Elements, metals, gases
Solid, liquid, air passes
Temperaments of masses
Ornaments, gifts in dashes
SANGUINE TEMPERAMENTS-:-
phlegmatic
melancholy
perfectus
visibly
reflected
to EXPRESS EUPHORIA
embodied
endured
dispositioned
contemplative
temperaments
as an EMBLEM TRANSCENDED
evokes
references
resplendent
short-lived
paradise
No slits watching, the lumps draw near
Reforming slowly, the Peak becomes clear
Forming fingers, then twitchy toes
Returning quickly, from Smith's Repose
Streaky strips of pus aligned
On a cage organically mined
Stars above a starless glove
Where fingers coil to give a shove
Lumps leap down from the Seat
Toes and fingers, strike and meet
Wilting flowers with every catch
Further, further, 'til it feels a latch
Writhing round the handle's shape
It has no strength as a mangled cape
Searching inwards, with no eyes
"A SiNgLe pRoBlEm HoLdS mAnY LiEs"
Like how the plant changed temperaments
The carcass embraces the elements
Hugging the hatch, its metal form
A searing goo begins to swarm.
I am often in nature
Nature where I pace through jungles.
Jungles where I breathe concord
Concord that undertones through shrubberies
Shrubberies that crib sunshine
Sunshine gets on with my soul.
My soul takes me to a seafront to observe water
Water swells dance across the river
River echoing firmament and reveries
Reveries that float like smokes
Smokes bring me home.
Home where I hear my children’s enjoyment.
Enjoyment that rolls from their temperaments
Temperaments that beat with surprises
Surprises that silhouette my optimism
Optimism opens again in me and in all of us
Poem by N. Mugisho
The four seasons mark the turning year,
Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter clear.
Four phases of the moon at night we can see,
Waxing, Full, Waning, and New, set free.
The earth has four elements that matter,
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water to splatter.
The four directions from which winds blow,
are North, South East and West on show.
Matter has four states to behold,
Solid, Liquid, Gas, and Plasma to unfold.
The four causes in nature are con-formal,
To the material, final, efficient and formal.
For the faithful, the four cardinal virtues include,
Justice, Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude.
The four personality temperaments, so emphatic,
are Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholic, Phlegmatic.
There are four colors in a printing pot stack,
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black.
Where we are, when, is defined by four dimensions sublime,
Length, Width, Height and Time.
What about those 'four-letter' words you cry?
Enough said! Let us not be led awry!
When you were alive with life:
My world had a loveliness in it, wow!
Heaven now holds the hues of your
Soul's colorful temperaments!
It strained me when the time came for you,
And early on in this life, it wasn't fair.
But I know I can still feel you,
You're this essence that fills my air.
But help me to feel and understand,
What you have been trying to reveal
Is it locked deep inside you
Way deep down inside that you resist?
You made me come alive, my love,
Now, with your presence, I cannot feel
But it doesn't change the way I feel our seal
With this time I do appeal, we'll shall see my love.
Shannon Marie, never shall I stop loving you! RIP
Two happy phat cats roll around in the meadow
Gathering pollen and dust, and asking “so?”
Their temperaments placid, their eyes all aglow.
Watch them skedaddle when machine comes to mow
They wag their tails in the happiest friskiest way.
We watch them until they are out of sight end of Tuesday.
Loving their confidence, their moves and sashay.
Two happy phat cats, loving themselves every day.
A red-throated hummingbird, betrayed,
begins the annual rite of packing up his nest,
in response to the mercurial spinning of winds,
and the twisted temperaments of weather.
Distant friends once conspired together, chasing sunbeams,
beak-seeking nectar beckoned from blossoms' tease,
thoughtful temptations from the breeze who taught him to fly.
Without warning, save the predictions of history,
the wind turned her shoulder, hiding the cold,
smell of snow on her breath belying denials of inclemency.
Taking only what he needs, tucking it in next to his breast;
an odd stick, a tuft of newborn lanugo for the sake of nostalgia,
unhatched plans of a portico he had intended to build.
Red bird perched on bare branch, in morning bids farewell,
takes flight on desolate breath, his load less heavy now,
having left his heart with the unsteady humor of sylphs.
Much like compliments, so do condiments
~ bring forth sweet temperaments
Politicians
Tom’s Take
11/6/2021
Paltry
Opinionated
Litigators
Insider Traders
Term Limit Avoidance
Instigators
Corrupt
Irresponsible
Argumentative
Nasty Temperaments
Self Centered
All are some
Some are all
The Frigid Month of February
Winter at its worst: cold and dreary,
When whipped-up, brisk winds quake the wary
As falling temperatures and snow
Freeze exposed skin, nose, fingers, and toes.
In a blitz of polar-like weather
That stymies the ardent traveller,
People shudder forward in the chill,
Trekking along like penguins uphill.
Moody temperaments dissipate
In shared bonds in which people partake,
As they empathize with each other
When outside challenging the weather.
Winter at its worst: cold and dreary
In the frigid month of February.
Temperaments in time can change as easily as the currants
of the sea.
Starting out on this adventure of life there seemed to be
endless time to walk thru many doors.
But now looking up I notice the sun's glow not as bright.
Is that my imagination failing eyesight or the natural
passing of time in a day?
How many moments do I have to decide which wave to
follow to the open doorway?
Abundant choices of separate corridors all inside your
one dwelling place.
Fierce red streaks begin mixing with golden sun rays letting
me know of limits.
A sudden unplanned , uncharted storm on the horizon
quickens the urgency of how long is my
pause and can I see multitudes of the
whole inside in time?
I think about intelligence
And wonder why we think our due
Is sanctioned by our own IQ
That natural inheritance
Compels us by unbending laws
To evolutionary cause
That beggars to irrelevance
The truth that brains can be a threat
That make it easy to forget
The most compelling evidence
That intellect may well provide
A rationale for venal pride
Displacing sounder temperaments
With logical proficiency
Ignoring self-deficiency
And cultivates intolerance
With vanity incredulous
And tidy, hidden prejudice
That blithely leads to negligence
Denying those less capable
In contexts inescapable
I much prefer the elegance
Of caring for the other guy
Of answering a helpless cry
Of principled benevolence
That intellect cannot be taught
Beyond the wit of reasoned thought
I think about intelligence
That natural inheritance
That beggars to irrelevance
The most compelling evidence
Displacing sounder temperaments
And cultivates intolerance
That blithely leads to negligence
I much prefer the elegance
Of principled benevolence
Written July 5, 2018
When there is uncontrolled reason
Seeing what is here or not there
Temperaments engaged complete
Engendered by forces cognizant
Relevant, larger than life, being
There is nothing larger than life
Enlightenment terminates in the end
Rendered forth for one more season
To acknowledge what is and what is not
It is fare to say something is out there
And if it isn't there is light somewhere
Brazenly stared within the
irony of irrational horizons,
shadows colorlessly implanted on
an oasis of silent sand dunes - -
no footprints were visible in her wake,
tidal waves lilted in roaring disobedience
kinking temperaments' permanence,
reflective intimation no longer visible
beyond mirrors cruel unimportance
blindfolded in a peculiar fashion,
realities' ghostly animated particles
toppled under relevant significance
to the depths of modified senescence,
releasing disembodied spirit held its own
midst lofty persuasion's undulations,
nullified 'tween composition's banality
somewhere mid fantasy & ascertained ashes,
descent upon apparent illogicalness transpired as
transcendent lucidity mocked hazed transparency,
naked truths became clearer as they blurred into
ludicrous relinquishment 'tween rebellious renditions,
whilst flimsy breaths reprised figment's fanciful betrayal
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