All posts for the month April, 2012

Frenemies

skitter, scatter
run for your lives

you’re all alone
anyway…
lies, lies, lies

beware what
surrounds you
and whispers
in your ear

the bogeyman
is lurking
right by your side

innocence wavers
as confusion
sets forth

led down
a path that
is murky with filth

you want to
believe but
you know
you can’t

lifetime
diminished
by sugar-
coated sleek

far-reaching
tentacles
shroud your
eyes

one misstep
this way
and you’ll
be
consumed
by
the
frenemy

Political musings for Meeting the Bar on dVerse Poets:  Allegory  http://dversepoets.com/2012/04/26/dverse-poets-pub-meeting-the-bar-allegory/

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by Bodhirose on April 26, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Bodhirose on April 26, 2012

http://bodhirose.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/frenemies/

Harmonic Concert

Newness envelopes all in the garden
Delicate buds and shoots appear sudden
Overnight her work is apparent
Nature’s spontaneous joy is bidden

Schefflera displays its umbrella
Baby’s breath, like a laced mantilla,
Emits its honey-fragranced scent
Twining begins the mandevilla

Potted roses burst their red
Spent twigs and leaves have all been shed
Orchids prime to flaunt their stuff
New staghorn fern gets set to spread

Life renews after lying inert
Intrinsic rhythm reasserts
Vortex whirls and makes it hum
The cycle of life…harmonic concert

Photo of orchid taken by Gayle Walters Rose

dVerse Poetics; FormForAll:  Rubaiyat Quatrain:  http://dversepoets.com/2012/04/05/formforall-rubaiyat-quatrains-6/#comments

Thanks to Samuel for an informative and entertaining article on this form.

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by Bodhirose on April 6, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Bodhirose on April 6, 2012

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Despair

Moldering now
as my soul
goes dark,
no light shines
here, all is
empty and stark.
No frivolous fun
(or smile)
brightens my face,
feelings of joy
have seeped
down a crevasse.

Utter despair
has taken
its toll, ravaged
me bleak and
slashed my
whole.  Fear
and quaking
fill my days
as no hope
arrives to ease
this aching.

Abject loneliness
has wrung me
weak–pale
and spent
no one seeks.
Entirely devoid
of sweetness
and care, no
one sees this
walking nightmare.

Photo:  Google Images

dVerse Poetics:  Nightmare Verse http://dversepoets.com/2012/03/31/poetics-nightmare-verse/#comments

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by Bodhirose on April 1, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Bodhirose on April 1, 2012

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