discovery.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Discovery by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Discovery/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>When you are slightly drunkbr /> Things are so close, so friendly.br /> The road asks to be walked upon,br /> The road rewards you for walkingbr /> With firm […]
day_dream.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Day Dream by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Day Dream/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>One day people will touch and talk perhapsbr /> easily,br /> And loving be natural as breathing and warm asbr /> sunlight,br /> And people will untie themselves, […]
cocoon_for_a_skeleton.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Cocoon For A Skeleton by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Cocoon For A Skeleton/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>Clothes: to composebr /> The furtive, lonebr /> Pillar of bonebr /> To some repose./p> p>To let hands shirkbr /> Utterance behindbr /> A […]
cinema_screen.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Cinema Screen by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Cinema Screen/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>Light’s patterns freeze:br /> Frost on our faces.br /> Light’s pollen siftsbr /> Through the lids of our eyes …/p> p>Light sinks and rustsbr /> In water; is […]
chaplin.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Chaplin by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Chaplin/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>The sun, a heavy spider, spins in the thirsty sky.br /> The wind hides under cactus leaves, in doorway corners. Only the wry/p> p>Small shadow accompanies Hamlet-Petrouchka’s march; the slightbr […]
Cats by Arthur Seymour John Tessimond
Cats by Arthur Seymour John Tessimond Cats no less liquid than their shadows Offer no angles to the wind. They slip, diminished, neat through loopholes Less than themselves; will not be pinned To rules or routes for journeys; counter Attack with non-resistance; twist Enticing through the curving fingers And leave an angered empty fist. […]
black_on_black.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Black On Black by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Black On Black/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>Serrations of chimneysbr /> Stone-black perforatebr /> Velvet-black dark.br /> A tree coils in core of darkness.br /> My swingingbr /> Handsbr /> Incise the night.br […]
black_morning_lovesong.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Black Morning Lovesong by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Black Morning Lovesong/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>In love’s dances, in love’s dancesbr /> One retreats and one advances,br /> One grows warmer and one colder,br /> One more hesitant, one bolder.br /> […]
birch_tree.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Birch Tree by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Birch Tree/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>The birch tree in winterbr /> Leaning over the secret poolbr /> Is Narcissus in lovebr /> With the slight white branches,br /> The slim trunk,br /> In […]
betrayal.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Betrayal by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Betrayal/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>If a man says half himself in the light, adroitbr /> Way a tune shakes into equilibrium,br /> Or approximates to a note that never comes:/p> p>Says half himself in […]
bells_pool_and_sleep.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Bells, Pool And Sleep by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Bells, Pool And Sleep/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>Bells overbrim with soundbr /> And spread from cupolasbr /> Out through the shaking airbr /> Endless unbreaking circlesbr /> Cool and clear as […]
attack_on_the_ad_man.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Attack On The Ad-Man by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Attack On The Ad-Man/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>This trumpeter of nothingness, employedbr /> To keep our reason dull and null and void.br /> This man of wind and froth and flux […]
any_man_speaks.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Any Man Speaks by A. S. J. Tessimond/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Any Man Speaks/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A. S. J. Tessimond/h2> div id=”content”> p>I, after difficult entry through my mother’s bloodbr /> And stumbling childhood (hitting my head against the world);br /> I, intricate, easily unshipped, untracked, unaligned;br /> […]
woken_up_by_beautiful_dreams.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Woken up by Beautiful Dreams by Azam Siddiqui/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>woken up early by beautiful dreamsbr /> I have some place to gobr /> I wake up on my ownbr /> When someone’s waiting for me I knowbr /> you laugh at how i can be so surebr […]
