5 pages from Abstract World Vol.2: Emotions (before being sent off for editing)

5 Poems from Vol.2(new friends)May 2007 release/thanks
Current mood: accomplished
Category: Writing and Poetry

Thanks to all of you for the support. Below are 5 poems that you guys seemed to have liked so I will post these for the final time (for new friends on here) and the next time you see any new work will be in May when An Abstract World Vol.2: Emotions is in stores nationwide and my page  http://www.TonyHanesPoerty.com/  if you read these before please disregard but I have to put something up for my new myspace family to see and I hope you all get and enjoy the book. God bless (this is only 5 pages from a book with over 100 poems so don't worry…there is a lot more to see)....please let me know if you enjoy the work...thanks for the personal emails and love and by all means.....let me know if you would like a book in May..if not ..thanks for always taking the time to read and make all of those comments last fall as i shared my work with you...

 

1.     (Chapter 1: Diversity)  

 

"The Greatest Poem Ever Told"

 

 

The wind blew from the Heavens as I sit here reading the literature passed down from the "Dead Poets Society" with a fine glass of ancient grapes...I laugh as Dante vividly describes how hot it is in the "Inferno"...yeah...love can burn the shit out of you ....but... a life in sin can also provide everlasting heat...at least...that's what vacation bible school taught me… even though I cheated in class...this made "Psalm 23" by the Psalmist hard to believe because I drank and smoked on so many trees...oh the elevation… but I digress...On this night Homer took me to "The Iliad" right after Shakespeare had me amazed with the "Sonnet 18"...my eyes stay tired but Langston asked me...What happens to a dream deferred?...the cool breeze smacked my reality and there was no answer to this question ...I'm only a mere mortal you guys....I'm only a mere mortal you guys ....so allow me the opportunity to share your stanzas with today's poets who knows no history...your writings are my history...can I join you Edgar as my fingers turn from "The Raven" to "Amazing Grace" by this guy called John Newton who was also a member… of the society that I would love to reside in forever… remember me guys....remember me as I remember "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelo or "Fog" by Carl Sandburg...man....the fog outside makes it hard for me to read "Requiem" but I push my eyes deeper into the page....deeper into immortality...deeper into "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent" by John Milton ...I sip the fresh grapes again and feel a slight buzz....oh hell....I'm almost drunk but sober enough to know that "Jordan" by George Herbert is a work of genius...I'm a genius because I'm not afraid to day dream.....I relax and think about how Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden and Phyllis Wheatley would have viewed my Abstract World.....would they induct me....would they allow me in the Harlem Renaissance....would Henry Wadsworth Longfellow or Robert Frost allow me in their fraternity....I want to belong....I want to be a Poet....I want to be a name that lives on through words that capture the souls of all readers....just as the Dead Poets who continue to bless my spirit...continue to influence my pen and pad......continue to preach creativity...I got up and walked into the lobby… ran into Nikki Giovanni… who told me to never stop writing.....never stop the path to my destiny and a forgotten poet....you will never be......a forgotten poet.....you will never be..............< /P>

 

2

"One with the Heavens"

So many intricate details are carved into your existence and like a maze...I daze into your likeness where… there are no colors that can describe your presence. visions of a rainbow glow in your pupils where the pot of gold ….is as simple as a kiss and the blindness of this utopia ......will not allow me to sleep… so...I day-dream of leaving here and traveling to paradise with you....I am your king...or am I?. Will you take a ride on my Chariot? There is enough room to carry your heart, soul, and passion so I'm asking. Can you and I be...One with the Heavens....where we will observe this world from a different perspective.... Where our blessings…….. can never be scorned. This is our moment...I breathe for this moment and when the creator decides to take me on a ride back to the essence....I would like to be a memory in your universe for generations to come...Can I plant a seed that will grow into a tree of life.... that spreads righteous leaves on the tainted grounds of this "sheep land" nation. I face this dilemma...To live in a Hell where love is only lust or....Our wings can spread and you and I can be...One with the Heavens...this is rare...Have you ever been there? Each minute is forever so right now is the future as I sit here and fantasize about you...I rub my eyes and realize that you are only a bag full of ideas that I purchased from the liquor store....A quiet room and a cold bed allowed me to re-evaluate past relationships over a long island ice tea...One With The Heavens ended up being a bottle with a 12% alcohol volume that resides in the liver of a lonely man......

 

 

4.

