Fancy hummingbird
with mise en scene in the air
flowers blush proudly
The Light of Slight Sensibilities
David J Walker
I see the slight variation of
Light illuminating translucent
Patterns pressed from the etching
Of each and every today
Time fades away
It is the Mise-en-scène
of predictabilities
It is the delicate film flying
across the jagged
Lens lighted by frail fallibilities
It is the Alpha and Omega looped in
Small chains of DNA on a stage of
Our own making
Sorrows laid out for the taking
I see the light of slight sensibilities
The Dream of a De ja vu Moment
David J Walker
As if broken into a thousand pieces
the poetic scenes of the night
Make no sense until completed
Dreams rehearsed first in the light
As if selecting from a catalog of
forgotten nocturnal thought
Disregarding the disclaimers of
What each might mean
And the light each word sought
Until recognizing the Mise en Scène
of a De ja vu moment
It’s the same as when you
Dream that you don’t dream
But you do
And you know it
E-xcellent
L-ine
L-ets
A-crostic
M-essage
A-pply
E-xceptional
M-use
A-bout
P-oetic
E-xpression
Topic: Birthday of Ella Mae Mape (November 08)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
It was a far cry for us to rent a house
But desire prevailed upon limited income
My wife was showing the rented house
To a beautiful woman, our next door neighbour,
And I was preoccupied with my work
Sitting in our loosely fenced enclosure.
“This is our kitchen,” my wife said
“Superb” the woman said
“This is our bedroom”, my wife said
“Very cute” she said using another adjective
“This is our living room,” my wife said
“Oh, wonderful” Yet another adjective
As they came out where I was sitting
“My husband” my wife said
“Very wwwwwww” she said,
She started rattling on about
the previous occupants of the house
Rambling together tales of the tenants.
The woman knew I taught English at a college,
I think she wanted me to overheard
The random adjectives she used in English.
Don’t ask me in which humour
My wife had been as the lady left.
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