Untitled - May 17, 2013

This poem received its genesis back on the 6th of May after having read and commented on Janet Martin's poem "It's Midnight". I wanted to get this posted for you sooner Janet but it wasn't to be. :-(


there's an air
of wisteria about her
you know
that scent
that makes you
want for more
a curiosity
of mystery
some subtle 
nuanced newness
that lingers
like a longing
long after belonging
in bloom
ooohh by way of words
I cannot speak
she makes me want to sing
but i emit only coo
could it be
would it were to be
nestled in the laying on of hands
hers
i would resurrect
this i pray
with cryptic triptych tongue
unleashed with pen
and loosed in heaven 

Matthew 16:19, Matthew 16:25, Matthew 16:24, Matthew 16:26, Matthew 18:18

Untitled - May 16, 2013

Matthew 13:18-23

Thank you faithful readers and friends for your continued support and encouragement. I treasure you all. Please forgive my recent absence of visits but the old Gnomie is burrowed in for awhile. I'll be 'round to see you all as time and health permit.

Untitled - May 04, 2013

with tiptoe whispers

her lolita ballet

entrances me

dances me to dream

her dainty petite

here where i sleep allayed

afraid to make reality

the split that breaks the day

for hers be pure a fantasy

a desire mine that burns

but take this not of saddness

but poorly worded love

i hold no other passion

no other breath but hers

she my joy

my cygnet

descended from above

Untitled - April 24, 2013

across and down

a vanilla liqueur eclair
a cross-dressing double-crosser
a corseted bonbon tart of course
a sickness so sweet
like a buttered sobao of battered flour
that lingers the lips

do my words
make you monkey?

make you want to masturbate your mind
or master it?

should we donkey?

or chimpanzee
and leave it crossword puzzled?

Alias Humbert Humbert

Alias Humbert Humbert

with her little lolita pout

and guilty culpability

i come upon her

in the taking of her age

a mea culpa 

that may or may not be

the question

but what gratuitous touch

offers as much

the gratification of lust

than knowing

the quenching of thirst

and the power of her seduction

ahh

Seems to fit the criteria for this week's Poetry Jam Fictional Point of View

For a Pretend Tintagel Girl

for a pretend tintagel girl

is my talk
all pretend?
a myth induced
make-believe,
a habit of thought,
a world without end?
a dream never waking?
a life worth the making?
a heart broken for Love? 

come tell me Eve
and ask me
unmasked...

the snake must be charmed
before the strike
and though not displayed
remorse hides masked
to induce faith's sight
the wind blows
to and fro
and too, to a man
his way looks right

Job 1:7, 1 Peter 5:8, Eph 4:14, 2 Cor 4:2, 2 Cor 2:11, 2 Cor 11:3, Proverbs 14:12

Thanks Ygraine for your inspiring poem, The Charmer 

For Eternity Turning

for eternity turning

from earth i rise

a birthing breath

in night dreams

pointing one way

splendid lines

of blue blocked moon

aurora dressed

pressing starless skies

to fall a woman

in love with you

beside the ocean tide

For my prima ballerina and women of the fall.

Photo - Francesca Busquets

Untitled - April 04, 2013

it's like a whipping,

an open criticism

of self-chastisement

and castrating truth

ripping flesh

in public castigation

and personal rebuke,

a weapon of christian

self-flagellation

flogging mind

fogging eye

when forcing the focus to me

from Charity's charm.

Apostle to the Apostles

Noli Me Tangere - 1835 Alexander Ivanov

Apostle to the Apostles

a silent desperation clings

between laments and linens

solemnities of woe and sob

absorb the day entombed

finished, bowed, sealed secure

despondency overwhelming

but ah, the joy complete

the first of week,

with weepings ceasing

and seeking seeing Rabboni,

came telling,

"I have seen the Lord".

John 19:40, Matthew 27:65-66, John 19:30, John 15:11, John 20:3-7, John 20:9-18

Untitled - March 24, 2013

it's like predicting

earthquakes

volcanic eruptions

tornadoes

epidemics

except skeptics

do not believe

an a priori

coming of Christ

1 Corinthians 1:21-23, 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10, Matthew 24:1-51