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"artisans" poems
Blasting out of the fog and mud Past the forests in the sunrise Farms and high ways Trotting through suburbia Through the tunnel Defacing and refusing to allow themselves to be part of an unjust ****** Believe in the intermingling of colors Waiting for the planets to fall into place To stop for a moment and inhale the abundant harmony that surrounds them and emote and create a inspiring response in the form of self expressive freedom that matches the beauty that had compelled them
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Feb 19, 2014
Feb 19, 2014 at 10:51 AM UTC
Aesthetic Artisans
Climb aboard the Paper Airplane Express Let’s fly to far away destinations Where we land is random, it can’t be guessed We have no preconceived expectations Wings hand crafted by tiny artisans Powered by adolescent dreams that ignite Bright eyed smiles, marking the serene occasion Of each and every planes inaugural flight Hop aboard the Paper Airplane Express No two planes are alike, each is unique And not every flight is a success But we can re-launch after a simple tweak As our pilots aren’t allowed to play with matches To date none of our planes have caught on fire Though we have seen quite a few crashes And apparently that little pyro bobby just made me a liar
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Dec 27, 2014
Dec 27, 2014 at 3:52 PM UTC
Paper Airplane - Version 2
*Smooth pale skin that glows Features like innocent dolls Silky ebony hair that shines Waving shimmering stars Eyebrows that perfectly frames And enticing Obsidian eyes Perfectly carved jaw and nose Velvet lips like Grandifloras Put on the Kanzashi flowers Colorful and bright Kimonos Obi hanging down to ankles Walk, dance with elegance Shamisen in her hands Showers colorful melodies Such beautiful skills Purely fetching artisans*
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Mar 25, 2014
Mar 25, 2014 at 8:20 AM UTC
Geisha
311 It sifts from Leaden Sieves— It powders all the Wood. It fills with Alabaster Wool The Wrinkles of the Road— It makes an Even Face Of Mountain, and of Plain— Unbroken Forehead from the East Unto the East again— It reaches to the Fence— It wraps it Rail by Rail Till it is lost in Fleeces— It deals Celestial Vail To Stump, and Stack—and Stem— A Summer’s empty Room— Acres of Joints, where Harvests were, Recordless, but for them— It Ruffles Wrists of Posts As Ankles of a Queen— Then stills its Artisans—like Ghosts— Denying they have been—
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It sifts from Leaden Sieves
Glory to craftsmanship That endures the wrath of time Artisans vanish one by one As is Nature's custom But their inner beauty Remains in their labored art. A masterful stroke of hand Guided by divine volition Engages thought's flight To spheres unknown Where true art gives birth To creativity's genius. Art imparts mystical light Upon envisioned designs Shaped by hand, heart and spirit A poem, a painting, a silver cup Is brought to life For the pure joy of creation. O' masters of the wind Hearken the hopes of craftsmen And steer their zing heavenward They are the symbol of plastic arts A manifestation of wizardry Toiling in labyrinth of formation.
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Jun 7, 2018
Jun 7, 2018 at 10:59 AM UTC
Craftsmanship
Shropshire the outback of hives and mires A birthplace of industrial revolution Built with ***** iron and bricks submerged in the depths of the water beds Shropshire the strength in the metal structure A cast of firm shields and fields The greenery of contrasting yellowy yields A mirage of hills sat on pillar heights The breeze so fresh as sun prints on the canal The warmth so intense as the bird hums in the nests Labour artisans and metalsmith at the heart of coalbrook dale Bricks aisles of pathways along the river Bordered by vintage delicacies of the magnificent nature
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Jun 4, 2016
Jun 4, 2016 at 9:28 AM UTC
Shropshire Iron Bridge
Take me to a place where I can be with you. A place where the ocean meets the sky And the sunset on the horizon is painted by God's best artisans. Take me to a place where you'd hold my hand In a deep evergreen forest, Lush with thick foliage and dewy from rain. Take me to a place where I can taste the sweetest fruits on your lips, Where my senses are overjoyed by a multitude of flavours, Each one reminding me of you. Take me to a place, A field, The moon and stars shining And a night as clear as mountain waters. Take me to that field, Where the grass grew tall And hay bales were laid alongside us. Where the ground was mostly dry But still damp, Where regardless, we laid down among the carrot lace And you were beneath me, My very definition of beauty. The moon in your stormy-blue eyes And a smile playing at your lips When suddenly, Your smile disappeared and you looked right at me, Lips parted. Instinct took me, And although inexperienced, We worked together like oiled machines With all our gears functioning. It was the first and the last time, Coldest and hottest. It was a raging inferno And an arctic storm. I felt like I was stolen of breath But given new air. You filled my lungs and intoxicated me, But I could have never been more sober. Take me to that place again.
