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Ottar Jan 2015
Classic lines, not just words
                               But curves,
Parted lips, shape sounds of
                        Near perfection,
Vulnerable....

some see her poise,
others respect her voice
few take respite,
In the delight she brings,
when she sings, like me,
she seems so human now
that she is seventy-two Years, (she never hid it, but it took me
Fifty five years to notice...)

Of age
of an age,
that spans... Generations in kind,
in years performing, on stage, and screen,
                                                         ­     oh but don't call her a Queen,
And "don't rain on my parade"
Just let the walls listen
and let the music fill this space,
And be with the furniture....can
you hear what there is to
hear as the notes sung in
Brooklyneese,
fall lightly or move
toes to tap,
fond affection,
for one, whose voice,
and songs bring me to
a Brooklyn, streets that have not
felt the soles of my shoes.
Yet, my soul is stirred to travel....
Thanks to you Barbara
Somewhere
People,
The Way We Were,
No More Tears
(Enough is Enough) as
My Heart Belongs to Me
and I share through poetry!
Happy Days are here....again!
MH, you will be missed
  Jan 2015 Ottar
ryn
.

•      
be     
-hold    
    my  sole    
     prized instru-
       ment of choice•
         let it bear the wei-
           ght of my unspoken
           voice•in the dead of
             the silent night•i'll let
               loose my heart so it co-
                uld take flight•consoli-
                  dating all that i think•
                   and...converting them
                     into the blackest ink•
                       only then freely......it
                          would spill•down
                                   the stem and
                                         to the nib
                                            of my
                                               fea
                                                the
         ­                                        red
                                                  qui
       ­                                               ll
               ­                                         •
Ottar Jan 2015
There is a Ness, called Loch,
There is a ness, called Happi,
There is a ness, called Lonli,
There is a ness, called Hot.

None of the words,
Would land like birds,
or release excrement,
in an simple experiment.

Of chasing monsters,
Of chasing insanity,
Of chasing the empty,
and chasing the vanity.

So on waking; take time, find purpose,
on leaving your home, take peace,
leave fear, in the shadows, but
let your fragrance, dance, down
the street, infectious.

Walk a mile in some kind of smile...seriously.
Mark Twain quote, "Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination"
not sure if I agree but it makes for great inspiration of poetry.
Ottar Jan 2015
live a dream once, yes!
finding a dream twice, is nice!
give, one dream, away
Ottar Jan 2015
what is in a name,
but letters and sounds,
and meaning,
gleaning spare gloaming,
C H
see aches
of broken hearts,
of many,
it was lines on paper,
some took it as lines in the sand,

life is lost when we can't laugh,

those who could not laugh, tried
to get their life back by taking lives,
the others
the creative core,

when you meet a man face to face,
you have a gun and he has not one,

you are not a man.

Life is fragile, life is too short,
to not be enjoined and enjoyed
in laughter at ourselves.

For now, it is right for tears to fall,
but let them be joined by laughter.

To honor C H

walk the streets of Paris,
sing songs in the city of Love,
not out of naiveté,
but for continued creativity,
so living memories live beyond
the loss,
much loss,
they now walk
beyond the boundaries of the imagination,
it is where they worked
it where they still live in all
who embrace Freedom,
in a name.
condolences
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