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"baffling" poems
Rolling down St. John's Heritage Highway after Sean, my grandson's birthday party I belt out my pioneer song with vigor echoing across the vast beauty, wide open, sacred spaces pristine vistas Norman Rockwell cows grazing in bygone pastures happily moo along Driving past the yellow deer crossing sign Florida woodlands giddyap near the edge of the road long brown antlers prancing to a timeless rhythm I hope and pray that I can somehow kindle a spark of appreciation in my niece and grandsons so that they may behold the baffling greatness and mystery that is our universe These young'uns are mighty attached to the virtual reality, world and landscape of computer technology A sprinkling of cowboy stars flash an omnipresent wink Sunset bonfire explodes across the frontier horizon Turning the corner onto Emerson Drive smoldering scarlet orange embers reflecting lights shoot fireworks, launch rockets through an ever expanding field of vision
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Sep 2, 2018
Sep 2, 2018 at 1:21 PM UTC
O Heritage Highway
Here rests a future Untouched and eager for light Wanting to exude its aromas of which I neither looked nor cared. She handed me the match fresh, burning bright, a new sense in my familiar room. Baffling confusion overtook as I blew her match so stubborn to extinguish in a faint stream of smoke still thinning. Was I the stubborn? Subsequent darkness overtaking Once a sweet home Now a paralyzing loneliness. Match burnt, candle gone future still… Will another offer to light my dark corners --myself willing, with a newfound scent? A day may come to end my night, but I only care to see the one I once hid from.
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May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 at 10:41 AM UTC
Candle
“Oh you’re Irish?” he said. “Did you learn the language much?” he said. Honestly, what can I tell him? I was raised in the North - a ****** wasteland for such a naïve question. Vague memories of fumbled classes where our secret history was ditched just to get straight into the basics (Cad é mar atá tú?) No – seriously - I was not tied to it – it was anonymous to me at that age. Forgotten like some distant echo of once visiting Coole House as a child. Sure, we knew it was “important”, “our national language”, “heritage” etc. and we were warned it was quickly slipping into the drain of Western hegemony. But it was baffling, unsexy and only the blunt-faced humorless IRA thugs amongst us were in any way keen. Then it was gone, just like the faded memories of “The Children of Lir” from my primary school. Looking back I wonder, what was the point? A half-full measure paying lip service to our identity. Teachers and headmasters terrified of the grand colonial reveal that the lessons might have hinted at (were they trying to stop us being Provos-in-waiting?). And all of this against the awful shame of a common tongue that had no foe yet was slowly vanquishing from our shores. It could have all been so different. Rather than rushing to get something in our empty skulls, they could have given us a sense of joy, pride & belief in our own culture. Calling on Yeats, Behan, Heaney and others to drown us in the language of our ancestors. Telling the stories of old that only the academics & hippies were keeping from us then. You know, it might kept us all on the same beautifully illuminated page. We might have been comfortable in our skins and open to others, not looking deep into our worthlessness and lashing out at them. Language is being and language is connecting, I’ve learnt. But that’s not something I got from my secondary school. June-July 2018
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Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018 at 6:06 PM UTC
Teanga (Language)
“Oh you’re Irish?” he said. “Did you learn the language much?” he said. Honestly, what can I tell him? I was raised in the North - a ****** wasteland for such a naïve question. Vague memories of fumbled classes where our secret history was ditched just to get straight into the basics (Cad é mar atá tú?) No – seriously - I was not tied to it – it was anonymous to me at that age. Forgotten like some distant echo of once visiting Coole House as a child. Sure, we knew it was “important”, “our national language”, “heritage” etc. and we were warned it was quickly slipping into the drain of Western hegemony. But it was baffling, unsexy and only the blunt-faced humorless IRA thugs amongst us were in any way keen. Then it was gone, just like the faded memories of “The Children of Lir” from my primary school. Looking back I wonder, what was the point? A half-full measure paying lip service to our identity. Teachers and headmasters terrified of the grand colonial reveal that the lessons might have hinted at (were they trying to stop us being Provos-in-waiting?). And all of this against the awful shame of a common tongue that had no foe yet was slowly vanquishing from our shores. It could have all been so different. Rather than rushing to get something in our empty skulls, they could have given us a sense of joy, pride & belief in our own culture. Calling on Yeats, Behan, Heaney and others to drown us in the language of our ancestors. Telling the stories of old that only the academics & hippies were keeping from us then. You know, it might kept us all on the same beautifully illuminated page. We might have been comfortable in our skins and open to others, not looking deep into our worthlessness and lashing out at them. Language is being and language is connecting, I’ve learnt. But that’s not something I got from my secondary school. June-July 2018
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Your lies were dipped in bittersweet chocolate; with a heaping amount of caramel sauce drizzled on top. I gobbled up more than I care to openly admit; in fear of what others will think and say. After enjoying your momentary treats; came the truth; with so much salt, it was baffling to eat. A.K.A (10 w) The lies I ate, but the truth I couldn’t take.