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May 12, 2017
May 12, 2017 at 9:09 AM UTC
First Kiss
Is there a substance that as a result of continually applied force becomes so hardened so as to become no longer malleable..? immovable..? Lately i am feeling much like that substance Becoming tired of being forced for no good point Becoming weary of being pushed into a grotesque shape not of my choosing Toward directions i care not to go in And you can find this stuf anywhere it's everywhere Leftover human **** over-hammered beat down by the establishment You might call it white trash metal Or inner city old grey steel 50 gallon drum fireplace ghetto hubcap with no wheel Left with worth less than a tin cup Used humanity used up Beware waste artisans it's waste recycle time it's become too late the purged waste you've created Returns and rises from the ashes to make you suffocated ...
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May 26, 2012
May 26, 2012 at 3:42 PM UTC
Industrial Waste
aromatic coffee awakens senses    midst the gestured warmth of radiant       smiles's 'tween morning brew, reverently paused to catch     the awe inspiring  poignancy                of sunrise's exhilaration, whilst cozily wrapped in the delightful unfurl    of captivating poetry's skillful delectation     a rising ritual begun many blue moons afore,   tempting consciousness, feeding soulfulness     enlightening sensibilities as it         enriches the day's appreciation                'pon the keen awareness of poets, tempests from all niches of the world    coming together amid upheavals and serenity, ceremoniously dubbed fierce confirmations       of words expressly borne, communing the          artfully spirited of resourceful artisans,      procuring special collective bonds that                only poesy can wholly dictate, they look upon us as enigmas   rather strange breed of puzzling characters,      as this inexplicable endeavor         escapes their stifled perceptions          of conduit's musing reasonable facsimile, we're merely cognitive passages for     experiences on common ground        in realizations of all-too-human foibles           eccentricities, yearnings and fortitude, released deliverance of  potpourri    serving up inky joy beyond expression,     intention's distinction deciphering       reflections in meditative affirmations, breadth of unrestrained beholden visions    conjured notions of paramount significance        wherein lies evidence of life's burnt offerings, beginnings and endings of hearts' indulgences      wept in resolute  celebrations of existence                 as only a poet could discernibly translate
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Jul 9, 2015
Jul 9, 2015 at 8:23 AM UTC
Poetry's aromatic unfurl
aromatic coffee awakens senses    midst the gestured warmth of radiant       smiles's 'tween morning brew, reverently paused to catch     the awe inspiring  poignancy                of sunrise's exhilaration, whilst cozily wrapped in the delightful unfurl    of captivating poetry's skillful delectation     a rising ritual begun many blue moons afore,   tempting consciousness, feeding soulfulness     enlightening sensibilities as it         enriches the day's appreciation                'pon the keen awareness of poets, tempests from all niches of the world    coming together amid upheavals and serenity, ceremoniously dubbed fierce confirmations       of words expressly borne, communing the          artfully spirited of resourceful artisans,      procuring special collective bonds that                only poesy can wholly dictate, they look upon us as enigmas   rather strange breed of puzzling characters,      as this inexplicable endeavor         escapes their stifled perceptions          of conduit's musing reasonable facsimile, we're merely cognitive passages for     experiences on common ground        in realizations of all-too-human foibles           eccentricities, yearnings and fortitude, released deliverance of  potpourri    serving up inky joy beyond expression,     intention's distinction deciphering       reflections in meditative affirmations, breadth of unrestrained beholden visions    conjured notions of paramount significance        wherein lies evidence of life's burnt offerings, beginnings and endings of hearts' indulgences      wept in resolute  celebrations of existence                 as only a poet could discernibly translate
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The Girl from Coronado Dark brown eyes the brownest hair the most captivating was the faraway look in her eyes the painter Searches for her in lost dreams she materializes on the sharp trumpet blast then she lingers as it turns Softly as the street in front of the Saint Louis cathedral in New Orleans she was as wistful she was the Bleeding torment held in battle field shadows her way had the razor sharp that cut through pretense to The real the meaningful what was that certain something that held you in awe was it the southern sea Breeze that was absorbed the enfolding touches that were exuded from her depths there are still Waters then there is Gloria is it fondly promised like flowers floating on the tide the sweet smile that Cuts and divides the waves like a surfer coming out of the Banji pipeline her brown hair blows softly it Has enlightened on the breeze as fragrance unspoiled unidentifiable it enthralls as she walks the sandy Sea