Recognizable Poems

Friends

Fine factual fair 
Real recognizable reliable
Immaculate immutable independent
Elegant enjoyable equal
Nice natural neat
Dear delightful discreet
Safe sage soulful

Imitating Abbey Road Cover

The most recognizable album cover in history, the photo of the
Beatles crossing Abbey Road, taken in the summer of sixty nine,
fifteen minutes before noon on August eight to be précised.
An iconic album cover for the image resonated with the fans.

There are wall posters of this photo and it seems men, my age,
in music industry have one in their living rooms or studios.
The photograph of the most influential band in the world walking
on a zebra crossing became one of the most imitated of all time.

I am one of those who imitated it five months ago, 19 of October
at eleven fifty in the morning, when we had photos taken crossing
Abbey Road, amidst a busy road in northwest London in St. John’s Wood
in the city of Westminster, outside Abbey Road Studios, formerly EMI.

We crossed Abbey Road in single file with me leading, followed by my
daughter and my granddaughter with our fourth person, my grandson
taking the pictures so he was not included, kind of disappointing.
How I wish we were there on October 9, John Lennon and my birthday.

Rubber Tire Prayer

On the way to brother's funeral
I prayed not for the seeds of his soul
to root in the merciful soil of heaven
Mostly I prayed not to get a flat tire
it would have killed me to not arrive on time.
A five-mile drive from a yellowing motel
to the foot of a flat stone,
An angel swept both nail and glass
away from my salted path
and on to a slab called alone.

Aside his grave I played Bob Seger songs
I played them until recognizable arrived.

Artist of Facade

I've been known to fabricate entire planets,
crafting layers of reality like a masquerade ball.
Perhaps the greatest secret I hold of all,
is that there's no clear distinction to the eye,
between my art and my life,
only a thine blurred linen
where pandemonium of existence bites,
congeals into something recognizable.
But don't quote me on that;
I change my mind with the changing tides.

dilly dallying danny

dilly dallying danny deliberately defies
daughter dinahs deliberations
denise does donuts during danny’s debate
roaring, rearing, ready rusty ruminations
rarely recognizable, really riling up dinah’s
dander.

ENTER

Through the mysterious
Open doors with no locks nor keys
Not a place
Not recognizable 
Not an event
The Enter is too nowhere
Far out within
Once you Enter, there is no way out
You have arrived
Can’t get out
Can’t yell for help, the walls are enforced against sound
All you can do is move about
Mind wonders
Eyes wanders
Nowhere through never was
Stumbled on something you never knew
Your curiosity wants to learn more
You know no more than you know now
You entered the portal of nowhere
Go through
Entered Trap
Caught and always will remain
Nowhere forever
Enter keep
Never to return

Sonnets for Comedians

   Serious poets write fancy sonnets  
     Fear not, entertainers and comedians

   If the clown shoe or nose fits, don it
     The avant guarde says ~ Give us plebians



   __________________________
    Written in comedic pentameter
    sans recognizable rhythm
      Poetic License #54321 - Poof

Behold the Marvelous Wildflowers!

Behold the marvelous wildflowers!
How they boldly carpet a sloping glen –
Our gift from Earth’s seasonal showers. 

Hardly is the desert recognizable
Come March to an untrained eye when
Spring has announced herself in full

Except for occasional saguaros –
The perennial observers to this annual display –
Perched on the precarious ledge they chose. 

Penstemon and globe mallow are in glee;
Even the palo verdes celebrate
By showering the ground with yellow confetti.

Bad Boy Bad Boy

slicked hair
black leather jacket
ultimate bad boy of the fifties
James Dean
cultural icon
Rebel without a cause
dead at twenty-four
starred in only three movies
recognizable yet today

Genius and Madness of Van Gogh

van Gogh did not have to sign his work, it is immediately recognizable
he had a petulance for utilizing emphatic pointillistic brush strokes
van Gogh danced to his own flute, giving away all of his worldly goods
“they think I am a mad man because I wanted to be a true Christian”.

He had an up and down life, but his downs were deeper than most.
His paintings, signed Vincent, exhibit a madness that exudes a rare brilliance.
He was an artist who threw his feelings into every canvas he painted.
An artist who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, unfortunately.

Hello Coco Chanel

Born poor without schooling, Coco Chanel learned to sing in a cabaret
She learned to sew and became an influential fashion designer in France
Known for popularizing sporty, chic, casual items as feminine standard
Her monogram of interlocking C’s is recognizable to this day

Coco was a prolific designer, first one named by Time as influential
Her jewelry, handbags, hats, sweaters, are all stamped with her monogram
She has left an empire for other designers to strive to work for.
Her fragrance Chanel Number 5 is known as daring and jaunty like her

Glowing Knowing and Bestowing

#There lies SUN...MOON...And 
HER SECRET!

You see, it's that GLORIOUS Inner Shine that RADIATES Sooooooooooo DIVINE!!!
It Reminds Me, Astounds Me...
Of Stumbling Upon An Unexpected/Indirected GOLDMINE...
HER SHINE!~ HER SHINE!~

Whom Am I Speaking Of???

THE*L A D Y*WHO*HAS*DONE*THE
*LIVING*
THE*L A D Y*WHO*HAS*DONE*THE
*GIVING*
EVEN***THE***FORGIVING***OF***
HERSELF*WHERE*SHE*FOUND*HER*
INNER* WEALTH* 

HENCE THAT *GOLDEN SUN SHINE* THAT EMITS FROM ONE'S SOUL, LIKE GOLD, FROM THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM THAT WAS EARNED, AND ALONG THE WAY, DISCERNED!

WITH AGE, THAT CERTAIN STAGE, 
OF UNDENIABLE...UNDOUBTEDLY...
RECOGNIZABLE, 
ALMOST INDESCRIBABLE... 
GLOWING*****KNOWING*****AND BESTOWING*****ESSENCE...

You'll KNOW IT...Once You SEE IT...

"AND WHAT A SIGHT!!!" 
-SAID THE SOUL'S INSIGHT***** 

Renee D. Gross {GHPPR} March 28, 2023#

Sydney Opera House

Jorn Utzon received the Pritzker Architecture Prize for his masterpiece
Sydney Opera House is famous the world over, maybe in space too
Her shells are recognizable by millions, even I, who have never been
fabulous place opened in 1973, she hosts visitors from every country

Her performing arts center houses LePetit Ballet, Opera Australia,
There are recording studios, retail shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs
Utzon was one of thirty-two architects to submit a design.
In Kansas City, Missouri, we have created a tiny replica of this beauty.

Safe House

He arrived on dusty shores
Way too early, it would seem
Skinny and gaunt, left to die
Not recognizable as a human being

The first time she opened her mouth
Something shrill began to sing
No one wanted to listen to her vibrations
So the hole was stuffed with many things

They lived together as one
No family connection to bind them together
Back and forth, out and in, they'd come again
Life birds of a feather

...safe in the ARK

Written by Trudy Schrader on 12-01-2022

My Mirror Looking Back

the years have added
to my patina in ways
that were not pre-approved

they crept up
one saggy whimper
one tiny wrinkle at a time

sly and sneaky
perfidious and insidious 
emphatically inclined

till one day barely recognizable
the years took their toll
adding much to my patina



AP: 3rd place 2023, Honorable Mention 2022

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