Category: Poetry

May 01 2008

Muse in the Morning


Half Twist

Mental Gymnastics

Steps forward

do not automatically

come with steps back

Expecting them

is the road

to pessimism

Better is to follow

the steps forward

with two and a half somersaults

with a half twist

to the left

in pike position

and see what

can be seen

from this new perspective

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–February 18, 2008

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Apr 30 2008

Muse in the Morning


Evaporation

Inattentive

I spent much of my life

speaking in paragraphs

to people who had difficulty

waiting

for the end of a sentence

before breaking in

to change the subject

to talk about them

their thoughts

not mine

which lay unfinished

by the side

of the conversation

with my ideas

drifting away

somewhere

probably forgotten

if not evaporating

into nothingness

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–February 6. 2008

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Apr 29 2008

Muse in the Morning


Sun

Reflections

New dawns

have come and gone

The years assembled

Decades folded

upon themselves

Time dwindles

Could once

just once

before I…

just once

while I…

one precious time

could such a dawn

bring forth

a better day,

one not ending

in horror

Could there be

some glorious light

before darkness

falls again

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–February 5, 2008

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Apr 28 2008

Muse in the Morning


Ice

Frozen

Cold raindrops fall

snow clots

into flakes

clumps

into ice

hard as rock

and so cold

Sharp water

cuts at my skin

Does your heart bleed

when the cold

drips from its hardness

as it condenses,

becoming not large enough

to contain any love

for people

different from you?

Ice pellets

from so many eyes

and thoughts

crystallize

into hatred

Are they even

aware of it?

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–February 12, 2008

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Apr 25 2008

Muse in the Morning

Truth or dare?

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Fool’s Gold

Living on Lies

Such small minds

in fear they cower

preferring deceit

over truths

which they cannot

fully comprehend

My God

how their souls

must be shrivelled

stained by

false bravado

unmistakably

obvious

as they pollute

our mutual

reality

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–March 28, 2006

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Apr 25 2008

writing in the raw: speechifying

It’s a roller coaster ride. A tumbling act. We let words loose to persuade, describe, exclaim, defame, refute, convince, lie, confuse, or clarify.

We take stands, have platforms, craft mission statements and credos, construct constitutions, and write theses and treatises. We’re busy alright. Conquering worlds with words… and sometimes the horizons explode. Sometimes all light is lost…….

Apr 24 2008

Muse in the Morning

Is the overly-competitive nature of our society a fellow traveler with greed?


Spark

Short Circuit

Sapient spark

arc of life

light and heat

radiant energy

signifying something

So much potential

so often diminished

grounded through

selfishness and greed

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–February 4, 2008

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Apr 23 2008

Muse in the Morning

Is there a Universe Day?  If not, why not?  Write a five-paragraph essay on the topic.

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Star Dance

The Flow of Life

once
upon a time
stars burnt
creating elements
molecules
this and that
chemicals organized
life
began
life
began
on this planet
we are star stuff
organized chemicals		 life
began
it has
not ended
yet
from the stars
we come
into them
we will
eventually
go

–Robyn Elaine Serven
–December 29, 2005

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Apr 22 2008

Muse in the Morning

For Earth Day:

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Blue Mother

Chapter 6

The Spirit of the Valley

never dies.
It is called

the Mystic Female.

The Door

of the Mystic Female

Is the root

of Heaven and Earth.

Continuously, continuously,

It seems to remain.
Draw upon it

And it serves you with ease.

–Tao te Ching (tr. Lin Yutan)

Blue Mother

Like you

I hang my head

You in sorrow

Me in shame

Blue Mother

I weep with you

for the damage done

to the spirit

of the valley

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–November 1, 2005

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Apr 21 2008

Muse in the Morning


Strings

Semantic String Theory

Letters are scrambled

syllables sewn together

words aligned

into strings

thoughts condense

out of nothingness

and are arranged

into meaning

Sometimes

they vibrate

with Truth

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–February 3, 2008

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Apr 18 2008

Muse in the Morning

Art Link
Narrow Passage

Pacifism

All war does

is spread

more war

Stopping the fighting

by means of war

someplace

just encourages

people to fight

someplace else

Except

they have learned

how to kill

better

–Robyn Elaine Serven

–January 13, 2007

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Apr 18 2008

writing in the raw: poetry and dreaming

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