Monday, June 3, 2013

Somersault

A Work of Prose Poetry In Installments
A Collaboration of Light & Love
Ladies & Gentlemen,
I joyfully present
The 1st Web Installment of...




Wanting so much more in life, other than his 100k lifestyle

He feels his failure inside and squeezes it into a little pill,

Swallowing the bitter pill and leaving reality for a dream.
+++++
Here I am, looking out the window as the sun surfaces,


In awe of such beauty from above, traveling afar

On a venture to find oneself betwixt the mayhem – chaos
How I so long to roam this new road I now journey
I hear the bustle and commotion, as we now descend
The landscape below entices the desire even more so
As we now, approach land and I see my destination
I can feel the rush of the adventure, racing passionately
How it seemed forever, so distant, the dream I envisioned
Time has now come, to initiate this new course of action
All my earnings spent away, to live, as I have never dared
Breathing now slowly in – out, as the plane slowly descends

+++++

The wingspan of a Aeroflot Medium Distance passenger jet is 27,8m. Falling from the sky // plunging from the atmosphere // forensics will finally decide it was a glitch // in transmission, from the Navicore 870 cpu, which caused the turbines to stutter, then into the turbine was sucked a large-ish predatory sea fowl // whose bones became stuck in a flywheel // attached to a centrifuge // that centrifuge was spun by a rubber belt // re-enforced with fine stainless steel cables.

It so happens, that upon the day the molten steel was to be poured in the module, at the parts foundry of Bangalore, the head blacksmith was attending an elaborate Hindu funerary ceremony, in honor of his friend, who was killed in a terroristic explosion at the ashram which, subsequently, took the lives of 123 souls, at final tally.

Giuseppe 'Lucky' Frantellgio called in sick to work this day [the day of the somersault]. Unfortunately for us and the lone surviving passenger, as Giuseppe would always, always, always carry a pair of binoculars and a digital camera around his neck, as he trekked his path, checking the circumference of the Mt Riglettoni Tree Farm, as part of his daily chores.

The medium passenger jet, en-route to Lisboa caught a down draft and pitched its left wing into the very peak of those beloved mountain (3777 meters) before commencing to turn wing-over-wing, down to the base of the aforementioned incline.

Though not as famous as the Gran Paradiso, the bottom of this mountain is an enchanting spot where five rivers, three lakes and two valleys meet. This, indeed, is one of the most fertile spots in all of Italy, if not in all of the Mediterranean. This, however, is a privately owned mountain on a privately owned island, which has been property, for the last 1300 years, of the famous Marini family.
+++++

Let us trying, as it may seem, examine the wreckage, to find what remains of her passenger.

+++++

Larissa Marino never thought that life could end in such a cruel fashion
She could not believe what was happening, as commotion surrounded her
The screams alone were petrifying, how destiny could lead her to this moment

As the plane plummets from the sky falling far off course of what would beLooking out the window, she takes in all the beauty coming into view

Sadly thinking it would be that last thing she would see, on this journey
At least she made it as far as Italy, with the courage of something new
She hears an explosion, just before she loses consciousness

+++++
To be continued….
+++++

Copyright © 2013 Philip Pope / Lucy Martins
All poetry by Philip Pope / Lucy Martins are copyright protected by International Copyright Law, the use without written permission is illegal. All Rights Reserved ©

Friday, May 3, 2013

classifications of Flora (up to the present)

Which name these flowers go by,
under which guise of man-made beauty,
is for finer machine-heads than these fingers typing
into this note-taking app.

How to expulse this beauty
in electrons,
 while remaining relevant to the tedious mindex
(think: roll-a-dex of the intelligencia)
 in applicable wordings,
to make the superbly gifted children of these
times realize that,... beauty is more than a pricetag
or an employable designation.

When simple poet
 (such as am i)
can not even raise one adjective for
such a fineness;
such a fondness;
without finesse or any other co-conspiracy
 the public & the publishing industry has come to honor
 as worthy of particular accolade, heavy-laden with accomplishments
 to entice & incite one the other
 to eXplode with the furious abandonment
of right and wrong.

To me,
the birds,
the bees,
the flowers,
the trees,...
Ad infinum,
are creations to,
for mere & unadulterated moments,
pull our minds away from the trivial diversions
twisting our thoughts into the hell of super ego,
where occupy the shattered and scarred remnants
of obscure passages,
through the darkness
of societal existence.

No, Miss So-&-So,
there is no room for love to roam in such a sterile environment.

Sooner or later
everyone will have to realize,
Frankenstein could have only been written
by a woman.

pmpope 2013 ©

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Friday, April 12, 2013

World of Natural Technology

Forgotten and gone rocketing;
World spinning out in the darkest depths;
flashpoint - Girl, your jets are melting this ice sculpture
I've been saving for a particular twist;
your eyes aren't focused
on the least of the gist;
red flares erupt everytime you punch through the atmosphere and the whole world melts;
over and over again

~Shared from Google Keep

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Time Steps Fleet

Even if you thought, you never did a jot worthy of note
Your electro-magnetic wavelengths have radiated
While a compass needle pointed north,
Through the fog, shrouding the coastline
Echoing a very mammalian and forlorn siren
Flagging wayward vessels off the craggy inlets
The way a sedan flows the jet stream of a semi-rig
On a zero visibility hairpin turn

There's no moral for thee, dear heart
Just to know we are only
Travelers in this stream of time
Racing towards one another
Our hands outstretched for seconds/minutes/years
Hopeful to hook a kindred soul & share a small portion
Of our incredible earthly journey

Friday, November 30, 2012

Electronic Conjunction

to vilify and stir up hatred against him
Put him down like an animal
Lawyers for Facebook argued that it was
neither necessary nor proportionate
a global anonymous browsing system
heavy fighting between rebels and government troops
Thousands of Egyptians protested against President
spill hazardous chemicals into the water, authorities said
A cold November night warmed the hearts of America
when a candid photo spread on the internet
the airport was open but no flights were operating
Marines are already using solar panels
Oh, going to poetry live has made me
she forbade me
they have clever ways of using and putting
words together