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Mar 24, 2016
Mar 24, 2016 at 8:27 PM UTC
Candied Lies
the people whose job is to understand the multiverse can't figure this world out rid·dle                      ˈridl/noun: riddle; plural noun:   riddles 1.                                 | a question or statement intentionally           phrased so as to require ingenuity     in ascertaining its answer or meaning,                typically presented as a game; a person, event,   or fact that is difficult   to understand or explain. "the riddle of her death" [puz·zle ˈpəzəl/verb: puzzle; 3rd person present: puzzles; past tense: puzzled; past participle: puzzled; gerund or present participle:                                              puzzling 1.                          cause (someone) to feel confused because              they cannot understand or make sense of something: "one remark he made puzzled me" synonyms: perplex, confuse, bewilder,        bemuse, baffle, mystify, confound;         faze, stump, beat, discombobulate "her decision puzzled me" perplexed, confused, bewildered,        bemused, baffled, mystified, confounded,                              nonplussed, at a loss, at sea;              flummoxed, stumped, fazed, clueless,              discombobulated "a puzzled look on her face" baffling, perplexing, bewildering, confusing, complicated, unclear, mysterious, enigmatic, ambiguous, obscure, abstruse, unfathomable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, cryptic "his explanation was rather puzzling" antonyms: clear think hard about something difficult                    to understand or explain; "she was still puzzling over this problem                      when she reached the office"      | [      ] think hard about, mull over, muse over, ponder, contemplate,                                      meditate on, consider, deliberate on, chew over,                     wonder about "she puzzled over the problem"   solve or understand something by thinking hard; synonyms:                       work out, understand,    comprehend, sort out, reason out, solve, make sense of,    make head(s) or tail(s) of, unravel, decipher; informal:                figure out "she tried to puzzle out what he meant" noun: puzzle; plural noun: puzzles 1. [                 ], [           ] (                 ); a game, toy, or problem designed     to test ingenuity or knowledge; short for jigsaw puzzle                    (see jigsaw) a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma: "the meaning of this poem will always be a paradox" synonyms: enigma, mystery, paradox,        conundrum, poser, riddle, problem, quandary;                      "the poem has always been a puzzle"   late 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin: synonyms: puzzle, conundrum, brainteaser, problem,       unsolved problem, question, poser, enigma,                        quandary; informal:       stumper "an answer to the riddle"                    verb/archaic verb: riddle; 3rd person present: riddles; past tense: riddled; past participle: riddled;          gerund or present participle: riddling 1.             speak in or pose riddles. "he who knows not how to riddle" solve or explain (a riddle) to (someone). "riddle me this then" Origin Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse ‘opinion, conjecture, riddle’;   related to Dutch raadsel,    German Rätsel,      to read
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Jul 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 at 12:19 AM UTC
1. [Linear Z]
the people whose job is to understand the multiverse can't figure this world out rid·dle                      ˈridl/noun: riddle; plural noun:   riddles 1.                                 | a question or statement intentionally           phrased so as to require ingenuity     in ascertaining its answer or meaning,                typically presented as a game; a person, event,   or fact that is difficult   to understand or explain. "the riddle of her death" [puz·zle ˈpəzəl/verb: puzzle; 3rd person present: puzzles; past tense: puzzled; past participle: puzzled; gerund or present participle:                                              puzzling 1.                          cause (someone) to feel confused because              they cannot understand or make sense of something: "one remark he made puzzled me" synonyms: perplex, confuse, bewilder,        bemuse, baffle, mystify, confound;         faze, stump, beat, discombobulate "her decision puzzled me" perplexed, confused, bewildered,        bemused, baffled, mystified, confounded,                              nonplussed, at a loss, at sea;              flummoxed, stumped, fazed, clueless,              discombobulated "a puzzled look on her face" baffling, perplexing, bewildering, confusing, complicated, unclear, mysterious, enigmatic, ambiguous, obscure, abstruse, unfathomable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, cryptic "his explanation was rather puzzling" antonyms: clear think hard about something difficult                    to understand or explain; "she was still puzzling over this problem                      when she reached the office"      | [      ] think hard about, mull over, muse over, ponder, contemplate,                                      meditate on, consider, deliberate on, chew over,                     wonder about "she puzzled over the problem"   solve or understand something by thinking hard; synonyms:                       work out, understand,    comprehend, sort out, reason out, solve, make sense of,    make head(s) or tail(s) of, unravel, decipher; informal:                figure out "she tried to puzzle out what he meant" noun: puzzle; plural noun: puzzles 1. [                 ], [           ] (                 ); a game, toy, or problem designed     to test ingenuity or knowledge; short for jigsaw puzzle                    (see jigsaw) a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain; an enigma: "the meaning of this poem will always be a paradox" synonyms: enigma, mystery, paradox,        conundrum, poser, riddle, problem, quandary;                      "the poem has always been a puzzle"   late 16th century (as a verb): of unknown origin: synonyms: puzzle, conundrum, brainteaser, problem,       unsolved problem, question, poser, enigma,                        quandary; informal:       stumper "an answer to the riddle"                    verb/archaic verb: riddle; 3rd person present: riddles; past tense: riddled; past participle: riddled;          gerund or present participle: riddling 1.             speak in or pose riddles. "he who knows not how to riddle" solve or explain (a riddle) to (someone). "riddle me this then" Origin Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse ‘opinion, conjecture, riddle’;   related to Dutch raadsel,    German Rätsel,      to read
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No more than a rumor Or a legend spoken in whispers Mischievous folklore Foretold around campfires About a man Skin black, birthed under an Eclipse Who stalks the dark forces Casting his might over them Fending off the evil Which festers across the land Bleeding gold ink That soils the crop and livestock Wherever life thrives Evil musters its footprints But wherever it may be He is there Baffling their kin Striking like thunder Swift and silent Like the humming katana Making clean kills And fading back into thin air Being seen as a ghost When more is known of him For he is flesh Great in heart And vibrant in sight As the father of judgment Carrying out his given cases That are closed by his steel hands
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Dec 15, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 at 12:28 AM UTC
Birthed Under an Eclipse
With generosity of time and care He teaches her about the things he knows. Such as a couplet is a rhyming pair And how a sonnet ought to be composed. Pentameter iambic is the key With accents, syllables and scansion too. It seems a huge and baffling mystery But bit by bit he gives a hint. A clue. “It helps to tap your fingers on the desk To count the syllables and hear the beat. For some this seems bizarre and quite grotesque But listen hard and count along. It’s sweet!”           A teacher true who cares for flawless rhyme           I thank you friend for giving me your time.
