Dennis S. Martin's Blog, page 269
July 27, 2018
The Twelfth of Always
So many roads to get to always.
Such an elusive capture is she.
No net will hold to ensnare her beauty
Or bid her to linger in bad company.
Vainly I’ve traveled in quest of her glory.
Dozens of byways have beckoned my soles.
Futile in pilgrimage, seeking her counsel.
So many questions.
So many holes.
Yet always prevails,
A foraging fugitive, live and immortal
As I long to be.
Sheltered by universe,
Vast in the knowing,
Twelfth star in heaven’s
Unreachable sea.
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Such an elusive capture is she.
No net will hold to ensnare her beauty
Or bid her to linger in bad company.
Vainly I’ve traveled in quest of her glory.
Dozens of byways have beckoned my soles.
Futile in pilgrimage, seeking her counsel.
So many questions.
So many holes.
Yet always prevails,
A foraging fugitive, live and immortal
As I long to be.
Sheltered by universe,
Vast in the knowing,
Twelfth star in heaven’s
Unreachable sea.
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July 26, 2018
Pressure Cooker
I see the angry steam
Rushing upward from your ladened lid,
Locked and latched to
Seal the savor
Of the flavor deep inside.
You can’t hide the wild
Intense desire to escape the fire
Burning hot below your feet,
A vile and Hellish brimstone street.
Pain must be your Musketeer
By your side to face the fearsome
Foe you seek to vanquish with the
Mighty slash of polished steel.
But your feet are melded to
A single surface as if magnets
Held you fast as others passed,
Demolishing your zest and zeal.
You can shed the pressure cooker,
Climb the ladder of desire.
Set your feet on kinder ground.
Set your sights forever higher.
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Rushing upward from your ladened lid,
Locked and latched to
Seal the savor
Of the flavor deep inside.
You can’t hide the wild
Intense desire to escape the fire
Burning hot below your feet,
A vile and Hellish brimstone street.
Pain must be your Musketeer
By your side to face the fearsome
Foe you seek to vanquish with the
Mighty slash of polished steel.
But your feet are melded to
A single surface as if magnets
Held you fast as others passed,
Demolishing your zest and zeal.
You can shed the pressure cooker,
Climb the ladder of desire.
Set your feet on kinder ground.
Set your sights forever higher.
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July 25, 2018
Whoa!
Wait a minute!
Stop the coach!
Don’t take me another mile.
I need some time to sort this out,
This magnified epiphany.
It never had occurred to me
That my existence may not be
A walk through all eternity.
Lately my mortality
Has come to focus by degree,
Weaknesses and frailty
Have opened up a plethora,
Doors unopened find a key
Sending me to bended knee,
Opening my eyes to see
Only He can set me free.
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Stop the coach!
Don’t take me another mile.
I need some time to sort this out,
This magnified epiphany.
It never had occurred to me
That my existence may not be
A walk through all eternity.
Lately my mortality
Has come to focus by degree,
Weaknesses and frailty
Have opened up a plethora,
Doors unopened find a key
Sending me to bended knee,
Opening my eyes to see
Only He can set me free.
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July 24, 2018
Hit Me Hard
Pinch me, smack me, hit me hard
To make sure I’m awake for this.
Heighten my attention span
To full capacity.
Crowd my thoughts with diligence,
Alert my eyes to sight,
Turn my hearing up a notch
To maxed utility.
This I never thought I’d see,
Never dreamt I’d hear.
Your fervent apology
Is music to my ear.
I do not wish to miss an inch
Of measure from your bard.
So let me say and say again
In earnest,
Hit me hard.
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To make sure I’m awake for this.
Heighten my attention span
To full capacity.
Crowd my thoughts with diligence,
Alert my eyes to sight,
Turn my hearing up a notch
To maxed utility.
This I never thought I’d see,
Never dreamt I’d hear.
Your fervent apology
Is music to my ear.
I do not wish to miss an inch
Of measure from your bard.
So let me say and say again
In earnest,
Hit me hard.
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July 23, 2018
Laugh It Off
Have you ever noticed the occasions
When you’re most embarrassed
Oftentimes become the source of
Great amusement later on?
How the chemistry of symmetry
Beguiles the sense of dignity
And breaks it down to comedy
When every threat is gone.
Much as danger becomes thrill,
Threat evoking such a rush of
Thought-devoured adrenaline
Coursing wildly vein to vein.
Later on our muddled matter
Lingers long on how it cheated
Death from claiming one more victim,
Left the Reaper in the rain.
You might choose to laugh it off,
Pay the price another day.
It will all be clearer when,
At last, we put our toys away.
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When you’re most embarrassed
Oftentimes become the source of
Great amusement later on?
How the chemistry of symmetry
Beguiles the sense of dignity
And breaks it down to comedy
When every threat is gone.
Much as danger becomes thrill,
Threat evoking such a rush of
Thought-devoured adrenaline
Coursing wildly vein to vein.
Later on our muddled matter
Lingers long on how it cheated
Death from claiming one more victim,
Left the Reaper in the rain.
You might choose to laugh it off,
Pay the price another day.
It will all be clearer when,
At last, we put our toys away.
