Principal's Office
by Edward S. Gault
We knew we were finished.
Mr. Dingleberry was really going
to lean into us
(he was generally given to
old fashioned fundamentalist style
rants and tirades;
mercy and charitable ecumenism
not being his forte).
Someone had narc-ed.
So we had come clean
about what we had done
with Shiela's purse-
but ol' Dingle was more ticked
about the can of ripe eggs
in the boiler room!
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One Single Impression: Fragrance
Showing posts with label One Single Impression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label One Single Impression. Show all posts
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Voice Of Wisdom
Sitting in garden,
Waiting upon soul's soft voice
-sanctuary's peace.
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One Single Impression: Inner Voice
Waiting upon soul's soft voice
-sanctuary's peace.
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One Single Impression: Inner Voice
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Strangers Among Us
After the funeral,
I walked through the street alone,
-many strange faces.
When they were dating,
He was a prince, she said yes
-became a monster.
Joey meet Dennis,
Both were the new boys in town
-a lifelong friendship.
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One Single Impression: Strangers
I walked through the street alone,
-many strange faces.
When they were dating,
He was a prince, she said yes
-became a monster.
Joey meet Dennis,
Both were the new boys in town
-a lifelong friendship.
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One Single Impression: Strangers
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The Rain And The Blues
Kneeling at her grave,
I looked up at the clear sky
-then I cried blue rain.
She sat across from me,
Telling me story of their love
-now about to cry:
since break up, no place to go-
memories everywhere!
Neverending rain,
Tourists went elsewhere, cafes closed
-was called Monsoon June.
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One Single Impression: Blue Rain
I looked up at the clear sky
-then I cried blue rain.
She sat across from me,
Telling me story of their love
-now about to cry:
since break up, no place to go-
memories everywhere!
Neverending rain,
Tourists went elsewhere, cafes closed
-was called Monsoon June.
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One Single Impression: Blue Rain
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Family Tapesrty
At Ellis Island,
Clerk read Franz Rurka's Czech tag
-wrote down Frank Robbins.
Grandpa showed bookshelf,
Where he kept family tree
-we looked at the lines:
Some back to Ellis Island,
Others back to Mayflower!
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One Single Impression: Assimilation
Clerk read Franz Rurka's Czech tag
-wrote down Frank Robbins.
Grandpa showed bookshelf,
Where he kept family tree
-we looked at the lines:
Some back to Ellis Island,
Others back to Mayflower!
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One Single Impression: Assimilation
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Walled In And Out
Sitting in his cell,
He no longer sees the walls
-only lonely past.
In children's park,
Vines weave through the chain link fence
-forming leafy walls:
a cocoon for children's dreams
acted out on playing frames.
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One Single Impression: Walls
He no longer sees the walls
-only lonely past.
In children's park,
Vines weave through the chain link fence
-forming leafy walls:
a cocoon for children's dreams
acted out on playing frames.
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One Single Impression: Walls
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Slow Going
Looked at g.p.s.
Jam at intersection
-no way but through it.
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One Single Impression: Intersections
Jam at intersection
-no way but through it.
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One Single Impression: Intersections
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Finis!
The butler entered,
then examined all the clues
-detective did it!
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One Single Impression: Denouement
then examined all the clues
-detective did it!
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One Single Impression: Denouement
Sunday, May 10, 2009
If Only To Be...
What’s It like?
By Edward S. Gault
What’s it like? I asked
To travel the world like breeze
-blowing through the leaves.
Being ocean tides,
Massaging sandy beaches
-reaching, then smoothing.
As a rain droplet,
Viewing the world as convex
-joining earth as many.
Raging as wildfire,
Consuming the lush landscape
-through ash, genesis.
Rising as flowers,
From soil’s darkness into light
-reaching for the sun.
Towering mountain,
Has seen one vista, but well!
-that is what it’s like.
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For One Single Impression: What's It Like?
By Edward S. Gault
What’s it like? I asked
To travel the world like breeze
-blowing through the leaves.
Being ocean tides,
Massaging sandy beaches
-reaching, then smoothing.
