Just on the cusp of experiencing joie de vivre,
the triumvirate of Crooks and Quade
figuratively swoop down
to announce re: inspection
of apartment unit B44
whenever they deem appropriate.
Thus series of unfortunate events
(linkedin with bull limey
Lemony Snicket bro)
got sidelined nsync with
contracting a minor bout
with deadly Amish Flu
symptoms found garden variety reasonable rhymer
bedridden feeling a little horse and buggy (ha),
incapacitated to craft signature poetry writing.
An honest to dog confession
regarding hiatus spewing forth
vociferous versatile vocabulary
mine words - worth their weight in gold
(told woofer I do not know), nevertheless
included perusing a gamut of reading material.
The passion to engross intellect
witnessed courtesy immersing
attention, concentration, excitation
gratification, intoxication;
knowledge prized more precious
than fine spun gold.
Likewise crafting (albeit painstakingly)
elusive notions that flit
to and fro hither and yon
(analogous to ping pong ball)
within parameters of
microscopically crenellated
sixty plus shades of gray matter
also constitutes fervent interest.
Categories:
microscopically, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
it is hard to turn the page
when you want to go back
to a time when everybody you loved f
from a Special Place in your heart was alive
however, i try
everyday, i lie
i try to be....the guy
i end up asking....'oh why'
it is hard to turn the page
when you want to run up
a steep hill just to go on
with your plan to tumble
down and hopefully break
Your Crown
however, i try
everyday, i lie
i just curl myself in a ball.....and sigh
i end up wanting to say.....'bye bye'
it is hard to turn the page
when you want to build a time
machine with no blueprint, only
blues, and with no skill even
microscopically apparent
however, i try
i am the coyote always losing.....no tie
i just want to go deep in the woods somewhere.....and drink lye
i end up getting all timid.....and shy
Categories:
microscopically, blue, life,
Form: Free verse
COVID-19
On our planet suddenly appears,
A pandemic so fierce
That literally seem untameable
Holding people hostage without weapon
Restricting our gatherings to fifty
Mouthlessly closing down borders
And microscopically sapping our economy
Fuels boredom to raise its ugly head
As we no longer watch Messi’s magic
Nor see Ronaldo shake the net
Hitherto, spreading its tentacles across the global circumference
Sending fear into the spine of the brave
Just at the sound of a sneeze
A villainous viral virus
Victorious the human race has been over and over
This cannot be an exception
A Moses will be here sooner
To make the world cross over this viral red sea
And deliver its inhabitants from COVID-19 plaguing time
In all these things, we are more than conquerors.
YEMI AFOLABI, IBADAN, NIGERIA. +2348037750808 yemiafolabi66@gmail.com
Categories:
microscopically, international,
Form: Free verse
On March 13,we were attack by an invisible enemy. An enemy that cannot be seen, only microscopically. A virus that is killing everyone, in our society. Our communities are at war, with a virus that is winning,successfully.
Corvid-19, the silent enemy, that is worst then any other sickness that we have seen. Mothers and fathers who are nurses or doctors, or ordinary people, we see everyday that work in our community’s. Fighting this enemy. Gods warriors who stand by his side, to defeat this beast. That was unleashed, by the devils hand.
Well I will not stand for it, not no more. I am one of gods warriors, who works in the community. A Health care worker, who treats and cares, for the elderly. I stand on the frontline, who will fight and care for, the sick. Who need my help, defeating this. God gives me the strength through hope and faith. We will get through this. I am honored to be one of the warriors, who stand tall. Holding on to gods hand. Caring for the sick and elderly. Keeping you safe to beat this. Together we stand, helping each other to defeat this pandemic outbreak, against our silent enemy, that is called,Corvid-19.
Categories:
microscopically, angel, appreciation, blessing, courage,
Form: Lyric
Society standards is cancer
cancerous
but glamorous on cameras
slanderous those who oppose the demographics
the mechanics of the systems arithmetics governs the populace
my genetics ethics inside my genetic code skeptics
rare relic my breed photosynthesis
The Sons light is food for organisms metropolis
anomalous the anomaly in this monopoly sorry this game trouble democracy
thee economy fixed the shadows in sovereignty
quantity before quality
equality to aliens uncommon breeds
primitive beings technology alien psychologically
microscopically
no harmony
the powers that shouldn’t be
love war not peace
power and greed
hmmmm demonic regime
Categories:
microscopically, evil, god, jesus, truth,
Form: Free verse
Tardigrade in the Miniverse
Have you ever seen a Tardigrade?
I doubt it, they’re microscopically small.
Described as Moss Piglets or Water Bears,
Shortish and plump, certainly not tall.
They wouldn’t make very good pets,
But do look kind of cute under a ‘scope.
