Description:
Story: The Song of Ximena Aljibe Part #2 . . . #WesternWednesday.. Tanka: Tankas of Discord (or Birth of a Muse).. Tankas: Three Tankas of a Deserts Rage . . . #WesternWednesday.. Tanka: Gray Eyes..
Contents:
Story: The Song of Ximena Aljibe Part #2 . . . #WesternWednesday
The Song of Ximena Aljibe Part #1 can be found here.
What does your soul sing when the sparrows fly west?
What hope does the desert eagle bring?
What sleeps in the nest?
What songs do the coyote sing?
A dread mist fills the streets and alleys. A fog of sloth brought by wrath; the dark man brings vengeance [...]
Tanka: Tankas of Discord (or Birth of a Muse)
Light from the fire
of the golden apple seed
planted in ripe fields
on the flood plains fertilized
and fed from the river Styx.
Dancing with delirium,
Elysian fields soured,
Dreams of vile filth,
Deconstructions waking eye,
Sophia held by thick chains;
Born from the lotus,
and fathered by the logos,
she swam in waters
of the ethereal joy,
beached by creations left hand.
On the silver sands,
her spirit sings [...]
Tankas: Three Tankas of a Deserts Rage . . . #WesternWednesday
Rage filled pale gray eyes
and his hate brought destruction,
To the desert towns,
Each step on the trail grows sage,
’till the sun sets and life starts.
But in the empty
waists and nightmare visages
of the deep visions
lost in the stars of heaven,
falling into reborn souls . . .
The lost are now found;
belonging to forgotten
badlands of lost youth,
You [...]
Tanka: Gray Eyes
Before pale gray eyes,
Stands the heart of the desert,
dust blown and barren,
but holding the hidden life,
in the shade of a small stone.
Posted in Creative Endeavors, Poetry, Tanka 
Poem: Melting
Screams from inside
and the ice melts
with the heat of terror,
and turmoil of the mind
bringing flashes and sparks
to the spinning world,
and lost thoughts.
A hidden wonder,
when the fire springs into vision,
the spirit lifts above,
then falls,
slamming the body in a fit,
and visions consume,
giving birth to the word,
and falling astral peaches.
To the world,
understanding lacks,
only to crush the heart,
but inspire [...]
Story: The Song of Ximena Aljibe Part #1 . . . #WesternWednesday
“Good evening fine folk of the south desert, and honest men of the tilled earth. As you know, one night a week we have our very special performer. You all know her. You all lust for her, in your secret dreams. To all our delights . . . welcome our desert queen . . . [...]
#Haiku: Drifting . . . #WesternWednesday
On this great western Wednesday we start with a haiku, yes a western Haiku, get over it . . .
Drifting in the Sun
On dry lakes in high deserts,
The dust devils spin.
Another post soon: The Song of Ximena Aljibe
Posted in Creative Endeavors, Haiku, Poetry, Western 
Tanka: Three Tanka of Forbidden Dreams Found
A Follow-up to: Three Tanka of Silent Sins
Forbidden dreams found,
Among the thunder of waves,
and the silent stars,
On a night that’s remembered
for the vices of the night.
How none remember,
but me, shining starlit eyes,
because none have seen,
the rebirth of joy and art,
In an old and lonely heart.
Fulfillment brings art,
Longing brings inspiration,
the drink brings chaos,
A theater dance Saturdays,
Eris, [...]
Poem: This Devils Test (draft #1) . . . #WesternWednesday
This is a companion piece to the Poem, Six Bullets ’till Sundown.
I’m not 100% happy with the structer and flow of this one, but I’m tired and done for now. Enjoy
The dark man walked,
whistling melancholy tunes,
never talked,
looking for fortunes,
then in the wind cries, “Die!”
The desert was lonely with sage,
dust and windblown spires,
an improbable word of [...]
Haiku: Tears
Tears long forgotten,
Dreams bring memories rebirth
On an autumn day.
Posted in Creative Endeavors, Haiku, Poetry 
Home
|
