Archive for March, 2010
Caisson
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, dark, mystery, photorendering, prayer, science fiction, tragedy, wisdom
Caisson
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see you
see you in this carrion half-light
unworthy scavengers
you cluster to ravage
to defile the entity
drawn in this caisson
but you cannot
the living presence it bore
is greater than you
your gluttonness lust
might pick the meat clean
pick the bones dry
but this being has lived well beyond the muscle
beyond the sinew tendon and bone
these were its limits
now it is set free
so [...]
Avatar
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, art, dark, mystery, sensuality, tragedy, wisdom
Avatar
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you do not see
me
no shadow do I cast
that you perceive
no movement
to catch your eye
no color
no shape
no texture that is truly mine
you see
the avatar of your fantasy
the puppet of your desires
the specter of your lust
to you
I
am invisible
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rob kistner © 2010
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…image found here…
Alchemy
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, art, dark, mystery, science fiction, wisdom
Alchemy
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you cannot change
a heart of iron
into a heart of gold
no precious warmth
will manifest
from something hard and cold
a love that’s locked
and set in cast
can never be set free
there is no hope
nor magic spell
not even alchemy
you cannot stop
the hands of time
from spinning ever on
when the sand
is through the hourglass
those days are ever gone
you cannot bring summer back
when [...]
Flower
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, love, mystery, photo, sensuality
Flower
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young flower fresh-bloomed
engorged with succulence
bursting with life’s urgency
vibrantly seductive
dewy lips of supple petal
lay open in offered sweet delight
velvet pistil of gentle blush
enwrapped in throat of golden hue
this vision of tender ecstasy
entices with a lilting sway
a fragrance to intoxicate
wafting from the luscious folds
breathing in the rich bouquet
all senses stirred and tantalized
my eyes embrace this visage rare
pleasured [...]
Hedone’s Daughter
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, love, mystery, photorendering, sensuality
• • WARNING! For adult readers only! • •
Hedone’s Daughter
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radiant vision silken skinned
translucent alabaster blaze
torrid as a teen’s temptation
leaned low
here before me
yearning
straplened ankles fragile turned
stiletto’d rise
on carpet soft
emblazened vixen
forward bent
availed so boldly
flush with craving
graceful face
brazen aglow
comely raised and tilted back
my fingers tangled in your hair
lifting firm
yet luscious slow
swept away in lustful swoon
forearms rest on velvet [...]
Sing
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, art, dark, music, mystery, rhyme, wisdom
Sing
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a tear can cloud the brightest day
song will brush aside the clouds
is not sadness just a passing state
but what a melody can chase away
a tune played true with voice in tow
little sorrows flee from such display
thing is, so few will dare seek joy
and thus succumb to feeling low
yet when life is lived in harmony
what hurt [...]
Bridge of Auras
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, love, mystery, photo, prayer, wisdom
Bridge of Auras
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possessed of all it is I am
I breath a sigh of longing
and wish for what it is I’m not
across the bridge of auras
I covet not a kingly right
nor scepter gold to rule a realm
I seek to fill my barren soul
across the bridge of auras
worldly wealth is not my goal
nor power over minions
enlightenment is [...]
Demands
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, wisdom
Two contemplations on the concept of demands:
Demands
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the garment of demands
in which we’re dressed when we are young
is often awkward and ill-fitting
but the self-tailored cloak of expectation
we put on when we are grown
is far more difficult to wear
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Legend
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permit me to share the legend
of the man who rocked the world
luminescent — larger than life
his banner [...]
House of Love
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry
House of Love
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to build our house of love
we need not brads nor hammer
we need not bricks nor mortar
we need not hod nor trowel
our house of love
rises on trust’s foundation
shelters with devotion
comforts with a kiss
it will not fail nor fall
for it has no part nor measure
it is not limiting nor temporal
it is timeless as our passion
our [...]
Magenta Lace
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, love, mystery, photorendering, sensuality
Magenta Lace
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furtive strumpet nonpareil
fumbles from the motor-coach
cup of bacchus fondled lush
held close to velvet bodice
supple breast, soft loin and limbs
costumed for seduction
magenta lace and turquoise silk
kindles lust’s combustion
sweet undulation in a mirror mist
of moonlight on the midnight fog
beckons through the dewy fern
enticing — come enjoy
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rob kistner © 2010
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…this piece inspired by a wordle [...]
The Collector
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, collage, dark, love, tragedy
The Collector
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this day as I journey
I come upon a stranger
standing by the road looking sad
heavy box held in his arms
clutched close to his breast
he stares into my eyes expressionless
his gaze stops me still
fixes me in place
his face is tired and drawn
etched in withered worry
when at last I move
I draw close enough to see
this sullen man [...]
The Book(s)
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, music, prose
Two books that changed everything for me — “On The Road” by Jack Kerouac,
and “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test” by Tom Wolfe.
I was a disenchanted-college-student-rock-musician and had just been awakened by the ‘67 Summer of Love, when I came upon both of these books in the Spring of 1968 in a bookstore in [...]
A’tremble
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, love, photo
A’tremble
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lilting golden
‘long an autumn lane
carried gentle
on the winds
the rustle of aspens
lush and hush
like the murmur
of whispered passion
from a lover’s lips
a’tremble with desire
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rob kistner © 2010
• photo by: fred hanselmann ©
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The Sculptor
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, mystery, photo
Silver Falls, Oregon, USA
The Canyon Trail system leads hikers along the banks of the north and south forks of Silver Creek, to 10 majestic waterfalls, including the grand South Falls (177 feet) pictured below.
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• magnified section of photo to show scale
The Sculptor
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gazing upon this magnificent canyon
cut by time and current in the great rock of [...]
Graspless
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, dark, photo, tragedy
Graspless
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moonlight keeps dark at bay
pressing in
as night winds stir
mocking final breath of life
lost to the lightless realm
beyond the chill encircling me
no emotion here
save grief
failed digits of a graspless hand
on a broken stair
where ankle bent
and held oranges spilled
no voice came to the futile cry
those lips will not know again
sweet fruit
nor love…
• • •
rob kistner [...]
