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866 · Sep 2012
Fare thee well
Remember that we
Are all Bozos on this bus
Laugh, that's the ticket!
865 · Jan 2016
David Bowie R.I.P.
glad he was
sad he is no longer
goodbye stardust
Senryu
865 · May 2015
Speed Reeding
The cold wind of time
Blowing upon my pages
Hurrys me along
Haiku
863 · Jan 2013
The Crowd
All that noise banging
Around and around inside
Each little domicile
****** from shoulders broad and  thin
Some plugged in and others not
861 · Apr 2016
Wander Wall
i never dreamt that
the sun down under my feet
tracking the night time
seeking through the star eyed murk
would teach me the value of
the coming of dawn
Choka
853 · Nov 2015
False Idols
if your God asks you
to ****** and to destroy
he is not a god
instead, he is but a man
twisted, thirsting for power
at others expense
Choks
853 · Nov 2015
Unrepentant
My heart was stolen
by a beautiful woman
she taught me to love
like i had never before
and i lost myself in her
living off the beauty there
wanting and asking for more
but she could never commit
and that is how it remained
for many wonderful years
but due to outside pressure
our lives were pulled asunder
i lost her to family
to money and to power
now i am down for the count
but i will get right back up
happy for what we did have
it was a wild crazy ride
and i love her for all that
so i wish for her the best
and i will always owe her
my undying gratitude
for sharing with me completely
her mind, her soul, her body
her beauty as a woman
every detail of her
a sublime intimacy
singed into my memory
you taught me about myself
and plumbed my capacity
to care and to empathize
and to take a chance on love
to that end i still remain
an unrepentent sinner
a believer in true love
and willing to take the fall
whenever love calls
Choka
853 · Aug 2015
Campfire
fibonacci  sparks
racing to their extinction
through the cold night air
tracing fleeting silhouettes
that drift and fly within me
as I look upon the flames
my back to the night
choka
853 · Oct 2012
Awakening
A new day dawns bright
I sip cold and golden air
Contented to be
851 · Dec 2012
Prana by the water
Small clouds scudding high
Mist growing on the water
The day begins red
And fish leap all a glitter
I smile, drinking my coffee
Tanka
850 · Dec 2015
Blur
a gentle rustling
a blur across the sidewalk
a bumblebee mouse
Hailu
843 · Jul 2016
Lucifer's Drub
deep in the blackwood
beside yellow skunk cabbage
a jagged spectre
stands astrde a tiny stream
twixt ferns and huckleberries
its twisted thorn covered limbs
looking cruel and alien
they gesture menacingly
and they win the argument
so i make a wide detour
and think how appropriate
that this bizarre armored plant
be called devil's club
Choka
840 · Oct 2015
Carnal Beatitude
touching, caressing
our flaming bodies entwined
consecrating us
in loves scorching crucible
a passionate rhapsody
sublime and boundless
Tanka
Abrupt, blustering
Critical and quick to judge
What a fool I think
831 · Nov 2012
Winter Hearth
I light the kindling
And a warm and orange glow
Fills the little room
Outside, from afar, wolves howl
As the moonlit snow sparkles
829 · Jul 2016
Wash Out
in this cluttered life
flooded with empty data
we are all drowning
Senryu
827 · Dec 2015
Making The Cut
cupid's small arrow
is a fly speck compared to
the axe of lost love
Senryu
826 · Jan 2016
True Success
i care not for fame
i need only the love
of my family
Senryu
826 · Mar 2015
welcome
My door is open
It is oak with brass fittings
Sturdy and handsome
I oil the wood, buff the brass
And I will never close it
Tanka
822 · Feb 2016
Shine
she shines with beauty
like sunlight through beveled glass
igniting my heart
Senryu
819 · Oct 2012
Patsy Clime
Why do you attack
One another without remorse
And no good intent
Caring not what you destroy
Being entropy's patsy
814 · Jun 2016
A Sauna
cedar wood and fire
sweat and aromatic heat
ladles spilled on rocks
heated through unto the core
then getting up and leaving
and rolling naked in the snow
with a painful ecstasy
followed by relaxation
a deep sense of well being
and very pink skin
Choka
813 · Jul 2015
Summer Barbie
Blue orb in gold flames
Glaring down with searing gaze
Upon our earthly grill
Hsiku
808 · Feb 2016
Hope (Trust)
wipe away your tears
your love is a rainbow
the sun is rising
807 · Sep 2012
Inspiration
With thought's silver spark
Imagination's flame lights
Gauzy moths fly in
803 · Mar 2016
Feeling
i know you love me
for i can feel your heart beats
from behind your wall
