Category: Klaus J. Gerken

Simplicity

I try to emulate my cats:
when I’m nice to them
they show me affection;
if I weren’t
they would show me claws;
I’m always nice to them,
and they always show me affection.
Simplicity is the way to peace.

kjg 630am 18 mar 2015

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zzz

let’s all get stoned
dance on rubber bones
walk with crooked spoons
worship purple moons

let’s all get stoned
there’s nothing like the truth
corrupting all our youth
we like our hashish smooth

let’s all get stoned
rainbows not just monochrome
laughter softens bones
ha ha he he om

let’s all get stoned
let’s all get…zzzz

kjg 721pm 2015 (watching etalk — yuk)

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lost

she was alone
in a world
that didn’t offer her a home
pregnant
sleeping on the street
when her “boy friend”
had an apartment
just a block away
one sometimes doesn’t
want to wake up
to a reality
too terrible
to ponder

kjg 734am 16 mar 2015

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the dregs of spring


the spring has sprung
the buds are young
tailor made
for the brigade
to go off marching
in the shade
youth is like a
slate of mica
transparent yet a solid
lump (i lika)
so whatever
spring renews
is the repetitious
boring news
not that i object to that
we always hate a bureaucrat
they simply vanish when they can
(only woman builds a man)
slave no longer less we pour
ablution on the threshing floor
sanctify what must be worn
to save your god from any scorn
spring is adam and is eve
neither asked for a reprieve
so consider if i may
to wish you a consoling day
soon the summer will begin
and the heat will melt the dregs of spring

kjg 3306am 15 mar 2015

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March 2015 Issue of Ygdrasil

The March 2015 issue (263) of Ygdrasil, featuring The Blackbird Trilogy (3 plays) by Jack R. Wesdorp is now available at http://users.synapse.net/kgerken

Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.

The Cats of Parliament Hill

If you want to see the Cats of Parliament Hill photos for these months please go to The FB Cats of Parliament Hill Memorial page:

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Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.

morning blues

i
ain’t
know
the
ins
and
outs

i
can’t
tell
you
what
it’s
all
about

sometimes
maybe
i’ll
reveal
what
others
stake
upon
a
deal

but
right
now
i’m
just
too
damn
tired
to
give
a
hoot
about
flat
tires

kjg 610am 7 mar 2015

Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.

choice

as god is my witness
i swear by command
i haven’t done nothing
that you’d understand
don’t be surprised
there’s a negative there
the truth does not favour
a positive flair

without a commitment
you flounder like cork
on a lake without purpose
like an empty new york
you ain’t gonna notice
you ain’t gonna care
the journey is shallow
and the point empty air

now i haven’t wrote nothing
that you want to read
i ain’t won no prizes
and i ain’t gonna plead
forever myself
not a difficult choice
i won’t be contained
and i’ll keep my own voice

kjg 407pm 23 feb 2015

Klaus J. Gerken is on Facebook. Contact him on kgerken@rogers.com and read latest poems in Ygdrasil – a Journal of the poetic Arts.