Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

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A literal technique ‘opposite’ to prose (e.g. everyday speech).

  • 20070820-Funny Honeys

    Operation Fluffy Bunny
    Funny Stewart, laughing Daily
    Rob the Riggle, gives me ‘giggles’
    Shown on cable, Comic Central

    Right through the heart of the Green Zone
    Falling Bombings — The First Battles
    of  Fallujah — Two-Thousand-Four
    Via Baghdad — Two-Thousand-Three

    Author’s note: A short poem (of two, four-lined stanzas with eight syllables in free-verse) about combining a little history of the Iraq war and a segment called ‘Operation Fluffy Bunny’ ‘in which the correspondent Rob Riggles gives a report from Iraq’ on the ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Show] via the cable channel called ‘Comedy Central’ via [http://www.comedycentral.com/]. I didn’t know you folks cared about making F. B. laugh! Do I get royalty for my ‘adjective-noun combinations’, eh?

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070820-Random Thoughts

    Author’s note: Still working on rhythm and meters effectively but still sticking strictly to syllables for the sake of composing ‘poetry’ during my sleepless nights. Tummy hurts!

    20070820-2:10:28 AM (always present)
    From far and wide, I cannot hide.
    My thoughts are theirs — blood, sweat and tears
    While wide awake or fast asleep,
    They know me well – this smallest peep.

    20070818-1:20:46 AM (all interrelated)
    His sister moon, her brother sun
    An endless war, thy will be done
    To come in peace, division end
    Lovers only, eternal friend

    20070817-12:11:47 AM (only One)
    I am your God and so are you.
    I’ll let you know if this is true.
    Please don’t deny what I have said.
    Feel with your heart. Think with your head.

    20070816-11:53:43 PM (marriage yuck)
    More precious than ruby or gold
    My tears of love to you unfold
    Upon your face a sunny smile
    As we walk down a blessed aisle

    20070814-8:40:31 AM (more philosophy)
    Buying more should make you happy —
    Not crappy or sometimes snappy.
    Giving more should make you humble —
    Not crumble or sometimes stumble.

    20070813-12:41:39 AM     (mining sacrifices)
    Strike one, strike two, strike three, they’re dead
    Rescuers tried as trees limbs bled
    Holding onto hopeless drillings
    Utah mining, bumping chillings

    20070813-12:14:00 AM (agitated state)
    When I can’t sleep; I forget to pray.
    Restless toss and turns — a bother
    When I relax; I begin to say:
    The ‘I believe’ and ‘Our Father’.

    20070812-1:34:31 AM (unknown situation)
    You saw a ghost: what would you do?
    Tell their lawyers that you would sue!
    Then again, it’s all in your mind.
    Would you rather be deaf and blind?

    20070811-12:55:44 AM (former pet)
    Persimmon, our little green friend
    No hampas stick to you extend
    Now that you’re gone, never to return
    Forgive us for we’ve much to learn

    20070807-10:26:53 AM (past ‘kind’)
    Turned around: ‘Don’t let them get you!’
    Light brown alien, dark-eyed Jew
    His hollow kiss of endless depth
    Awaken from my old world death

    20070729-6:45:35 PM (humorous side)
    Here is my wish list short but sweet
    How to love you without deceit
    Behind my mask of garlic breath
    Eternal bliss — no fresh mint death

    20070721-2:46:56 PM (many kinds)
    Someone to trust a crazy man
    Tells the whole world his lonely plan
    To choose his path – straight and narrow
    Into our hearts – sharpened arrow

    20070714-7:48:19 AM (rare ‘kinds’)
    Inquisitive minds want to know
    What is above or down below
    Always seeking to how and why
    Psy-chicks don’t need to tell a fly.

    20070711-11:36:53 PM (life’s perspective)
    You are now whom I could have been —
    The same old person, different spin
    You are who you are: deep inside
    I’m always here – could never hide.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070806-Alam-Ko!

    Nag-ta-go! A-lam-ko-na!
    O-ber-der! A-lam-ko-na!
    Sa-li-kod! A-lam-ko-na!
    Ha-nap-in! A-lam-ko-na!

    Literal translation:
    It’s hiding! I know!
    Over there! I know!
    In the back! I know!
    Find it! I know!

    Second attempt at tanaga- a Filipino poetry of four-lined stanza, with seven syllables in monorhyme.

    Author’s note: Used spelling convention of the Japanese language due to not knowing how well to spell words in the Filipino language. A back and forth dialogue between Paw and Maw, respectively, about locating a missing bottle of medication.

    Copyright © FVDF. All rights reserved.

    Modified Monday, August 06, 2007 11:10:19 PM
    Created Monday, August 06, 2007 11:10:19 PM

  • 20070815-This Land

    The Native folks once brave and bold,
    Had lost their lands – ancestor’s gold
    Their trail of tears left opened wide
    By snaky oils: the pale ones lied.
    This prime real estate belongs to ‘God’ – His land.
    Nothing is possible without His helping hand.

