visual
diaries
conveying
a sense
of
performative
persona
introverted
&
private
together
in
a
convention
of
representations
imagined
& figurative
self-perceptions
The depths of insecurities
Buried with inveterate tendencies
Her words were sweet as honey
Easily succumbed to vulnerability
The final result came from pity
Satisfaction lasted for a moment
Confusion is here to stay
Le Souvenir Éternel à travers la Fenêtre
Un bar de Saint-Marine, un regard évanescent
Un cœur qui bat fort, pourtant l'impossible règne
La théorie n'a pas de réponse, mais je cherche
Par chaque recoin de ville, pour gagner ton cœur
La fenêtre, un témoin silencieux de notre amour
Un souvenir doux-amer, qui restera pour toujours
Je regarde par la fenêtre, espérant te voir
Mais seul le vent souffle, emportant mes espoirs
Je garderai ce souvenir, gravé en moi pour l'éternité
Un amour qui aura vécu, mais restera dans la beauté
La fenêtre sera toujours là, témoin de nos regards
Et je continuerai à chercher, pour toi mon amour.
we shouldn't
dread failure;
it's not death.
though humbling;
stings a tad,
it teaches
great lesson;
we learn zilch
from success.
Date written: 02/27/2023
Why expect a lot from A sluggard:
A trim look, not seeming haggard
And easy win of high regard?
You'd make much of A sluggard
A Great story from Great Harvard
Upon him wait with a staunch guard
And the often - praised by A Bard...
Then, you never knew A sluggard:
From Laziness to Prison Yard
After nice crimes testing, no Yard
Next lazy jailbreak and Graveyard.
CIRLCLE OF LOVE AND SELF-REGARD:
Here's now a real prevised time...
Some people only get you grimed,
Since you don't disclose your plans,
For them to know what's on your mind.
Even if you accept to at least opine,
You sagely do that through a mime.
And they see it as a very wicked blow,
That you opt and unpredictably throw.
Which makes them grow insanely cold.
Hence, they unwisely become your foes,
Who always try to kill your beautiful soul,
As they unnecessarily stand to oppose.
But they don't get to know your goals,
That you've kept in a well covered bowl.
Truly, as you work manificently to grow,
They assume you to be acting saucy,
Though you don't stay by being flossy.
Yet, whenever you decide to speak,
You're being tagged as a rebel on heat.
So it's good you've been able to decide,
To intelligently move in the best line.
With regard to your mind and heart,
By holding yourself deeply with trust,
In the circle of love and self-regard.
What we regard we might revere,
the sense of it will not be clear
without a setting in a phrase
to show if it’s to deem or gaze,
or natural esteem sincere.
Is Earth our Mother or a mere
resource for mortal profiteer?
For as it’s seen, we’ll thus appraise
what we regard.
The stars look down with stare austere
upon our customs cavalier,
while moon with each celestial phase
is witness to our worldly ways.
Yet life could thrive if cherished dear
what we regard.
~ Harley White
* * * * * * * *
The poem is a rondeau…
Some sources of inspiration were the following…
“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.”
~ David Suzuki (born March 24, 1936)
S-cribe
H-as
A-uthored
I-nspiring
N-otable
E-xpression
A-s
N-atal
G-reeting
E-mploys
L-iterary
S-tatement
A-bout
L-ove
A-nd
Z-estful
A-ffectionate
R-egard
Topic: Birthday of Shaine Angel Salazar (October 19)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
C-omposer
H-as
O-ffered
N-atal
A-crostic
D-elightfully
E-mploying
L-iterary
R-egard
O-f
S-cribe
A-s
R-eader
I-mplements
O-ccasion
Topic: Birthday of Chona Del Rosario (October 24)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-essage
A-bout
R-ighteousness
L-ets
Y-our
N-ame
H-ave
E-xpression's
R-emarkable
R-egard
E-mploying
R-apturous
A-crostic
Topic: Birthday of Marlyn Herrera (October 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Y-our
U-nique
N-ame
A-pplies
R-egard
O-f
S-cribe
E-mploying
R-ighteous
A-crostic
F-orm
A-nd
E-xcellent
L-ine
Topic: Birthday of Yunarose Rafael (October 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
K-een
A-uthor's
S-weet
S-tatement
A-pplies
N-atal
D-ay
R-egard
A-s
O-ne
R-ighteous
E-xpression
N-icely
D-efines
A-crostic
I-nspiring
N-ote
Topic: Birthday of Kassandra Orendain
(October 28)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-ighteous
A-uthor's
M-arvelous
A-crostic
C-reates
R-egard
I-n
S-weet
M-essage
E-mploying
L-iterary
O-bjective
Topic: Birthday of Ramacris A. Melo (November 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-eader
U-ses
D-elightful
Y-early
G-reeting
U-pholding
E-xcellent
V-erse
A-bout
R-emarkable
R-egard's
A-crostic
Topic: Birthday of Rudy Guevarra (November 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
M-y
Y-early
R-egard
O-ffers
S-weet
E-xpression
L-etting
A-crostic
D-edication
E-mploy
R-emarkable
A-ffection
Topic: Birthday of Myrose Ladera (September 14)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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