Ode To Anonymous

I never fathomed
just how much anonymous
enjoyed poetry
but after seeing his words
in such disjointed pleasure

Now I understand
how inanity can boast
such random wishes
so much so that nervousness
prevents his naming rights

A Few Effects of Impairment

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A tightening stirs

Immobilizing in pain

The joints frozen—stained

In locations as they were

Before the adjustment came

Constraining incurred

Emblazoned by a whisper

Documented lines

Harboring the fugitive

Corruptions we all possess

Temptation’s window

Opens wider then the jamb

Allows the entrance

Of paralysis, trapping

The frozen center alone

A broken word is

Never different than a lie

Except, a promise

Never can atone aptly

For the distrusting seed sown

Upon barren soil

Ironically weeds find light,

Thriving distractions

To the arthritis within

Where locked you stay, motionless

The spine’s rigid grip

Sinning perpetually,

Protracting rarely

Encompassing all things known

Blanketing your surroundings

In a coal scented

Terror, alone you can feel

Others may suggest,

But they feign recollection

Betraying their ignorance

By indicating such

Knowledge acquired, lies breed

Like the primal flame

Searing a dishonesty

Into this facade flesh wears

Dreams of future live

Not in imagination

But through naïve eyes

For a soul untainted, is

Unquestionably joyful

Hope resides in thought

Connected to times before

When truth was enough

And faith, never burdensome,

But intrinsically sought for

Views of paradise

Can shift spatial boundaries

When grace is allowed

Entrance to your garden path—

Bestowing bounty in bliss

He who is hindered

May find himself limited

The ability

Of harnessing acceptance—

A concentrated skillset

Flexibility

Suffers in disabled hands

Showcasing angles

Too obscure to contemplate,

The many depths fathomed in

Herniated storms

Infect cervical tracts, past,

Physical torment—

And can alter confidence

To obfuscating borders

Misalignment greets

Thoracic mornings early

With destructive grins,

Screaming, writhing, begging for

A semblance of relief

Lumbar’s distressed touch

Violates the cord caressed,

Suppresses motion,

Inhibiting direction—

Fluidity begs for release

Chiropractic dreams,

A return to freedom’s past—

Before the dirge struck,

Therein restricting all thought—

An addiction to those hurt

Manipulation

Freeing compression’s coiling

Alleviating

The constrictive malady

Of nerves compacted by spine

Impairments

Teach effects of pain

The Variance in Perceived Direction

Softened corridors
Architecturally sound
Dream of future joy

Heavy tolls oft ring
As one lilts in nonchalance
Pseudonyms etch deep
Placating tone with rhymed speech
Yanking the chords, course aligned

