Archive for March, 2009
Skyward
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, humor, photo, prayer
…photo below entitled “Followed by a Dream”, by Pensiero…
Skyward
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if I could but glide
to the top of these stairs
like a bird in flight
I would soar skyward
in sweeping circles
lifted on mighty thermals
I would not be earthbound
not a prisoner of these steps
not captive by gravity
and… I would not return to work
this afternoon would be soaring
and swooping
and giving thanks
for [...]
Elders
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, dark drama, homage, wisdom
Elders
Love & War (two poems)
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry, Spoken Word, art, collage, dark drama, love story, mystery, photorendering, suspense, wisdom
Love & War
The Nightmare
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my eyes
crisp from the day’s cruel sun
burnt by devastation’s fires
scorched by images of relentless horror
take refuge
in this late-evening fog
settling heavy as a shroud
clinging
opaque
mercifully obscuring
I am sustained
by this damp pall
that descends cool upon me
wraps ‘round my pained countenance
fevered with fatigue
twisted with despair
drawn
by a faded memory of honor
a faint echo of duty
a frayed thread [...]
The Shine
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, photorendering, sketch, wisdom
The Shine
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I sit
watch the flow of people
the shuffle of feet
with their different sounds
according to their shoes
I see wan faces
of unsmiling lips
their void curves denounce this night
yet unseen
is the gossamer curtain’s fall
that defines their soul’s duality
the divergent reality
through which truth stumbles blind
to move in the world
rough as a rope
taut as every promise made
frayed as wisdom
leaned in
whispered [...]
Frozen Man
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, mystery, photorendering, wisdom
Frozen Man
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stopping is no option
to lose the way is to keep going
keep moving forward
lest one atrophies
rigid with despair
paralyzed with doubt
locked in hopelessness
the giving up
is the giving in
to the rot that sets with the loss of wonder
when grip lets go of dreams
loss of faith debilitates the soul
cripples the manifest light
that shines at the leap into sacred [...]
Union
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry
…inspired by a prompt at Sunday Scribblings, this is essentially a spontaneous first draft of a piece I’ve written featuring a current ’self’ talking to a past ’self’ seeking union as a better future ’self’…
…I will continue to edit this work in place here until I am satisfied with it…
…here is edit #1 in which [...]
Supple Soul
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, mystery, photo, prayer, rhyme, wisdom
…photo below entitled “Strange Fruit”, by Lucas Rocha…
Supple Soul
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rise up now
clad in colors
of a joyful life
rebuke the strife
tilt against convention
the prevailing norm
is a toxic storm
buck the winds of brute rebuff
stare down the face of ridicule
if buffeted by cruel
condemnation
from the foolish
sadly blown off course
be not inclined to fear
nor falter
choose instead
to tame the dread
to stay [...]
The Hunger
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, love story, photo, sensuality
The Hunger
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filled with passion
you gaze longingly
upon the tender treat
that’s spread before you
waiting
the flesh is soft
and moist
and pink
as slowly you penetrate
then gently lift
you feel the quivering mass
slide full upon your prong
to turn
and eagerly lay
upon your bed of fire
the heat consumes
as juices flow
senses stir
while desire mounts
aroused in hungry anticipation
of the ultimate pleasure
and heady bliss
that is
a perfect loin
• [...]
The Poets - (anatomy of a rewrite)
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, editorial, wisdom
This poem, entitled “The Poets”, is a major rewrite inspired, over a decade later, by the original which I wrote in 1997, and which you will find following this piece…
• • • this comparative exercise was inspired by the blog “Totally Optional Prompts”
The Poets
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damaged in their special ways
they like the path unclear
the route unmarked
fond of [...]
Vessel
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, photo, sculpture, wisdom
…sculpture below by the remarkable Rose Bean Simpson… she is a 3D poet…
Vessel
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there is a needing and a caring
a taking and a giving
pieces of one’s soul
peeled away
for the sake of the cherished
a duality of dark and light
positive and negative
that haunts the reaching out
and clutch of profaned hands
which inflict raw wounds
that also blesses the sacred touch
to [...]
Continuum
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, mystery, photo, wisdom
Continuum
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emerald eyes stare
fix me in their grasp
lift me into the realm
of unfinished dreams
strip me of fear
longing
of inhibition
render me transparent
as I rise weightless
unburdened of care
an untethered being of pure moment
filled with universes within universes
a vessel of time and space
ever-expanding consciousness
aware of all
not as separate
but as the is - the was - the to become
with infinite reach
embracing [...]
