyes, my ears, my mind, my soul,
 my heart to the miracle of being God's child to behold
if I were one of the chosen.




Simple reflections, after watching another episode of THE CHOSEN
with gratitude, awe and amazement.
© DM Babbit  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Must Go, Must Do

We lived about a hundred miles Northwest of Chicago                                                                                                      It was the winter of '73, and snow was covering the roads
In the land of cheese and phesants, the air was crisp and cold                                                                                  Surely, I must have been bored; or more likely,  I was a lunatic
I should have relaxed on that quiet day with my lovely and wise                                                                                     wife who pleaded with me not to drive on such icy roadways.

I was convinced that duty demanded I balance the books.                                                                                         I deemed myself important and vital for the success of our
drug prevention program.  Yes, I was obsessed with my work                                                                                   and blind to any and everything else that tried to change me.

I was in love with my wife, but I was also having an unhealthy affair.              I had heard of extra marital affairs, but no one told this 23 year old           about obsessive affairs on the side.  How could my premarital counsellor
have overlooked such crucial fine print and denied me of such vital details?                                                          Why wasn't  I informed that I could be driven by an unseen combustible
engine inside my brain, compelling me to committ forbidden and obsessive actions? How was I to know that I could be so wrapped up by my job?                                                   

Not to be denied though, I would soon learned the hard way which is probably
the only way I was going to learn anyway.  Less than a mile up the icy road, my vehicle's tire blew; I went into a spin, knocking down a mail box; and the next voice I heard was not an audible one, but my own mind speaking. "You should have listened to your wife!!!".  I was all ears and sitting quietly in my 'upside down vehicle'.  The only injury was my bruised pride.                                                                                

That was my first bout with my form of obsessive compulsive behavior which was before the term was even invented.
71917PSContest, Obsessions, Silent One, P2
Form: Narrative

Premium Member The Alphabet Highway


The journey to our destiny is paved with many experiences.
And there are many and various highways available.
Please allow me to share just a few highways that
Over the years have ushered me along my journey.

Alphabet 'A' was a highway that often denied ACCESS to me.
'B' represented roadways that looked like two U-Turns,
Indicating times of UNCERTAINTY requiring me to turn back.

For a time, the 'E' roads always pointed me EAST; Never West.
The 'F' roads were DISCOURAGING, but I always did my best.
I tell you, the 'G' and 'Q' highways were very CONFUSING.
At times, it seemed they were leading me nowhere.

There were times on the 'O' roadways I went ROUND and ROUND.
On this long road to destiny, there were forks in the road, 
But the "Y' highways taught me how to be DECISIVE.

This journey would not be realistic if there were no 'W's.
There were always QUESTIONS of what, when, where, which way,
and why. But it was the 'W' highways that took me all the way west
to the Pacific Ocean, a region feeling most like home.  Out west
is where I lived and worked for more than 40 years.

No, the journey isn't finished, and there are yet highways of life to be traveled.  As I keep sight on my destiny, may l not Iose focus of my journey.

On every highway, God directed my path as I acknowledged him.
The 'L' roads were always there showing me how to LOVE.
And the 'T' roads reminded me that God was always THERE.


The Power of Ice

Beautiful to look at;
Glittering, shiny, chilly, sparkling, frosty, freezing ice.

Gently it started, a light mist descending from a leaden sky.
Looking harmless, clinging to grasses, roofs, roadways and branches, 
Soon covering power lines, getting thicker and heavier,
 It glimmered in the evening light.

Darkness obscured its total take-over,
Until the lights went out!
Cold came creeping into our homes,
While flickering candlelight barely showed us the way.

Suddenly a shot blasted outside!
No- it must be Ft. Knox,
Shooting cannons in the middle of the night.
The whole house shook and rattled.

Large branches, weighed down by ice,
Broke off the troubled maple trees,
Crashing onto the unexpecting rooftop.
One is followed quickly by another, and another.

Knowing to stay away from windows and glass doors,
Yet we want to see what is happening.
Apprehensive we peep out into the wild, yet still night.
Still only until another utility pole crashes.

Ice pellets slowly change into fluffy snowflakes.
By daylight we find a wondrous sight. 
Hard ice covers the snow, more ice under that snow.
The world has become an ice palace.

Doors are barred by fallen, broken branches,
Yet still, we admire the icy beauty we see. 
Even the smallest limb is coated with the frozen substance.
 The world we see looks fresh, clean and white,
Sunshine turns it into a magic winter wonderland.

