"varietal" poems
the seagull diddled
when he perched on my dock,
though no invitation extended,
no offense was taken,
when in observation,
of the foolish humanish varietal,
did it opine
*"dude,
u need to move more
and exercise those legs,
eat right,
many small meals,
like me,
write your-poetry
while in airborne motion."*
all this was spoke
while he speared and swallowed
a little river perch,
in my face,
flying off contentedly,
just to drive his point home -
directly into my gut
so should the next
pedestrian creation,
be typo'd plenty,
though,
I can walk and talk,
even chew gum simultaneously,
advice from seagulls,
who defecate on my dock,
should be taken as well,
in small sized portion control
poetry is best served,
proudly prone-ly
though I did thank him kindly,
and went back to bed...
Jun 22, 2014
Jun 22, 2014 at 10:21 AM UTC
109
So ******* lucky
To be the person I am
Be as you are
90
Flying in the air
Notes ebb and flow
So sweetly
124
In her arms
She gently caresses
My beating heart
125
Listen carefully
The universe whispers
Through wind, rain, and heart
126
Frantic I am
Inpatient, frustrated
Reason? Unknown
127
The thoughts, words
Trickle slowly from above
Below and within
119
Unfolding slowly
My buds reach for the sky
And gasp for water
120
Delicate, open
Seeking the next level
My roots deepen
106
Tremendously
Shy, empathic, bold
Beautiful brownie
115
Accepting, gentle
Shrewd, candid, brilliant
Little ‘ol me
116
I’ve come to
Expect; unexpected
Events always
107
I am spring
Shining, bright, lucid
Ready to blossom
112
I accept you
Exactly as you are
Perfect, flawless, you
Oct 24, 2013
Oct 24, 2013 at 3:04 PM UTC
It’s good to be hated! But I know my name…
hate, blackened, misshapen, ugly, unnatural,
yet
how it clarifies the mind, like a cupped hand
carrying clear, cold, brook water to dry mouth,
to shock, enliven, resets resets, all your priorities
with alacrity, a word I prefer cause it is an intuitive
combo of eagerness + alarm, suddenly much of the
trivial is no longer worthy of your ‘to do’ list,
you, without thinking, DNA filter your filters,
those screens that digest, then reject & reflect
the inputs ongoings around you, and you are now
reclassified! by the hate surrounding, it declassifies
the time wastrels, reinterpreting most everything
on a bipolar scale of 1 or 10, there are no shades,
the middle ground of gray be fully eliminated,
just like those who wish to
eliminate
me.
in a palette of black or white, your
e +e,
(essence and existence) cannot be ever
a gray area, yes, of course, the sunshine
is yellow bright, and the grass is spring
flushed green, the multicolored daffodils
newly define colors varietal, and the waves
of the Sound, roll relentlessly, but hate can be
coated, camouflaged and subtle disguised, but
we know, oh how we know, and how we wanted
to ***forget, our “sins”, our original liabilities of
our multi colored skins, our religion, our race & ethnicity,***
but NOT our names!
the Rabbis tell us that God nearly did not keep
his promise to Abraham, to rescue his progeny
from slavery in Egypt but saved them only because:
‘On account of four things Israel was redeemed
from Egypt: they did not change their names, they
did not change their language, they did not speak
slander and not even one of them was found to be
promiscuous.’^
I know my name; and though you cannot distinguish
me by dress, know not my moral life, but now you
know my name,
given to me by my parents, in the language of my ancestors:
Mordecai Netanel ben (son of) Eliyahu Chaim
Per my family lore, as told to me by my parents, our
family fled from Spain because of the Inquisition (1478),
settled in a small town in Germany on the banks
of the river Lippe; and from the shtetls of Poland,
and those who survived or avoided the Holocaust
ultimately left Europe, came here, to the land of
the free, the United States of America with names,
in their language, with memories intact.
I will not flee this country,
for I know my true name,
inscribed in my pores, in my
DNA
<>
(but should I have to…there is a sanctuary.)
May 2 2024
May 2, 2024
May 2, 2024 at 9:24 PM UTC
35
I’m starting to lose
What little patience I have
How much longer?
15
It often eludes
These old eyes have grown weary
I need forgiveness
54
Life beyond breakup
Is desolate and hostile
No love can grow there
55
With such ease you leave
Like a withering violet
I transform, I die
56
I breathe this pale air
Gasping my lungs clamor
For you, for you. You,
47
I can feel nothing
My taste buds are like dead leaves
No light do I see
45
Is she serious?
When will I finally learn?
Oh my trust fades
33
An empty bed waits
An empty room clamors
An empty heart sighs
64
I doubt if I could
Or that I’d really want to
I now know better
70
I am afraid
Of trusting like I once did
Am I ready?
65
I starve for embrace
I’m very low on love
God ****** to hell
34
Is it tomorrow?
Can it be the day after?
Or maybe never.
