Wintry Pomes and the Wind that Follows by Jake Walker (i can read with my eyes shut .TXT) š
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Wintry Pomes and the Wind that Follows
By Jake Walker
This book was made
And meant to ponder
Each page a road
For you to wander
And I Rose
Kodiak trails, needle nose grass
The pond off the road resembling glass;
Puffs of cool air, ice like my stare,
I am running late for my class--
Icicle shingles, and chill Jack Frost tingles
Nipping and biting your nose
Iām still donning my shirt and I tripped and it hurt
And a half hour late, I rose--
And Iām squishing and smooshing a lunch together;
Defrosting my car due to inclement weather
Squealing tire over ice, slipping and sliding ācross streets
Ready to pay the price, and taste these unfortunate treats
Winter was never quite my season
And allow me to tell you the exact reason
Itās not the first time that Iāve been late for class
And I can guarantee you, that it will not be my last
---
Snowflake
Ice diamond
Frosty gem
Kaleidoscopic dream
Hexagonal faeries,
The piercing twinkle
Of Natureās symmetry
Fall from the heavens
Fall down below
Fall on young anxious tongues
Let it grow colder
Shall you rest on my shoulder?
What higher praise can be sung?
I pack you with gloves
Like an ice sculptured dove
And let you fly quite suddenly
You whistle through air
Past snowmen, past dogs
Hit like a Frisbee someone unaware--
---
Scarf
My Shroud of Turin
My placebo noose
My coiled ruse, my numb, floppy fin
My tattered cloth snake
Rainbow death at your wake
Swallowed by color
And pretentious class
Dogs hunt you, cats reach for the thread
just promise you wonāt close
In car doors, promising more
Warmth, rather than premature death
So snuggled, my chin rests from within
You choke hold me, I breath your hairs
Dressing in cotton, and shedding my cares
---
Jan. 18th, 2010
Quick game of catch and already
Thereās that mile long stare--
My little warrior--his little, yellow ball
Decorated all over with Transformers
And what utility! What utility!
He exhibitās a verse all his own
He swings his leg--the foot connects
The ball sails over my head
A joyful sound his laugh is;
Knows he not the laws of nature
But he delights in its manipulation
Tucking his shirt in to keep
His pants from sagging too low
And his pockets bunny ear,
Spilling over,
As if to seal the pristine image
Of sacred boyhood, O how cherished!
Its zeal, its timelessness, its vigor
Its raw, vital power
Who wouldāve thought he was a kicker?
And are we in the cleft of middle America--
Two boys just tossing a ball?
One is a son, the other
A father and son--and is this
What we do--someone who knows not
Teaching and leading and guiding someone
Who knows even less?
The patches of snow stubbornly remain
From December--Ice like dunes on
Lawn like patchwork
A mother and child stroll on beside us,
To take out the trash and I ask
Is this love, fulfilling our role?
Is this love?
Is this that majestic thing called love?
Is it love?
---
Unforgiving Days
Gently, to your places tread and creep
Past snow-covered birch, for thought of sleep
The noble bear, the graceful fowl, the wart skinned frog
Meet with slumber this harsh winter and dismal fog
Dream the animal kingdom all across the land
Nestle tight unto your earthen beds of mud and dirt and sand
The trails are frozen over and the boughs are icy lain
Now is no time for harvest of corn or wheat or grain
āTis now the time for sleeping in a cave or underground
Let nothing bother the hibernation, no chill or windy sound
For you must rest ye animals, rest until the sun
Shows his face, gives of his heat and says, āIt is begun.ā
Itās here in trembling dreams
That all the wilderness seems
To be that sacred notion
Of solitary extremes
With each timid creature
Hiding each and every feature
I wait until the weather wears away
These cold and distant, unforgiving days--
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Heresy
Such indignation
Because I donāt even know what it means
Because it has not yet occurred
The knowledge of such is vacant
Because I know not of my potential
The source of my power is vacant
Because it has not yet occurred
I canāt even tell if Iām real
Because I canāt even tell if Iām real
I know not of my potential
Such heresy
Because I have not even seen my true face
What posture--what expression--is mine?
Because it taunts me night and day
My face is contorted in anguish
Such heresy in not knowing my true face
I think Iāve seen it
But Iām so easily self-manipulated
Because Iām so easily self-manipulated
I canāt even tell if Iām real
Because I donāt know if Iāve seen my true face
I know not of it ever having occurred
The knowledge of such is vacant!
I canāt even tell if Iām real!
---
My Conformity
They say, I have heard, āthe apple does not fall far from the treeā
It nestles under the branchesā lazy shade
But I ask this āTheyā, ādoes that saying apply to me
When I, myself, have conventional wisdom forbade?ā
I would posit a negative, the words are not universal
Iāve tried my damndest to be myself and none other
And perhaps what I say might be quite controversial,
But I donāt even see anyone else as a brother
Be it spiritually or in just the human form,
I see not one person near me as similar
Ever since that graven day that I was born
Only my reflection has been familiar
Amidst the human race I cannot yet relate
Itās what makes me identical to all else God creates
---
Haiku
Pebbles line the stream
Ice chunks float under the bridge
Nature comes en masse
The Problem with Painting
I cannot get this winter scene right
Itās the brush, itās the paints,
This cursed fence and its
Texture; why acrylics?