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Jan 18, 2011
Jan 18, 2011 at 7:15 AM UTC
Ode to A Teacher
the grass, leaning in the south wind , seeming               as if emeralds,   had sent tendrils up               to suckle at the yellow breast, now,   high above     inflamed....               over soft new               grass                              like               strands of green gemstone,               as delicate as humming-bird tongues               teasing nectar               from a titan,               in the sky                                        triumphant in the void,               a golden bead in the baffling blue !               cattails, curling in sway...and two brown eyes bob upon the surface                           of a myriad fertilities.               as if                         nature itself had known, one day                        a poet would come ~               to roam the rambling renascence of these remote ramparts                      in awesome humility ~ and so prepared               a path afflux                 that ambled near               and yes !               an                         anonymous nomad               with nicotine skin and a scabbard of scandalous quills               would indeed               stumble in      as if returning home               to a mansion restored to glory               and seraphic randomness....               a place               that in youth, sustained a quiet, soulful troubadour               by gospels of granite and grain,  grass finch               and faun - ennobling an oracle ... but now               enticed a scholar  from his cot               to jot ephemera               of outlasting spark               before dark-fall                        and so... there               amid all allurement   and soft machines               a word-smith gathered               poesy and prose.                            muse-driven               this one served               an invisible               sovereign                            one                 of unsurpassed virility               who charms       kaleidoscopes               with  offhand sketches                   rescued               from               a landfill                            a basket weaver,                 that unravels to               achieve pure               forms                            a wineskin was decanted in dianthus and hollies -               as ampules of anagrams               were sold unscrambled, to dyslexics               without hope                            a falcon   frolicked above the lowborn lilies...                              with eyes                 too keen               to see a               blur               as the hand               of god                            or a vole                            as a lifeline               on his               palm.
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Sep 8, 2012
Sep 8, 2012 at 6:15 PM UTC
Humming-Bird Tongues, Teasing Nectar From A Titan
the grass, leaning in the south wind , seeming               as if emeralds,   had sent tendrils up               to suckle at the yellow breast, now,   high above     inflamed....               over soft new               grass                              like               strands of green gemstone,               as delicate as humming-bird tongues               teasing nectar               from a titan,               in the sky                                        triumphant in the void,               a golden bead in the baffling blue !               cattails, curling in sway...and two brown eyes bob upon the surface                           of a myriad fertilities.               as if                         nature itself had known, one day                        a poet would come ~               to roam the rambling renascence of these remote ramparts                      in awesome humility ~ and so prepared               a path afflux                 that ambled near               and yes !               an                         anonymous nomad               with nicotine skin and a scabbard of scandalous quills               would indeed               stumble in      as if returning home               to a mansion restored to glory               and seraphic randomness....               a place               that in youth, sustained a quiet, soulful troubadour               by gospels of granite and grain,  grass finch               and faun - ennobling an oracle ... but now               enticed a scholar  from his cot               to jot ephemera               of outlasting spark               before dark-fall                        and so... there               amid all allurement   and soft machines               a word-smith gathered               poesy and prose.                            muse-driven               this one served               an invisible               sovereign                            one                 of unsurpassed virility               who charms       kaleidoscopes               with  offhand sketches                   rescued               from               a landfill                            a basket weaver,                 that unravels to               achieve pure               forms                            a wineskin was decanted in dianthus and hollies -               as ampules of anagrams               were sold unscrambled, to dyslexics               without hope                            a falcon   frolicked above the lowborn lilies...                              with eyes                 too keen               to see a               blur               as the hand               of god                            or a vole                            as a lifeline               on his               palm.