Mountains to Oceans, even in Space,
Extremist survivors able to cope.
Have you ever seen a Tardigrade?
An expedition on a miniscule crusade.
Written 15.7.19
Miniverse Contest
Sponsored by Nina
Categories:
microscopically, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Never say die or you just might believe it.
The words you ingest go straight to your chest,
and if your heart is sick you just might heave it.
Speak to your greenery in such mean terms,
and they certainly react, withering slowly on impact,
as if physically attacked.
Talk to water molecules, and microscopically watch
the astonishing effects of speaking life or death.
If you say "die," like a severing knife, they disunify,
but speak of love and kindness,
and they miraculously bind in fascinating patterns.
Likewise, you are water --- over seventy percent,
so make every intent to speak life.
Each frozen drop of rain is shaped uniquely,
fashioned in a unified design.
What words are spoken
to these snowflakes as they fall?
The Lord of all whispers words of life.
So likewise, speak of life
and thrive beside a lively creation.
Categories:
microscopically, creation, death, god, life,
Form: Free verse
SECRETS
the patina of time... secrets
table tops
how many tales could they tell
bronzes too
secrets removed with cleaning
planet earth
patina removed... dying
habitats scraped clean... naked
death reaps death
the patina of time... secrets
truth exposed
and still, we have never learned
if ever
patina... the air we breathe
atmosphere
holds secrets of all world life
patina
microscopically thin
protection
Patina Poetry Contest - Sponsored by Anthony Slausen
6/26/18
Categories:
microscopically, life, planet, time,
Form: Blank verse
You are the home to come back to
a prominence of my starry body
enduring there as a warning
to all of that asteroids throbbing at our
affixed paper door
this soul is engraved with
each of your microscopically misformed curve
irregularly modified word
aligned posture
parted attitude and
shards of perception collected in crumpled framework of skeleton
in all those desecrated parts of you lies a thought of me
Categories:
microscopically, crazy, love,
Form: Free verse
With broken wings like bullet struck birds,
She delivered to him these final words.
~Freeing Her Tangled Soul~ A poem by me.
Your dangerous gazes of serenity which
served my aching eyes as primary sources
of remedy now transformed my mystic
pupils into microscopically shattered
particles of hazardous glass and ageless
grazes, scars carved and crafted artistically
with your sharp perfidious razors.
Feelings which filled and fanned my
frowning heart with cool forest-berry like
breezes now buried beneath uncontainable
blood boiled streams silently yet violently
imploding through my fragile veins like
detonated vibrational waves as volcanic
tears erupt from the deepest and darkest
valleys behind my retinas. Spilling
enchantingly beautiful rivers of fiery lava
which patiently erode the glittery sparkle
as they ooze and simmer across the surface of
my flowery cheeks pasting historic
memories of venomous broken promises
where my story will now lie, stripped from
its fabricated disguise...there in its
complete truth. A pure soul once tangled
up in the ropes of your deceitful eyes.
Categories:
microscopically, betrayal, break up, deep,
Form: Free verse
you practically impossible
imposter of tactically tactful tactics…
you’re more than a coronal massive injection of detection
you are a right proper superbubble nova loving spectacle of self
you gave into a microscopically small bit of nanosecondly supported awareness
and you created an entire freakin’ multidimensional universe?
.
wtf? with.a freakin’ twist
.
you must know
I’m write about most things
and poetry rights me.
.
It’s why I’m here
.
you called? dear
Categories:
microscopically, travel, universe,
Form: Carpe Diem
Pondering
A wonderful process
Wondering in the middle of the night.
Discovering!
Deeply viewing.
Thinking microscopically.
Imagining intricately.
Analyzing philosophically.
Outside, stars twinkle.
The moon glows bright.
Bird chirps remain mute.
Lonely crickets seranade darkness.
The morning waits.
Inside, children sleep.
Quietness invites insight.
Creativity abounds.
Amid all of this thinking,
God inspires.
Ó November 16, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen
Categories:
microscopically, life,
Form: Free verse
To hang beneath such skies as these,
Sheet blue glass, marbled with white,
Clouds threading wisps on a day to seize
This glory before the fall of night.
I stared aloft with blood infused
With springtime’s amphetamine jolts,
With dandelion seeds and daffodil juice
And the sparks from lightening bolts.
And in this cool, stately reverie
As greenfly crawled upon the rose,
The world it shrank microscopically
To elements of poetry and prose.
A poem of love, the soft whispering words
Dripped from the murmur of my lips
And drowned the sound of bees and birds,
Becalmed the sails of the sailing ships.
To listen as a vacuum ruled the earth,
To the rhyme wrought in this magic hour,
A poem of love, a colossus of worth
Bestrode the day with its’ power…
Categories:
microscopically, devotion, faith, love, mystery,
Form: Verse