Poetry Blog by Lisa C Bassignani
Time
The world turns
And so do I
Time moves on
So I must follow
Night and day
To ride the waves
Through each of my tomorrows
Changing seasons
The cycle goes
Those ever changing tides
To planetary gravity
I must and will abide
For I cannot control the time
Nor see where it will lead me
I have to trust and hold it's hand
Let Time guide me freely
One small...
Saturday 9th November 2019 1:40 pm
The Thinker and The Drinker
He was always wishful thinking
Stymied only by his drinking
Oh the thoughts his mind did throttle
To be washed away by that next bottle
If only he could see the truth
Not hide behind one hundred proof
Let those thoughts be free and clear
Instead of drowning them with beer
A mind so brilliant and so pure
Yet serenity for him, obscure
Those wishful thoughts, they cause ...
Sunday 27th October 2019 2:37 pm
He Plays Guitar
She lies across his knee
He cradles her form, gently yet firmly
Deft fingers finding all the right spots
Cascading up and down her neck and body
Caressing, clutching, fondling
Pausing now and again
Passionate vibrations emanating from their union
Melodic and sublime
The coda, the climax
Breath heavy, a bead of sweat
He puts forth all that he has
Then rests his head...
Saturday 26th October 2019 4:28 pm
Leaves
One lone leaf on a tree
An our ago there were three
A strong Autumn wind flew by
Carrying one of the leaves into the sky
Soon after that another breeze blew
And carried another leaf away too
Now there's one and only one
Quite soon now it's time will come
To be carried away with a cool fall breeze
And be burried in snow in a frosty freeze
As it sits it's time grows sh...
Tuesday 22nd October 2019 10:50 am
I Fell Today
It was a day like any other
Until I fell
Not becaue I am clumsy or not paying attention
I just fell
It was sudden, quick
In the bllink of an eye
I fell
I did not trip, nor did I stumble
It seemed no obstacles were in my way
Yet, I fell
Sudden fear, adrenalin
The feeling of weightlessness
As I fell
Visions of pain filled my mind
Perhaps real dama...
Saturday 5th October 2019 1:44 pm
TRUTH
Testimony to openness
Relinquishing all fears
Ubiquitious
Throughout
Hear me now
2019
Thursday 3rd October 2019 10:41 am
WONDER
Waste no time
Open your mind
Now is always the moment
Do not hesitate, investigate
Every second is new
Resplendent in its ability to inspire curiosity
2019
Friday 27th September 2019 9:39 pm
Please, Come In
On the fringes
In and out
Assaying, Surverying, Contemplating
Stopping by but never staying
On the outskirts
Here and there
Wandering, Pondering, Hungering
For a life that's free of squandering
On the edges
In the fray
Evermore, Until therefore, On the fringes looking for
The comfort of an unlocked door
2019
...Sunday 22nd September 2019 2:45 pm
Dream Lover
In my dreams you're always there
So far away and yet so near
I see your face smiling bright
All day long I wish for night
When I can dream of you once more
And wake in the morning
Happy and sure
1982
Wednesday 18th September 2019 11:19 am
I Missed the Bus
Where is my Muse
I missed the bus
Will there be another
Oh, what a fuss
I was hoping, at best
To go for a ride
On that magical tour
With my mind open wide
To find inspiration
And maybe a friend
As Don did with Thalia
Oh, who am I to pretend...
So I wait on the corner
With my pen and my pad
Thinking that, maybe,
This Muse thing's a fad
There's a bus ...
Monday 16th September 2019 11:48 pm
No More Hellos
The phone rang again
She hesitated once more
To take the call now
Would prove that she is not strong
She knows well what he will say
She lets it ring on
Becoming deaf to its sound
As he did to her
Knowing she should not engage
So she lets it ring
Eventually
He will come to realize
What he had was not
The kind of love she needed
The phone rings, ...
Monday 16th September 2019 10:54 am
Paying it Forward
Karma kicked me in the butt
Asked me "Have you had enough?"
"No" I said, "Bring it on.
It's because of you that I am strong!"
