Long Troposphere Poems

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Premium Member Serial Keeler

Foreboding of a tempestuous storm, 
it blackens as it draws near, 
a cumulonimbus in towering form, 
extending to the troposphere, 

So cast off mooring and slacken the line, 
break free while there's still time, 
'cause I'll pull you under if you don't let go, 

Save yourself and abandon ship, 
I'll take on water and sink too quick, 
in gales of winds the swells arise, 
these waves will break and so will I, 

Roars of thunder and screeching wind, 
sheets of lightning and pelting rains, 
walls of waves will batter within,
until our stability wanes,

So cast off mooring and slacken the line, 
untether your heart from mine, 
'cause I'll drown us both if you don't let go,

Save yourself and abandon ship,
I'm taking on water and sinking quick, 
in gales of winds the swells arise, 
these waves are breaking and so am I
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member The Guise of Blue Jay Skies


F  l  y  i  n  g

a sailing tailwind
through cerulean streams
and creamsicle colored beams—
are wings reflective 
of the turquoise truth 
and white purity 
of Autumn’s ether 

he aviates 
a clear troposphere 
riding an unbridled
capricious and combative 
boreas
on the cusp
of a new season

with a plumage infusion
of shifting Cape Cod skies
the blue jay mixes hues
with the Northern azure 
that fades to shades 
of turmoil
to the South and East—
becoming lost
in its milky breadth
its lilting light
its dimming depths
where the edge of rustic rural 
meets the sandy ridge of conifers—crooked
twisted and back-bent
from gales 
of salt-sprayed sorcery

Canadian bluster-gusts
leading the charge 
of a cold sapphire crest  
is bedeviled 
offshore 
by the raw 
tongue-lashing spin 
of a brooding onshore flow
twirling 
a brewing brawl
whirling 
in slate pearlescent space
s w i r l i n g 
with the dusky feistiness 
of stormy petrels…
mobs of darkening fog 
growing fatter
on summer’s fainty surrender—
leftover tints of tender cornflower
and hints of dainty dove

there’s a sparkle 
in the eye of the storm…
his mischievous black gaze 
mirrors 
the harsh harbinger 
of commotion  
clash and change—
his piercing “jay-jay” jabs 
the maddening mayhem 
of menacing air 
with an emerald-needled sharpness 
of wind-weary pitch pines 
anchoring 
the beige of coastal dunes
where his refractive blues
take cover 
in colorful contrast

ahead
of the bruising
October nor’easter

Premium Member WEATHER THE STORMS SOAR-

WEATHER THE STORMS SOAR

I
Shadow dances impart across lite path
Souls entrenched in technicolor harvest
Comparable passage denied terrain grasp
Rainbow corral blurb optic delusions trust
Blown wind scars the clouds rains falls down solace
Weather the storms soar the heaven’s cry
Grasping at the middle climax remains
Compels vibrate illusive prey contains
Weathering the tornadic torrents space.

II
The wind invisible clams and flies goes
Soul’s fiction blinded spirits solar glows
Darkness flees from higher, highest bright light
 Ground labor encumbering dusty bare
Light chasing the darkness blight night
Troposphere next to stratosphere so fair
Spoken forth breath and life birth
Forth going as well as coming go
Universal darkness encased in light earth



1/4/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2024©
Form: Ode

The Take Off

"The Take Off" 

That feeling
when the plane 
speeds down the runway
and lifts up

you know …
how it feels;

left the jungle 
with the forest 
to work it all out
amongst themselves

somewhere in 
the lower atmosphere
wings spread 
ruffling their feathers

for take off

undressing the addressing 
garments and heavy baggage 
no longer required 
in the thermosphere

that place way above 
the camouflaged
claustrophobic
muggy troposphere

you know ...
sans cloak,
naked masks are us;
is it hot in here, or what? 

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Home Soil

vivacious roses pose

in air

oxygen free from the stem

arising like balloons

resurrection of rosies

blushing brides at peak

before their spoiling

before their mistreat

their passionate gowns sweet

wormy stems
await greening apples
Eden’s eschew

the ladies wave bye-bye

preferring the troposphere

fear of flying

ain’t there

angels, palms up,

invite their climb

up golden stairs

heaven is a lighthouse

waves crash on dry and crusty land

petals fall like rain

dowry to the grooms

wives look nothing like the brides

kites tied to home soil

desperate for heaven

a few grooms

smooth

the bed

water the roots

the rose thrives

2/24/2021

*Salvidor Dali’s Bleeding Roses
Form: Ekphrasis


Missing Numbers

I am counting down the days when the clouds will break away and the troposphere in the sky will peel away the substance from the earth and the stratosphere in the atmosphere will cool down the temperature in the air. 
And the wind will take its ambition to the moon and blow towards the East and the corroded air will cease. 