swept beach in the distance she passes as a spirit cast improperly in a human role to disturbing to Fetching she makes appearances in Celtic dreams of misfortune she brings trouble as a winged wonders Those that are not for evil but hidden in them are clandestine secrets that open new corridors of Simplicity that brim with honor they are the culminations of promises long deferred now they are at The door to restore she possesses powers that are seemingly strange but they are beholding the Glimpses she allows trigger eager disruptions the common falls before her gaze you find establishments That seemed impossible could she be Isis presumably not but just bearer of her traits one who gives gifts Of the natural world to artisans from normal items joy is in them as fluid emotions they suppress but Only for the pure cause of making greater results occur the tiresome is abolished the clay is gold even Though it be hidden from many to the few it is cherished sought and redeemed by love in a sea side Town on the southern coast of California her alluring beauty you too can possess this just open yourself seek the opportunity to give to others your name will be favorably spoken like the graceful girl from Coronado
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May 12, 2012
May 12, 2012 at 3:00 PM UTC
The Girl from Coronado
The Girl from Coronado Dark brown eyes the brownest hair the most captivating was the faraway look in her eyes the painter Searches for her in lost dreams she materializes on the sharp trumpet blast then she lingers as it turns Softly as the street in front of the Saint Louis cathedral in New Orleans she was as wistful she was the Bleeding torment held in battle field shadows her way had the razor sharp that cut through pretense to The real the meaningful what was that certain something that held you in awe was it the southern sea Breeze that was absorbed the enfolding touches that were exuded from her depths there are still Waters then there is Gloria is it fondly promised like flowers floating on the tide the sweet smile that Cuts and divides the waves like a surfer coming out of the Banji pipeline her brown hair blows softly it Has enlightened on the breeze as fragrance unspoiled unidentifiable it enthralls as she walks the sandy Sea swept beach in the distance she passes as a spirit cast improperly in a human role to disturbing to Fetching she makes appearances in Celtic dreams of misfortune she brings trouble as a winged wonders Those that are not for evil but hidden in them are clandestine secrets that open new corridors of Simplicity that brim with honor they are the culminations of promises long deferred now they are at The door to restore she possesses powers that are seemingly strange but they are beholding the Glimpses she allows trigger eager disruptions the common falls before her gaze you find establishments That seemed impossible could she be Isis presumably not but just bearer of her traits one who gives gifts Of the natural world to artisans from normal items joy is in them as fluid emotions they suppress but Only for the pure cause of making greater results occur the tiresome is abolished the clay is gold even Though it be hidden from many to the few it is cherished sought and redeemed by love in a sea side Town on the southern coast of California her alluring beauty you too can possess this just open yourself seek the opportunity to give to others your name will be favorably spoken like the graceful girl from Coronado
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Immune to the depravity. Enslaved to the creativity. A weaken soul, to the artist brush. A becon of burning coals, in the artisans stove. Two sides of the same coin. We are writers. We are painters. We are smelters. We are dancers. We are singers. We are art. We are, us.
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Dec 20, 2014
Dec 20, 2014 at 10:55 AM UTC
Forms of art.
I think of you when I’m on the toilet. Okay. Maybe that wasn’t the best place to start I think of you when I’m walking too Wishing you were taking the same route By coincidence But hoping that it was by choice I think of you when I make breakfast Cause I would gladly make enough for two When I have nothing better to do I count the hair on my forearms And I wish you were here to help me count I was never really good at math Or science But I’m really good at thinking I swear And I’m pretty good at grammar Because you Are the person About whom I have been thinking much lately I ponder you like politicians In Astana Ponder budgets Like artisans in Rwanda ponder baskets Like the UN ponders nations Like farmers ponder precipitation I roughly calculate I could have solved around 200 Rubik’s Cubes Give or take a few In the time it took to figure out you So now I’ll chew my fingernails well past the white part Even though you can’t stand it Because I don’t want you thinking that I’m thinking about you
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Jun 27, 2015
Jun 27, 2015 at 4:02 PM UTC
well
