Unsightly Bulges

[Johntee]

In the mystery of mind
thoughts can hang
on what shapes are found

[Johntee]

Self enrichment's off
of the G20 menu
Where next Trump's venue?

[Johntee]

The Smith, a man of mighty thews.
Michael as Saint courage imbues
and strength then for wordly blows.
United in one, can the nominee...

[Johntee]

On Autopilot

The highway streams past
unregarded countryside
paying blacktop's cost...

[Johntee]

Just vibrations on the ear.
Rose like, this to her
must sound as sweet.

[Johntee]

Through thickets and thorns
dragons depart at thy command.

[Johntee]

I presume the inset is a magnified area
I'm reminded of Victorian greetings cards

[Johntee]

When I started reading this
it came with the lilt of
"Albert and the Lion"
as recited by
Stanley Holloway (the Dustman...

[Johntee]

Well wintered
a pump head
claims the eye
Century skeletal
no life remains
to rest before
the shriven tree...

[Johntee]

Sea Fever :-

An echo of empire.
Bowdlerised,
unbettered,
an age
away from
The Wasteland
or beat poet...

[Johntee]

Each time reads in

Neolithic
Druid
Roman

The line remains

[Johntee]

Straining the gusset.

Stretching the elastic.

The Union Jack corset

in a struggle to contain

the bones

...

[Johntee]

Burn
No smoke
without Fire
what nature
finds a rare
purge
the common
demiurge
of man

[Johntee]

Power seeks out the Scruple free.
Is he now bound with leaden chains
to sink unseen while hope remains
calendrical we wait to see.

[Johntee]

A kvetch-free symphony
The Lark Ascending
greets the day.

[Johntee]

This was a relief piece seeping out of
inkling
where words
like a barrel organ
had made
me dance to their tune

[Johntee]

As RLW says, the mundane can generate surprises;
see where a single word can lead

[Johntee]

It's another piece coming from a single word, inkling
which was from a short form news item on Bloomberg
I thought I remembered the word having...

[Johntee]

First Forgotten


As the words compel

while I still remember,

I'm the organ-grinder's

monkey

...

[Johntee]

The Book of Kells


Through the shroud of time

an inkling of oak gall

and vellum

Scriptum

...