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"extravaganza" poems
Cock-a-doodle doo. Pigs snorting and grunt. Bleat baa the sheep. Hidden in the trees squeak the squirrels. Gobble gobble gobbling turkeys. Low oxen moo the cows. Hohi-a-hohhle hi Bray donkeys so similar. Rolling on the red dust. The village. A swallow-tailed bee-eater. Calling and singing. A green barbet, dark brown head. Answers the call. A red-capped lark, black bill. Entertains the morning. An emerald-spotted wood dove. Seated lonely somewhere. Coos to the extravaganza. The village.
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Jun 23, 2012
Jun 23, 2012 at 5:20 AM UTC
THE VILLAGE
Oh, the sensation, the media frenzy, The spotlight, the fame, the hullabaloo, When anti-evolution laws Were challenged by the ACLU! The year: 1925. The place: Dayton, Tennessee. To say it was an extravaganza Wouldn't be hyperbole. For many people it was hard To find a way to reconcile Biblical accounts with science, So science found itself on trial. A young teacher, John T. Scopes, Was willing to face prosecution For breaking a Tennessee law for having Given a lesson on evolution. The "Monkey Trial" it was called. The challenge meant swimming upstream For the feisty lawyer Clarence Darrow, Who helped to lead the defense team. A prosecutor was William Jennings Bryan, who with no apology Loved to stir up outrage against Evolutionary biology. Defendant Scopes quickly found It wouldn't take long for him to know What it was like to have a part In a multimedia reality show. The courthouse received a make-over: Platforms for newsreel cameras were built; Extra spectator seats were added. They were playing the trial to the hilt. Concession stands sold food and drinks; Toy monkeys were on display; A chimp was dressed in a suit and fedora; The clergy also joined the fray. The media and the public loved it! The country watched the trial progress. What would win: science or scripture? The answer was probably easy to guess. After an eight-day trial, the jury Deliberated. Nine minutes later They had their verdict: guilty! How Could someone question THEIR creator? Scopes had actually never given The lesson. That's what he later said. Strangely, five days after the trial, Williams Jennings Bryan dropped dead. Laws later changed, but even during Current times, some people feel That stories from the Bible should be In science textbooks. Now THAT'S surreal! -by Bob B (11-6-18)
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Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018 at 9:00 AM UTC
"Monkey Trial"
Oh, the sensation, the media frenzy, The spotlight, the fame, the hullabaloo, When anti-evolution laws Were challenged by the ACLU! The year: 1925. The place: Dayton, Tennessee. To say it was an extravaganza Wouldn't be hyperbole. For many people it was hard To find a way to reconcile Biblical accounts with science, So science found itself on trial. A young teacher, John T. Scopes, Was willing to face prosecution For breaking a Tennessee law for having Given a lesson on evolution. The "Monkey Trial" it was called. The challenge meant swimming upstream For the feisty lawyer Clarence Darrow, Who helped to lead the defense team. A prosecutor was William Jennings Bryan, who with no apology Loved to stir up outrage against Evolutionary biology. Defendant Scopes quickly found It wouldn't take long for him to know What it was like to have a part In a multimedia reality show. The courthouse received a make-over: Platforms for newsreel cameras were built; Extra spectator seats were added. They were playing the trial to the hilt. Concession stands sold food and drinks; Toy monkeys were on display; A chimp was dressed in a suit and fedora; The clergy also joined the fray. The media and the public loved it! The country watched the trial progress. What would win: science or scripture? The answer was probably easy to guess. After an eight-day trial, the jury Deliberated. Nine minutes later They had their verdict: guilty! How Could someone question THEIR creator? Scopes had actually never given The lesson. That's what he later said. Strangely, five days after the trial, Williams Jennings Bryan dropped dead. Laws later changed, but even during Current times, some people feel That stories from the Bible should be In science textbooks. Now THAT'S surreal! -by Bob B (11-6-18)
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The Creator looked at the elephant and said: I made you big so you could be gentle To the mouse he said: I made you small so you could walk tall But over millions of years you two could exchange places and one become the other. I know I shoved the lot of you in an Ark Because Noah was being a pesk asking for rain when his washing machine ran dry So I had to fill the oceans to stop that old man from complaining all the time. Besides I needed the bark from the trees of the Ark to make me a small tug boat to carry some DNA samples of my own, in case, the lion ate the cow, the tiger chewed on the cat and the fox tricked the rest with his cunning ways You see, my friends, there was no grass, or snakes or bird cages, or trees for the monkeys to swing on. I thought of many things before I gave the building plans to Noah and his sons. Only one was a builder the rest were bums, who never held a hammer or learned how to tie two bits of trees together, leave alone building an ark to hold the worlds whole creation.Thankfully there were no real estate agents pushing the price up or bankers charging interest. The mafia thought of charging an entrance fee for each pair, but before they could do that the rains came pelting down and the tickets got washed away in the storm. So you see the Ark was a joint venture between The Americans and Chinese and Indians because they were willing to multiply quicker than the rest once Mt Sinai rose up to meet the oak leviathan from underneath. And so my dear elephants and mouse and fox and snake and bird and lion and tiger. Noah and his wonderful Ark was a script written well ahead so that Russell Crowe could get a part playing Noah in a computer generated extravaganza where only the actors and actresses who could afford to pay a price to be in it - were involved. The rest of mankind be ****** Author Notes Quirky. © Marshall Gass. All rights reserved.
