When the muse delivers random the best that can be done is to construct a mental pachinko machine. If we try to make things fit into a formulated plan it all slides sideways.
Many of my posts come from a file called Random Lines Of Verse. Which is exactly what it seems. Poems that are currently orphaned for whatever reason, phrases that sound cool, occasionally even just a word that seems particularly neat.
So again I serve up miscellany from my mind. Hope you like it.
Solo
He mounts up on wings,
tries to kiss the moon,
ripples through the sky,
a lyric jazz tune.
He drifts on solo,
the updraft of song,
and scuttles on high
as rifts move along.
He glides upon notes,
arpeggio-dances
daring the high pitch
hedging his chances.
He's a daredevil
who plays in a band
his greatest reward,
the clapping of hands.
Priority
When life becomes hectic,
from pillar to post,
please take a moment to
nourish your ghost.
The greatest achievement
of life's role
is to nurture the seed
that is your soul.
Cope
Some say strength is an oak tree
with sturdy hardwood core;
I think more a bamboo stalk
that bends forever more.
The oak with rigid structure
will break 'neath heavy stress,
bamboo simply bends it knee,
bears up 'neath distress.
Continue to be bamboo
as events ebb or roll,
for the greatest attribute
is a resilient soul