Short Emergent Poems

emergent koi —
surface clouds relieve the sting
of the Spring sun

 5/29/2018...

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emergent hippos
snorting playfully at dusk -
expansive pink sky

4/12/2022
HowmanySyllables...

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Spacetime but emergent,
the string on nature’s kite

Reeling in a looming giant
—beyond both day and night

(Amtrak R5: July, 2021)...

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Spring in a bud
Emergent zest;
Rain drops 


Touch of ecstasy;
Spring time melody
Calm harmony


Touching feel
Beyond strange;
Spring excursion...

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Skyline amber rays,

                                            emergent luster array.

                                             Polished aqua gleams....

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I used to think
something came from

down the great tube of body and brain.
I thought I saw a light.

But I'm grown less certain.
I now think it all comes

from this tiny Earth,
emergent detail. Memory

is all that's left
of mystery....

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Quatrain #25:
EMERGENT


Words shape the gaze of thoughts that surge,
Voice weaves the maze of vivid urge;
Poise frees the craze where echoes flood,
Buzz thrills the daze that hurl and merge.

~~~~~~~~~




Leon Enriquez
13 July 2015
Singapore...

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their rocket
flight
of blood
ooze of human
dung
of streams of new
generations
emergent new skies
of threats
counterpoints
cata-combs -
the skulls
everywhere!
like the heralds
of the apocalypse 
stars are no more
values are gone
with the winds
of disjointed
times!...

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Emergent of life
God's glory protein, souped gold
Gave excess of joy

Example, me, exults
Gratitude of existence
Grasping given grace

Earth's replete to tell
Golden centered origin
Grand umbilical

Excite me to love
Garnish blessings with pure praise
Good eggs make true saints....

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fall gardeners
prepare the beds
tucking in the bulbs

dried up corms look dead
fate's stems and leaves
rise slowly from earth

tourists in awe
emergent blooms preside
o'er sights unseen

blossoms shrivel
wilting leaves die back again
food for the bulbs

February 9, 2011...

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If consciousness is emergent,
where is it emerging from

The dualists say… the naturalists say…
but answers just won’t come

As the blue hour seeds the dawn,
before the new arriving sun

One question hard, the self must ask
—how consciousness becomes 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2020)...

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NEW AGE DYNAMICS 7


New ways for new ideas
Emerging and emergent
Upon these lovely shores
Everywhere with abundance
Where the question is
The answer in a cocoon
In-sync with possibility
And no one is left behind
In the grand scheme of things

~~~~~~~~~



Leon Enriquez
03 October 2019
Singapore...

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SILHOUETTE (4/23) — PANACEA


Feelings unwrap
Emotional flood tide;
Emergent light

~~~~~

Be true
Feel calm cue
Hear soul speak
Touch that peak
Live now meek

Here I style
A profound smile
In calm worthwhile
For now I know
A deeper flow

~~~~~~~~~



Leon Enriquez
08 January 2021
Singapore...

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Enter and see,
Miracle here;
Explore and be,
Reach lasting cheer;
Grace comes to free,
End waves of pain:
Notice this sea,
Troubles that stain;
Realise clear light,
Emerge with bliss;
Align heart's sight,
See beyond these;
Observe the way,
Now live fond stay.




Leon Enriquez
03 September 2014
Singapore...

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Splurge of colours
Sparkle in the clouds
Sun in brilliant radiance


Start of sure light
Sensorial rapture
Streams of heaven here


See the emergent
Sunshine sensations
Sun beams energising


Sense a sudden surge
Smiles that style scenes
Surround simple stance



Leon Enriquez
23 September 2014
Singapore...

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An Earth Acrostic Tanka

Erudite
Are
Republicans
Thinking 
Hard

Even
A
Republican
Thanks
Him

End
Always
Respects
Total
Honor

Emergent
Altruisms
Respond 
To 
Humbleness

Embellish
A
Reason
That
Heroes have

Energize 
Acrostic
Replies 
That
Humor

Jim Horn
If this ain't right let me know....

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FRAGMENTS 8


Dance the dream dance
In the inner circle of flight
As fancy meets fantasy
In the gyrations of emergent
Visions and curious delights
Where flamboyant laughter spills
As ghostly unseen faces oscillate
Into streams of madness
That recoil in the mystic breeze 

~~~~~~~~~




Leon Enriquez
04 October 2019
Singapore...

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And yes, she will rise and conquer

She is queen of her own destiny

Her spirit is indomitable 

Her eyes aflame with passion 

Her warrior heart beats to its own drum

She will not just survive-
(let the world take note)


but thrive



*Dedicated to all warrior princesses, wherever they may be found

** Poetry on photo art mine...

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Society’s lethal expectations stalk private yearns 
They creep and stab at me in an eye of lust and vehemence 
Emergent and muscular, they attack Akeley and fizz with amusement  
Looming in clouds of filthy fever they suffocate. 

Omnipotent and all-seeing, these demands haunt every corner of relief 
They’re always watching—waiting for my eminent self destruction....

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Is consciousness emergent,
or de facto zero sum

Is what we know about ourselves,
a walk or more a run

A lion knows to chase a deer,
but not the reason why

The truth inherent in abstraction,
lost upon the fly

As man continues onward,
his psyche then will grow

Until surpassing all he seeks
—and all existence shown

(Villanova University: January, 2020)...

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I 
Sigh
Tears cry
Pain stabs my
Heart as hurts hurl high
Only melancholy replies...


I
Look
Find hook
A dry nook
In worn-out old book
Feel so afraid, kind cheer forsook!


I
Mine
My finds
To align
Fragrant peace of mind
Pray for some emergent design....


I
Know
Warm show
In sure flow
To feel words that grow
A Valentine's Day urge that glows!



Leon Enriquez
14 Feb 2014
Singapore...

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Listen to poem:

From crashing waves he emerges with the clarity of a wide landscape
The king of darkness
Parades
In full view
His garish, monochrome ego
Emergent for all to despise

Original poem (extract):

"Into the ripples of the horizon's haze
The queen of the daylight
Slinks
Then is gone
Her wispy train of colour
Vanishing"

[From Poem: Sunset, Sam Scott 14.09.23]



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Get me, from the ghetto, I say.
Here I wish, like in Alice’s day.
Emergent, is my complete plea.
Take me away, please set me free.
Tears have been wiped; so dry.
Only my mind; will not say goodbye.

Growing up here, I must shun.
I have no dreams, left but one.
Reel me into that bubble to float.
Let me share outside, what I tote.






painting,,,---Ghetto Girl,,,---by Sophia Gasparian...

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Within is where I swim 
though fastened to a rope,
a chord of confidence,
that lets me kick and roll,
express my buoyant self
a tethered astronaut
though every day I’m squeezed
more fit for my transport.
I head the tight canal;
my lungs are braced to breathe;
the string is cut; I wail, 
Emergent, aimed to be: 

Spared wrongful aspiration
of severed plans for me.

May 15, 2016
Jaws Drop Contest...

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In the clear light
Love mellows sight


Here on the verge
Watch love emerge


Faith sculpts fond scope
Watch love spark hope


Purge then sad grief
Make sorrow brief


Let happy style
A lasting smile


Feel how you feel
For love now heals


A simple touch
Can heal so much


Bloom where you room
Watch joy now groom


Embrace each find
With peace of mind




Leon Enriquez
31 August 2017
Singapore...

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