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Apr 21, 2014
Apr 21, 2014 at 6:48 PM UTC
Quirky
The Creator looked at the elephant and said: I made you big so you could be gentle To the mouse he said: I made you small so you could walk tall But over millions of years you two could exchange places and one become the other. I know I shoved the lot of you in an Ark Because Noah was being a pesk asking for rain when his washing machine ran dry So I had to fill the oceans to stop that old man from complaining all the time. Besides I needed the bark from the trees of the Ark to make me a small tug boat to carry some DNA samples of my own, in case, the lion ate the cow, the tiger chewed on the cat and the fox tricked the rest with his cunning ways You see, my friends, there was no grass, or snakes or bird cages, or trees for the monkeys to swing on. I thought of many things before I gave the building plans to Noah and his sons. Only one was a builder the rest were bums, who never held a hammer or learned how to tie two bits of trees together, leave alone building an ark to hold the worlds whole creation.Thankfully there were no real estate agents pushing the price up or bankers charging interest. The mafia thought of charging an entrance fee for each pair, but before they could do that the rains came pelting down and the tickets got washed away in the storm. So you see the Ark was a joint venture between The Americans and Chinese and Indians because they were willing to multiply quicker than the rest once Mt Sinai rose up to meet the oak leviathan from underneath. And so my dear elephants and mouse and fox and snake and bird and lion and tiger. Noah and his wonderful Ark was a script written well ahead so that Russell Crowe could get a part playing Noah in a computer generated extravaganza where only the actors and actresses who could afford to pay a price to be in it - were involved. The rest of mankind be ****** Author Notes Quirky. © Marshall Gass. All rights reserved.
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I now delight In spite Of the might And the right Of classic tradition, In writing And reciting Straight ahead, Without let or omission, Just any little rhyme In any little time That runs in my head; Because, I’ve said, My rhymes no longer shall stand arrayed Like Prussian soldiers on parade That march, Stiff as starch, Foot to foot, Boot to boot, Blade to blade, Button to button, Cheeks and chops and chins like mutton. No! No! My rhymes must go Turn ’ee, twist ’ee, Twinkling, frosty, Will-o’-the-wisp-like, misty; Rhymes I will make Like Keats and Blake And Christina Rossetti, With run and ripple and shake. How pretty To take A merry little rhyme In a jolly little time And poke it, And choke it, Change it, arrange it, Straight-lace it, deface it, Pleat it with pleats, Sheet it with sheets Of empty conceits, And chop and chew, And hack and hew, And weld it into a uniform stanza, And evolve a neat, Complacent, complete, Academic extravaganza!
