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even I am puzzled that this phrase did not prior tickle my contronymic poetic senses till now, for what is tender is of not always legal, and what is legal is far far from always tender <> tender/tenderness gotta rank in my 10 top fav words, nothing transforms swifter than an unexpected kiss, a hug from behind, the light(ing) stroke of a forefinger, brushing a tear from cheek, an errant bang, a lock from vision interference, All Super Legal gracefully given, gratefully received, Wholly Unexpected, and great~fully tenderly! Accepted* <> thinking that this maybe one of my top 11 fav poems ~> mmmmmmmmmmm that's the sound of me purring...
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Jul 11, 2025
Jul 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC
Legal Tender
SLOWLY the Moon her banderoles of light Unfurls upon the sky; her fingers drip Pale, silvery tides; her armoured warriors Leave Day's bright tents of azure and of gold, Wherein they hid them, and in silence flock Upon the solemn battlefield of Night To try great issues with the blind old king, The Titan Darkness, who great Pharoah fought With groping hands, and conquered for a span. The starry hosts with silver lances ***** The scarlet fringes of the tents of Day, And turn their crystal shields upon their ******* And point their radiant lances, and so wait The stirring of the giant in his caves. The solitary hills send long, sad sighs As the blind Titan grasps their locks of pine And trembling larch to drag him toward the sky, That his wild-seeking hands may clutch the Moon From her war-chariot, scythed and wheeled with light, Crush bright-mailed stars, and so, a sightless king, Reign in black desolation! Low-set vales Weep under the black hollow of his foot, While sobs the sea beneath his lashing hair Of rolling mists, which, strong as iron cords, Twine round tall masts and drag them to the reefs. Swifter rolls up Astarte's light-scythed car; Dense rise the jewelled lances, groves of light; Red flouts Mars' banner in the voiceless war (The mightiest combat is the tongueless one); The silvery dartings of the lances ***** His fingers from the mountains, catch his locks And toss them in black fragments to the winds, Pierce the vast hollow of his misty foot, Level their diamond tips against his breast, And force him down to lair within his pit And thro' its chinks ****** down his groping hands To quicken Hell with horror-for the strength That is not of the Heavens is of Hell.
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A Battle
SLOWLY the Moon her banderoles of light Unfurls upon the sky; her fingers drip Pale, silvery tides; her armoured warriors Leave Day's bright tents of azure and of gold, Wherein they hid them, and in silence flock Upon the solemn battlefield of Night To try great issues with the blind old king, The Titan Darkness, who great Pharoah fought With groping hands, and conquered for a span. The starry hosts with silver lances ***** The scarlet fringes of the tents of Day, And turn their crystal shields upon their ******* And point their radiant lances, and so wait The stirring of the giant in his caves. The solitary hills send long, sad sighs As the blind Titan grasps their locks of pine And trembling larch to drag him toward the sky, That his wild-seeking hands may clutch the Moon From her war-chariot, scythed and wheeled with light, Crush bright-mailed stars, and so, a sightless king, Reign in black desolation! Low-set vales Weep under the black hollow of his foot, While sobs the sea beneath his lashing hair Of rolling mists, which, strong as iron cords, Twine round tall masts and drag them to the reefs. Swifter rolls up Astarte's light-scythed car; Dense rise the jewelled lances, groves of light; Red flouts Mars' banner in the voiceless war (The mightiest combat is the tongueless one); The silvery dartings of the lances ***** His fingers from the mountains, catch his locks And toss them in black fragments to the winds, Pierce the vast hollow of his misty foot, Level their diamond tips against his breast, And force him down to lair within his pit And thro' its chinks ****** down his groping hands To quicken Hell with horror-for the strength That is not of the Heavens is of Hell.
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(I) Pale mulberry was the sky, No bird dared to fly! Thus all seemed wrong, But then, you came along Suddenly like summer rain And quelled away my pain. (II) Velvet blue was the sky, No bird dared not to fly! Thus all seemed right, And as pure as a cloud in white, When suddenly like the rainbow, You quelled away thy heavenly glow. (III) Dark grey is the sky, No bird seems to ever fly! Athwart my wild blue yonder Where I, indignantly do ponder Night and day wondering why, We can't give it just one more try. (IV) Pitch black is always the sky, But, faster than any bird I'll fly! Swifter than a scudding cloud Whilst calling upon you so loud, All the way to a strange plain, Just to ever feast about you again. (V) Magenta magic will always be the sky, When once again we'll merilly fly! Then, flowers once again shall bloom, To see you and me as bride and groom By a placid Mulberry Moon on the rise, To kindle our enchanted paradise. ©Kikodinho Alexandros Jumeira, Dubai 1st December 2016
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Dec 1, 2016
Dec 1, 2016 at 7:53 AM UTC
NOSTALIGIC WHISPERS
Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire, I do wander everywhere, Swifter than the moonè’s sphere; And I serve the fairy queen, To dew her orbs upon the green: The cowslips tall her pensioners be; In their gold coats spots you see; Those be rubies, fairy favours, In those freckles live their savours: I must go seek some dew-drops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear.
