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Sunday
They say that Africans,
Will have to fight for a place on the bus,
So I am pulling out all the stops.
I am burning incense and,
Turning out closets,
-exorcising demons-
I am fumigating my life,
Throwing out old clothes and,
Trying to curry favour,
-surely children were not meant for the streets,
Nor nations meant for war-
I have found sack cloth and ash and,
I intend to,
Gouge flesh with home-made irons
Flagellate until I bleed sin,
All over the carpet.
There will be gnashing of teeth,
And great wailing,
-effort must be made-
I shall identify,
Church pews with nails and,
Kneel!
But the spotlight keeps missing me,
And I manage only to elicit,
Splendid chuckles from my nephew.
♦photo - Irving Penn @ Wikipedia♦
evocative short poetry – words move
“Ten of the Best!”- short poetry
The tyranny of doubt
When you are born,
You know that you are,
Here to change the world,
And it is good,
And it’s alright,
To do your best.
Then,
You’re checking the curtains,
Just in case,
You run out of sunshine.
♦photo – http://www.phuket-info.com♦
evocative short poetry – words move
Ready to land – Guest post!
They’ve dimmed the lights
getting ready to land
service staff buckled down
can’t see me pull out my camera,
start clicking, clicking down the sci-fi lights,
like some Twilight Zone episode
where I’m holding my breath,
waiting.
Waiting for that thing
You know, the thing
the monster
that tormented William Shatner,
sitting in his youthful beauty
beside his slender generic wife
elegant in a slim fitting suit
oblivious to him there
spying the monster on the wing.
Difference is I’m not afraid of the monster
I’ve glimpsed him
every now and again,
ducking away as soon as he spies me.
It’s okay.
Really.
Observing things changes
the way they behave.
We can live with monsters quite nicely.
We’ve just got to keep an eye on them.
I’ve got eyes.
All kinds of eyes
to see all kinds of things.
I’m paying attention.
Even if you are not.
Even if you are sitting quietly
in your seat
in the dimmed cabin
waiting for the plane to land.
“…And if a shipwrecked sailor drifted upon my shore I would be in heaven. Would I rather sit on the island? Or on the sailor sitting on the island?…”
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evocative short poetry – words move
The falling man – 9/11
I will not die by your hands.
I will exercise my freedom,
To draw close to the Sun.
And should my wings crumble and,
Fold,
And fear,
Knock at my heart,
I shall wrap myself in joy,
And laugh,
Laugh as a father would laugh,
Who’s had it all,
Laugh and release my breath and
-falling freely-
fly.
Freely falling, fly.
See – The courtyard
♦photo – Richard Drew at Esquire.com ♦
evocative short poetry – words move
Why we fight
You do not win a war,
And laugh,
He says,
-i can smell the fuel coming off his boots-
No one asks to be a hero,
You fight for the man standing next to you.
♦photo – Atef Hassan for Reuters at totallycoolpics.com♦
evocative short poetry – words move
Looking for the rain
You’re covered in the shit of life.
Great big clumps of it.
Hands jammed so far down,
Your pockets,
You have become,
A statue in the park.
Someone once told me,
Look up when you’re down,
There’s God in the clouds.
-rabbits in tuxedo’s and hedgehogs exploding
bands of men with strong pointed noses
streams of women with long flowing scarves
platters of cheese and housewives in bath-tubs-
-stoves and kettles and cottages
with smoke-stacks-
-hot-dogs
and grandmas
and Einstein-
I look up and try and see,
Hoping only for some rain,
♦photo – MEG BHA at Gossamer Dreams on WordPress/123rf.com♦
evocative short poetry – words move
Rest
Take me for a ride lord,
Along moon-beams and pine,
Among drinkers of wine,
And friends.
♦photo – personal♦
evocative short poetry – words move
Careful now…
And look!
There’s an African!
Oh!
There’s another!
So fragile,
Precious stones off,
Every limb!
Careful now,
May come a time,
When evil cloaked in,
What is right!
Leads goodness into night!
See – Exile
♦photos – Pierre Holtz & Paul Cadenhead for REUTERS at TotallyCoolPix.com♦
