Let no further discussion
mar your sense of certainty.
Let no logic stir irrationality,
challenge responsibility,
force mutability.
Enough!
Sine pace.
Fix this!
poem-invisibility November 16, 2018
You have to pour paint
over your transparency,
if you want to be visible.
poem- vaguely November 15, 2018
It couldn’t quite be
as obvious as that?
Roped mysteries
hauled to lucidity,
tugged into reality.
Something is vaguely changed.
Weary watching,
sidelong looks,
what happens next?
poem- short November 14, 2018
Short?
Moment
by moment
stretched.
Power is not in height
but in determination.
poem-nefarious November 13, 2018
For eighteen years,
each evening when I glance out my kitchen window,
I see my elderly neighbour
at work through his window.
Suddenly, this week,
his drapes are drawn.
What nefariousness is this?
What hidden adventures is this World War 2 spy
up to now, that require such secrecy?
The neighbourhood has become far
more interesting with this mystery.
poem-aftermath November 12, 2018
The day after
the wishes flow,
the possibilities drain away.
Futility crushes the mutibility of dreams,
but tomorrow is another day.
haiku- 100th anniversary of WW1 end November 11, 2018
The guns fell silent
one hundred years ago, but
it didn’t end all war.
.
Mired in mud and blood
patriotism butchered
a generation.
.
If only those
recruitment posters were true
and their lives bought us peace.
poem-decisions November 10, 2018
Silent chatter
clattering through her mind,
shouting thoughts,
whispered shrieks,
speaking do
don’t
do
don’t.
Can it be?
Will it be?
Should it be?
Yes.
No.
Make it so.
Stuttering possibility
silently.
poem-first snow November 9, 2018
Grey morning:
sky falls in fragile pieces
past my window,
lies,
white clouds upon the ground.
This morning
I can touch the sky.
Cold comfort.
poem-seeing November 8, 2018
We fight to see
through blurs,
double vision,
colour corrected, blue filter.
Which is better, one
or two?
One?
or two?
Where do the eyes track
as you read this text?
What games does your brain play
with your eyes?
How are you blind?
Through which lenses can you see?
.
.
.
Due to my ongoing concussion symptoms, I had a visual therapy evaluation today. Fascinating stuff. Got me thinking about sight.
Shawn L. Bird 