Tag Archive for the term: poem

In the tower of greed you keep the cash
but you die of the thirst that brought you there.

In the dome of excellence, you become extreme,
are one with your passion, but miss the four seasons.
In the skyscraper of villainy you con the just,
but drown in the river of oblivion, belly up.
In the villa of success you [...]

shall I open my eyes
and tune the instruments?
create the occasion
where we ought to be?
In the place just right
central to our delight.
syncopate our movements
clutching our hands tight.
recognizing the hour
to begin our life.
radical dances
in the blue moonlight.

i am not your falsetto story,
candied and undermined -
nor am i the saturn
of your dead day spinning
in the center of your halo.
this i told a self
with its selfsame saga
with neither harm,
nor fury.
but i will take a window view.

photography by meryem yildiz

At any particular moment
the greatest drama can unfold.
The actors testify and the overall design
is of concentric circles in motion.
Shouts are interspersed with cries
and the tempo is uneven.
A detailed procession of the holy
spin, turn and form angular arches.
All take part, but few retain the gestures
needed to make the leap into improvised motions.
The space, controlled, diagonal, essential,
is [...]

the creek bed leaks here,
the black birds beckon a call to home;
to black toes,
to fingers like worms that know the earth,
and the horns of a small red heart and apple cheeks
that cast no reflection.

Her needle erred; a moment’s pause,
A moment’s patience, all was well.
Then she: ‘But just suppose the horse,
Suppose the rider fell?’
- Christian Rossetti

the birds have vanished from the sky.
now the last cloud drains away.
we sit together, the mountain and me,
until only the mountain remains.

- li po

the moon is a house
in which the mind is master.
look very closely:
only impermanence lasts.
this floating world, too, will pass.
- ikkyū sojun

under the skin,
there is a second song.
notes in parallel, or in opposites.
we scald the self in search of these.
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escape the frame
nod your head
burst into laughter
whisper something
look up and smile
absorb the meaning
take your rightful place
kick monumental butt
repeatedly and unrelentingly
allow emotions to flow
close the deal
lose control
dream to dream
express it
transcend it
sweet geometry
effortless
wondrous
own it
seize the moment
struggle
suffer
elevate
exalt
organize
unleash