As a rain droplet,
Viewing the world as convex
-joining earth as many.
Raging as wildfire,
Consuming the lush landscape
-through ash, genesis.
Rising as flowers,
From soil’s darkness into light
-reaching for the sun.
Towering mountain,
Has seen one vista, but well!
-that is what it’s like.
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For One Single Impression: What's It Like?
Sunday, April 26, 2009
My Word!
Shockjock spews venom,
Norm knew he had a mission
-took gun to clinic.
Standing in doorway,
Boss said I want a word, please!
-holding the pink slips.
On hospital ward,
Old woman saw her daughter
-Said, I forgive you!
Four years of struggle,
She received her diploma,
-Congratulations!
The principal smiled at her,
she did not have the words, though.
After twenty years,
Al met his son at the gate,
-welcome home father.
Staring at the page,
Waiting for the words to come
-page simply stares back.
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One Single Impression: Word
Norm knew he had a mission
-took gun to clinic.
Standing in doorway,
Boss said I want a word, please!
-holding the pink slips.
On hospital ward,
Old woman saw her daughter
-Said, I forgive you!
Four years of struggle,
She received her diploma,
-Congratulations!
The principal smiled at her,
she did not have the words, though.
After twenty years,
Al met his son at the gate,
-welcome home father.
Staring at the page,
Waiting for the words to come
-page simply stares back.
Copyright 2009
One Single Impression: Word
Sunday, April 19, 2009
NaPoWriMo #19
One Single Impression: One Word
Simply Hi
By Edward S. Gault
The minister finished
With the customary ashes to ashes.
His family and two friends gathered around
The coffin, as it was lowered into the ground.
His friends remembered how dejected
He was the last time they had seen him.
They remembered the intercom announcement
By the principal that he had died.
And how he died.
Oh God, how he died!
And alone.
Most were asking who he was.
They didn’t even know him.
Now, as dirt was being shoveled in,
The two that did, wondered why,
Maybe- just once!-more people
Couldn’t have said just one word to him
Simply, Hi.
Walking along path,
Burdened with troubles-He came!
-spoke just one word, Peace.
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Simply Hi
By Edward S. Gault
The minister finished
With the customary ashes to ashes.
His family and two friends gathered around
The coffin, as it was lowered into the ground.
His friends remembered how dejected
He was the last time they had seen him.
They remembered the intercom announcement
By the principal that he had died.
And how he died.
Oh God, how he died!
And alone.
Most were asking who he was.
They didn’t even know him.
Now, as dirt was being shoveled in,
The two that did, wondered why,
Maybe- just once!-more people
Couldn’t have said just one word to him
Simply, Hi.
Walking along path,
Burdened with troubles-He came!
-spoke just one word, Peace.
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
Listen Here...,
She heard him crying,
He couldn't hear their taunts
-but he could read their lips.
Josh turned abruptly,
Told Todd to leave him alone
-stood ground as he left.
Success guru said:
Get rich through real estate
-audience in awe.
On the balcony,
The president said Let us hope!
-he was one of them.
People raised their hands,
Moving to the Lord's gospel
-music saving souls.
Man sat with earphones,
Heavy metal blasting brain
-safety from the world.
The concert over,
They turned Beethoven around
-standing ovation.
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One Single Impression: Listening
He couldn't hear their taunts
-but he could read their lips.
Josh turned abruptly,
Told Todd to leave him alone
-stood ground as he left.
Success guru said:
Get rich through real estate
-audience in awe.
On the balcony,
The president said Let us hope!
-he was one of them.
People raised their hands,
Moving to the Lord's gospel
-music saving souls.
Man sat with earphones,
Heavy metal blasting brain
-safety from the world.
The concert over,
They turned Beethoven around
-standing ovation.
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One Single Impression: Listening
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Holy Smoke! More Haiku
One Single Impression: Smoke
Pipesmoke filled garret,
Patriots sign Suffolk Resolves
-a revolution born.
He stood on the street,
Simply watching his home burn
-thinking of treasures.
