August 6, 2009

Dada Poetry The liminal

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The art of evolution
wrought from a landscape
of defiant chaos
this wayward wisdom
at odds with the triumphing
vandalism of our mothballed truth

in this hopeful territory
of starry-eyed terror, risk
bruises the genuine conviction
and eager life treads past
the mauling gloom of virtuous narrative

here, dilemma scuttles
the deathly vessels of elusive safety
& escapes the stifling seductions
of unseaworthy compromise where flickers
escape in the almost unbearable message
this heart-thumping journey
not a battle, a reward

Dada Poetry ancestral history

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Awaking a symphonic shout
of victorious spirit we remember
the weight of our flawed heritage

our everyday comfort
testament
to your beautiful last-ditch gypsy dream
to defying gravity
to defying tragedy

your raw and adventurous grace
our only blueprint
for love
for family
for home

Dada Poetry for George Tanner II

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his deported story
beckons tragedy
yet his sweet faith
deaf to the tread of failure

blurred the perils
of a predatory history
a dark exile from childhood
from heartland
from home

rising from
this set in stone delusion
he shifted the downtrodden
& crippled vision
stealing an unflinching tomorrow
from inside his ash-filled past