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Fairy Land I
I am the raven, I eat the dead, I am the raven, I remember all things, I am the raven, I build all, I am the raven, I know all things. I am the otter, In rivers and creeks I swim, I am the otter, I eat and I play, I am the otter, On slopes I slide, Joy is mine, In the mountain streams, I own the rivers, I feed on their fish. I am the snake, The serpent I am, Between and through move I, On belly I crawl, Gold are my scales, Glacier blue and silver, All colours they change, First one then the other, I taste the air with my tongue, Through my belly, I listen to all, Far craftier than all, The beast of the field am I. I am the fox, The vixon am I, Crafty and wise, And hard to catch, In the ground I live, Cross the fields I race, Quick and fast, I take what I want, Nothing is safe, If it I desire, A vixon am I, Fleet foot and large tail, Back and forth it moves, Grace and escasy, All come to me, All I desire. I am hawk, I soar and I fly, Above the plains, All things I see, None see what I see, From up above, Down I soar, To **** and eat, Still on a wire, Or on a fence, I know when to wait, I know when it's time, When prey is in sight, Not a second to lose. I am the vole, Who lives in the field, Down in the earth, I burrow and dig, Across the field, All seeds are mine, To eat and enjoy, From dusk until dawn, Timid and cautious, I look to the sky, I cannot fight, I'm weak and I'm small, But many am I, And many more come, And still we will be, When all you are gone. I am the owl, Silent and still, You know not I passed, Only my wind, Silent end deadly, Queen of the night, I will consume, Whatever I catch. I am the horse, Across the plains do I run, Swifter than all, The one none can catch, I run like the wind, For we are one kind, My mane and my tail, Like banners and flags, Nothing can stop us, Nothing can try, For we're always moving, The fast wind and I. I am the trout, See how my scales glisten, I am the trout, At home in the water, I swim and I breathe, What causes others to drown, I listen to the water, The rivers, the creeks, the lakes, The secrets I know, No others can know. I am the eagle, High, high I soar, Queen of the high places, All others beneath, What is not prey, I care not at all, I and I only, See what I see. But above all tonight, The fox and vixon am I, ****** and sensual, Grace and desire, In the land where the sun sets, This land that is dusk, I am all *** The kiss of the dead, The dusk sets like dust, It powders my fur, In the night do I hunt, In the night do I ***** My fur is desire, My tail moves and calls, I walk here as *** All come to my call. ~I Am the Fox by Lorekeeper, June 7, 2014
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Jun 13, 2014
Jun 13, 2014 at 4:08 AM UTC
I Am the Fox
I am the raven, I eat the dead, I am the raven, I remember all things, I am the raven, I build all, I am the raven, I know all things. I am the otter, In rivers and creeks I swim, I am the otter, I eat and I play, I am the otter, On slopes I slide, Joy is mine, In the mountain streams, I own the rivers, I feed on their fish. I am the snake, The serpent I am, Between and through move I, On belly I crawl, Gold are my scales, Glacier blue and silver, All colours they change, First one then the other, I taste the air with my tongue, Through my belly, I listen to all, Far craftier than all, The beast of the field am I. I am the fox, The vixon am I, Crafty and wise, And hard to catch, In the ground I live, Cross the fields I race, Quick and fast, I take what I want, Nothing is safe, If it I desire, A vixon am I, Fleet foot and large tail, Back and forth it moves, Grace and escasy, All come to me, All I desire. I am hawk, I soar and I fly, Above the plains, All things I see, None see what I see, From up above, Down I soar, To **** and eat, Still on a wire, Or on a fence, I know when to wait, I know when it's time, When prey is in sight, Not a second to lose. I am the vole, Who lives in the field, Down in the earth, I burrow and dig, Across the field, All seeds are mine, To eat and enjoy, From dusk until dawn, Timid and cautious, I look to the sky, I cannot fight, I'm weak and I'm small, But many am I, And many more come, And still we will be, When all you are gone. I am the owl, Silent and still, You know not I passed, Only my wind, Silent end deadly, Queen of the night, I will consume, Whatever I catch. I am the horse, Across the plains do I run, Swifter than all, The one none can catch, I run like the wind, For we are one kind, My mane and my tail, Like banners and flags, Nothing can stop us, Nothing can try, For we're always moving, The fast wind and I. I am the trout, See how my scales glisten, I am the trout, At home in the water, I swim and I breathe, What causes others to drown, I listen to the water, The rivers, the creeks, the lakes, The secrets I know, No others can know. I am the eagle, High, high I soar, Queen of the high places, All others beneath, What is not prey, I care not at all, I and I only, See what I see. But above all tonight, The fox and vixon am I, ****** and sensual, Grace and desire, In the land where the sun sets, This land that is dusk, I am all *** The kiss of the dead, The dusk sets like dust, It powders my fur, In the night do I hunt, In the night do I ***** My fur is desire, My tail moves and calls, I walk here as *** All come to my call. ~I Am the Fox by Lorekeeper, June 7, 2014
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Fling your red scarf faster and faster, dancer. It is summer and the sun loves a million green leaves, masses of green. Your red scarf flashes across them calling and a-calling. The silk and flare of it is a great soprano leading a chorus Carried along in a rouse of voices reaching for the heart of the world. Your toes are singing to meet the song of your arms: Let the red scarf go swifter. Summer and the sun command you.
