Synapses fire to the edges of my soul,
And lock, stock and barrel do cease to hold.
Pinpoint accurate the hour that the moment senses,
Ne’r better dealing the cards only to fold.
How the chambers in the clock click-and- clack,
And the hands cease to ship its shape and bend.
For under the fire only some pieces lose most of their luster,
But I know things seem to resolve In the end.
For every hourglass’ sand can be overturned and reset,
And every door can be closed only to be opened again in flow.
Solid footprints made in the sand on the beach,
washed away with a wave once a path for hundreds more steps yet to go.
For if you think the wind bends in the brilliance of the light,
And the path leads to the end of a rainbow,
So when the silence festers to reach the sound,
Even sights of the future fall too low.
So stand up and bow your head in blessing,
Because battles can get out of sorts real quick.
But holding the freedom lines in place for friends and family,
Will determine what fate in forever the edge of your blended soul should prick.
Categories:
timepiece, adventure, allusion, anxiety, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
The quality of time
and the treatment
of our most valued
finite resource
as junk.
Categories:
timepiece, life,
Form: Free verse
Timepiece reveals desolation,
forsaken lands of creation-
Barren branches sway in dismay,
uneasy in life’s disarray.
No hope for alleviation.
Wasteland betrayed by salvation,
one more soul dies from starvation.
The timekeeper starts to decay-
Timepiece reveals.
Ebon sky wears fascination,
lost in lonely desperation-
For existence must go astray,
awaiting the break of dawn’s day.
Minutes bound by condemnation-
Timepiece reveals.
I chose photo 4
Rondeau Poetry Contest
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Joesph May
July 25, 2018
Categories:
timepiece, metaphor, time,
Form: Rondeau
A quick and easy (makeshift, albeit very temporary)
Cheap Trick would suffice in the interim
(which might entail many generations)
to rock a Super Tramp off The Farm.
Lo and behold a panacea arrived
in form of Jethro Tull. Beastie Boys
(more or less marauding hooligan gangs
comprised of Arctic Monkeys)
possessed an uncanny verve zeroing
in on the challenge to enable Crowd
source sing. They designed, hand
crafted, and linkedin all known know
ledge about mathematics and physics. One
contrivance edged out other equally
farcical gizmo. Via some lack of clarification
Badfinger referred both to the longer
of two needles pointers plus included
the entire mechanism. Individuals
would no longer find themselves
in Dire Straits getting someplace
with markedly greater accuracy.
Sooner or later a confluence of
beginners dumb luck witnessed
a Motley Crue, whereat brainstorm
(of course in tandem with consciousness
expanding material) yielded a great
burst of inventiveness within The
Human League, though after end
less modifications credit for
the handy dandy blues clues
pocket watch allotted
to a plethora of anonymous minds.
Categories:
timepiece, career, creation, devotion, humor,
Form: Ode
The clock never falters
Until its life dies
Replacing its batteries
And again time flies
The hands never stop
Ticking by so fast
Erasing all memories
Beating away our past
The numbers never change
They’re always the same
Rhythmically proceeding
Forgetting our shame
Time is a story
Told by a clock
Whispering inside us
Throughout life’s walk
Categories:
timepiece, imagination, time
Form: Rhyme