Short Deigned Poems

I strut beneath incandescent 
clouds of red- puffed weaves
sown with heaven's thimble, 
where I am deigned to 
stand still by the experience 
of such natural beauty, 
well endowed on this lone street-way....

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I would dance upon the cratered moon,
for just one dance with thee.
I would sip the hemlock,
if touched by your lips the goblet be.
I would peculate the honeycomb,
and risk wrath of the bee,
if you had deigned to ask the honey
from impoverished me....

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Broken keys on a piano - 
harmonic notes no longer heard,
where once sweet love songs deigned to flow.
Broken keys on a piano - 
love not nurtured will cease to grow,
apathy kills without a word.
Broken keys on a piano,
harmonic notes no longer heard.

5/26/15...

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No formula or numbers
  as Albert had deigned

The greatest of mysteries
  we share one domain

From outside he struggled
  to bend back the truth

From inside I journey
  its paradox loose

To him it was relative
  to me more sublime

That thing we both search for
 —the essence of time

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2018)...

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A proprietary hold on God,
religion does proclaim

Defining what we know inside
our souls will they reclaim

The Cross or Torah, Buddhist lore
each ritual decries

What can’t be owned or scripted pure
through centuries of lies

Divinity a birthright deigned
for those who search to find

What God embeds in every soul
—that structure can’t define

(The New Room: May, 2022)...

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I know, by count, you’re well aware
        the dazzled heads that spin to stare
            such grace and curves and utmost charm
    you’ve deigned to hang upon my arm …

but, do not spare your time to waste
        that brand of sweet - not quite my taste
            besides, you’ve found a love, most true -
    that mirrored beaut you rendezvous …

the perfect couple … you and you....

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Without exception, throughout all time,
governments devolve

Aristocracy, the Philosopher King,
benign in his resolve

Timocracy, the city state,
landed and secure

The Oligarch, his army placed,
to rule in peace and war

Democracy, each voice to shout,
as chaos takes the reins

When Tyranny must force its hand
—as socialists have deigned

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2020)...

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They would not look at me,
Those almond eyes of sadness.
Perhaps they could not, 
Having seen the worst of man.
My heart was lost that first moment, 
With my eyes made captive,
By her grasp of perfect grace. 
Yet when I bade her come with me,
She deigned to do so,
Her every ounce a dignity.
My heart irretrievable by then,
I called her Jessica.
She calls me at her whim,
And fills my world,
Right up to the brim....

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Mother


Every day reminds me of you,
Every breath defines you for me;

I dare not say,
I do have a mother;

For I can't share my pains,
With just any other..

I know you were beautiful,
Just like the moon;

For what the moon reflects,
Is your light for me..

Someday we will meet,
When eternity begins;

We won't be too far,
But never would we see;

For when the destiny deigned,
Our ways not to be;

You were always there,
Just for me.....

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