Archive for April, 2008
Outrageous
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry
Outrageous
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watch them
see them
in their cavernous dwellings
shrines to excess
to waste
testaments to foolish disregard
for our precious planet
observe them hoist themselves
to command positions
in gluttonous drive-time dinosaurs
dreaded treaded behemoths
that bully across the face
of our crippled planet
devouring resources
like a herd
of metallic mastodons
a relentless forage
of fragile fossil fuel
to suck dry
the paleozoic nectar
300 million years
in the making
a fraction of that
in the plunder
and [...]
Seasons
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word, collage
Author’s note: This is a suite of four haiku that reflect the seasons of the year.
Seasons
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Spring
(haiku)
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wings flutter gently
spring breeze bends full flowered stems
meadow dance begins
• • •
Summer
(haiku)
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green leaf on blue pond
turns in golden summer sun
red bird softly sings
• • •
Fall
(haiku)
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stalks lie down in fields
arbors burst with ripened grape
fall is on the land
• • •
Winter
(haiku)
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coarse lands [...]
Gaia Weeps (earth day ‘o8)
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Poetry
Gaia Weeps
(haiku)
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Man seeks dominion
Frail balance has been disturbed
Gaia is weeping
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rob kistner © 2007
To Remain
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry
To Remain
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moonlight
keeps dark at bay
pressing in
as night wind stirs
like mocking breath
of life now lost
to light-less realm
beyond the chill
encircling me
empty
to remain
no emotion
save grief
apples spilled
on broken stair
where rail eluded
grasping hand
no voice came
to futile cry
those lips
will not know again
sweet fruit
nor love
• • •
rob kistner © 2008
Swept Away
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word
A bluesman’s life and soul.
“Music gives me goose-bumps, especially when created by genuine human spirit…”
NOTE: If you would like to ‘hear’ this poem before you read it, I invite you to click on this button you see above the photorendering, and listen to my recorded “spoken word” version of this poem. I’ve mixed in [...]
