whispering ice-lit night turns ever so radiant
air in its blue glow settles into quiet depth
the land rises like an ornate palace of frost
pillars of ice lifting themselves into a silvery chamber
the air glows with cold resonance, a breath-built hall
a quiet cathedral of frost gathers around the traveler
balanced limbs, delicate icicles — a tree hushed in spirit
leaning toward the sojourner with a soft crystalline voice
its presence near, carved by winter’s hand
asking what deep truth the traveler is ready to see
You were sharp|ning grass
With your eyes | sit & fixed
Again | a substitute for mow|n
Machine chug|ging along lug
Nuts, molar friction | u - r - n .
Lawn stretches of up|beat
Beach | was there even wind?
Filet a cannonade me | see
The crayons fly | in a circle
A head | towards blu|er | stretches
There | where clouds resemble.
Light is a commodity, scream!
Silly | man | omnibus no teacher
Not even a man. Well still: Lorine
Niedecker e|merges like new
Breath, pulp come together
Mis|hearing cranes, a making
Multicolor wax, bending fuse
Forge |X| fissure for left foot |
Right foot,—we'll find a job a kind
Of game | it’s just planes turned
Paper crane | creosote guardians
A dead lean-to shouldering volts.
We bare of human; sic-ning'
Planned these decade long schemes?
Some mad-sters of eugenics
In bid to cap our dynamics.'
All based on their (spatial distancing)
And murder as ever
Of conscious never
With extremisam
Of which I am no fan forever.!
I'll be right here to cover you
I'll tell you pretty things
Encouragement is what I'll give
Your songs the songs I sing
And if nocturnal winds should blow
My arms will hold you tight
Where in them you can safely stay
'Til morning breaks the night
unaware
there's a
bear out
side my
tent for
i forgot
and kept
my tooth
paste
with
me
instead
of hang
ing it in
a tree a
bove me
with my
other
things
while in
my sleep
ing bag i'm
simply
meat
nicely
tucked
in begin
ning to
feel like
a mint
soft
shell
ed taco
NO ONE SEES HER
her essence
flickers in the shadows.
camouflage
green, addictive eyes
cobwebbed
in the corner
of a seedy porch,
alien.
is it terror
that bellows
from this balled up
figurine,
has the devil
hollowed out
her inner light?
should she be brought out
into the day
would we hear her vampiric scream —
the sun like a cross.
the shock
of a youth who stares
with glossed over eyes,
bundled up,
so no one will see her
the clink of light-ning fast shoes,
chatter and laughter
like gloom. nameless
in the darkest place of noon.
no one sees her
but me.
10/5/2019
R-emain
E-ager
G-irl
E-arnestly
L-ear ning
L-essons
Topic: Birthday of Regell Wella C. Palero (April 1)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
I have been looking for my voice
It is lost
Between my own stupidity
and huge walls
storm, rain,
light
ning,
snow
h
a
i
l
No vocal chords to help me here
stuck between tongue and teeth
Stuck between critique
and uniqueness
whatever that may be
Words
get lost
Sentences disappear
A head filled with loose letters
that look at each other in fear
suspicious
avoidant
***
June 30, 2017
Copyright © Darren White
Rain
Breeze Breeze Breeze
Trees Move Left TO Right
THE SKY Dark
Light.Ning AND Thunder
Announce ITS Coming
A Product From Evaporation
AND Condensation
Liquid – GAS- Liquid
Crystal Clear
IT Pours IT Pours
Pour Pour Pour
Precious Liquid
NO Color NO Taste NO Scent
IT Pours IT Pours
Young Shoots Sprout
Awakened BY ITS Coming
A RE-Birth OF Life
IT Pours AND Pours
Necessary FOR Species Survival
Life's Necessity
IT Pours IT Pours IT Pours
Rainbow is a girl , with multi-colored hair. She makes people see things ,
That are not really thair ! Amber can float up intu the sky , win asked how she duz it,
She duz not know why ! Tank is very big and strong , lucias krell will find sum one
New 4 him 2 fite B-4 very long . Sham can wair any face he wants , but he can never
Skair that white haired girl hoo luvs him . Lite-Ning cums frum the hands of surge ,
Even if he can,t find Luger the assassin hoo killed the girl he loved !...
subconscious obsessions
sexual repressions
melting sun lea-
ning on time
exploding watches
organic contour
of a dreaming
virgin
merging and moulding
we are spinning and
orbiting unaware
roaring like a lion eve-
ning wind ignites
the extinguish-
ed fire in my
naked skin
i am on fire burning
flesh scorching sk-
in laughing sk=
ull hairless
suffocati=
ng odo-
r of ancient creatures
in the dark caves
humming mosquitoes
laugh at my impo-
tence siphoning
thin blood of
passion
Garden
Dancing in my gar/
den, I bet you're redolent, (of)
daffodils and mor/
ning dew and sun kissed grapes, your
tongue the color of rainbows.
DECADENT = ten teeth
CONFUSION = against melting with intensity
DEDICATION = a vacation in the afterlife
PURPOSE = Kitten posing while purring
INFORMATION = soldiers on parade
DELETED = Getting rid of Ted
FEATURED = An adventure about walking barefoot
SYLLABLE = Funny antics of a bull
CLASSICAL = A student eating a popsicle in class
MORNING = A lot more ning
PREVENTING = Before letting out air
PERPETUATE = Average for each pet you ate
ASSOCIATED = Your bum has social skills
BEAUTIFUL = Beauty filled to the top
REPRESENTED = Announce Ted is present again
PARTICIPATE = Average part in your hair
CONSISTING = Against your sister's hurtful remarks
WEAPONS = Small chess pieces
DEPARTMENT = Leaving your apartment
SENTENCE = Uptight delivery
PUBLISHING = Getting drunk in a bar
THOUSAND = Your beach
CANTALOUPE = Unable to run away and get married
IMPORTANCE = Buying ants from another country
DEFINITIONS = Hard of hearing finitions
EXPECTED = Ted who used to be hen pecked
GOVERNMENT = Vote for Vern election ad
POPULAR = Dad's favourite pew at church
© Jack Ellison 2014
Ang kahimtang sa pagka-estudyante
Dili sama sa pagdula ug online game,
Na kung ikaw buot ng mapul-an
Sayon ra kaayo nimu ning iundang.
Sa gikaingon pa sa usa ka istorya,
“Ang kinaadman maoy pundasyon sa atong katilingban.”
Busa estudyante isantok kinis alimpatakan
Ang pagtuon aduna usab gisapnay na tulubagon.
Tuod man ang kapit-os sa kinabuhi imung mabaktas
Peru dili kini ang rason ng ikaw muatras;
Kay ang pag-atras usa lamang ka timailhan
Nga ikaw way pagsalig tuod man talawan.
Busa ania ang matahom nga tambag
Sa mga kabudlay, hagit sa katilingban ug temtasyon,
Ang pagsalig sa kaugalingon ug Labing Halangdon
Mao’y labing maayo nga dapat nimung buhaton.
Kay ang tanan usa lamang ka pagsulay
Ug dili angay ikabudlay bagkos atong ikalipay,
Matod man angay igapasalamat sa Labawng Gamhanan
Kay kini timailhan, kita iyang gipangga ug gipiyalan.
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