"sensitively" poems
Women are born with heavy feathered wings
Hands that hide starlit craters
Celestially they spin in infinity and find each other
Stroking the softness, in awe at the wonder of the unashamed mystique
That perpetuates newly hatched faces
A world without the incessant need for reassurance
Which towers intimidatingly over the forest border
Small ordinances that keep themselves airless
No longer striving for the greater force of flight
Clipping away their feathers with garden shears, hosing down the blood
Tuscan architecture abandoned countless ages ago
Ancient in idea and aesthetic
I’ve wandered many miles to reach such exotic visions that have been dead for so long
The heads of kings lined up on the edge of a waterfall
Their bodies still holding onto the swords they clipped their wings with long ago
A little further, a river emerges and spills cold water from the azimuth of God
There was a communicator present at the time of cleansing, unbeknownst to me
To accept ones sins is to be cleansed of them, don’t you agree?
He asked this with shaking shoulders, his robes unraveling to reveal the scars on his chest
One for each pectoralis
I looked away in tragedy
I enter the wooden gate, into the Macedonian fortresses of old
My torso has been replaced with a harp, which I feel these princes pluck so sensitively
I hear the timber echo throughout my chest and vibrate in my throat
My back has merged without consent to a beast that bends backwards
The harp strings have been torn
I am now mute
Raising the weary head of the sleeping dog and the sleeping disdain
I slept in an isolated piece of land untouched by human hands
And sank into the forest floor
In which the grass and all living creatures decided I had left the physical form
My eternal resting place
Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 at 5:54 PM UTC
Aunt Lottie had a slow and careful walk
every step could jar
the delicate balance
of the fragile grand piano
she had swallowed.
It was no ordinary instrument
it was entirely made of crystal
which added to the fears
of its disturbance
or destruction
by the simplest slip or stumble
or missed footing on a step.
It was a slight inconvenience
she had taken in her stride.
Matters concerning the said piano
were only discussed in hushed tones
on Wednesday afternoons
and only with her dearest nephew, Ludwig
who sensitively seemed to understand
the precious nature of imagination
and the tickling discomforts
of digested furniture and such things
as fancy may create.
Aug 1, 2014
Aug 1, 2014 at 1:24 PM UTC
On a vehicle bed I voyage, wearing
headphones which lead the way.
Repelling neighbors screams, these jolting sounds travel through my body, breaking locks and knots.
Unraveling the fabric across time and space.
Is there anybody out there that feels the music flow sensitively ?
I enter myself more deeply, I lose myself to the voices and words of chemistry.
I lay in ecstasy frequencies.
Becoming one with musical melodies.
Mar 7, 2014
Mar 7, 2014 at 3:45 PM UTC
What can I say?
This Tendered Theme
Sliced Me up this Way
Although this Injury
Be self Sustained
Extremity on Display
Tendered Themes to Do
Sensitively
Rearrange my Attitude
Keep me right on Track
Must I Confess?
Intercept & Mirror Back
Images Promising
See again~The
Violence of Blossoming
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014 at 5:53 PM UTC
"DRUNK IN LOVE."
Gradually I'm getting possessed, obsessed by thy love--craft, emotionally flew his heart reaching out to her's. He's intoxicated drunk in love.
Lost in the
lovesome thought of her's. His
heart is detained underneath
the water of
her soul.
So we're
sensitively
soul mates.
We met as 2 rivers confluences.
Indescribe-able
what these mean.
#C9_fm
Apr 20, 2021
Apr 20, 2021 at 10:45 AM UTC
He woke up bathed in moonshine
Sleepy Appalachian mountain eyes
Fading autumn honey liquid gold
Into the white background noise of reality
He always did have one foot in, one foot out
A ghost to those that he let see
Physical boundaries ignored, retired
Weary bones begged him to slip back into the comfort of oblivion
But for him sleep was ever elusive, a tease
Racing over lush valleys, dead seas and fertile plains
His thoughts are boundless
Synthesizing emotional code into poetic expression
He must pull it all together somehow
Beats and rhythms sparkle off the edge of his perception
They rarely paused long enough to remember
But he always did
Calloused hands prove a life of grunt work
His dreams had been so much more complex
Weaving through the atmosphere, linking fully with the cosmos
Lines whisper across his flesh
Roadmaps
****** and impulsive
Sensitively attuned to the pulsing energy around him
Shaping it into flourished verse
He is the sun
I merely the moon
May 12, 2012
May 12, 2012 at 11:37 AM UTC
Random always are birds sitting on a wire,
Their smelly stains scattered on my truck.
Random are our minds thinking, Friendships,
Loves happening, wealths,winning and losing.
Random are births,Lives and their purposes final,
Faiths,their select gods and their nirvanas ultimate.
