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For Refaat Alareer, Palestinian Poet

..."There is a window open from my heart to yours." Rumi

See the splendor of pained poetic souls.

After he died, leapt out in the air above,
turned into a star in Gaza's bleak sky,
pouring words...

Born to Rise

..."Blackbird"

You cannot cage what's born to rise,
she blazed beyond their brittle lies.
They named her ash, they named her end,
but fire learns how not to bend.
Her silence cracked the sky in t...

HEAVEN IS VERB AND NOUN

...     Heaven, synonymous with 
Heart in its becoming of
the New Human ~ 
perception, perceiver and perceived
when merging incubates an 
anechoic  reality________
all els...

Whither thou goest

...Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”
"Incentive to work well i...

Step Into My Voodoo Dream

...I am the Voodoo Queen, draped in mystic skies,
Where moonlight whispers and shadows lie.
Beneath my veil, the arcane hums,
The pulse of the midnight, where the serpent drums.

Call me a witch, a...

Ivory Flakes

...Oh, lovely snowflakes,
from billowy clouds, 
plump with expectation,
you break free and come tip toeing lightly
on tiny feet, gliding and dancing,
through the air in crisp December.
...

No Crown Do I Hold Dear

...Asking an artist to control their senses
is akin to instructing a lark not to sing.
A painter would refuse such pretenses
and a poet could never do such a thing.

Bind my hands but don’t emp...

EGG-STASY an ode to the gustatory ******

...An ode to the gustatory ****** 
My mouth meanders through this dream
This memory of breakfast in bed
A lover seducing my every desire
Sweet maple, slight hint of flannel
A light crispness of waf...

Enthusiasm

..."Enthusiasm is nothing more or less than faith in action." Henry Chester

That exuberant feeling deep down inside,
      It isn’t energy and not quite pride.
           To complete acts of grande...

Down At The Creek

...
Down at the creek
     The sun rises magenta
           Against cobalt
              With a strange sandy-grey glow above


Here out on the porch
        The symphony of doves
         ...

Epitaph-Unraveled Words

...


trickling streams   enlist fingers stroke
translating silent stares script air bubbles

soul skirmishes   dying   and breath twitches
her amort jabs shatter blind eyes

soft breaths   lin...

Eagle Swift

...
 Eagle Swift, My Conscience Uplifts
 Upshifts the Swiftness, It's Blissful, My Soul Drifts
 Solo Drifter, I Sail The Abyss
 One with the Quasars, I Scratch Off The Bucket List
 High Born, I Soa...

I'm a Great Warrior

...
 Shielding Darkness with Virilities of Light
 One with the Sword of the Most High,
 Promethean by the Thunder, Supreme by Rain
 Forever Rising on this Quest Uncaged,
 I AM the Blazing One, Soul...

SCRAMBLE DRILL

...It’s no yolk, they’ve uncaged the eggs....

Whispers of Truth

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Written: December 26, 2023, For Robert James Liguori Contest
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              Poem Inspired by Joe Bonam...

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