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Mask
In days dead and burried in time, In a very far away enchanted clime, In the mighty kingdom of Nineva Where there fairly shone forever, There once was a strange lonely wood That ever in fairest robes of green stood By the edge of a fair shoreline of pearl, Whose mystery none may tell nor unfurl. For akin to the most effulgent yonder star That forevermore scintillates from afar In a splendiferous novelty golden cluster, So thrice scintillated the gem's luster. And 'tis for this that as we all truly know, All mortals, I say, all mortals  of long ago Gravitated from corners of distant lands On the quest for riches by those strands. Once, sweltering was the noontide When upon a violent lonely rolling tide A bunch of desperate pirates were seen Nearing that wood of emerald sheen. In a while, they'd gathered all they could, Leaving not a single gem in the wood. Alas! A wind murmured upon the skies In faint whispers: "Woods have eyes" So muttered all birds - all birds of the air, All creatures in caverns desolate yet fair, All leaves upon strange shadowy trees, And all - all creatures of wild lonely seas. But, despite the looming dark omen, Swifter than plummeting drops of rain, So hastily dashed every single pirate Blindingly minding not about their fate. They raised their silvery sails to take sail But hark! All this - all this was to no avail; For upon the skies no wind was seen To render them across so wide a sea. In a jiffy, louder than birds of the skies All gems whispered, "Woods have eyes." From that moment on, all lost their sight, Doomed never to behold the sun's light. And now, upon those murky restless seas They dost weep but no plea can please, For they were doomed to rove evermore In search of their long forgotten shore. ©Kikodinho Edward Alexandros, Kampala, Uganda. 29th.July.2018.
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Jul 29, 2018
Jul 29, 2018 at 4:03 AM UTC
WOODS HAVE EYES
In days dead and burried in time, In a very far away enchanted clime, In the mighty kingdom of Nineva Where there fairly shone forever, There once was a strange lonely wood That ever in fairest robes of green stood By the edge of a fair shoreline of pearl, Whose mystery none may tell nor unfurl. For akin to the most effulgent yonder star That forevermore scintillates from afar In a splendiferous novelty golden cluster, So thrice scintillated the gem's luster. And 'tis for this that as we all truly know, All mortals, I say, all mortals  of long ago Gravitated from corners of distant lands On the quest for riches by those strands. Once, sweltering was the noontide When upon a violent lonely rolling tide A bunch of desperate pirates were seen Nearing that wood of emerald sheen. In a while, they'd gathered all they could, Leaving not a single gem in the wood. Alas! A wind murmured upon the skies In faint whispers: "Woods have eyes" So muttered all birds - all birds of the air, All creatures in caverns desolate yet fair, All leaves upon strange shadowy trees, And all - all creatures of wild lonely seas. But, despite the looming dark omen, Swifter than plummeting drops of rain, So hastily dashed every single pirate Blindingly minding not about their fate. They raised their silvery sails to take sail But hark! All this - all this was to no avail; For upon the skies no wind was seen To render them across so wide a sea. In a jiffy, louder than birds of the skies All gems whispered, "Woods have eyes." From that moment on, all lost their sight, Doomed never to behold the sun's light. And now, upon those murky restless seas They dost weep but no plea can please, For they were doomed to rove evermore In search of their long forgotten shore. ©Kikodinho Edward Alexandros, Kampala, Uganda. 29th.July.2018.
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this swifter's grift - lifting loosely fitted accoutrement lourden fruit carelessly held silkened, gimlet lit shamelessly rivened to a paler shade of need. solitude's enchanting seed may confer a grander banquet’s call but, this tug of grandiloquent oblige and politesse . . . master and slave consort black and scarlet swift of tongue and fingertip unbound so neatly and leather blind tell me muse of the anger flesh on fire is there really dignity in defeat that eludes the victor tell me muse of the truth in nature ill-graced tail-lamp broken is destiny all ways ordained in contradiction tell me muse do hearts all times submit to the beacon call shyness long forgotten narrative so harshly written as ne'er before with an insistence ageless yearnings bellow   as but glazened shadow if reason sleeps there will be no learning no refuge only to each for their crimes a four-chambered riddle All Rights Reserved James R. Morse, NYC  2013.