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Free Verse
A moment holds Time eternity A life is moment stretched Trying to define and set boundaries We are just travelling through eternity So many episodes and memories As our consciousness allows us to hold Events, stirring the still waters inside Our body just an encasing for the soul Soul is indestructible, for it is eternal Not bounded by the chains of expectations Rises above all, to meet the cosmos settlers Mutual handshake with the eternal Truth We are on a journey, travelers within Earth Our destination, is eternity, beyond time and space It’s one big dome, where we all are audience Once we have traveled through Life Waiting for the extravaganza to begin Where we do not judge and compare As we are all the parts of the same Choate
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Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014 at 10:10 AM UTC
Some Moments
-Audience! Prepare for the magic act *Hypnotically launching attacks upon the helpless masses* Won't pull a rabbit from a hat, Rather false-flaggish gaffs Practically exposed to radioactive madness *(Feel the hurt disappear like doves Gloriously soaring out your *** Hijack these hijinks Whilst laughing maniacally   Tornado alley to the trailer-park mentality I call this a helluva brainstorm, High-velocity lethality Compose yourselves Are your brain-stems intact?   -Okay. Now *f o    l l o w the                                                                                                   swing of my                                                                                          pendulous p          e          n          m          a          n           s           h          i          p Drearily drift into dreamy trance, While I attempt to initialize a feat of mass hypnotization Enchantingly dip into deep illusory corridors of thoughts limitless* (Pay no attention to any slippage, Mental or otherwise It's already dripping out your ears & the seat of your pants) Real **** no gimmicks! Abracadabra Propaganda Extravaganza Gaze into my crystal ball Mouths agape in awe While I slay and lay waste indiscriminate to the faceless plague Come one, come all! Phantom sorcerer I am, conjuring unfathomable horrors To the collective mind procured through sleight-of-hand Voila! Still with us? Alright, hold your breath until you finally wake up And illuminate the bogus Hocus pocus front ♠     ♥     ♣     ♦ Shuffle the deck, Reset Earth's debts In a fabulous show of  m i s d i r e c t i o n ♠     ♥     ♣     ♦ Now, Ladies & Gents! For my final performance With this rope, Suspended from the throat I am going to bulls-eye myself In the frontal lobe Dead-center In front of all you people With this .40 caliber desert eagle! Graciously donated by our very own NWO (applause) This one's sure to be mind-blowing folks.
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Aug 16, 2014
Aug 16, 2014 at 5:41 AM UTC
Smoke & Mirrors
-Audience! Prepare for the magic act *Hypnotically launching attacks upon the helpless masses* Won't pull a rabbit from a hat, Rather false-flaggish gaffs Practically exposed to radioactive madness *(Feel the hurt disappear like doves Gloriously soaring out your *** Hijack these hijinks Whilst laughing maniacally   Tornado alley to the trailer-park mentality I call this a helluva brainstorm, High-velocity lethality Compose yourselves Are your brain-stems intact?   -Okay. Now *f o    l l o w the                                                                                                   swing of my                                                                                          pendulous p          e          n          m          a          n           s           h          i          p Drearily drift into dreamy trance, While I attempt to initialize a feat of mass hypnotization Enchantingly dip into deep illusory corridors of thoughts limitless* (Pay no attention to any slippage, Mental or otherwise It's already dripping out your ears & the seat of your pants) Real **** no gimmicks! Abracadabra Propaganda Extravaganza Gaze into my crystal ball Mouths agape in awe While I slay and lay waste indiscriminate to the faceless plague Come one, come all! Phantom sorcerer I am, conjuring unfathomable horrors To the collective mind procured through sleight-of-hand Voila! Still with us? Alright, hold your breath until you finally wake up And illuminate the bogus Hocus pocus front ♠     ♥     ♣     ♦ Shuffle the deck, Reset Earth's debts In a fabulous show of  m i s d i r e c t i o n ♠     ♥     ♣     ♦ Now, Ladies & Gents! For my final performance With this rope, Suspended from the throat I am going to bulls-eye myself In the frontal lobe Dead-center In front of all you people With this .40 caliber desert eagle! Graciously donated by our very own NWO (applause) This one's sure to be mind-blowing folks.
