agoodguy2have Poetry (283)

i look down my nose lensed
something in my fuzzy view
new times seen with new trends
and now a new myopic review

i'm counting my fingers now
holding my hands out to see
there are some digits i avow
but can't tell if two or three

the world is lazy, fuzzy and blurred
the picture is clear as impression
my eyesight nearsightedly absurd
eagle eyed looks no longer obsession

the panorama i see now before my face
a pointillist view i'd prefer to erase

© agoodguy2have 2010-04-02

the dancers body so svelte and stark
goes head to toe to get to the point
all muscle, tendons, turns and arcs
curve legs, curl arms, swing hip joint

their scissors cut the air of art
grace is balancing function and form
staging performance a world apart
from human to angelic transform

a choreography of soul to position
to defy gravity in aerial suspension
an artist, a sculptor, a body magician
movement a shape beyond comprehension

depict the art of the dancers torso
seems human fluidity, only more so

© agoodguy2have 2010-03-28

- for Jaime Escalante

The Calculus of caring for
the multitudes of disadvantaged.
Don't say no, say I know.
Get up off the poor streets
and show these people here
that you have learned lessons
and are ready to stand on your
own and deliver positive life.
Show them that being down
is not being left out of
the mathematics of good life.
Count the times you have gotten up.
Give motivation and receive hope.
Ganas come to those who practice.



© agoodguy2have 2010-03-31

spending resources of futures thrift
will leave us cold, hungry, bereft

wandering about with our own discontent
blaming government, banks, others, the event

got all we want, way more than we needed
haven't listened to frugal tomes and heeded

some lessons in life are hardly learned
to have a penny saved we need it earned

one things for sure, I'll make a bet
we'll keep goin' deeper, deeper in debt

to daughters and sons we'll pass the note
to bail our boat, another loan to float

but of this i believe, and am quite sure
if we want less, we'll surely get more

© agoodguy2have 2010-03-31

driving down the roads our paths
going out to meet the world
see white crosses of travels wrath
some flowers with flags unfurled

we pass by quickly trying not to
think about how they got there
realize there were folks somebody knew
be cautious on the way we take care

trying not to think about who was left
behind and the tears that surely fell
who brought crosses of love left bereft
for all who pass by they tell

a tale of admonishment to pay attention
and arrive safely, a disasters prevention

© agoodguy2have 2010-02-27

let the words speak, the bold and the weak
let them say all that they can tell
let 'em say out loud, not be so oblique
let come what may, be heaven or hell

let us know the truth, the statement
let us see a mirror of ourselves
let us pen honesty without abatement
let us see all our alternatives

let the die be cast, words first, words last
let the carving on the stones call forth
let the meaning be made clear like glass
let the word's compass point to true north

let us mean what we say and say what we mean
let the truth ring whole, be not hollow
let us uncover the hidden, obscure and unseen
let the words hold meaning we can follow

© agoodguy2have 2010-03-24

i came upon an enclave of souls, of people
where many were standing and sitting around
a collection of artists under a digital steeple
more interesting people could not be found

so many gathered here, looking for what not
other like minds, a partner, other friends
offering words, ideas, emotions, and thought
building bonds that friendship transcends

there are teachers and students, and clerks,
an Earl, an editor, an expat, a cleric,
the wizened, the quiet, some social works,
a poet in pink, more professions esoteric

they share and encourage each other to grow
and mean more to each, than any might know

© agoodguy2have 2010-03-25

eulogies and elegies
rhythms and melodies
limericks and odes
meters and modes

poetry and prose
maybe's and knows
lyrics and lines
cadence's and rhymes

we say and we sing
'bout most anything
can banter or preach
a blog or a speech

a stanza of sonnet
fourteen lines upon it
to pour out a thought
of wisdom or naught

we can offer a narrative
allude to comparative
a haiku of some measure
for your reading pleasure

a few lines of verse
but keep it quite terse
Shakespeare well knows
'most anything goes

to say and to write
all day and all night
a quatrain sounds good
but might be misunderstood

so i write now to you
what, i haven't a clue
and think i've said 'nough
'bout this poetry stuff

© agoodguy2have 2010-03-22

it seems as if there is a choice
to give a personal view and voice

to interesting things we've seen to say
but maybe it's actually another way

what influence we have on any man
may be quite limited since time began

and what is our heart may not be his
according to what his action says

or to put another way that's heard
actions always speak louder than words

so if you've wanted angst or hate
you may just want to recriminate

but if you really want to be loved
you have to give what you speak of

© agoodguy2have 2010-02-18

you never know what you may find
wandering around inside our mind

we wear our hearts, naked on our sleeve
as wave of light shines out our belief

believing our scenes, we kiss and shout
and feign for love, our acting out

what is so compelling of this analogy
of us growing through life's biology

growing Petri like, we dish it out
our culture, our song, our lives about

want and desire, wanton desire, sets
us on fire, without love or regrets

it's all I want, just to be with you
if you understand and not misconstrue

the duality of us both together can
repeat generations since time began

Eve and Adam were the first to know
that it takes two to make love grow

© agoodguy2have 2010-03-07

there's a cruciverbalist's criss-cross
that'll take you for a loss
don't look down it'd said
a word for terrible (dread)
better let your word come across

© agoodguy2have 2010-03-24

clank chink, clank chink
hammer tings, nails sink
strike a blow, swing the arc
write a word, make your mark

rhymes phrase, thoughts swim
metres made, soul's whim
feelin' down, in a funk
hearts beat, hearts sunk

tell the world, click a key
pour it out, souls free
whisper quietly, in an ear
tell the joy, tell the fear

make it wry, make it profound
make it sing, make a sound
strike the hammer, make a blow
tell us all the things to know

recount to those who want to hear
what's important, what is dear
recite to those who give a sh!t
life's wisdom, life's wit

© agoodguy2have 2010-03-18