Sunday, May 13, 2012

Poem: Whereby Wonder Suits



            Whereby Wonder Suits



                                                   Whereby wonder suits,

                                                   Particles clearly manifest a union;

                                                   Encouragement follows appropriately,

                                                   Self-questioning integrity,

                                                   In conditions for quietude,

                                                   Befitting of a gentleman;

                                                   Compatible with application’s visicitudes

                                                   of self-explanatoriness,

                                                   Becoming of an officer,

                                                   Conducive to being,

                                                   Self-evident in reason.












Poem: Struggle

 


         Struggle

            I see you lying on the ground,
            Your face in dirt and blood and tears;
            Fighting me off you bite my hand,
            I cannot get a grip;
            You kick me back but still I try,
            We’ve fought like this for years;
            You can’t see much with dirt in your eyes,
            I only wanted to help you up.












Poem: The Shadow and the Moonlight

                           

                                   
                        The Shadow and the Moonlight
                       
                       
                                    I see a shadow hiding

                                    From the moon by candlelight;

                                    Behind my hand he’s dancing,

                                    But not for her delight.

                                    Nearly, though, he shows her,

                                    As the moonlight is eclipsed

                                    By the candle burning closer

                                    To my eager fingertips.

                                    Ask, she may, for answers,

                                    In this mindless guessing game,

                                   Why the shadow never dances,

                                   In the twilight of the flame.









Poem: Sentence




Sentence

Alien foetus floats in scattered light,
The newborn climbs the cage.
Hatchlings hang from the heating pipes,
Polaroids recount the days
A plant bears its foliage in triumph,
This season’s natural selection
Of shared memories peddled, or pushed,
A copper throne to elation.













Poem: Inspire Me Again/The Bird and the Hurricane



Inspire Me Again/The Bird and the Hurricane

Strange how storms can hold a sway
On young creations’ wing;
The treasures that one blows away,
Another’s gusts will bring.
Misfortune fears his feathered fiend
To keep the wind at bay;
For if this bird is caught and preened,
A golden egg will lay.













Poem: Inverted Horizon



Inverted Horizon

Unperturbed gull,
Never tire of your squawk:
We know what they’ve done.

Those hard hatted soldiers,
Their anthills unfolding;
Envying the perspective you squander.

Behind cluttered skies,
Your daylight fades sooner,
And the nights pass star-less to dawn.

You glimpse beyond,
Where the quarry birds mourn
Their neighbours’ dreams’ fulfilment.

When will spring come
To this dormant nest
Where icicles hang from the edge of the Earth?