Newest Poems & Writings

June 16, 2012

“Hearing Echoes”

cji

6/16/12

Far away wars keep returning

in my mind/heart so burning

wanting to forget but learning

clarity of thought discerning;

Plop, Plop, Plop in the night

the plane too low to drop

sixteen in a string no sight

no chutes deployed so plop;

Parachutes littering the scene

some on steeples blood stained

others on buildings so seen

expressions dreams pained;

Hearing echoes of what again

D-Day or another war zone

where nightmares thus begin

so far away and so very alone!

June 15, 2012

“Pillboxes”

cji

6/16/12

Littering the country sides

cement old and decaying

moss grown or weeds close

where men lived and died

one shooting out – others in

no mercy – no quarter given

war and terror intertwined

embracing the death of many

thoughts never to think

epics never to write/tell

children never to raise

just lonely desolate boxes

left from a history alone

seen today as spectators

nothing more or less!

June 14, 2012

“The Steel Mare”

cji

6/15/12

Riding into the barbed wire

carelessly fountains flow

spouts of spraying steam

splattering of all in sight

cutting as laser light

quick, clean and deep

sheering and destroying

as the steel mare’s blade

ridden only once each

screaming soon stilled

staying within forever

carelessly flaunted

as the steel mare

ridden only once!

“Flags of Color”

cji

6/14/12

Fullness of color distinct

reds, whites, blues

other flags too found

varieties of profusions

yet still the red of blood

the white of the bones

of blues lacking oxygen

no breaths taken again

hanging limp in the winds

ignored by history’s whim

these flags of color

long lost at horrible cost

fading into the mist

time forgotten so alone

never measured reality

myths and lessons

telling of the heroes

where came the colors

red of the blood

white from the bones

blues without oxygen

paying fully the price

freedom required

ignored but for a few!

June 13, 2012

“Miscalculations”

cji

6/14/12

Life’s and thoughts amiss

gone forever into the graves

blood left on grass and rock

some lost into the sea deep

shattered lives strewn about

men, women, children, all

some with no chance given

miscalculations often driven

hearing only the mob’s call

angry terrible awful to shout

making all history to weep

wars and terror minds to shock

leaving the dregs and knaves

leaving all without a kiss!

June 12, 2012

“Lookism”

cji

6/13/12

How far left is the left

catching a view from afar

into the crevasses of racism

wicked darkening pictures

making judgments stagnant

easing into a comfort zone

accepting the disgusting

calling it a beauty of value

slime and grime of guilt

people put on dazzle

speaking ever so neatly

bright lights and glitter

racism finding a home

catching a view from afar

how far left is the left?

June 11, 2012

“Wading in Waist Deep Water”

cji

6/12/12

Driving rains and winds

heat and snakes about

in-coming and shooting

landmines and tanks

aircraft overhead often

but still the grunt alone

watching his six and others

wondering why they were

wading in waist deep water;

Teenagers away from home

no playgrounds or pools

just the heat and snakes

driving rains and winds

landmines and tanks

seeking out the enemy

extending forth a hand

for those who waded

through waste deep water!

June 10, 2012

“An Angel”

(taking care of me)

cji

6/10/12

Over my shoulder hearing laughing

maybe just some imagining by me

hospitalized and unable to fight

so resolved to take it like a man

and yes I did (w/crutches) stand

until in the dimness saw a light

just in time thus able to all see

this angel just at me laughing;

She thought how funny I looked

helpless and yet ever so brave

wanting to move about so fast

after an angel taking care of me

yet there was a smile others see

no anger thus able to long last

and with tickles thus did I cave

on this angel eternally hooked!

“The Germ that went Viral”

cji

6/11/12

At first just an average germ

causing colds and some flu

much like std molded sperm

into the biosphere it flew;

The germ that went viral

gaining undeserved power

into an ever upward spiral

even when to the taste sour;

So much that the news saw

just couldn’t report as good

thus pampered without flaw

into the world it now stood;

Smoking, drinking, seducing

feeling strength from within

this viral germ reproducing

casually called good sin!

June 9, 2012

“Infinity”

cji

6/10/12

Think not in mortal mind

relinquish boundaries

explore space and forever

infinity as the stars

expanding as the universe

multiplying in the millions

numbered only by one

as we too are numbered

yet facing infinity as one

not as the stars so alone

but as children of God

who each Sabbath Day

account and report

recharge and discern

relinquishing restraints

into the will of Father!

“Little Blood Shed”

cji

6/9/12

Little blood was shed

yet murder took place

daily, hourly, constantly

stripped naked alive

given soap and number

then gassed to death

twenty minutes or less

maybe an hour all told

arrived by trains massed

directed where to go

some to the left

others to the right

some to live and suffer

others to slowly die

gases do strange things

a body to recoil/rebel

too late and too little

looking back and seeing

how many believing

while still to this day

daily, hourly, constantly

murder taking place

with little blood shed!