to be Brief

…to expostulate

What majesty should be, what duty is, what day is day, night night, and time is time; therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,

I will be brief…” Polonius

“Hope” is the thing with feathers 

That perches in the soul 

And sings the tune without the words 

And never stops--at all     ...Emily Dickinson 

life is a bowl of cravings

food sex and stuff

our balance sheet             

it is unknowable

the cosmos to large

sapien's brain to small

agnosticism

the memories still haunt

stern framed nuns' mouths

contumely

scant words

penetrating the now

with impact

haiku

like the minutia of my daily effluvia

aromatic reflections, consumptions

and assumptions...my poetry

chiseling strata

under my linguistic brain

only gut gurgles and tears 

speak to me

it ant easy...saddled with this beast of a biological imperative...eat survive reproduce...food sex power...crawl run die...amen...

Reviews

[barleygirl]

"life is a bowl of cravings" . . . "the minutia of my daily effluvia" . . . to me, this poem is not brief, but every idea is enjoyed & appreciated. Love that it feels like you're blowing off human's tendency to over-complicate, over-analyze, over-consume, over-babble . . . getting old & living in the wilderness for the past 10 years has changed my perspective dramatically. All that daily effluvia (mine or others) is not a bit missed! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[albee]

thank you Barley G...its a cluster... like my sketch pads...splattering of thought, s***s, and giggles...

[barleygirl]

I love the way you express yourself in everyday comments!

[albee]

dialogue is why i keep coming to this dance hall

[Dhara_Ditzy Kat]

life is a bowl of cravings...Loved this!

the cosmos to large
sapien's brain to small - I think the more we know about the cosmos, the more we are convinced there is God....

scant words
penetrating the now
with impact - Loved this Haiku! It has much impact!

[albee]

thank you Dhara...your words this morning lifted my spirit...my space in this place is cluttered unorganized bits...I have always troubled over finishing... I just started writing again after years of not...haiku was a way I tried to hone my words down to a point….i write to therapy’z my self…. your pieces, are complete, penetrating, musical and wise….few make me laugh out laud and prick me to write…as yours do

[X]

Not sure if my gray matter got all the colorful innuendos but I enjoyed the challenge 👌🏻💯😎

[albee]

I started this recent writing adventure with beatnik haiku.
I've gathered them under Polonius

[X]

Oh😎I wrote a haiku today. Check it out on my page...one of my friends has been challenging in a haiku roll...its not typically my style.

[albee]

Haiku stanzas...very good...the content tickled a poem out of me that I posted...I took on these scant worded things as and exercise...I am seeing little haikus in poems...in Hamlet
to be
or not to be
that is the question

and:

if it be now
'tis not to come
if it be not to come
it will be now...
readiness is all