Long Sequoia Poems

I'm an enlightened 
equinox, strolling in
faded universe, 
dreaming poetry in
susurrus serenades 
of rustling 
ruby-leaves which
whisper cool 
beamish hues
to my autumnal-
quartz heart, 
when the nucleus 
of unborn flowers, 
wishes for a 
meditative 
musing amidst 
this mocha...

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As the moonlight reflected on a lake
Whomever you choose to be or make,
Your mind and heart can have a choice,
Add my consent if fair according voice.

Ether happiness is just a state of mind
Like joyful clouds...

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On a dusty and narrow path dwarfed by the enormous
redwood trees, which have conquered all of the soft-blue sky;
I walk and I'm astonished by the tallest of them all! 
Winter has left and the snows...

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I'm an ashen dove, 
fading in zephyr 
of wine valleys, 
saturating in fog 
upon enchanting hills, 
draped in 
grape-green silk, 
where fantasies of forest, 
sprout cynthia moon 
of a bygone 
medieval saga, 
amidst heavenly 
eventides,...

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Written: March 2nd, 2024
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Wingbeats on warm whisper wavelength
wasteland, waves of wasabi writhe
with wilting, whimpering, witless wring...

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Deep in the woods, nearly three miles back,
far from New York with its tall glass and steel,
on a low ridge that has no proper name,
I stumble on something that feels surreal.

An old-growth forest grove, somehow...

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[Written in December 2009 while at the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen]

The plank is of a long, strong wood

With edges round for measures good

Small steady steps the toddler walks

While politicians stall the talks

Three fifty steps...

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I WISH I WEREN’T AN ORANGUTANG
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


I wish I weren’t an orangutang, living as a captive in a zoo
Orange stringy, hairy body, is this the best nature can do
Gangly arms, puffed cheeks, a face...

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Let her go
She tried to hurt you
Let her go
She tried to bleed you
Let her go
She tried to dent your ego
Let her go
JUST LET HER GO

She doesn’t deserve you
You are the sun
Blazing high in the sky
Devouring...

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Much is seen above,
less is visible below

Celestial thoughts 
have elevated luminosity
Subterreanean feelings
possess a catacomb void glow

The sun shines with sparkling clarity,
as rainbow-coated        ephod epiphany branches 
bud more colorful...

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I
There are lines we recall from literature
As in escaping "by the skin of my teeth"
That we owe to the bible, in this case, to Job
(not "job", a Biblical Book by that name, chapter 19)

II
Psalm 29...

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The garden of your dreams, it contains reality’s seeds,
Potential flowers of success or many a failure’s weeds.
Due to the thoughts we choose, doubt or fear will loom,
The mind is the husbandman; seeds of faith it’ll...

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We may come to one another with our own pine cones.  You have four I have none for now.  In time, I may have two from a long gone tree.  The loves...

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Sans thee,
          I am but a heart cleaved in two. 
               ...

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(Poem included in the Poems of Yosemite chapbook.)

Ineffable – 
Still, I write these lines
                     ...

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Dear Elizabeth,
From the deep ocean floor of my soul  
I cannot convey
How much appreciation, thanks and gratitude 
I feel for you, for being
So decent and kind
As to fill me daily and completely
With thoughts and...

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Born of smoke and fire glow
In those blazing summers of long ago
Little mountaintop pagodas
Wooden cabs with cute cupolas
Guardians of the grand Sequoia
Douglas fir and ponderosa

Where vigil kept with eagle eyes
Spotted smokes of wildland fires
Called the...

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Towering above all others red wood tree
The sequoia brims with beauty power and majesty
When Julies Cesar was emperor a shoot this tree would be
For red wood are known for their longevity

To get to the top...

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Those mortals who have a history of 
About five million years having survived
Many calamities: fires floods viruses 
Hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes  
Man made wars and environmental events

A minute ball in cosmic terms, afloat
In nothingness...

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The songbird
Free from being caged 
Her melody is beautiful
Because she is no longer afraid

She doesn't sing for your amusement
The songbird does not sing for fame
Oh, she sings for love
Because it can not be tamed

Born wild
Songbirds...

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It's hard to find a way through the wilderness and trying hard to make it
still stands to reason, everything I had was my health.
Redwoods stood as spiritual enclave to the indigenous people along the coast...

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She missed out on music lessons as a child.
Her parents taught her piano, which was so mild.
For years, she worked poorly and was lackluster.
And quit piano as a preteen as she couldn't muster.

She preferred Brian...

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I set my eye
Towards horizon looking at deep sky
There mountains will lay 
Above which flock of geese will fly
They say
When Homer was on the way
To write Troy his famous work
He looked from the mountain at...

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Sinister were the clouds that emptied their kettles
I lowered my umbrella and gave a defiant stare
Raindrops stung my face like needle sharp nettles
Daringly, I squared my shoulders, letting anger flare

Lightning flashed in jagged shards, trying...

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