Long Triplet Poems

September  2051

End of  Autumn breeze sweet and gentle
Fluttering the garden as it passed. 
Holly was on video phone with her parents 8 morning time. "Mommy you and dad should be here for the...

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Date:   May  2050

Damian returned home early morning 
Back from another visit with Dolly. Still
Early misty May morning another
Dawning. 2050! The newborns triplets were
Sleeping. Damian was peeping. He would 
Have to travel the...

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Date:  June  2051

Adian Elijah Abbas Ashton  and 
Addison observed the men working
On the Waterfalls and grotto. 
Elliott and Abbas were busy diving 
Into the pool. Damian was the 2nd
Level supervising the construction...

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What are words other than coffin nails be?
Who does it belong to when it rails me?
An empty vessel at best that bails thee.

Lend me your ear and draw your heart near;
my words might seer, but...

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TRIPLET

     Which I wish to TELL
     is fact not at all TALE.
     ‘Comet grows a TAIL’.
       ...

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The root word for religion is not kind – 
Latin verb that means to tie or to bind – 
as it tends to play tricks on anyone’s mind. 

For some, the edicts lash; they mercilessly...

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Five ducklings feeding

The back of the camper bus
proudly sported the family 
seven yellow stickers ducks 
five little ducklings in a line
feeding on life presented to
the world growth sustenance
nourishment and meaning

For every fellow traveller
to ponder smile...

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PreImmenance
God is not an alien or an artificial intelligence he is a perfect being not created just a 
constantly moving force like the impossible perpetual motion machine the inventors allways 
aer trying to reinvent only...

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(There's a thirteenth 'zodiacal' constellation, Ophiucus, The Serpent Wrestler/Holder, or the "Twelth Symbol," as here used. In some ancient cultures, serpents were revered as feminine symbols of rebirth/healing, and bees as symbols of wisdom, while...

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Proms linger in promised rings.
I gave you love in a band and
On your hand my love sings.On
Forever a song in my heart for you.
In a dress to the floor, red ribbons too.
I remember you.....
I remember...

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Nothing like a rousing game of spin the dolls leg
on a humid summer night to bring a little bit
of joy into an otherwise uneventful evening.
  The game piece acquired from one of the 
triplet...

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1. Kelly Lune:
silk rose under dome
opaque glass
thwarted love preserved


2. Jack Collom Lune:
the faded corsage
under a dusty glass dome—
missed spring ball

NOT FOR CONTEST
POET'S NOTES
The lune (aka American haiku) created by New York-based poet Robert Kelly (1935–)...

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There are so many talented poetesses and poets
waiting patiently in the long PSoup line
Each got an able, ready pen in their hand,
and some expressive, creative thoughts in their head
It’s worth the wait to get some...

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Each night, bitter tears flood my cheeks,
none of my former lovers are there
to offer comfort.
My friends have betrayed me
despising me as they turn deadly enemies.


I'm a slave to my own nature
humbled with no rest from...

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She danced upon a thimble mushroom near
A delicate faerie, and oh, so dear.
Her mood was pink, her gauzy clothes were blue.
Compassion was her constant, good and true.

Her gossamer wings were endearing
To humans she was never...

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(A Piece in Triplet Addressed to Dr Monir Táhá)*

Yes, we’re mountains, all together yet alone,
From foot to crown of rock and with hearts of stone.
Unmoved by all, moving none, we’re on our own.

To this song...

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Reminiscing past helps to remember;
thinking past events helps to remember
how simple acts brought people together;

Those past acts helped them at their crisis hours.
Timely past actions helped at crisis hours.
Heard their woes, truly tried to dry...

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When to God I come near,
Distant things become clear,
No more have I to fear,
His Word is my power,
His Light is my tower,
His wings are my cover.
The Lord is the strength to the needy in distress,
The...

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Mischievious smile, friend of Marie in the Martha Mills, hard worker to support herself and 
family.
Born older girl child of Rome in 1913
Sunshine and clear blue skies today
Freezing weather, so cold the ponds have a...

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for my two little energetic grandsons - Presley and Brenden...

PB  the polar bear cub, was born in a southerly coastal den,
And for about 15 weeks or so, he’d stay inside his 8x10 playpen, 
He...

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An ancient oak has been cut down
Its leaves were always falling down
Its  sin was being messy

An aged Weeping Fig on a paved parkway
Town Council all agreed it could not stay
Its sin was its roots...

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The gentle breeze of the night  
Ran away and came in slowly  
And so does my lovers heart

Is the cloud closer or farther?  
As I wonder if my lovers love is ...

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HAUNT
Phantom
Poltergeist

in the darkened room
cold hands pushed me from bed
the ghost made her presence known

“Things do go bump in the dark night”


9-13-2020
Pyramids Poetry Contest
Joseph May sponsor

The Clarity Pyramid is a poetry form designed and constructed by...

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There’s a universe in my universe
And it’s making me very mad.

You’ll have to excuse me for sounding terse,
But the meaning of this is bad.

If everyone that has ever been known
Exists in a parallel plane,

It only...

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She came along casually riding a watermelon bike.
I was merely walking down the street on an intended hike.
She yelled “Hey, Pete, or Samuel or Ike!”
You see I am a triplet, and this is what it...

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