Short Brainchild Poems

Prescribed philosophy…
 medicine of the soul

Brainchild of the gods
—thoughts becoming whole

(Newtown Square Pennsylvania: September, 2020)...

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Adorable-angel.  Mild.
Charmed with golden lips,
The world at my fingertips,
Clever. Classy. Curious.
Beautiful.  Bubbly-brainchild.

© April 12, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen

Caption:  I Am Me, Linda-Marie...

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Babbling bantering behind bashful backs
Bolstering bizarre behavior between brawling brothers
Before bogus betrayals bragging both bravo 
Benevolent beguile beginning bequeath  
Borrowed broker buoyancy best brainchild
Beneath broken bureaucrats breach

LOL...

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It thinks me, the brainchild,
the chameleon, the winged gecko,
friend of mine
a real backstabber
ego, amigo, fiend.

I, (not this or that I)
but I AM hunts it down,
yet am bushwacked,
caught
in the bad mind-talk.
Snakes in my throat
lay their diamond eggs.

Best not name these wayward thoughts,
best not claim them,
let em swill in the swirl,
look the other way, say hello
to whom I am,
follow the echoing silence.

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Hunter

Ears are prone on the ground
To catch vermin's motion sound.

Up empty skies, eyes are cast-
In the dark sea they're steadfast .

On the veld, the long nose,
Trails to catch a whiff while close.

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Writers are a Natural Hunter
Of Gist and not the blind punter.

Fishing Gist in the deeper wild
With Guts is his or her brainchild.

Sometimes, the hunt of the day
Bestows Hunter no bag to flay!...

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I once had an idea
Thought completely off the wall
Replacing the piggy bank

I would have myself a jar
And instead of silver coins
I would deposit tokens

Coded different colours
For every conscious effort
A bright visual reward

An investment in my health
Or maybe more in kindness
Or just any goal I’d set

Couple years since my first thought
Brainchild still sounds rather good
Time is ripe to implement



AP: 1st place 2021

Posted on March 3, 2018...

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