Ruminant Poems

Self Love

...Where was I?
unusual.
behind 
the dizzying looking glass,
cement block,
panelled windows,
noonish saloons 
sipping my loathing 
like mosquitoes 
milking stone veins 

consti...

A Fell Star Three Bags Full

...Frayed border prints paste illusion, 
worn-out inks swirling bleeds,
The hauls, stareways, persuasion,
privileged balconies.

Antiquities of read reviews,
claims of a r...

Counting Sheep

...It's  one in the morning
And I can't get to sleep
So I've tried various things
Like counting some sheep,
But they just won't stay still 
They keep 'milling around
Backwards and forwards
All ov...

Ruminant Child

...
Mary possessed a ruminant child
its fuzziness was sickly pale
and as Mary moved about 
the child would take the same trail.

He tracked her to a learning place
that broke the laws of it.
The...

Acrostic-Stole My Heart

...ACROSTIC-Stole My Heart

Stole My Heart
S imple test of faith
T olerant compassions plate
O bsicals overcame now won
L ate passions being done
E levate hard darkling hearts

M y God has rece...

Histrionic Human Spirit M

...Those who live an artistic life are genuinely soul-aware. 
It is as vital to the human spirit as is the air. 
Artistry, sculpture, and landscape design are creative,
That's around spir...

Rumi, My Roomie

...I stared at the wall, it stared back at me.
I was so lonesome longed for a roomie.

And as I despaired, with feelings of dread,
I heard a low moan at foot of my bed.

Wonder of wonders, beheld ...

Long Legged Ruminant

...Long-legged ruminant 

So, you think a camel is an ugly animal
with kissable lips and the eyes of
Marilyn Monroe, and yield low-fat milk
I bet you didn’t know this.
When four wheels stop in the...

A Spring Day

...Once upon a spring arcadian green
  a last veil winter hoar melts on the bud -
Romney low country lambs fattened to wean
  chew in flocks upon the ruminant cud.
In stone moss stream, wild aro...

Sun Salutation

...Centered, I envision my next flux for the illuminant
Deepening each stretch, I angle to the ruminant
Breaths breathed deep, I press into a bent round
Clearing my mind space, hands grasping at the ...

Cud

...like a ruminant you digest your own cud
you think that life has  things in store for you
baby, it's been game over long time ago
go to your cuffin and void your burdens
every action is still born...

My Blue Cheese Is- Tripe

...when it comes to food my biggest gripe
is how anyone can eat disgusting tripe,

lining of the stomach of ruminant cows
gastric juices of mine would not arouse,

if I was served this awful food ...

Greed

...A child I do not know his citizenship
travels nations rummaging, rampaging
he has no origin but  has relatives
but the child knows not how to share

Omnivorous, carnivorous and ruminant
his tee...

Road

...My acquaintance with poetry in general and the simplistic literary brilliance of Robert Frost in particular, came at a relatively early age. My mother would ambivalently imply that I was too young to...

Bossie

...COCKADOODLE DOOOOOOOOO!   COCKADOODLE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
  That big red rooster greets each morn that way,
Waking all of us...and the farmer too,
  Just so we can all start the day.

A beckoning c...

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