"knutsen" poems
LIFE…
Without doubt,
I often ask what life is all about,
And if I so may say,
It seems much like a theatre play.
With humor a comedy,
Without… a tragedy.
Hypocrisy we get for free,
Sincerity, costly for both you and me,
So many lies... religion, politics... false history,
Often made by needy greed of Humanity?
Not only speaking of divine faith,
Fanatics love to hate.
Does anyone have the nerve,
To give us more than we deserve?
Souls with bodies not a body with a soul,
To convenient music we dance one and all.
Wretched yet sweet the melody,
Life... banquets of morsels… what shall it be?
Laughter or tears... So much a mystery...
To be or not to be... Can anyone tell me...
Copyright©1995 Kari M. Knutsen
“Life is often a bumpy ride. Smile when a door closes. Open a window and let your heart and soul fly. They will find a remedy.” - Granny Kari
Copyright©2014 Kari M. Knutsen
Dec 5, 2014
Dec 5, 2014 at 3:49 PM UTC
WORMS
Hello! Chester here… Missing you so,
A bookworm am I,
Oh, yesss, today just sliding by…
With spectacles on my nose,
I do both poetry and prose.
Want to hear more about me …
And my family…?
So awfully lovely to see you again,
Perhaps a few secrets for you, my friend?
Plump cousins I have in the strangest places,
On blue Stilton cheese are not only their faces…
There’s even a cousin with a thousand little feet…
The shoemaker thinks he’s a treat.
Mostly here somewhere, we always share…
And war seen so many times before,
Just like greedy maggots, ended battles we do adore,
And there is even more…
Not a treat, some worms you never want to meet,
A part of the family is really mean,
Trust me, they're the worst worms you’ve ever seen,
For those eat dead people really clean!
Others just eat wood and all they ever could.
And don’t let me start,
With Mr. Snooks… worming into Miss Prissy’s heart!
Once there was even a tapeworm from a whale,
100 feet long, both sexes… He and She were for sale!
Just like people… large, short, skinny or hairy,
Some worms fancy meat or plants… others dairy.
Seeing ample aggravation… there was an invitation…
And all I have to say today… Now on my way…
To the cemetery without delay,
But I’ll be back, Sweetheart… Someday...
Copyright©2013 Kari M. Knutsen
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Jan 11, 2015
Jan 11, 2015 at 7:41 PM UTC
A KISS...
Why such commotion for only a kiss?
Asking that do know this;
It was the most earth moving thing,
It was summer and winter, autumn and spring.
Something truly special many will miss.
It was Christmas and May and unending bliss.
It was heaven and earth, fire and ice,
Ten thousand fold more than only nice.
Eloquence without a single word,
Mad secret frenzy... never heard,
Warm lips even caressed by tantalizing fingers,
And a certain feeling that not only lingers…
Hurried urges up and down a spine;
"Be mine! Be mine!"
Both exuding passion and infinite charms,
Being close with much more than only arms.
It was me and you what else did we do…?
Indeed done too…
But with a kiss it all begun,
And now my Sweet Bessie we are One.
With Love and then some...
Always Yours,
Willoughby
Copyright©2013 by Kari M. Knutsen
Jan 11, 2015
Jan 11, 2015 at 1:19 PM UTC
March 1989...
GOODBYES…
I never kissed your lips… or closed your eyes,
Refusing to whisper any gentle goodbyes.
Never done when my beloved Brother so dies...
The phone rang and a man simply said:
”Hello… I’m afraid your brother is dead.”
Professional, again kind humanity evaded me,
But shock and despair were instantly there.
Already dead, a silent body had to wait,
For a funeral two weeks too late…
Pink roses on a closed coffin,
So white in the dark night…
Why not goodbye…?
In heartbreaking sorrow bowing my head,
It was my screaming soul that cried instead:
“Why…? Oh, why are you dead?
Instead of such tragedy,
Why…? Oh, why didn’t you talk to me?
Where are you now? Where did you go?
Alone, there’s no one left… I miss you so!
Always an adventurous Viking, tall and strong,
What went wrong…?”
Now without a home… the world I shall roam,
Belonging here and there… not anywhere,
Different… just a stranger from far away…
Many will smile and say.
Needless to tell a white orchid my last farewell,
So it shall be… making no difference to me,
My brethren now Humanity.
