Musings: shorts and poems

[Patches]

In a random bought of insanity, I've signed up for a poetry course (writing, not study - gulp). Here is my first attempt at Haiku since my university days.

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Chemical wasteland

Edible oil tops my bowl

Strawberry surprise





In fields they go wild

Strawberry peaks on sweet lips

Blondes also have fun







The sign says open

Good things await through the door

I leave with my coat





On a sunny day

The park is filled with children

A mother laments





Titan’s Sirens call

Three billion dollars answer

Homeless die hungry



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Our wedding vows: Life Love Everlasting, Always Intertwining. - Sunday June 27, 2004 :)

Edited by: Patches at: 1/20/05 1:41 pm

[onyxsundrops]

Quote:

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Titan’s Sirens call

Three billion dollars answer

Homeless die hungry

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Wow, amazing Haiku.



Yvonne

[SJ]

Great

[skittles]

Patches, your poems are great!! I love the couplets, the haiku, the longer poems. Now I wish I'd come here sooner.



Thank you for sharing them.

skittles



"The problem with political jokes is how often they get elected."



"Closed minds always seem to be connected to open mouths"

[barnabasvamp]

Wow, really nice work. Glad you decided to share!



BV

It's the passion in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

[Patches]

Hey Guys,



Yvonne, SJ, Skittles, BV - many thanks for your kind words.



These next few are Tanka (5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure); until this week I didn't know what Tanka was, but it's kinda fun to play with and write.



Ages Worn



Pebbles on the sand

From rocks ages old they’re shaped

Tides smooth rough edges

They collect upon the shore

Secrets of ages no more





Childhood’s End



When I close my eyes

There’s no place for me to hide

All alone I weep

From memories buried deep

Torment fills my endless sleep





Drip to Torrent



Endless dripping sky

From the top of a mountain

Tiny droplets form

Into a raging torrent

Smashing houses far below



eta: Hey, looks like the mods have removed the release requirement on new posts here

Our wedding vows: Life Love Everlasting, Always Intertwining. - Sunday June 27, 2004 :)

Edited by: Patches at: 1/23/05 6:35 pm

[SJ]

Those are great

[Patches]

Self-Punishement of Law



Stupid, depraved, licentious kid;

What you have done, the laws forbid.

They scream, they rant and rave at me.

Into closets, I ran and hid.



Have you no shame! Why can’t you see,

Evil’s intent does snaps at thee.

Safe in darkness I stayed alone;

Denied myself, was never free.



And so it was, my darkened home,

Body bereft and turned to stone.

Away I went no more mayhem;

Image of self, to darkness thrown.



For all my life those words condemned,

Dreams locked away by fear of them.

Those words they whisper in my head;

Living in fear, foul laws of men.



(little note: this follows a similar rhyme structure to Frost's, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"), except for the last line.)





Peace!!

Patches

Our wedding vows: Life Love Everlasting, Always Intertwining. - Sunday June 27, 2004 :)

[SJ]

Great poetry

[Patches]

Just for the fun of it.





Ages Curse on Youth.



        Hurry, hurry, I have to pee!

        I’m giving you just one last chance.

        How dare you smirk and laugh at me?



        Up creeps your age and soon you’ll see.

        Outside the door, you’ll do the dance.

        Hurry, hurry, I have to pee!



        You’ll wet your pants I guarantee,

        I’ll stay in here and watch you prance.

        How dare you smirk and laugh at me?



        You stupid, rotten busy-bee;

        Products Attends you will romance.

        Hurry, hurry, I have to pee!



        Warm water trickles down your knee.

        Stop showing your damn ignorance,

        How dare you smirk and laugh at me?



        Ha, ha, ha! I’ll ignore your plea,

        For mocking my countenance.

        Hurry, hurry, I have to pee!

        How dare you smirk and laugh at me?

Our wedding vows: Life Love Everlasting, Always Intertwining. - Sunday June 27, 2004 :)

Edited by: Patches at: 2/1/05 7:13 am

[onyxsundrops]

I really liked that. Thanks for posting.



Yvonne

[SJ]

Great poetry

[Patches]

Inquisitors’ Prisoner February 2, 2005



Rage is my shield.

Touch not my soul.

Evil will yield.



Satan’s dark field,

Dungeon’s dank hole,

Rage is my shield.



Skin flayed and peeled,

Cindered like coal.

Evil will yield.



Truth was concealed;

Mercy they stole.

Rage is my shield.



Their lies revealed,

Made me extol,

Evil will yield.



In death I’m healed

Angels console

Rage is my shield,

Evil will yield.







Rage of Angels



Rage of Angels, weep with me.

Mercy on bended knee to Evil;

Ordered hunger, solitude grows.



Justice for the common man,

Gratitude for a nickel given;

Pain tears at his belly.