Random are the winds blowing,the waves smashing,
The clouds raining, fiery volcanoes and fires burning.
Random is death physical, for us and all our stars,
Their babies, milky ways,galaxies,universes and all.
Random ever is a fixed time and space,Unknown now,
but with a certainty terrible and Hope,oh, so wonderful!
Random thus I struggle, for a comprehension orderly,
Sensitively, and hoping for a final destiny, pre-ordained!
Aug 25, 2012
Aug 25, 2012 at 6:28 PM UTC
He gave a picture exhibition,
Hiring a little empty shop.
Above its window: FREE ADMISSION
Cajoled the passers-by to stop;
Just to admire - no need to purchase,
Although his price might have been low:
But no proud artist ever urges
Potential buyers at his show.
Of course he badly needed money,
But more he needed moral aid.
Some people thought his pictures funny,
Too ultra-modern, I'm afraid.
His painting was experimental,
Which no poor artist can afford-
That is, if he would pay the rental
And guarantee his roof and board.
And so some came and saw and sniggered,
And some a puzzled brow would crease;
And some objected: "Well, I'm jiggered!"
What price Picasso and Matisse?
The artist sensitively quivered,
And stifled many a bitter sigh,
But day by day his hopes were shivered
For no one ever sought to buy.
And then he had a brilliant notion:
Half of his daubs he labeled: SOLD.
And lo! he viewed with queer emotion
A public keen and far from cold.
Then (strange it is beyond the telling),
He saw the people round him press:
His paintings went - they still are selling...
Well, nothing succeeds like success.
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He moves them forward so sensitively.
Palms spread: firmly gently, shielding ushering
To the front
Each small dark group with grieving wreathes.
As they advance he swings behind another
-Almost jaunty light he moves -
Till time is right, and then again
They go to place against the stone
More flowers.
Aug 15, 2010
Aug 15, 2010 at 6:58 AM UTC
You disappoint me in so many ways.
So far from everything I ever wanted.
How is it you come to me like candy.
Unwrapped you're only rotten fruit.
I must be a predictable person.
Stable and empathetic.
Those around me up and down.
Vindictive and petty.
All I see are the better option if I were they.
Simple like turn left or turn right.
Why do people act this way.
And underestimate a valuable connection.
I am valuable.
I treat you with love and compassion.
Raw and sensitively.
Like the liquid gold flowing through the earthly depths.
Supporting your every move and fault.
But now you show disinterest and disdain.
I lived for your smile.
And you bring me pain.
Many will never appreciate my value.
Feb 9, 2017
Feb 9, 2017 at 7:28 AM UTC
Only few miles apart,
Its been a couple days,
Since I have seen your face,
All I can do is imagine it,.
I miss you to where my stomach hurts,
My heart skips a beat whenever I see a car like yours drive past,
Thinking constantly about your embrace,
The way you kiss my face,
You always tell me I am beautiful,
You say i'm your angel,
I miss your voice,
I miss gazing into your eyes,
Deep and blue,
My eyes are brown,
Not as perfect as yours but they see you so clearly,
I feel home sick even though i'm under the roof of where I live,
I am at complete comfort when you cuddle up to me,
I love the way you look at me,
You touch me so sensitively,
Almost as if you're afraid I will break,
Although you say my heart is strong,
I gave it to you,
Which is why it is that way,
You held it together with care and love,
I feel sick without you.
Jun 19, 2013
Jun 19, 2013 at 12:28 AM UTC
Often, one young in ripened youth will fall in love
With such a glowing heart to flutter at fair
Red lips, to meet and touch another sensitively enough,
To look and dream in eyes so rare,
Turning to take the others' hands
Floating as a stream into trickling tears
Like a flower with dew on finest strands.
Their golden hair, caught by the luminous moon, appears
Now mirrored like their own reflected faces
Beaming, following each other in each other's dream,
Understanding the beauty and innocence that graces
Where they meet in a startling gleam.
Entering a non-ageing youth of whispered time
The lovers' hearts entwine to rhyme.
©Jack Aylward
(Published in the Scotia Review magazine, no.24 edition, Summer 2001).
Jul 27, 2015
Jul 27, 2015 at 4:38 PM UTC
The Stratocaster was dripping with emotional intensity, whilst my head vibrated against the window of the bus during a deep and innocent slumber.
We fret so much my friend. If I want to adjust the outcome, then I am simply, yet sensitively, required to turn the relevant key.
I fully understand the beat of the red-light area where tragedy and pleasure have disloyal intercourses, and the texture of its currencies are likened to the intricate task of baking cakes in front of a shiny chrome bumper.
Skillful finesse is required if the recesses of our soul are to be tantalised. So, let us celebrate the night.