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July 22, 2018
Rush to Anger
‘Do not rush to Anger’
Reads the motto on the wall.
Just like pride
Anger often comes before a fall.
Slow to anger squeezes reason,
Yields a sweeter drink.
More time to consider choices,
Much more time to think about
Alternatives, the fruit of genius,
Wisdom free to roam.
Intricate decisions that are
Like to find a home.
Telling tales and
Ringing bells you
Might have never heard if
You chose to rush to anger
Without sounding out the word.
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Reads the motto on the wall.
Just like pride
Anger often comes before a fall.
Slow to anger squeezes reason,
Yields a sweeter drink.
More time to consider choices,
Much more time to think about
Alternatives, the fruit of genius,
Wisdom free to roam.
Intricate decisions that are
Like to find a home.
Telling tales and
Ringing bells you
Might have never heard if
You chose to rush to anger
Without sounding out the word.
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July 21, 2018
Sports Theory
Men love sports.
It’s just that simple.
Must be something in the genes,
Or maybe in their DNA that
Makes them want to go outside
To run and chase a ball all day.
Or maybe it’s the Peter Pan inside
That makes them want to play.
Running, throwing, hitting, kicking,
Dashing hither into yon.
Swimming, shooting, rowing, rolling,
Jogging in a marathon.
Hours blessed by strain and stress
Reaching for that sure relief
That overdoing brings at last
To spirits born of pure belief.
What sad truth is bane to this?
To make a man a child.
To cure his ills
And raise his chills,
If only for a little while.
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It’s just that simple.
Must be something in the genes,
Or maybe in their DNA that
Makes them want to go outside
To run and chase a ball all day.
Or maybe it’s the Peter Pan inside
That makes them want to play.
Running, throwing, hitting, kicking,
Dashing hither into yon.
Swimming, shooting, rowing, rolling,
Jogging in a marathon.
Hours blessed by strain and stress
Reaching for that sure relief
That overdoing brings at last
To spirits born of pure belief.
What sad truth is bane to this?
To make a man a child.
To cure his ills
And raise his chills,
If only for a little while.
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July 20, 2018
Enterprise
Busy busy little bee
Buzzing round your mother’s knee,
Charging like the Lite Brigade
When you detect an enemy.
Brash determination to protect the hive
From foul or harm.
Bent on blind obedience,
Responding quickly to alarm.
Gathering your nectar from
The clover or the flowers bloom.
Never seeking recompense
Or worrying of gloom and doom.
Peaceful when the day is done.
Thankful for the rest.
Looking forward to the dawn when
You’ll resume your golden quest.
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Buzzing round your mother’s knee,
Charging like the Lite Brigade
When you detect an enemy.
Brash determination to protect the hive
From foul or harm.
Bent on blind obedience,
Responding quickly to alarm.
Gathering your nectar from
The clover or the flowers bloom.
Never seeking recompense
Or worrying of gloom and doom.
Peaceful when the day is done.
Thankful for the rest.
Looking forward to the dawn when
You’ll resume your golden quest.
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July 19, 2018
Sip, Don’t Gulp
I’m just sitting here thinking how
Tragic it is that so many people go
Dashing through life as though it’s a race,
A frightful pace,
With unattainable goals to chase.
Now, I think I know what you’re going to say,
That time is the foe who
Stands in the way,
That every dawn could bring your last day.
There’s really only one thing I can say.
Sip… doesn’t gulp.
Smell the bouquet of the finely aged wine.
Savor each morsel as though it’s the last.
If one time around is all this life offers,
I want to be satisfied with its repast.
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Tragic it is that so many people go
Dashing through life as though it’s a race,
A frightful pace,
With unattainable goals to chase.
Now, I think I know what you’re going to say,
That time is the foe who
Stands in the way,
That every dawn could bring your last day.
There’s really only one thing I can say.
Sip… doesn’t gulp.
Smell the bouquet of the finely aged wine.
Savor each morsel as though it’s the last.
If one time around is all this life offers,
I want to be satisfied with its repast.
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July 18, 2018
Magazine Ads
Does anyone really read magazine ads?
Sometimes stuck down in a corner,
Sometimes taking up a page – or two – or three.
You’ve seen them. What’s the deal?
Pretty pictures on a page of
Life as it should be.
Back page filled with such fine print
You need a microscope to see.
And what is it for? This miracle drug.
What does it really do?
‘Ask your doctor’ it boldly declares.
We’ll take good care of you.
I reek of hypertension just to see
Such blatant spam,
Lose my cool demeanor and go
Chasing after cause.
That they, whoever they are, would
Defile my leisure reading
With such frightful insignificance
Is reason to give pause.
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Sometimes stuck down in a corner,
Sometimes taking up a page – or two – or three.
You’ve seen them. What’s the deal?
Pretty pictures on a page of
Life as it should be.
Back page filled with such fine print
You need a microscope to see.
And what is it for? This miracle drug.
What does it really do?
‘Ask your doctor’ it boldly declares.
We’ll take good care of you.
I reek of hypertension just to see
Such blatant spam,
Lose my cool demeanor and go
Chasing after cause.
That they, whoever they are, would
Defile my leisure reading
With such frightful insignificance
Is reason to give pause.
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