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*" It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews,             Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and                   Illuminations from one End of this Continent                       to the other from this Time forward forever more.”       John Adams – July 3, 1776.* Webster Groves - 2016 The Townhall fountain dances cheerily in the morning sun. The red-white-blue shirted crowd rises as one for the colors. Laughing children scramble for tootsie rolls and sweet tarts tossed by a strolling  clown.          Philadelphia, July 3, 1776         Carriages sped toward Philadelphia         where resolute patriots         would turn the pages of history         and tell an unsuspecting world         that a new nation had given birth to itself.* Sousa strains peal from the marching Statesmen, Girl Scouts guide their well-groomed mounts - hooves echoing through concrete caverns. Vintage firetrucks and autos sound their horns and sirens as candidates work the crowd, pressing the flesh.         *Each crass insult from the British crown         had tightened the noose on the colonial neck.         The middle ground was soaked with patriot blood         and revolution was the only course left.* Barbecue clouds drift over Pat and Lee’s farm Horseshoes spin and clang and frisbees fly. A pot-luck feast with beans and franks interrupts the pop and glare of bottle rockets.         *One by one, each patriot quilled the parchment         resolved to endure the costs of liberty -         knowing to the marrow that defeat         would spell certain ******* and death.* We reach the lakeshore at dusk - unfolding chairs - spreading out blankets - strains of Americana drift over the lake. then a pyro-technic extravaganza blazes across the summer sky.           *Washingon’s tattered and bloodied men         cornered Cornwallis at Yorktown.         Then surrender - all British claims         to American soil banished to the tomes of history.* The grand finale pummels the darkened sky raising cheers and whistles from the crowd Toddlers collapse in parental arms, car doors slam, engines ignite and head-lighted caravans, turn for home, spiraling off in every compass degree. “Happy birthday,” America and endless happy returns "from this time forward forever more!”   Robert Charles Howard
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Jul 4, 2016
Jul 4, 2016 at 2:07 PM UTC
Independence Day
*" It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews,             Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and                   Illuminations from one End of this Continent                       to the other from this Time forward forever more.”       John Adams – July 3, 1776.* Webster Groves - 2016 The Townhall fountain dances cheerily in the morning sun. The red-white-blue shirted crowd rises as one for the colors. Laughing children scramble for tootsie rolls and sweet tarts tossed by a strolling  clown.          Philadelphia, July 3, 1776         Carriages sped toward Philadelphia         where resolute patriots         would turn the pages of history         and tell an unsuspecting world         that a new nation had given birth to itself.* Sousa strains peal from the marching Statesmen, Girl Scouts guide their well-groomed mounts - hooves echoing through concrete caverns. Vintage firetrucks and autos sound their horns and sirens as candidates work the crowd, pressing the flesh.         *Each crass insult from the British crown         had tightened the noose on the colonial neck.         The middle ground was soaked with patriot blood         and revolution was the only course left.* Barbecue clouds drift over Pat and Lee’s farm Horseshoes spin and clang and frisbees fly. A pot-luck feast with beans and franks interrupts the pop and glare of bottle rockets.         *One by one, each patriot quilled the parchment         resolved to endure the costs of liberty -         knowing to the marrow that defeat         would spell certain ******* and death.* We reach the lakeshore at dusk - unfolding chairs - spreading out blankets - strains of Americana drift over the lake. then a pyro-technic extravaganza blazes across the summer sky.           *Washingon’s tattered and bloodied men         cornered Cornwallis at Yorktown.         Then surrender - all British claims         to American soil banished to the tomes of history.* The grand finale pummels the darkened sky raising cheers and whistles from the crowd Toddlers collapse in parental arms, car doors slam, engines ignite and head-lighted caravans, turn for home, spiraling off in every compass degree. “Happy birthday,” America and endless happy returns "from this time forward forever more!”   Robert Charles Howard
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encamped on a barren savanna a formaldehyde trick laid beneath a palace of red canvas carcasses of Noah's Ark left for a menagerie of men a spectacle of meat and bone   the tides of oddities come crashing against the shores of spectators the earth opens its hands to carry the rails that lead an entourage of grandeur at the ring master's ordinance God's children in satin and sequins Devil's work bared in ink and blood ladies and gentlemen! wooden pews for the congregation occupied by followers seeking refuge in the sacred acts of manipulation enchantment for children necromancy for those who walk with hearts no longer beating for the world they once knew prepare to be amazed! tight ropes are spun into webs painted skin become prisms nature's anomalies turned into golden mythologies figments of A Vision brought to life by an apparition the most extravagant extravaganza! and the world burns anew contemporary tales are told through a splendor of color and brilliance in a palace of red canvas lay the corpses of humanity's finest a formaldehyde trick of preservation and deception come one come all! an asylum for those consumed a sanctuary for those comforted by the art of celebrated illusion an institution built on maneuvering the depths of every man's heart welcome to the circus sit back and enjoy the show!
