Idling between abstract and realism.
I strive to strike a fine balance.
Implicit trust in the process.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
red cross saint bernard
on standby for avalanche
rescue nine one one
AP: 1st place 2025
(a silly series of Senryus)
It’s time to cram for
final exams, again, so
here we go, mug up.
My mind, coffee dark,
drifts in academic dreams,
—think roiling oceans.
A ‘mandatory’
society meeting? You’re
not the boss of me.
I’ll shun or eschew,
if I want too, sidestepping,
like a tap dancer.
I'm not lazy - I'm
high tech and in energy
saving mode now.
It’s a pointed and
conscious decision—I’ll do
me and you do you.
.
.
Songs for this:
Simply Couldn't Care by Tracey Thorn
Each and Every One by Everything But the Girl
and when i listen to our song
i close my eyes and there you are
whispering the things i want to hear
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~LOVE BITS AND BITES~ 2023
AP: 1st place 2022
Set of Sun.
Shadow emerging mostly
under my feet. Move
Standby
Your name is called
To fly
Compelled
To keep you, I
Am held
By woe
And now I can't
Let go.
4/01/21
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24 October 2019
Just a convenience here when you need.
I'll put out the fire, when it's get out of control.
I'll calm the storm, so that it won't wake you.
I'll be your pawn while you wait for your Queen.
oh don't worry about me,
I'll keep quiet, let you get it out of your system
Until you all realize I'm trying to save you from yourselves.
A new babe on the way,
Does she arrive today?
The stork is on standby,
Is she coming down the slide?
A star in heaven's berth,
Winging her way to Earth,
Now an atomic cluster,
Has she got a dust buster?
Her future unplanned,
Soon in Earthlings' band,
When is she coming down the slide?
Right now, the stork is on standby.
Extra
Extra
Read all about…
Wait
Why do we know
Everything that can be known
About the life and times
Of every passersby
In the media
Standby
Yet
Still don’t know
Who rocks the vote
Until we are too old
To reap the benefits
Of the cash stash
That was slashed
Back when we were
Twenteen
And when did it become
Priority
To know every word
To every pop song
That breaks through
The speakers of society’s stereo
Yet we can’t recite
The words
Words
Words
That have shaped
A world unknown
To the passerby
Of everyday life
Now here comes
The latest news
Standby…
trees statuesque
flowers icily still-
March on standby
Brian Strand 28 Feb
Sweetness in each fugitive
those sterling smiles both could give
so practiced over polished years
together, shed the shyest tears
one stood beside the other strong
sleek laughter in a girlish song
and Standby Silver has me blink
such beauty in this missing link
most graceful are the momentary
four glossy eyes were temporary
false shadows hide their shining charm
gray darkness, does a memory harm
but here I lay awake and look
glancing back to when grounds shook
evanescent walk of mine
and careless anger held your sign
trace back what matching footsteps tell
they end to warn of where I fell.
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