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"seranaea" poems
- i took no pleasantries in that adjustment from the top shelf of Pastry Perfection to the wicker-wire dust bunnies at the "sole" level of humanity after i mistakenly thought —you—  took some element of freeverse i had posted a couple of years ago at one of the more-read poetry sites on the internet- then i realized something, Poet.. that for all those sleepless hours you spent cramming for the SAT— i posited on how many welding rods could be burned down during a two hour period of trade school and with respect to those thousands of words diligently packed into your undergrad dissertation— (*including that humorous description of a knitted strap you used to keep the pencil from rolling off the table*) i wrote a brief essay of commonalities on how much Gerald R. Ford and Elwyn Brooks White actually disliked football, and to those thoughtfully crafted lectures in front of scores of distinguished scholars and senior staff— i was projecting shadow puppets onto a screen during a slideshow while the teacher excused herself to the restroom. basically this;   as to the volumes of books you have published over the decades— i have a few thousand words of amateur poetry posted online inside of a few years. That Said, for those carefully-placed words (of mine) you incorporated into your latest masterpiece, realizing poets will not always happen upon the same instant at any given intersection, i recognized that most familiar sensation we Both get when having correctly delivered the punchline to the funniest joke of the evening. we —in fact— have only the readings of fellow writers to blame for each other's blending of creative impulses, that during these miraculous, yet humble birthings of verse— i have it now on good authority, that we all could possibly exist within this capacity                                       as mere equals... "The Lanyard of Amateur Poetry" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved .
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Oct 7, 2020
Oct 7, 2020 at 6:53 AM UTC
The Lanyard of Amateur Poetry
- i took no pleasantries in that adjustment from the top shelf of Pastry Perfection to the wicker-wire dust bunnies at the "sole" level of humanity after i mistakenly thought —you—  took some element of freeverse i had posted a couple of years ago at one of the more-read poetry sites on the internet- then i realized something, Poet.. that for all those sleepless hours you spent cramming for the SAT— i posited on how many welding rods could be burned down during a two hour period of trade school and with respect to those thousands of words diligently packed into your undergrad dissertation— (*including that humorous description of a knitted strap you used to keep the pencil from rolling off the table*) i wrote a brief essay of commonalities on how much Gerald R. Ford and Elwyn Brooks White actually disliked football, and to those thoughtfully crafted lectures in front of scores of distinguished scholars and senior staff— i was projecting shadow puppets onto a screen during a slideshow while the teacher excused herself to the restroom. basically this;   as to the volumes of books you have published over the decades— i have a few thousand words of amateur poetry posted online inside of a few years. That Said, for those carefully-placed words (of mine) you incorporated into your latest masterpiece, realizing poets will not always happen upon the same instant at any given intersection, i recognized that most familiar sensation we Both get when having correctly delivered the punchline to the funniest joke of the evening. we —in fact— have only the readings of fellow writers to blame for each other's blending of creative impulses, that during these miraculous, yet humble birthings of verse— i have it now on good authority, that we all could possibly exist within this capacity                                       as mere equals... "The Lanyard of Amateur Poetry" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved .
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0100110110- etc..   0 & 1 & 2 is 3          " ? " i know two numbers, one and zero though the "two" cannot exist here, the inclusion of an additional element becomes a necessary evil, for zero once paired becomes a paradox resulting from three instances of enumeration (presumably at once) since the zero is involved in all this, its very existence must count, even if in fact it only represents a void— to correct this numerical anomaly, the two must exit this array by first taking nothing with it... "a binary mystification" © 2010 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020 at 7:08 AM UTC
a binary mystification
the moon is your element, underneath it you alight with its pure lunar dew all senses become the air and the water as your heartbeat sends ripples into me i can feel that and more as fingertips trace my reaction to it gently upon your bare skin back but it seems beyond my capacity to channel the energy and lift from you the heaviness of your thoughts so we sit still as i let you bathe quietly within your element if you happen to glance and catch me gazing upward, remember— the stars, they are                                all mine... "As stars eclipse the Moon" © 2008 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Aug 29, 2020
Aug 29, 2020 at 9:01 PM UTC
As stars eclipse the Moon