War’s words rob us of Peace.

History casts long its shadow,

The face of God denied.



We roll in avarice and ecstasy,

Ignoring the Hand that needs us,

The Soul that begs for shelter.



Rage of Angels, weep with me.

Mercy on bended knee to Evil;

Ordered hunger solitude grows.





These were two assignments I did for my poetry class: We were to write a poem (Inquisitor's Prisoner) using one word from each column. The second poem (Rage of Angels) came out of the entire list.



Rage                Solitude        Mercy                Peace

Order                Ecstasy        Pain                War

Justice                Evil        Hunger                History

Common        Gratitude        God                Angels





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An experiment with "sounds"



The Poet's morning after

February 5, 2005



Lub-dub, lub-dub pounds my heart,

Rushing, gushing, blood buzzes brain,

Gurgle, growl, gurgle, goes my gut.

Snap, crackle, pop, my joints wake up

Whoosh! Head get light, dizzy spins

Fizz, fizz, fizz, antacid bubbles hiss

Glug, glug, glug, empties glass in three gulps.

Pop! The aspirin bottle top.

Hell's Furies shriek and rattle in my head!

Ping, shudder, thump, water pipes rumble,

Splash, pfffst, showerhead sputters,

Thumping into tub, hot water tumbles,

Shuffle, creek, shuffle, my feet start to move,

B’leachch! goes my tummy, vestiges of last night's groove,

Yacked in toilet.



~~~this last is an acrostic~~~~

Slice of Life



.........Slice

...........Of

..........Life:

...........Slowly the knife draws

.............Life ebbs away

...............Ice-cold heart

.................Crying

...................Ends



The formatting works better in a word doc; the "" should line up to form a straight edge; the dots at the begining of each line are just there to enhance the visual effect here on the KB, as the program removes all but one space.



~~~~An "ABC" poem~~~~



Olympian Gods: Reduced to Camp





Apollo’s baroque;

Calliope directs epic.



Faces great: Hyperion, Iapetus,

Jason kills long menacing nemesis.

Ocean’s Poseidon, querulous;

River Styx traversed,

Ulysses’ vow…



Woe-begotten, “XENA!” yells Zeus.



That's all for now.

Cheers!!

Patches

Our wedding vows: Life Love Everlasting, Always Intertwining. - Sunday June 27, 2004 :)

Edited by: Patches at: 3/20/05 7:19 pm

[Patches]

This next is untitled. It's not quite a true sonnet, as the rhymes structure is "ab,ab; cd,cd; ef,ef; g,g" but I think the meter is correct.



Sorry for the "double" post, but this poem pretty much rates an "R" - a bit of fun from the usual doom and gloom...



Untitled Love Sonnet



From eyes coloured by Neptune’s great expanse,

Love whispered on waves gently rolls toward

My waiting heart, expectant of the dance.

Eros plays music drawn by Terpsichore.



Heartfelt desire, unsated love’s romance;

Soft touches trace, mouth kisses flesh adored.

Inside sweet lips and folds my hands advance,

Luxurious silk yielding my reward.



No Gods above Olympus can enhance

My joy, copious slick, and wet I ford.

Promethean-like fires burning, entrance;

Lips part and swell; desire craves love’s reward.



Till night turns to day, then back into night,

Eros will guide love’s sweet, wet delight.

Our wedding vows: Life Love Everlasting, Always Intertwining. - Sunday June 27, 2004 :)

[SJ]

Great writing

[Patches]

Thoughts comments, welcome

Distribution: no thanks - just for the KB



Just a few selections - traditional disciplines.



23-03-05: Pantoum:

                                               

Blinded



Blinded by hatred and fear

When anyone I loved came near.

Drove them away without a thought

The battle lost, we never fought.



When anyone I loved came near,

I closed my eyes, no more to see,

The battle lost, we never fought.

Is that the answer to my pain?



I closed my eyes, no more to see.

In boxes cold emotions fit;

Is that the answer to my pain?

I cough and gag, while walls I hit.



Tried so hard to make things right;

Drove them away without a thought,

And now life ebbs into the night,

Blinded by hatred and fear.





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23-03-05: Pantoum:

Trillium’s Wild Day



In the wild, they grow.

The first day of spring,

Marked by brilliant white,

And verdant green; the trillium.



The first day of spring,

Washes away winter’s slate gray,

And verdant green, the trillium

Explodes into bloom.



Washe away winter’s slate gray,

And harkens to Nature as She

Explodes into bloom,

On a sunny warm day.



Errant fields of mud and frost

Marked by brilliant white

Bring to life the forest where

In the wild, they grow.



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Villanelle:

February 7, 2005



Life, a drain trap.