The wind is blowing in the north and something magnificent is about to start, some new comers are in the town they are going up north to settle down before their weary body grows old.
.
 They have boxes and pans with them and ropes to tie down the lion in the den and they have all the resources that they need for a year and they have nothing to fear. Up north is very cold but their spirit is very bold and when the cold sinks into their skins they all gather around the piano and start to sing.
 
Elevate yourself on top of the stone and examine the air pressure coming out of the sea, it carries the weight of a thousand soul whose bodies were left to rot on th ocean floor.

Divers could not find them and explorers could not rescue them, their spirits are buried in the sea and each time a seagull crawls upon the shore, it is one of those lost soul at sea come to pay tribute to the world; their home is at sea.  

Just look around and tell me what you see, the clouds are coming after thee, the rain is pelting in the west and the birds are traveling south west the airline are flying at a high altitude and the eagle is racing towards that sun. Look at the latent heat up there and the thermal radiation over there.

 
The gas layers of the troposphere are expanding and the dense cloud are moving on. Just take a look at the puzzle once more before you walk through the door, try to fit the missing pieces when you find them raise your hands towards the heavens and say ,

”we have found the missing ones.”
Form: Narrative

My Neighbor Kofi

MY NEIGHBOR KOFI
LOCATION: Mazamaza, Lagos, Nigeria:
My neighbor kofi, 
The computer scientist
At 34,
He crisscrossed, jetcrosed, redcrossed,
And hobnobbed around the globe:
Kathmandu, Acapulco and the Galapagos 

He dined and wined
Like there was no tomorrow 
He dined and wined 
With Kings and queens;
Cuban cigars, dom perignon 59, Cabernet Sauvignon;
Lamborghini Gallardo, Rolls Royce and Ferrari 

He saw the world 
Through,
Rose colored spectacles 

He jetted North, then South
He jetted in Sommer, then in winter 
Then,
He jetlagged....
His battery drained
And,
His computer crashed 
Then,
The speck fell
From his eyes
He,
Drank garri without sugar
Ate wild mushrooms 
And drank bitter lemon.......

He googled his front
And ogled his back
In his minds eyes
He saw a knotted gray tie
And a pregnant woman 
He heard a cock crow
But saw a thick blanket
Of darkness cascade toward, over him
He could not discern
Beyond his nose......

He saw the clouds gathering 
But no rain
He saw the palm trees sway
Almost to a breaking point 
Then,
He saw the harmathan
Gathering momentum 
At the lower troposphere.....

He felt the cold 
North East trade wind
Hit his face.......

He mounted his green horse
Named: Don Longhorn 
Adjusted his helmet
Then,
 Saw a thick haze
Of dust behind him......

It tumbled, rumbled, crumbled and cracked,
It thundered, hissed and clappered
Lightening flashed around him
But,
Don Longhorn and Kofi
Forged ahead...
Into the night....
Into a blanket of darkness......
Form: Prose

Premium Member The Glory of the Eastern Edge

In moments of twilight civility
an exchange of gifts - 
darkness for light..

RISING

from beyond the softening silhouette edge
you brighten like a blushing damsel
hazy haloed
unabashed in the pleasure of ripening

daydreamer 
...a vivid blur of lemon drop...
veiled by a wispy fanfare of mares’ tails
windswept forth in pinkened pageantry
heralding the maturing marmalade horizon -
arousing a drowsing periwinkle sky

your prosperous glow casts a molten net of gold
slanting low across the ebb and flow
igniting the imagination
- agleam with peachy dreams - 
of just-waking waters
while catching fire-tipped riffles; 
rubies gathered ride the tide to the coastline
glamorizing the washed still-sleepy seaward sand  

saturated in the rose-colored nectar 
of your generous nature ~


Susan Ashley 
October 13, 2018


*Mare’s tail: a long narrow cirrus cloud whose flowing appearance somewhat resembles a horse’s tail, often indicating high winds in the upper troposphere.*

Premium Member Last Words

LAST WORDS


   surly pain must ink the charred troposphere,

mascara running down poet’s kaleidoscopic cheek.
the breastplate clan have left the spoils weak.
the rustical clang of the rusty second hand’s fear,

felt with such clarity. the morbidity of the times,
like bleakest clouds that form on the insides,
the likes of which you’d not believe til now resides
in your tortured mind and you leak it in rhymes.

the poem might be good, really good, of Poe
himself, but these are the last words typed out.
you have angels in your sight, clearly hear the shout.

   nevermore court nebulous feelings in flames that grow.


3/7/2020

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