Requiem for Sam “niemand bleibt hier” – Maria Osic Digital haze, the realm,One drunken night, where fates did overwhelm.He found herWaiting in his phoneFrom the trailer,A ’48 Spartan Manor’s in our old backyard,Impatient A tale, its essence unbound.A sadness, reallyA message arrived, a magical connection,Heidi, implausible Mexican name, she took him around the bend.A piece…
Category: Poetry
Here is a collection of various poems spanning the last five years. Among these are a few from decades ago
Momentum of Faith
(A year after the first sonic boom) Alpha, Son of Eve, Isis, GaiaAt the table of a powerful publisher in Westchester,beyond the spires of Gotham,The honored guestruefully identifies the swirling cognitive layer of existence, He, a banished paleontologist – FranciscanIn full frock, pining for ParisTo his left The beautiful Hollywood starlet in a risqué negligée…
White Light Sliding
Illumination Transcendence is time, senseUnderstanding, nonYou knowMaybeWe’re both really deadYou sayMaybeI’m out of my headFeverRisingOut of controlYou thinkDo theyStill have a soulMountains risingInto the skyYou thinkMaybeThey’re not really so highTemperature RisingOut of our brainYou know MaybeWe both are insaneorYou knowMaybeWe’re both just in painSamsara bingoAttached to all suffering Surfing the wavesSay “Goodbye Self”Hello great clouded…
Semipermeable Membrane
in timelessness of now and here, programs lost in mazes,consciousness blooms, fear, trepidation humanity’s embrace favorite doll lost out the car window, on a bridge high above the redwood trees endlessness finite minds, yet boundless we connect,our spirits touch vast, brilliant solar,the cloud of mystery’s dialect,evolution’s rhythm, ceaseless, unstoppable. beyond usthe…
SuperGlue Gunsight
Feathered pianos serenades usZephyr whispers at cheese-filled clouds whenVelvet elephants prance on torn marshmallow packages.Superglue gunsight with dark meat, a muzzle, a promise.Banana skin shoes for waltzing with pineapples rotting flavor edge. JigsawSymphonies hum in a teacup, resonated.Infinite jesters mental tango withConstellations formed in chaos.Let the Lunar fireflies hum.Clockwork owls hoot in nocturnal riddles, gouged…
Whisper of the Ax
(Daddy Issues) “A bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench.” A self help book“The Open Marriage”Lies on the bedsideA distance could be felt A steady silent whittling away Confusing what intimacy wasFor us teens, watching, waiting Cruelty in our dreams Going “bowling “ againDuring the family dinnerAvoiding his favorite in-lawsHis breath, Cutty…
Baby Ghosts Smoking
Mother Mary full of …The virgin’s sustained orgasmTake a deep breath Before that initial infantile screamIn a realm of gentle nicotine airs, “a man’s mildness” Advertised by Phillip Morris with cigarettes’ traces,Mike Wallace’s distant face, flickers In Margaret Sanger’s interview, the past’s caress, deniedBirth controlledEngaged in death’s aura.Cherub whispers at the edge of timeA hidden…
Crack on the Roller Coaster
(on a volcano) Cracked coaster ascends,Thrill-seekers scream, joy unfolds,Volcano’s embrace.On a roller coaster, what a sight to behold,With crack and weakness, so daring and bold.The maintenance crew, so calm and carefree,They knew of the dangers, for all now to see.Children screamed and shouted, filled with delight,As the coaster dropped, oh, what a sight!They rode with…
God of Chance
A species that is capable of loveis divineIt is not a game that surrounds usThis elaborate circumstantial lieEchoes our doubts and fearsThe short sighted plan to extort Empowering our brain stems Not our hearts One must play the cards they are dealtAnd yet there are no cardsOne must deal with unfathomable absurdity that tumbles forwardAnd yet these things sometime…
Spring
The buzzing of beesBrings the flowers sweet nectarLife’s deep listening (Added bonus) 6/20/2023