Magnificent is this island,
Pummeled by the waves,
A forest of twisted trees flow to the island edge,
Rocks heavy with iron fall in to the abyss,
To the darkness below,
Darkness hides walls dripping like wax,
Standing water leads to a grotto filled with chambers,
On the walls pictograms to be deciphered to find untold riches,
Left by pirates in the golden age,
In the chamber X marked the spot,
Plunder stacked high a light in the dark
Categories:
pictograms, adventure, hope, journey, paradise,
Form: Free verse
inscriptive
descriptions
prescriptive
dipictions
translated
transcriptions
pictorial
pictograms:
professed
processes
precede
perceived
guesses
touch a screen
Categories:
pictograms, satire, technology,
Form: Burlesque
The tale is shared
Vivid and bold,
To air old cares,
To redeem souls.
The journey starts
In old China;
So many parts,
Lost agendas!
The journey ends
On distant shores;
East-West now blend
Fond tales and more.
These women folk
Shared ancient roots,
Burdens and yokes,
Like bamboo shoots.
A common thread
Connects a whole:
Share rice and bread
From soul to soul.
Old China paved
The westward flow;
New life we braved
With much to show.
The old-world charm
Echoes and calls:
Rice fields and farms,
Smells we recall.
There was a time
Not quite the same;
Language and rhymes,
Pictograms names.
There was a world
On eastern shores,
Where peasant twirls
Inched basic core.
We bore our loads
With anxious hearts,
Survived harsh roads;
Full-filled our parts.
Old echoes call
With vivid chant;
Weary feet stall,
Life seeks implants.
Leon Enriquez
Written: 17 February 2010
Singapore
(16 May 2017)
Categories:
pictograms, change,
Form: Quatrain
Ars est longa,
vita brevis.
Art is immortal.
Art is infinite.
Pictograms tell a story,
of Man that have past.
Terra cotta pots and cuneiforms,
Depicts their details of Lives.
Paintbrushes and canvases,
bring history alive.
Statues of stone or metal,
Remind us of the legacies,
That people left behind.
Art is history,
And forever it will be,
The story of Life
as we see it.
Categories:
pictograms, art, imagination, passion,
Form: Free verse