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Sep 12, 2013
Sep 12, 2013 at 7:05 PM UTC
Treatise on Craving
There we sit beneath the cherry blossom tree, You were there, talking to me. The silence, hearing the trees whispering. We were spending all afternoon laughing. I just wonder and I wanted to ask, “Would I belong to you soon?” “Would I ever have you?” I wanted you to know and hear. My heart brings off with no fear. I wanted the way we used to be changed, Not like how we are right now. I wanted something  more if you allow. Talk to my eyes, do you want it too? The voices, I heard them in my head. Talking to myself, forgetting the road ahead. Every way I take, it leads me back to you. Your smiles and the way you move are my sunshine. Being with you makes me feel better than fine. I forgot how the rain used to cover me. I was never meant to leave you recklessly. Until one day, I heard through the grapevines. I was looking and hoping for a sign. Fright drove my heartbeat swifter than the time I trusted you. Why was I not given a cue? Was I asleep when you told me? Was I wishing you dreamingly? Was I looking forward to the future Of you caring and embracing me back? You loved someone you believed, You said she is undeniably stunning... But, you did not have a chance to know her. I had the time of loving you, it felt great. I wondered, “Why did you refuse?” Still, it was just right to forget right away. Someday, the colours would slowly fade Into a beautiful shade of gray. The wretchedness would be an enduring mark... To rather let the mark be the end of the world... Or to look up to the shining sun and restart? Someday, I would learn to love someone better. Someday, I would be laughing at myself and say, “What was the real reason why I loved you?” Cause all I can think of was your foolishness. I could have been dumb when I had you. I used to laugh to our one-liners before. We were just young naive kids. (Now, I learned.....) I was better off giggling with myself. I was better off being with my friends. I used to remember that tree, It was where we used to sit. Do you remember it too? I know you had forgotten. If you ever regret, do not return. ‘Cause you might be hanging your head the next time. But you had been right, always right. “Let go of the beautiful memory When we used to sit beneath the cherry blossom tree.”
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Feb 28, 2018
Feb 28, 2018 at 7:28 AM UTC
Cherry Blossom Tree
There we sit beneath the cherry blossom tree, You were there, talking to me. The silence, hearing the trees whispering. We were spending all afternoon laughing. I just wonder and I wanted to ask, “Would I belong to you soon?” “Would I ever have you?” I wanted you to know and hear. My heart brings off with no fear. I wanted the way we used to be changed, Not like how we are right now. I wanted something  more if you allow. Talk to my eyes, do you want it too? The voices, I heard them in my head. Talking to myself, forgetting the road ahead. Every way I take, it leads me back to you. Your smiles and the way you move are my sunshine. Being with you makes me feel better than fine. I forgot how the rain used to cover me. I was never meant to leave you recklessly. Until one day, I heard through the grapevines. I was looking and hoping for a sign. Fright drove my heartbeat swifter than the time I trusted you. Why was I not given a cue? Was I asleep when you told me? Was I wishing you dreamingly? Was I looking forward to the future Of you caring and embracing me back? You loved someone you believed, You said she is undeniably stunning... But, you did not have a chance to know her. I had the time of loving you, it felt great. I wondered, “Why did you refuse?” Still, it was just right to forget right away. Someday, the colours would slowly fade Into a beautiful shade of gray. The wretchedness would be an enduring mark... To rather let the mark be the end of the world... Or to look up to the shining sun and restart? Someday, I would learn to love someone better. Someday, I would be laughing at myself and say, “What was the real reason why I loved you?” Cause all I can think of was your foolishness. I could have been dumb when I had you. I used to laugh to our one-liners before. We were just young naive kids. (Now, I learned.....) I was better off giggling with myself. I was better off being with my friends. I used to remember that tree, It was where we used to sit. Do you remember it too? I know you had forgotten. If you ever regret, do not return. ‘Cause you might be hanging your head the next time. But you had been right, always right. “Let go of the beautiful memory When we used to sit beneath the cherry blossom tree.”
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I am a raging fire on the inside and what the world only sees, a wisp of smoke emanating through me. Lightning, thunder crackling on my skin I carve history on streets. Sneaking quiet tender as a beast, people bow down to the tremble I speak. My hair is a string of storm, raising up in the smell of abhor.  My flesh runs in a fire of lava and gold Fresh and real, like a snake I peel off my skin. Through the ashes I am reborn I stir and devour men with my breath of smoke Tingling, Fleeting like bright sun glow, I I am the revelation of today’s tomorrow. Scare, beware my lips a poison of reality Drunk to the liquor of skulls, I am flexed my body taken from an Agate stone Sinister smile I am a black onyx erratic and wild to every screech I keep. My finger on people’s lips Be still I come revolting crackers in my head I am the child of love, born with a stone in my bed. Come all you who dare, eyes like a cat, I will slit you naked with a stare I run the city wild, shouting the ecstasy burning beating in my head those who are laughing think I’m in despair. Shiver, I fly high, swiftly like a storm, I greet people with a blow. This is my confession, the true disclosure of lady leo limbo I am a magic dynamo, those who cut will bleed and disappear in my timid **** Walk, fly, run with me I’ll tie you in my body, those who whisper my name I’ll build you a cage and and in my presence, I’ll slowly poison your veins. Haven’t they told you of my stories, I am a natural force of misery masked in smooth ivory. The great fire I hold cuts swifter than a sword.