The Great Falls, was a massive clone of ice; yet still her waters poured forth in roaring waves over the ebb of the river. Sliding into a frozen crevasse, down an icy bar, I land wet, chilled and numb from the duration of the decent and the soul piercing cold. On the landing, the carcasses of industrial waste were encased in a frozen loam. The giant mill wheel locked in place, entombed in a glacier of ice. It made good sense to found this city on an industrious bluff. The Great Falls spun the wheels that powered vast manufactures. Shoots and trams shot flumes of water down every street. Everyman was a master of his cottage industry, forging bullets constructing locomotives, spinning the finest silk from the most exotic foreign worms. But the machines shut down. The handiwork of learned men, entrepreneurs, urban planners, engineers and artisans now encased in frozen rust. Barely a tool could be used to produce a product or plumb a line. A simple hand tool could not be lifted without betraying its purpose. A society of useful manufactures frozen shut; dissolving into bankrupt liquidation; so I left my home on Chianci Street and caught the first Paterson Plank coach to the Hoboken Ferry. I would be in Manhattoes by nightfall. The morning travels consumed thoughts of future prospects. The silk mill forever closed. The industry of my home city, dead. This weaver of fine silk had lost his loom. For William Carlos Williams From: Vesuvia, 1997 Music Selection: Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble, Arabian Waltz
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Nov 26, 2011
Nov 26, 2011 at 10:10 PM UTC
Leaving Paterson
The Great Falls, was a massive clone of ice; yet still her waters poured forth in roaring waves over the ebb of the river. Sliding into a frozen crevasse, down an icy bar, I land wet, chilled and numb from the duration of the decent and the soul piercing cold. On the landing, the carcasses of industrial waste were encased in a frozen loam. The giant mill wheel locked in place, entombed in a glacier of ice. It made good sense to found this city on an industrious bluff. The Great Falls spun the wheels that powered vast manufactures. Shoots and trams shot flumes of water down every street. Everyman was a master of his cottage industry, forging bullets constructing locomotives, spinning the finest silk from the most exotic foreign worms. But the machines shut down. The handiwork of learned men, entrepreneurs, urban planners, engineers and artisans now encased in frozen rust. Barely a tool could be used to produce a product or plumb a line. A simple hand tool could not be lifted without betraying its purpose. A society of useful manufactures frozen shut; dissolving into bankrupt liquidation; so I left my home on Chianci Street and caught the first Paterson Plank coach to the Hoboken Ferry. I would be in Manhattoes by nightfall. The morning travels consumed thoughts of future prospects. The silk mill forever closed. The industry of my home city, dead. This weaver of fine silk had lost his loom. For William Carlos Williams From: Vesuvia, 1997 Music Selection: Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Ensemble, Arabian Waltz
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When did the measure of your worth become a brand? Banded sneakers, streaking vibrance, vibrating mobile nuzzled in hand. These do not make you. Backward cap, for a new era, sagged pants, swagger stance for this hoodlum hoody wearer. These do not make him. Gucci bags and other tags, designer purse, cursing contraband, fake names make her gag. But these do not make her. They say don't judge a book by it's cover, so why a person by their assets? if it were asserted by another... Belongings do not a person make. Kindness, courage, compassion, heart, personality, wisdom, even a love of art. These a person make. Take some time to introspect, inspect the way you see yourself, You'll be happier for it I expect. You make the person.
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Jun 15, 2014
Jun 15, 2014 at 3:00 PM UTC
Artisans of pretence
a clairvoyant sketches a gravedigger retrieving a dead child it was midnight inside his heart and in the drawings a limo hints at a tale murmurs in the crevices of night trying to find a way out of or onward beyond the cul-de-sac
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Mar 31, 2012
Mar 31, 2012 at 8:41 AM UTC
An Omen from Van Til to Descartes' Artisans
Silken Tongue Poets eschew the Pedantic Masters of Imagination Create Fantastic Poets of Masterly Craft and Imagery Like Don Bouchard, Joe Cole and Me Wolf spirit aka quinfinn also added in These poets and More, will Proclaim That Mastery of Imagination Can Reign Tales will be told, of times of Old Poets will take you to Magical Places Among the treasures you will find Gold Poetesses will spin tales of Love and Woe And you might even meet a UFO Poets will Stumble From Irish Pubs For Deeds of Valantry Knights be Dubbed Or Stars May Fall from the Universe The Craft and Mastery will be diverse So this is your invitation to our World of Creation By Artisans of the Craft and the Masters of Imagination, A  Collection for the Masters of Imagination, The True Craftsmen of the Arts. Come see where Imagination Shines...Shamus
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 4:58 AM UTC
SilkenTongue Poets
