Mums the Poet Ploylessness

EDUCATING MY Cipher by D

I am that musical genius junkie That perhaps someone warned you about Caught I am rhythm I am hip-hop I miss MS. JILL SCOTT Saturday morning “Who is Jill Scott,” the album trees swaying pushed about with invisible breeze No television now I will not feed the idiot box warm cup of chamomile tea, sip [...]

Wait… there is more… by D

STREAM of CONSCIOUSNESS-NESS -by D It is the essence of the male mentality that makes me realize that the essence of athletic ability lies in the ability to be mental. Inevitably we must control our own destiny.  Resist being fed by the media and take vitamins to fight off the social ills of society.  I [...]

Reflection by D

NOON by D The midday dusk roaring volume hush Christmas song santa blush Enthralled squall chirp Work blinds beauty a shameful vision I ponder the realization of imagination The midday dusk Raindrops keep falling the hook, the song headstart Practiced, perfected, praised Dad, my first watch Mickey Mouse Onward rainfall rhythmic passions wetting dry air, [...]

Synergy by D

THE STRUGGLE true essence, living life the struggle, never done encapsulate constant thinking a wish to be great that greatness Lies ending at time fleeting No benefit a memory lasts a moment a fleeting goodbye vigorous essence of struggle A tear shed a cheerful tear watch the crowd cheer, roared, stood, high-five exclaim your feat [...]

To express ones self, honestly by D

EXTERNAL INTERNAL: A CONTRIVED THEORY “Ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself. It is easy for me to put on a show and be cocky so I can show you some really fancy movement. But to express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, and to express myself honestly enough; that, my friend, is very hard [...]

SELF AND HAPPINESS: DANGLING ON THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENTby D

(clears throat, taps mic) Dangle the effervescence of cool my senses ingest chord progressions pledge my cavity Beats Per Minute Funk child instant classic a verbal pause 1/8 delay The better sound the tertiary sound your ears perhaps see the cool blows around my ears I am music miffed and insipient absurd mundane and banal [...]

Perfecto by D

SYNERGY WITH THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH Timing is everything So says the falling leaf Which Fell from the tree Into my palm And On top of my wrinkled flesh The breeze blows The trees sing and The sun plays the rhythm Preemptive right of time Held by nature Beckons my curiosity Though, my nape [...]

TOCK* by D

TOCK* I have long since long-ed for That longing That I have since long-ed for When as I manifest all And Variably encompass without sunshine With this Time erodes . . .

Birds: Beautifully Touch My Eye by D

Two Red, One Blue, One Tree… Two red Cardinals jut into the muttered view Their amaretto cherry bodies, dot the tree They pause… Then spring No Trounce Upon the myriad of dusty branches In the distant near Does begin the same second A cobalt blue figure My attention It, in equal achievement Dots the same [...]

Time: The equalizer of fate and circumstance by D

SYNERGY WITH THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH Timing is everything So says the falling leaf Which Fell from the tree Into my palm And On top of my wrinkled flesh The breeze blows The trees sing and The sun plays the rhythm Preemptive right of time Held by nature Beckons my curiosity Though, my nape [...]

“That’s a nice pot…” -Ed by D

THE LAST THING I could have guessed . . . was What made him smile Making me feel good Inside knowing outside His inside was warm with thought If I guessed I would guess Opposite of what it seemed I though learning Still learning from him The most I can While we all can The [...]

Undeserving Love of Infatuation by D

MY ABILITY TO RELEASE The complete rhetoric fogs the greatest sense of touch Sing sounds does the harpist Plucked fornication toward a monarch of sound Incomplete is yonder statement, fruitful phrase Sound Sound to the ear What of this you say Goes the crackle in my vinyl collection Blasts goes the thumping speaker from the [...]

NOT TITLED by D

Quiet strength, a precious gift to you For consideration Apply circumstance hither Can anyone be a poet with a speech impediment? Stumbling over a simile Shooting down metaphors Searching in the frothy dark for acceptance Passion, persistent, indignant passion Contemplate potential of unconscious repetition We learn from them, some of us The third person to [...]

Pop-life by D

COMMERCIAL Hate Dislike and utter contempt Social bliss abundance of the popular No personality Spoon fed people as deaf as a dog to the human language Few in vast numbers actually look for what they like They never get the chance to examine their own All they ever get is what everyone else wants What [...]