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Mar 21, 2016
Mar 21, 2016 at 6:49 PM UTC
a proper circus welcome
Specious speculative salacious spectral season Transmogrify trapezium traverse torsion treason Erotica errantry erectile endogenic emblazon Ghastly gnashy grotesque gristly garrison Larcenous lecherous lascivious latent lesson Entelechy ethology exsistentialize extant epsilons Spurious spry squabble subtle specialization Transient transitive tour de force teleportation Encephala enunciate endeavor executant emulation Garish gaudy gambit glitch granulation Lurid livid liaison limpid laceration Extravaganza expletives expeditious equilibration emendation Sly stodgy surreptitious spatiotemporal solicitor Taciturn tactile transcendent tertiary torpor Euphoria eminent equivocal exserted emancipator Garrulous gustatory gung ** gestational gesticulator Lyricism lilt liberation lambaste levitator Escutcheon exergonic epaulet exodus extrapolator Starkness staunch spectacle stolid stultification Telepathy tantamount tractive tellurian transmutation Exonerate euthenics exegesis entourage eradication Groaty gnarly gruesome gristly gastrulation Licentious lewd lacunar laconic limitation Extemporaneous exigency embark embargo extradition Slinky slick sultry stoical snout Transubstantiate torturous temerarious tumultuous tout Eucharist extortion enmity epithet eke out Gross grit groin grove grout Lentic leister lotic lothario levity lout Execrating eventuation evocative evitable excerpt bout
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Jan 19, 2016
Jan 19, 2016 at 3:59 PM UTC
Transpicuous
People ask me why I always write disgusting sexually explicit poetry well the truth is after being carted off to the ****** bin repeatedly for fertilizing eggs at the supermarket i realized my true calling was to scream out fuzzy wuzzy in public as i  fertilized everything insight i guess i just have an egg fetish and like babies i decided to learn everything i could about the subject so for those who may read my stuff and find it's flavor not to their taste like my new poetic extravaganza yet to be published " if aint painal it aint **** please forgive and understand this is simply the thing I know the most about and feel obsessively compelled to share it through my poetry yes you guessed it i'm one of the worlds leading sexperts and hold a   PHD from Copulation University in  INTERNATIONAL CLITERATURE after years of in depth hands on research courses in clitanomics, clitologic social and clitural humanities the great take away is this "shove it where you love it"
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Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 at 3:14 PM UTC
PHD
Sure as heck wouldn't fall for that "Oh its my favourite book & I keep it by my bedside trick" & gather chubby Christian flunkeys to pray over & anoint a fascist idiot child, Would see right through using a grieving widow as a prop for a photo-shoot extravaganza, & then talk of record applause lines like this was America's Most Talented & he was a cheap *** promoter milking the crowd, Wouldn't for a second fall for the Syrian children carry an infection to the nation & must be denied entry because you never know but of course we can because deranged white folks are more of a threat, Sure as **** could tell the difference between a good apostle & that scheming White Supremacist Bannon & the bald dude who endlessly talks of his overlord being obeyed or **** sure you'll all be for it, Would most definitely not need a golden crapper to rest his fat white *** on & a golden stroller for his special one & lacquered mirrored sitting room that looks like a hillbilly wet-dream version of of 'how rich folks dun live rightly,' Would most definitely not be seen wearing that stupid red hat which more than hints at a long gone world with shades of whiteness & exclusion & don't come knocking on my door you pitiful wretch you, Would never in a million friggin' years have voted Republican & sided with a lying, duplicitous con-man with all the shades of darkness that usually are reserved for the actual Fallen Angels.
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Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017 at 12:14 PM UTC
Jesus Would Smack Trump Upside the Head or What Would Jesus Do?
.as i once explained the concept of a seasonal diet to a pair of english pensioners, citing the Essex strawberry harvest, counter the Spanish winter imports... certain graveyards, in winter, can unnecessarily compete with museums, stressed as focal points during summer. who is here, to, expect... comfortable? i sacrifice the aspect of museum, in order, to find a second tier of peace... within the confines of cemeteries' exfoliation of statues...     weathered, slightly hidden...   in guise, of half living, half dead... yet all the more: ever watchful, that persistent...       prosecutor stature... with death... the sole "ambiguity" of a...     jury;          a jury... with a persona non grata?! mon deus!               but one answer: je suis mort! since? it is really hard.. to re-appreciate revisiting museums at this point... whatever the ancient in modern terms focus for the pre-Byzantine marble...       the open air extravaganza of statues in a Slavic cemetery?   weathered, chiseled by a shyness? teased out of existence?                  primordial in a focus of being haunted?!   well... museums have nothing to offer, given this fleshed out excavation.