Nov 7, 2013
Nov 7, 2013 at 9:56 PM UTC
her opulent presence
is beautifully crafted on the night of the mind
her tattooed form elegantly painted sensitively
but oh so erotically
lip rings and candy necklace feast for the lusts
but she knows your eyes are on the plunging neckline
she is a deeply written romance novella
she is a poem of darker daylight
longing within her good girl image
to be as bad as bad girl can be
beautifully written in that smile
written in the sunshine of the opulent soul
Dec 12, 2014
Dec 12, 2014 at 7:28 PM UTC
Chattering teeth
Quivering bones
Splintering veins
Unconscious zones
In and out
Ghostly and pale
Pain and terror
Weak and frail
Spiraling,
Buckling down to the floor
Worrying,
Panicking about why I'm sore
This crucial sharp feeling deep down inside
Kicks the hot heavy tears from my eyes
I don't remember being pealed off the ground
But I appreciate you being around
Personally stripped of all my senses
Creating a fear so sensitively severe
Trembling hands that want to be held
Wishing desperately for you to come near
Splitting headache
Weary eyes
Drifting conscious
Hidden cries
Pillow's comfort
Seeking sleep
Choking sobs
Counting sheep
Scared to death for what's to come
What if I never wake
Thoughts filled with death and dying
This night I might not make
Sleeping sleeping sleeping forever
A dream that never ends
This has never occurred before
Scaring the **** out'v my friends
Scary thoughts
Problem'r listless
Perpetual possibilities
Scared shitless
Feb 16, 2013
Feb 16, 2013 at 10:12 PM UTC
Your bow is all elbow,
a flank of forearm that is
supporting and simply cradling
my imagination
where a dozen or so
lifeboats hang off starboard
in case things get too much
I, captained by your sturdy arms,
nip up to the crow’s nest
for a sip of spiced ***
for a bit of warmth and
perhaps more—
a full beard that reminds
me so much of Darwin
I feel certain I am on the Beagle
and hungry to shoot some
lame birds one by one!
Your shoulder
where I can sleep forever—
come sharks and eat my catch
while I whisper poetry,
summon ghosts and
**** off Hemingway,
whose macho act was betrayed
by his pain-filled eyes
and sensitively painted
one-word skies
You, my aching hull
in human form,
rocking gently as the sea
slows our progress
knowing we are
wishing away time too often
the working of the gyro
prevents my seasick blushes
we do not yet know each other
that well but all is fine as I see it,
your arms really are made of
shipworthy wood and
beneath deck, where I will sleep
tonight above Atlantis’s cesspit,
we just bounce off each wave,
getting closer and closer to the moon
but not yet arrived,
has sleep come too soon for me tonight?
I’ll rest and stretch and groan
like weary ****** do
once Surya helps me turn out the light
—Yes, once my ship did start to sink. I called until my throat was gone and ended up swimming a good distance until crucially a boat came by and pulled me out of the sea. I remember thinking: I should feel more grateful to be alive. I went back to where it sank and retrieved a few personal items, then I sat on the beach a wept as if the whole thing had just hit me.
Jun 15, 2016
Jun 15, 2016 at 12:03 AM UTC
THE DEVIL'S ****
He straps her
to the table
before him
(a sacrifice on an altar)
of the Arrogance
of his Ignorance.
Turns to the tools
of his trade
neatly & almost
piously arranged
on the table
behind him
still stained
with the chicken’s blood
from this morning’s
preparation
bubbling in the ***
... forgotten now.
He is a master
Pricker
as they call him
about here
half in awe & fear
of the Witchfinder General
and all his kind.
He is angry
at her resistance
tears off
the ragged burlap shift
that covers her
shaves her
from head to pudenda
examines
her
from top
to toe
with the aid of
a giant magnifying glass
for any blemish
or birth mark
(an oddly shaped wart)
that will betray her
in all its innocence
pricking her both
with the long needle
and the short
and ahhh...
the birthmark
refuses to bleed.
He smiles
at such
an obvious sign.
Her denials
screaming uselessly
against the locked
door of his mind.
but now his fingers
probe
sensitively searching
for the Devil’s ******
concealed
within her
to nourish
to suckle
her
toad familiar.
And yes how proud he feels
to discover
hidden within her
privy
shaft
obscured by her
female *****
but not to the
empirical mechanics
of his fingers
probing...probing
as plain as the sun
that goes around
this Godly Earth
...the Devil’s ****
And so, by this
fleshly
mark of
being
Woman
she is
condemned to be
witch.
And so it is
so
in these
“the burning years.”
I cry for her
as I reclaim her
from History
(so many thousands
of her)
hold them
all
(in their holy terror)
all such suffering
beings
in my arms
in the dawn
of this new
morning
keening
for them
stroking their hair
(closing their eyes)
as tenderly
as if
they were my child.