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Feb 9, 2015
Feb 9, 2015 at 2:50 AM UTC
Leo Limbo
I am a raging fire on the inside and what the world only sees, a wisp of smoke emanating through me. Lightning, thunder crackling on my skin I carve history on streets. Sneaking quiet tender as a beast, people bow down to the tremble I speak. My hair is a string of storm, raising up in the smell of abhor.  My flesh runs in a fire of lava and gold Fresh and real, like a snake I peel off my skin. Through the ashes I am reborn I stir and devour men with my breath of smoke Tingling, Fleeting like bright sun glow, I I am the revelation of today’s tomorrow. Scare, beware my lips a poison of reality Drunk to the liquor of skulls, I am flexed my body taken from an Agate stone Sinister smile I am a black onyx erratic and wild to every screech I keep. My finger on people’s lips Be still I come revolting crackers in my head I am the child of love, born with a stone in my bed. Come all you who dare, eyes like a cat, I will slit you naked with a stare I run the city wild, shouting the ecstasy burning beating in my head those who are laughing think I’m in despair. Shiver, I fly high, swiftly like a storm, I greet people with a blow. This is my confession, the true disclosure of lady leo limbo I am a magic dynamo, those who cut will bleed and disappear in my timid **** Walk, fly, run with me I’ll tie you in my body, those who whisper my name I’ll build you a cage and and in my presence, I’ll slowly poison your veins. Haven’t they told you of my stories, I am a natural force of misery masked in smooth ivory. The great fire I hold cuts swifter than a sword.
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You, story master of comparison Can you see without your Claritin? Even the tools of your insight Have they helped to make things right? The story of your life Is one among many Your unique point of view May only be true for you And those that think like you do There really is something to this wish fulfillment But don’t think because you saw it out there It’s the lords’ prayer. So thinkers think and lovers’ love and dreamers continue in dreams. Still, everything is not what it seems. We think we are above the beautiful greenery scenery that we see but did you ever see a tree compare itself to another   Said one tree to another: Your foliage is a pale shade of yellow Your bark is a lark And you can’t play the cello Like me What kind of tree can you be? Do the bees share their honey or does one crafty bee have a secret stash hidden below the window sash that he’s saving for a rainy day, A getaway? Did you ever hear a songbird say   My song is sweeter than yours. My high notes higher On swifter wings do I soar. If you’re tempted like me To let a bee be a bee And a tree be a tree You will understand If you want to soar Don’t first attempt it from the highest floor Don’t think there is a highest floor Don’t think you need to soar Don’t try to understand Just let a bee be a bee A tree be a tree These are the things will set you free Like the wind You will wind like a gentle breeze Then gust if you must Never making a fuss Don’t think you are, Were, will ever be, anything More or less than me, Us, you, they, whoever It was when I realized that all my trying Simply wasn’t working And I gave up. But all it caused to say was **** I get it, I really do But, Personally If I want to keep you near dear   I must set you free dear Understand it’s very hard for me I think you’ll agree. I know what to do Doesn’t mean I’ll do it I’m not like a gentle breeze More like a hurricane than a sneeze Depends on your point of view Because you see me, Through you. It’s true. I have no idea what that means It may be true For all I know I said so I should have meant it I think it’s more like I see through you, Too You can come out of the closet And I will come out too, But only with you. Because we are the only two in there. I don’t see anyone else. Do you? I’m not suggesting what you think Far from it So far from it You know what I mean No point in explaining If nobody gets it You do And you’re not complaining. So if you don’t want to be a bored buddha, Eat some bread and buttar Don’t forget to shutter Stutter Flutter Mutter Never rebut her Never say mame Because you found the only ****** And now you’re in a jam.
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Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 at 9:56 AM UTC
Don’t Make Comparisons
You, story master of comparison Can you see without your Claritin? Even the tools of your insight Have they helped to make things right? The story of your life Is one among many Your unique point of view May only be true for you And those that think like you do There really is something to this wish fulfillment But don’t think because you saw it out there It’s the lords’ prayer. So thinkers think and lovers’ love and dreamers continue in dreams. Still, everything is not what it seems. We think we are above the beautiful greenery scenery that we see but did you ever see a tree compare itself to another   Said one tree to another: Your foliage is a pale shade of yellow Your bark is a lark And you can’t play the cello Like me What kind of tree can you be? Do the bees share their honey or does one crafty bee have a secret stash hidden below the window sash that he’s saving for a rainy day, A getaway? Did you ever hear a songbird say   My song is sweeter than yours. My high notes higher On swifter wings do I soar. If you’re tempted like me To let a bee be a bee And a tree be a tree You will understand If you want to soar Don’t first attempt it from the highest floor Don’t think there is a highest floor Don’t think you need to soar Don’t try to understand Just let a bee be a bee A tree be a tree These are the things will set you free Like the wind You will wind like a gentle breeze Then gust if you must Never making a fuss Don’t think you are, Were, will ever be, anything More or less than me, Us, you, they, whoever It was when I realized that all my trying Simply wasn’t working And I gave up. But all it caused to say was **** I get it, I really do But, Personally If I want to keep you near dear   I must set you free dear Understand it’s very hard for me I think you’ll agree. I know what to do Doesn’t mean I’ll do it I’m not like a gentle breeze More like a hurricane than a sneeze Depends on your point of view Because you see me, Through you. It’s true. I have no idea what that means It may be true For all I know I said so I should have meant it I think it’s more like I see through you, Too You can come out of the closet And I will come out too, But only with you. Because we are the only two in there. I don’t see anyone else. Do you? I’m not suggesting what you think Far from it So far from it You know what I mean No point in explaining If nobody gets it You do And you’re not complaining. So if you don’t want to be a bored buddha, Eat some bread and buttar Don’t forget to shutter Stutter Flutter Mutter Never rebut her Never say mame Because you found the only ****** And now you’re in a jam.
