Jonathan Ojanpera's Blog, page 44
January 26, 2015
The Island
There is no sting as potent as this
My spirit calls out in muted tones
For a time I believed this was home
An island never sought by explorers
Not a precious mineral to be found
Lost to the star charts and maps
But a life exists there, and still
I am desire lost in a raging sea
The spent soul of a lover’s truth
Thrice burned and hard petrified
With bolts of hurricane lightning
Doused, defeated by the waves
To be alone a welcome respite
From this godless, empty place
I’ve nothing to embrace here
My letters i...
January 23, 2015
Fall
fall back into my arms and disarm
carried away by drolling centuries
returned to me by way of the sea
waking in ecstasy
as you collapse into my chest
scant memories of the fight
and a warrior who needs rest
distracted every dream
of this life and every other lived
the bitter years of your absence
they warn me of our immortality
holding your breath
a sign of the times and out of time
play for me your tireless rhythms
inhale me deeply and sing our song
until you fall back into my arms
disarmed
Filed under: Poet...
Seaside ~ Written With Holly
under a sun like this one
the coast of somewhere
eyes reflecting the green sea
soft cinnamon sand
the waves begging me, stay
in a vortex of dancing rays
that light the shoals along the shore
breaking the color of my eyes and hair
���igniting the iridescent surface
startled at the beauty endless
insignificant, distance too great
to swim or glide to its ends
���sapphire ���seas climb the horizon
thundering horses flood
���the shore where mother of pearl
���hold������s the sound of the sea
beneath the alabaster...
January 22, 2015
Music Theme ~ Nostalgia: vinyl version
The delightful, Maddie chose our theme for this week. As usual, it ties in to real life. I don’t know what it is about these themes, but they almost always coincide with something that has happened during the week. This one is no exception.
Since I lost my entire music collection on Sunday, I decided to post some songs that I lost -the vinyl versions. Just so everyone knows, I may whine about this for quite some time. I am not a happy camper, and my nostalgia is through gritted teeth. It is pa...
January 21, 2015
A FAMILY IS…
This is so sweet. Thanks, Hasty!
Originally posted on hastywords:
Yesterday my friend Lisa and I were having a conversation about friendship.�� She makes me feel like I am part of her family and I realized how odd that is.�� It is odd because I have never actually met her, or her husband, or her children, and yet it is true��� I do feel like they are an important part of my life.�� I have decided to do something a bit different today and let 3 guests share my blog post today and...
January 20, 2015
Hard Drive Failure And Personal Recovery
It was Sunday morning. Time to figure out why the pc was acting funny.
After three hours of diagnostics, I determined that I was in the midst of a massive hard drive failure.
Here’s what I lost:
*20,000 + songs (my entire digital collection).
*Pictures and videos dating back to the mid-seventies.
*All of my art, digital and high res pictures of art I have sold and will never see again.
*All source files and photos from two previously published books.
The worst part:
*My writing: All files dating ba...
January 16, 2015
Rapture Calling ~ with Antanya St. John
Bubblegum oblivion, counting sheep to stay alert
Tripping on these sensational arts a welcome fate
The pins and needles hold me in a universal state
Lightning bolt aware, senses flare, blank face inert
Push forward insistently, I’m quickening the pace
Minds learn, hearts yearn, tumescent in the heat
Nerves burn, emotions turn, I sense the inner beat
Restlessness won’t release, clouded chaotic space
Rocking back and forth on a knee-skinned rock bed
Outpacing my intensity as if it were death pose slow
I...
Child Of The Sunset
Dear child of the sunset
Lady of anguish stilled
Dancer of bright moons
Upon whom we all gaze
Make haste, sing your song
Let it fill our atmosphere
Like a night-walk waltz
Dark won’t last too long
As suns, rise in your night
Let the emotion heal you
Every note consume you
Standing tall in our light
Gather up every shiny pearl
String them together to see
The beauty reflected so true
May the sunrise blush for you
-for my friend, Hasty . We’re all standing with you. :)
Filed under: Poetic Tagged: beauty, for a de...
January 15, 2015
Music Theme ~ Shifting Winds
Bear was the lucky one who got to pick the music theme for this week. There are tons of songs about wind. It is a great subject for poetry since it is indifferent, invisible and never betrays its next move.
“So find out if you’re really spent
Find out if you’re out of wind
Wind out if you’re out of sin”
Filed under: Music Themes Tagged: music theme
January 14, 2015
Phoenix with Butterfly Wings- Reborn
This is very good writing. Please visit the original. :)
Originally posted on Through the Fog poetry:
-Unknown
I���m struggling, I���m fighting the good fight
Keeping myself up every damn night
I keep the twilight within me from healing
That roar within that dampens all feeling
The dark keeps screaming, yanking my hair
Fingers around my throat, I gasp for air
Blackness closing in, but it can���t take me
As my eyes close, my spirit begins to see���
I���m a phoenix with butterfly wings
As...
