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Premium Member Virile Veracity

Sacred communion,
taken in by mouth
and nose
and ear
and eye
and touch,
compassionately felt in community,

Becomes left-brain anxious about competitive totalitarian communism
while right-brain celebrating cooperative win/win Green Commons
of ancient reproductive health,
bilaterally twinned,
binomially intertwined,
bicamerally belonging

Yet longing not to become entirely ego-absorbed
without remaining cherished interdependent identity,

Part yet whole;
Whole yet apart
holonic
holy 
whole Earth polypathic
polyphonic
polyculturally communal,

Left secularly invincible 
either/or powers of resilient thinking
with sacred resonant Right 
both cognitive and emotive 
pre-visibly invisible,
pre-auditory pregnant silence.

Transparent wombing flexibility
mixed with absorbing love,
together breeding Integrity

Coming of age,
Going of non-change

Viral spirals
downward viciously viscous
and upward 
virtuously visionary,

Outwardly
inward,
anxiously
ubiquitous,
competitively
cooperative.

Identity discovered through relationship,
nutrition recovered through nurturing nature,
culture uncovered through history,
theology covered through ecology,

Transcendent revolution through immanent evolution,
communal experience through communication,
secular thoughts through sacred apparitions,
motions through emotions,

Here through now,
Space through time,
Community through communion.


Polite Patience

Fingers toy with my nearly worn out bank card.
Not too confident, I hold onto my nerves, hard.
Ahead, petty items in her trolley hold me slowed.
The cashier stops, lengthily examining a bar code.
I glance around at the growing queue, blindly.
I bump into him, behind me, and I apologize kindly.
I let him precede me, my morals climbing high.
He hesitates with three items, as if not sure which to buy.
I tend him a basket which he aloofly ignores.
Disconcerted, my eyes divert to the store's doors.
The cashier waits for the cash, visibly well trained.
He fishes in a pocket then empties another, unrestrained.
Some coins roll and find the cashier’s impatient fingers.
But she waits with smile fixed as he lingers.
At last he finds his notes, all bundled.
His shaking hands proudly tug one crumbled.
He peers at it and slowly returns it back to place.
Another he places, unsure, in hand tended with grace.
Suddenly he pulls it back, deciding it was not the right one!
Now this, he checks carefully; it is a larger one.
He gave it away, not looking very happy.
The cashier’s patience is waning, visibly.
But she amounts the cash and helps him as he packs.
Then he gets annoyed as his long bread roll cracks.
He halts and decides to break it into three; it goes into the bag.
The cashier turns with a bright smile to a queue in lag!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Ruins In The Cauldron Of History


The winds of change blow harsh
in crushing time’s unidirectional course, 
waft from an unseen end to another unknown.
The momentum they gather from the ordained power 
increases ever with the turn of time’s wheel.
The direction they receive from the message of events
can’t be altered in the pages of history.

Civilizations blew away in the destined gales,
the Indus valley society desiccated in the desert.
Empires collapsed in time’s wasteland in gusty squall,
the Aztec kingdom dissipated despite its strength. 

Mankind sheds the unwanted old grime,
like the dry leaves of autumn the winds sweep
and bury under the thick dust of the ageing time.
Indomitable spirit rises from the debris of the wrecked,
new societies with changed belief and value emanate, 
that survive as long as they can strongly defy
the forces of fated change until they wane to disappear. 

The strike of destined wrath the time arrows apply,
transform fast and invisibly the insipid core 
of the promising society of integrity and unity 
into a degenerated deceptive one that’s steeped
in intolerance and hostility to be lost in oblivion.

The shape and space of minds’ frames alter
with the changing pictures they hold 
of the time and the people that are constant movers,
displayed in the kaleidoscopic everlasting show, 
the winds of change visibly perform as they blow
across the cauldron of history, 
piling up the ruins of the societies lost.

Premium Member The Sun Unseen Brings Hope To All

Though we look out about yonder
in the sky, there is no sunshine
but what's not visible is still there
reveals its effect so we can dine

There is such heat to experience
so much is there for surely everyone
if people would just believe this is so
to receive such heat then its done

Everyone is so visibly transfixed
thinks if not seen it cannot be
but these sun effects can be so felt
even when not seen, still you are free

The whole day is completely done
but looking back you feel real hope
on the horizon one senses truth
there you cling to that sure rope

Learn to never ever give up hope
tomorrow could be your expected day
remember that invisible sun up there
by faith look on to find your way



The verse from  'The Invisible Sun'
("There has to be an invisible sun
It gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day's done.")