    Marry a spouse, nothing to hold.
    Owning a house, nothing but sold.
    In this big box, there’s junk inside.
    Undying love, working with pride.
    Monthly mortgage payments — rents on a strip of land
    Until death do us part, by my hard working hand.

    Author’s note: First attempt at ‘Wrapped Refrain‘ poetry of two stanzas with 8-8-8-12-12 syllables in aabbcc pattern.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070814-A Handful

    Talk to my hand and what do you see?
    Many shapes and sizes just like me
    Middle finger longest
    Shortest thumb is strongest.
    Contemplate this little poetry.

    Another limerick to show that everyone could be a ‘master’ at contemporary poetry.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070814-Human Alien

    I love this planet, inhabitants too.
    With all its beauty that I never knew
    While under the sun to burn red not tan
    An Asian female – hairy Malay clan?

    A lost foreigner – stranger to this land
    Strong medications lend a helping hand
    To sustain her system, while in this grand zoo
    Longer than needed, don’t know what to do.

    Two more samples of quatrains with ten syllables in aabb, bbaa pattern.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070809-A Darkness

    Love, — please wake up! — Are you sleeping?
    [No!] Don’t leave — me here — all alone!
    Dear, — leave your heart — in my keeping.
    [Please.] Don’t give up — without — a fight.

    There is a place — of love. — [No] weeping.
    [Here is this realm] — Inside of my heart — a leaping.
    All of — my thoughts — are of you — alone.
    Close your eyes. — Think of me — tonight.

    (Echo: Go to sleep. — Pleasant dreams. — Good night.)

    Author’s note: Had trouble composing this poem earlier today; played sheet music (which I downloaded online for free years ago) on my piano to get a feel for the theme afterwards but nothing came out from my big brain and lost emotions regarding cancer patients later on tonight around 09:20PM on Thursday, 08/09/2007 as my inspiration for this latest masterpiece from my small mind. Usually when my tears fall this much someone close to heart has passed onward.

    Based on an acoustic guitar version for the song entitled ‘Starless’ (‘Tsuki mo naku’, ‘Hoshi mo naku‘ or ‘No Moon, No Stars’) from ‘Rurouni Kenshin: Departure – The Original Soundtrack 2′ published on 1996.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070807-Sleepy Eye

    Mid-morning nap, a gray filled day
    Cannot get up until they pay
    Feeling bored with nothing to do
    Darkened swirls of purple and blue

    Third eye chakra opening up
    Silent musing measuring cup
    Filling hope with something so new
    Darkened swirls of purple and blue

    Open of eyes upon my brow
    Faith believing opinions sow
    Always comparing selfish view
    Darkened swirls of purple and blue

    Sharing truths neither wrong nor lies
    Try to de-compartmentalize
    Squooshing eyeballs something to chew
    Darkened swirls of purple and blue

    First attempt at roundelay of four stanzas in aabB pattern.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070807-Fluff Meister

    Fluffy von der Flynn
    Writing from within
    About her private world
    and hidden Truths unfurled

    First attempt at clerihew of pseudo-self.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070806-Icy Screams

    Fallout of white where burned out lives don’t grow
    Dark and blackness fall in the dead of night.
    Cold are the sunrays. The ravens don’t crow.
    Fallout of white

    The hungry children run with wide eyed fright
    Eagerly waiting, lined up in a row
    Heat waves turn bitter cold upon the site

    The spine chilling ice and wintery snow
    Cones, missiles – frozen screams with every bite
    The shrills from headaches — icy painful blow
    Fallout of white

    First attempt at roundel with original imagery of nuclear holocaust with ice cream.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070806-Fallen Bridge

    A sad parody based on the lyrics of ‘Autumn Leaves’.

    The fallen bridge of Minnesota
    The concrete slabs of steel, wood mold
    I see the smokes of brown, white hisses
    The earthquake sounds before the fold

    What they did that day, nothing seemed wrong
    I hear the hum, vibrating strong
    Low and silent frequency – die snarling
    When August bridge starts to fall

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.

  • 20070802-Internal Savior

    Religion is an illusion:
    The deceiver of grand delusion.
    It’s mankind’s greatest confusion.

    Within the box of beautified walls, masses congregate.
    With great pomp and veiled circumstances, people celebrate:
    Where heralded angels and saints assemble to jubilate.

    Abba, Allah, Amon-Ra
    Buddha, Krishna, Yeshuah
    Brahma, Shiva, Vaishnah

    Alpha, Omega
    Mazda Ahurah
    Jahweh, Aloha

    Kami, M-wari
    Eng-Kai, Trinity
    Shang-Ti, Deity

    Author’s note: First attempt at ‘Christ-in-a-Rhyme‘ poem of three stanzas with 8-14-7-5-5 syllables in aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd, eee pattern.

    Copyright © 2007 by Fluffy von der Flynn. All rights reserved.