Numberless Poems

a fall of moondust

...
peek-a-boo …

the big blue marble winks at
me just over the reach
a million million stars all about it -
pixies standing guard o’er
that more-than-priceless orb of carbon -
sapphire sphere
...

Beside the city

...
River is running to meet sea,
mountain for touching sky,
bee for taking honey
Birds are flying high.

snail on the leave of tomatoes
sucking flower glaring butter fly,
numberless cricket com...

A Story Sketched by Stars

...The stars of heaven a story tell,
as on the canvas of the sky
with pictures, bold and intricate,
each night they speak without a word.

Ancient stargazers sketched the signs
that God arranged a...

Maze of Life

...I am surrounded by 
Numberless wells,
At every step that I can,
Take, but up to the well,
I am to fell down,
Into depth of the well,
And from where I will,
Return is not sure,
If I come back,...

FORGE AHEAD

... FORGE AHEAD

Forge ahead, spines are steel
anger, tragedy, treachery heal
betrayal merely a step on ladders
Golden Age arises, Kali Age passes 
fragrant oysters in Bloomsbury Blue
man...

Ramblin' Rouge

...The charming Miss Lola dwelt in the small town, at the edge of Red River,
With only her goose, 'Rouge.' She was named after her spot of wet vigor.

Rouge was the darling of Miss Lola, like...

A Midnight Serenade

...In some melodious plot Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, 
Singest of summer in full-throated ease. -  John Keats  

As the deep darkness starts to spread over the verdant vale,
 ...

A Friendship Lost

...A goal to pick between numberless needs.
To choose only one that I might fulfill.
So often problems that were only seeds,
left alone grow into a weed-strewn hill,
and solving will take an unendin...

rhetorical

...
yeah ...

there was someone ...
a long time ago,
lifetimes, really ... eons,
and she burned me ...
oh, I don't mean in a bad way,
like betrayal,
I mean inside - DEEP inside,
like torch bur...

but a moment -

...
I stood …

on a mountain
not nearly the highest
but the air was clean … seraphic
cold, but not bone-chilling
keen, that it restore the marrow
and course the blood more acutely
it sharpened ...

Air

...Title 3/ Air
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Live in the sunshine:

As the air strolls neath the elaborate branches 
Weaving between dreams of th...

mightier -

...
the bane …

of complacency
the enemy of apathetic ids
an all-consuming blade of inspiration
you, mighty weapon
have slain the fiercest dragons of
detachment and disregard that
humanity has ...

Stars of Clarity

...Stars of Clarity


It's a mysterious nonmystery.
As I contemplate numberless
stars with the same mind
that counts out my correct change
at the checkout stand at the supermarket
I am baffled b...

Shadow Flowers

...I was a vivacious, aroma loving barista, laboring midnights in a coffee shop,
Offering tasty drinks to fellow night owls, while others dreamed of lollipops.

My work was so pleasant and suited me,...

Wistful Eyes

...Quoth he , "ope thou thy wistful eyes!
I bring thee shadows numberless" 
I tried and tried but couldn't ope
Those words but echoed nonetheless

My Lord! " quoth me , whole life I sought 
What t...

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