Yldara - A Glimpse at Poetry & Life
Archive for December, 2007
Life
Monday, December 31st, 2007
Malleates. Nullifies
ostentatious points. Questions
reason, sentiments tendered.
Unveils visions.
Wields xysters.
Yields zany and boisterous
characters. Discordant,
exacting. Frames golden
hour. Irks, jaded know-it-all.
Yldara 1011070901
Author’s Comments:
***just trying to put certain observations, thoughts and points into a light but pointed form. Whether you agree or not, give me a holler, send me a note and let me know what you think. Thanks, God bless y’all and here’s to a Happy New Year!!!
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Loading ...Humble Sea Urchin
Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Egg fertilized
Two, four to 64
(Two to the sixth power)
Cell to larvae in hours
Hedgehog creature
Of the ocean floor
Many a tube feet
No legs or hands, it seems
Feeding on algae
Preyed on by cousin starfish
Eaten by crabs, wolf eels
Snails and sea otters
Your roes, a must have
A delicacy in sushi-land
No eyes to shed tears
Just spines that leave a mark
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Portrait of a Dream
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Silver-hued canvass
Bright, reflective, inviting
An adventurous ride
Of endless possibilities
Shelter cradling lonely souls
Home to listless roaming
Shadows filtered by dawn’s light
In reality marked
Rainbow gilded ancient art
Fortress of silent hopes
Pathway to wishes untold
Portrait of a dream?
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...This Christmas
Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Gifts
and bright
colored lights
strung on a tree…
are just ornaments.
We should find more delight
from a much greater presence
not presents wrapped in shiny foil.
The birth of Christ Jesus, remember
and be humbled by God’s mercy and love!
Yldara
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Deliverance
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
from soul-searching lines, remembered
stacks of scribbled notes on paper
painted words of thoughts and notions
promised to, written from the heart
collecting dust for years on end
just shoved inside drawers, under
beds and a number of boxes
waiting for the perfect moment
now released, finally dust-free
to all who dared to care, freely
shared. Flowing, steadfastly moving
poetry and promise fulfilled
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Snowed In
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Poring over old recipes
As if mesmerized, put under
A lasting spell. Thinking fondly
Of hot soup, melting winter’s chill
Working fast and furiously
Slicing and dicing and chopping
Mixing flavors, getting warmed up
Chasing away, cold days ahead
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Things I Did In This Lifetime
Friday, December 14th, 2007
The walks in the rain and storm
Just listening and learning
Touching lives, in a manner
Mere words fail to describe
Discovering nature’s wonders
In plain sight for all to see
Rising from the rubbles
Of troubles and uncertainty
The meeting with ordinary folks
With extraordinary tales
Feeling their pain, their joy
Keeping it in one’s memory
Being able to share one’s gift
Being blessed beyond compare
These, I know and more are
Dreams, in reality fulfilled
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...As I write, am lost
Monday, December 10th, 2007
mixing phrases in a pinch
gilded in gold, inch by inch
brewing bottles of potions
mirrors of thoughts and notions
casting pearls, chasing shadows
with cupid’s own winged arrows
held fast, pure, by twilight’s youth
grains of wisdom, leis of truth
bemused, stuck, battling a wall
taming monsters, ten feet tall
handcuffed by noisy chatter
dancing with old grey matter
sifting thoughts, dark brew sipping
tossing words, pebble skipping
eyes on the noose, hung up high
as another day goes by
lost perhaps, still hard-wired
in poetry, inspired
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Baking Zeb’s Bread
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
No wheat or barley or oats
No eggs or potatoes in any form
Avoid the nuts altogether
Use rice, bean, sorghum, tapioca
Try one mixture after the next
Compare the texture and the taste
Discover the versatility of
Arrowroot, flax meal and soda
Sift and measure, make a list
Keep the ones that seem to work
Mix one batch, try another
Discard those failed attempts
Again and again, over and over
A new mixture to mix and test
Until one that works is found
Obsessed with baking Zeb’s bread
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