Why I Greet A Woman

I greet a woman For beauty In body and in soul I know her heart Is pure I know love Flows out from within a woman I love woman A woman takes Optimistic view of life

Nirvana

not much chance, completely cut loose from purpose, he was a young man riding a bus through North Carolina on the wat to somewhere and it began to snow and the bus stopped at a little cafe

Death & Fame

When I die I don't care what happens to my body throw ashes in the air, scatter 'em in East River bury an urn in Elizabeth New Jersey, B'nai Israel Cemetery But l want a big funeral St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Mark's Church, the largest synagogue in Manhattan First, there's family, brother, nephews, spry aged Edith stepmother 96, Aunt Honey from old Newark, Doctor Joel, cousin Mindy, brother Gene one eyed one ear'd, sister-

We Had Him

Beloveds, now we know that we know nothing Now that our bright and shining star can slip away from our fingertips like a puff of summer wind Without notice, our dear love can escape our doting embrace Sing our songs among the stars and and walk our dances across the face of the moon In the instant we learn that Michael is gone we know nothing No clocks can tell our time and no oceans can rush our tides With the abrupt absence of our treasure

Humor

Tsars, Kings, Emperors, sovereigns of all the earth, have commanded many a parade, but they could not command humor. When Aesop, the tramp, came visiting the palaces of eminent personages ensconced in sleek comfort all day, they struck him as paupers. In houses, where hypocrites have left the smear of their puny feet,

You Men

(Español) Hombres necios que acusáis a la mujer sin razón, sin ver que sois la ocasión de lo mismo que culpáis: si con ansia sin igual solicitáis su desdén, ¿por qué quereis que obren bien si las incitáis al mal?

Marriage

This institution, perhaps one should say enterprise out of respect for which one says one need not change one's mind about a thing one has believed in, requiring public promises of one's intention to fulfill a private obligation: I wonder what Adam and Eve think of it by this time,

Four Taoist Poems

I Scattered rocks lie beneath the moss-covered boulder. They are Tai Chi students resting in the shade of their master. They have learned enough for today - It's time to stop and speak softly to the earth.

Morning

I've got to tell you how I love you always I think of it on grey mornings with death in my mouth the tea is never hot enough then and the cigarette dry the maroon robe

Child Of Europe

1 We, whose lungs fill with the sweetness of day. Who in May admire trees flowering Are better than those who perished. We, who taste of exotic dishes, And enjoy fully the delights of love, Are better than those who were buried. We, from the fiery furnaces, from behind barbed wires

Alive Together

Speaking of marvels, I am alive together with you, when I might have been alive with anyone under the sun, when I might have been Abelard's woman or the whore of a Renaissance pope or a peasant wife with not enough food and not enough love, with my children dead of the plague. I might have slept in an alcove next to the man with the golden nose, who poked it

(marriage) Equality..... [see The Title; Personal Fantasy; Humor? (Let Me Know) ]

I’m an American. So you know I KNOW about equality, right? And I’m married. I strive for spousal equality with all my might! Let me share with you how I help to keep my marriage EQUAL. I’m so good at it that this is my 3rd marriage sequel. [My wife’s a good wife, and so she does her fair share..... of the house work. I’m a good husband, and I’m no slacker. Oh, NO! From MY chores I do not shirk.] My wife makes our bed. I mess it up. She washes plates and bowls. I wash my cup.

Children's Games

I This is a schoolyard crowded with children of all ages near a village on a small stream meandering by where some boys

He Is No More

In dead night Long ring on land line Woke me up suddenly from sleep fine, I was not drunk or had taken wine Eyes remained half open with light’s shine I knew it was her calling from that end, I had many messages to send, Neither she cared to pick up not to attend I decided not to give her time to mend,

Choices

An acquaintance at Los Alamos Labs who engineers weapons black x’d a mark where I live on his office map. Star-wars humor…. He exchanged muddy boots and patched jeans for a white intern’s coat and black polished shoes. A month ago, after butchering a gouged bull,

'Poetic Pizza' Pieces For Poemhunter Pals....[fantasy Poem/Pizza Creation; Personal]

Kanav Justa suggested I share my pizza with PoemHunter friends, but I’ve found, when trying to send real pizza, my wife’s computer bends. So you PoemHunter friends will have to settle for.... slices of my thoughts. You’ll have to settle for “Poetic Pizza” Pieces my mind and pen have wrought. Instead of dough for its foundation, I use what I see and hear and think. Instead of an oven for baking, I bake on notebook pages (or paper scraps) with ink. Instead of tomato or pesto sauce I spread a layer of imagination and/or knowledge.

~ Omni Pervading Mother ~

~ OMNI PERVADING MOTHER ~ Ms. Nivedita UK April 28,2010. [Humble submission: This poem with humility consecrated to Sr. Poet Mom Almeda Knight on her 75th birth day 26th April by a wee daughter from India. From whom I received motherly care guidance and support all thro’ especially in my blue poetic days. I’m indeed a feeble poet to glorify poetically any Mom, so the fountainhead of emotion RNT I’d to bow before and owe from ~ niv] O Dear Universe captivating Charming

The Pangolin

Another armored animal–scale lapping scale with spruce-cone regularity until they form the uninterrupted central tail row! This near artichoke with head and legs and grit-equipped gizzard, the night miniature artist engineer is, yes, Leonardo da Vinci’s replica– impressive animal and toiler of whom we seldom hear. Armor seems extra. But for him, the closing ear-ridge–

A Lonely Cloud.....[nature Observation; Humor]

I saw a lonely cloud one day. It looked small beyond the Bay. I tried to find a second and failed, even though I looked each way. Think of it! A single cloud. Its loneliness spoke to me aloud. I wonder how it felt up there. Was it very proud?

The Lord Of All Illusions

The love that fate, in humor, May grant a younger heart. Will keep it pure and wholesome, Though It's been torn apart. As lost loves still engender A pain at every turn. A short term loss of memory Is but their least concern.