Short Pharoah Poems

American Pharoah,
swift as an arrow.
First triple crown winner to date,
since nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

7/1/15...

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The scent of warm cinnamon tea & soothing saxophone notes of Coltrane drift over my peaceful thoughts this frigid below zero morning in Minnesota...

A flute calms in waves listening to Pharoah Sanders...

Everything outside is covered in snow and ice...

A voice arises "peace and happiness for every man"

"The Creator has but one demand"

"Peace and happiness for all the land"

"Peace and happiness for all the land"...

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nonpareil domnia lui
Would words speak him to
Pharoah.
Shall Casear speak me
to hizzpeeplez.
Might I gloat in vain
to be defeated
in Florence?Nonpareil domnia lui!
might we contest contractious!
The flowers of Florence
shall bloom
the April Showers 
shall norish them
I shall hold the vase
and eat the sweet candies
NonPareil Domnia Lui!
NonPareil Domnia Lui!
Reigning Championsport
Sports Champion!
Nonpareil domnia Lui!...

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Tribute to Pharoah Sanders...


Rip mayhem-
Shrieking birds, waves of soft
Pink chattering, disorienting love
Amidst people tumbling pro/con
Debating issues    death   life   violence

Sweet clinging rain-soaked bodies
Intertwined in deep earth chords

Hate cannot break

Vibrating my soul, cleaning my brain


Thank you, Thembi!

Your message pure, like hidden springs I
Visit in Northern Minnesota Forests-

Unspoiled

Everlasting

Hope

Renewed


7/16/16...

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Shout


shouts of reason hard to explain...

their pharoah is to blame,


Share to rock asunder;
belly is the beast to stand still nor defeat

rivers run in order




march their swift cowardice...
onto their spineless and their weak


true to be timid
afraid of it's fold

to abject it to blend,
sought through the make believe

to abject to each shelter

the stern the pathetic

a timeless pathetic wimp
the back alley pimp



up stage on the deserter...

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