my footfalls translate to mileage in the way that feathers can be lost to a given amount of wing beats— each iteration of propulsion will shed bits of material, and these are mixed into the sands that are splashed across beaches, bleached and eventually broken down into elemental shapes one of those grains flew and landed on a boardwalk and then another one kicked it aside many years ago by some distant shoreline, they now lie together in my path— why i know this is anyone's guess, but surely the math is in my favor needless to say, even if my remains withstand the sands of time there wont be anyone left to recognize me, yet i am certain a piece of me will always be a few steps ahead somewhere, either washed there from a recent gale, or maybe blown from the nostrils of a passing sea gull... "shoes and feathers" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020 at 8:40 PM UTC
shoes and feathers
- Just basically an accounting of language as it is conveyed between media types namely, Air, Silicone and Mail ; in Air, you have to basically be ready to respond within a reasonable period, say about three or four seconds upon Silicone, you could "afk" and then mix a drink- rinse out the mixing utensils and type a response with some degree of forethinking in Air, you could breath in the real-time vibes that trigger automatic subject sensitivity, like, _(something too disturbing for me to detail here)_ upon Silicone, you would be able to digitally sort and discard these disturbing elements and then lie to yourself about the true weight of the conversation in Air, a comedian can deliver a punchline in order to impulse a laugh out of you, even to the point of spitting out your wine upon Silicone, latency can cause punchlines to be misinterpreted as an offense, which will likely sully those carefully established digital relationships — You could encode the Air in the fashion that Native Americans did with campfires and blankets, but i would never suggest that you try and breath Silicone____ ! nor pattern the "the ins and outs" of breathing within the basic scope of a vacuum in order to encode it upon a microchip that can only be read by a machine— either way, in case you may not have noticed, Personal Letters are —at this moment— asphyxiating into blue screen oblivion, deep inside the Lost Mailbags of Redundancy... "Comm_Check" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved .
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Oct 15, 2020
Oct 15, 2020 at 10:45 PM UTC
Comm_Check
- Just basically an accounting of language as it is conveyed between media types namely, Air, Silicone and Mail ; in Air, you have to basically be ready to respond within a reasonable period, say about three or four seconds upon Silicone, you could "afk" and then mix a drink- rinse out the mixing utensils and type a response with some degree of forethinking in Air, you could breath in the real-time vibes that trigger automatic subject sensitivity, like, _(something too disturbing for me to detail here)_ upon Silicone, you would be able to digitally sort and discard these disturbing elements and then lie to yourself about the true weight of the conversation in Air, a comedian can deliver a punchline in order to impulse a laugh out of you, even to the point of spitting out your wine upon Silicone, latency can cause punchlines to be misinterpreted as an offense, which will likely sully those carefully established digital relationships — You could encode the Air in the fashion that Native Americans did with campfires and blankets, but i would never suggest that you try and breath Silicone____ ! nor pattern the "the ins and outs" of breathing within the basic scope of a vacuum in order to encode it upon a microchip that can only be read by a machine— either way, in case you may not have noticed, Personal Letters are —at this moment— asphyxiating into blue screen oblivion, deep inside the Lost Mailbags of Redundancy... "Comm_Check" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved .
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my ears soak inside-out in a seltzer filled glass on my bedroom nightstand each evening so that the ringing will hopefully dissolve and settle to the bottom they dream of wingtips that the maple can hear through the leaves as they stir the breeze upon landing, the patter of avian claws gripping the bark in short scoots, the stretch of a twig bending downward with the slightest brush of a feather, the splitting noises of a newborn’s egg, and even the breath taken before the whoosh of a dive— they awaken this morning with words and imagination bringing forth a new voice, one which reads aloud to them about the simple sounds that birds can make... "a whoosh unheard" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Jul 30, 2020
Jul 30, 2020 at 8:44 PM UTC
a whoosh unheard
i used to throw bread crumbs into a pond full of minnows next to a place where i worked years ago it kept me cool in the summertime, pulling the heat out of me and feeding it into the winds as a turtle snapped up dozens of fish-babies, transforming the vision of my frame into maybe the size of a praeternatural feather and for a moment, i dreamt that on a clear night through the eyes of a barnyard owl that i could navigate the dark foldings of space into the beating hearts of praying rodents— blinking back to a view of disturbed green waters— i commenced to waking... "the frenzy, at rest" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Sep 5, 2020
Sep 5, 2020 at 6:27 PM UTC
the frenzy, at rest
a large hand from outer space descended to the Earth's surface and with a finger and thumb, grabs me by the belt at the seat of my pants, hoisting me straight up like a fish out of water for viewing with a great concern... He turns my tinyness toward Him and looks me eye to eye, frowning in disapproval— "I dunno, maybe You should just,                  toss me away??" His face then smiled a little, and with a sigh , i was gently lowered back down... "Intervention" ©2007-2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Jul 23, 2020