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When the lucent skies of morning flush with dawning rose once more, And waves of golden glory break adown the sunrise shore, And o'er the arch of heaven pied films of vapor float. There's joyance and there's freedom when the fishing boats go out. The wind is blowing freshly up from far, uncharted caves, And sending sparkling kisses o'er the brows of ****** waves, While routed dawn-mists shiver­oh, far and fast they flee, Pierced by the shafts of sunrise athwart the merry sea! Behind us, fair, light-smitten hills in dappled splendor lie, Before us the wide ocean runs to meet the limpid sky­ Our hearts are full of poignant life, and care has fled afar As sweeps the white-winged fishing fleet across the harbor bar. [Page 35] The sea is calling to us in a blithesome voice and free, There's keenest rapture on its breast and boundless liberty! Each man is master of his craft, its gleaming sails out-blown, And far behind him on the shore a home he calls his own. Salt is the breath of ocean slopes and fresher blows the breeze, And swifter still each bounding keel cuts through the combing seas, Athwart our masts the shadows of the dipping sea-gulls float, And all the water-world's alive when the fishing boats go out.
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When the Fishing Boats Go Out
65 I can’t tell you—but you feel it— Nor can you tell me— Saints, with ravished slate and pencil Solve our April Day! Sweeter than a vanished frolic From a vanished green! Swifter than the hoofs of Horsemen Round a Ledge of dream! Modest, let us walk among it With our faces veiled— As they say polite Archangels Do in meeting God! Not for me—to prate about it! Not for you—to say To some fashionable Lady “Charming April Day”! Rather—Heaven’s “Peter Parley”! By which Children slow To sublimer Recitation Are prepared to go!
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I can’t tell you—but you feel it
O’erwhelming sorrow now demands my song: From death the overwhelming sorrow sprung. What flowing tears? What hearts with grief opprest? What sighs on sighs heave the fond parent’s breast? The brother weeps, the hapless sisters join Th’ increasing woe, and swell the crystal brine; The poor, who once his gen’rous bounty fed, Droop, and bewail their benefactor dead. In death the friend, the kind companion lies, And in one death what various comfort dies! Th’ unhappy mother sees the sanguine rill Forget to flow, and nature’s wheels stand still, But see from earth his spirit far remov’d, And know no grief recals your best-belov’d: He, upon pinions swifter than the wind, Has left mortality’s sad scenes behind For joys to this terrestial state unknown, And glories richer than the monarch’s crown. Of virtue’s steady course the prize behold! What blissful wonders to his mind unfold! But of celestial joys I sing in vain: Attempt not, muse, the too advent’rous strain. No more in briny show’rs, ye friends around, Or bathe his clay, or waste them on the ground: Still do you weep, still wish for his return? How cruel thus to wish, and thus to mourn? No more for him the streams of sorrow pour, But haste to join him on the heav’nly shore, On harps of gold to tune immortal lays, And to your God immortal anthems raise.
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To A Lady And Her Children, On The Death Of Her Son And Their Brother
I’m a verbal chameleon, feeding on and leading onto what comes next. I’m a lexical shape-shifter, made swifter by the twitter of your vibes, Your guise, You guys. My political agenda is neither right nor left behind. I’m blind to colour but not colour blind, I’m not pigeon holed, fully sold or moulded on someone else’s dream. I’m simply, Free. From them, From you, From me. So… When now becomes nowhere without here and now. And “unite as one” is paraphrased as a power phrase. Let’s unite as individuals on separate viduals to overthrow ourselves. Don’t follow crowns, clowns or crowds. Don’t follow punishments, covenants or Governments. Don’t follow Religion. Don’t follow Science. And especially, Don’t follow me Because I’m a lyrical paradox, toxic and hypnotic to even my own thoughts.
