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The Relevance of Unspoken Poetry

"The Relevance of Unspoken Poetry"


These are “my people”, are they not?
I spread my wings like a Cormorant 
and went deep diving deep deep deep 
full speed, into the muck 

I came up with pearls in my beak 

These are “my people”, are they not?
I reached across the table to them, throwing my runes,
the stones rolled and as they fell, on each face I saw ruins,
and in their minds I read, 

the relevance of their unspoken poetry



Candide Diderot. ‘24

the question

People who really know me ask, “Do you still write?”
“Oh yeah,” I say, “I’ve never been more inventive or less relevant.”

Rose Beauty

Life 
armed with the fates
   of futility
   besieges.
So be it  with the rose,
   her beauty  asway,
   pushed around
   by breezy happenchance,
powerless to stop   
   her petals
   to wither   then to drop
   in faithless raw
      betrayal,
As her beauty   of the moment
  dulls to naught
but yet   another yesterday
  of faded
  bloom.

Linear

hanging tenuously from tree branch the ripe object of temptation

sunlight peeks through the hill trees signaling arrival of a new day

more a curse than a blessing, less a decision than affirmation

worn leather valise undergoes the rigors of final journey

faded granite marker put in position two hundred years ago

no matter how tight we cling to existence, it shall leave us behind

dark silence of ornate gilded nave constrained angst for generations

always shall be the prospect of something beyond our imagining

hiking along the high trail yields broad vistas of surrounding islands

suffering through the high-pitched howling of a bitter northerly wind

desiring to ensure that the lies which I tell myself are harmless

better a fond memory than just another imperfect being

within life's confines, relevance has ever been a moving target

The Relevance of Last Winter

The Relevance of Last Winter
David J Walker

The acrid odor of a 
Butane fueled 
        space heater 
Seemed better 
than freezing 
In the sub-frigid air 
of a February 
        prairie 
               winters 
day

We set fire 
	To dried mesquit limbs
Cleared from 
an adjacent pasture
last summer
It seemed better  
than freezing 
In the March wind
Bending its way
Into a town of little interest 

By 4 pm
	The light was failing
ice was forming 
On the tractors casings
Ours 
	Were the only lives
Exposed 
	To the
Mercies of the miseries 
Of a winter storm 

The small farmhouse 
	Stood alone 
The warm refuge 
At the end of a field 
	Of long fallow rows 
Awaiting 
	The next seasons 
	Best efforts

Relevance-

 I gather it the sparks that become the flames;
Arise above those calling me names;
 I seek no disclosures, no fortune, no fame;
Money Burns. It's on fire. It's a flame;
 I'm God's son, and I'm born;
- first again, like Popeye, I am what I am; 
That's that all that I am;
I am a child of a king; 
I rule that I am;
 I stand unopposed in sharing my heart;
My heart is beating bled; running runs red;
Denominational Creed instantly fed;
 I am not a spiritual dead;
 I am not ungrateful yet slew;
It's more of God I crave;
It's more God I am well behaved; 
In the light of my heart ablaze;
 I am on fire. I'm alert burnt my sins;
Burning away;
As I fly away; 
The dragon exists slain;
 I recruit my blessings I stand;
Fast in Jesus' mighty name;

5/15/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©

Relevance

We wasn't born famous.
Our identities are nameless.
No masks but we got hidden faces.
On the map but we in hidden places.

We're won over to lose.
Born to die with the sun on snooze.
We could try to conjure the moon.
Lights out, POOF! Expect the dark soon.

There's strength in our veins.
Wisdom in our brains.
Faith, we try to taste
but it seems our time, we waste.

It's a free land here
but we work in tears.
You ain't rich? Stand there.
With the cheese? HI, DEAR!

Nobody cares to know
how you got some dough.
But you must secure it
or you're not important.

You want a title?
Simple! Go viral.
The Internet is the Bible.
The likes are like idols.

Hard work is hardly a thing.
My people want to be seen.
They kill themselves to live.
They rip themselves to be fixed.

Most of the world supports the rich.
The poor can find a ditch.
The famous is answered quick.
You're obscure? You stay sick.

The lowly without the heart
to keep tearing humanity apart
for their glory... They stay in the dark
until they can stop their hearts.

