Posts Tagged ‘hope’
Fret Not
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, NaPoMo 2011, Poetry, courage, gratitude, homage, introspection, mystery, philosophy, wisdom, wonder
…written for Day #30, NaPoMo 2011…
Fret Not
•
people are consumed
by endings
speak of their finality
their permanence
their absoluteness
but I say no
in this age of recycling
repurposing
sequels
syndication
spin-offs
botox
rogaine
viagra
endings are not absolute
eventually inevitable
but in that
they are not so special
not unique
beginnings
these are unique
these are absolute
they only happen once
they are not inevitable
not guaranteed
they require a complex
independent
set of variables
to come together
perfectly timed
properly executed
and in that
they [...]
Burst
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, NaPoMo 2011, Poetry, Tanka, beauty, joy, mystery, nature, photo, sensuality, wonder
…written for Day #13, NaPoMo 2011…
Burst
•
sky pulls with spring rain
sprouting seeds push seeking light
sun stirs petal’s blush
engorged buds burst to unfurl
nature reaches tipping point
• • •
rob kistner © 4/13/11
Deep Indigo
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, NaPoMo 2011, Poetry, dark, introspection, joy, love, memories, mystery, regret, tragedy, wisdom
…written for Day #7, NaPoMo 2011…
Deep Indigo
•
he wakes
unbidden by alarm
lingers in the darkness
warm neath the blankets
fumbling for the lamp
follows moments of procrastination
before he lifts himself upright
slides feet into slippers
to rise ever so stiffly
from the comfort of bed
pulling on his robe
he ambles to the kitchen
takes a cup from the shelf
pours chamomile tea
brewed ready each morning
by the [...]
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
Poet In Arms
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, action, courage, photo, wisdom
Poet In Arms
•
poet
abandon vague image
do not weave a fabric of myth
or speak to us in grand verse
telling of the song of the spheres
or the days before this dark time
you see many things poet
but you talk in riddles
you avoid the cold hard way
for the soft path of platitudes
of metaphors
of meter and rhyme
but this is not the [...]
Equinox
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, art, beauty, gratitude, joy, love, mystery, nature, wonder
Equinox
•
winter’s journey ends
lengthening light bears witness
spring crests and breaks
here at the equinox
life bursts forth
poking through pliant soil
unfurling on barren branch
here at the equinox
nature stirs in song and call
celebrating new birth
sustaining the cycle
here at the equinox
my heart leaps
my spirit dances
to this rhythm of renewal
here at the equinox
• • •
rob kistner © 3/20/11
The Keepers
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Poetry, courage, mystery, philosophy, wisdom, wonder
The Keepers
•
from the spark of cognizance
at the dawn of awareness
through the ions of fire and conflict
forward past the dark times
beyond the ages of change
into these centuries of new growth
they have kept it
locked in their hearts
burning in their souls
the keepers of the secret
and now
on the threshold of actualization
realizations unfold
its safeguard is the catalyst
it must never be [...]
Sooth
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, courage, mystery, wisdom, wonder
Sooth
•
seek not the pompous
swelled with false confidence
dispensing the formulas of bliss
condemning you as the un-visioned
while fleecing you of your hard begotten
follow not the kings and queens of mammon
who worship the bottom line
desiring the upper hand
who would despoil the world and all it offers
as their playground of gratification
suffer not the priests and priestesses
who would say that [...]
The Sands
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Poetry, Tanka
The Sands
•
the glass nears empty
final grains are now falling
this year bids adieu
with love turn it right anew
may its fresh flow hold your dreams
• • •
tanka & digital image by: rob kistner © 12/31/10
Happy New Year!
Panther
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, Image, Poetry, beauty, courage, dark, horror, love, memories, mystery, nature, photo, regret, tragedy
• this is the final in a series of edits of a poem I first drafted in 1997
it was born of my contempt for the barbarous act of caging wild animals in a zoo •
this final edit inspired by prompt #24 at Writer’s Island,
prompt #23 at We Write Poems,
and prompt #74 at Carry on Tuesday.
…a [...]
Emerge In Grace
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, Tanka, art, courage, ecstatic, joy, love, mystery, philosophy, wisdom, wonder
…this tanka was inspired by prompt #26 at Writer’s Island,
and by prompt #139 at One Single Impression.
Emerge In Grace
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go down in trial
endure the tribulation
emerge rapt in grace
steeled by the tempering fire
molten molded pure and strong
• • •
rob kistner © 2010
Evening Grace
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, beauty, gratitude, joy, love, music, mystery, nature, photo, sensuality, wonder
…this poem was inspired by prompt #139 at One Single Impression.
Evening Grace
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as dusk descends
my stride holds steady
buoyed by the gentle embrace
of the downing golden sun
early shadows fall soft
vesper’s velvet blanket
drapes ’round my shoulders
envelops me in calm
there is still road to travel
eager to keep the journey
I’m drawn by the beauty
of the rising moon in sunset
coaxed by [...]
Emerald Eyes
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, beauty, ecstatic, joy, love, mystery, stream of consciousness, wonder
This poem is offered in response to prompt #25 for 2010 at Writer’s Island,
also offered “off-topic” to the October 15th prompt at Big Tent Poetry.
Emerald Eyes
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emerald eyes captivate
fix me in their gaze
lift me
carry me
to the realm of unfinished dreams
they strip me of fear
longing
of inhibition
to render me transparent
I rise weightless
unburdened of care
an untethered being of pure [...]
Champion
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry, Tanka, courage, love, rhyme, wisdom
Offered in response to prompt #138 at One Single Impression.
Champion
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search not in the bright lights
that illuminate the field of glory
nor midst the din of exaltation
if you seek a hero’s story
look instead outside the glare
in the quiet place beyond
where no accolades are strewn
and no ivy laurels donned
where daily life is hard
and the living less than grand
where [...]
No First Ink
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Free Verse, Image, Poetry, courage, dark, humor noir, mystery, photo, prayer, satire, stream of consciousness, suspense, wisdom
Offered in response to prompt #136 at One Single Impression,
and in response to prompt #73 on Carry On Tuesday,
also in response to prompt #189 at Three Word Wednesday.
No First Ink
•
I lean upon my folded fist
cool against my temple
elbow solid on my cluttered desk
eyes droop and flicker
aflame with spoiled sleep
face slacked
head now dropped
held in my hands
heavy [...]