72
Tearful agony
Replaces where once love was
Thoughts of her are thorns
73
My belly fills up
With resentment and anger
See it in my eyes
31
She thus eludes me
Almost by divine design
I keep searching
69
As usual
The choices that I make
***** in my face
74
Do not judge this book
For the pages have been torn
Just as my heart has
75
Faint now is
The reason to smile and laugh
I pray you, help
76
Scolding water
Is what I feel when couples
Hold hands before me
77
How I hate
That I didn’t hold
And kiss you more
78
I’m tired
This burden pulls
Can’t hold on
79
A blank
Look, is my only
Souvenir, why?
80
It was my fault
I admit it, so
Much guilt
81
Distant
That place; now
Appears
32
Burned in my eyelids
Are the stinging images
That torments my dreams
66
I want to know if
This drought can be over
Its killing me
67
Dare I reason
With this smoldering fire
That will not go out?
16
Brilliantly hurt
My honor dangles, swaying
She swings, for the ****
13
Let the seas dry out
And the birds lose their songs
True love, come, be mine
Oct 25, 2013
Oct 25, 2013 at 11:59 AM UTC
Sidestepping shadow-plays
boxed in bonus-sized portions
for garden-varietal religions,
I've had these scuzzy intimations
great big (voids) lie behind
most altruistic inclinations
and the biggest news is,
we're still expanding
with-in-exhaustible potentials
to be eternally filled greater.
Now I'll admit to being
hampered in my cognitive
capacity for meaningful
pattern recognition
by my debilitating
predisposition toward
concentrated forms of myopia,
ergo, I can't shape
a formless mess into anything
but incoherent flimflam.
I've tried alleviating this
condition with meditative
concoctions and palliatives
of sensory deprivation,
yet I fear I'll need
a silicon-chip-enhanced head
before I can glimpse
the cosmic legerdemain spinning
its paradoxes of endless
surfaces but no top.
If I finally do, I'll smile big
as a great-white gull winning
his first demonstration hand at
the three-card monte of not-to-be
reconciled contradictions.
May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 at 9:41 AM UTC
95
Resist
The temptation
Of scarcity
96
Family
And friends are
So precious
94
Become like
The trees that give
Tirelessly
19
Have you, we, forgot
Everything since coming down here?
Darkness blinds us all
82
Connect
With one another
We are one
40
Don’t judge your neighbor
For he is also a gift
Of god, just like you
18
Captives, we become
As fear, proudly, pulls the noose
Tighter and tighter
26
Smashing, we break out
Like rain from clouds, we burst through
Our time will come soon
46
Even lepers know
Compassion, where is yours?
Why hide your treasure?
60
Become shining light
Illuminate the darkness
The world needs you
27
Dare to awaken
For this nightmare is soon done
Light will soon rule all
28
Incredibly brave
And amazingly daring
We enter this world
29
Use your mind to build
A world where understanding
Is the only way
52
Don’t you realize
That divided is backwards?
Please please please wake up
2
Who can survive that
Ravenous hunger, that need
To be understood?
53
So many people
Still asleep, still using fear
As their cold pillow
44
My eyes are wide open
I now see life differently
I connect with heart
49
On behalf of all
Living, breathing, loving life
Everywhere; welcome
51
Let me feel your palm
Let us, together unite
And celebrate love
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013 at 5:18 PM UTC
I'm floating...on feelings...
Up, up and up toward the ceiling in the the sky.
The weightlessness began at cloud one.
A few hours spent in chatter.
Laughter and smiles from the earliest moments.
Cloud two swirling inside my head.
The movements and hues are varietal in their beauty.
Made of a language created by you and me.
The hope to cloud three occurred so easily.
Realizing your importance in the day to day.
Missing you felt natural.
Peace and calm quiet your inner voice.
All that was needed was a hand in mine.
How comfortable I am enveloped in cloud four.
Secrets exchanged and memories shared...
Create cloud five of trust, the listening ear, the voice of reason.
Deep breaths taken and ties strengthened.
The use of three words so often said too readily.
Love...you...for...being...exactly...you!
Cloud six can be described in one word...patience.
Cloud seven was a night of unexpected surprises.
The verbal return of feelings took my breath away.
Sweet nothings with a kiss or two gave it back.
Meditation and observation began while enjoying cloud eight.
Strong emotions of love, friendship, companionship, passion.
Knowing that losing you was no longer a necessary fear.
The fall of the walls built to protect.
Boundaries crossed and moments of shared pleasure.
Knowledge that all is well and will be well let to cloud nine.
Here I am...in the sky...
Always your friend...and completely in love...with you.
Jul 15, 2012
Jul 15, 2012 at 2:48 AM UTC
68
Is it really true
Many wise ones often
Say: this too shall pass
83
Gently
I stand tall
Roots deep
86
Why not be
Grateful, its
Much easier
87
The less you do
The better off you are
Try it
88
Be like water
Liquid, solid, gas
Genius element
89
If you have
A sense of humor
You’re free
98
Breathe easy
Stride slowly
And smile
84
Don’t mistake
A storm; they
Too have purpose
85
Nothing
Lasts, it
all changes
61
How I wish and dream
That patience was my strong suit
Life can take so long
62
Be not delayed
For failures are roadblocks
Go, take the detour
63
Gentle and pristine
My heart now beats differently
I become serene
57
Be there a thousand
Crisp and amazing sunsets
In your heart and mind
48
And then the sunrise
Extended its warm embrace
To me, finally
50
Don’t feel so alone
you’re not the only person
That is starved for love
43
Don’t believe, that is
If you really want to, then
Nod and smile, then dream
36
Do not doubt the might
That resides within us all
It can move mountains
37
If you allow it
If you release all your doubt
Freedom can be yours
38
Never surrender
That which you hold most precious
Cherish it forever
25
Surely this fierce storm
That is beating down on me
Will pass; like all else
22
Which path is correct?
