Denis' First Poetry Collection!!!!!!!!!!!
Dedicated to Hannah for setting up this Blog!!!!
Flight
Gliding smoothly through the endless sky.
Soaring often, gliding more.
Always high, never low. Sublime flow
Bird-like grace
large is small and small is smaller.
Forever High, flying in the sky...
Out across the endless sea of buildings I gaze.
I see one thing that to me, does amaze.
A lone seagull,
perched on yonder flag-post.
Not moving, only speaking.
a loud, raucous caw.
It stays there, why?
that's up to the bird to share...
A bridge,
a powerful, still, platform of conveyance.
Stretching across great spans,
to help people get to far away lands...
Warm disk of golden light.
Sunburn, searing pain.
Tropical weather, fun in the sun.
Light, banishing the dark.
Our savior from the shaded sky,
the Sun...
Wind,
gusting, blustering, whirling 'round.
Throwing the leaves away from the ground.
Wind,
gusting, blustering, whirling 'round...
Sparking shrubs and burning bushes,
sputtering words of corruption, of greed, of tyranny.
Never, in donkey's years have we heard the words love, democracy, a better place to live.
For so long has the peaceable pack-animal been dwarfed by the hulking, grey behemoth with blood on it's tusks.
The blood of innocents, the blood of everyone...
How can nature's creation find solitude and rest in a world that never finds peace.
Birds, nesting in steel trees.
Raccoons, scavenging in what we refuse to keep.
It's obvious, we have not adapted enough to live the content life of Nature's true Kings and Queens...
I sit, still as the plants around me.
My stony perch, my solitude.
I watch, the plants around me quiver,
the workers, the bees.
I think, deep, relaxing thoughts,
my nature, my love.
I live, chaotically, crazily,
So nice, slowing down...
Chickens, scratching,
Sheep, ambling,
Bees, pollinating,
Birds, singing,
Everyone, living...
The plants live, still, growing, glowing.
I live, moving, growing, but not glowing...
I live, I die.
You live, you die.
They live, They die.
We all live, We all die...
Friday, October 24, 2008
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Denis! These poems ARE awesome. There is powerful imagery packed into each line. Is there a title? I couldn't quite tell if it was a series of poems, or one large one with multiple sections. It might be interesting to set them apart with small sub-titles...something to think about. I love the political metaphors! Thank you for posting.
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