Humble and Obedient
The cello starts in a minor key.
a half step above a flat b.
Too slow, it seems to me,
for the wings of a bee.
But, that is a metaphor
for a speed we cant ignore.
A bee unable to fly
will get slower and then die.
Poems, on the other hand,
will speed up upon demand.
until it becomes allegro.
as fast as poems can grow.
A muse tells it what to say.
The Poem has to obey.
Walt Abbott 9-4-2012
Humble and Obedient
The cello starts in a minor key.
a half step above a flat b.
Too slow, it seems to me,
for the wings of a bee.
But, that is a metaphor
for a speed we cant ignore.
A bee unable to fly
will get slower and then die.
Poems, on the other hand,
will speed up upon demand.
until it becomes allegro.
as fast as poems can grow.
A muse tells it what to say.
The Poem has to obey.
Walt Abbott 9-4-2012
¿Is God a Dictator?
¿Does the Great Spirit dictate
to, or dominate our minds?
Are we all mirrors of Gods?
God is, by definition,
intelligence magnified,
or spirit magically benign.
We, who are saved by grace,
are unable to appreciate
the enormity of time and space.
¿Is conscience the voice of God;
or tears of an unremembered soul?
Remember, we are not alone.
The Great Spirit has a cell phone..
It can find us anywhere
and it knows we are there.
We know it wants to dictate
something inappropriate.
Walt Abbott 8-19-2012
¿The Question is Why Not?
The poet or essayist tends to find that
he is complete by attaching himself
to something larger than himself. However, this may place him
in the center of the cosmos which
contains many universes.
Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson
were transcendentalists. This simply
means that they had transcended
the universe or society in which they
lived. ¿Don’t we all find ourselves living
within the restraints of a moral code
which is beyond the reach of most
of our society? This is our holy grail
which seeks to turn ideas into ideals.
We are constantly evolving into
who we think we are; idealists in a
less than ideal universe. We are not
misfits in this society so much as
heretics in a misfit world.
Our spiritual lives are lived in an
eternity. Our short physical lives come
to an early end. The dragons we slay
on the road to paradise are evil ideas
incapable of becoming the way home.
Home is where they have to take you
in when there is nowhere else to go.
Walt Abbott 8-17-2012
14 pt. Galeforce
18 pt Yangtze
24 pt. Aundee BTN
Death on the Highway
¿When six-day work week is five,
is Saturday still alive?
If Monday is a holiday,
we will have more time to play.
Life might seem to be more fun,
if even less work was done?
On Saturday more people die.
Travel accident is why.
If our work-week was just three,
we would live dangerously.
I’m willing to take a chance
so i’m driving to the dance;
instead of driving to work
where more accidents may lurk.
Walt Abbott 8-10-2012
Spirits vs Physical
?Is reality the truth
like a hole in a front tooth?
Our spirituality
can live an eternity.
Most of us will realize
only the physical dies.
Spirits will live forever.
?Does that make spirits clever?
That is just the way things are.
The Sun is like a dark star.
The sun isn’t always bright.
It turns itself off at night.
An idea can be ideal.
?Does that mean it is real?
Walt Abbott 8-9-2012
The Theory of God’s Existence
The Big Bang theory of why we are
here, has less advocates than it did
ten years ago. Surveys among current
intellectuals indicate that this theory
is thought of as a faith, not a discovery.
Saying this does not make it so.
President Dewey proved that faith may
be invalid. Compared to the Hebrew
Genesis, there is less evidence to
support the existence of God.
What we mean by a supposed
existence is loss of an ability to believe
or accept. Black holes have attained
the distinction of discoveries rather
than mere supposition.
There is no establishment with the
authority to discuss or proclaim the
results of this slide from discovery to
faith. ?Is there a higher intelligence
and/or spirit with benevolent intent
which constantly rescues us from our
chaos. There is no doubt that the vast
majority of us are seeking an answer.
?Is it faith or discovery we hope to find.
Walt Abbott 8-6-2012
