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mark-rohlf
mark-rohlf
55/M/Kansas Painter/Photographer. I express myself more with imagery, but I like to tinker with language on occasion.
willful ignorance history repeating head in the sand the leaders are cheating from the left and right the view is the same perception is truth for the man to game rich and poor black and white the blue and the red prepare and fight swinging the sword but dismissing the pen it’s already been fought and assessed by them but we ignore the words and twist the tale so that we can continue to fight the whale
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Sep 10, 2020
Sep 10, 2020 at 7:48 PM UTC
War On The Whale
ten thousand times you repeat the line mine is the lucky number what is real what is true just what we perceive like the collective views the sky is blue a linear eccentric quips from the hip i never have but she will soon arc a phrase tell a truth perpetuate a lie but right on time the real is revealed with the curve of your words you bark at the moon
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Nov 3, 2019
Nov 3, 2019 at 3:23 AM UTC
Hyperbolic Lung
scanning from my perch staring out the window pane imaging my path, a quiet place visioned the trail i have followed in vain i to the right as the herd left did i hold back or stand in judgement above the rest still hunting a clue while guarding the line what is there that i might find survey from my grave peering out the window pane could i have seen beat, circumspect the window a mirror and i my reflect
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Sep 16, 2019
Sep 16, 2019 at 5:02 AM UTC
Looking Out
***** through the tube baby to the **** instant mobility of the noob shuttle to the moon rocket to mars life is motion under the stars
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Sep 9, 2019
Sep 9, 2019 at 4:57 AM UTC
Mobility
rave to the rolling hills lit with the warmth of dawn and the rich warm orange of dusk respect to the souls who pain to see the beauty in rust blithe to the imaginations who seek a higher call armed with the courage of original thought thanks to you who climbed the hill and found the charm you the one who’s seen the hills at dawn
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Apr 5, 2019
Apr 5, 2019 at 4:26 PM UTC
Hills At Dawn
a medley of mange this group of misfits laughing dancing and grazing the strange unconventional freaks outlandish and odd parroting our priests and glib of our gods mocking our trials poking fun of our kings curating our flaws as they jump and sing bent and dimented indignant to drones lippy and pert these rolling stones theater people
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Mar 7, 2019
Mar 7, 2019 at 4:31 PM UTC
Theater People
sitting at my desk writing a haiku at work i am not working
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Feb 1, 2019
Feb 1, 2019 at 5:18 PM UTC
Haiku At Work
see that man its that man there happy in his world but lonely in his vines his smile lights the room but pains in his eyes in a world of me me me benevolent to the core he listens instead but shows no bore that man over there humane to the bone but the banner of his vision is waved by him alone watch him and see the man who fell looking again that man is me dont be mistook misguided or mislead the man thats me could be you as well
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Jan 31, 2019
Jan 31, 2019 at 6:45 PM UTC
That Man There
fear no love love no war right no left hawk no dove red no blue black no white tone no tint wrong no right stop no go drop no lift seek no hide wind no drift echo will respond harvest to seed bird will egg and life will go on
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Jan 23, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 at 2:00 PM UTC
One Zero
red green blue converge to white reveal what's true ever of spite yellow red blue diverge from white expressed in color received in grey or the other way yellow red blue converge to black yellow cyan magenta follow suit reflection refraction doppler shift wave and photon linger the grift
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Jan 22, 2019
Jan 22, 2019 at 11:25 AM UTC
The Color of Lies