He has given a luxurious twist to the dying art of weaving and popularised the use of Khadi. Award-winning textile designer Gaurang Shah is more than happy that the Indian fashion industry has welcomed handlooms. “As a textile designer, I would like to say the Indian fashion industry has embraced handlooms with lot of admiration and helped revive our ancient traditions of weaving art, like the jamdani weaves, that we use in creating our fashion pieces,” Shah told IANS. “It also reinforced its unparalleled beauty around the world,” he added. The designer says that one must acknowledge the passion and intense amount of production hours every weaver at the looms puts to bring out timeless pieces of handlooms. “The fashion industry did contribute to bring them back into vogue in recent years,” he said. Shah showcased his latest collection of 40 garments titled Muslin at Lakme’s Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2017. His anthology for the gala was inspired by romance of nature. Giving details about his range, he said: “Our collection incorporates weaves and techniques from West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The amazing all-in-whites collections integrate gorgeous Mughal motifs and geometric patterns on Khadi, chikankari embroidery and Parsi gara.” The designer’s collection involved 50 weavers working relentlessly for over six months. Shah, whose handloom creation made its way to the 69th Cannes Film Festival when Deepshikha Deshmukh, producer of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer “Sarbjit”, stepped out in an ensemble featuring Paithani and Kanjeevaram details, says that handlooms are a glorious heritage of India and it is important to preserve and help the artists’ community grow. “I would like to add that a few years ago this beautiful art was fading away. Thanks to persistent effort and motivation from label like ours, followed by the efforts of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that pushed Indian handlooms to higher level of acceptance,” he said. Shah began his journey in the textile world with just two weavers and today the label works with 700 weavers, and the number is still growing. “The biggest contribution we as a designer can make is to keep our artisans motivated and also help them gain confidence that it is a highly profitable profession,” said the designer, who has styled the stars like Vidya Balan, Sonam Kapoor and Kirron Kher.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-adelaide | www.marieaustralia.com/red-carpet-celebrity-dresses
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Feb 5, 2017
Feb 5, 2017 at 10:00 PM UTC
Fashion industry has embraced handlooms with admiration
He has given a luxurious twist to the dying art of weaving and popularised the use of Khadi. Award-winning textile designer Gaurang Shah is more than happy that the Indian fashion industry has welcomed handlooms. “As a textile designer, I would like to say the Indian fashion industry has embraced handlooms with lot of admiration and helped revive our ancient traditions of weaving art, like the jamdani weaves, that we use in creating our fashion pieces,” Shah told IANS. “It also reinforced its unparalleled beauty around the world,” he added. The designer says that one must acknowledge the passion and intense amount of production hours every weaver at the looms puts to bring out timeless pieces of handlooms. “The fashion industry did contribute to bring them back into vogue in recent years,” he said. Shah showcased his latest collection of 40 garments titled Muslin at Lakme’s Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2017. His anthology for the gala was inspired by romance of nature. Giving details about his range, he said: “Our collection incorporates weaves and techniques from West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The amazing all-in-whites collections integrate gorgeous Mughal motifs and geometric patterns on Khadi, chikankari embroidery and Parsi gara.” The designer’s collection involved 50 weavers working relentlessly for over six months. Shah, whose handloom creation made its way to the 69th Cannes Film Festival when Deepshikha Deshmukh, producer of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer “Sarbjit”, stepped out in an ensemble featuring Paithani and Kanjeevaram details, says that handlooms are a glorious heritage of India and it is important to preserve and help the artists’ community grow. “I would like to add that a few years ago this beautiful art was fading away. Thanks to persistent effort and motivation from label like ours, followed by the efforts of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that pushed Indian handlooms to higher level of acceptance,” he said. Shah began his journey in the textile world with just two weavers and today the label works with 700 weavers, and the number is still growing. “The biggest contribution we as a designer can make is to keep our artisans motivated and also help them gain confidence that it is a highly profitable profession,” said the designer, who has styled the stars like Vidya Balan, Sonam Kapoor and Kirron Kher.Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/formal-dresses-adelaide | www.marieaustralia.com/red-carpet-celebrity-dresses
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Mughal Emperor, Shahjahan For the memory of his wife Arjumand Banu Begum Made, a royal tomb- Everyone knows it, called the "Taj Mahal", Which stands on the banks of the Jamuna With the scope of its vastness. Beginning in 1832 It ended in 1853, Thousands of artisans, architects, workers in 21 years They were dedicated to its construction. Ustad Ahmed Lahuri was The original designer, The white marble dome-shaped tomb- Being a complex integral, architectural wonder. Every year, millions of people flock To see this archetype of love, Everyone is overwhelmed to see- In everyone’s heart, it’s unique to cut the stain of love.
