Summa Poems

The Prismatic Self

...I say the word and feign a Freudian slip
From between its legs duplicities drip
Often doubling as a quip and tasting chalky, just a bit
History will record the troubling truth
that I never existe...

Where the Ocean Meets the Mountain

...You, Mariana—deepest trench of my knowing  
   I call you by name not to possess it
but because it is the only prayer  
   I have ever known how to say  

You are the sea—each wave not an argume...

tWINCE fORWARD

...vERMEN THE vERMITT

sOMETHING GOING ON
pLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG
SEEMS IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT
FOOLISH TO ME
BEHIND THE SHRUB
AND BEHIND THE TREES
THERE WATCHING YOU AND ME
IT'S THE ANTIOUM s...

The Poetess At Midnight

...

 


The enchantment of the jasmine’s flickering candle doth burn,
On the broad, antique desk, poems she created in quick turns.
While her mind with brightness, filled with equanimty did ...

Know Which Way the Wind Blows

..."A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination
or a headache," Quote by, Catherine the Great

(A gush of wind slights and pauses alighting a piece of paper
to rest between two me...

Talk To Your Date

...I saw them walking
She caught my eye
Turned to glance
When they walked by
She in spandex 
That oh mi oh my
Said hey baby
Phat az you is
We could start rehersting
and make some kids
Her bust...

Making My Exit

...The line up for our great exodus took hours
As we entered the screaming arena vision going white my heart stopped-
Just for a second
Then it started again full speed as I waved a wave-
Not a than...

Never Too Late

...At no time say never- that it is too late
fulfilling accomplishments you've left undone.
At times, what you long for is not met by fate;
Must tend to those wishes yourself- to be done.

I, marri...

Summa Mater

...The Ocean has no conscience,
no judgment, joy, or hate

She dances with you to her beat
in stirring waves of fate

With reverence you may enter
all blessings on the day

But just one slip an...

Hymn Mi Row-Knumb

...Reclaimation
Recyclation
Drilling into
stone to
manage water
waters to be
reclaimed 
stored and
reused.
Then how might
I speak such when
My existence can
be questioned in
opposition to m...

Source Merchant Part 2

...Well when the need for more space
was mentioned, one fella spoke
and said our wives have chored and labored
and have seemed to be more
obedeaint, maybe we could build
a space were they can cook ...

I Espouse Playing the Baiting Game With the Missus

...(which above frolicsome gambit I mastered)
After mine wife
asks for this, that
or something else rife
with intent to provide barrel of laughs,
(likened to barrel of monkeys)
yours truly crafts
...

In Summa

...Life is the culmination
—of many small things

(Dreamslseep: October, 2020)...

Empty Nest Syndrome, Plus Lapsed Romances Revisited

...Empty nest syndrome, plus lapsed romances revisited...
courtesy Matthew Scott Harris
sentimental memorialized mental archive

No matter mine eldest daughter
(born December 22nd, 1996)
starred c...

Tattooed Butterfly

...
                                          She's 
                                       becoming 
                                   part of the order 
                               of the tatt...

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