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Fantastic - Fantastique - Fantástico

7/31/2017

This year
I watched a parrot
just south of Versailles ..
chickens on Kauai
wild ones that can fly ..
and blurry wings of hummingbirds
against the Tucson sky

I've listened to my favorite sounds
French floating in the air ..
politely soft and gentle
as if no one else was there ..
Mariachi horns proudly proclaim
joyous melodies ..
haunting notes of Hula lay the soul completely bare

Fantastic story tellers
Hula hips and hands ..
Fantástico the passion
where Mariachi stands ..
Fantastique French perception
creative thinkers all ..
each has surely gifted me far beyond my plans

Each day I trek this fertile earth
the choice is mine alone ..
search far and wide for more and more
or make each place my home ..
I declare unto my Self the lives I lead shall be
fantastic - fantastique - fantástico
I do embrace all three

Mahalo, Merci, y Gracias !

Eternally Grateful,
Me

Facker
July 31, 2017

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Contemplation and Decision

7/29/2017

2 Comments

When it is found
unexpected place
special provider of peace
giver of introspective solitude

Embrace, embrace
precious moment given
rare gift for contemplation
focus included

Silent opportunity
wherever it occurs
listen carefully
those gentle winds of your soul

Answers reside on those breezes
messages from higher and deeper
carried on wings of wisdom
yours alone to be heard

When the moment is memory
that place again reality
ours is to display gratitude
enacting courageous decisions

Facker
July 29, 2017

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Big Toe

7/26/2017

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The need to write is with me
what, I just don't know
searching for the discipline
longing for some flow

Ideas dance across my mind
too quickly to be caught
frustration builds with passing time
while digging for a plot

What can I give my readers
what will bring a smile
quips and quotes and prose I seek
along the mental mile

Writers depression settles in
that place I fear to go
eyes drop slowly to the floor
then gaze at my big toe

Ancient protrusion .. ugly illusion
forerunner of naked feet
clip it and paint it however you want
big toe will never be sweet

Let it be said and records be read
though beauty it will not display
big toe inspired one writer
to record something witty today

Always beneath you holding your weight
constantly ready to go
when tumultuous distractions fill your plate
try gazing at your big toe

Facker
July 26, 2017

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Never Too Late

7/17/2017

6 Comments

Have you cried inside as the band played
while wishing you were
singing

Can you recall that shudder of poignancy
when your gift appeared
flashing

Sudden awareness of squandered time
pissed away in previous life
lost

Joyous tears of realized passion
newfound clarity obtained
unencumbered

Cry no more
your creative self has arrived
Smiling

Facker
July 22, 2017

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WHAT ?

7/14/2017

4 Comments

Sitting here with the will to write
nothing coming to mind
ideas bounce radically off one another
single thought hard to find

Focus focus nail it down
hocus pocus round and round
elusive brain inside does pound
with electrical charges and such

The will to please drives me on
glowing wildebeest appears
charging through the synapse junctions
creating unknown fears

More and more the tempest rages
driving me insane
'til boom then flash then silence
come brilliant light and flame

There it is upon my screen
appearing magically
created by turmoil born of passion
there for all to see

Frantic shriek of creative process
words drawn from the gut
no title describes the push and pull
so I've simply named it ... What?

Facker
July 14, 2017

4 Comments

Happy

7/10/2017

8 Comments

The longer I live
viewing the others
the happier I wish to be

Through observation
it is obvious
happiness sets us free

Chains of hatred
ropes of angst
tie us to despair

Dancing, smiling, loving
where I want to dwell
is there

Celestial college
thrilling knowledge
lesson given for free

Happy state so simply attained
controlled entirely
by me

Facker
July 10, 2017

8 Comments

Fantastic - Fantastique - Fantástico

Contemplation and Decision

Big Toe

Never Too Late

WHAT ?

Happy

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