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A mystery to solve in a famous frame Smiling from canvas a story to tell Oh lady of the portrait oh lady of fame The painter captured your face so well Those who study art ponder and ruminate The enigmatic pose that doth beguile No brush strokes convey your mind state All angels inspected of daubed smile Yet the secret stays ever concealed Baffling them all lady you assuredly do Nothing of the puzzle is revealed So well hidden and never in view Leonardo da Vinci yielded not a clue When he masterfully conceived of you
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Oct 14, 2013
Oct 14, 2013 at 7:16 AM UTC
Mona Lisa (Sonnet Poem)
in a dark of frenzy it boils up inside until summarily and inexplicably see the colour between brown and blue more than see it, immerse myself in it swimming slowly in its clouds see the colour between brown and blue everywhere votive candles light the colour between brown and blue with slender tapers that touch a life any life, your life casting strange shadows, loose shadows between the colour of brown and blue children swarm, children with bright white starvation hair, children with hands like small worn mittens who raise red swarms in hot worn out death laden dust dust that cauterizes the nostrils with the stench of penurious insanity the colour between brown and blue that inveigles a purchase of flies bottle blue, black blue, green blue, swarming blue, swirling whirling blue a black and blue confetti of flies then the sudden zero of the colour between brown and blue hair raising, command faith willed, willing, mumbling, murmuring the excitement of writing between the colour of brown and blue trees shake and tremble words regurgitate themselves like hot food, the bark, write now fully electrically charged seized by the colour between brown and blue forget everything else, write, write more, more, write trembling with sudden shudders of merciless vowels, madness penurious pencil moves across, demanding paper pushing worn words, worthy words whittled by use words not yet written, words of wonder oh what words beautiful, baffling,baleful, words with beastly beatitudes, words that conjure the mind words between brown and blue that leave you skinny like a stray dog words so demanding leave you shut up in an airless abattoir of high energy and low residue the colour between brown and blue where everywhere is everywhere else touched by the flames of the colour between brown and blue
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 11:01 PM UTC
the colour between brown and blue
in a dark of frenzy it boils up inside until summarily and inexplicably see the colour between brown and blue more than see it, immerse myself in it swimming slowly in its clouds see the colour between brown and blue everywhere votive candles light the colour between brown and blue with slender tapers that touch a life any life, your life casting strange shadows, loose shadows between the colour of brown and blue children swarm, children with bright white starvation hair, children with hands like small worn mittens who raise red swarms in hot worn out death laden dust dust that cauterizes the nostrils with the stench of penurious insanity the colour between brown and blue that inveigles a purchase of flies bottle blue, black blue, green blue, swarming blue, swirling whirling blue a black and blue confetti of flies then the sudden zero of the colour between brown and blue hair raising, command faith willed, willing, mumbling, murmuring the excitement of writing between the colour of brown and blue trees shake and tremble words regurgitate themselves like hot food, the bark, write now fully electrically charged seized by the colour between brown and blue forget everything else, write, write more, more, write trembling with sudden shudders of merciless vowels, madness penurious pencil moves across, demanding paper pushing worn words, worthy words whittled by use words not yet written, words of wonder oh what words beautiful, baffling,baleful, words with beastly beatitudes, words that conjure the mind words between brown and blue that leave you skinny like a stray dog words so demanding leave you shut up in an airless abattoir of high energy and low residue the colour between brown and blue where everywhere is everywhere else touched by the flames of the colour between brown and blue
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Hello, Autistic Adam here again. When I was a student They taught me That Autistic kids live In a weird world of their own: A place of mystery Too strange to describe: A bubble universe Cut off from “normal” folk. I couldn’t picture what Autism was Until, to my surprise I learnt that I myself Am Autistic. So hard to describe, But I can’t read those social cues Or innuendo. Do you really like or love me? Or are you being polite Even two faced? I cannot tell. Does a coffee mean coffee? Tell me to jump And I probably will. For I take things literally. You say, “I’m in trouble!” And I think you really are! Be careful what you say. I’m so full of fear, anxiety and anger Yet cannot tell what words of mine Might anger you. I cannot understand women… But oh, that’s normal! Haha. But seriously, People are baffling. I have no girlfriend Because I cannot tell Between (them showing) interest and “being polite”. The Dating Game is way beyond My comprehension. I’ve never asked anyone out As I wouldn’t know where to take them Or how to behave whilst we’re there. Relationships are way beyond me. What on Earth is that about? I need a Rule Book… If she kisses me Should I propose? Just don’t get it. Better get a dog Or cat. I am a fictional character As you know. But I’m sure I’m a typical “case”. Even my creator Has his own Autistic traits. There’s much of him in me. And no I’m not referring to God here, But who knows? Maybe S\He is Autistic too To some extent. Paul Butters © PB 18\10\2019.