Nov 13, 2015
Nov 13, 2015 at 6:20 PM UTC
You like me for the me that doesn’t make your coffee strong enough
the me that always seems to make you late
the me that almost burns a batch of cookies
the me that can't park straight to save my life
the me that absolutely hates being tickled
the me that takes some comments a little too sensitively
the me that keeps you up too late and makes you lose sleep
the me that never fully succeeds at using chopsticks
the me that takes a lifetime to decide what to eat
the me that insists you must trim your mustache
the me that needs your shoulder to cry on
the me that worries this “me” is too needy
And somehow you can put your hands right on my deepest insecurities
Exposing my vulnerabilities while covering me gently with love
Because I know I’m safe in your arms and you make me want to believe the sweet words you say.
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013 at 1:29 AM UTC
)(
)( )(
/\
••••
We are the Poets
( we are sooo sensitive! )
•
The vision of YOU
NAKED !
Floating !
Nakedly floating !
In the bathtub
With your gently slit wrists
Pulsatingly offering your
Life to the healing waters !!!!
I picture the bathtub as the
GREAT PRIMORDIAL SEA !
and your senseless body 1 of 1000's
Of tender lifeless bodies
Bobbing up and down on the waters !
A TOTALLY RIGHTEOUS OFFERING !
There before the EYE OF GOD
( and Me )
•
The bobbing of the waters
The hypnotic spreading
Of the legs
The revealing
Of the secret sacred opening !
Before the EYES OF GOD and MAN
••
( WE ARE THE POETS !
WE ARE THE SENSITIVE !!!!
---we who truly face the beauty and the pain --- )
••
The healers !
The gift givers !
We stare into her secret sacred opening and wonder
At her soft offering
Her gentle pornographic vulnerability
//////
HOW HARD IT IS !!
( and getting harder ! )
//
WE ARE THE MASSIVELY HEROIC POETS !
our brave words float onto the paper
As wisely and as purely
As our blood flows out
As our blood inundates the waters !
As our minds inundate the helpless female body
Floating there
In its pornographic hapless splendor
And as TRUE POETS ! we cry out
MORE ! MORE !
as the bobbing waters
Spread her open and we gaze on
Soooo sensitively
And so sensitively
We erase all sense of pain or shame
///
WE ARE THE POETS !
yes we are !
We write LOVE POEMS!
( don't we ? )
Soooo sensitive !
//
WE THE POETS !
We are soooo sensitive !
Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015 at 2:15 PM UTC
Gordon maddens coils under the high ceilings
solitary in his three rooms
with his cello and window sill herb box
with his art ideas employment as a film extra
and drink fought at bay daily
see also : battling off the ghoul of his perished father
his other and waging with his ****** bead
his aging kingdom sensitively approaching seventy
Sep 7, 2024
Sep 7, 2024 at 1:54 PM UTC
My muse must be a jokester or a ****
who’s starving at my fluffy luscious words.
My musing is so sensitively sick
I doubt my muse has ever talked to birds.
But when my muse is gone they sing to me
and he returns to tell me what they’ve said,
but makes no sense and speaks predictably
of seasons, love, the grief for long-lost dead.
I guess my muse is old and out of touch;
for everything he says is nothing new
and where the secrets are, there aren’t much,
with him i win the hearts of just a few.
I love to blame my muse, though i’ve come short
or quickly come, his unrevised cohort.
May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013 at 12:52 AM UTC
Tan chapped bodies littered out across the beach
Sprawled across the sand, hot on their backs, the sun warm on their face
Soaking up the radiation to warm their water chilled bones
Crippled, painful walks, they hobble back to the chariots that bore them here
Careful padded movements to soothe their aching skin
Raw and sensitively hurt, they bear the rocky path home
And finally I am alone
Jul 14, 2014
Jul 14, 2014 at 2:32 PM UTC
We are here in a secluded circle
listening to the tone of tension
in others poems fraught with livid lines
laying thin layers of onion skin emotions
on love hate and energetic romps
of madness
electric stimulation
of the mind bending magic
words as brittle as bone
laid in technical verses
so sensitively sweet to the ears
tuning fork.
We applaud gently
afraid to be left out
even if not fully comprehended
of the verses so read.
Whatever keeps us stuck
like magnets to ritual bloodshed
as flesh and blood coerce
these rites of passage. We are slaves
to convention.
Even as I defy the dance
of technical wizardry
my mind frazzles at the meaning
that some modern poetry
exhibits
and numbs me into silence.
I clap hollow.
© Marshall Gass. All rights reserved, 29 days ago
Jun 11, 2014
Jun 11, 2014 at 8:39 PM UTC