A Flowering Bouquet - with audio

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The world is turning, 
Tropical stream and arctic breath, 
Skies cajoling

Thoughts colliding, 
Melodies, vespers buffeting, 
Strings tangled, reminding

Of life's foibles, 
Frailties, fractures, failures, 
Lumps, lows, longings, limits

Straining, struggling, 
Sinking, seeking 
For fearfully forgiven moments

But a voice 
Awakening, reverberating, 
Calling from within

Speaks tenderly 
Quiet words, why so sad, 
For healing has come

Once more in love, 
Be calm, be still, rest, 
A pillar in the temple of praise

Made right, set aside to serve, 
Be satisfied with this, 
Lay down and rise

Radiate, illuminate, 
Cast a beacon 
In the cold and stony night

To the silent passing vessels 
Finding safe harbor 
By the saving light

Avoiding the rocky path 
In the crash 
Of uncertain blinding seas

Onward flow, churning riptides, 
Beneath the striking hand 
Of cape winds chilling cries

At once red flames appear 
Surrounding, springing up 
From the wet rocks and sandy ground

Climbing ever higher in the round, 
Cooling and refreshing, 
Light without sound

All cares fading, burning 
In the many tongued array, 
Regrets, sorrows, dark clouds give way

Burdens in the fiery ring rising, 
Calm descending, Peace 
Arriving here in this new day

Free, free once more to join 
The Pegasus flight, on a river 
Of heavens' cascading blues and whites

Together with Myriad Choruses 
Of creation's voices shining,dancing 
Warmed in the sun's pleasant heights

Speeding across the fabric 
Of pulsing, glowing mystery, 
Called by eternity, majesty and family

A flowering bouquet, 
Whispering fragrant blessings, 
Dropping thankful petals lovingly

With each falling star 
Brightly vanishing

And every spark 
Never ending.

Little Boat - Video

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Behold The Jewel of Love - with audio

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As the beating yellow flower descends

A wandering heart is questioning

Boldly asking of the wind 

Will it ever come again

Lost in the brightness of your gaze

Beneath the curling ringlet tresses

Fleeting eyes cannot amend or rescind

The glowing embers sown deep within

Bound in cords of truth and desire

Locked in the breast's red chamber

As nights advance of darkness comes 

Will the fates be undone

A limited soul of clay and blood 

Can never really be quite sure

Of fire hidden by the violet night

Save the cheek blanketed in silky warmth

Lips pressed earnestly in softly burning zeal

Spirits soaring along the rainbow's seal

Against lighting dashing and thunderous peal

Stardust radiating in unseen auroras expanding

Lost together dreaming embracing

Curse of the lonely, away now drifting

Arms reach out caressing, holding and enfolding

A passing eternity of jasmine kisses blossoming

 

Ringed by the burnishing flames

Are two made golden, molten

Smelted, tested ore of the furnace

In the white heat made pure, becoming one

The humming worlds resound

Comets laugh and planets sigh

Oceans bringing up the tides

Greeting the moonbeams' shine

Fading stars twinkling, blinking

Morning calls out to turtledove

Gone aloft in the depths of Feeling, 

Are lovers flying wide in thought

The pulsating affection of the sun

Rises to rule the heavens once again 

Glorious is his raging chariot throne

While we mere mortals have become

Somewhere high, high above  

The treasure now revealed

Hands clasped tightly together

Behold the Jewel of love.

Behold the Jewel of Love - Video

https://youtu.be/kFGuLDqaxro

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As the beating yellow flower descends

A wandering heart is questioning

Boldly asking of the wind 

Will it ever come again

Lost in the brightness of your gaze

Beneath the curling ringlet tresses

Fleeting eyes cannot amend or rescind

The glowing embers sown deep within

Bound in cords of truth and desire

Locked in the breast's red chamber

As nights advance of darkness comes 

Will the fates be undone

A limited soul of clay and blood 

Can never really be quite sure

Of fire hidden by the violet night

Save the cheek blanketed in silky warmth

Lips pressed earnestly in softly burning zeal

Spirits soaring along the rainbow's seal

Against lighting dashing and thunderous peal

Stardust radiating in unseen auroras expanding

Lost together dreaming embracing

Curse of the lonely, away now drifting

Arms reach out caressing, holding and enfolding

A passing eternity of jasmine kisses blossoming

Ringed by the burnishing flames

Are two made golden, molten

Smelted, tested ore of the furnace

In the white heat made pure, becoming one

The humming worlds resound

Comets laugh and planets sigh

Oceans bringing up the tides

Greeting the moonbeams' shine

Fading stars twinkling, blinking

Morning calls out to turtledove

Gone aloft in the depths of Feeling, 

Are lovers flying wide in thought

The pulsating affection of the sun

Rises to rule the heavens once again 

Glorious is his raging chariot throne

While we mere mortals have become

Somewhere high, high above  

The treasure now revealed

Hands clasped tightly together

Behold the Jewel of love.