Jul 23, 2020 at 9:04 PM UTC
Intervention
She had a dream many years ago of moon fish in the sea   as the Mermaids sang,  the moon fish swam happy and carefree   the moon began to shine the sky turned April wine sweet moments of eternity,   in a sweet poetic voice of poetry;     She had a vision of the ocean, filled with moon fish of every shade   and as the dolphins danced the sky turned emerald Jade Then the stars appeared as evening slowly neared when the wind did veer the moon fish quickly cleared She longed to see the moon fish swim by a sky of midnight blue       and so a vigil by the sea, brought moon fish of every hue Written by: Mystic Rose
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Apr 25, 2021
Apr 25, 2021 at 8:11 PM UTC
Seranaea's Moon Fish
my panic sack would have contained enough breath to blow out most of this year’s birthday candles inverted, a mask tumbles out like some kind of lung-wallet, hinting whispered passwords i hyperventilate into it with resignation upon each casting of a socially distant wave splashing between crests— a sense of security swells in my chest as i drown in absolute safety... "pest bag" ©2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Jul 20, 2020
Jul 20, 2020 at 9:34 PM UTC
pest bag
a keeping of structure framed into the confines of expectations for readers who are by far more educated and better read than if i can just keep to writing within those experience perimeters of uhhh, someone else— who claims to have seen that the world is about roughly the size of a really really big asteroid, hiding behind the thumb of an astronaut floating some distance away from the pad i wrote my last poem on a quarter-sheet of tissue paper with a china marker. *As per the vocational experts of my youth; i may well have qualified for the position of "document shredder", or even the author of small gift books—* —had ANY of this material fallen into the wrong hands... "freeverse" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Aug 10, 2020
Aug 10, 2020 at 6:55 AM UTC
freeverse
dark fluids unwelcomely invade relentlessly into materials unprepared creeping brisk black hot indiscriminant and unbound consuming lust for gravity over the edge          down the legs                onto my lap            down my legs over my edge          into me— offensively... "coffee-brake" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Aug 25, 2020
Aug 25, 2020 at 7:08 AM UTC
coffee-brake
i felt a presence as i walked past its shadow between restless sunbeams and lazy dark patches too small to fill a stadium and too light to resist a breeze, it could not muster the most muted sigh of thunder still, it singled me out from acres of trees and multi-laid squares of rooftop hide-aways and followed— to send a message of being to an insignificant recipient through a small break within divided thoughts, into a brief opening underneath— a single drop, into a downpour of tears "the cloud" © 2008 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Sep 7, 2020
Sep 7, 2020 at 5:58 AM UTC
the cloud
- Among the constellations sail upside-down the vessels of old men who have risen from their earth bound material keeping with them the footwear they had on in that final moment when each saw their remains through The Divine Mirror: two are embracing the masts for unrenewable security one grips the railing, convinced he may fall back still another holds tightly to the chains of his anchor But one lies face up on the deck, content that his reflections will never haunt him he holds his hand out, extending fingers into a celestial calm, causing wakes a destiny uncertain, he flings his shoes downward— back into the sky... "finding grace above the seas" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved .
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Oct 3, 2020
Oct 3, 2020 at 8:22 AM UTC
finding grace above the seas
they float in rusty rouge waters as fog steams upward, obscuring various uncanned flotsam white shapes of vocabular form disperse into random orientations entangled by processed seagreens i saw the letter 'k' rise to the surface, only to slip below again as other consonants recomposed with a single dip of my spoon, seven of these lifted from their salty wakes form a simple line of characters— spelling                    nothing... "unremarkable soup" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Aug 28, 2020
Aug 28, 2020 at 7:21 AM UTC
unremarkable soup
to be a bird of great wing, pulling across the folds of cloudy space intimately familiar of each turn between misty white finials with a quick flap— out of reach, into the opening of a grey mountain— evading the glimpse of all but the sharpest earthbound eye... "that space between mists" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Aug 23, 2020
Aug 23, 2020 at 10:52 AM UTC
that space between mists
im not forty-five just yet~ the picnic table to celebrate this occasion was likely constructed in the 1960's just as the illusion of security began to unravel it will have marks cut into it from a paring knife some kid snuck out of his mother's napsack to scratch in a few here-and-there notches, juvenile swirlies and crisscross patterns expressing out with what little language he could muster at the time and —of course— some initials two letters representing a presence which will later metamorphosize this simple gathering point into somebody's threshold between the sky and the grave— a horizon cruel, unyielding and dead straight i wonder how many have sat there, pondering the timelines carved into this rest area where forty-five years of inertia will be spent in a long venting breath the picnic basket will be packed light when my day comes, observing in the company of old and weathered timbers, feeling the etchmarks with worn fingertips for a name i never was... "forty-five" © 2009 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Aug 22, 2020