"Medication"

 

 

Living in your brain is not easy so I travel through the blood stream all over your anatomy for recreation. They call me "Medication" and I'm your God…your Jesus...your Buddha…your parent….your belief system …a peaceful night of sleep happens only when you believe in me….believe in my will…believe in my scripture or better yet…my prescriptions…you can find me as a solid or liquid…from 5mg to 500mg I came in all sizes, shapes and colors but you can simply call me "Medication" or your savior…I've saved you from death, disease, suicide, homicide and your own stupid thoughts…I own you every second, minute and hour so stay true to my love…I am your love so never forsake me as I take you on trips all over the world…Does my emotions captivate you? Don't you miss me when I'm gone or when I'm runny low…you feel low…I'll pick you up faster than any other friend…I'm a friend until the end though the end….depends on me a lot of times…can't you see my importance…I'm a control freak but you love it….you love when I beat you…you love when I make you feel helpless….don't lie…I'm your earth and your motivation…I am Santa Clause so I wrap your mind in my bliss…your present is my present that I give to you so…open with care…read with care…don't be afraid of my side effects…don't run from my side effects…they come in doubles but only for today…your headaches…..just take one of my cousins….dizziness…oh…my brother handles that…nausea…oh….grandmother has the remedy so my family has your best interest…we rest in your bathroom…its our room so enter at your own risk…they call me "Medication" but I'm more like your angel or guardian…

 

11.

 

"Vagina "

 

One billion years ago you birthed the 3^rd planet from the Sun therefore; I am your son, your descendent, your child so lend me some direction. I took a journey that lasted 9 months in your canal and now I continue to travel through this wilderness until my travels are over. Mother of Creation….Mother of Pleasure….Mother to one of the most important living organisms I need…The Great….The Lovely …The Treasure…."Vagina" you are the Goddess that the Greeks praised and sculptured…"Vagina" the glorious muscular tube projecting inside of all females…I love you…Why would anyone dare to challenge your authority…I kneel to you my Queen as soldiers dropped to the feet of Nefertiti a million months ago…You are responsible for the birth of God's…..the birth of Kings….the birth of all living things….we all traveled through your disambiguation where the outcome was uncertain and some failed to complete the trip and ….rest in the eternity that will never be…I made it….I did swim...yep... through a waterfall and fell into a universe that appeared so complicated…"Vagina" ..you are so complicated….why do you pack so much Love and Hate?..."Vagina"…why have you caused so many Wars to take place on the soils of many Nations?..."Vagina" …you poisoned the minds of great leaders and transformed them into dictators…I adore you …I'm jealous of you….. and…I'm upset with you all at the same time…At one point you confused my emotions and what I thought was love….was lust…."Vagina"…you are so rude…you are so selfish…and though I hold you in such high esteem because of your vision….the way you smell….the way you taste….the way you move…I like the way you move….the way you have put me to sleep on countless nights…….I wish….I wish…you would stop confusing the bodies and minds that you own…stop killing yourself….you are the Godmother of life…Please…Please….share yourself only with Gladiators….not peasants….no confused men should  feel the wetness of your grace…Dear "Vagina" we need you to step up and take place on the "Thrown of Life" again…Mother of Creation….Mother of Pleasure….Mother of the most High….I hope that I see you tonight…I have so many things to say……….I have so many things to say…Hear my pain….

 

25.

 

"God vs. Satan"

 

 

..On both shoulders sit the soul and image of two angels that pull me in opposite directions…opposite perceptions of how utopia is suppose to be….so I wait….I wait for advice but the words are spoken in languages that maybe Socrates, Plato or Aristotle would have to decipher...   maybe they made it up…maybe it was approved by the first Pope or King…maybe this is all a dream…"God vs. Satan"…..they fight when I'm sleep…two set of prayers…two set of stairs to walk up…is it the highway to heaven or….the stairway to a sauna that I refuse to rest in….refuse to believe it's a place of blessings….I still listen….unclear words cause my shoulders to shake and head to ache as…. I fight with the laws of both angels who call themselves saints…call themselves creators but I created a mental road-block and fall on both knees…with both eyes closed I see The School of Athens, The Vatican, The Sistine Chapel, and even the church where I was raised….baptized…and taught by my father who was the minister that…The right shoulder was where God stood and he would never tell me a lie…never tell me goodbye…and never allow me to fry in the pool of false prophets developed by Satan who's nickname is…The Devil…."God vs. Satan"…well…eleven years ago visions of Purgatory came in the form of a nightmare.....the form of a slight scare…..Yesterday I pushed both angels off my broad back as they traded scripture…traded theories about the start and finish…beginning and end….alpha and omega…creation to destruction…heaven and hell…freedom to praise the god choice is against the law…against the powers that be….against what made me free…..so…I hide in the closet of personal ideologies waiting for someone to change my M.I.N.D

 

ok….that was 5 pages out of a book that has over 100 poems…you'll have a lot to choose from…..peace

Tony Hanes

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