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Aug 29, 2010
Aug 29, 2010 at 7:15 PM UTC
"Don't Follow This Poem"
There we sit beneath the cherry blossom tree, You were there, talking to me. The silence, hearing the trees whispering. We were spending all afternoon laughing. I just wonder and I wanted to ask, “Would I belong to you soon?” “Would I ever have you?” I wanted you to know and hear. My heart brings off with no fear. I wanted the way we used to be changed, Not like how we are right now. I wanted something more if you allow. Talk to my eyes, do you want it too? The voices, I heard them in my head. Talking to myself, forgetting the road ahead. Every way I take, it leads me back to you. Your smiles and the way you move are my sunshine. Being with you makes me feel better than fine. I forgot how the rain used to cover me. I was never meant to leave you recklessly. Until one day, I heard through the grapevines. I was looking and hoping for a sign. Fright drove my heartbeat swifter than the time I trusted you. Why was I not given a cue? Was I asleep when you told me? Was I wishing you dreamingly? Was I looking forward to the future Of you caring and embracing me back? You loved someone you believed, You said she is undeniably stunning... But, you did not have a chance to know her. I had the time of loving you, it felt great. I wondered, “Why did you refuse?” Still, it was just right to forget right away. Someday, the colours would slowly fade Into a beautiful shade of gray. The wretchedness would be an enduring mark... To rather let the mark be the end of the world... Or to look up to the shining sun and restart? Someday, I would learn to love someone better. Someday, I would be laughing at myself and say, “What was the real reason why I loved you?” Cause all I can think of was your foolishness. I could have been dumb when I had you. I used to laugh to our one-liners before. We were just young naive kids. (Now, I learned.....) I was better off giggling with myself. I was better off being with my friends. I used to remember that tree, It was where we used to sit. Do you remember it too? I know you had forgotten. If you ever regret, do not return. ‘Cause you might be hanging your head the next time. But you had been right, always right. “Let go of the beautiful memory When we used to sit beneath the cherry blossom tree.”
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Sep 21, 2018
Sep 21, 2018 at 10:26 AM UTC
Cherry Blossom Tree
There we sit beneath the cherry blossom tree, You were there, talking to me. The silence, hearing the trees whispering. We were spending all afternoon laughing. I just wonder and I wanted to ask, “Would I belong to you soon?” “Would I ever have you?” I wanted you to know and hear. My heart brings off with no fear. I wanted the way we used to be changed, Not like how we are right now. I wanted something more if you allow. Talk to my eyes, do you want it too? The voices, I heard them in my head. Talking to myself, forgetting the road ahead. Every way I take, it leads me back to you. Your smiles and the way you move are my sunshine. Being with you makes me feel better than fine. I forgot how the rain used to cover me. I was never meant to leave you recklessly. Until one day, I heard through the grapevines. I was looking and hoping for a sign. Fright drove my heartbeat swifter than the time I trusted you. Why was I not given a cue? Was I asleep when you told me? Was I wishing you dreamingly? Was I looking forward to the future Of you caring and embracing me back? You loved someone you believed, You said she is undeniably stunning... But, you did not have a chance to know her. I had the time of loving you, it felt great. I wondered, “Why did you refuse?” Still, it was just right to forget right away. Someday, the colours would slowly fade Into a beautiful shade of gray. The wretchedness would be an enduring mark... To rather let the mark be the end of the world... Or to look up to the shining sun and restart? Someday, I would learn to love someone better. Someday, I would be laughing at myself and say, “What was the real reason why I loved you?” Cause all I can think of was your foolishness. I could have been dumb when I had you. I used to laugh to our one-liners before. We were just young naive kids. (Now, I learned.....) I was better off giggling with myself. I was better off being with my friends. I used to remember that tree, It was where we used to sit. Do you remember it too? I know you had forgotten. If you ever regret, do not return. ‘Cause you might be hanging your head the next time. But you had been right, always right. “Let go of the beautiful memory When we used to sit beneath the cherry blossom tree.”
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.Her adjectives were littlemore than colorful trinkets that splashdark light, even on Sunday mornings therewas no rest for the wicked. My earsrejected the multi-colored grotesque barrageof hateful verbiage crammed in therewith every other simple sentence that you couldprobably see long stains left behindlike a fatal battle scar. Her mother was just as evil--I'm surprised my wife even made it to puberty. I supposeshe wanted a carbon copy just in case of an emergency,because she practiced clenching old mens' esophagus' with herice cold eyes; much, much colder than any sea on the moon;Tranquility must have been banned from her cartographers budget.Her words were like old moon rocks she'd hurl at passers bywith her catapult like tongue and even swifter middle finger. Always aiming at the frontal cortex. Her harsh textured words would kickand claw their way down ravaged ear canals like three ****** off catsin an Italian gondola slowly floating down the over saturated streets.It usually irked me beyond comprehension when she would bring outthe sickly sweetened, over ripe verbal ammunition to pry and beg mefor more cigarette money. I'd give her the money with my favorite feined grin which bought me sacred time and to watch her walk away..
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Feb 22, 2010
Feb 22, 2010 at 12:34 AM UTC
~Where All of the Bad Apples Fall ♥
The Mind is like Quicksand: The more one trashes about trying to escape, the swifter one is subdued and ****** into it.