What is this life?
Where your existence is not enough
until you touch the sky
or kiss the dust.

The Passing Moments of Relevance

The Passing Moments of Relevance
David J Walker

It was in the paper 
	You know
Page 12 Section C 
A long time ago
Since then 
So many yesterdays 
Have come to pass
How can so much life
Have come this fast
And now
	I can’t remember
Why it mattered 
Buried in that edition of
Yesterday’s paper

Seeking Relevance In a Irreverent World

Is it all about ennui
keeping boredom at bay
or is it recognition
to make me feel
o.k.

Return To Excellence Part Ii

We know not how the movement of each passing moment will shake us _ so take not those who sit in silence as malevolent indifferences_
Forgive us_  at a time of such great lost _ there are those held silently _ as souls suspended in quite innocence_
Yet, Within each silent heart and turbulent mind _ as secret as they may be _ lies the most endearing words of true relevance.

We give unto Thee of our devotion sealed with and by Love’s influence
To take with Thee _ to journey onward _ in everlasting Perseverance
Let not our weeps and wails turn thee back a glance for proud is our stance
As We share in this moment of Honor_ in your return to Excellence.

We yield thy way, for our wants and needs are of no importance_
Our earthly dreams and goals no longer offer thee thy sustenance.

~Thy names been called_ Thy breath’s the wind _~Thy flesh tarries not of mice and men
Thy meandering soul ebb tides of sea_ on rivers edge we now search for thee~

Relevance

Find relevance
Stay in your prime,
Hold on to development
Gift yourself space for growth
Take your time,
Give prayers time
Cause your time will come
And nations to you will come.
Find relevance

Relative Relevance

Relative Relevance

Earth dwelling in her Universal realm
Pulsating with energy in her helm.
Continual evolution in action
Elements and all life in reaction.

Relativity, energy causing an action,
Creating an equal, opposite reaction.
An ever recurring cause and affect
Incurring symmetry, ever perfect.

Since all is energy, ever in motion,
Circular in form, atomic devotion.
Eternally in peace and harmony,
Interacting withal, without money

Hither and thither, and thus to and fro,
Eternally alive; on and on they go.
Used by humankind, vastly to deploy
For industry, war, peace; all to destroy

Eventually, only, one day to return
To Zero Point Energy field's sojourn.
Starting anew, or perhaps even not,
Evermore to remain inept; their lot.

Relevance

There are days when I wonder why it matters
To have existed at all in this time and space.
My presence here is like a sound that clatters
Then fades to silence leaving not a trace.

Was there some point to being cast in this coil?
Was there a measurable difference to make?
What is the significance of the sweat and toil?
Have I existed merely for existence’s sake?

I’m trying to make sense of my mortal bout.
When the blood is still and earth is my cradle
Will I ask—could I think—what was that about?
And why did I drink from that toxic ladle?

Faith endeavors to answer my queries,
Admonishing me to know of One on high.
But there are times when one wearies
Of believing what is real in an unknown sky.

Retrospective Relevance

RETROSPECTIVE RELEVANCE

Relentless search for relevance
Reflective selective reassurance
Rationalize elective rehashing
Relentless search for relevance

Regenerating nostalgic recall
Reminiscing connective reclaim
Reconciling corrective record
Relentless search for relevance

Radical projective refusal
Reluctance infective reclusive
Regarding objective regain
Relentless search for relevance

Ramify detective recall
Reason affective release
Recover prospective radar
Relentless search for relevance





Copyright© April2013—Kim van Breda

The Relevance of Time

Passes quickly - doesn't it?
It's a wind that blows fiercely for 
     a brief time
     then dies down
Little time to change 
    course
Little time to overcome 
   wounds we have suffered from
We need the healing touch
     of cool rain
Then, refreshed , we can 
continue on our own journey
   If the clock only 
spins in one dimension
   Then where can we 
place blame?
   Let's take heart 
in the pulse of the city
We can learn from 
  the movements 
of the broad masses 
   of people
   Yes, there is still 
hatred, and war
   But while the breath is in us
   We can move 
with the rhythms of 
    humanity
With a bright and 
fierce determination 
We will let the angry winds of despair 
    pass us by

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