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Oct 18, 2019
Oct 18, 2019 at 5:46 AM UTC
Autistic Adam 2
Hello, Autistic Adam here again. When I was a student They taught me That Autistic kids live In a weird world of their own: A place of mystery Too strange to describe: A bubble universe Cut off from “normal” folk. I couldn’t picture what Autism was Until, to my surprise I learnt that I myself Am Autistic. So hard to describe, But I can’t read those social cues Or innuendo. Do you really like or love me? Or are you being polite Even two faced? I cannot tell. Does a coffee mean coffee? Tell me to jump And I probably will. For I take things literally. You say, “I’m in trouble!” And I think you really are! Be careful what you say. I’m so full of fear, anxiety and anger Yet cannot tell what words of mine Might anger you. I cannot understand women… But oh, that’s normal! Haha. But seriously, People are baffling. I have no girlfriend Because I cannot tell Between (them showing) interest and “being polite”. The Dating Game is way beyond My comprehension. I’ve never asked anyone out As I wouldn’t know where to take them Or how to behave whilst we’re there. Relationships are way beyond me. What on Earth is that about? I need a Rule Book… If she kisses me Should I propose? Just don’t get it. Better get a dog Or cat. I am a fictional character As you know. But I’m sure I’m a typical “case”. Even my creator Has his own Autistic traits. There’s much of him in me. And no I’m not referring to God here, But who knows? Maybe S\He is Autistic too To some extent. Paul Butters © PB 18\10\2019.
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Evening was in the wood, louring with storm. A time of drought had ****** the weedy pool And baked the channels; birds had done with song. Thirst was a dream of fountains in the moon, Or willow-music blown across the water Leisurely sliding on by weir and mill. Uneasy was the man who wandered, brooding, His face a little whiter than the dusk. A drone of sultry wings flicker'd in his head. The end of sunset burning thro' the boughs Died in a smear of red; exhausted hours Cumber'd, and ugly sorrows hemmed him in. He thought: 'Somewhere there's thunder,' as he strove To shake off dread; he dared not look behind him, But stood, the sweat of horror on his face. He blunder'd down a path, trampling on thistles, In sudden race to leave the ghostly trees. And: 'Soon I'll be in open fields,' he thought, And half remembered starlight on the meadows, Scent of mown grass and voices of tired men, Fading along the field-paths; home and sleep And cool-swept upland spaces, whispering leaves, And far off the long churring night-jar's note. But something in the wood, trying to daunt him, Led him confused in circles through the thicket. He was forgetting his old wretched folly, And freedom was his need; his throat was choking. Barbed brambles gripped and clawed him round his legs, And he floundered over snags and hidden stumps. Mumbling: 'I will get out! I must get out!' Butting and thrusting up the baffling gloom, Pausing to listen in a space 'twixt thorns, He peers around with peering, frantic eyes. An evil creature in the twilight looping, Flapped blindly in his face. Beating it off, He screeched in terror, and straightway something clambered Heavily from an oak, and dropped, bent double, To shamble at him zigzag, squat and ******* Headlong he charges down the wood, and falls With roaring brain--agony--the snap't spark-- And blots of green and purple in his eyes. Then the slow fingers groping on his neck, And at his heart the strangling clasp of death.
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Haunted
Evening was in the wood, louring with storm. A time of drought had ****** the weedy pool And baked the channels; birds had done with song. Thirst was a dream of fountains in the moon, Or willow-music blown across the water Leisurely sliding on by weir and mill. Uneasy was the man who wandered, brooding, His face a little whiter than the dusk. A drone of sultry wings flicker'd in his head. The end of sunset burning thro' the boughs Died in a smear of red; exhausted hours Cumber'd, and ugly sorrows hemmed him in. He thought: 'Somewhere there's thunder,' as he strove To shake off dread; he dared not look behind him, But stood, the sweat of horror on his face. He blunder'd down a path, trampling on thistles, In sudden race to leave the ghostly trees. And: 'Soon I'll be in open fields,' he thought, And half remembered starlight on the meadows, Scent of mown grass and voices of tired men, Fading along the field-paths; home and sleep And cool-swept upland spaces, whispering leaves, And far off the long churring night-jar's note. But something in the wood, trying to daunt him, Led him confused in circles through the thicket. He was forgetting his old wretched folly, And freedom was his need; his throat was choking. Barbed brambles gripped and clawed him round his legs, And he floundered over snags and hidden stumps. Mumbling: 'I will get out! I must get out!' Butting and thrusting up the baffling gloom, Pausing to listen in a space 'twixt thorns, He peers around with peering, frantic eyes. An evil creature in the twilight looping, Flapped blindly in his face. Beating it off, He screeched in terror, and straightway something clambered Heavily from an oak, and dropped, bent double, To shamble at him zigzag, squat and ******* Headlong he charges down the wood, and falls With roaring brain--agony--the snap't spark-- And blots of green and purple in his eyes. Then the slow fingers groping on his neck, And at his heart the strangling clasp of death.
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Say He is desperate to settle down. It's crystal a trick to lure her drown. He thought She was speaking with her heart all along, But She was just singing along the song. A little truth and lies, A little tries and prise. Building up a vivid paradise. He seems patient, Patient to get obsession. Observation to his intention. Kissing with passion, Groping with no hesitation. All nature mating season. Scene like Adam and Eve, Having fun in Eden with full incentive. Both are full of deceptive. Sharing juice of the forbidden fruit. He drink without dispute, Dying to see her attribute. In his baffling blue eyes. Reflection of a perfect goddess. From the pools of lies, Everything look fresh and nice. There the Lilith in disguise, But he is too drunk to realise. Drunk from his own pride and prejudice. And there is when the pleasure dies.