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Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018 at 9:32 PM UTC
ditto motto gratis
Some poets have degrees, Be they Bachelors or Phds. But a poet, a poet is really qualified by experience, And the ability to distil language to the dance of written form, To transpose observations into song. Etching stretches of moments too short, Into something long enough to match the longing for it. Weaving yearning with touches of genius, Abstracting epiphanies from cracks in the pavement, Extending the halls of learning by Stencilling truths onto toilet walls, So that even to **** is to experience the profound. A poet is one who can make meaning out of madness, Pluck obscurities from the air, exposing the bindings of being, Or explain how words, in their whirling make the world go round. But a poet, a poet does not understand that ache inside, That ache that drives them to write, to whisper and to yell Words, metaphors and similies, in the constant attempt To quantify that special kind of hell, That haunts them, as ravings in their head, That inspiration that is their constant torment. And sometimes, sometimes its heaven instead, But that’s when it’s hardest to write Because suffering, when transformed to stanzas, Is somehow easier to ignite Than that intangible something we call joy. For something as simple as a smile Cannot be matched by any extravaganza Of words no matter how we try. But a poet, a poet will spend lifetimes trying To describe that very sensation, that fleeting Sense of something greater than oneself, greater, Even than the offerings left in ink at the poet’s Altar of a page. And sometimes it will be so hard, this attempt to transcribe Emotion into a form decipherable to others That the poet will feel only rage, And exhaustion, Till even the point of the pen begins to expire But a poet, a poet, even in the pits of despair, Does not retire, For there, lingering somewhere Above in the air, is a glimmer of truth Just waiting to be shared.
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Jun 1, 2012
Jun 1, 2012 at 8:06 AM UTC
A poet
Some poets have degrees, Be they Bachelors or Phds. But a poet, a poet is really qualified by experience, And the ability to distil language to the dance of written form, To transpose observations into song. Etching stretches of moments too short, Into something long enough to match the longing for it. Weaving yearning with touches of genius, Abstracting epiphanies from cracks in the pavement, Extending the halls of learning by Stencilling truths onto toilet walls, So that even to **** is to experience the profound. A poet is one who can make meaning out of madness, Pluck obscurities from the air, exposing the bindings of being, Or explain how words, in their whirling make the world go round. But a poet, a poet does not understand that ache inside, That ache that drives them to write, to whisper and to yell Words, metaphors and similies, in the constant attempt To quantify that special kind of hell, That haunts them, as ravings in their head, That inspiration that is their constant torment. And sometimes, sometimes its heaven instead, But that’s when it’s hardest to write Because suffering, when transformed to stanzas, Is somehow easier to ignite Than that intangible something we call joy. For something as simple as a smile Cannot be matched by any extravaganza Of words no matter how we try. But a poet, a poet will spend lifetimes trying To describe that very sensation, that fleeting Sense of something greater than oneself, greater, Even than the offerings left in ink at the poet’s Altar of a page. And sometimes it will be so hard, this attempt to transcribe Emotion into a form decipherable to others That the poet will feel only rage, And exhaustion, Till even the point of the pen begins to expire But a poet, a poet, even in the pits of despair, Does not retire, For there, lingering somewhere Above in the air, is a glimmer of truth Just waiting to be shared.
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*the twigs are still and quiet             indeed the birds have flown             soon it'll all be ice and snow          and shrubbery in a white gown      as everywhere traffic seeks ease of flow                         i see that the birds have flown       and that no more grass has grown no more daffodils, lupine and hollyhocks or the bluebirds, larks, thrushes and nightingales      that jimmie rodgers waxed lyrical about      one swallow i see in acrobatic show         of frantic rhythm to beat the snow         but futile its extravaganza ever is        for one swallow does not make a summer       i see that indeed the birds have flown*
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Oct 2, 2016
Oct 2, 2016 at 6:52 PM UTC
i see the birds have flown
It's that time of the year again when my paper boats get itchy seeking your streams to carry themselves to ecstasy's ocean... Pregnant sky expectant of a grand extravaganza guides me to the horizon where your kisses are stored in a sacred vault ... I seek, I wander like a kite without string, winds taking me where your sprinkles bear my name Come! adorn my path script a slippery song on the muddy terrain that smells like home now ...
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May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016 at 2:37 AM UTC
My Rain Song
In the darkness, extravaganza, Flashing, blazing dramas, Sky rockets and sparklers, So spectacular, Fireworks in my brain, Illumination Catherine wheels, Is this for real? The pyrotechnics, Was it all a squib? Crescendo To diminuendo .... I float down from clouds above Another little death of love!
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Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015 at 9:10 PM UTC
FIREWORKS
London lobster pie Served with a side of strawberry Plus one, please A dinner date. A musical extravaganza to Beautify the hideous Surgical aftertaste. A peace of mind is collected Engrossed in adventure The uncanny youthful exuberance Of energy flow through Stained glass windows. Watercolor painted pews Inside a church that was never Meant for entering. Robotic, the horses Gleaming with sweat Drudge the asphalt, Children’s fingers dripping Sweaty ice cream. Sun visors and family disputes. It will never be the same.
