Melbournian sun

Warmer fire-friendlier skies
buzzing that never stops
a young city
with semi city-planning
driven by economic
incentives
sun-baked dark pavement
schoolchildren
with hats on
mandated by law
this is the sun's country
ruled by the sun
wasted by the sun
fired by the sun
in a couple of years
the vegetation
must change to adapt
that is the only way
or else
it will be struck by
f i r e

Modern questions

IT department rupture
changes my day
can I afford to take off?

What if I didn't access
my emails for a month
would my world tumble?

My little cell phone
crashed - what would I do -
would my self destroy?

Trial?

another sleepless
predawn - drawn
upon a weakened body
resistance nil
a perpetual state
of deceptive fatigue
wanting nothing
but
to rest my cranium
upon the pillow
alas -
instead I sit
and mourn my unbliss
getting angrier
at myself
for not having
my serenity intact
and my mind cooking
overtime
one more hour and
it is sun-up
...zzz

To a fellow poet

Driving in the car
listening to music
still mourning you
a dj's afternoon pick
comes out of the speakers:
Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
Your death pounds me again
cause that was my choice
when having met you last
to hear that opus
instead of returning
to the empty house
- not knowing -
it was to be our last
after so many years.
You came haunting
this afternoon
and forever we shall
rest in the sea of souls
separated by fate
joined in poetry.

Celebrating noise?

The humming of the computer
the whirring of the hoover
the washer's going round and round
with the dryer's summing sound.
Nowhere in the house
is utterly quiet.
So dancing the Strauss
clutters the background
noise - my choice:100 carats.

Dirt's limerick

There once was a gravedigger named Dirt
he dug down with a spade in the earth
he hit a hard stone
broke his collarbone
that was the end of the gravedigger's hurt.

Mixed-up

a short minute
laughing sadness
sadness laughs
cheering gladness
unglad cheers
toxicivity mixed
in one dilute


(Dilute is used as a noun
even though it is not)
Toxicivity is a word neologism
combining toxicity with civility.

opposing walks?

walking the dog
in the rain
the bitch and I
enjoy the spring
the familiar streets
the neighborhood
the grass greening
and the smells

walking the mistress
in the rain
the bitch and I
sniff the spring
the familiar dogs
the neighborhood's other animals
the worms crawling
and the leftovers' rot

Unreal reality

A young mother was being butchered
she had two children
her husband wanted her unborn child
by another man - dead
she was of a different faith than mine
I heard her screams
on her deathbed she begged me -
an unknown woman -
to take her young daughter
and rear her without prejudice.

Theo's day

Each year we celebrate
Dr. Seuss' birthday
Just today
Like a Horton
it densely snows
the wind deftly blows
from the northern
the gale's almost an eight
Theo Geisel HURRAH
anchor's aweigh.

Untied

Calmness suddenly grabs me
a ticket to somewhere
a favorite spot
soothes my upset nerves
now I can function again
an untied knot
begins to unwind within me
slowly a smooth change
of a stumped clot.

Out-of-law-in-law

Bridal jitters
feeling flitters
when all is done
everything shone
calm reigns again
aussie girl dane

To Sharene

Pain in love?

Pain screaming from a blog
read on the net
hurting, turning a soul
outside in
to overcome fear
and get reactions
from anybody who would read
and believe it.
Sadly, only a few respond
perhaps out of caution
cause you never know.
It could have been
me or you or the person
next door, three streets away.
It could have been
my child or yours.
A private being in
a war cutting zone
desribing the love of pain.

My epitaph

suppose I were to die today
what impression would I leave
so far only 3 plus 2 -
therein lies my imprint
of the genetic pool -
suppose I were to die tomorrow
what wisdom would I imbue
so far only love, live, learn
throughout your life
my dictum for my dearest ones
suppose I were to die in 20 years
what savoir faire would I leave,
but to tell everyone to laugh of
all the world's idiosyncrasies
and mostly your own.

Threshold

A reaction to chemistry
feels very scary and weird
yet it was necessary
probably - maybe not.
It was not a choker
it was a sliding hurt
and then a throw-up.
Drained completely
I empathize with people
who take chemotherapy
For me I might opt out
if it ever came to that -
and yet this was nothing.

stop haiku

flurry of hurry
we often forget to stop
and inhale lilies

A test of know-why

Testing thyself
where you have never vamoosed
when you search for something
not quite branded
frustrated your ancient ancestors
yearning for wisdom-enlightenment
they did not get it
in your mind's blind-sightedness
by your own presumption
only to realize too late
that you could not know
that the chain in your genes
ironed you to the same ignorance
of whatever you
thought you could avoid
but sadly did not.


"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” Plato.

Blank verse

Blank verse never tried
bleak violets of early spring
barren earth from wintry chills
none works today - an inane insanity
where poets before me have succeeded
I palely fail at this void go.
Ack, where is my inner bard?
A poet's conundrum
comes as no surprise
I am a prisoner of words
Blank verses do not arise.

Notes on the past

Music comes from afar
notes floating
hesitantly - yearningly
all I can do is
embrace the moment
so fleetingly always
not knowing the song.
The mathematical
equations of tunes
drip candyfloss
on my memory pad.
Alas, the slate has-been
a long time clear
longs for getting
out into the world
again - instead of
digging into
remembrance of yore.
Lyrics of love
is connivingly
convincing.
The music of now
is fleeting in front of me
brought to a stop
by defining death.
Only I can still hear
your tender theme song
and my now is still
in my past and yours.

Spirit to last

Body and mind
marbles over matters
yet all the time
we say these maxims
we know so well
that we don't adhere
to what we should.
Today is the time
because what if not
then nothing.
- Spunk -
dull carcass come
let's dance -
maybe our last.