Well, here’s to that
Spunky little green stink
Bug that just upped
And clinked down dead on my laptop,
Kayoed by the treacherous light,
With me in blind pursuit
Of one more sweet-smelling,
Charming moving deathless line—
Oh dear lifeless little bugger, thanks
For taking the time,
For stopping me short
But not quite smack in time,
Sorry for this too,
Too precious rhyme.
new old kid on the blog, with an occasional old or new poem written off the old writer's block
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Pearls of Wisdom
Here by the water’s edge,
Listening to what the sea brings,
I know deep down
Even a grain of sand sings
Wondrous things.
Listening to what the sea brings,
I know deep down
Even a grain of sand sings
Wondrous things.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Incendiary
In that instant inflammatory
Something-on-your-mind,
One thought keeps
Burning through
The darkness, nothing
To be left behind.
Something-on-your-mind,
One thought keeps
Burning through
The darkness, nothing
To be left behind.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Recent Links [Updated 11.30 pm]
Recently Linked—Definitely Not Lemmings #16: It's a pleasure to welcome Noxalio as a new follower of Vazambam—follow the links to these two interesting blogs:
Noxalio and noxpix.
[11.30 update, Definitely Not Lemmings #17: Aleksandra joins us from Holland; she is an artist and has two blogs, one here and another here. Thank you, Aleksandra!]
My thanks to William Michaelian for dedicating his drawing titled A Man Named Nobody to yours truly.
And lest I forget, thanks to Conrad DiDiodato who graciously added Vazambam to his blog list!
Noxalio and noxpix.
[11.30 update, Definitely Not Lemmings #17: Aleksandra joins us from Holland; she is an artist and has two blogs, one here and another here. Thank you, Aleksandra!]
My thanks to William Michaelian for dedicating his drawing titled A Man Named Nobody to yours truly.
And lest I forget, thanks to Conrad DiDiodato who graciously added Vazambam to his blog list!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Wake-up Call
A blind man sang this song.
*
In my mind’s eye, I saw
A man named Nobody
Drive a red-hot stake of green
Olive-wood into the single
Drunken, bloodshot eye
Of a sleeping giant,
Twisting it until it hissed,
And the giant’s eye shot out
Blood and clearly saw
No longer.
*
Aye, my wandering companions,
The mind’s eye is in deed
A wondrous place,
But not for sleeping,
Stuporous giants.
*
In my mind’s eye, I saw
A man named Nobody
Drive a red-hot stake of green
Olive-wood into the single
Drunken, bloodshot eye
Of a sleeping giant,
Twisting it until it hissed,
And the giant’s eye shot out
Blood and clearly saw
No longer.
*
Aye, my wandering companions,
The mind’s eye is in deed
A wondrous place,
But not for sleeping,
Stuporous giants.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Quiddity, As in Kraken
A super-duper
Squid up from the depths
Is what the id could be
Should the tentacles
Of the ego
Let it go.
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