tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45672668892315917452024-03-27T11:43:26.191-07:00Milk DucksSojourns in Poetry by a happy wanderer.Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-26839759296820190032013-01-12T11:51:00.000-08:002013-01-12T14:00:07.870-08:00A Peek<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Just a peek,” she says, and eagerly peels </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">a corner of bandage away from the fresh wound</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">she so proudly acquired in her act of derring-do. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">This, another of several preceding “peeks”, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">begins to irritate the surrounding skin </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">where adhesive tugs and pulls. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">After week of peeking, seepage leaks uglily </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">across the map of her knee, the borders expanded, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">pushed outward by an invading army. Still, she </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">cannot resist a look, or a hundred a day,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">running recon on the elusive healing progress </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">hidden under the worn out bandage.</span></div>
Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-7038304136016783752012-12-01T22:05:00.000-08:002012-12-01T22:14:11.750-08:00Good Night<br />
As if to foil some clarity<br />
or lack thereof,<br />
the heavens tonight are<br />
obscured entirely<br />
but for Venus beaming<br />
some secret smirk<br />
and the moon reflecting<br />
some shallow thought<br />
onto the backs of the clouds.<br />
<br />
And I am bare-assed<br />
and feeling the warmth of<br />
some strange memory of fall<br />
in the wind with a welcome shiver.<br />
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Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-26410379524902531072012-10-13T12:45:00.001-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.561-08:00A Lake<div class="MsoNormal">
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Hoisted upward by the hips, the body, a drenched hairpin </div>
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but for the flailing tornadoes storming rain in four directions,</div>
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pauses to admire the face-to-face image just after cresting the surface;</div>
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recalling to life the first love a life knows, an infatuation really,</div>
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perhaps never outgrown, a child’s favorite blanket </div>
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stored in a pillowcase at the bottom of a drawer that over time</div>
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is shared with only the closest friends less and less frequently.</div>
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Winter claims his kingdom,</div>
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petrifies the world below, forgotten </div>
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underfoot, under skate, under snow,</div>
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under the frigid table of inactivity.</div>
Through the aged mirror pane thickened with chill,<br />
a fading picture, almost recognizable,<br />
is stricken, paused in time. Still,<br />
heartbeats pound out of the red clay, dim <br />
and rhythmic as a dying clock, barely <br />
reaching up to their solid roof.</div>
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Boaters part the hair of the water, </div>
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swimmers take to the sand,</div>
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and Summer dredges up the long sleeping </div>
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or long dead flotsam from below.</div>
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A deep, rumbling growl, the belly of the lake, </div>
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demands the return of what it relinquished:</div>
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“Come back and get your sea fins.”</div>
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Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-7972860672946198252012-10-06T11:00:00.000-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.584-08:00To a Sycamore<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Sycamore in autumn,</div>
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golden hue emerging from</div>
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a sea of green surrounding.</div>
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Your trunk, your limbs</div>
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stretching appropriately </div>
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and with ease—</div>
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the unequivocal ideal.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Earned beauty in the patchy bark</div>
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with its shades of green and gray</div>
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from the bitter and the sweet</div>
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sloughed off and scarred,</div>
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badged with life.</div>
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<br /></div>
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From under your shadow</div>
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the world drinks up, sucks in,</div>
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devours your perfection</div>
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where it unexpectedly comes;</div>
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the form, the function</div>
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curving with purpose; age</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
compounding strength</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
compounding wisdom.</div>
Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-32960897689095519692012-08-12T00:45:00.001-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.564-08:00An ExpectationShe returns to ground zero<br />
anticipating a lingering cloud<br />
to remain outside of herself;<br />
perhaps a haze as thick as <br />
the memory that lays siege <br />
her mind, her being<br />
<br />
like the smitten psychopath<br />
who expects to see his love<br />
at the subsequent funeral;<br />
or the life-prisoner released<br />
in his twilight years<br />
grasping at threads of normalcy<br />
from what had become<br />
his security blanket.<br />
<br />Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-74732293888925893392012-08-11T13:57:00.000-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.582-08:00Limerick o' the week, a la Mad KaneMethinks I will end up posting more weekly limericks than other original poetry for awhile, as the fun of their composition is quick and puts me in enjoyable company! Again, I recommend any readers of this limerick click over to <a href="http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2012/08/05/a-limerick-mistake-limerick-off-monday/" target="_blank">Mad Kane's Limerick-off Monday</a> to submit one or be delighted in reading the others!<br />
<br />
The beginning line this week is: "A fellow had made a mistake..." and variations thereof.<br />
<br />
Here's mine:<br />
<br />
A love-struck man made a mistake,<br />
took a femme out for wine and a steak.<br />
After the sup<br />
he invited her up<br />
but heard, “I don’t do sausage, but cake.”Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-51816874049113056772012-07-29T13:59:00.003-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.578-08:00Mad Kane's Humor Blog Limerick-Off MondayI just discovered the <a href="http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2012/07/29/flashy-limerick-limerick-off-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-286075" target="_blank">blog of the lovely Madeleine Kane</a>, who creates a Limerick challenge every Monday for open participation.View details via link above. Basically, she writes the first line of a Limerick and anyone is free to submit their own continuation of the verse.<br />
<br />
This week's opening line was: "A man who was known for his flash". I highly recommend clicking over to her blog and reading some of the highly entertaining entries!<br />
