Restrained Poems

An Angel's Song

...I met a beautiful song today

The melody was outstanding

The lyrics were commanding

I was compelled to pay attention

I was drawn to this musical connection

So that I began to hum

 
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We may assume with clarity
That God ain't in the cavity
And this real reality
Removing the polarity
For health of personality
Of any nationality 
Without the Humanity
Implied the MEN...

And yet, love remained

...What is love, thou ask’st, with lips like petals pressed in doubt?
Is it a whisper in the dark, or something souls can live without?
Nay love is not perfume in the air,
But the scent of rain on bu...

Chicago Catholic Grade School Fire

...Twenty-four days before Christmas in 1958 there was a huge fire
at Our Lady of the Angels, a Catholic grade school in Chicago
Eighty-seven children and three nuns died in this fire.

One of the c...

My Heart Erupts

...

Leather bound thoughts, tied on  pages,
whispering to me of each day's beginnings
This sheet peels heart's despair 
Creeping on bondage of words not spoken
that in the light, a yearning arise...

Cold, Cold Ground

...The cold, so cold ground
Binding and pulling
And holding me down

Embraced by the crypt
Confined and restrained
And life’s breath stripped

Stygian inked
Such stifling dark
And soul’s light...

Less Labour more pains'

...Immigration.??? It comes over in waves.' There are those who are
Pro...Their enthusiasam gets quite wild.' Its all about the
Work that needs 'their skills' these days.' and then there are others th...

What She Gave and Took

...She taught me to pray
with hands that bruised the bread
and sometimes, me.

The kitchen smelled of cinnamon,
but the corners were quiet with grief.
I was loved--loudly, then not at all.

Her ...

Tears Of A Clown

...Against a willowy wailing backdrop of inner chaos,
an indignant incendiary mask stifles the simmering cauldrons,
of a stoic stage clown post lachrymose performance wearily stunning yet stung,
or t...

Casualty Of Your Cruelty

...The radiant shine leaves your aurora
dimming ever so quickly,
as in northern regions you are—borealis 
falling into the southernmost Sahara 
negative gradients descend—australis
The gloss of mor...

Her

...I think of her,
I breathe her,
when I sleep I dream of her,
when I wake I live for her.

I think of her…

Her happiness, her well-being, consumes my thoughts all day and into the night...

Swastika Moon

...("Swastika Moon", 2025, original encaustic)

Swastika Moon

Luna with her light of darkness
Reflecting Sol on Gaia’s face
Dancing with restrained abandon
Swirls within this holy place
...

I Flew the International Route

...I flew the international route
Had an epiphany, no doubt 
Surrounded, the mix of folks
Of ages, languages, life walks

What if we suddenly can share
One intellection, maybe pair?
A story from ...

Prisoner of Poetry

...
I'm a prisoner of poetry
Chained to the curse of the verse
Locked in the labyrinth of lyrics
For my better or for worse

I'm a prisoner of poetry
Captive to words and notions
Jai...

Dreams within dreams

...Weaning away feral instincts treasured
Soul’s eye is now mindful and touch gentle
The pilgrim’s progress is by mind measured
With scent of love lost in labours mental

The vibrant void records e...

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