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May 6, 2021
May 6, 2021 at 6:34 PM UTC
The Taj Mahal
L'heure verte The mountains. The heaps of their bountiful gravels, and earth, and soil, large oversized masses of half-frozen water teetering on the precipice of subzero masculine ******* Francophilic cleavage jetting out of this deserted white pastoral dressing. The inaugural bawl, wanton fixations of putting the imperialist foot on every spot of tree, each and every shrub, until the limbs' cast reaches each dimple that foliage braves, where that blue eagle of patriotism dredges its claws to form every river, rill, estuary, creek, channel, flume, littoral, and waterway where the iron-rich gullies once brimmed in the interamnian basins, rich crimsony waters riffling through fruitful and extravagant aquifers. Beyond that, where an inexplicably feral wind rips vines from their dendritic housings, where barely an eye can see, this place of exsanguination and abysmal phytocide. At the end of this lamentable torture, only a desert of human interest remains. There is no reason to laugh, or smile, or cheer, or put a leg up, to call on a friend, or to have ice cream. There will be no more ice cream. There is only the loathsome incredulousness and avarice in the semblances and familiarity of those with whom we thought we once knew. Little can ever be known, for there is much to gain in the absence of knowledge, and even greater that can be acquired in the alms of wisdom through patient examination and thorough silence. Here on the buttes and cornices, the thwacking gavels of evil power deities throw down their lust for more and soon become adjoined to these grand discrepancies greed mistakenly loses to a lack of awareness and to self-aggrandizement. Power is the weapon of inexperienced wielders. Passion is the immortal frequency that is worn by artisans and artists, poets and painters, it is the business of quietness to learnedly evolve to protect our tomorrows from personal needs, but to instead preserve the integral parts of society. The words of languages, artifacts, and cultures, rather than the skeletons of ****** and the deeds of possession. Each who sleeps knows their bedfellows to equally be at peace. For no wealth can exceed that of comfortable pillows, soft quilts, and sheets. We are all the same while we sleep.
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Jan 9, 2017
Jan 9, 2017 at 6:52 AM UTC
L'heure verte
L'heure verte The mountains. The heaps of their bountiful gravels, and earth, and soil, large oversized masses of half-frozen water teetering on the precipice of subzero masculine ******* Francophilic cleavage jetting out of this deserted white pastoral dressing. The inaugural bawl, wanton fixations of putting the imperialist foot on every spot of tree, each and every shrub, until the limbs' cast reaches each dimple that foliage braves, where that blue eagle of patriotism dredges its claws to form every river, rill, estuary, creek, channel, flume, littoral, and waterway where the iron-rich gullies once brimmed in the interamnian basins, rich crimsony waters riffling through fruitful and extravagant aquifers. Beyond that, where an inexplicably feral wind rips vines from their dendritic housings, where barely an eye can see, this place of exsanguination and abysmal phytocide. At the end of this lamentable torture, only a desert of human interest remains. There is no reason to laugh, or smile, or cheer, or put a leg up, to call on a friend, or to have ice cream. There will be no more ice cream. There is only the loathsome incredulousness and avarice in the semblances and familiarity of those with whom we thought we once knew. Little can ever be known, for there is much to gain in the absence of knowledge, and even greater that can be acquired in the alms of wisdom through patient examination and thorough silence. Here on the buttes and cornices, the thwacking gavels of evil power deities throw down their lust for more and soon become adjoined to these grand discrepancies greed mistakenly loses to a lack of awareness and to self-aggrandizement. Power is the weapon of inexperienced wielders. Passion is the immortal frequency that is worn by artisans and artists, poets and painters, it is the business of quietness to learnedly evolve to protect our tomorrows from personal needs, but to instead preserve the integral parts of society. The words of languages, artifacts, and cultures, rather than the skeletons of ****** and the deeds of possession. Each who sleeps knows their bedfellows to equally be at peace. For no wealth can exceed that of comfortable pillows, soft quilts, and sheets. We are all the same while we sleep.
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Of twinkling stars far away Of crimson leaves that shed and lay And of glimpses remembered, the demented one tells And memories, old and frail he sells Unlike his contour, in his sturdy utterance He speaks his dirge, of his remembrance : 'A world there was, long before Bounded by its thousand seas, a thousand shores A surreal place, so magnificent A divine aura in its ambience And it spake of glorious battles fought Of kingdoms conquered and riches bought And innocuous inhabitants of pure hearts Of valiant warriors, well-wrought Of the birds that sang and the lions that roared And artisans who toiled and diligently worked The trees that grew on the dunes of sand And the river that flowed on the parched lands And a king there was, proud and fierce Of a heart warm, a mind clear And a lass there was, by him was treasured Loved and adored in quantities unmeasured Of beauty unworldly, unreal she possessed And flowers sprung out, where her foot did rest And ripples in sound minds she created Pure flowed the water from which she bathed The heavens showered flowers up on her head And in her presence, the sun came up on wintry beds Warmth grew out of her