Archive for the ‘whimsy’ Category
Golden Lady
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, beauty, dark drama, dreams, erotic, fantasy, joy, mystery, myth, photo, rhyme, sensuality, tragedy, whimsy, wonder
Golden Lady
•
golden lady in sensuous silk
a beauty sure to mesmerize
sculpted by a master’s hand
so seductive as to scandalize
a stare of comely crystal blue
floats above a ruby pout
spellbound by her magic eyes
she holds your soul with no way out
her tongue tip teases her top lip’s edge
like a supple paintbrush flowing
her smile will fire and hypnotize
then wrap [...]
Wonder
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, beauty, courage, dreams, fantasy, gratitude, humor, joy, love, mystery, philosophy, whimsy, wisdom, wonder
Wonder
•
to grow up
is to chase off
our innocence
our naïve belief
in the world as a beautiful place
to harden against the magic
of our childhood dreams
but if by chance
we can cling to just one
perhaps we can hold on
to our precious sense of wonder
• • •
rob kistner © 2011
• photo: “Alice in Wonderland” by Yuki Valentine
Ballo diVita
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, beauty, erotic, joy, love, music, mystery, sensuality, whimsy, wonder
Ballo diVita
•
he
a master of time and space
she
so young and trusting
he
a wizard of colors and words
dazzled her with danger and dreams
she
a nubile daughter of nature
anointed him with exotic pleasures
he
replaced the sun in her sky
with a fire he conjured and kept
she
warmed herself in its heat
came to his bed at its setting
they
the left foot and the right foot [...]
Invitation
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under piku, whimsy
• this is a Quint-Piku, with ‘accessories’, linked at We Write Poems…
Invitation
•
offered here
three
poems I wrote
this past week
penned
for all to share
I invite
you
read if you wish
and comment
too
should you so choose
if you do
please
know I thank you
• • •
rob kistner © 2011
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‘accessories’
THE THREE POEMS:
“Sea Song”
“And So”
“The Sync”
Skye Fyre
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under NaPoMo 2011, Poetry, beauty, dreams, ecstatic, fable, fantasy, joy, love, mystery, myth, nature, philosophy, photo, rhyme, sensuality, whimsy, wisdom, wonder
…written for Day #12, NaPoMo 2011…
Skye Fyre
•
the grand sunset gun
hunter readies his grip
as the great golden orb
returns weary from his trip
quicksilver moon
embarks on her night’s course
hunter fixes sharp eyes
steady on the source
gaia reaches gently
into vast quiet space
diamonds of stars
gaia sparkles in place
hunter locks the horizon
solid in his sight
his important grand task
still remains on this night
to [...]
Air Head
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, fantasy, humor, photo, whimsy, wonder
…written for Day #10, NaPoMo 2011…
Air Head
•
yes
I agreed
it did make your voice
sound funny
but
I warned you
there might be
negative side-effects
• • •
rob kistner © 4/10/11
…linked at OSP…
Pepper Head
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, NaPoMo 2011, Poetry, art, dreams, fantasy, gratitude, homage, humor, introspection, joy, love, memories, music, mystery, rhyme, whimsy, wisdom, wonder
…written for Day #5, NaPoMo 2011…
Pepper Head
•
I was the walrus
the fool on the hill
I was the nowhere man
perhaps been nowhere still
but when they took the stage
and raised their voice in song
they roused my golden slumber
my spirit sang along
I strolled to strawberry fields
along sweet penny lane
and when miss Rigby died
I felt McKenzie’s pain
stowed in the submarine
and [...]
Ship of Dreams
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, art, beauty, dreams, ecstatic, fantasy, homage, humor, irony, joy, memories, mystery, rhyme, whimsy, wisdom, wonder
…I have always loved the fantasy art of Dean Morrissey and James C. Christensen, and this week’s prompt at Writer’s Island put me in mind of their highly imaginative and captivating work, which in turn inspired the poem below, with its “tongue-in-cheek” ending…
Ship of Dreams
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fantastic is this spell I’m under
magic of a splendorous kind
a world [...]
Limitless
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, courage, gratitude, homage, joy, memories, music, mystery, photo, regret, tragedy, whimsy, wisdom, wonder
…limitless talent, unfathomable spirit…
Limitless
•
• written for Writer’s Island
Inseparable
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, humor, rhyme, whimsy, wisdom
Inseparable
•
if far not near
if there not here
one is not
without the other
so is up to down
and on to off
in to out
as hard to soft
it’s good or bad
happy sad
young or old
if hot not cold
it’s stop to go
either yes or no
as is likewise
fast to slow
dark and light
as in day and night
the quintessential
he and she
it is the one
defines the [...]
Soul Breeze
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, Tanka, introspection, nature, whimsy, wonder
Soul Breeze
•
thoughts drift by gently
my mood is mellow this day
I linger at rest
dreaming of the spring breezes
that tickle my soul to life
• • •
rob kistner © 2011
…for 3WW prompt
use ‘mellow’, ‘breeze’, and ‘tickle’ in a poem…
Masquerade
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, beauty, erotic, joy, love, mystery, prayer, rhyme, sensuality, whimsy, wisdom, wonder
…this poem was inspired by Halloween 2010 prompt #27 at Writer’s Island.
Masquerade
•
when donned the mask
the transformation
smoulders forth
the other
the fantasy
of your desire
carnal fire
on wings of dreams
she is she
and too
the other
unleashed at light
of passion’s moon
a masquerade
to ignite your soul
manifest at your request
sustained this night
at her delight
she is isis
she is venus
she is your every longing
loosed
to bring you every [...]
Over The Edge
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, dark, humor, humor noir, love, mystery, nature, photo, regret, rhyme, tragedy, whimsy, wonder
This piece is offered in response to visual prompt Mag 33 at Magpie Tales seen at bottom of post,
also prompt 22 at Writer’s Island,
and prompt #135 at One Single Impression.
Over The Edge
•
From down there, down there,
it’s coming from down there.
From where — down there?
Yes Sis, I swear!
That horrible smell
that’s filling the air,
the one that’s most [...]
Bit ‘O Whimsy
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, art, photorendering, whimsy, wonder
This piece is offered in response to prompt #70 at Carry On Tuesday.
Bit ‘O Whimsy
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One misty moisty morning
The mist was most prevailing
And then it started storming
On that misty moisty morning
It came up without a warning
hailstones began to hailing
And I missed the morning mailing
On that misty moisty morn
Though I mostly miss the morning mail
That morn [...]
You & Me
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, beauty, courage, dark, gratitude, horror, joy, love, mystery, photo, photorendering, regret, rhyme, tragedy, whimsy, wisdom, wonder
…I offer this piece in response to prompt #69 at Carry On Tuesday,
and prompt #18 at We Write Poems,
also the September 6th prompt at Big Tent Poetry,
and the September 8th prompt at Three Word Wednesday…
You &Me
(a poetic quadratych)
•
The Secret
what I said was
don’t touch
go away
leave me be
while inside
I cried out
draw near
stay with me
you are light
you are [...]