was_then.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>was then by A.C. Zenner/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>was then/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 class=”author”>by A.C. Zenner/h2> div id=”content”> p>it was…br /> as yet…br /> not eaten…br /> that meal…/p> p>which tore…br /> and drew…br /> the breath…br /> of life…/p> p>from her…br /> and all…br /> she strove…br /> to […]
vestiges.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Vestiges by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Vestiges/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>I would like to swim in the Atlantic,br /> to swim with someone who understoodbr […]
un-chien-andalou-an-andalusian-dog.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog)/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>Because a razor cuts across […]
the_poet_angels_who_came_to_dinner.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>The Poet-Angels Who Came to Dinner by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>The Poet-Angels Who Came to Dinner/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>1.br /> Neither had been invited but both were welcomed.br /> They spoke through wordless intuition, cool nods ofbr /> “Peace-Be-Still,” and, “As-Goes-Love-So-Goes-Life.”/p> p>Their […]
the_nomad039s_vision_ode_to_a_skylark_dressed_in_black.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>The Nomad’s Vision: Ode to a Skylark Dressed in Black by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>The Nomad’s Vision: Ode to a Skylark Dressed in Black/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I see your wings are madebr /> of many kingdoms,br /> nations, and storiesbr /> oh […]
the_man_that_poetry_made.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>The Man That Poetry Made by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>The Man That Poetry Made/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>The man that poetry made stands luminousbr /> on the broken corners of history’s suicidal cravings,br /> he watches splashing in the streetbr /> birds cleaning […]
the-flash-reverses-time.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>The Flash Reverses Time by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>The Flash Reverses Time/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>When I’m running across the citybr /> on the […]
que-sera-sera.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Que Sera Sera by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Que Sera Sera/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>In my car, driving through Black Mountain,br /> North Carolina, I […]
power-of-thought.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>power of thought by Abdullah Albaiti/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>Do’nt know why is it so hard to vent my angerbr /> as I’m only a modern gent far from dangerbr /> my dreams, yeah its fulfilledbr /> but my life feels like I’m bulliedbr /> my friends,my family,my wife […]
phantasm.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>phantasm by A.C.Zenner/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>largo……./p> p>Limbs twisting decadent, slowbr /> smooth rolling water skin caressbr /> gilded phantoms, dreams long leftbr /> ever does nothing churn more my soul/p> p>andante crescendo……./p> p>warm silk enshrining whispered blushbr /> fermenting spirits ascendant pleasbr /> rapturous drowning in wanton seasbr […]
once_was_a_singer_for_god_remembering_nekia.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Once Was a Singer for God (Remembering Nekia) by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Once Was a Singer for God (Remembering Nekia)/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>1.br /> Once you were a singer for God–br /> yes, you, who within your mother’s wombbr /> dodged the […]
old-boy.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Old Boy by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Old Boy/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>If one rainy night you find yourselfbr /> leaving a phone booth, and […]
lost_love_is_never_lost.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Lost love is Never Lost by Azam Siddiqui/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>You had a beautiful voicebr /> when you spake through the eyesbr /> a caged bird yearning to touch the skiesbr /> and my condition was the samebr /> yet my eyelids were the curtains of shamebr /> […]
long_i_waited_in_vain.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Long I waited in vain by A.C.Zenner/title> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>Wistful was I then, my heartbr /> longing in simple pulsing charmsbr /> for Venus, pure soul in fleshbr /> carried by the willow breezebr /> to my side, to blanket mebr /> sun warm cotton caresses,br /> assurances […]
holiday_letter_for_a_poet_gone_to_war.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Holiday Letter for a Poet Gone to War by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Holiday Letter for a Poet Gone to War/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>If in the midst of mannequin bombsbr /> disemboweling pregnant insanity,br /> a poem of love should seduce your lips,br […]
gratitudes_of_a_dozen_roses.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Gratitudes of a Dozen Roses by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Gratitudes of a Dozen Roses/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I.br /> This rose of spiritual gratitude placed at the feetbr /> of a Rasta Warrior Woman showers the earthbr /> with sweetfire and hosannas and […]
