Short Craftsman Poems

craftsman selects wood
beauty awaits creation
centuries of use...

Read More

Missouri's Thomas Sterns Eliot
loved the English life quite a lot*
His style remained American
as a very poetical craftsman...

Read More

She was a master weaver, 
                     a master craftsman, and so, 
                           she braided his soul into hers....

Read More

A.Sunday morning August Kleinzahler  

a craftsman, a maker of lines
      stands out from the crowd
                        if read aloud...

Read More

A.Sunday morning- August Kleinzahler  

a craftsman, a maker of lines
      stands out from the crowd
                        if read aloud...

Read More

Epigram #124:
FOOL


Let people think you the fool
A good craftsman owns fine tools

~~~~~~~~~




Leon Enriquez
07 July 2015
Singapore...

Read More

You Ain't got pity
Just imagine if you were a screwdriver 
manufactured at craftsman tool factory 
and you spent your whole life in a tool box tray 
never to be used                 jb49...

Read More

Jumped down to save the battle hardened pearl made from heaven's dazzling greatness 

Evenly spread and crucified the serpent of ocean's darkness 

Uplifted the ships of dazzling light he crafted to be heaven's brightness...

Read More

an east meets west show
the Navaho laid low-
on western art nouveau

* a baize and handspun wool blanket-widely pictured in Stikley's Arts& Crafts mag 'Craftsman' 
c 1900

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/tucson_200601A55.html...

Read More

The snowy mountain of gray
Reflected in the icy lake
Almost like a picuture
Stillness being a canvas

Spring flowers painted by the artist
The master craftsman gifted
Greatest teacher and revealer
Of art depicted by world's nature...

Read More

Human life a cobweb
each human  a piece of  thread
no thread is greater in value
no thread is lower in value
all woven to trap vitality
for mutually shared life
for meaningful existence
under the watchful eyes
of the chief craftsman...

Read More

only the 
lord knows
my situation
thus
he
is my 
personal tailor
only 
he can measure
and
address
the
holy spirit
received in my soul
and
what a pure craftsman is He
that is my personal tailor
rain or shine
with
creativity...

Read More

Life -
multi
faceted
like diamonds.
Rough around the edge
potential unclear.  In 
the hands of a craftsman cut
and ground to reveal character 
clarity and color.  Glittering 
facets balanced to reflect its brilliance. ...

Read More

My Grandpa was a craftsman.
  He would measure all the wood,
 with poor eyesight, best he could.
He would make the cabinets and drawers,
 even when his old hands had sores!
    My Grandpa was a craftsman.        
 

     Copyright McCuen 2009...

Read More

There was a craftsman named Handy
Who used to a craftsman dandy
everyday day he'd make
a craved wooden stakes
and boxes shaped like hearts to hold candies


7/11/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©...

Read More

You crawl on the dry earth
Eating the dust and dirt
You live in the dark pit

You prowl in the wasteland 
Murdering foreign cubs 
You’re a king of nothing

Serpents, see your craftsman 
Lions, see your craftsman


Poetry contest: Bite Size Poem no11 Poetry Contest...

Read More

A craftsman of words
Not a voice to others
Says what he thinks
Whether it's right or wrong
The voice of his own private thoughts
If it passes 
Thru the poet's head
Then that's what 
It represents as truth
The whole truth 
He thought this
Whether, it's true or not
He thought it...

Read More

Naked, abused, humiliated
Crumpled human shell, lifeless and deflated
Holy spirit risen to Godly ministry
Beyond the grave and dust
Forever, majestic ruler
Satan crushed, Christ Exalted!



For Raul Moreno's contest-The Deposition by Michelangelo
Thank you Raul for the challenge, great work!!...

Read More

A warrior can be an artist,
but can an artist go to war

Can the craftsman ever breathe the fire,
that tempered the blade he forged

The warrior-poet not the poet-warrior,
the difference in the score

All fury do his words inspire
—to bridge the liars fjord

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)...

Read More

Old painted cupboard of blue
In the corner yonder stand
Craftsman maker never knew
What good use would come his hand
Made to last and work to do
  
One board wide was solid wood
Hand forged nails of iron hold
West oer mountains wagon stood
Prairie home find I've been told
Now at rest for show as should...

Read More

A warrior can be an artist,
  but can an artist go to war

Can the craftsman ever breathe the fire,
  that tempered the blade he forged

The warrior-poet, not the poet-warrior,
  the difference in the score

All fury then his words inspire,
—to bridge the liars fjord

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)...

Read More

Delusional scimitars
festive daggers
soft balalaika
captive sword ...
Mandolins,
hot nights
harps, wine
poison,...
dangers
daggers
Banjo and
boldness,
gypsy waltz,
ruby joy ...
I desire
of life,
The beauty,
arpeggios
Utopia...
the art
for art to fight ...
be craftsman
of delights
live life in
complete
Bohemia.........

Read More

Twiddle, twiddle,
Work and whittle.
You say with wood
You have to fiddle.

Building cabinets
And turning bowls
The saw roars
And the lathe rolls.

A simple piece
Of wood we see.
You have the sight
Of what can be.

A piece of nothing
So lovingly held.
But with your tools
You soon meld.

And from your heart
Wonders appear.
Works of art
That we hold dear....

Read More

encyclopedic
photographic memory
fast fast computer

that is not genius
it is not sentience but
an equivalence

teaching machines skill
makes us not equals
but craftsman and tools

could data invent
originate ideas
create new art forms

its equivalence
individual being
people are that too

so then it's aware
of self and world as mirrors
but not my equal


stan sand...

Read More

This is a flag planted in territory I could not hope to control.
A buoy dropped in space that will never be sighted again.
A desperate note protected by a fragile bottle in the fathomless oceans.

Why does a craftsman labor to build an instrument that he knows cannot possibly function?

I have no answer, though I must be driven by that same force as I vainly attempt to tether time.

14 April 2021...

Read More