<br />
Here's mine:<br />
<br />
A man who was known for his flash<br />
was too quick for the coppers to stash;<br />
garbed only in skin,<br />
his big, toothy grin,<br />
and below a revolting mustache. <br />
<br />Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-33503267856991436142012-07-28T21:16:00.002-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.567-08:00Recovery of Sorts<i>Revised 8/12/2012</i>:<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Thunder splits a cumulonimbus mash;</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
denying light</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
refusing sun</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
deflecting clarity on every plane.</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
A river of words evaporates through a</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
cauliflower of mud sludge: </div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
blocking, blockading.</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
A beggared man,<br />
squeegee in hand,</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<div class="MsoNormal">
clears the murky panes</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
nothing to give—</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
fleeting memory fading fast.</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
It is there to be had…</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
capture it, set in stone</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
the truth recovered once again</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
again and again</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
for the last time</div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
for now.</div>
Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-35993476581898532302012-07-28T21:15:00.002-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.569-08:00The Visit<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
She came
with the sunset</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
and left at
its rise, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
day and
night </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
day and
night</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
day and
night </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
in between;</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
undulate</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
panging of </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
disappointment
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
washed away </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
with explosions
of joy</div>Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-38575283825241303792012-07-28T21:14:00.000-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.571-08:00Helpless Relaxation*Best demonstrated by <br />vagabonds in cafe window seats,<br />dinner dreamed or imagined:<br />lost to life;<br /><br />or a young one<br />brinking sleep and waking,<br />bobbing from mundane to divine:<br />
the quintessence of innocence.<br /><br />*Word combo planted in my brain by Betty Smith's <u>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</u>.Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-45050341338104836022012-07-28T21:12:00.000-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.575-08:00Untitled<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Once a
whirling dervish without restraint, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
here and
there a dance on wind </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
as spiders
toiled in vain to hook </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
a wisp of
leg or arm; </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
the will of
this one a stone </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
plopped through
woven webbing </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
left a <span> </span>gaping hole of unpaired threads </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
fluttering like
severed strings </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
on cut-off
jeans. </div>Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-74144507693717472772012-07-28T21:08:00.000-07:002012-12-01T22:05:33.580-08:00The Golden Haired Harpist<div class="im">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
The
golden
haired harpist,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
to have her
symphony,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
exchanges her
instrument of tranquility</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
for one of urgency
– </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Bleating
disturbance
in the healing halls</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
as trumpet
only can:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Harp harp
harp </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
for bleat
bleat bleat – </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
in her
manicured hands </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
there is little
difference between them.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Harpist,
harper or, </div>
<div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
as trumpet
is her choice, trumpet she now blows,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Trumpetress may
have the priceless notes - </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Her lengthy rote
sounding or resounding </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
near and far,
all around;</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
whirling cacophony
in a dwindling prairie, </div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
once a place of
peace where, now,</div>
<div class="im">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
grass, reeds
and dust dirtily mingle</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
in a composition
of destruction.</div>
</div>
<div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
She plucks,
strums, or blows </div>
<div class="im">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
her notes of
haughty righteousness, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
absolving her
own acts, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
molesting
passersby, </div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
or mere
moles in holes </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
that come out
to blink just twice</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
for light</div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
before
scampering back underground,</div>
<div class="im">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
fearing
being trodden, stamped and mangled</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
beneath the deadly
stiletto heels</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
propping up
her femininity – </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Away she
goes, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Jezebellian
priestess, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Jester of
Hippocrates,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Conjurer of
explosive discord;</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
leaving the
simmerings
of strife in a cymbal, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
salted and
peppered to perfection.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Mia prima donna,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
you play not
for me, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
for I am no
child of Apollo;</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
but swerve not
from your symphony:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
Your notes,
my offering.<br />
<br />
<br />
<i><b>This piece was shared on <a href="http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Poets United</a> in <a href="http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2012/07/poetry-pantry-108.html?showComment=1343593918013#c4790797519041753864" target="_blank">Poetry Pantry #108</a></b></i> </div>Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567266889231591745.post-40880616466264063342011-02-03T12:34:00.000-08:002012-12-01T22:05:33.573-08:00Haiku, or An Answer to the Question: 'Does Milk Float on Water?'Milk ducks, milk dodges;<br />
avoiding pitched tomatoes...<br />
If left out, milk floats.Cotalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938486232159236850noreply@blogger.com0