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Skipping Stones Jun 2016
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for the amazing strength you give me
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
peace is a kiss—
sealing an invite for bliss
that grows wings
fluttering upon the doorstep
of the free

free is a mind—
with gold nuggets mined
that grow interest
glimmering in the trunk
of the wisdom-rich

rich is a rounded whole—
free of  hole
that grows stable
rolling along the path
of transcendence


*there is always a path greater than discord,
enslavement and corrupted spirit
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
again and again
   we watch
yesterday's paper
   wheeled out
folded, bound
   for the dumps
its pulp reborn
   for today's paper
and the headlines
   reprint itself
over and over
newsbeat
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
12-meter deep
to hurt your ears
equalize
reclaim, your hold

18-meter deep
to calm your eyes
accommodate
life, behold

a thousand and one
to meet and greet
be it under the blue
or under the green

the gobies hide
the corals wave
an infinitesimal
wondrous grace
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
translucent
cerulean dream

mingles with
  
solid
cobalt blue

reflected upon
the ocean
without rue

frolicking with

the tang
atlantic blue
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge.
A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting
the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty,
and leave neither room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.
George Boole
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
atop merlion at sentosa park

revelling upon the map of singapura
george boole mutters

ditch the crude decimal byways
as he pointed to the binary hi way

atop merlion at sentosa park
Skipping Stones May 2016
the grammar of
inference
is an apple
falling with a thud
on my naivety, driving
a cranial awakening,
shaking me
I observed that an Apple a day keeps inspiration swaying YOUR way.
#Newton's Apple
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
like moonbeam
you long to kiss
the pitch black
landscape
of my mind
and find comfort
in the blanket
of shadows
sprawled,
where upon
you drift easy
in the lull
of ebony dreams
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
schulz' gang
spins klutzy comical
situations, worthy
of syndication
for its contribution
in the funnies section
Schultz print syndication
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
sit up,
paddles up
ready, ready,
go

the coxswain stands
commanding at once

an excitable
ignition,

a revving
engine room,

and a rallying
turbo

all one with the beat of the
living, breathing drum
as fevered strokes invoked
every motion, with devotion
in keeping with the caution
that the dragon spirit
holds its victory stance
until the horn cries,
finish
glimpse of regatta (dragon boat) culture with edgar & family at urban beach, singapore
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
it was an exhibit
of near limerick
the way those faces
were inked
but the total make
is one masterful abstraction,
abstract enough
to interest one
about deconstructed pieces
that swear
on real construct
of the subjects
walking into your exhibit was engaging and equally enlightening
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
if you must
ever so gently
sing a lullaby,
resort not to
a rock-a-bye
that breaks
a bough
and
makes one
fall
cradle
and
all



*earliest predisposiition of the idea of forewarning is programmed
in lullabies and nursery rhymes
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
vibrant orchard road
fix us a dandy air
with your fancy-bright
fabrication, guile us in
a techni-color wonder
so we can cue
canned laughter
topping our ever after
singapore, UX team
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
pigments of life
load yourself
upon this brush
so it can run
meticulous strokes
upon endless miles
of gesso duck
observing students in edgar ru's class
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
caught in silken folds
are creases that seek
warm acquaintance with
a gentle steam stream,
easing gossamer
in ken liu's shop
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
tempestuous spirit
bearer of torrential fervor
pouring your every drop
in a vast longing land
you are applauded
by the thunder
a fanatic audience to
your grand deluge of love
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
My skies,
   should you fetch me
in your cerulean grace
    by the last mile
bid for me the clouds
    in transient gray
and speak of
    my grateful heart,
taught to survive
    the once dreary,
firmament of my days




*for You, the truly beautiful who shook the hand of ugly.
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
I scooped a handful
of streaming river
to sip the memory of you—
free-flowing and able
to crack any rock
upon a path
if only to meet
the ebb of freedom
waiting in the ocean
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
Three stars,

Shimmering.

Set so close

They appear as one.



Three stars,

Each allowing

The others to

Shine their brightest.



Three stars

Shining brightly.

Sharing their light,

Sharing their love.



Three stars,

The Panda,

The Owl

and the Lion.

Inseparable!



http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1566872/three-stars-10-words-x4/
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
I cried me a river of blue
in nights of blue winter
and found me a friend
who exclaimed
how cool- how you are
so very blue

strangely amused,
I then proudly forged
my blue stride
as I watched my friend
get wholly warmed, by

my turning a shade
bluer than blue, this time


*Blued
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
I live for
magenta clouds
blocking cyan skies
and when it rains
I am more alive
so the suffering sun
must lie in wait
to shine



Pluviophile

*thoughts as I stood from a window watching YOU happily drenched
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
I sense the purity
of your alphabet
flowing along
illumined cursive

your inner compass—
relies clearly on the quotient
of understanding dark thru light

your perceptions—
follow a line of reason
immensely stable

you are beyond brave—
no words will ever be enough
expounding on that



*I wish I was more like You and your lot
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
some time ago,

the chilly blue air
watched the taming
of a red day

purging
persistent memories

of

patina on walls
and conversant tokens

of

sepia on pages
and incessant prints

such, was this long time ago—
story of losing control
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
one foot outside the door
whistle of air brushed your hair
a curious deep breath turned
the blue stood right there
leaving no mind to the red
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
The Majestic
wore the sunrise
its prysmatic fabric
cataclysmic to
corneal burn
allowing one to shake
the hand of darkness


The Majestic

*This is for YOU. Thank you
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
Poseidon's temperament
rides on rogue waves
prompting kedging
a critical hope
desperately anchoring
on the promise of
Psalm 23:4


*Rogue Waves
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
the ritual
was draped
in ember

assemblage of eyes
watched-- so curious,
but oblivious

purging
in the flickering fire,
it wasn't

a campfire
for the ancestry of sorrow,
it was

where crimson sap
partaken in abundance— 
from their own slaughter of Caesalpinia,

never could quench
the history
of rueful roots
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
hey nervous wreck,
about that rain check
the son of Mars
in equal claim
is the son of Venus
too you know
now will you
stop trembling
and load
yourself upon
his bow
aimed
at mamucium
abstraction from liz's note
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
"Klaus Fuchs
did what
he had to do
like a good
harbinger,
there is virtue
in being faithful
to his cause"

this is where my
cousin's
brutally honest
syllogism
took me today

"a simplified view is
always what gets
you at the bottom
of a swamp"

this is where
he swings a club
and bounces back
from his recent bogey
against me



in the greens with Jim
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
You touched my hand
where a loose thread dangled
whereupon its end
you tugged and tugged
so you can watch me
unreel, like magical spool
a legerdemain of
now you see it,
now you don't


*Loose Thread
Skipping Stones Jun 2016
you don't care much
about the poetry, in set cutlery

and how a multi-course,
when served-
are iambic in its essence

your gastronomical flair
is limited to the interest
of food tasting

so your buds
can spin-off
a taste to your own liking


*Spin off fare

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