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Apr 1, 2012
Apr 1, 2012 at 2:40 AM UTC
Collage
happened upon an extravaganza of spring’s hallmark, the cherry blossoms outing their munificence of color, I happened to position myself direct below a tree, the thicket of blossoms so, well, thick, that sky was obliterated ‘cept for pointillistic spots of blue sun, yellow sky that poked through the few de minimus interstitial spaces permitted, and was struck silent, by-for-before shimmering eyes that uttered the requisite oohs and ahhs, and words came to me weeks later, when the memory, now fully decanted, reappears courtesy of a giant tech company’s code tinkering, merging and splurging the combined images in the photographic memory of my devices, as if to say: your life is points of light and color and scent as you write now amidst the hubbub of jackhammers, raucous horns a blaring, the homeless screaming on the street at god, the fatalistic headlines of hate and the pallor of a low level haze of perp~gray between you and your true elfin self, and you are not surprised, but sadly, but not entirely, bemused that the photo’s true utility was to remind weeks later that all that my eyes utter is not just woe, double trouble and toil, toil, *but to Hey Jude and George, step out and see the park on a Sunday in its entirety and to glory in your being by being a point in that tapestry spectacular of ingestion, digestion and final comprehension and a happy* exhalation
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May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024 at 8:06 AM UTC
The Cherry Blossom Thicket (intersecting points of light and color and scent)
It's a speech I am giving... To honor the guests To welcome the participants To appreciate them all It's a speech I am giving.. Words from the bottom of my heart My heartfelt gratitude For all the hard work finally fulfilled... It's a speech I am giving To honor great people Talented people... Awesome colleagues.. Whose supports and efforts created magic!! It's a speech I am giving.. To thank my amazing friends... and HIM who is watching and listening... and continuously guiding... and making things happen.. Standing on that extravaganza stage Fidgeting ... as I was rehearsing my speech that night and thinking............ This is it....... CoLT 2013 We've made it possible...
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Nov 11, 2013
Nov 11, 2013 at 12:43 AM UTC
A speech....
A reflection on birthdays, friends departing this world, and surveying ones life ~~~ this one poem is not lurking,(1) turmoiled bursting, shaking, quaking, release aching write it in droplets, my chest speak squeaks, each thought, a stanza, each moment, a bonanza of  the doled, muddled mix of tremblings on this my extravaganza, renaissance day of birth upon this earth sixty five calendars, this space, so gulf and so narrow, (2) for what profit this man for himself, others? a Judgement Day of sorts, where the man~poet is efficiently prosecutor, defender, judge and jury, as is he not, his one true peer? let his biases be betrayed, his fault lines be paraded, let his deeds be the unlawful legal coda by which he is remanded if found guilty of a ledger imbalanced, more sins than glory, only one sentence permitted, life imprisonment even the NYC weather clued in and deity cooperative, wakes me up to this advisory: Overcast. Slight chance of a rain shower. High near 65F. High near 65. what portent this oracle, a warning guide to this morass of a contradictory, crevassed man full of mea culpa poetic messes, his old is his high... or are these just winking, birthday instructions from an observer on high? this space of years, this life, so gulf and so narrow, engulfed, yet so sparse is his barrow, his first minutes of the day a lean inventory taking, for better or worse as he overcasts a full review, plus a bonus (!) a forward progress prognosis there is a fresh formed Cain mileage marker upon his brow, a check-mark scar, resultant of his self-checkup upon the tree rings of his tiring body weeping only because a mistrial is declared and no verdict returned and he rises for coffee, promising himself someday an honest resolution before... these the acts of sixty five calendars, of this, his-space, so gulf and so narrow, subjected to a now daily interrogatory: *for what profit this man, his actions, his loved words, for himself, to others, to this world?* October 1, 2015 ~~~ (1) http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1417203/there-is-a-poem-lurking/ ~~~ (2) *but I can't stop for each hour of the last 72 has witnessed a new poem in-between minute one and minute sixty five written for you, writing for life, writing of this moment,* this space so gulf and so narrow *in and between the unity of us* http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1413760/for-ernesto-l-gonzales-aka-the-dedpoet-the-in-between/ ~~~
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Oct 2, 2015
Oct 2, 2015 at 5:09 PM UTC
this space, so gulf and so narrow
