By itself darkwater resides
a nocturnal needle
a forgetful beyond silence
that slumbering inconsequential
cuts a corner
a stammer jester in its unpronounceable tongue
And by fog or bright sunlight
or if you prefer in curdled agonized night
oblivion she comes
to weep at your side
lay that kiss beneficent upon your brow
and whisper her breath
of oblivion
Sweet lips lay her peace upon your forehead
reside
Oblivion
Her dangerous alcohol heroine addiction
escape tunnel perfidious
your attention so fixed
her intentions so mixed
lays the desperate palette
of sacrificial dreams
Dark by night and dark by incidental
dark by the injection of her frivolous needle
in portents she echoes
so demure and unrepentant
Categories:
unpronounceable, addiction, art, creation,
Form: Free verse
Unavailable for work,
Unbeatable prices,
Uncertain times.
Undetectable fraud,
Unenviable tasks,
Unfathomable crimes.
Ungrateful children,
Unhelpful comments,
Unintentional consequences.
Unjustified dismissal,
Unkind acts,
Unlimited credit.
Unmentionable briefs,
Unnecessary accompaniments.
Unopened mail.
Unpronounceable words,
Unquestionable loyalty,
Unreasonable requests.
Unseasonal weather,
Untroubled teenager's,
Unusual behavior.
Unverified reports,
Unwanted attention,
Un-x-rayed patient.
Unyielding bolt,
Un-zesty pizza,
For unproductive people, uninterested in undivided attention.
Categories:
unpronounceable, addiction, age, anxiety, assonance,
Form: List
The road cut through
a deep gully of trees that
stood tall, 300 ft. or more,
and let no sunlight
fall except a dark, filtered
shade, never drying the damp
dripped down from a thick,
canopy of leaves.
Ferns grew in the spaces
between trees and smothered
the understory in a green
sway of fronds and dank smells
of forrest rot and gave home
to armies of creatures
with unpronounceable names
who's features were hammered
out in the factories
of horror.
The shoulder was too narrow
for a traveler to stop
and take in a view
and on one side
a drop deep enough to swallow
a car and so drove haste
and a pressing unease
to quickly pass through
this gullet of the prehistoric
and into the clear
careful not to wake
what was sleeping there
in the caves of human fear.
Categories:
unpronounceable, anxiety, journey,
Form: Free verse
Is God Jewish, keeping kosher
and laying down the Law?
[Though the Israelite name
was unpronounceable--no vowels,
because what human can truly
speak the name of God....]
Is God a Roman Catholic,
with an army of saints behind him?
Or maybe He's a Mennonite,
plainly dressed and plainly spoken?
Could God be a fiery Baptist,
reminding us that hell's torment
is as real as heaven's joy?
Might He be an Episcopalian,
soft-spoken, and all so polite?
[Though in England He would
say He's an Anglican, and have
a classy British accent...]
Perhaps God is a Hindu,
manifesting in 33 million ways,
or maybe He likes to be called
Allah in the desert places?
What does it matter what
God's name is, so long as
you seek Him, and know
you are not God...?
Categories:
unpronounceable, allah, allusion, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Reflections of Hopeless, helplessness in your eyes
I'm unable to feel your pain, my useless sympathy
gives no relief from the torture that your experiencing,
I pretend to understand about your illness trying to
repeatedly say positive words of wisdom and hope,
living and seeing the one I love suffer with an illness
that's so disabling, only knowing my despair not yours,
relying on professionals prescribing unpronounceable
drugs, diagnosed on a spectrum scale of mental illness,
watching our lives passing by seeing no future for either
of us, when will we get any relief from this anguish that's
been bestowed upon us? Will things ever be normal again?
we will never be physically parted, though through this
devastating illness we are alone, me in my world you
in yours, I know there are people worse off in this world,
why then do I feel so unprivileged by not feeling your love?
12/11/2016.
Categories:
unpronounceable, depression, devotion, emotions, health,
Form: Free verse
I’m homesick for places I haven’t yet been
Places unpronounceable are calling my name
My eyes crave the beauty of sights I have not seen
A fire I can’t see warms me with its flame
My feet walk the same path when I leave and come back
And my ears get tired of the same boring tune
Where once there was nothing I’ve worn down a track
Where street lights are so bright I can’t see the moon
I’m homesick for places away from my own
Places that make my heart feel alive
Where the people are friendly and my name is not known
Places that give me the change to thrive
You can tell my I’m crazy but I’ll never forget,
I’m homesick for places I haven’t been yet
Categories:
unpronounceable, travel,
Form: Sonnet
I watched you walk into the company cafeteria, staring at the ready made food under plastic
Selecting something green and healthy, the choice of a fluffy long eared herbivore
And cradling a glass of grey brown juice squeezed from a plant unpronounceable, shredded elastic
And then choosing a solo table, kicking off your shoes, pressing bare feet onto polished concrete floor.
Categories:
unpronounceable, loneliness, work,
Form: Rhyme
His is an unpronounceable name
Who at times basks in soup's fleeting fame
'Lion of the world' his name means
Nothing like that in his genes
To love all is JAGATHSIMHAN's aim
for PD's "Slick Limerick"contest
S.Jagathsimhan Nair, 21 sept 11
For SKAT's on 20 May 13
For Regina Riddle's contest.
Categories:
unpronounceable, introspection, love,
Form: Limerick
Tell me how the echo of your emotions extinguished my cares about you,
or how your smiles, cries, worries are not mine anymore.
Tell me why the brightness of your eyes
do not brighten up my world as it used to.
Tell me how there is an empty space in my heart
which is waiting to be filled again
when did it happen?
It feels good but it tastes bad,
I can't pronounce what I shouldn't say
but I do not care anymore.
the magic is gone.
Categories:
unpronounceable, romanceme, me,
Form: I do not know?