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Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018 at 9:34 PM UTC
Mummer's Prophesy
the grass, leaning in the south wind , seeming               as if emeralds,   had sent tendrils up               to suckle at the yellow breast, now,   high above     inflamed....               over soft new               grass                              like               strands of green gemstone,               as delicate as humming-bird tongues               teasing nectar               from a titan,               in the sky                                        triumphant in the void,               a golden bead in the baffling blue !               cattails, curling in sway...and two brown eyes bob upon the surface                           of a myriad fertilities.               as if                         nature itself had known, one day                        a poet would come ~               to roam the rambling renascence of these remote ramparts                      in awesome humility ~ and so prepared               a path afflux                 that ambled near               and yes !               an                         anonymous nomad               with nicotine skin and a scabbard of scandalous quills               would indeed               stumble in      as if returning home               to a mansion restored to glory               and seraphic randomness....               a place               that in youth, sustained a quiet, soulful troubadour               by gospels of granite and grain,  grass finch               and faun - ennobling an oracle ... but now               enticed a scholar  from his cot               to jot ephemera               of outlasting spark               before darkfall                        and so... there               amid all allurement   and soft machines               a word-smith gathered               poesy and prose.                            muse-driven               this one served               an invisible               sovereign                            one                 of unsurpassed virility               who charms       kaleidoscopes               with  offhand sketches                   rescued               from               a landfill                            a basket weaver,                 that unravels to               achieve pure               forms                            a wineskin was decanted in dianthus and hollies -               as ampules of anagrams               were sold unscrambled, to dyslexics               without hope                            a falcon   frolicked above the lowborn lilies...                              with eyes                 too keen               to see a               blur               as the hand               of god                            or a vole                            as a lifeline               on his               palm.
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Sep 27, 2011
Sep 27, 2011 at 5:51 PM UTC
as delicate as humming-bird tongues, teasing nectar from a titan
the grass, leaning in the south wind , seeming               as if emeralds,   had sent tendrils up               to suckle at the yellow breast, now,   high above     inflamed....               over soft new               grass                              like               strands of green gemstone,               as delicate as humming-bird tongues               teasing nectar               from a titan,               in the sky                                        triumphant in the void,               a golden bead in the baffling blue !               cattails, curling in sway...and two brown eyes bob upon the surface                           of a myriad fertilities.               as if                         nature itself had known, one day                        a poet would come ~               to roam the rambling renascence of these remote ramparts                      in awesome humility ~ and so prepared               a path afflux                 that ambled near               and yes !               an                         anonymous nomad               with nicotine skin and a scabbard of scandalous quills               would indeed               stumble in      as if returning home               to a mansion restored to glory               and seraphic randomness....               a place               that in youth, sustained a quiet, soulful troubadour               by gospels of granite and grain,  grass finch               and faun - ennobling an oracle ... but now               enticed a scholar  from his cot               to jot ephemera               of outlasting spark               before darkfall                        and so... there               amid all allurement   and soft machines               a word-smith gathered               poesy and prose.                            muse-driven               this one served               an invisible               sovereign                            one                 of unsurpassed virility               who charms       kaleidoscopes               with  offhand sketches                   rescued               from               a landfill                            a basket weaver,                 that unravels to               achieve pure               forms                            a wineskin was decanted in dianthus and hollies -               as ampules of anagrams               were sold unscrambled, to dyslexics               without hope                            a falcon   frolicked above the lowborn lilies...                              with eyes                 too keen               to see a               blur               as the hand               of god                            or a vole                            as a lifeline               on his               palm.
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We’ve been herded by hook and crook, To obey convention, and read textbook. The uniformity is maddening, And the subjects are baffling. The whole wide world is grand and open; Why cordon the mind off in a tiny token? Rules were meant to be broken, To usher change and issue motion. Creativity, art, they build up cultures, Not to be picked at by robotic vultures. They always nitpick and they scavenge, Intent on making things a challenge. Passion is the cornerstone of all, It survives when things are squall. It’s the sun that rises within you, Makes you things you never knew. Question everything, for your good; You’ll find more than you ever could. Explore everything, be curious; For the world out there is glorious. Challenge everything, be skeptical; Your brain is knowledge’s receptacle. Think outside, and break the rules; Don’t blindly follow, like the fools.
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May 29, 2014
May 29, 2014 at 3:24 PM UTC
Indoctrination
On a crazy high, I share whole of  myself with you, gladly your melting heart I took over fully, do you feel it as a loss? when love makes us so insane,  we go berserk like wild fire, avaricious kids, now we are,  usurping each other in parts, where will it all lead, my love, baffling it is, but elating all the same would we be just the same ,or less; perhaps more than what before?
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Jul 18, 2015
Jul 18, 2015 at 6:27 PM UTC
Where does this crazy love take us?
