Archive for June, 2010
Questions
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, courage, dark, family, homage, horror, photo, tragedy, wisdom
…I wrote this in response to the June 28th prompt at Big Tent Poetry
and for prompt #59 at Carry On Tuesday…
Questions
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he lifts himself quietly
from beneath the sheets
soiled with neglect
makes his way carefully
past the shallow-breathed crumple
that lay milky-eyed in a heap
un-moving on the floor
save a twitch of the sodden head
this wreckage is his mother
why do you [...]
No Longer Imagine
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, beauty, ecstatic, gratitude, homage, joy, love, mystery, nature, sensuality, wisdom, wonder
…in response to the 9th prompt on the newly re-opened Writer’s Island, I offer a perspective on love…
…but first a short verse I wrote inspired by prompt #8 at We Write Poems…
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see feel hear touch breath live
life is a sensual garden
no longer imagine
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No Longer Imagine
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I can no longer imagine
the heat of the red rock desert
soothing [...]
Extinction’s Shadow
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Haiku, Image, Poetry, Reverse Senryu, Senryu, art, dark, horror, mystery, tragedy, wisdom
…these are rewrites of prior drafts, edited fresh for the June 21st prompt at Big Tent Poetry
and strongly influenced by prompt #7 at We Write Poems…
Extinction’s Shadow
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smothered by big oil
our blue planet is dying
greed’s shadow falls hard
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future is mortgaged
to petrochemical lust
fatal addiction
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mankind is drowning
in a flood of fossil fuel
black tide of folly
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That Hollywood Sparkle
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, dark, horror, humor noir, photo, rant, satire, tragedy, wisdom
…I wrote this in response to the June 14th prompt at Big Tent Poetry…
That Hollywood Sparkle
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it’s not so much we resent the hungry
no more than do we despise the poor
rather we avoid and dismiss them
with the dull cough of apathy
we find them disturbing and dangerous
they disquiet our comfort
we do not flow with the milk of [...]
Maneater
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, dark, erotic, horror, humor noir, mystery, photo, rhyme, sensuality, tragedy, wisdom
• In response to prompt #6 of the newly opened We Write Poems, I find arrogant, manipulative divas to be difficult to tolerate, or to understand…
Maneater
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auburn mane with sable streaks
frosted ermine — lush with pride
a bounce and whip, and tiply snap
with each stiletto’d wanton stride
taught hips roll on slender stems
that part in ripples then enmesh
a [...]
The Gift
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, gratitude, joy, love, sensuality, wisdom
• In response to the 7th prompt on the newly re-opened Writer’s Island, I offer a perspective on love…
The Gift
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unworthy fool am I
to ignore it
to abuse it
to mistreat it
to misuse it
to mishandle it at every turn
no way am I deserving
yet over and over
you lay it at my feet
to protect them
from life’s harsh road
time after time
you [...]
Anger - 3 Contemplations
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, collage, courage, dark, family, horror, love, rant, tragedy, wisdom
…I offer this 3-part contemplation on anger in response to the June 7th prompt at Big Tent Poetry…
• the first poem is a free verse conceptual perspective on the essence of anger
• the second is a poem I would like to share, which touches the primal anger I felt at the time of the tragic [...]
Words of the Wizard
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, courage, family, gratitude, homage, joy, love, philosophy, photo, prayer, tragedy, wisdom
…I wrote this in response to prompt #6 at Writer’s Island, the prompt is “Unforgettable”…
“The Wizard of Westwood”
John Wooden 1910-2010
Words of the Wizard
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John Wooden has,
on this 4th day of June,
in the year 2010
left this mortal realm
after 99 years
of untiring service
impeccable wisdom
and great love
a man of balance
and spiritual depth
such as John
comes so seldom
it must be [...]
Eve’s Eyes
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, courage, dark, found poem, mystery, suspense, tragedy, whimsy
• In response to prompt #5 of the newly opened We Write Poems, this is a surrealistic poem I created using a technique of creative omission called erasure. I am generally not a fan of fashioning a poem to or from a form or device — but this was interesting. The original poem I [...]
Lupus Luna
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, dark, dark drama, horror, mystery, photorendering, suspense, tragedy
…I wrote this in response to the May 31st prompt at Big Tent Poetry…
Lupus Luna
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wolf moon hangs heavy
in the damp night sky
I feel its powerful tug
bulbous moist pearl
rolling in a cold chromium fog
forging my steely urges
hardening my unspeakable needs
wet slivers of cloud
smear themselves across its face
irregular
dappling my perverse metamorphosis
translucent sacks of moonbeams
glide the blue black [...]