A reflection on birthdays, friends departing this world, and surveying ones life ~~~ this one poem is not lurking,(1) turmoiled bursting, shaking, quaking, release aching write it in droplets, my chest speak squeaks, each thought, a stanza, each moment, a bonanza of  the doled, muddled mix of tremblings on this my extravaganza, renaissance day of birth upon this earth sixty five calendars, this space, so gulf and so narrow, (2) for what profit this man for himself, others? a Judgement Day of sorts, where the man~poet is efficiently prosecutor, defender, judge and jury, as is he not, his one true peer? let his biases be betrayed, his fault lines be paraded, let his deeds be the unlawful legal coda by which he is remanded if found guilty of a ledger imbalanced, more sins than glory, only one sentence permitted, life imprisonment even the NYC weather clued in and deity cooperative, wakes me up to this advisory: Overcast. Slight chance of a rain shower. High near 65F. High near 65. what portent this oracle, a warning guide to this morass of a contradictory, crevassed man full of mea culpa poetic messes, his old is his high... or are these just winking, birthday instructions from an observer on high? this space of years, this life, so gulf and so narrow, engulfed, yet so sparse is his barrow, his first minutes of the day a lean inventory taking, for better or worse as he overcasts a full review, plus a bonus (!) a forward progress prognosis there is a fresh formed Cain mileage marker upon his brow, a check-mark scar, resultant of his self-checkup upon the tree rings of his tiring body weeping only because a mistrial is declared and no verdict returned and he rises for coffee, promising himself someday an honest resolution before... these the acts of sixty five calendars, of this, his-space, so gulf and so narrow, subjected to a now daily interrogatory: *for what profit this man, his actions, his loved words, for himself, to others, to this world?* October 1, 2015 ~~~ (1) http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1417203/there-is-a-poem-lurking/ ~~~ (2) *but I can't stop for each hour of the last 72 has witnessed a new poem in-between minute one and minute sixty five written for you, writing for life, writing of this moment,* this space so gulf and so narrow *in and between the unity of us* http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1413760/for-ernesto-l-gonzales-aka-the-dedpoet-the-in-between/ ~~~
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Our whirlwind extravaganza started out innocent enough. Jimmy & I were jukebox heroes shooting some eightball, guzzling a few pitchers of the golden liquid, specialty hops down at the microbrewery. Minutes fades into what seemed like forever, faces got bigger than disappeared. One thing led to another, we ended up three counties away, waiting & watching for the alien abduction. Four teenage drifters we had picked up sticking thumbs out were hanging with us. One by one familiar-voices faded into the surf, and as the sun began to rise, I found myself alone in my auto with an empty tank, two flats & a scar on the back of my neck.
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Jan 5, 2014
Jan 5, 2014 at 8:55 PM UTC
Two Flats & A Scar (Waiting For The Alien Abduction)
Right around midnight the rain dropped, The water painted the pavement with street lights and fluorescent hotel signs. Thick air rose from the summer heat ground, Slowing down the this way and that way late night left overs of the sun soaked day. Dashing from bars and gas stations or slipping down the boulevard protected by polka dot umbrellas. White light counts in the righteous thunder as it bellows over expensive apartment buildings 1..2..3..4.. CRASH The aroma of a wet city breaks my concentration, all I can do is breathe and watch and wonder. Every drop of rain makes an impression and I appreciate them all. Natures impromptu multi media arts extravaganza, Free admittance as long as you don't mind getting wet
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May 8, 2013
May 8, 2013 at 3:43 AM UTC
Cosmo-logical
Taste the after-glow from a deepening twilight extravaganza of Victorian burlesque. I am saddened by those Machiavellian splendours of geographical landscapes, which interfere with the dance of spirits between the mystical stones of druidry. Have you ever tasted cheese from the New Forest? There is a subtlety of flavours, and I celebrate the orchestra when torrential rain saturates the soul with flash floods of sensuality.
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Jan 3, 2014
Jan 3, 2014 at 11:08 PM UTC
Soaked in Diminished Theatrics
Until Now You have taken the words from my own You are the pedals in my poem A riddle wrapped in a rose Cherry pie a la mode A garden of poppy prose Poppy I have waited for so long Followed the primrose path Running along to your song Swung from the branches of your stanzas Hidden in honeysuckle extravaganza Picadillos and innuendos Abound Words sprung from fertile ground Budding images messing   A delicate balance A lover’s dalliance A vineyard Of the triggered and the inward Thickets of thorny morning glories Questing bouquets of lily days Where daffodils Are dressed to **** And a single rose grows Inviolate Yet Stem to stern I have felt the male fern And the grass burn And the willow cry And the dragonfly fly by In the blink of an eye But I have never ever felt you. Until now.
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Feb 7, 2019
Feb 7, 2019 at 1:11 PM UTC
Until Now