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life is so complex
that keeping it simple
takes a lot of work
Senryu
the wellspring of life
flows through me from the void
as i swim upstream
to the still clear ponds
with their quiet cool depths
of eternity
Choka
try for charity
in your communications
so i can hear you
Senryi
little blue planet
out in a galactic arm
oceans full of tears
Senryu
eyes look in clear light
reflective through a mirror
to see that other
that one on the other side
hanging back in the shadows
behind childhood's holy icons
supping on the bitter host
trapped and lost and terrified
unable to see beyond
its tormented chrysalis
barking and growling cruelly
daring you to touch
Choka
Once upon a stair
I passed a stunning blonde
In a jumpsuit hot
I turned and gaped, she beamed back
We married, youthful folly
Tanka
This poem is direct result of memories birthed while writting of A Tear For A Beauty Lost
A flash down my spine
a nether ending story
your voice on the phone
Senryu
how are you darling
how are you tonight
can you hear my smile
Senryu
another long night
forlorn and solitary
neath the lonely moon
Senryu
so distant
so far away
in my arms
Senryu
On a pebbled beach
Perched upon a cedar log
Blue sky, blue ocean
Burning sun and soaring gulls
But I cannot forget you
Tanka
the beauty of life
is there for you to see
but you have to look
Senryu
Picking up agates
Ragged brown waters bare teeth
Glacier huge above
i still remember
the stars that shone out on me
sparkles from your eyes
as you held me close and tight
and i wanted forever
but that never was to be
and now i stand looking back
to what seems a far off dream
a lost world full of magic
now forsaken, gone
Choka
Neath night's velvet cloak
All sequin strewn, I turned,
Faced the wall and cried
i used to catch bees
in the palm of my hand
they never stung me
now i am an adult
i am afraid to try
Tanka
A geranium
pungent smell with scarlet blooms
Grandmother's blue eyes
Their sweet love was true
And so was their poverty
But they were happy
Haiku
like some giant bird
you fly straight into my life
to peck and preen me
Senryu
in the wee small hours
gentle words, laughter and touch
filling up with love
then slipping into my bed
we spooned and she pressed hard back
with intimate urgency
inciting my inner beast
to wild abandon
Choka
i love your dark head
leaning close and listening
i love your bright eyes
leering at me when alone
i love your mouth, ears and nose
in closest proximity
i love your sweet lips and tongue
kissing, tasting andĀ again
i love your long silken hair
it's subtle touch igniting
i love the curve of your neck
inviting me to nibble
i love your shoulders shrugging
in shy anticipation
i love your limbs and body
holding me close and pressing
i love your hands and your feet
tickling and caressing
i love your satin soft skin
freckles and beauty markings
i love your voice and laughter
warming andĀ encouraging
i love your sweet *******
and caressing their fullness
i love your rose *******
rising to my attention
i love your foxy venus
its' downy plait and its' swell
I love your pearl button
hooded, hard and slippery
i love your soft and pink lips
dampening when i am close
i love your ******'s blaze
that both anneals and melds we
but what I love the most is
there behind your eyes
Choka
making love to you
pushing deep inside of you
and spilling my soul
Senryu
deep inside of you
is where i want to be
beside and inside
Senryu
and i will hold you
all silk and satin soft
until the day breaks
Senryu
I red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, love you!
10 word
In each others arms
Waves of you/me conjoining
As we become one
In sweet singularity
Igniting supernovae
Tanka
i love you so much
that i have lost any desire
to ever own you
instead let us drift down river
joyful in each others arms
navigating with our hearts
to the bright blue sea
my love will endure
tho time has withered and died
i shall be with you
and you will feel me calling
come away with me my love
beyond the deep dark endless
and its wild spiraling stars
come into my love's embrace
look into my shining eyes
and i will look into yours
now and forever
Choka
Why do I love her
I could write you thick volumes
But they would fall short
Haiku
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
So dark is this path
Hands out, I stumble on it
Reaching for the moon
Run before the wind
Pay out the mainsail and jib
Desire strongly gusts
Just today I read
That we are all somewhat daft
Not a curse, methinks
i love you so much
it's all about who you are
what you mean to me
and what i mean to you too
we have some kind of magic
there is no comparison
with anyone else
Choka
large green eyes
honey coloured hair
and cherry lips
she moved with cool grace
dressed in a jump suit
that clung to her curves
like sugar to pie
looking as gorgeous
as queen Marlene
of the silver screen
and when she did speak
her words flowed softly
a swiss german lilt
so i engaged her
in conversation
for two years
Choka
Morning, afternoon
Evening and late at night
Best for making love
Haiku
cupid's small arrow
is a fly speck compared to
the axe of lost love
Senryu
thrown onto the street
and treated as criminals
the mentally ill
Senryu
fast running brook
trout sparkle underneath
light blue ripples
Haiku
My father was strict
that is all I knew of him
for many a year
but time softened his armor
and I caught fleeting glimpses
of a wild, young, smart alex
a wise guy in the thirties
cruised the world on a steamship
from Montreal he sailed
through the atlantic ocean
St. Helena, round the horn
Polinesia, Asia
New Zealand, Australia
then around Cape of Good Hope
and back to Montreal town
Canada mid-depression
he drove from Ontario
to BC's wild coast
it's there he met my mother
and she hated him at first
but his bright, sparkling blue eyes
shock of red hair and sharp wit
soon won her heart completely
but when they were to marry
the world war got in the way
so it was off to England,
then to sunny Sicily
and up through old Italy
one week Yugoslavia
then up through France and Belgium
struggles in the Netherlands
and into the fatherland
thinking his luck had run out
then saved by a rosary
remaining an agnostic
and part of a force that
relieved one of the death camps
and seared by what he saw there
then returning home again
into the arms of his love
i arrived some years later
when his time came and he passed
and i was clearing his things
i noticed a framed picture
that he kept by his bedside
a sepia photograph
of a tiny, barefoot boy
wearing a ragged straw hat
astride a giant clydesdale
sporting a sassy, bright smile
i wish i knew him
choka
Still pond reflects moon
I reach for it's silver disk
My touch destroys it
my childhood abuse
i wish i could remember
to forget it all
Senryu
I do not wish to forget my whole childhood, just the nasty bits.
Sometimes we suffer
and are overcome with grief
emotional pain
impossible to ignore
it consumes your conciousness
incompacitating you
******* the life out of you
try to see it from outside
and accept your emotion
understand your suffering
with compassion for yourself
like you would for your lover
that tender and that gentle
that sincere and devoted
then you will find bliss
Choka
lying in the dark
staring out a window
a cold moon shining
ghostly shadows crawling
across the walls and floor
my heart in sweet turmoil
my mind gone walkabout
searching for an answer
when will i see you
Choka
luminescent waves
leave ghostly trails on the beach
neath the milky way
Haiku
quiet street, late night
red across wet black asphalt
stoplight reflected
Haiku
across the boardwalk
a large bronze beetle scrambles
through herds of flip-flops
Haiku
the herd pusues life
across the plains of being
death picks up after
Senryu
beers, wines and spirits
distilled, brewed and fermented
inducers of fugues
when consumed in high dosage
and over time cirrohis
too often they are used for
self medication
Choka
I am not against alcohol, just it's abuse
it's not what you say
but what you choose not to
that stabs at my heart
Senryu
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