I
a low buzz,
maybe a hum? under
my note.
I hear it—see it.
give up the piece
or keep it,
keep it.
art with children, new, gray.
Blessed are the
music makers.
II
Thoracic curve, eyes down.
weight, not of the world,
but of my own creation, pulls
my head by a string.
bare feet to be
grounded.
“you’re a modern child”
says the master.
“there is a weight to you,”
she says with
an old twinkle
and a smile.
III
pencils, down.
luckily, I write with
pen.
the entire world in a squid’s
heart
my life is not here;
a future
—down the hall.
but there is something.
there.
I am a note, a curve, a stroke.
modern’s child, gift of weight in my throat.
Categories:
thoracic, art, dance, music, youth,
Form: Free verse
Non exchangeable
biodegradable
Given time may be changeable
However
Forever
Insatiable
Thrashing out the tempo of life
Misses a beat when presented with strife
Within Private chambers
initials inscribed
Etched with a promise
None but one can revive
Categories:
thoracic, heart, love,
Form: Rhyme
Hypochondrial Delusion
A mind corrupted canker
Of cystic self failure
Even gastric anorexia
And fluttery throb to alight the fear
An adrenaline generated tachycardia
That matches respiration
And causes hyperventilation
With invasive pacy rhythm
And palpitating violation
To anxious infarction
In schizoid arrest
A hepatic paranoia
of dermal yellow
And lily liver assault
That feeds a life non start
Of malignant low self esteem
A delusional malaise
Of apoplectic panic
And stressful apoplexy
A localized dorsal twinge
To further worry
Lumbar or thoracic or
Renal calculi or a case of
Bulimic nausea and peptic ulcer
To stoke the festering psyche
Of somatic obsession
Embolic anguish that leads to
A hypertensive strain
With muscular tremor and distorted vision
And a full blown occulogyric crisis
Ensued by catatonia
Comatosed by
Psychotic breakdown and
Inactive body systems
A perusal of the medical book
Confirms the diagnosis of
Life threatening
Hypochondria
Categories:
thoracic, psychological,
Form: Blank verse
silk pajamas
never met a cooler fabric
silk pajamas
bought off peacock in Bahamas
oh my willy-nilly rhetoric
action hot mildly thoracic
silk pajamas
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nancy Jones
WEAVE A RONDELET
* in the deep south, we pronounce "rhetoric" like "Rhett trick"... frankly my dear....
Categories:
thoracic, mystery,
Form: Rondeau
Thoracic clouds stream
Healthy with motion
In wisps of whipped cream
Slinging dew potion
Lifting flower face
Open to receive
Veritas of grace
Exultant to heave
Wilted decays past
Insolvent in debt
Letting fortune last
Longer than regret
Salvaged from bounties
Across the divide
Valued in counties
Ever to provide
Legacies of truth
In churning reason
Fetching hidden youth
Each passing season.
Categories:
thoracic, nature
Form: Acrostic