jammns

(written June 2005)

GROWTH – flowing forever
stuck in my throat
the words form from that hands

HEART – giving reigning freedom
to my fanciful phrases
like a fuel for a formidable fire

RIVER – onward from mountainous sources of life
through days often listless and lame
through places forested with laughter and love
through
( downwardly
down)
into lush and luscious canyons of calm and contentment

MOTION – encompass all direction; entwined with progress; unrivaled in retrograde

LETHARGY. back-slide & enjoy! Yet, inertial stall … critical mass building : unsurmountable hardware & genetic programs

SPIRIT
unfettered
soar

(added SEP 2006)

ENERGY – I am seeking
for the joyous life seems to have leaked from my weeping eyes
vaporized into the haze and miasmatic coagulation of insincerity

JOY – swirls & surrounds, bouyant <but for the drowning>
filling to satisfaction & more
— light your wings on me fair Angel of Love —
my heart give LOVE



Editorial aside – on retelling this (SEP 19, 2023) , I have added bit of ee cummings influence and punction for the sake of sauciness. J.Ammons 🙂 Originally a journal entry, I’ve today named it “Paradise Lost” in honor of the song lyrics contained on an opposing page in the journal it was transcribed from…

While not directly inspired by it , this poem relates to an excellent song by an excellent by an excellent band (linked below)