Katrina Aug 29

ethereal
caribbean
coconut cove

transparent sea
thatched hut
dreams
soon deprived

a thunderstorm
off Africa’s coast

a simple
innocent
tropical wave
resolves
to
copulate
and breed
in counter

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poem by Stephen S. Yeandle
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Voice to the void

Borne on a solar wind
tumbling through infinity,
emasculated by my negligibility,
a vacuous identity
in a sea without end.

I am only
significant within
containment's familiar boarders,
but with interstellar weaving thoughts
of eternity;
my mental strength turns its back on me,
and I am left distressingly
alone.

Synapses suspension
a psychological barrier
that even my imagination
can not penetrate
to comprehend...

poem by Stephen S. Yeandle
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Warning Signs

If years have passed and your children are grown
The mortgage is paid and you have a second home
And in the garage are Mercedes’ and Jag’s and parked
At the dock is a yacht.
If you find your wife in a black tennis dress
Her face all covered by a gossamer shroud
At the funeral of an old friend,
You had better check around for emergent webs,
And a bright red spot on a shiny black bug
The next funeral your attend
Could well be your own...

poem by Stephen S. Yeandle
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The Biker chick Rag

So long farewell goodbye
your tears won’t buy me a beer
Someday when your young again I’ll
come home again

So long farewell goodbye

She left on her Harley
a thunder of pipes
was all that I could hear

She looped back around
and gave me a biker check wave
as the front wheel began to rise

a wheelie they call it
a cycle display
of contempt and delight at having her way

Her leathers were fringed

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poem by Stephen S. Yeandle
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