WHAT is a Hindu, a Moslem or a Christian?     Whence he comes and where he goes?         Ocean is a solution, salty, but-      Corers of Suns gleam on the crest of waves-      One, only One at the helm in the blue.           Pools and streams and lakes and bays      Wells and springs and rain and ice      We see nothing but a drop, in them drops      Nay, vapor condensed: Nay, H2O-right?      Think a little straight, sit up aright       Am I not right? -break, break that H2O      Baffling bright white-light you can see.     Of heat and Energy, Oh! 'Sivam'!     You may call it 'Noor' in Arabic     'Siv' in Sanskrit-what then-     Releases combustion in cells?    Nothing but very heat and Energy.    Uranium and Thorium release the same.    We find Energy unborn eternal     Omnipresent, Omnipotent    Omniscient, and Formless.    The Almighty is Brahma,    Paramatma and Allah.    Jehovah may be for some,    For some Agni, may be that-    Radiant and resplendent Yogic Light.    Cant you see Ocean in rain drop    Cosmic power in a cell or shell?    Cell or Shell-what is in a name?    Is chariot, coat or prison of the soul.    When walls get weak the soul will part    Out through the vent as air off the balloon.    Reading Holy Scriptures, not knowing the sense-   What use? -observe the Nature and think   Knowledge is a chain of fact as pearls   Stringed by Reason and Faith with a Coir of the Truth.   Tension brews as experiences tightly    Loaded on the string, still stronger by Faith.   Knowledge is light to enlighten the folk   Not to **** but for, co-existence in Peace.                  =================
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Dec 21, 2011
Dec 21, 2011 at 10:47 PM UTC
Brooding at Ramzan
WHAT is a Hindu, a Moslem or a Christian?     Whence he comes and where he goes?         Ocean is a solution, salty, but-      Corers of Suns gleam on the crest of waves-      One, only One at the helm in the blue.           Pools and streams and lakes and bays      Wells and springs and rain and ice      We see nothing but a drop, in them drops      Nay, vapor condensed: Nay, H2O-right?      Think a little straight, sit up aright       Am I not right? -break, break that H2O      Baffling bright white-light you can see.     Of heat and Energy, Oh! 'Sivam'!     You may call it 'Noor' in Arabic     'Siv' in Sanskrit-what then-     Releases combustion in cells?    Nothing but very heat and Energy.    Uranium and Thorium release the same.    We find Energy unborn eternal     Omnipresent, Omnipotent    Omniscient, and Formless.    The Almighty is Brahma,    Paramatma and Allah.    Jehovah may be for some,    For some Agni, may be that-    Radiant and resplendent Yogic Light.    Cant you see Ocean in rain drop    Cosmic power in a cell or shell?    Cell or Shell-what is in a name?    Is chariot, coat or prison of the soul.    When walls get weak the soul will part    Out through the vent as air off the balloon.    Reading Holy Scriptures, not knowing the sense-   What use? -observe the Nature and think   Knowledge is a chain of fact as pearls   Stringed by Reason and Faith with a Coir of the Truth.   Tension brews as experiences tightly    Loaded on the string, still stronger by Faith.   Knowledge is light to enlighten the folk   Not to **** but for, co-existence in Peace.                  =================
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every poem is a test of character, *holy/profane all the same, algorithm entirely humanized-you, the elected words cannot be voted out of office, by a recall petition, regardless of constant corrected incorrectness. sorted by size, nocturnal alliteration, do they sound in the dark like your bleeding or you’re breathing? holy/profane all the same, Gertrude truth is a truth is truths, you think my name matters? Artificial Idiocy. Everyone poem faceted, a chip off the the naming blockchain idiot. when I imagine-lie, it is a truth in and of its own holy/profane. call me baffled. that is a god enough one word summary. and so true. baffling perplexing cryptic and opaque. in all honesty. if you’re reading this, you are testing my character. what have you found, or even, lost?* in the midst of the characters is character
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Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019 at 12:52 PM UTC
every poem is a test of character
By: Cedric McClester She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Which means - she’s beyond contempt Someone to be loathed An anomaly? Well if you’re askin me She’s what every one of ‘em Pretends to be A centrist Who might go either way On any issue On any given day She likes to calls it A winning strategy But it’s still selling out As far as I can see She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes But with the right pedigree As everybody knows She’s very bright That’s obvious - it shows Though you’ll find her Wherever the wind blows I often wonder Who she really is Behind the mask I’m talkin ‘bout square biz It’s hard to tell With the naked eye How she really feels Though some of us do try She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Her popularity Is always in the throes We love her one-minute Then hate her the next She brings out feelings That are that complex She’s very hard For us to get to know How much is real And how much is for show That’s the question On many people’s minds What’s goin on Behind those closed blinds She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Who’ll run for president One day I suppose She’s very suited For the life she chose A prodigy Who won't be unopposed There’s so much baggage In her sordid past The kind of thing That usually tends to last She’ll ascend But then she’ll drop so fast Say what you will The dye’s already cast She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Who has a war chest That grows and grows and grows She’s courted equally By the rich and poor With the kind of access That many would die for But still she’s baffling To say the very least It’s hard to tell The nature of the beast And to add insult Along with injury Is we don’t know How she's gonna be She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Who lost my vote But that’s just how it goes When one has trouble Being who they are It doesn’t matter That they’re a rising star I can’t support her Under any circumstance It would be foolish To even take that chance Though I do like her I have to admit I’ll vote against her Or maybe I’ll just sit © Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester - all rights reserved.
