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Descending and Intoxicated, Poetry and AI Art Showcase

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prydefoltz222.772 months agoPeakD3 min read

Descending

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upon an undulating apex
shrouded in greying cumulus
I observe, celebrate, and weep


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below

what
has
come

is laid out
a menagerie
of all things
imaginable


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sand, glass, rock and soil
silt and mud, take measure
and sort

clumsily-moulded
clay feet descend
upon once bright-ideas
reverse-engineering
to rust and brass


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go quick look up
before the rungs somewhere
dissolve there is a light

my footsteps brand creation
shimmering, shining, glinting
dulled, decayed, and dim
faded to black

take measure and sort
I take measure and sort

I observe, celebrate, and weep

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Saplings

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saplings
withstand
storms



Grown Too Big

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upon my clavicle
rests blossoms
lace and string

my breathe caught up
in ribbons and corsets

inheritance, generations
a magnolia for a blushing bride
jewels, cameos, and baubles
sewn in a grey-rosé taffeta hem

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object of desire
a butterfly that must
be pinned down

a mind grown
too big
for her petticoats

a thief in the night
a voice that must
take to hushed
tones

a bloom that must produce seed


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Loud Plumes

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loud plumes
pretty song
promotion to lover boy
tenured to nest minder



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Intoxicated by Scent

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within the folds
shadow holds supremacy
hue is distorted
the prismatic muted

the minute
earthbound pollinator
wingless, short-sighted
immersed in scent
fumbles by feel

there is no need
to differentiate shades
register chromatic outliers


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the world is small
life is short
purpose, one-dimensional
reproduce, keep it all going
abstraction and complexity
only adds difficulty
distraction
threat


the Lilliputians
see in broad strokes
restrain giants
tie down those
who would fly


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belittle those
that reveal perspective
would uncover
the bigger picture

the colony is sustained
within the folds
in shadow
intoxicated by scent


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Called to Account

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called to account
a crow short on sticks
and scratch
picks, withdraws
from my locks



Grey Morn'

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grey morn’
rain fall
soil doused
joins the stream
into my coffee cup
fog lifts


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Poetry and Words are my own. Images are a co-creation between myself and AI, Grok. Written prompts for image concepts are supplied and multiple images are derived until a suitable one is arrived at. Saplings, Grown Too Big, Loud Plumes, Called to Account, and Grey Morn were first published on the X, social media site. Descending is is published in Monsters, Avatars, and Angels. Intoxicated by scent is published in Domesticate the Heavens. Monsters, Avatars, and Angels, Domesticate the Heavens, and all the titles below are available in paperback or digital through amazon and your local libraries and bookstores. Click on any title below to further explore and support my writing.


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