The lessons learned from day to day
Help guide me on my fateful way
Bringing light into the dark
From each new shore I embark
On a voyage to the end
For good Karma to defend
2019
Sunday 15th September 2019 2:00 pm
Him
Who is that man, I need to know
The one who makes me tremble so
The one who makes me quake inside
When he looks into my eyes
The one whose voice I just adore
Leaving me with wanting more
That man, the one who's so aloof
The one whose smile is the proof
He is the one I wish to hold
The one for whom I feel so bold
Perhaps throw caution to the wind
All with just the s...
Friday 13th September 2019 9:11 pm
The Moors
Grey fog wisping 'round
Not a sound or sight to see
A slow envelope
Folding down upon the land
As night creeps into the moors
Tuesday 10th September 2019 9:10 pm
Kim
I'm going on a road trip
With my bestest friend
The greatest times I've had with her
And this won't be the end
We've been together for so long
Friends Forever, True and Strong
Without her
my life
would be so dim
My very bestest,
bestest friend
My one and only
...
Friday 30th August 2019 10:48 pm
A Cog in the Works
Time standing still in the shop
...I wish I had a lolllipop...
To enjoy its delicious, fuity flavor
Instead of toiling with this labor
Wiping down and masking off
Sharp and greasy metal parts
Hands cut, clothing torn
'Tis the way I start my morn
Out for finish, in for paint
This parts good....this one ain't
Pressing hardware, final sand
This ones a RUSH, quick all ...
Friday 30th August 2019 9:23 pm
The Nature of Things
Behaving in a manner true to oneself
Even if no one else approves
In this life, one thing is certain
No one can really ever walk in your shoes
Great are the mysteries before us
Having bled and willing to bleed
Unleashing it all in a chorus
Music for all who have ears
Actions will always speak louder
No more shall I live in...
Wednesday 28th August 2019 10:42 pm
Searching
A heavy shadow in my heart
In this darkness I did start
To slowly drift and then to sway
And now I have been swept away
On a journey far and wide
A quest to find the light inside
The truest feelings of them all
Staggering, tho not to fall
I seek to know the truest love
And from this darkness rise above
To free my heart from shade and blight
To find the purest, whit...
Sunday 25th August 2019 1:34 pm
Dirty Little Secret
There's a dirty little secret
One I'll never tell
A dirty little secret
Deep within the well
of my mind
safe and sound
never to be told or found
A dirty little secret
One I'll always hide
A dirty little secret
Forever locked inside
of my mind
tucked away
where it shall forever stay
My dirty little secret
...Saturday 24th August 2019 2:39 pm
My Catalyst
My Catalyst
Drawn together, as two like souls
Each suffering our own pains
Each just starting to carve our own path
In the uncertain journey of life
Fate and her forces that be
Brought us together
Broken hearts, Broken dreams
Afflictions and Addictions
We met head on
We bonded and soothed each others hurts
We gave each other support and strength
We became lovers and friends
...
Saturday 17th August 2019 9:03 pm
Don't Sell Your Soul Part I (re-post) & Part II
Don't Sell Your Soul
Part I (originally posted 4/23/19)
I told him not to sell his soul
That it would be unwise
The devil cheats and always wins
The end is your demise.
I told him not to sell his soul
It would be careless and askew
Satan laughs at all the fools who follow at his shoe.
I told him not to sell his soul
That he would never get it back
To find su...
Wednesday 14th August 2019 9:57 pm
Trouble
"Trouble"
a blues song
He was comin' in hot
At lightnin' speed
Told him he was trouble
He just grinned
He just kept on burnin'
No end in sight
That cinnamon whiskey
Was his delight
Cinnamon whiskey
Breathin' down his neck
Hot cinnamon liquor
Puttin' flames on his breath
Flames a growin'
All orange and red
Flickerin' higher
Up ove...