You must choose, lead or follow
Go, go, make the leap
Oct 23, 2013
Oct 23, 2013 at 11:47 AM UTC
97
Describe
One thing that
Love can’t fix
71
Do my eyes deceive?
Can what lies before me
Be so beautiful?
58
If I were an ant
I’d find a way to carry
All my love for you
39
I’d like to admit
The following: I love you
And I always will
14
Like, simply won’t do
To use, as, just won’t come close
Infinite love; is
12
What container is
Nearly the amount needed
To hold the patience
That is required to fully
Love unconditionally?
20
Gentle flower, shine!
Exude your musk upon me
Sprinkle, slowly, love
21
Brilliant, majestic
Fair friend, you offer loving
Light of life to all
23
Ferociously real
Your love is a wake up call
Why choose me, love, why?
3
Do you, rabbit, love?
In silence it stares at me
Secretly knowing
4
Her skin is warm tea
Gentle, always welcoming
In it I find peace
1
Delicious as sleep
Without exception; love is
What all hunger for
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013 at 1:23 PM UTC
A college in Mexico with axioms lust
those lines on faces did entrust
a river at the horizon
when there was tea ground from leaf
there on vacation why she enhanced parlay
my sojourn would last today
and glory was in this backseat
she ready did *** her mind with me.
While her lowrider really ran so grand
there a nest of hill myna together
a divine incline cropped her china
and while I toasted her varietal grape.
Jul 23, 2017
Jul 23, 2017 at 7:42 AM UTC
110
All I can see
Is the bright horizon
I walk faster
105
Storm clouds! Ahh
A great thanks to you
I’ve grow stronger
101
Let me count to
Three million and seven
Failures fuel me
102
Rejoice, smile
As you breathe, you learn
Each day, every way
103
Before you give up
Remember these words:
Yes I will, one day
113
It seems I
Lost all direction
On purpose
114
Gross mistake
In assuming limits
To my willpower
121
Do something. Dare!
Shine, be lucid, leap!
**** it, I exclaim
Oct 25, 2013
Oct 25, 2013 at 4:32 PM UTC
41
Cornacopia
A living, breathing garden
Our small planet is
24
Why mother earth, why?
Show so much patience and love
to those that hurt you?
10
Garden, lush with life
Flourish, living library
This planet, our home
11
If she had the chance
Forgiveness would not suffice
The things we’ve done
Would be quite difficult to
Understand, earth simply smiles
7
Is the wind my friend?
Blow, blow! Bring me Seasons
And to others, death
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013 at 4:49 PM UTC
Tryouts starring musical prodigies
and/or an attendant conductor
attempt to approach ambient chorus
divinely exhibited from Gaia's handiwork
heavenly invoking kapellmeister's
magnificent nonchalant outlook
piquantly, quintessentially, repertoire sensately striking
unmatched vast wisdom yielding, zephyr air albeit creativity
engineered from groundswell harmony
juxtaposed, kindled, linkedin,
manifesting noteworthy opulent philharmonic recording
transcribing universal veritable webbed wide world.
Wunderkinds yield Ziggurat acme approximated asymptote
bequeathing celestial Doppelganger Earthly emulations
formulating fractal glinting highlighting
ineffable joie de vivre jostling, keen kindling,
la la land legerdemain lifting logic
lording Ludwig (Josef Johann) Wittgenstein.
Yelping zoological apostle Al affidavit Gore handily
heaping hubristically invocation jolting kickstart measures
nipping nixed noblesse oblige opera
quickening quotidian rapid ruination sans supreme
teetering upended venerated wise with acumen
arithmetical Benoit Mandelbrot
chasing far-fetched ideas
lightyears menacing nihilism purging ogres opportunistically
resplendently ripping revered tankard tipping unstoppably
vanquishing varietal whipsawing wonderfully
wrapt yawning youngsters
warfare written wrought
yanking zestfully crushing environmental family
granting Herculean instant karma
malevolent, opprobrious pronouncement
quiet riot silencing severely tragic ubiquitous vicious wreckage
yikyaks apemen cleft Earth.
*************************************************
Future foragers denounce capitalistic bamboozlers aggression
zealots wrought trashing quintessential naked kingdoms issue
flotsam coagulates zonal wastelands torquing quality NON
killing habitats Earth bleached yellowed voodoo ruins.
Aug 21, 2017
Aug 21, 2017 at 12:12 AM UTC
122
I need not
To put others down
I love freely
104
Greet everyone
With a welcoming heart
Be not selfish
108
I gaze freely
Smiling, recognizing
The you in me
Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 12:26 PM UTC