Beauty and the Bits (17-May-2011)

Just on a whim...

Beauty and the Bits

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Dodging in and out among virtual walls;
Running hither and non twixt cyber rushes.
In a shadow world of books and pixels,
Hid from sight by 3D glasses.

Raven quoth and cauldron bubble;
Pricking thumbs and Golden Apples;
She is and ever shall be
My Great Amercian Hero

A hideous form
Bent backed and mangled
Peering from a secret place
Spies the Beauty among the Bits.

Untitled (1-July-2010)

I'll be bluntly honest that I think this one sucks. There was a lot of commotion while I was trying to write this which made it hard to concentrate. It is in villanelle form using this week's Three Word Wednesday prompt.

Untitled

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And Life will collect
With no bit of hassle
What Death must reject

Do You suspect
That you are its Vassal
And Life will collect

Or can You detect
With Motive most facile
What Death must reject

No Moat can protect
Your Wealth and your castle
And Life will collect

For Mirrors reflect
Inner Selves gracile
What Death must reject

Intuition will inject
On Cap with limp tassel
And Life will collect
What Death must reject

After 1 Year (11-Jun-2010)

A simple one for my darling wife on our first anniversary.
After 1 Year

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Many Days You Stand Me Up
Inching closer to my heart.
Caress my Soul forever loving;
Helping hands, healing lips.
Ever forward your
Love drives me
Loving touches filling
Every corner of who I am.

Saving the Blog (10-Feb-2010)

My blog has been getting a lot of spam comments lately. I suspect it is because I haven't posted in so long. I took it as a sign I should post something so I went to Three Word Wednesday and this is what turned out

Saving the Blog

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Loquacious and Lucid
Loving and Loved

Righteous and Righted
Ribald and Roan

Salvaged and Saved
Savaged and Sewn

Untitled (31-Jan-2009)

Trying to create a poem that is terse enough and readable enough for a cell text message is tough. I'm not sure the result is very good poetry but was fun to do all the same.

Every day in every way.
My love for you burns strong and true.
And every night my heart takes flight,
And at your side it will alight.

Thank You (22-Dec-2008)

Yes I know it's been too long but life has been very busy of late. Not that I've stopped writing but the blogging has had to take a backseat to living. Fortunately for anyone who cares to read my stuff, living generates more intersting poetry than blogging! As I've said before, it's not often I create rhyming poems and when I do, it can take a while to work them out until I am happy with them. This is one of those rare ones that came out in finished form. I'll admit it is a little clumsy and probably could be polished, but it seemed wrong to change the words since they clearly wished to be expressed in this way.

Thank You

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If I crawl the world over,
Searching day and night;
Probing every nook and crany
And try with all my might,
Never will I find someone
As right for me as you,
No one in all this vast expanse
Would love me like you do.

When life is hard and cold and mean
You simply hold me tight;
You touch my hair, caress my brow
And I know all will be all right.
So every day I hope and pray
That all you struggle through,
I can be there at your side
And do the same for you.

There isn't much I understand
And even less I truly know;
Each day I struggle with belief
My doubt a constant foe.
But in spite of all my inner flaws
And though I often seem adrift
You've offered all your love to me
And that's an awesome gift.

Pain (9-Jun-1997)

I found this one in my journal and it was a particularly dark period. In the journal it was unpunctuated except for the opening sentence. I have added a period to the end of each line. I don't trust my original instincts given my state of mind at the time.

Pain

My brain hurts.
I want to write verse but all that 
    comes are the broken words.
Half-formed thoughts.
Nothing comes together and yet I must
    continue.
To stop writing would be to admit defeat.
I just want to sleep.
To forget.
And yet my life continues.
It’s useless.
I can’t even write verse.