In The Sky I see Your Face - with audio

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IN THE SKY I SEE YOUR FACE

The good old sun keeps a burning burning burning

The dancing world keeps on turning turning turning

Little feet run and fly returning, returning

Home after a day of youthful play

And in the sky I see your face

Eyes so true, your quiet loving voice

Lives intertwine, love’s sweetest wine

Mountains grey, oceans blue, lead to you, so fine

The birds they sing whistling, chirping calling

Above the orange blossoms budding, blooming falling

Insects and creatures creeping, restless, crawling

Colorful, black and grey, in the green and brown

And in my heart I call out to you

Your embrace in the grace of morning dew

The touch of your hand so soft and kind

Resting on the horizon, soaring in my soul and mind

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And if the Sun and sky flee away

The stormy clouds come take away the day

I’ll search the moon and stars in the night

Till I find away to make it right

On highest waves and in oceans deep

From darkest forest to highest mountains keep

Until the winds kiss this life with your name

And you rest here in these arms once again

Oh what ever in the world can I do

But to keep on forever loving you

All of the goodness this old world can bring

Is wrapped up in your love so I sing

The good old sun keeps a burning burning burning

The dancing world keeps on turning turning turning

Little feet run and fly not returning, not returning

Gone away from home after a wedding day of play

But high above the warm sun is brightly, finely, shining

The spinning world keeps on grinning, beaming, smiling

Rose petal blushes crimson, beckoning, and beguiling

In the days, stars and moon, love is music, bride and groom

And in the sky I see your face

Deep in love, a gentle secret place

Hearts intertwine, sweetest heavenly design

Oceans swell, Mountains climb, I am yours as you are mine

The good old sun keeps a burning burning burning

This dancing world keeps on turning turning turning

Little feet run and fly returning, returning

Home after a day of youthful play

And in the sky I see your face

Eyes so true, your quiet loving voice

Lives intertwine, love’s sweetest wine,

Earth and sky, Rainbow’s hue, can it be true, that you are mine

Tired - with audio

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I’m tired
Tired of the heat
Tired
Need an ice cold treat
Tired
I’m tired and I’m beat

Tripping through my world
Angry at all who I meet

Tired
I need to retreat
Tired
Speaking thoughts, not discrete
Tired
Can’t walk on my feet

Falling on the curb
Face in the concrete

Tired
I’m announcing defeat
Tired
Hiding under the sheet
Tired
And my work’s not complete

Tumbling down the stairs
Right out into the street

What can I say
What shall I speak

Please just excuse me
Friend I’m feeling weak

Too tired to respect you
So tired, just had to repeat

Please let me find a cool night
So I can lay in some sleep

Fret Not Little Bird - with audio

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FRET NOT LITTLE BIRD

Fret not little bird and hear the true word,

Please listen to what I shall tell

That God is in the heavens and we are on the earth

And all will be well in the dell

Trust in the one who made the earth and sun,

With the seeds, the trees, and the fruit

With a purpose, we suppose, for the bee and the rose,

For you and your lovely recruit

Fear not pretty one, dry your tears in the sun,

Fly on where true love doth compel

Join those in the field, a blossomed little world,

Where the sky rests upon the tel

Swell up with song for the light doth shine strong

Clear, the way above, wide and blue

With sweet blessings falling in the breezes that come a calling,

Bringing flight to me and to you.

dedicated to the nini kid for sweet happiness and blessings always. 2017

No More Reason In The Rhyme - with audio

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Asking all the questions

Making no connections

Drifting through hollow checkout lines

Headed no direction

Diced up into sections

On the freeway one more time

The voice of news resigns

Information to compel and sell

But way up in my head, I’m feeling fine

I’m just cruising on

Just like ten thousand lost songs

In another paradigm

Coming from a different time

Having these big conversations

That never reach their destinations

No communication 
In these words of mine

I’m just cruising along

In an ocean wide and plumb

Smiling youthful faces

Silent waves, and graces

Criminal, a generation behind

Inside feels like dying, 
Crying, trying to remind

Sighing, sharing caring, 
Reaching out deaf and blind

Asking all the questions

Used to give directions

Out front and headed up the line

Singing songs, and making deals

On the stage and in Time square

In Halls and hearts made it shine

Cities crashing to the ground

Unknowing eyes hear no sound

Language foreign, 
No more reason in the Rhyme

Where Do The Words Go

Where do the words go

Down the page

In the book

On the shelf

You know

Where to the words go

Out of the head

On the paper

Scale the caper

Oh, OH

Where do the words go

In the hidden heart

Deep in the soul

And on the pages now

Only the spaces show

Where do the words go

Spent at a party

In a passing car

On the nearest star

A mystery to show

Where do the words go

Between me and thee

He and she

Faces and baby

To pictures below

Where do the words go

Into the ground

To sprout the seeds

In rain coming down

Sunlit sound in swaying trees

Where do the words go

Sent to the spirit rising

Beyond painted horizon

Higher than lightning

Passing Jupiter Calypso and Pluto

Where do the words go

Cleansed in waters above and below

Returned to the Cosmos in

Spiraling eternal shuddering colors

Love’s Utterances of long ago 

Poems Naive

Hello All:

The poems herein represent feelings, reflections and moments in time. They are original drafts, some of which remain here in all their glory and have not been edited. The criticism that I get from most of my writer friends is that the poems or stories do not have a beginning middle and an end. This is because most of us here in the west, whether we know it or not, have been trained in the style and structure of classical literature. In the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, from beat poets, to Bukowski to rap there has been some movement away from that strictness of form, as seen in the visual art world first with the French painters of the late 19 century and the Spanish painters of the early 20th, culminating with folks like Jackson Pollard in the 1930s 40s and beyond.

That being said a lot the work here is amateur and naive, and without the polish of the outstanding professional training and talent represented by the rich literary traditions available to us in each of our respective places of origin.

I'm not sure that I will get around to tidying up around here, so if you see these poems elsewhere in the future looking a little different and some with changed titles its all good. You can say; well I knew those poems way back when, before they were all clean and shiny. Thanks for looking in -

and Best Regards,
Dusty Crucible, at www.cloudywaves.blogspot.com
PS. Check for audio links to hear some poems read aloud.

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