smile And even time stopped to glance for a while She, a ruler of his dreams, of his day An inexplicable solution of his maze And a paradise together they had seen In love intertwined they had been But then she had betrayed, fled away To a man in whose love she had caved A fragmented soul struck with torment and grief And silence answered to his pleads And then his rage had unraveled upon this earth Terrorized by him, of his insane mirth Then his sword had spoken, his rave unleashed And skies had come down, before him they kneeled Subjected to his anger, to his wrath Feared by his vengeance, the fury he cast And from the colors of gore, the landscape was painted He, ruler of a satanic world, he had created The shards of his wounds, of his heart He plunged them into the earth, devastation he marked And then, his madness had subdued Aghast of himself, his soul lay **** And years hence, this letter to her grave He had kept it with his heart, with a rose he had laid.' And the lunatic looks up, grey and old Exhausted from his ordeal, the tale that he has told And a tear rolls down his wrinkled cheek His wounds remain, his heart lays weak In the backdrop, a violin plays And with a stride slow, into the distance he fades
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Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013 at 2:37 PM UTC
A Tale Unheard
Of twinkling stars far away Of crimson leaves that shed and lay And of glimpses remembered, the demented one tells And memories, old and frail he sells Unlike his contour, in his sturdy utterance He speaks his dirge, of his remembrance : 'A world there was, long before Bounded by its thousand seas, a thousand shores A surreal place, so magnificent A divine aura in its ambience And it spake of glorious battles fought Of kingdoms conquered and riches bought And innocuous inhabitants of pure hearts Of valiant warriors, well-wrought Of the birds that sang and the lions that roared And artisans who toiled and diligently worked The trees that grew on the dunes of sand And the river that flowed on the parched lands And a king there was, proud and fierce Of a heart warm, a mind clear And a lass there was, by him was treasured Loved and adored in quantities unmeasured Of beauty unworldly, unreal she possessed And flowers sprung out, where her foot did rest And ripples in sound minds she created Pure flowed the water from which she bathed The heavens showered flowers up on her head And in her presence, the sun came up on wintry beds Warmth grew out of her smile And even time stopped to glance for a while She, a ruler of his dreams, of his day An inexplicable solution of his maze And a paradise together they had seen In love intertwined they had been But then she had betrayed, fled away To a man in whose love she had caved A fragmented soul struck with torment and grief And silence answered to his pleads And then his rage had unraveled upon this earth Terrorized by him, of his insane mirth Then his sword had spoken, his rave unleashed And skies had come down, before him they kneeled Subjected to his anger, to his wrath Feared by his vengeance, the fury he cast And from the colors of gore, the landscape was painted He, ruler of a satanic world, he had created The shards of his wounds, of his heart He plunged them into the earth, devastation he marked And then, his madness had subdued Aghast of himself, his soul lay **** And years hence, this letter to her grave He had kept it with his heart, with a rose he had laid.' And the lunatic looks up, grey and old Exhausted from his ordeal, the tale that he has told And a tear rolls down his wrinkled cheek His wounds remain, his heart lays weak In the backdrop, a violin plays And with a stride slow, into the distance he fades
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I watched spiders make their webs Four to five paces apart North to south along the ficus hedge Anchored nearest to the green wall Each two knuckles wide Street lamp orange undersides Yellow tiny joints Each moved quickly Set to finish its trap before the night settled full I discovered them while walking Seeking familiar toxin And found them Masters of their craft The first I saw caught that caught my sight The furious movement of rear limbs Catching the stream of silk Guiding it on its way Jagged plucking stemming a straight line Then laying over a guiding wire And moving on From four o’clock to eight it went Then back along the clock’s face Its red underside patient but swiftly going and pulling along Leading a tiny line of molten muted silver Five to eight and back again Pendulumous and measured geometry Dancing back and forth Then I saw the second South I crept with knees bent low Shrank a hand’s breadth Swift and wonderstruck And it too worked a masterful weave So similar but when I looked back I saw the difference More than size of form between them Slight as was their difference Unique minutiae of brown fuzzy backs and brown fuzzy heads Varying personalities and style Artisans of the same renaissance And soon I saw a third South still and still different Higher up to catch the light Still giving light to its neighbor Who lets the light reach her neighbor A fourth’s stilled anchor Taught and shining in the light Beneath the indigo sky Highest of them all Largest of them all If in the beginning of their dance Drawing cracked windows in the sky Nets or webs or sails I might have seen them Forming a rainbow arc A fragment of such a thing But I did not My wonder and my mind The first catch of the night
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Dec 2, 2011
Dec 2, 2011 at 10:46 PM UTC
Four to Eight
