floatingflowers
Two Poems
Poem One - Fireworks
The endless fireworks
Like bouncing, gleeful children
Pushing the huge pitcher of kool-aid
So Purposely and Deliberately
Onto the linoleum floor.
Smash! Crash!
over and over
and yet -
again.
~ ~
Poem Two: The Black Labrador
On this beautiful Forth of July
I remember the black Labrador,
Ebony,
Who lived here for a while.
The firecrackers would -
And she would cringe and shake
Uncontrollably
Loosely, or Tightly,
Gently and Lovingly
Speaking words to comfort her
or
Gently, moving my hand across her
wonderful silent black coat.
I can only hope that this year
Someone more wise than myself
Can bring her comfort.
- marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
Wind-Leaf
Does the wind
Stay
One step ahead
Of the fallen leaf?
- marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
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Grey Spider
big grey spider
floating in mid air -
Hummingbird !
- marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
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Gate Gate Paragate Parasamagate
... bows to the leaves
in thankfulness
"So many Buddhas"
he says
as he welcomes them
into the gate
of his mouth.
- mocai
from the upcoming book of poems floatingflowers
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Whisp
The back side
of a whisp
is nothingness.
at all.
- marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
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poem : not quite
the man
who shouts
almost has it right -
the world is a hoot
mocai (marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
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Cloud Moments
a cloud
floats by.
guiding us,
holding our
hand
---------------
a cloud
floats by
grounding us
in this -
now.
now.
now.
-- mocai ( marc isaac potter ) from the upcoming book floatingflowers
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poem: childhood memory
.child,
standing
were things
around me (?)
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poem: breathing
all breathing
in
out,
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poem: childhood memory
.child,
standing
were things
around me (?)
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poem: breathing
all breathing
in
out,
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poem: childhood memory
.child,
standing
were things
around me (?)
--------------------------------------
poem: breathing
all breathing
in
out,
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the sun
is a spotlight
in which
you shine
-- mocai (marc isaac potter) from the upcoming book floatingflowers
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the grey cloud
is, itself,
floating,
floating
- marc
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
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platoon
platoon of young men
their honor
magnifies the night.
- mocai (marc isaac potter)
from the book of poems: floatingflowers
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Racoon
racoon family masks
magnify the night
- mocai (marc isaac potter)
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
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ugly crow
reflects
the beauty of the sun
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new poem from my book floatingflowers
In the Marsh
varieties of hot, wet,
shades of
blue brown green
water moccasin (1)
swallows supper
- mocai
1 - a large, poisonous, olive-brown pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) with dark crossbars, found along or in rivers and swamps in the SE U.S.; cottonmouth: often confused with various harmless snakes, esp. several water snakes (genus Natrix) www.yourdictionary.com monday july 13, 2009
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a new poem from my new book floatingflowers
banny rooster
reflects
the many facets
of his arrogance
into the hearts
of his ladies
- mocai (marc isaac potter)
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Bird Song
hummingbird
wings sing
delicately
your face
abounds
throughout
creation
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Does the wind
Stay
One step ahead
Of the fallen leaf?
- marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
---------------------------------
Grey Spider
big grey spider
floating in mid air -
Hummingbird !
- marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
---------------------------------------
Gate Gate Paragate Parasamagate
... bows to the leaves
in thankfulness
"So many Buddhas"
he says
as he welcomes them
into the gate
of his mouth.
- mocai
from the upcoming book of poems floatingflowers
-------------------------------------------------------
Whisp
The back side
of a whisp
is nothingness.
at all.
- marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
---------------------------------------------------
poem : not quite
the man
who shouts
almost has it right -
the world is a hoot
mocai (marc isaac potter
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
----------------------------------
Cloud Moments
a cloud
floats by.
guiding us,
holding our
hand
---------------
a cloud
floats by
grounding us
in this -
now.
now.
now.
-- mocai ( marc isaac potter ) from the upcoming book floatingflowers
----------------------------------------
poem: childhood memory
.child,
standing
were things
around me (?)
--------------------------------------
poem: breathing
all breathing
in
out,
-------------------------------------------------
poem: childhood memory
.child,
standing
were things
around me (?)
--------------------------------------
poem: breathing
all breathing
in
out,
-------------------------------------------------
poem: childhood memory
.child,
standing
were things
around me (?)
--------------------------------------
poem: breathing
all breathing
in
out,
-------------------------------------------------
the sun
is a spotlight
in which
you shine
-- mocai (marc isaac potter) from the upcoming book floatingflowers
-----------------------------------
the grey cloud
is, itself,
floating,
floating
- marc
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
---------------------------------------
platoon
platoon of young men
their honor
magnifies the night.
- mocai (marc isaac potter)
from the book of poems: floatingflowers
----------------------------------------------
Racoon
racoon family masks
magnify the night
- mocai (marc isaac potter)
from the upcoming book floatingflowers
--------------------------------------------------
ugly crow
reflects
the beauty of the sun
------------------------------------------------
new poem from my book floatingflowers
In the Marsh
varieties of hot, wet,
shades of
blue brown green
water moccasin (1)
swallows supper
- mocai
1 - a large, poisonous, olive-brown pit viper (Agkistrodon piscivorus) with dark crossbars, found along or in rivers and swamps in the SE U.S.; cottonmouth: often confused with various harmless snakes, esp. several water snakes (genus Natrix) www.yourdictionary.com monday july 13, 2009
-------------------------------------------------------
a new poem from my new book floatingflowers
banny rooster
reflects
the many facets
of his arrogance
into the hearts
of his ladies
- mocai (marc isaac potter)
-----------------------------------------------
Bird Song
hummingbird
wings sing
delicately
your face
abounds
throughout
creation
----------------------------------------------------------
notes: in mip at gmail the notation for the floatingflowers poems is FF-W