Why did I choose acrylics?
Because they dry
Faster than most other paints
And thatās good because you
Can work in haste
In haste--
But haste is my problem
And this fence this fence
Are you sure it isnāt railroad tracks?
Why canāt we all just slow down,
And appreciate each singular
Fencepost?
With pleasure, I add
Another layer to the sky--
Focusing my attention elsewhere,
Where it really isnāt needed
Itās like freezing right now,
Iāve lost myself in the white meadows
But notice that deer
Notice that deer
Are those antlers on his head,
Or handlebars?
---
Stimulus
See how money from this waste sky-rocketed
And how quietly the dividends all were pocketed
The bankers, the barons, the makers all profit
But the riflemen march out to āallegedlyā stop it
So now our livelihood is found in blood money
To arms dealers; shipbuilders, ātis sweeter than honey
Those from on the upper crust prosper and thrive
Whilst legions of men pave the way with their lives
We are told itās too preserve democracy
So weāre shipped out--deployed--with great efficacy
To stand up to corrupt foreign leaders and powers
Staunchly adhering to the commands of ours
But what lawful order is there in war
When an offensive state manipulates to settle a score?
Weāre trained to fight, not how to think or how to feel
To champion an empty symbol; a false ideal
And patriotism is a ruse to mask it all
āI want you.ā we hear, āFor Duty calls.ā
Steel and powder again and again receive vast earnings
And our young generation now miles away towards peace are yearning
Weāre no more than gangsters for capitalists
Together becoming the great ignorant altruist
Through blizzard and storm and quake and flood
We generate cash flow to our bosses, in exchange for shed blood
---
Remnants
Remnants of Bethlehem
Reveal themselves
In slow-motion rain
Blues, purples, reds--
They dance in my eyesight
and when night comes
They are molded by starlight
The wondrous spectacle beheld
again and again
---
Sanctus Solemn
Walking not talking--Brick
Sidewalk chalky shaded
Outline moss and grass with dew shine
Friends are out, wandr'ng 'bout
Full of the wine, I'm sure
And the geckos of the night
With padded sheen feet
Climb side vinyl housing sideways
In a suburbian Israel
O Holy Land!
Jerusalem! Bethlehem!
Lead me oh gods, by your stench!
An aroma of sweet cashew nut
And cocoa--and, in the winter,
A bread made of nothing--
Yes, I walk about these days
With a green light meaning Demon,
And a red light meaning STOP!--
The friends are delirious
Subdued and swayed
Influenced by various pills they pop
And it's dark; and it's cold;
A bit murk-murk-murky
"We shall be a city 'pon a hill!"
And we are--a dazzling ionic glow
Flows like riverbed droppings
Oranges (quite real, I assure you)
Pass through lips, tongue, and teeth
And the dead are underground
With tombstones and a wreath.
Fur coat mistresses, scarf and all,
Walk by night to address hello
Where they've once been many years ago
And the cracks in the sidewalk
Reveal a history of steps
Unmeasured and uncharted; a mess--
With each caress, the Visigoths pass
Through life with barely an idea
Of what's accomplished
And the friends see the world
O Holy is thy Land!
Each ignorant friend
Is a mere means to an end--
Each one a stepping stone welding power
And yielding to none but a few
The steps I walk as a monster
At night,
Prove my power
Severely subdued--
---
Astronaut Eulogy
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
My mantra was
To Mars or bust
Yes,
āTwas bust,
āTwas bust
But on this you can trust
Die if I must
I find it rather just
To die with my trust
In my Mars or bust lust
---
Like the Crickets
Like a soft-feathered eagle
Upon his hilltop throne
I own this worldāI am one
With all
When I find myself alone
Like the solemn ant
Always working
Always working
And like the crickets outside
Midnight chirping
Midnight chirping
I am but an animal
My brain functions like
Any other
Butterflies are my sisters
And owls, my wise
Brothers
Tell me what you have to say
Eagle, ant, and owl
I am one with everything
And there is only now
---
Whickett Bluff Park
āTwas nine in the eve,
All I could do was conceive
Of a journey; a mission
To my own jurisdiction
Where would I venture
In this night so dark?
I dreamed of escaping
To Whickett Bluff Park
I equipped my essentialsā
A man with few credentialsā
My world, I wished to leave
To a place seen only in dreams
I stepped timidly many lengths
Bidding farewell to fellow pool sharks
The stars vibrantly lit the way
To Whickett Bluff Park
Chalky, brittle walkways;
Outside chill that lasts for daysā
I warmed my bones, the night shone black
Strapped to my shoulders, a red worn backpack
I was almost there, I instinctively knew
Gnarled trees with tiger stripe bark
Grass gleamed with crystalline dew
And I saw the entrance
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