Sunday 11th August 2019 4:20 pm
Whoa
A hundred miles an hour, I have to slow down
Slam on the brakes, take a look around
My eyes wide open, but what do they see
A new life with new possibilities
Or an old one revisited, cuz that's who I am
The same old mistakes made all over again
The road's always uncertain, there'll be potholes, detours
I take a breath, taste the moment, hit the gas once more
2019
Sunday 4th August 2019 5:43 pm
Falling In and Out of Love
Elation
Excitement
Exuberance
Full of starry eyed glee
Seraphims
Sunshine
Sanctity
Feeling whole and complete
Complacent
Conforming
Committing
Becoming two as one
...
Thursday 25th July 2019 11:23 pm
Happy Tuesday
Extra large booth
Extra tall margarita
Chips and salsa
And a king size burrito
Mexican love songs and mariachi music
Piped softly overhead
Smiling faces, laughter
Twinkling lights and colorful flags
A shrine to los muertos
Fajitas sizzlling at the next table
The aroma of onions as loud as the noise
Lost in the ambiance
"Will there be anything else?"
The mo...
Wednesday 24th July 2019 1:18 am
Your Pain
Your pain is my disdain
I wish to wash it down the drain
To be cleansed of its stagnant reign
Your poignant, festering pain.
Your pain has left a stain
The permeation of your bane
That never, ever seems to wane
Your omnipresent pain.
Your pain is inhumane
Such agony should not sustain
The one thing that I need to gain
Is freedom from your pain.
Yo...
Monday 22nd July 2019 8:30 pm
What Flavor Are You
I like ketchup on my hot dogs
That doesn't make me wrong
Each and everyone of us
Can sing a similar song
Some people like caviar
Port wine and sauteed shallots
Others want a juicy steak
Atop a bed of lettuce
Peanut butter and mayonnaise
Don't knock it til you've tried it
Curry bowls with jasmine rice
Take anything and fry it
Stroganoff, blood pudding
Muffale...
Sunday 21st July 2019 1:52 pm
How I Came to be an American
Inspired by Mae Foreman
My great grandparents left Italy and Sicily after World War I. They left to escape a growing fascist regime with aspirations of new opportunities in a new land. Far away to America. The United States of America. A fresh, new country. A land of hopes and dreams. They worked hard helping to shape the country that this is today. They took little with them and made do with w...
Saturday 20th July 2019 1:27 am
What's in a Name
Donegal
Across many miles
Vestiges of a simpler time
Ireland
Dreaming of home
Friday 19th July 2019 8:27 pm
What is Art & Who is an Artist
Art relects life
In good times and in strife
We put it out there on display
Each story told in its own way
Dreams, beliefs and emotions
Poems and paintings of the oceans
Music, sculpture, macramé
Things we feel we must portray
Some create to make a statement
Others 'art' for beauty
Some can't help it, it just is
While some feel it's their duty
Everyone...
Monday 15th July 2019 9:42 pm
5WH - Short Poem Challenge (in the Discussions section)
Who is God
What is religion
Where exactly is the after life
Why are we here
When we die
How will we know the answers
Sunday 14th July 2019 2:11 pm
Smile
Why are you constantly running away
Do you ever, for one moment
Think you might stay
Somewhere
Anywhere
Just take your time
Settle your body
Then settle your mind
Relax
Take a load off
Sit for a while
Free your head and your heart
Then free your smile
Let it grow
Let it glow
Feel its power and design
Smile
And let the world see you shine
2...
Saturday 13th July 2019 11:54 am
My Poetry
Empty
Void
Hollow
Obscene
Obscure
Open
It seems to me
This thing I see
Is not real or tangible
But if I dare to take a look
It could become quite manageable
To have or naught
To speak for wrought
Of this thing that I'm not sure of
Could be for me a thing of might
Of that I could be right
1995
Friday 12th July 2019 9:38 pm
Death
Death was coming
around every corner
I sat patiently
awaiting its embrace
The time was close
no more running
No more substitutes
to take my place
No more thinking
no more doing
No more indulging
no more pursuing
No more time
for having fun
No more time
to get things don...
Tuesday 9th July 2019 12:47 am
Oasis
Her road was long and she traveled far
Thus the Oasis beckoned
She sought refreshment, renewal, rejoice
And some rejuvenation
There she stopped by for a spell
To drink and bathe in the replenishing well
Satiating her thirst and hunger
With water and a man much younger
Happenstance or happened by chance
It's really all the same
It was respite for one or both
There ...