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Apr 19, 2015
Apr 19, 2015 at 10:31 PM UTC
A REPUBLICAN IN DEMOCRATIC CLOTHES
By: Cedric McClester She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Which means - she’s beyond contempt Someone to be loathed An anomaly? Well if you’re askin me She’s what every one of ‘em Pretends to be A centrist Who might go either way On any issue On any given day She likes to calls it A winning strategy But it’s still selling out As far as I can see She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes But with the right pedigree As everybody knows She’s very bright That’s obvious - it shows Though you’ll find her Wherever the wind blows I often wonder Who she really is Behind the mask I’m talkin ‘bout square biz It’s hard to tell With the naked eye How she really feels Though some of us do try She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Her popularity Is always in the throes We love her one-minute Then hate her the next She brings out feelings That are that complex She’s very hard For us to get to know How much is real And how much is for show That’s the question On many people’s minds What’s goin on Behind those closed blinds She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Who’ll run for president One day I suppose She’s very suited For the life she chose A prodigy Who won't be unopposed There’s so much baggage In her sordid past The kind of thing That usually tends to last She’ll ascend But then she’ll drop so fast Say what you will The dye’s already cast She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Who has a war chest That grows and grows and grows She’s courted equally By the rich and poor With the kind of access That many would die for But still she’s baffling To say the very least It’s hard to tell The nature of the beast And to add insult Along with injury Is we don’t know How she's gonna be She’s a Republican In Democratic clothes Who lost my vote But that’s just how it goes When one has trouble Being who they are It doesn’t matter That they’re a rising star I can’t support her Under any circumstance It would be foolish To even take that chance Though I do like her I have to admit I’ll vote against her Or maybe I’ll just sit © Copyright 2015, Cedric McClester - all rights reserved.
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Not knowing - you and I, Beyond the planes of physical realm, An unsaid bond, a baffling tie, Holds hearts close, overwhelms. Magnetic pull, an iron hold, Spanning several seasons, A bond strong, love in it's folds Defying logic and reason. In your hands I place my hand, Of yours but a reflection, Writ beyond the laws of land, The tug of Karmic connection. Not knowing...you and I, Beyond tangible reality, Unanswered how, unanswered why, Unfathomable affinity. Spanning distance, spanning time, Across the universe, Like hearts, like minds, That quietly converse. In your thoughts I see my own, Of my mind a reflection, Knowing I was never alone - The pull of a Karmic connection.
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Mar 30, 2017
Mar 30, 2017 at 10:08 AM UTC
Karmic connection
The trip would be flawless - water splashing, echoed shrieks in chlorinated sunlight - except for these baffling creatures patrolling the pool Up and down they go, up and down, staring daggers straight ahead and daring you to get in their way Rubber hats and plastic eyes, folded skin, wrinkled like deflated dinghies doggedly paddling their pointless journeys. A bit like clockwork bath toys, but not as entertaining. The safety notices are wasted on them. No petting? I should ****** well think not. Bombing? Ducking? Anything fun at all? Up, down, up and down. Relentless as the baddies in a ZX Spectrum game, stuck in their lanes, joyless. They were there when I was six and they're still there, you know, a few more wrinkles now, up (and down), spilling out their black slick second skins. Whatever it was they were looking for, the search isn't improving their moods.
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Jan 18, 2012
Jan 18, 2012 at 11:40 AM UTC
Amphibians
You are the one I wish I could love. Flirtatious smiles, and laughs Can never be anything above the bond of friendship we have. Others would disapprove in an instant. Not only that, But you always seem so distant. Your feelings change at the drop of a hat. Glances are caught, this is anything but new. Similar feelings? is what I thought. But it's hard to tell with you. One minute we're sitting, and laughing. The next, we do anything to ignore the other. This whole thing to me is baffling. You will forever be, my almost lover.
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Dec 19, 2011
Dec 19, 2011 at 9:32 PM UTC
Taboo Love
A fortune cookie once told me, I must choose my way. It never did occur before, that it had nothing else to say. The echoing of a voice I once knew, it bounces off my mind. Leaving me exposed and vulnerable, there's no comfort I can find. Dip into divinity, just to find your godly right. Baffling how concepts blurred, when we all know wrong from right. Judgment calls and everyone stares, as I kneel but never cry. Angels falter on broken wings, before they fall to earth and die.
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Jul 16, 2014
Jul 16, 2014 at 1:58 AM UTC
Fortune Cookie Advice
Falling for a writer is a venture Whose destination is so indeterminate , as to travel the infinity and beyond to only realise you haven't moved an inch , also to have been still and been carried to around to eternity ! As baffling my words sounds so is the very thought of falling for a writer! They could read in between the lines yet sometimes fail to see the perceptable words in those lines, The little things they notice are like the million piece puzzle of the alluring picture they paint! Only to discern how much it would break them to realize a piece is missing from picture! We don't fall for them we live through them Most of us as a chapter in their book Only a few to have been the witness to their exhibit!! Don't fall for a writer as it's a venture to the unknown
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Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018 at 11:34 AM UTC
Don't fall for a writer