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Jul 6, 2012
Jul 6, 2012 at 1:56 PM UTC
Quicksand
Drifting through life Roaming into void Alone in the world Everything destroyed None to care Nothing to adore Absent a goal Deficient a core He walks alone No one to mind Memories of nothing His world is blind Thy only friend Has been his thoughts Trust in no one Love to him rots Feelings don’t equate Emotions a bear No room for regret His soul rare His shoulders carry The worlds worry His cross to bear His vision blurry Life is cold Hell is hot Prison is lenient Love is not The ground at his feet The wind at his back Rain in his face Mind under attack Lost in the dark Destination unknown Traveled to far lands No seeds to be sown Somewhere to be seen There is a place Where the world sees him And accepts his face Along the horizon He sets his heart That someone would want him To never be apart From one place to another No mind body or soul Unneeded throughout Enduring his stroll Life without meaning Spirit without guide Body without tone Ocean without tide One day it will come Lightning from the sky Opportunity awaits Where there is no goodbye His lonely eyes No one sees His ability so great But no one agrees If someone would risk it Bliss would be found For he would give all His love would astound Alas he keeps moving His stride none the swifter No ones concern Because he is the drifter
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Nov 12, 2010
Nov 12, 2010 at 7:34 AM UTC
The Drifter
sometimes love can be evil but don't get discouraged don't blame all us people deceitful to trust and be mad when it's lost you are the giver taker and receiver you make your losses and you chance your tosses until you are dead you are your own believer your own lovely keeper no maids for your mess you are the only sweeper use swiffer be swifter don't sniffle don't fall don't let the dust get in your cracks on the wall hang up some paintings a picture or four each of your memories stick them in drawers no room for bad company kick out remorse open their door vacuum the floor clear out your vents and make way for what's more spring cleaning is fun isnt clutter a bore? not knowing what's here, and never getting much more
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May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020 at 6:39 PM UTC
SPRING CLEANING!
Deluded kid How does the steel feel Tightly biting your blistered wrists Were you prodded or pushed To your hard, lonely bed for the night With the only amenities being down time and A mirror in which you may contemplate how far you've fallen These ***** walls are reserved for fools who confuse And exalt their own pithy ideals of love Over and above the real thing Easy as that is to do You've really done it this time So you'd better guard your heart Though it's almost turned into ****** Hear me When they open that door And tell you it's time to leave Turn your nose to the south Take measured steps and follow it Into the badlands of Mexico Don't turn back, no, not even once For if you return I will stretch your death out so long you'll beg me For swifter justice Deluded kid, your game is up Remember this week as the most mischievous of your life And as days in which you made the biggest mistakes of your life Mistakes that will eventually cost you your life Deluded kid, soon you will be enlightened Deluded no more
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Apr 29, 2015
Apr 29, 2015 at 1:28 AM UTC
incarceration (purn-free neurotica, staves 23-42)
A succesful lawyer is deeply and desperately mourning for his dead wife today. A robber broke into their house yesterday, took their money away and killed his wife who happened to be at home alone watching TV by strangling her to death. He blames God for his wife's terrible death and decides to convert himself to atheism. A Mother has just got a terrible news this morning. Her son died in war yesterday. She blames God who let this happen and the goverment who sent her son away into battle Neither of them has the slightest ideas of what would happen in the near future if their wife and son hadn't died..... The lawyer's wife someday would be so bored of her husband's job that keeps him busy all the time and then start seeing another man. He then would find out about his wife's affair, confront her and after a fierce quarrel **** her by strangling her. After he kills the man his wife has an affair with he then shoots himself as well in the head... The woman's son would return home on leave immediately and accidentaly run into a very attractive mid-aged woman . Both would start seeing each other, to the woman's husband's dismay who then would end up killing them both before finally kills himself. Things happens for reasons.... Life is like a river.... You change its course, it would come three times swifter than it should...
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Nov 17, 2010
Nov 17, 2010 at 5:00 PM UTC
The River Wild
Accelerate We are all Accelerating Acceleratiog Into the future Accelerating Into a new dawn And a new day Time is moving Ever quicker and Swifter towards Its destination That we are all On the brink of Time as time is Expanding and Moving ever Quicker with The flow of time As we move alone Getting closer to Love and moving Farther from fear As our hearts combine As one as we move Ever quicker to The point where We can be one Returning to the One love and the One source as we Run farther from fear And separation and Move closer to love And unity as our hearts Move ever quicker with The beat of time which Is accelerating us into The future and to a new Day of thinking that we Have known all along
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Jun 19, 2013
Jun 19, 2013 at 12:21 PM UTC
Accelerate
all resolution is slippery, the firmer the foundation, with pilings sent deep, the swifter the undermining. there is an inertia in drawing breath that becomes an immovable focus intent on repetition alone, always leading to itself; call it the myth of life, for this temporal existence stands far from our true being. so says the sage, planting crops so says the priest, spinning comfort so says the banker, theatre tickets in hand so says the poet, eyeing his words so says the parent, with blind instruction stand mute before your needs awareness doesn’t amount to much, nor does anything else.
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Mar 6, 2013
Mar 6, 2013 at 9:16 PM UTC
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