Perceptive bunny wanted a raincoat and a rain hat
Mommy asked Daddy “what do you think of that?”
He is clairaudient, he knows something, he said.
They got him a slicker, and a cap for his head
Perceptive bunny wanted rain boots too.
To fit his enormous feet, not easy to do.
But his parents indulged him, without refrain.
He spent a week playing outside in the rain.
A cautious young lady in Garden Gate
brings her pug when she goes on a date
One bark: He’s nice
Two barks: Thinks twice
Three barks: Run before it’s too late!
I know who I am.
I’ve got a problem, I’m not ordinary.
I see things that are transparent.
And I never clap with the rest.
I know there are ghosts everywhere.
Some are real and some man-made.
If it’s funny I will laugh, if it’s not
I won’t pretend. I’m not here to make
Up the numbers, I’m not a statistic.
I know nothing bad will happen and
I’m not naive enough to be a sensation.
I think I’ve done something, that’s more
than the average Joe. I don’t sleep-walk.
I’m conscious every waking moment.
I can smell a lie. I’m special, perceptive.
A knowledgeable idiot, alive. Are you?
David Cox 08/02/21
The whispers were faint at first,
Now they've become regular chatterboxes.
I hear them behind the eyes of passerbyers,
As they believe they'll go unnoticed...
I see their black smokey like tendrils
Slowly stretching out to touch me,
But are quickly repulsed as if
Touching burning coals, or a burning light.
These walks in the darkness especially after rain,
Cool under foot, as reflections remind of
Daily doings and the things that can go unnoticed.
As I'm being consumed by personal desires
And the everyday chase for everyday things,
Yes, the chatter gets louder with wanting pleas,
But they grow much fainter with self control.....
the fragility of a flower
quavering in autumn's draft
infallibly will succumb
to the rime of night
the capability to shield it
prevails in your hands
if only to prolong its life
from the foreordained path
imagine your own life
retained in your hands
your trembling fingers
grasping the tips of needles
wary of each droplet
perceptive to the fortuity
that each could mean
extended life or inevitable death
V-ery
K-ind
K-een
A-uthor's
N-ame
N-icely
I-mplements
A-nother
P-erceptive
P-oem
A-bout
N-obility
Topic: Birthday of poet Dr. V. K. Kanniappan (October 17)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
where is the pill dear
It's in our heart, us to know
follow word wise to make
listen to the wise
see life through perceptive eyes
wisdom is your prize
.................................
January 9th, 2016
genetic aesthetics -
relative relations
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