Ice- it has the power to stop the flow of life
As it is, freezes  transforms, and redecorates.
It has the strength to pull down poles, power lines and trees alike,
One tiny, freezing drop at a time, 
It grows until it evolves into a mighty, unstoppable force.

Eutrophication of Golden Pond

February 28th, 1968 marked the date
Boyce Brandon Harris 
(my octogenarian widower father) 
purchased a small tract of land
Pooh would Winnie
  
constituting shadowed sliver 
once hailing, hallmarking, harkening, 
glorious vast "Glen Elm" estate,
which circa 1910 encompassed
 
a hundred plus acres of woodland
(including a pond frequented 
by migrating Canadian Geese)
eventually zoned for commercial,
  
industrial, and residential development
(all in the name of productive land use)
particularly put into motion 
courtesy Donald J. Neilson,

who transformed expansive woodland
rivaling shutterfly 
sprouting like mushrooms towed stools
booming explosively
 
after ample precipitation 
little houses on the hillside
little houses made of  ticky tacky...
popped up overnight 

transforming landscape
displacing flora and fauna with vinyl city
(minus spit of property papa bought)
manicured bumped uglies with wild wisp

reduced pristine niche leftover jot haven
squawking disoriented geese instincts
thwarted, where drained wetlands
a Arcadian past suburbanization

overlaying (palimpsest like) rural setting
trademark bucolic print Currier And Ives  
stock in trade signature prints
landscape sparse human population
  
country aire sprinkled with family farms
fresh dairy, produce, vegetables 
butchered animals free ranging 
without synthetic injections

nostalgia faintly recreated here
Highland Manor Apartments
Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
a slip of country revered

against a Paul Ling urbanization
nothing appears familiar
retracing roadways now major highways
frequent moments breeds alienation 
familiar ground confusing, frightening, and perplexing.

Premium Member Iced In

We were iced-in during the winter of '26
Flortunately,  it lasted for only one week.

Although the roadways were safe and nice,
We were surrounded with lots of ice.

8 days and nights of black-out
4 days and nights of endangered food

A new generator refused to generate.
An old generator held Faithful to the finish.

In a broad southern sweep, with no desire to please,, Febuary rushed in with a freeze.

Although underneath, the roots held tight,
Peach and plum trees, so laden and leaning
Low with ice, were a very pleasing sight to watch.

There were heighten fears of broken water lines
And the weight of ice broke many electric lines
But at no time did we feel a threat to our lives.
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Summer In the Forest

Standing on the deck of a Quebec Eastern township home,
Views take my breath away, you are alone in the wilderness.
Hints of lavendar, pine and cedar fill the air so fresh and clear, 
Red coloured earth peeks through spots between forests of green.

High on a hill you strain to see the river meander through the valley, 
The sun kisses the tops of pines, leaving reflections on the water.
Only at night does the valley start to reveal its true secrets,
Lights peeking through the trees glow down the mountainside.

Smoke rises from the chimneys of the hidden homes,
Bonfires burn in backyards, voices echo over the air,
Rain rolls in with lightening flashing pictures of the scene,
Thunder rocks the hills and mist begins to rise from the trees.

Revealing the roadways where the water evaporates on the tar,  
Showing the winding pathways to the hidden houses in the forest,
Then the sun shines bright bringing the forest back to life,
Leaving only the earth, water and air as it was meant to be.
© Lee Ramage  Create an image from this poem.

A Lovely Town Under Heaven

While in the prime of my adolescence,
I left a lovely town under Heaven...
the sleek palm trees swayed softly
and the perfume of the stooping orange trees 
sweetly entered into my nostrils;
I had no time for tears, only an uttered goodbye...
friends and neighbors cried,
wishing me immense fortune!

In my naiveness, I didn't see any sadness
and hoped to find my new home
under another Heaven...a town 
never lurking in complete darkness,
because every star came out  
in full luminescence to insure me I wasn't alone....

I walked other streets much longer and wider,
thinking of the old clock-tower
overlooking the busy square where folks chattered
and sipped their cappucino or espresso
with an incredible gusto;
I wandered among glass and steel skycrapers,
searching for twinkling stars,
but I found none that glittered! 

A lost traveler...weary and stranded, 
not found by anyone on roadways,
standing at crossroads and making hard choices;
a fortune-seeker never finding his treasure intact,
envisioning an elusive concept  
at the cost of an unconceivable regret!

Time has finally lost its grip on me,
allowing me to free myself of its captivity..
making clarity even brighter than perception:
to anxiously see me walk in that town under Heaven,
and to hold in my trembling palms
the velvety petals of falling roses!

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