- Gordon Sumner (Sting - The Police)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Thus Says a Perfect Revelation

sensitive awareness
                    being there
                    showing concern
                    in a voice of love
rooted in scripture
                 oracles
                 episodic or
                                infrequent
divine interventions
                  on His initiative
                  Spirit inspired
                  words undistilled
heaven-sent
                  then spoken
                  this voice of the Lord
an essence
            to take in
            dwell upon
            assimulate
            &
            then 
                remember

a perfect revelation
a simple word
                foundations of truth
                a process
                made manifest
                visibly expressed
a continuity
               of personhood
               in recognisable form
a body remade
transformed
             recreated
sealed clothes
washed linen
in 
heavenly wear
                    a perfect robe
in readiness
                face-to-face
with passing moments
of loving concern
               as wisdom finds a solution
for the flowers
                     of the seed
Form: Didactic


Bewildered and Woefully Wilted

i prefer to remember you like this
there was a time when this space was meant only for us
now we created a hole that allowed grief and stress
we are now shades of our former selves living in oblivion within ourselves
i am on a roller coaster ride as i stare endlessly out of the window
the bends reminds me of the nausea of our never ending changes
what i would not give for a sweet dose of organic glory right now
that is what it felt like when we first met
somewhere between fantasy and black paradise, reality and truth tapped us on the shoulder
what died is our merged recognition of reason and our emboldening of The Reason
i guess that is why i turn to isolation as my visibly invisible mistress
in the center of walking the floor over you, i prefer to remember you like this
© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.

Hurricane Warning

One flower almost gray
but visibly not

Brushed by a breeze on
concrete wet

Emerged from a crevasse
along the corner

Forced to hold on to its
limited yellow

Open to suggestion 

More than several
shapes take hold

On a distant wall of
wind emerged tornadoes

Spun in favor of the
days rotation

Coming in from the west

At a 90 degree
declination

Turns to be determined
left or right

Angles perpendicular to
the east

The eye wall wobbling
uncertain to reason

As gray turns to black

Rises with barometric
pressure

Collapsed on the
moments fragile flight

Palm trees hang
suspended, then animate

Fall like paragraphs
pinned down by wind

News wires bent on
facts lean in to learn

There to understand it

Hurricane begins,
uproots humanity 

Removes them like tooth
decay 

Electric lines freak
out, burn on orange red desires

Dangle in the wind in
pain without a smile

Touch puddles as
children walk by

Inclement weather does
strange things

Impacts
the storm track still intact

Leaves nothing behind
or to the imagination

Including its name
which is forgotten

Roads clear and are not
there

Traffic, trees,
people... Poof!..all gone

Storm warnings move on,
hunger for warmth

Looking for a tropical
paradise to wrong

Beacon of Hope

I saw you as a sign 
A diamond in the sky
Brilliant and beaming
A beacon of hope
While I was entrenched in a battle below
My days were worn like a badge of courage
My thoughts reached out
Like a baby's arms for their mother
My steps careened between stillness and surrender
A story unfolding visibly worn at the pages
The spirit dances circular around the sun
Lifting me up and planting me on a caravan of clouds.
A channel of promise that pain could be relieved
And so it was,
A moment of incredible wonder
Without the weakness
That strapped me to the temporary world
I lived in
When wings fail
When doors close
I called out for mercy
The only way out was in
I entered and believed 
Keeping the energy saddled and direct
Point me forever forward
Turn my heart into gold

Own Your Story

Spare a dollar for your thoughts,”
her angelic voice murmured.
His callused hands — firm,
visibly burdened.

“My stomach’s in knots, I’m distraught —
when will my heart stop hurtin’?”
She slides over a coffee-stained napkin;
he grabs it without askin’.

Three small words it simply stated:
Own your story.
He grinned and waited.

“What does this mean, young girl?”
She brushed her silk hair,
tightened her bow.
“That’s for you to find out —
only you’ll know.”

A smile at last came across his face.
“Can I at least get a name?
You can’t leave without a trace.”

She looked in his eyes and said,
“You’ll see me again.”
The man thought — if not now, then when?

The girl straightened her white dressing gown,
got up and left the diner downtown.
For if the man sees her again, he will never know —
some stories are best left untold.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Worst Enemy Is Choice

My sworn enemy elect, is the constant profusion of illustrative choice,
even though it bestowed to  me this  shrewd strident voice,
I have unfeigned gratitude aplenty for opulent options but still,
with itemised information excessive without curb I’m ill,
one can sift through a menagerie of  bewitching pros and cons,
skewed point of reflection, adopted pose, other folk dons,
diverse argument galore or hairsplitting please beware,
arch devilish trap covert, that  sprung sneaky snare,   surplus fact monoliths depending on an ultimate decision,                                                                            shun bogus trendsetting at once with sheer derision,  to be visibly cognizant as transparent courses of action,                                                                            quite vast indeed and  mammoth not a minute fraction,  
when I commit to redeem there is an element of risk,  but unwarranted deferral frowned on, one must be brisk,                                                                               in the absolute recess of my mind is this constant  pressure,                                                                        to battle with surplus plethora, items novel and fresher,   
with such package, pitch, display, slogans and colour,    
choice might emerge  to boost mood then banish dolour,                                                                       broad scope “they” unleash, a nod to the downright  plausible,                                                                       the chocolate de luxe editions are they tangibly laudable,                                                                         it is not for me to magnify  an apparent  risible matter,                                                             pettifogging,  quibbling, nitpicking,  pointless chatter,
I must insist on venting as a means to a clear path ahead,
yes, to coexist with at many levels trivial confusion instead,
excess products can be  such a  grandiose glossy term,
whose prevalence a nuisance that makes one often squirm,
but one can  perhaps reframe and reconsider a resolute intention,
with the utmost alacrity in the context of apprehension,
drawing up a permanent peace treaty to empower a cessation,
with this fierce opponent  choice as permanent extrication
Form: Rhyme

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