Category Love
Unseen
I stand high upon the mountaintop My dark, uncertain path obscured Until a sharp, chill wind rises, cuts Shreds my fog-shrouded mind, self Reveals bright stars, the Milky Way Limns my way through the darkness Familiar yet unknown, a revelation Unsuspected peaks tower above me The last mist vanishes, mere dreams Solitude, silence, contained, replete […]
Love is All
Ancient before time Impenetrable void waited Crawled from its atomic shell Instantaneous illumination flared Newborn This moment A swirling figure Moves, is every moment Innocently wise Hopeful, in constant conflict Cooperation in every interchange Full of wonder, every and all stories Worth living for Growing, expansive Worth dying for, each instant All mirrored within the […]
What We Always Knew
What We Always Knew “How can I move forward, when I don’t know which way I’m facing?” John Lennon These words, so true Set my heart racing With all I’ve learned Know how to do and Cool and useful stuff I can make, why never Have I felt comfortable With life, or even the Direction […]
Telling Tales
While at a choral concert A men’s acapella chorus Singing complex songs Based upon the poetry The prose of Shakespeare I forgot the world’s woe All of my own problems Ranged voices in ensemble Deep bass to counter-tenor Telling all our own stories Simply, completely, clearly So we all might understand How we shared […]
Ever Deeper
What do we tell ourselves? Late at night Moments from sleep What do we hope for? At first light Sun’s return Births our new day Do we live? Our days asleep Our nights awake Differences I struggle to hold Huddled before, around Flickering blue fires Our idols We pray to guard us As they prey […]
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Self Portrait Recollections and Reflections continued… Being kicked off the highway a dozen in San Antoine can’t compare To a truckload full of rednecks who decide they want to cut your air The second car stopped for me and once inside I breathed a glad sigh All the way to L.A., then further North, I […]
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Self Portrait Recollections and Reflections When I was a young boy, I larked about, didn’t have a care I think because I wasn’t self-reflective, somewhat unaware I lived then within the moment, I’m not sure when I stopped No thoughts of fate or destiny, just adventures to be topped Maybe my awareness shifted in a […]
The First Night
A little white chapel on a neighborhood street Stands in a small California city, quite complete History adorns it from its whitewash to its style Those who remember most have a ghostly smile As eyes close or turn inward while they recollect No one who’s now alive remembers every aspect Early days tell that […]
Read All Over
Black and white and red A cat bats a pipe cleaner Young, old, shapes, colors Food and drink, laughter Thought, winding up and Winding down, voices Rising over, falling under Art, barely-heard music, Community and creation City views, sculpture, time Reminders of travel, place Eiffel Tower Lego, distance Interactions of youth similar And different […]
Jonas Jonathon Barnstable-Bailey
Jonas Jonathon Barnstable-Bailey does not like mincemeat pies If he could he’d tell you all of the many wherefores and the whys Yet when Granny makes them small, they have a strong attraction He will pick them up and lick the top no matter what the reaction He will quickly lick all the powdered […]