Aug 22, 2020 at 12:07 PM UTC
forty-five
One day i had a detailed look at a 24 inch machine scale and pondered some new ways to relate to the sizes of things some "inch" scales are in gradients of decimals and i see them divided into tens, those tens in turn divided to even smaller tens, thus~ 1.00 =    1               inch     0.10 =    1/10  th    inch     0.01 =    1/100th    inch     1/100th of an inch is very small but i see certain things that my mind can measure, like the size of the Earth— a little less than eight thousand miles in diameter. i can see a mile, but not thousands, so my magic scale says: 1" = 1,000 mi, thus Earth = about 8" i imagine holding Earth in my hand like a small beach ball, then i figure that the moon is about 2 1/4" big. how far away is it, i wonder ? let me grab a tape measure :) given what i have on hand, now there is a basketball and a tennis ball lying some 20 feet apart from each other in the back yard i look upon all this and fathom it in— but this vision now zooms upon my "Earth" ball with the scale situated conveniently next to it. detailing the texture of its surface, my eyes become disproportionately larger than my brain— observing the Space Station cruising about 0.15 above it, the clouds hovering at 0.01, and further still through the winds of upper distances, descending between the smallest of lines to my mere figment of a presence at 1/100th the size of this tiny period dot .   — leaving me to wonder how i could possibly have even glimpsed all of this— from way down                               Here... "Scale" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Aug 8, 2020
Aug 8, 2020 at 9:19 AM UTC
Scale
One day i had a detailed look at a 24 inch machine scale and pondered some new ways to relate to the sizes of things some "inch" scales are in gradients of decimals and i see them divided into tens, those tens in turn divided to even smaller tens, thus~ 1.00 =    1               inch     0.10 =    1/10  th    inch     0.01 =    1/100th    inch     1/100th of an inch is very small but i see certain things that my mind can measure, like the size of the Earth— a little less than eight thousand miles in diameter. i can see a mile, but not thousands, so my magic scale says: 1" = 1,000 mi, thus Earth = about 8" i imagine holding Earth in my hand like a small beach ball, then i figure that the moon is about 2 1/4" big. how far away is it, i wonder ? let me grab a tape measure :) given what i have on hand, now there is a basketball and a tennis ball lying some 20 feet apart from each other in the back yard i look upon all this and fathom it in— but this vision now zooms upon my "Earth" ball with the scale situated conveniently next to it. detailing the texture of its surface, my eyes become disproportionately larger than my brain— observing the Space Station cruising about 0.15 above it, the clouds hovering at 0.01, and further still through the winds of upper distances, descending between the smallest of lines to my mere figment of a presence at 1/100th the size of this tiny period dot .   — leaving me to wonder how i could possibly have even glimpsed all of this— from way down                               Here... "Scale" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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second hand pushes up the weight of minutes, in turn lifting hours it struggles climbing from seven to eight slipping back a bit by nine it trembles but inserts itself notch by notch the last fifteen seconds are desperations of loud ticks and when the twelve is reached, it brief rest is pushed overtime— plunging straight down to the six again, loosely swinging. the minute felt a slight nudge forward, but the hour paid little attention... "the inertia of a moment" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Aug 26, 2020
Aug 26, 2020 at 6:29 AM UTC
the inertia of a moment
. lights spin backwards in the awakening of midnight with all the youthful bodies moving in reverse to it's rhythm one moves naught because of his wish to step forward against the flow and is thus fixed                                                     stationary a too-late-to-adjust suspension, the view from his seat for the upcoming show is his only companion he is most eager to be drawn into the perimeter of the stage with his bouquet of wrinkled dollar bills stripping down to a personal submission, he presents to her his graying embers and with a grin~ she takes the green from the blush, exchanging it for a golden touch he smiles, with a wink, she spins away with a quick stomp of her heel he smiles, he returns to his seat to sip down a drink that fizzled out years before she was born— he grins... "a dance for the humble" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020 at 8:33 PM UTC
a dance for the humble
- a total instrument package constructed with all of the brain's carefully deliberated intents channeled into them, one transmits to another what words will never enunciate without a multitude of sentences— that which spoken will never touch... "the hands" © 2020 by Seranaea Jones all rights reserved
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Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020 at 7:07 AM UTC
the hands