Tankas

My heart is open

It has been in such a state

Ever since knowing

All the love you emanate

Impossible…not to breathe

Sentimental days

Emote the widest of range

In you, I forgive

All sins I cannot recall

Enrapt in the purity

An invocation

Inoculating dearly

My every sensation

Infected by a yearning

To forever bathe in yours

To Stew in anger

Ferments each the ills at play

Bubbling, smothering

Its scent overpowers room

 A poisonous brew indeed

Dark Tranquility

Dark Tranquility

Instilled unto virgin eyes

Forward vision blurred

Slander masquerade

Disguises take many shapes

Hobbled by design

Little wish

Atop silver mounds

Shining bright

Bandoliers

Sneaking dreams breaking

Promises

In fluctuation

As stars dim appeal

Dark tranquility

Exported forward from one

Split decision tree

Creeping across spring

Awaiting discourse of love

Dominions of sway

Whisking aftermaths into

Shuddering tonality

Silencing

Scenario streams

Blank pages

Portuguese

Man of

War

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Lunes

Crimson, ruby lips

Painted agents for camouflage

True identity revealed

Legend falls hard

As rings distribute for warmth

Disregard for nature

Gogyohka

Within the lotus dream

Time will stop

And it will go

Away

From dream state

Peacefully breaking

Into

A never-ending sleep

Haiku

Pestilence and pride

Ruiner of body and mind

Until the soil stirs

Tanka

Pestilence and pride

Ruiner of body and mind

Until the soil stirs

Acutely conditioning

Withering from selfishness

Micro-Poetry

Jealousy, it’s not for me,

Yet it does creep impatiently,

In my thoughts and within

Unconscious looks I give,

What’s been said, and what’s been heard,

A path toward interment laced with words

To silence the jaded voice,

I found self respect as my only choice

Space Between Haiku and Tanka Combination Platter

Action unfulfilled

A menagerie of fear

Over words unsaid

Action unfulfilled

A menagerie of fear

Over words unsaid

Sentiments unrequited

A purgatory for love

Structure in Peril- Twitter Haiku and Unpublished Tanka

Structural Peril

Bacteria Deforming

Attenuating

Structural Peril

Bacteria Deforming

Attenuating

Excluding the rationale

Constructing something renewed

The Napping Puppy- Twitter Haiku and Tanka

Puppy napping now

Exhausted from parading

Her protective shrill

Puppy napping now

Exhausted from parading

Her protective shrill

For all passers-by to hear

Not a puppy anymore

Tips of Tongue- Twitter Haiku and Tanka

Tips of tongue retreat

Harmonizing demons back

Reformation act

Tips of tongue retreat

Harmonizing demons back

Reformation act

Affirming the sacred pact

Transforming into a man

Haikus and Tankas

Exploding Fragrance
Flavoring the afternoon
Yankee flames light room

Pebble on a beach

Alone, covered in white sand

One for your pocket

And there is a world

You will find just out of reach

But irrelevant

Pebble on a beach

Alone, covered in white sand

One for your pocket

And you will forget it

Only to find it later

And there is a world

You will find just out of reach

But irrelevant

And then a place you will find

So near it will feel like home

Ali in Haiku and Tanka

Undeniable

Incomparable Fighter

Greatest of all time

Undeniable

Incomparable Fighter

Greatest of all time

Ali, floats like a butterfly

Cassius Clay, stings like a bee

Insoluble in Haiku and Tanka

Insolubility

Piece of wood you try, Splinters

An ant in distress

Insolubility

Piece of wood you try, Splinters

An ant in distress,

To return in such a way

Colonial cold-shoulder

The Reflective Surface, in Haiku and Tanka

Shards of Glass remain,

Reflecting in the mirror

Image just the same

Shards of Glass remain,

Reflecting in the mirror,

Image just the same,

Sweat combines with open wounds,

A sight encouraging pain

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TANKA

Teeth itch in withdrawal

Captors torment without words

Carafe, smartly placed

Out of reach, reddened embrace

Screaming habitually

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One grain of salt

Over the shoulder thrown

Into the eyes of a competing foe

HAIKU

Sky Bright, Dark of Night

Andromeda’s whispered bliss

Starlight’s moon lit kiss

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Gray wolf cub

Frantically wandering

In search of Mother

Backgammon Haiku & Tanka

Backgammon Border

Triangular residents

Waiting for freedom

Backgammon Border

Triangular residents

Waiting for freedom

And when that day does arrive

Chains release us doubly free

Kaleidoscope Haiku & Tanka

Kaleidoscopic                       

Disconnecting all the dots

Ever changing spot

Kaleidoscopic                  

Disconnecting all the dots

Ever changing spot

A Fractal utopia

When myopically contained

Cervical Attack Tanka & Haiku

Falling from the Sky

I realized I soon would die

If only flame proof

My father’s greatest mistake

Was trying to keep me safe

Cervical Attack

Pain follows each link of neck

Percocet Awaits

Tragedies and Heresy

Here.  Icy and white

The thought alone, bludgeons deep,

Numb to the feeling,

Scarred by each midnight vision,

Hear.  I see, a tragedy

A Solitary Tanka

Chaos enlarges,

Yet violins play their songs,

By honing sight, you

Allow notes a chance to live

To feel they are one again