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Pro Tem

...When I was
a young man
I wrote as
a young man

Needing music
and art
to deal
with the times

But now
as an old man
my heart
chases neither

While dwelling
inside
what this moment
— ...

Categories: pro tem, time,
Form: Free verse

To Whom Does This Come

...What’s left behind is the fragrance of the lilac 
Crushed between forlorn fingers
Petals held in contorted hands 
Once lust rendered dust the terrain shall cover
Fierceness is abandoned forgivene...

Categories: pro tem, analogy, deep, i am,
Form: Haibun

Sanity’s Cost

...Strophe
I
Outside on the terrace  ,I feel at peace
I hear bird songs they  so fill me with cheer
My bugbears for a while outside do cease 
My mind is quiet and I feel no fear
Doing Shikantaza p...

Categories: pro tem, depression, health, hope,
Form: Ottava rima

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Blood Diamond

...More souls were lost amidst that jeweled pit

      Than all that had been giv'n to wars pro tem

          For those who harbored each new crystal bit

            Ran red and stained the ...

Categories: pro tem, beauty, betrayal, corruption, nature,
Form: Ottava rima

Believe Me

...I CAN TELL YOU ……"I’m really rich! I’ll show you that in a second. (Never did)
And by the way: I’m not even saying that in a Brag BELIEVE ME
 I’m the most militaristic person ever. BELIEVE ME
Nobo...

Categories: pro tem, hyperbole, irony, political,
Form: Couplet

Lose As a Gain

...When
Doors
Pro tem
Close leaving
You without a work
Or take something valuable
Make the necessary decisions to recover
In a more worthy option,  supposed loss that sometimes results a blessing...

Categories: pro tem, feelings,
Form: Fibonacci

Angels

...
ANGELS.


 as if a murmur
'Salaam',its Mikail giving
blessings to mankind


angels in right path
encourage me to do good
sanguine holy deeds


seraphic pure chants
praises...

Categories: pro tem, angel, blessing, magic, religion,
Form: Senryu

Animus Persona

...Extraordinaire, he raised the ice.
He told me this when I was a child.
He said he heard his neck pop.
He laughed and said, “That stopped my dare devil’s persona.
As you see, I am short.
I liked ...

Categories: pro tem, appreciation, bereavement, celebration, how
Form: Narrative

Song

...There’s an addict residing deep within me-
Seeking and probing for the seventh si,
In the abode of the Conscious Spirit~
Solmizate a song which on my life writ.
 
Probing for one single way of rhythm...

Categories: pro tem, spiritual,
Form: Canzone