"How Am I?..."

Friday was “World Poetry Open Mic” - 8 PM MTN (10 PM EST) - a live podcast out of

Denver, Colorado (on most Fridays) - http://www.worldpoetryopenmic.net/ .  Poets from

all over the world call 720-240-9766 when prompted by the hosts to present a poem or two 

(sometimes three) live.  It is a good show well worth the listening … you ought to stop by.

 

This past Friday I was asked:

 

"How Am I?..."

 

Ohhh - let's see

…hyjinks, lowjinks, jackjinks -

do we have game?  Anybody?

Any bodies?

 

Life HAS been "interesting"…

all kinds of goooood things.

All kinds of NOT so gooood …things.

 

Gratuitously, over the top…

uh huh

just the way we NEED to be -

filling a Friday's silence

with

bright noise.

 

Next, We need a Zombie apoc

to fill the mind with

a reset

while we pause

to dance in the waves

- as Jose follows Irma follows

Katie follows earthquake

...follows Harvey -

waves rolling, rolling by...

rolling, rolling, rolling on-the-river*.

 

 

Talkin' newclear fireflies

Glow-in-the-dark da'licentiousness

or

swim in the rain

swim in the pain

or

watch endless unreasoning hate

 

- the end of DACA -

the end of DACA …IN 6MONTHS

so Congress that does NOTHING

gets the chance to do NOTHING …again.

Counting …counting…

 

Gratuitous, over-the-top

 

endless unreasoning hate…

 

Live within the world

that it seems we didn't really know

as we end in ways

we didn't expect…

gratuitously over-the-top

 

sigh

 

You know -

Pennywise, the-Dude-that-walks,

Darth Vader...

 

are made up nightmares

just like near ALL the

fears we ...WE...empower.

 

Yeah - it's gratuitous, over-the-top

now ...always Friday night now...

filling the silence

with

bright noise.

 

Gotta love it.

 

WPOM 9/8/2017

#3

Chris

 

* "Proud Mary" of CCR fame and the grit of Tina Turner leaked from behind my eyes.

Author's Note

Feel free...

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

We're all waiting for the zombie apocalypse, which would seem a damned site more normal than the current goings on at times. I love your matter of fact way. If only the best of us instead of the worst could be in charge

[Chris]

now what "fun" would THAT be? it's just a sign of the times - and the pendulum continues its swings.

[Tate Morgan]

Well none of us should be surprised the day we wake to find the walking dead are roaming the streets. We created them

[Chris]

Chuckling here - good to see you Tate. How have you and yours been doing?

[Tate Morgan]

We are getting by best we can Hope you are as well. Nice to hear from you.

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Filling the silence with bright noise- wonderful words, silence thst screams, expressing so much more than any news, programme, could ever.. emptiness found all around except in the silent sound...great poem🌹

[Chris]

I'm glad you listened...

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

And I am hearing🌹

[poetgurl (Plainly Meg)]

hmm, you have me intrigued here. I wanna see the zombies, just to see if they are really real, and then i will run away in fear...lol

[Chris]

Chuckling here - Life as we live it...

[Emily B]

you are brilliant and wise

humor in the face of chaos

much love

[Corset]

totally pausing here.......Happy New Year

[roarke]

Hi Chris, we gotta get you somethin' without a remote control or streaming connection. lol I liked the first line, "…hyjinks, lowjinks, jackjinks -" for a guy my age, that sums it up... then, this, "Gratuitously, over the top…

uh huh

just the way we NEED to be -

filling a Friday's silence

with

bright noise."
Yeah, I know gratuitously over the top living in bright noise... and as you know, the reason I moved to the side of a remote mountain. That one stanza definitely resonated, now, still, 12yrs on...Chris, you are still writing with "heart punch"... nice work.

[Chris]

So YOU play "Pitch" too?

We find our "selves" in our own ways ...it's what we do. I don't "stream" much of anything but I DO like access on MY terms. I am a from-scratch cook and know hungry up close and personal in my history. I CAN and HAVE said "No" to people that most never will ...and pressure doesn't make me bow. Gratuitously-over-the-to - is such a commonality any more, no longer the exception.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and yet the clowns rule, the Darth Vaders win...and we are totally unaware...or blissfully not paying attention.

hijinks and low jinks...and some jinks we never even thought of...
natural disasters take so many of us from this world of semi-consciousness and don't seem to wake the rest of us up enough.
and we don't even know HOW we really are.

well said.

j.

[...]

For me is too much chaotic. I will like to see some stream what can all put this together. But ghereisthat crazy humor what make this piece quiet adorable.

[Chris]

Life tends to be contextual don't you think? And chaos reflects existence in the truest sense. Every individual in a crowd is still part OF the crowd and yet individual. Glad you paused - and you are ALWAYS welcome here to share YOUR thoughts and perceptions.

[...]

Chaos can maybe reflect the truth. But question is what kind of the truth. Truth can be easily cheated and anybody can make truth for them self. I think we should reflect truth not just in chaos but also in our order and creativity. We should be creators and make it better then is status qou. I hope my words are not too sharp for you. Yes and this is my truth.

[Chris]

Your words are fine... no offense taken nor given.

Truth is a perception most often seen, determined, and reflected with a personal "flavoring". Ever notice how often history is written by people that weren't there or even here yet? Or how "History" and even its 'tone' often changes over a period of time - especially when current "views" change? Life continues to happen even as memories rearrange themselves.

[...]

I am glad you don't take offense. Truth can changes over time and period. But there is some truth what they cannot change. Like for example to help someone or feel be part of big family. Truth can also hurt or also heal. Is all depending how we will work with the true.

[Chris]

I do agree.

[...]

Thanks for conversation. I will again stop by to make conversation about your poetry.

[Einstein Noodle]

i like the repetition ..and this line:
"or
watch endless unreasoning hate" stopped me in my tracks ...the darkness in the world seems so much deeper these days :( love the short treatise on "fear" .. the "bright noise" almost a respite from the turmoil ...heavy sigh from me
E.

[Chris]

I was coming to visit you later - "best lain plans and so on..." thanks for your thoughts and pausing.

[Einstein Noodle]

no worry ..glad i caught this one and did not miss it ..great day to ya Chris!

[Chris]

and back at you as well!