Wednesday 3rd July 2019 12:11 am
Pot of Gold
The ends of rainbows do exist. I know for I have seen one.
Faintly through the coluds. Across the water, alighting on a small mass of land.
Isleboro, in The Penobscot Bay. One of many gems off the coast of Maine.
I stopped for a moment, snapped a picture.
I did not have time to chase after it that day, but I know where to go to find it again.
2019
Sunday 30th June 2019 1:23 pm
Summer in the City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5bUmx-hk-c
Summer in the City
Thunder rolling off in the distance. The night is as thick as schoolroom paste. I hear the baby crying next door. Windows open wide in the hopes of a cooling breeze. But not tonight. Tonight it seems as if Satan, himself, has reached up with his fiery fingers and grabbed hold of the city. Cooking it and all it's occupants. There ...
Friday 28th June 2019 11:16 pm
Mother Goose is Loose
Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes
Have been a round a while.
Some of my favorite poems
Now and as a child.
But amidst those carefree lilts
There lie some deeper notions
That when really read and understood
Can trigger some emotions
Anger, fear, humility
Silliness and rage
Crazy stories, crazy people
Each and every page.
Lessons learned
Tried and true
Some sa...
Thursday 27th June 2019 9:18 pm
"Why..."
The bird in the tree
looked down at me
And asked
"Why do you cry?"
I told the bird
"That is absurd.
There's something in my eye."
The bird in the tree
again spoke to me.
It questioned
"Why do you lie?"
I said to the bird
"That's rubbish and curd!
Mind your own, by and by."
The bird in th...
Monday 24th June 2019 11:07 am
Trying New Things
I've been invited on a ghost hunt
So, I, of course, said yes!
What these people hope to find
I can only guess.
The eerie, the strange
The truly macabre
Haunting and daunting
Where does one start?
I've heard from some folks
About 'certain encounters'
Odd goings on
Alone in the darkness.
Voices and shadows
Movements, vibrations
Spine tingling visions
Then...
Friday 21st June 2019 9:09 pm
X X X
The more I see
The more I know
Just like a game of tic-tac-toe
Three X's in a row
Game...
I win!
Wednesday 19th June 2019 8:45 pm
Yikes!
I recently signed up for some intelligent fun
But oh my...
I was not prepared for what I would find.
WOL seemed a wholesome place
But lately some 'gents' have tarnished this space!
With challenges of edginess, some subjects have 'come up'
And what's with Bridgette Everette and that "d*** in her mouth"?
So my grandmother used Lux and my mother liked Camay
I never cared for e...
Tuesday 18th June 2019 10:05 pm
Eric Was a Werewolf
This is a true story.
For Eric Parker
And for Nick Bertozzi who was also a werewolf
Eric Was a Werewolf
Eric was a fine young man
‘Tho he was a little odd
Artistic and adventurous
With a likeable façade
A sharp sense of humor
He was quiet and kind
He loved to work with metal
He had a brilliant mind
But something was a little off
Something ...
Sunday 16th June 2019 10:32 pm
Ethereal Wisps
Ethereal wisps
Dance through lingering mists
They pull and insist
That you join in on their trysts
Ethereal wisps
The catalyst
Riding the rifts
Propelling the shifts
Ethereal wisps
Mindtrips
As the fabric rips
And time tips
Ethereal wisps
Like ripples they slip
Ill confined from their crypts
Amongst and amidst
Ethereal wisps
...
Tuesday 11th June 2019 9:02 pm
Bored in Study Hall. The Nonsensical Ramblings of a Teenage Mind
Purple pants
Pink top
Witches chants never stop
Blue shoe
Old hat
We've had a few
Fluffy cat
Green tie
Red sock
Lullaby
Alarm clock
Black hair
Brown eyes
We've had our share
Sparrows fly
Orange nails
White bow
Ship and sails
Always woe
Closed book
Dying dog
Fishing hook
City smog
1981
Sunday 9th June 2019 12:41 pm
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