....... Gurgle,

.......... gurgle,

............. gurgle



Today a man died

He took his life

Wife and child cried.



Nowhere could he hide

Soul filled with strife.

We don’t abide



Pain tears, truths collide

Edge of the knife

Anguish denied





He chose this we chide

Anger is rife

Locked him outside



We loath suicide

Flutist played fife

Guilt pushed aside.



Today a man died

He took his life

Wife and child cried.



~~~

Shakespearian Sonnet



Daymares from the Night



Out of a darkened place the daymares flow,

From dreams into reality, they seep.

Unfettered, rage like madness they bestow,

And feed upon the soul from slumber’s keep.



In dreamscape’s webbed darkness the nightmares live;

Into your waking hours, cruel fragments fly.

Shearing apart the soul, they do not give

Reprieve from pain, denied by molten cry



Whispered echoes do bind with heavy chain

Where in daylight truth tears with silent screams

That now in sunlit hours, they take domain,

Lost memories confined no more to dreams.



They feast upon the fears that come with night,

Bursting through dreams, devouring the light.





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Oh-and now for a few things on the lighter side:



PetrarchanSonnet

Whispered Love’s Romance



From eyes coloured by Neptune’s great expanse

Love whispered on waves gently rolls toward

My waiting heart; desiring it’s reward,

Parted swells drip, expectant of the dance.

You come to me and whisper love’s romance;

Desire passion’s touch, kisses much adored,

Yielding luxurious silk, my reward,

Inside sweet lips and folds tender advance.

Promethean-like fires burning, entrance,

Blazing hedonistic delights excite               

Supple soft flesh such sweetness does invite.

No Gods above Olympus can enhance

For Eros does guide love’s sweet, wet delight

When night turns to day, then back into night



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Piggy Bank



I have my piggy bank;

        It really turns my crank,

        To see my brother pout;

        Great rotten nasty lout.

I saved my pennies bright;

        He doesn’t think it right,

        While I have lots to spend,

        His money’s at an end.

I’ll go on rides galore;

        Eat candy but before

        He catches up to me,

        And ties me to a tree,

I’ll promise him a treat,

        A kite or something neat.

        But secretly it’s true,

        He doesn’t have a clue,

Every dime I’ll have spent;

My money, every cent.



~~~

Shakespearian Sonnet

A Little Something With My Coffee





Okay Lady, you’re next, what do ya want?

Just give me a minute while I decide—

Maybe a bagel, or a fruit croissant?

I’m trying to think, what’ll feel good inside.



Would you like an espresso coffee drink?

Oh my, the latest book on health it says—

Line’s getting long, please now, what do you think?

Don’t ever drink the stuff of Juan Valdez.



How ‘bout a nice cup of lemon ice tea?

You have such choice; how can I be certain—

Oh PLEASE, lady, c’mon, what will it be?

I’ll have that young man behind the curtain.



When asking a question, one should beware

Exactly what respondent will ensnare.



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Thanks for reading!!

Cheers!!

Patches

Our wedding vows: Life Love Everlasting, Always Intertwining. - Sunday June 27, 2004 :)

Edited by: Patches at: 4/5/05 6:21 pm

[SJ]

Wow,great writing

[Patches]

SJ, thanks for the encouragement.

Cheers!!

Patches





A few acrostics





Shelter Me Forever April 11, 2004



Standing on the border of oblivion;

Hitting fracture, the world slides to stop;

Ever reaching, never finding,

Lacuna.

Tomorrow’s but a shadow of yesterday’s present;

Evanescing, floating, diminishing into nothing;

Respite for a soul lost on the border of oblivion.



My throats constricts with choices made;

Enter, exit; down dark steps lights fade.



Forever is the promise of today,

Or a lie of yesterday,

Requited upon the air above and below;

Eventide has come and gone,

Vibrations of time, oscillating into tomorrow,

Energy spent, taking one last step.

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Hint, never use a word with the letter "V" for an acrostic - LOL



Acrostic: Sirens April 11, 2004



Trade winds gust this day of spring.

Rough seas carve Island ring;

Adventurer’s warning unheeded.

Vicissitude, then sailors pleaded.

Eloquent was their cry,

Lustful before they die,

Entering into uncharted graves,

Resplendent on glittering waves

Sirens in their beauty sing.

~~~



Acrostic - Evanescence unbound April 11, 2005





A prestidigitator of words,

Mystical perception,

I long to be a poet;

Antigone unchained,

Promises of future’s past,

Overburdened soul;

Evanescence unbound

Traveling life’s road.



that's all for now.

Patches

Our wedding vows: Life Love Everlasting, Always Intertwining. - Sunday June 27, 2004 :)

[SJ]

Wow,great poetry

[Renee85]

Some wonderful writing you have here, I enjoyed reading your acrostics very much.

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