Monday, April 23, 2018

i set my sight



                                           i set my sight upon a sparkling solitary star
                                           shimmering silvery in a somber sky of night
                                           fathoming it was far away much too far
                                           still of all the stars shining most sublimely bright
                                           brilliant beauty beyond my able reach to touch
                                           sorrow and sadness are mine much way too much


           
                                           © 2017            

Thursday, April 12, 2018

a poet i am not




                                                     a poet i am not
                                                     nor could i ever be
                                                     i have not a poet's observant eye
                                                     with which to look and also see
                                                     i have not a poet's attentive ear
                                                     with which to listen and also hear

                                                     i have not a poet's predilection
                                                     nor talent to find the words to express
                                                     the overwhelming sadness of beauty
                                                     nor the beauty of tender sadness
                                                     nor the persistent longing inside
                                                     that leaves one so lonely and unsatisfied

                                                     where can one so base find words
                                                     to describe the unceasing sorrow
                                                     of love not requited and wasted youth
                                                     passing so swiftly into tomorrow
                                                     i have not the gift nor ability
                                                     to transform mere words into poetry


                                                     © 2017

the mad materialist



                                                     the mad materialist
                                                     can never rise above
                                                     that with which he is made of
                                                     he is defined and confined
                                                     by the mere matter
                                                     that makes up his mind

                                                     he can never be sure
                                                     that his treasured thoughts
                                                     are nothing or nothing more
                                                     than the chemical results
                                                     of a by chance accident
                                                     that can never be self evident


                                                     © 2017

Thursday, March 22, 2018

sin again snake


                                                     sin again snake

                                                     the scold gutless bleeders of the fall lowers
                                                     over spent by the overly stealthy
                                                     unseemly go host beblind the seen
                                                     so shall i sing of the unsighted fakes
                                                     no lip or see intrust us for law
                                                     liars in the art ruins mocking a laughing
                                                     by blood letting fillers go fray
                                                     to still the low residing see it agains
                                                     by patting these back on the straights
                                                     to lute fame the hardly waking
                                                     by realizing of facts a benders
                                                     to rip more of them in a know sense
                                                     fairy tale us weep resolved frame the asp
                                                     a sure revival of the witless
                                                     as the inhumane sinks sow he is
                                                     slower than crawl the minimals
                                                     the snake


                                                     ©2017
                                                   

Thursday, March 1, 2018

angel for Dolores O'Riordan




                                                      the face of an angel
                                                      the grace of an angel
                                                      the voice of an angel
                                                      the place of an angel


                                                      ©2018

Thursday, February 22, 2018

songbird for Dolores O'Riordan



                                                   the so beautiful little songbird
                                                   has flown away heavenward
                                                   her very beautiful euphonic voice
                                                   God willing again be heard
                                                   with all the angels to rejoice
                                                   in the foreverhereafterward



                                                   ©2018



                                         

                                          

Friday, February 16, 2018

dmeo

     

                                                     dmeo

                                                     too dark
                                                     too dismal
                                                     too dolour
                                                     today
                                                     nothing more
                                                     to do
                                                     or
                                                     to say
                                                     no words
                                                     to express
                                                     the sorrow
                                                     and sadness
                                                     her slipping
                                                     so suddenly
                                                     and silently
                                                     away
                                                     disbelief
                                                     and grief
                                                     heavyheartedness
                                                     and emptiness
                                                     mercy and love
                                                     may God above


                                                     copyright 2018