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To be Ao

emerald, olive, viridian

oh how you perplex me

forest, jade, chartreuse

why do you tease me so

cyan, verdigris, moss

such excitement arises

to be a word

to be a meaning

is there such a thing,

to have a feeling

to see a vision,

phthalo, pine, teal

are you the same

mint, myrtle, laurel

you make me envious

to be blooming, to be healthy

to be young, to be clumsy

are you callow, how about credulous?

but such a conservationist

unquestioning, so trustful,

tenderfoot and common

the tree, the lawn, the willow

though ecological and crude

a sage in all but name

apple, spinach, pea

aren't you scrumptious,

lime, kelly, bice

are you nature, how about luck

you're pungently rotten

though with such dark beauty and hope,

love and lust ensues

you're the jolliness of balance

and the creative intelligence;

of evil, and decay of money and safety,

will you resurrect me, are you immortality?

such jealousy arises

high goals and honor

so so allusive

healing and vitality

you're calming though fast

lush spring stability,

abundant generosity,

vert vegetation; witchcraft

an aphrodisiac I hear,

are you youth or fading youth?

sunrise and life, growth and fertility

sacred ideology,

eroticized though shameful

so romantic and humble

I see the third ray

or is the the fifth ray, the third eye

are you truth, are you vision

it's becoming a science,

so much compassion

the fourth chakra, the heart,

the centre of us all

a higher consciousness

such a harmonious aura

a hunter, a nurse, a solider, an outdoorsman

villains and superstition

misfortune and prosperity

with toxicity, sickness and death,

recycle and reuse

oh so powerful

you exude auspiciousness

just a holiday

mystical fairies and spirits

though also devilish,

cancer in the stars

a renewal of paradise,

biliously tranquil

are you refreshingly soothing,

peacefully restful,

a naive novice,

very understanding,

is there truly a term for you?

what do you really convey,

countless representations

a definition of name,

or do you signify the feeling, the specimen

the aspect?

though some have no locution for you

 

here I am,

stepping around the issue

you are you, in any word

yet with a different meaning

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joan-karcher
Published
Jul 15, 2012
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Every word in this poem describes or is described by one thematic morpheme

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