Thought of the day
...memory revisits the erased past
who does it address: ego or our soul
let this not become the ego’s repast
lest we are deflected from our life’s goal
which is rekindling light scriptures extol
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Categories:
revisits, memory, silence, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Gwendolyn Revisits The Golden Shovel
......after Gwendolyn Brooks & Terrance Hayes
In this dim-lit hall, gathered close, we
Chalk our cues, faces worn but real.
Eight-ball in the corner, staying cool,
Brothers ...
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Categories:
revisits, dedication, friendship, nostalgia, youth,
Form: Free verse
Sad Lonely Girl
...I HEARD ANOTHER HORRENDOUS SCHOOL BULLYING STORY TODAY…SUCH UNBELIEVABLE DEVASTATION, DESTRUCTION, PAIN AND UNBEARABLE SORROW CAUSED….ITS JUST NOT RIGHT NOR FAIR AND NEEDS TO BE STOPPED SOMEHOW IN OU...
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Categories:
revisits, anti bullying, bullying, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Emancipation proclamation from Samson fixation
...Emancipation proclamation from Samson fixation
Otherwise titled deep into my fiftieth year of passive aggressive rebellious puberty.
Yes, I chickened out getting a haircut yesterday August twen...
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Categories:
revisits, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
ou l'Optimisme
...The name
mistakenly saintly,
the other one
a rite-of-life,
a gauche passage
for some, for most
the contract costly,
imprints its meaning
post firey baptismal dive
to rise again somehow...
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Categories:
revisits, muse, mystery, word play,
Form: Free verse
One Hummingbird That Loves the Cold
...We noticed her at the feeder…hovering…and humming…she does not tweet
a hummingbird in October….attentively watching all the other birds eat.
So we put out our hummingbird feeder which immediately...
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Categories:
revisits, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Kissed By the Passing Breeze of Awakening
...Kiss by the Passing Breeze of Awakening
Dust of divine whimsy
Flutters softly on unconscious cheeks
With ephemeral dawning
Fleeting like the flash of silver sandals
In moonlight - here then hi...
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Categories:
revisits, life, senses, sleep,
Form: Verse
Resilient Priorities
...Ranking best
health and safety options,
Our Project Team revisits potential resources
directions
options Win/Win inclusive,
Win/Lose defensive,
Lose/Lose mutually degenerative destruction
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Categories:
revisits, anxiety, appreciation, bullying, culture,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Sad Lonely Girl
...She sits by the window with coffee in hand
Watching the raindrops tapping on the glass
Her mind revisits that high school year again
With the same questions she always asks
Those teenage years ...
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Categories:
revisits, anti bullying, bullying, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Creativity
...Of course, art is always somewhat
subjective, breaking established rules: the artist
intuitively adding imaginary inches to a canvas;
a work in progress, riding waves, finding depth
both on an...
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Categories:
revisits, art, creation, imagination, international,
Form: Prose Poetry
Souls of Strangers
...Often, as I lie awake
Silent in the stillness of night
I think of you
And I ponder how
Through the gift of reacquaintance
Our lives entwined and unravelled
Priorities widened and waned
Worl...
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Categories:
revisits, dark, emotions, relationship, silence,
Form: Free verse
Startled
...Pavlov got it right I feel, conditional behaviour we never seem to lose
This one revisits sometimes for me and dog, but over time it seems to weaken
Last year we walked away from our previous l...
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Categories:
revisits, feelings, history, psychological,
Form: Free verse
We Call Them Angels
...Generally speaking, we were not designed for ba...
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Categories:
revisits, angel, people,
Form: Verse
Railway Station
...A once proud and busy place
built to help the daily race,
railway tracks, like welcoming arms
always there day or night.
Stationmaster always busy
sweeping the platforms, picking up litter,...
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Categories:
revisits, absence, dream, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Master Exit Art
...All have to depart
Sooner or later
None stays forever
Key is to master Exit Art
Soul sans body
Continues Divine journey
Revisits earth in another body
To mitigate balance 'karmas'
Birth-...
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Categories:
revisits, art, birth, death, life,
Form: Free verse
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