Short Striations Poems

WAKING UP TO OAHU DAWN

Striations of lavender, pink and magenta
Ukulele song of minah birds and rainbows
Sun and moon hula~hula in Pacific seas
Reflection of palm trees ~ warm shadows

7/17/2017...

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We form a queue around a small
million-year-old blossom,
are captivated
by dripping peaks
of creeping continuum.
Rainbow striations
in bezels of stillness,
then the power fails.

A pitch black of nothing
quashes carriage and mien.
Minds shrink like dark stars,
then the yellow flicker
of a generator hums us back.

Nervous grins, holiday shorts,
floppy hats.


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We form a queue around a small
million-year-old blossom,
are captivated
by dripping peaks
of creeping continuum.
Rainbow striations
in bezels of stillness,
then the power fails.

A pitch black of nothing
quashes carriage and mien.
Minds shrink like dark stars,
then the yellow flicker
of a generator hums us back.

Nervous grins, holiday shorts,
maybe some a little soiled,
floppy hats....

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Life is an enigma;
A shifting world cast in shades of black and white
A chessboard;
Every move a potential lapse into destruction
It lies before you
A shimmering sequence of stepping stones
Gilded in sunlight or shrouded in shadow
Lapped by the waters of Death’s tepid lake
Fate’s cool wind stirring burgeoning ripples
Striations of circumstance brushing against your timid frame
Nudging you ever closer to the last stone
The last step
The plunge into cold wet darkness 
As you die...

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