Sitting in silence,
In temple sanctuary
-recall auschwitz smoke.
Young boys in bathroom,
Pass cigarette around twice
-principal comes in.
Meal would win him bride,
Funny smell from the kitchen!
-oh no! toast instead.
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Pipesmoke filled garret,
Patriots sign Suffolk Resolves
-a revolution born.
He stood on the street,
Simply watching his home burn
-thinking of treasures.
Sitting in silence,
In temple sanctuary
-recall auschwitz smoke.
Young boys in bathroom,
Pass cigarette around twice
-principal comes in.
Meal would win him bride,
Funny smell from the kitchen!
-oh no! toast instead.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Equality And Justice For All.
One Single Impression: Equals
Mabel stood her ground,
Met the sherriff's angry stare
-let my people vote!
Raj faced British guard,
Officer's truncheon came down
-returned two more times.
For living wages,
Employees spoke with one voice
-voting union.
She stared from the page,
Telling me her sad story
-so many children.
Dictator now dead,
People pulled down his statues
-now for Bill of Rights.
Taunted and teased,
Billy ran hard and won race
-special Olympics.
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Mabel stood her ground,
Met the sherriff's angry stare
-let my people vote!
Raj faced British guard,
Officer's truncheon came down
-returned two more times.
For living wages,
Employees spoke with one voice
-voting union.
She stared from the page,
Telling me her sad story
-so many children.
Dictator now dead,
People pulled down his statues
-now for Bill of Rights.
Taunted and teased,
Billy ran hard and won race
-special Olympics.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009
Farewells, Sad And Happy.
Married twenty years,
Each day a silent goodbye
-lovers, now strangers.
He stood by her grave,
Not believing she was gone
-her moist eyes and smile.
Lukas stood on deck,
Saw Statue Of Liberty
-goodbye poverty
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One Single Impression: Goodbyes
Each day a silent goodbye
-lovers, now strangers.
He stood by her grave,
Not believing she was gone
-her moist eyes and smile.
Lukas stood on deck,
Saw Statue Of Liberty
-goodbye poverty
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One Single Impression: Goodbyes
Sunday, March 8, 2009
The Paths We Take
Alone in his room,
Old man reads letter from youth
-rejected her love.
Walking along path,
I came to a fork, pondred,
-saw snail, followed it.
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One Single Impression: Fork In The Road
Old man reads letter from youth
-rejected her love.
Walking along path,
I came to a fork, pondred,
-saw snail, followed it.
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One Single Impression: Fork In The Road
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Creating In Circles
Pieces of a LabyrinthPhotography: Edward S. Gault
Somebody comes by,
He sees stones, then builds something.
It stands for that day,
As we all walk by and see it.
Next day, somebody comes by....
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Last Light
Sitting on the porch,
watching the orange sunset
-magic evening.
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One Single Impression: Twilight
watching the orange sunset
-magic evening.
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One Single Impression: Twilight
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Fast Go and Slow Mo
Little girl gliding,
All pliés and grand jetés
-hopes for Nutcracker.
From on top of hill,
I saw car skidding to crash
-particles fly out.
Baseball rolls to bush,
Tried to find it, felt fur,-snarl!
-set world record sprint.
Drops trickle down slope,
Cutting deep eddies in earth
-behold, a canyon!
Tall case clock chimes twelve,
Pendulum swings to and fro
-waiting morning’s glow.
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One Single Impression: Movement
All pliés and grand jetés
-hopes for Nutcracker.
From on top of hill,
I saw car skidding to crash
-particles fly out.
Baseball rolls to bush,
Tried to find it, felt fur,-snarl!
-set world record sprint.
Drops trickle down slope,
Cutting deep eddies in earth
-behold, a canyon!
Tall case clock chimes twelve,
Pendulum swings to and fro
-waiting morning’s glow.
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One Single Impression: Movement
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Daily Crawl
Appointment at nine,
Trolley moves at sluggish pace
-morning traffic jam.
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One Single Impression
Trolley moves at sluggish pace
-morning traffic jam.
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One Single Impression
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