Papier Poems

Philosykos

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“Philosykos”

Coerced I was enticed to enter their incohesive world
my mind bleeds like black currents aross the water-colour page
forming strange language electric mess...

Clouds

...Clouds spiral down and curl around to touch me
—not those western drizzle shrouds
baring a soul of misery mizzle
...though I adore a good wallow in sorrow  —no 
these clouds come from yonder blue...

Tessellate

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“Tessellate” 

on the surface
it’s easy to see
we tessellate

inadvertent 
decorative ostentatious
flirtatious lives taking risks 

with the other sides
planned str...

Heartbreak Bay

...His name was Chris, he loved to fish, and cook a tasty seafood dish.

Her name was Kate, she liked to paint, little sailboats on the lake.
Hunter green, cerulean blue, gave her water a lovely hue....

Grimey

...It shreds me when released, then bursts into confetti.
Words are papier-mâché, articles of all of us, tabloids torn apart then glued
back together piece by piece. 
Playing pretend made a masterpie...

The Map

...I stand with a treasure map,
no X to mark the spot.
A scattering of clues,
roadmaps of endless dots.

Your name is on an envelope,
surely that’s proof enough?
But it’s faded, invisible ink,
a...

Need

...All who lie - need,
creative people lie all the time,
either to themselves or others.

They may claim, that this is 'My Truth'!

They may say,
that this is my very soul,
I have made it for yo...

On the Crest of a Wave

...Sometimes,
sailing in ebony blades
of saturnine seas 
brings forth a forsaken froth
of scarred reveries, 
when musk-ochre 
tints of sunshine cease 
to slice through solemn 
scarlet skies and ...

In Love With a Mexican Alebrijes

...I have fallen in love with a winged dragon alebrijes,
Have to buy it of course, is it signed?
What artisian created this piece of bright gorgeousness?
I look for a signature.
This phantasmagorica...

I Haint Donning Royal Carpet Treatment

...I haint donning royal carpet treatment

No stuntman/woman showed up, 
albeit intervened in timely fashion
to thwart mishaps experienced 
courtesy me I bemoan,
and poet lore re: yet of Perkiomen...

Grandma Uses Baby Talk

...Hello dear Papier Ma’che papoose.
Do you use paprika on your plums?
Babies do not talk, papoose thought.
This grandma must be all kinds of dumbs....

Disassociate

...Distorted gnashing puppet teeth
Not my face not my face 
My limbs are tied by spider webs and I am floating
Why are they staring 
They are not staring 
But why are they staring 
What do I look ...

Baby Steps

...It is what it is,
or is it?
Change is evitable,
Man has flown across oceans on metal wings
and recently ceased burning witches.
Some changes bode for the better
and yet, some bring out the wors...

Into the Fray

...I have withstood this austere year
Waiting on skies which never clear
Shadows away

Fingers restless for an hour's peace
Scrapes gold flakes from a drying crease
of papier-mache

Random resis...

A Natural Factory

...My factory will make aeroplanes from snow and sleet, melting inside the sound of speed;
constructing houses from photographs, tissue paper and thread; Papier-mâché homes of memories.
My factory wil...

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