Jonathan Ojanpera's Blog, page 2
March 26, 2016
Form
She is changing with the seasons Shucking off the anger and lunacy Swollen pregnant with grandiosity She is cringing under the reasons Swinging the weight of generosity Sallow in her unabashed curiosity She is smiling and will be for hours … Continue reading 
March 24, 2016
Untitled #4
The question remains; how do you find your way out? For so many years, you let yourself drift. What you thought was forward motion was a descent. Now the sky is a pinhole atop your well, the only sign that … Continue reading 
Spring Woods
Filed under: Photography/Art Tagged: Azaleas, pictures, Spring, Wisteria
March 22, 2016
Now
The cure was in your hands all along It wasn’t about the way you look back Residing in abandoned recollection Nor a view as far reaching, out of sight It was about right now, the immediate Intersection of the otherwise … Continue reading 
March 18, 2016
The Perch
I have a perch. It isn’t a thing of elevation, it sits on the ground. I use it for those times when everything is just too big and threatens to fall in on me. Life has its way of making … Continue reading 
March 17, 2016
Meaning
With every meaning staring down obvious The context misconstrued and addicted too A people stand up again to be sure it’s true They clap and cheer as if there were no fear Awaiting the promises of a master species The … Continue reading 
March 16, 2016
Sketches
He is an artist, in time you will see Paints old bicycles in the back yard Collects clover buds to line seats Sells streamers that he may eat Pencil sketches his girl on weekends Dresses her in flimsy lace … Continue reading 
March 15, 2016
The Meat Market
I didn’t come here for answers. I came here to let the poison out, a bloodletting of sorts. I’ll not be showing up to any of your parties and in case there was any doubt in your mind, I am … Continue reading 
March 13, 2016
The Flight
It was the unscripted bounce of the ball, the glitch, the anomaly The breathless run with no choice but to do it in the rain Her poetry opened the door to all things baffling and silly A kiss, a gate … Continue reading 
March 12, 2016
To Be Water
I am a glacial mountain stream in spring March energy guides my gushing way Through the slide rock of timberline Cutting into the forest borderlands Rushing down to the valley far below No longer indentured to winter ice Past the … Continue reading 
