Saki – Page 7 – The Poetry Marathon

Steve Kalinowski
Saki

This is my third marathon. The first two were interesting over the past two years most of my writing has consisted of short statements on daily life, politics, and philosophy posted to Facebook in addition to an occasional poem and some informational documents. I have been writing off and on for many years but only writing poetry for about 13 years. Looking forward to this challenge and making new friends and reading some new poetry.

What do you feel

You will not know what you feel inside

If you never turn on your inner eye

The feelings are there around each corner

Waiting to pounce if you should wander

Is it love or hate or something else

Emotions good and some bad

Is it surprise or trust you are feeling now

Or is anger or fear running near

Once you know what emotions you feel

You have the chance to spin the wheel

If your courage does not fail

Kindness will beat cruelty and courage shame

Expectation will lead to positive things

Let no shame or shyness blame

Yourself for feelng that you can change.

Sounds on the Wind

Melodies do abound

Just listen

Here the music in the wind

Listen to the sound

Words glisten

Your music and my music twinned

Gatherings

Green is my favorite color around

It fits my second favorite season spring

Fall is the best season where colors abound

Summer is the season of growing offspring

Fall can also bring ripening yellow and brown

While winter does its’ own frosty white thing

Colors abound through seasons released

So food on our table is colorful feast.

The gathered food for the feast we prepare

Green squash, yellow corn, red apples are set

Even the game and fowl add their colors so fair

Our family and friends all arrive well met

Each brings their best dishes to add to the fare

And the grains have been transformed into baguettes

All gathered are pleased by the colors they see

And partake of friendship and the feast with glee

Eight Legs

Eight legs crawl through the day or night

Searching for the daily repast

Some they search under rock and tree

Others set traps or webs for preys last wandering

With dinner caught the cooking starts

One bite maybe two to marinate the meat

The spiders can wait for juices to flow

Then suck the husk till hollow and empty

Yes spiders they always have fun

Their eight legs hunting six legs

And the terrible Tarantulas can hunt

Those furry four-legged ones

Yes, spiders are everywhere

Will you see one?

Procrastination

The original inspiration is the line “One day the answer came before the question” in the poem Golden Anniversary by Wislawa Szymborska

We are all together yet we are the only one

The years are filled with days and yet this is our only day

We each can only wait so long before the

longing for life overwhelms our ability to answer

To answer the question that came

Came to us long before

Long before we were ready for the

end, for to each of us the end comes and we must answer the question.

The Future

Evolve

And change

What awaits

You cannot know

Until

Companions

Cooper and Aries are here by me
Dogs help me cover the scar
We all know they make the best company

They make us the best that we can be
They shine on us both near and far
On these facts, I am sure we can all agree

Cats are ok but not carefree
My cats were more likely to want to spar
Cats know the door but dogs have the key

I know some may chose a strong pony
But no pony can eclipse the dog star
For all dogs are real they are no phonies

Others may choose the ones feathery
But no one no one chooses the feather star
For the feather star lives in the sea

People may think what the hey
As they see this from afar
For in the end we all must weigh
What it is we each shall say