I watched spiders make their webs Four to five paces apart North to south along the ficus hedge Anchored nearest to the green wall Each two knuckles wide Street lamp orange undersides Yellow tiny joints Each moved quickly Set to finish its trap before the night settled full I discovered them while walking Seeking familiar toxin And found them Masters of their craft The first I saw caught that caught my sight The furious movement of rear limbs Catching the stream of silk Guiding it on its way Jagged plucking stemming a straight line Then laying over a guiding wire And moving on From four o’clock to eight it went Then back along the clock’s face Its red underside patient but swiftly going and pulling along Leading a tiny line of molten muted silver Five to eight and back again Pendulumous and measured geometry Dancing back and forth Then I saw the second South I crept with knees bent low Shrank a hand’s breadth Swift and wonderstruck And it too worked a masterful weave So similar but when I looked back I saw the difference More than size of form between them Slight as was their difference Unique minutiae of brown fuzzy backs and brown fuzzy heads Varying personalities and style Artisans of the same renaissance And soon I saw a third South still and still different Higher up to catch the light Still giving light to its neighbor Who lets the light reach her neighbor A fourth’s stilled anchor Taught and shining in the light Beneath the indigo sky Highest of them all Largest of them all If in the beginning of their dance Drawing cracked windows in the sky Nets or webs or sails I might have seen them Forming a rainbow arc A fragment of such a thing But I did not My wonder and my mind The first catch of the night
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The splendid southern sun lights the land      breeding the greenest grass      exploding the fairest flowers      reflecting the widest seas      feeding the richest soil      and the kindest people The vast open ocean soaks the skin The soft white sand scalds the feet The breezy air is humid      saturated with ecstasy      but damp with opportunity But as I venture north      films of simple nostalgia conceal these memories      escapes to the southern sun now intermittent. Bliss is overcome with solitude. Reality refracts the northern lamps      replacing the herald of each new day with a sobering awakening. Every day passes slowly      as the factory of life once again begins      as the iron cogs of monotony turn      in their recurrent spin. The last bursts of escape are torn      ripped between the brutish artisans of monotony           like scraps thrown to the dogs           a loaf dropped amongst slaves. This is the limit of our blessed lives      Endless toil and fleeting happiness. If not, show me more      a rescue from these binding shackles. But if so, may I dream      of the southern sun?
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Jun 1, 2013
Jun 1, 2013 at 12:15 AM UTC
I Want to Go Home
Between the rocks beneath a mountain the calmest dark upon her chest where eyes don't stare or fingers grasp the sleeping queen, she rests. "Oh, to be found in the shadows by a prince of unknown grace. To be taken to his castle with the sun upon my face. "Perhaps a farmer or a youth then cleaned by ***** hands and brought as a gift of wonder and awe to a love in humbler lands. "Perhaps an artist, -a troubled one whose craft is life and duty. Whose heart is filled with heavy burdens and art is filled with beauty". Tectonic plates, they rumble she gives a lazy yawn as a glimpse of light now reaches in to reveal the naked dawn. And with the dawn an arm extends to lift her from her bed. The bony fingers carry gently the queen that never wed. "Perhaps an unlucky homeless man whose clothes are rags and tatters. Whose sole possession is me, a diamond, and I'll be all that matter". In a village in the deepest jungle a travler finds a treasure in the hand of a homeless man beyond all Earthly meassure. He says: "Do you know what that rock is worth?" The homeless says: "I can't, I lost my sight in the war, you see but she feels good in my hand". And he worshipped her all his days untill he passed away and in his humble will he asked she be placed in his grave. Still she dreams, that sleeping queen of princes, farmers and artisans. But she always shines her brightest when she dreams of the homeless man.
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Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 12:52 PM UTC
What Diamonds Dream
Let me invoke the Devine Muses Who sits on Mount Helicon Cherishing the arts of poets and artisans Whom they immortalized By guiding their pen; I implore your aid In completing this poem And several yet to conceive, Fill in me the empty; The lack of words, metaphors, smilies And tropes to cover emotions. O holy! Devine Inspire my mind who craves fame Aspire this pen to write truths name, Fill it with the ink of courage; No compassion nor fear can divert It from unraveling the hidden. O! Symbol of purity and keeper of sacred thoughts You shape a bud into a plant And by your one breath comes the spring; Leaves, flowers, and fruits all, Same way breathe unto me Give me life and aim To make this time count And unconsciously— like great poets, Metaphysicians and alchemists, Mark my name and work in this world.
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Feb 20, 2022
Feb 20, 2022 at 3:16 PM UTC
Invocation - to the Muse
A city brewed with History *A simmered *** of diversity* An empire extended in streams The devolution of solid districts Prided with craftsmen and artisans A showcase of nature at its core Forested and iced mountain tops Valleys plentiful of sweet waters A greenery of wealth and Industrialism A Romania of open heart and miracles Cities of social capital, tourist destinations Initiates of a Western Europe Rebirth A Transylvania of forts and Baroques Cathedrals, and orthodox moments Sibiu a reserve connected to haunted castles
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May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016 at 6:20 PM UTC
Sibiu: A Romanian Treasure