Senryu
800 · Nov 2015
Return
swimming slowly
starfish below, stars above
underneath the moon
gliding through still warm waters
my wake spining reflections
across the deep velvet night
as i cross the black lagoon
searching for the shore
Choka
797 · Nov 2015
Your Smile
i love when you smile
with that bright look in your eyes
amorous playful
794 · Jan 2016
Before the Fall
you there on the stilts
looking down upon us all
beware of termites
Senryu
794 · Apr 2016
Baby That's Biology
life's complexity
is spellbinding to behold
a fractal splendour
that will never fit into
a pedantic pigeon hole
for when it is studied close
it generates more questions
than it does primal answers
instead it is wonderful
a universe without end
full of beauty abundant
a shining celebration
of entropy's spawn
Choka
793 · Oct 2015
Nightmare (Obsession)
your voice in the night
a siren song waking me
chanting through the surf
beckoning and bewitching
pulling me out through the waves
deeper and deeper i slide
immersed within my obsession
i call your name futilely
then stumble and go under
drifting out to sea
Choka
790 · Feb 2013
Poetic Tourniquet
Those dry little words
So neat upon their pages
Filled with blood and tears
Staunching my lettered bleeding
I wrap my lines and tighten
781 · Nov 2012
Season's Greetings
From tiny to huge
Bells ring, chime and clang brightly
Across night's dark vault
And the silent snow drifts down
Filling my heart with good cheer
Tanka
777 · Jul 2016
Reincarnation
lemon yellow sun
through the cool white morning mist
on the woodland lake
bird song like flowers bursts out
above the mutter of ducks
whiffs of breakfast and coffee
come from the crackling campfire
and I feel one with it all
as the day begins afresh
with dawn's absolution
bright and full of hope
Choka
776 · Feb 2013
Up the Down
Up the down I strode
Rising far above the fields
Till evening came
Then, beneath a starstruck sky
Down the down I swayed and rolled
Tanka
775 · Mar 2013
Springtime's Siren
Sweet sussurations
Drift through bright cherry blossoms
I hear her and wake
Haiku
769 · Dec 2014
Innocence
As a child I laughed
Arms out, bounding in the surf
Seals calling my name
My world was bright, fresh and free
I knew not shame nor envy
Tanka
769 · Dec 2015
Familiar
sometimes your problems
are so familiar
that you can't see them
Senryu
768 · Nov 2012
Just another parity face
Splendorous visage
Silver creased and amber lined
Your gaze ensnares us
With visions false and true
You give life and then we die
768 · Dec 2012
Down by the Bay
I stood there, upon
An aggregate of needles
Harbor behind me
Tired fluorescent sign in front
Then got on my bike and rode
764 · Jul 2016
Hidden Treasure
seize everything
that is precious to me
and steal it away
yet I will still be rich
for you can never take
the love within my heart
that will always be there
as long as I live
Choka
761 · Jul 2015
Breathe
Rain falls steadily
Straight down from the dark slate sky
Umbrellas march past
The air is green tinged
Hedges bursting with bird song
Then a flash and thunder's roar
the rain now falling harder
The smell of damped dust rises
I breathe in the earthy scent
glad to be alive
Choka
759 · Oct 2012
Arc Angles
Old Sol was setting
Shadows corked the valleys dark
And I cast a stone
753 · Oct 2012
Msr. Belljar
You, in long tweed coat
Spin, screaming, squirrel on chest
Nature abhors you
750 · Jul 2016
Dauntless
every set - back
is an opportunity
seize it and grow
Senryu
749 · Nov 2015
Poetry in Motion
i love your body
its sweet topography
and sublime measure
i love your colouring
so pleasing to my eyes
and perfect for your form
i love your silken skin
and its electric touch
that always speeds my pulse
i love the way you move
your femininity
a poem to my heart
i love your voice's sound
its rising and falling
no sweeter song exists
i love your sparkling eyes
full of wisdom and fun
so beautiful they are
but most of all my love
i love wondrous you
Choka
742 · Jul 2015
A Hot Date
The fecund summer
Seethes with songs and raucous hues
And winter be dammed
Haiku
740 · Oct 2012
Mad Creation
Just today I read
That we are all somewhat daft
Not a curse, methinks
740 · Apr 2013
Goodbye
Truly and deeply
Beyond sad, I press bruised lips
Upon the marble
Curve of your neck and breast
Touching only memory
tanka
738 · Jan 2013
Sweet Tempest
With each sweet moment
That you share my company
Lips softly smiling
Caressing me with your eyes
You fill me with a tempest
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