Timpani Poems

A Medley of Monoku-ku

...My soul aches to know
                               What those that don’t know
                                                                               Know

My heart beats
              ...

In the deep silence of the night, when the sky unfolds its mantle

...In the deep silence of the night, when the sky unfolds its mantle,
I drift, dreamlike, among constellations of thoughts that embrace the moon,
A solitary soul, like a forgotten temple beneath falli...

The Paradiddle of Being - Book Two: The Becoming

...VI.

We are all metric modulations
of our former selves—changing time signatures
mid-measure, learning to count
in odd meters when life refuses
to conform to 4/4 expectations
fi...

Clothed in Poetry Parchment

...I am a creature like others, taking for granted each breath,
making mistakes, some no amount of contrition can erase
which makes my faults no less dismal than death.
Unless by the mercy of my ...

Bow Rider

...Boron fusion, specifically proton-boron-11 (p-B11) fusion, the path to clean and sustainable energy> Advantages is that fusion is safer because it produces no neutrons, only alpha particles, and uses...

Echoes Of The Silent Shore

...How can I sever wolf-waves from the selfish sea?
I ache to cut the rogue from the relentless flow
his crest —swelled in high rise on testosterone tide—
swindles my tease to tame his blue Neptune f...

Maestro

...“A maestro is like a candle. It consumes itself to light the way for others.”- 
                                                                                ~~  The Poet ~~
  
Conductor of an a...

A Cobalt Ice Capade - Your Choice Again

...“Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever 
  penetrated into the ear of man or woman.”          Quote: E. M. Forster 
" Poem is enhanced if symphony plays while poem is re...

Manipulations Of Fate

...I wait—

here I wait
for white magic reverie
to embrace me   free me

here I wait—
an hourglass full
of leopard-print thoughts 
sugar-granular-musings spill
the beginning to the end of a st...

A Plea For Awesome Phrase

...On a shattered pebble beach my kernel,
becomes this dervish dancing to the maniacal symbol rash tune,
of inchoate monsoon grass beat timpani,
that’s dimly frowned on by sonic virtuoso,
but terms ...

the symphony

...New York City is like a cobblestone symphony,
where jackhammers and footsteps form the rhythmic timpani,
sirens and honking taxis, are the cymbals, that provide sudden bursts of energy,
traffic’s ...

A Cobalt Ice Capade

...Bold navy as dark and pure as the cold frosty night.
Chilled season’s symphony opens with eight notes come what might.
Short blast followed by long note repeated short followed by long.
Thunder ha...

Leaf Surfing

...The wave breaks soft yellow tinged
Slow rising on the hoar frost night
Thickened sap retreats in weakened sun

And yet the leaves rejoice in nature’s call
Party hats and favors drape them all
I...

Must You Torment Me

...Must you torment me, you sultry vixen,
Beguile me with the ling’ring lust of more
Hold me quiv’ring within your heated grasp
Entrap me with the distance of your shore

Please touch gently the pa...

Seaside Serenade

...Wind and sea and waves and sun
   sand in toes as day is done
Seagulls glide, sandpipers run
   young dad splashes with his son

Breakers rise, translucent teal
   lifeguards poised as youngste...

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