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Solitary Voice

by

David Soriano

A strange and disturbing voice
Whispers, suggestions and lectures

A world of reality and future predictions
Built inside his nocturnal mind.

Impossible to function
Intrapersonal obsession
Certainly a constrained compulsion
Dysfunctional voyages into speculation

Sunlight streaming in the windows

Then my voice finally fades away
A broken link into conjecture
I know he’s not insane.

.

The laughter in my voice
Knowing he must live with this alone
Forces beyond his control
He dare tell no one of our conversations

Hitchcock Presents

by

David Soriano

True American madness
Began with your strange suspense
Kill with kindness
With opening and closing vignettes.

Originals and adaptations
A proving ground for weirdness.
Fog closes in
And all were so blind.

Annual television awards
For implantation of mental illness.
The old pro
And most likely to succeed.

The golden opportunity
For the devil's chosen apprentice
Buried while alive
With the master of suspense.

Crackpot of doom
An end of Indian summer
Endless vicious circle
The night the world ended.

Poetic Polemics

by

David Soriano

The general reluctance

To follow genealogical maps

Poetic affinity denial

Of recognizable and reliable directions.

Celebration of tradition

Fallen into disfavor

Impact of literary vitality

Collapsing against artificial constraints.

A general response to world affairs and condition

Reaction in lieu of action

Poets at the fringes of the situation

Generation of a tower of social Babel.

Paradigmatic linguistic shift

Offered up as the standard bearer

A few select schools of thought

Dictating the acceptable path.

Society versus the individual

What value the single divine essence?

A cultural community of poets

Disordered prose arrangements.

Unifying theme of art and science

Torn asunder by the whims of the self-appointed few

Personally indifferent to paths of fad

I will follow the time -tested avenue of style.

Genius of Simplicity

by

David Soriano

One bold vision
A daily direction
Write from the heart
And reach your audience.

Simple words
Have such majesty
A complex mind
Wanting to connect.

Cut it out
Along the lines
Eliminate hypocrisy
Ask for acceptance.

Profound sentiments
Simply expressed
Can show vulnerability
In all of us.

Words
Can
Be
Misunderstood.

Pentecost

by

David Soriano

Fire poured from heaven
Beyond mere dream control
A sensitive path of astral travel
Leading to revelation of true existence.

The evidence of purpose
Divine encounter in the eye of storm
Fulfillment of the great commitment
Concurrent descent of the mystic spirit.

Passive body separation
Miracle of the fiery tongue
The poverty of prophetic existence
The commitment to universal instruction

Burned into my heart
My soul
My very existence
Transfigured and committed
Forever.

HMO

by

David Soriano

Grab the wheel

Transport to the other side

Selfishness and fear

Prevent giving up the ghost.

All the techniques and transplants

All the kings horses and men

Can’t put you back

In the proverbial piece again.

The body as property

What is the legacy of the man?

The body as identity

What do you really leave behind?

The limits of time

You knew from the start

The clock was ticking

From when the Earth was dust.

H.G. Wells

by

David Soriano

Boy with the broken leg

A mandatory rest period

Read every book in sight

In the family’s house of china.

At the normal school

You would have been a man of science

Tutored by Darwin’s bulldog

When does science become draped in fiction?

Concerns with the fate of human society

Books you wrote specifically for me

The riddle of the winged gray sphinx

The dangers of unchallenged technology.

In time you became invisible

To the flights of fictional fancy

More important the social needs of man

The arguments with Fabian.

The impossibility of war avoidance

In your lifetime not meant to be

You have given me the lamp and pen

New approaches not tied to tether.

Tide of Battle

by

David Soriano

A written monument

To a bit of the esoteric

The ancient folk ritual

Using the fly agaric.

The midsummer fires of devotion

The eve of St. John the Baptist

The bonfires of summer solstice

The night of Amanita encroaching upon us.

The faces swollen and filled with rage

Tide of battle turning against them

Clearing the path of friend or foe

Release of the wild Bezerkers

Completion of deeds

Beyond the mere mortal

For days after word

The mind weak and feeble

Smell the words

Taste the colors

The modern experiences continue still

Of unconventional weirdness.

The Irish Healer

by

David Soriano

Born on the feast of St. Valentine

The stroker with the healing hands

Born as normal as any other

Destined to have the recurring dreams.

The gift of healing in 1663

Received said he from a God-like being

The impulse, the gentle persuasions

Go and heal time and time again.

Thoughts put into practice

Directed according to the plan

Sores and fevers just melted

Just by touch of the royal hand.

Late Bloomer

by

David Soriano

Demolition of conventional walls

Quite late in the coming

Why do inducements always arrive

From pushy unpleasant perspectives?

Slow to self-motivate

Often leads to rather late blooming

Reproduction of the same tired scenes

Resulted in an early path involving embroilments.

Boredom as well as necessity

Can be the mother of invention

All the great ones knew

You must begin to take chances.

Patrons of the flame

Encouragement of unknown artists

Competition makes the marksman

Postpone additional formal education

First flush of a flaming career

Late in the decade of the fifties

Purity of the intensive handwork

An expression of the tempest inward.

Noah's Arc

by

David Soriano

Firm footing required
To cross small rivers and streams
Shallow stream makeup
Will determine your forward speed.

Disregard the warnings
And serious damage will happen
Virtual reality panorama
From inside a capsized haven

Small creek overflow
Invariably from sudden flash flooding
Doppler weather indications
We better take fast cover.

Low lying areas

Traveling people use extreme caution

Heavy rain persisting

Until the canopy is empty.

The Biblical floods
And the coming greenhouse apocalypse
Ancient climate science
Coming back to haunt us.

Latin Music

by

David Soriano

Music pervades every aspect
It fills every crevice
Percussion, chanting and dancing
The orisha and ashe.

The trio of drums
The deity of music
Energy of animation
The possession of devotees.

Beads manifestation of beauty
Marker of power and devotion
Guard the wearer from envy
The casetas del mazos.

So alive
So real
The Latin music.

Vibrant
Color
Human
The music.

Chronicles of Irish Tradition

by

David Soriano

God alone understands

Cause and effect governing

The wheel of human existence
Impressed in annals and legends.

Heroism of kings and clerics

Narratives time forward

The famous cycle of kings
And elaboration in the Irish record.

Explicit connotations
Tempered with true and tested actions

The sensitive Gaelic scribe

As the material witness.

Images of the world

Implicit in the background
Look for discernible and telltale signs

Of recorded Divine intervention.

Lady Liberty Looks On

by

David Soriano

The varieties of liberty
Based on Roman and German tradition
With braided hair
A landmark for civilization.

The general world consensus
A new definition of freedom
Varieties of thought and expression
Leading to a novel breed of people.

Timely insight
Into these Americans
The monolith looked on
As they pulled together.

The vital signs stronger than ever
Uncomplicated beauty
In the knowledge
That we know it is not a perfect system.

Teleportation

by

David Soriano

Teleportation
by David Soriano

Floating tables
And talking to heaven
Mesmerized by contact with
A crisis apparition.

Some collective dilemma
The castle haunted and levitation
Clairvoyant contact
Through the inner sanctum.

Weight of the soul

And differences after departure

Jack -in-Irons viewing
The faces in the mirror.

Ghostly lights coated with ectoplasm
Haunted houses and Herodotus
Poltergeists and psychokinesis
Where do I find an urban legend?