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Dali paints the sky an eggshell blue, swans reflect an upside-down world

Dali paints the sky an eggshell blue atop a broken ladder, the world
is shaky and the sun is setting in the needle’s eye.
Pink puppy clouds and black swans of indifference drift by in the belly
of the March Hatter who swallowed the pot of gold.

Reality is a thread breaking in an upside-down universe, the whole ball of wax
is a cat’s amusement toy dangling wild from her whiskers.
Sheep are flocking into a starlight rotunda and the wolf pack is grazing
with cows chewing parallel lines in the meadow.
Bellicose bluebells rehearse dawn’s early choir,
you and I have serious plans to court the moonlight hour.

The sky is a broken-blue eggshell, breaks open the yellow-yoked sun.
The whole nine yards steps out like a ballerina, the learning curve is
a pirouette spinning and the joker is mild behind an eight ball of redemption.
We are Johnny-on-the spot reseeding receding rooftops to the New Jersey
pine tree barrens,
red devils smile with the sharp teeth of thievery, by the sea, by the sea.

We are amnesiacs dreamers dreaming we are awakening,
crimson desert sands deem us worthy and the efflorescent white lily steals black holes
punched into the restless night,
you and I are wrestlers one, doing battle with long-legged angels; insects hover on
black-laced damsel wings,
The grand puppeteer (recently bored silly, how long can anyone stand winter white,
the verdant valley green yodeling to the mountain-misted cloud?) snaps,
and the ventriloquist‘s dummy (already asleep in a field of wild roses,
daisies of discovery, petals gone one-by-one), is losing his speech patterns
in good vibrations of a single red robin’s trill.

It must be Spring. 
Dali’s getting frisky,
his moustache is twitching.





— Kailashana, Mar 17, 2010

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Seren

Seren

16 years 2 months ago

I can only say thank you for

I can only say thank you for being who you are and always giving of yourself ... your a light that will never be extinguished in my heart or in my eyes I watch as the lilies silenced of beauty stand at attention at the passing of your wake love and millions of hugs Jayne-Chloe
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

It is no accident that we

It is no accident that we all meet. It is no accident that we have the inter-actions that we do. It is seren-dipity. Love you my child, Mum "To love another person is to see the face of God." Les Miserables
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

love U2. smiley kisses

love U2. smiley kisses right back at-ya! "To love another person is to see the face of God." Les Miserables
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 2 months ago

"Bring in the clowns"

Ann of Norway Not that I am accusing you of being remotely a clown, and yet their innocent pathos is touching and with their bravado you have danced in here with the who orchestra blazing its absurdities and ordinary things turned topsy-turvy and having a ball, I see a new painting oh and its such fun, it is it is, it is daliscious and sensualisticus and oops the hat fell off and revealed all that's crazy about Spring springing about like young lambs in the meadows of our minds. Yes Serene Dipity dipity ding dong bell what is it made of syrup or honey whatever it is its delightfully funny!!!!!!!! That's what and why not? Anuska Il tua sorella dalla Norvegia.XXXXXXXXO P.S. Just seen an exhib. of Dali-like pastels and pen drawings, they were superb in texture and colour and shaping but I was not exactly enamoured of the extraordinary slightly grotesque subject matter, art is definitely subjective. Dali would enjoy this and his whiskers would definitely wobble upwards as he read your poem, perhaps he is doing so now wherever he is in the ether!!!!
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 2 months ago

Dearest Anna

My favorite lines: We are amnesiacs dreamers dreaming we are awakening, crimson desert sands deem us worthy and the efflorescent white lily steals black holes punched into the restless night, you and I are wrestlers one, doing battle with long-legged angels; insects hover on black-laced damsel wings, The grand puppeteer (recently bored silly, how long can anyone stand winter white, the verdant valley green yodeling to the mountain-misted cloud?) snaps, and the ventriloquist‘s dummy (already asleep in a field of wild roses, daisies of discovery, petals gone one-by-one), is losing his speech patterns in good vibrations of a single red robin’s trill. Thank Goddess it is spring! Nature is busy with so many projects that she doesn't have time to sleep nights. Always, Cat
xena465

xena465

16 years 2 months ago

Brilliant. Brings on so

Brilliant. Brings on so many visions and flows just like all that blooms in Spring. You're a true poet with an imagination that's endless. Rosina xena465
judyanne

judyanne

16 years 2 months ago

brilliant anna

i just woke up and fell down the rabbit's hole. love judd xxxx
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 2 months ago

Thanks for reading my fine

Thanks for reading my fine ladies. It's all Slippers of Imagination we try on as poets, eh? Hmm. That sounds like my next poem. ;-) ~A slippers of imagination I have tried on the belle of the ball striking the lost chord glass underfoot, my Prince Charming carries the courtesan to his bedchamber, I'm always wondering what poetry will emerge when he drinks champagne lined with Dr. Sholls* (Just kidding Barry!) *http://www.drscholls.com/drscholls/index.jsp Words must be used like stepping stones: lightly and with nimbleness, because if you step on them too heavily, you incur the danger of falling into the intellectual mire of logic and reason. - Balsekar