every_hour_henceforth.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Every Hour Henceforth by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Every Hour Henceforth/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I know blackness as taught by my father:br /> “You are my joy and my genius,” he often said.br /> I know blackness as taught by my mother:br /> “Your […]
einstein-defining-special-relativity.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Einstein Defining Special Relativity by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Einstein Defining Special Relativity/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>INSERT SHOT: Einstein’s notebook 1905—DAY 1: a theory that […]
cell-mate.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Cell Mate by Abiathar Zadok/title> div id=”mobile-menu”> span>Menu+/span> ul id=”toggle-view-menu”> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net”>Home/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://100.best-poems.net/”>100 Poetry Monster/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/poets_directory”>Poets Directory/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://love.best-poems.net/”>Best Love Poems/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/poetry/index.html”>Free Poetry/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/famous_quotes/index.html”>Quotes/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/publish_your_poems.html”>Publish your Poems/a>/h3>/li> /ul> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>You sit smiling on your swivel […]
calling-the-spirits.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Calling the Spirits by Abiathar Zadok/title> div id=”mobile-menu”> span>Menu+/span> ul id=”toggle-view-menu”> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net”>Home/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://100.best-poems.net/”>100 Poetry Monster/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/poets_directory”>Poets Directory/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://love.best-poems.net/”>Best Love Poems/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/poetry/index.html”>Free Poetry/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/famous_quotes/index.html”>Quotes/a>/h3>/li> li class=”clearfix”>h3>a href=”https://www.best-poems.net/publish_your_poems.html”>Publish your Poems/a>/h3>/li> /ul> /div> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I summon you, spiritsbr /> […]
angel_of_christmas_love_shining_bright.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Angel of Christmas Love Shining Bright by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Angel of Christmas Love Shining Bright/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>I.br /> Sweet, this elixirbr /> of eternity’s passionbr /> commanding my glide./p> p>Soft, this explosionbr /> from alpha to omegabr /> sizzling our […]
angel_of_better_days_to_come.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>Angel of Better Days to Come by Aberjhani/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>Angel of Better Days to Come/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by Aberjhani/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> p>Rockets of blind faithbr /> sputter and crackle dead dreams––br /> like time bleeding stars./p> p>Through soft painted moansbr /> a man watches his […]
All Night in Savannah the Wind Wrote Poetry by Aberjhani
Anxious and ancient scratches tore the air with fingers eager to have their say, pulling me out of bed, they cast and re-cast nets of lexicons deep inside the womb of the river’s roaring belly, hauling up myths born in Georgia and legends sung in Carolina, the wind howled visions that burned the night. Wind […]
a-tempest-in-a-teacup.html
!DOCTYPE html> html> head lang=”en-US”> title>A Tempest in a Teacup by A. Van Jordan/title> /div> h1 class=”pageTitle”>A Tempest in a Teacup/h1> div class=”entry-content clearfix”> h2 itemprop=”author” class=”author”>by A. Van Jordan/h2> div itemprop=”genre” id=”content”> div class=”taxonomy-images”>a href=”/a-van-jordan/poems.html” class=”taxonomy-image-links”>img itemprop=”image” src=”https://www.best-poems.net/files/imagecache/poet/category_pictures/A.%20Van%20Jordan.jpg” alt=”A. Van Jordan” title=”A. Van Jordan” width=”180″ height=”200″ class=”taxonomy-image-term-11067 taxonomy-image-vid-22″/>/a>/div>p>em>Prospero/em>/p> p>Assume, just for a moment,br /> […]
Eveleen’s Bower by Thomas Moore
Oh! weep for the hour, When to Eveleen’s bower, The Lord of the Valley with false vows came; The moon hid her light, From the heavens that night, And wept behind her clouds o’er the maiden’s shame. The clouds pass’d soon From the chaste cold moon, And heaven smiled again with her vestal flame; But […]
Erin! The Tear and the Smile in Thine Eyes by Thomas Moore
Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes Blend like the rainbow that hangs in thy skies, Shining through sorrow’s stream, Saddening through pleasure’s beam, Thy suns with doubtful gleam, Weep while they rise. Erin, thy silent tear never shall cease, Erin, thy languid smile ne’er shall increase, Till, like the rainbow’s light, Thy […]