And knowing what I know,
Brother, I could have told you so,
Riches never gold…
The greatest treasure is Love… billions fold.
March 1991
Today, I could cry,
Not saying Goodbye,
And never said long since...
Farewell and So Long, Sweet Prince.
Copyright©1992 Kari M. Knutsen
Jan 14, 2015
Jan 14, 2015 at 12:17 AM UTC
Not easy... most of us have said Goodbye to someone... Forever... not really wanting to do so... even so we do... and must. Sometimes however, others choose to say Goodbye... to everyone and everything... certain our lives are our own... but are they really...?
March 1989...
GOODBYES…
I never kissed your lips… or closed your eyes,
Refusing to whisper any gentle goodbyes.
Never done when my beloved Brother so dies...
The phone rang and a man simply said:
”Hello… I’m afraid your brother is dead.”
Professional, again kind humanity evaded me,
But shock and despair were instantly there.
Already dead, a silent body had to wait,
For a funeral two weeks too late…
Pink roses on a closed coffin,
So white in the dark night…
Why not goodbye…?
In heartbreaking sorrow bowing my head,
It was my screaming soul that cried instead:
“Why…? Oh, why are you dead?
Instead of such tragedy,
Why…? Oh, why didn’t you talk to me?
Where are you now? Where did you go?
Alone, there’s no one left… I miss you so!
Always an adventurous Viking, tall and strong,
What went wrong…?”
Now without a home… the world I shall roam,
Belonging here and there… not anywhere,
Different… just a stranger from far away…
Many will smile and say.
Needless to tell a white orchid my last farewell,
So it shall be… making no difference to me,
My brethren now Humanity.
And knowing what I know,
Brother, I could have told you so,
Riches never gold…
The greatest treasure is Love… billions fold.
March 1991
Today, I could cry,
Not saying Goodbye,
And never said long since...
Farewell and So Long, Sweet Prince.
Copyright©1992 Kari M. Knutsen
Jan 11, 2015
Jan 11, 2015 at 9:34 PM UTC
Willoughby is mad as hell... in 1940... Ooops...
WAR ... AND MORE...
Ever seen the letters W... A and R together before?
Oh yes... Anew not only those are making WAR.
Will that frequent horror ever pass?
That inexcusable "Thing" on Humanity’s ***
An everlasting incurable boil ghastly sore,
Oozing the worst of Humanity and more?
Constantly coming and going like the tide,
But when and where just a few decide.
People are masters of hate and grisly deed,
Never taught what is wanted might not be of need.
Power and ambition never ask permission,
Whilst irrational hate use provocation,
And millions of lives face elimination.
Eloquence and Hypocrisy firmly hand in hand,
We call Diplomacy... politicians understand.
Greed for power mortal weapons do invent,
And again from brave men in the skies,
More death and hellish horrors are sent,
As angels with devastating metal wings,
Abolish infinitely more than things…
Am I still asking is a God truly up there?
Guaranteed He is near and with many side,
Billions in His glory sanctimoniously hide.
Believed defended by forgiveness and love,
Many are blessed by a man Holier than Thou.
Wars good business throughout history,
Merciless souls hardly thought that a mystery.
Nothing was ever nailed unshakably tight,
Even souls are bought if the price is right.
Most never find meaning in being too meek,
For hardly anyone will turn the other cheek.
As for Humanity’s desperate, everlasting quest,
The God called Power was always the best.
There was never a War ending all that is War,
And just as the forgotten ones in times of yore,
Will you later give a **** what this one was for?
Yet dispensable battalions will always fight,
For pay, honor and what insisted is right.
Brave soldiers always proud not to complain,
Are heroes dying well in seas, mud and rain,
As one more profitable War must be won,
Still wonder… Why the hell all of it begun?
Willoughby
Christmas Eve 1940
Copyright©2013 by Kari M. Knutsen
Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015 at 11:50 PM UTC
DEAD AND GONE
Dead and gone,
My life is done.
Could not take there,
What is still laying here.
If dear to me and one I knew,
Loving farewell for now to you,
If not… The same,
You’re not to blame.
Here for a while and happy to be,
You can forget or remember me,
But always with Love my Friend,
And more from “Somewhere” I send,
For one day again smiles we shall see,
And perhaps forever together be…
You and… me…
Copyright©2012 Kari M. Knutsen
Jan 12, 2015
Jan 12, 2015 at 12:09 AM UTC