Showing posts with label #americanpoetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #americanpoetry. Show all posts

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Recognize Appreciate Embrace - Poem by A. Bougie on youtube



Recognize, Appreciate, Embrace
© A. Bougie - 12/17/2007

Kinetic Bhakti
We keep things moving
While we
Bring illumination
To culmination
We see the
Simplicity
And recognize the beauty
We
Appreciate the splendor
Of breath
Of being
And seeing
We embrace
Experience
And say
Namaste
Nods
To all the Gods
Creating
The world
In their own image
Bringing the dreams
From thought
To life
We hold these
Truths
To be self evident
With each breath
We circumvent
The nothingness
The emptiness
Is filled
With knowledge
We build
We renovate
And extrapolate
The equation
Down to
Simple arithmetic
Down to
The brass tacks
Just the
Simple facts
Karma acts
As we will
Meditating
Still
Fate-ing
Rather than
Waiting
We climb
The hill
We reach
The plateau
And reflect
Seeing our visions
In retrospect
Awaiting spring
With streams flowing
Releasing
The knowing
We aspire
To take things
Higher
We fix
Our spiral
Into a
Double helix
We elevate
As we create
New levels of being
New approaches to
Self healing
Blissfully
Reeling
Feeling
Each moment
Honestly
Paying close attention to
Lessons along the path
Using our empathy
And forgiving wrath
We
Take the time to laugh
Always keeping humor
Well staffed
We don't allow ourselves to
Feel trapped
We
Open the door
And turn on the light
We
Believe things
To be
Eternally
Forthright
Our belief lights the way
Through the dark of night
We kindle
Our hearts
We keep the
Fires burning
With each smile and tear
We are earning
Our time
We synchronize
The rhyme
And flow
With the tide
Enjoying the ride
Downplaying our pride
Feeding the fire
Heating our bones
Casting stones
We count the cards
And tell
The fortune
Fated well
During our spell

© A. Bougie (12/17/2007)
abougie.com
The world within A. Bougie - Facebook
Photo Credit: © Jean-Jacques David 2017
*spell- in this poem references a duration of time, not a 'magic' spell.

Friday, July 28, 2017

Recognize, Appreciate, Embrace (Spoken Word on Soundcloud)


Kinetic Bhakti
We keep things moving
While we
Bring illumination
To culmination
We see the
Simplicity
And recognize the beauty
We
Appreciate the splendor
Of breath
Of being
And seeing
We embrace
Experience
And say
Namaste
Nods
To all the Gods
Creating
The world
In their own image
Bringing the dreams
From thought
To life
We hold these
Truths
To be self evident
With each breath
We circumvent
The nothingness
The emptiness
Is filled
With knowledge
We build
We renovate
And extrapolate
The equation
Down to
Simple arithmetic
Down to
The brass tacks
Just the
Simple facts
Karma acts
As we will
Meditating
Still
Fate-ing
Rather than
Waiting
We climb
The hill
We reach
The plateau
And reflect
Seeing our visions
In retrospect
Awaiting spring
With streams flowing
Releasing
The knowing
We aspire
To take things
Higher
We fix
Our spiral
Into a
Double helix
We elevate
As we create
New levels of being
New approaches to
Self healing
Blissfully
Reeling
Feeling
Each moment
Honestly
Paying close attention to
Lessons along the path
Using our empathy
And forgiving wrath
We
Take the time to laugh
Always keeping humor
Well staffed
We don't allow ourselves to
Feel trapped
We
Open the door
And turn on the light
We
Believe things
To be
Eternally
Forthright
Our belief lights the way
Through the dark of night
We kindle
Our hearts
We keep the
Fires burning
With each smile and tear
We are earning
Our time
We synchronize
The rhyme
And flow
With the tide
Enjoying the ride
Downplaying our pride
Feeding the fire
Heating our bones
Casting stones
We count the cards
And tell
The fortune
Fated well
During our spell

© A. Bougie  (12/17/2007)
Photo Credit : Jean-Jacques David
*spell- in this poem references a duration of time, not a 'magic' spell.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

A Lady with Needs





You think it’s cool
To be cold
Oh, well FYI—
It gets kind of old
I want loving arms to enfold
That I might not feel
So alone
But I can’t rely
On anyone
Except myself now babe
Sometimes I wish
I could stop wanting
All the love I crave

Yeah,
Maybe then I’d
Be fully satisfied
With the life I’ve made
Now I
Am full to the brim
Beside myself with a thirst
For love to flow in
But your floodgates
Are rusted shut
By your nose turned up

I am eschewed
For trying
To know you
For hoping
To have substance
Lord knows
All you want
Is what you see
A cute shakin’ ass
A hot little piece
You don’t want to know
A lady that writes
A lady that reads
A lady with needs
She fully intends to feed

Hey—
Just because I
Look hot
Doesn’t mean I ought
To give it up
To someone who
Won’t give me love
Now honey—
I’ve had enough
Late night calling
All your pawing
Doesn’t ease
My longing
‘Cause what I need
Is love
And you won’t
Give it up


Poem © A. Bougie (6/8/2009)
Photo © 2017 Liam Carleton - Liam Carleton Photography on FB

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Intuition Echoes

Sitting silently I observe
The sensation of feeling
Without a word
Thoughts unheard


Intuition echoes
Resonation
In my chest
Nothing less
Than knowing
And oh how I know
The proper direction
I should go


Now I am facing
No more pacing
To and fro
Onward I go
To reap the seed I sow
No fear
It's clear
And coming quicker
As the plot gets thicker


I remember
The resonating
Echoes embracing
Emulating
Event horizon
'Cause I'm risin'
To the occasion


© A. Bougie - 8/2009

Sunday, July 17, 2016

The Moment I Seize

Gone with the
Winding spirals
I must appease
My disease
The moment I seize
Please-
Oh please,
Somehow
Let it always be
Right now
(© 2004)