Nonsensical Poetry

[tailor STATELY]

My latest attempt for our Thursdays at Two poetry for today: Raven

Where the Ravens Fly (Tautogram Poem)

Ravens swooned over the low crescent moon
radiant heavens, bright stars importune
rising in greeting dawn's effulgent rays
regaling with every wing beat’s blaze

Raucous in flight at first light's sultriness
rhetorical squawks punctuate the air
resounding “crou, crou”s signal that they're there
rhapsodic freedom bursting to excess

Reflections shimmer in a mirrored lake
revealed as the lofty heights merrymake
Rejoice! in the serenity at hand
revel in the majesty of this pristine land

7/3/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed but had to look up tautogram poem, even noticing a vast use of "r".

[tailor STATELY]

Todays offering for Thursdays at Two poetry and last session's Word Can poem:

Word Can poem for 7/3/2025: pour, cilantro, feast, pier, light, realize, stretch, learning

realize the light

realize the light
let it pour
stretch into learning
feast upon understanding
grow like sweet cilantro
from pillar to pier
sheltered bays and coves
finding joy
from Monterey
to Tangier

7/3/2025



Assignment for 7/17/2025: Summer

Summer Supernova

spring's soliloquy succumbs to summertime
umbrella skies no more and
more's the pity as daylight shortens - the
magic of country livin'
embraces each soul - now all is
radiant poetry: California dreamin' is easy

serenity... ah, slowly we delight in the
unfolding days of summer
perceive the stars rejoicing each night
exquisite points of light - all is
resplendent like
newly faceted gems, each a
offering of perfection
vying with the piercing eyes of
a perfect God which surpasses all thought

7/17/2025


"California dreamin' " - song by The Mamas and The Papas
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” – DuBose Heyward, S1 L1 from the song Lullaby from the play “Porgy and Bess”
“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” - Wallace Stevens, L9 of the poem World Was Calm

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed!

Learned that coentro is called cilantro in English.
Enjoyed the acrostic. And summer seems to be more serene without menace of fires.

[tailor STATELY]

Some recent poetry from my Thursdays at Two poetry offerings:

Word Can poem: pine, calyx, publicity, pocket, mother, mysteries, level, move (30-minutes on this one)

no less mysterious

on a level no less mysterious
the calyx seeks no publicity
forms a pocket for the flower
like a mother's embrace
it sways with the blossom
moves with the winds soft breath
pining for sunny days

8/21/2025


Word Can poem (with revisions): fascinate, improve, hope, purpose, pushy, province, Aunt

a Nod to Emily Dickinson¹

My pushy, but flamboyant, Aunt Fran
truly an ugly American
once visited a province in France
Her purpose to improve her exotic dance
watching les trés jolie Can Can’s
fascinated with their exotic fans
Prancing about like jerboas
Fran took note of their feather boas
strategically placed over their nethers
for "hope is the thing with feathers"¹

7/17/2025 r. 8/7/2025



An ekphrastic poem of a photo by Carol Clark “Magic In the Sky: The Aurora Borealis in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming”

There's magic in the Wyoming sky tonight
above the craggy Mount Teton peaks
a curtain of shimmering colors
where the Northern lights are at play

Bright stars peep through this layered veil
of grays and browns and greens -
yellows, orange, and there! hot pink -
a majestic purple topped by indigo

And as the night advances
when the aurora is at its peak
one can hear soft crackles and a hiss
whispers of a greater power

8/21/2025

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed specially the delicate first poem and the last. Did you see the picture it describes or just the description of it?

[tailor STATELY]

Thanx Yes, saw the photo in our Art Gallery; it was a competition piece for our local Art On The Divide https://www.artonthedivide.com/ that our poetry group agreed to write about. I will be with our poetry group later this month to read my poem at a reception

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for the link. I hope you have a nice reading event!

[tailor STATELY]

Sadly I became ill and could not participate at the event, COVID if I recall correctly...

The following is for my assignment for 2/5/2026 for our Thursdays at Two poetry group meeting. It was challenged to be an acrostic including idioms, clichés, etc.:

Hang in There

At the end of your rope ? Hang in there -
Cross that bridge when you come to it; though it be
Raining cats and dogs
Over the moon and far away
Show your true colors by
Throwing caution to the wind and
In the heat of the moment simply
Call it a day

1/19/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed how you arranged the idioms. The only one that is new to me is "Over the moon and away". Most of them exist in Portuguese.

[tailor STATELY]

"Over the moon" is the idiom, I just added a bit at the end.

[Danik 2016]

Oh, I see! And what does it mean?

[tailor STATELY]

Google AI - "Over the moon" is an idiom used to describe a state of extreme happiness, delight, or being thrilled about something. It originates from the 18th-century nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle," featuring a cow jumping over the moon. It is often used to express immense joy, such as "She was over the moon with her engagement"... and more...
• "Disconnection from Reality: The phrase can sometimes imply a state of being "spaced out" or inattentive, as if one is physically not present, similar to "being on the moon"."
• "Historical Usage (Distress): Historically, the phrase has been used in opposite, negative contexts. In the 1619 play The Humorous Lieutenant, "leaping o'er the moon" was used to describe someone in deep distress or despair."

Thus, structurally within my poem the happiness part is declined.

[Danik 2016]

Thanks for this extensive research, tailor.
To describe a state of happiness we use in Portuguese, "to be in the clouds "

For the situation of disconnection we use a similar idiom: "to be in the world of the moon".

[tailor STATELY]

"to be in the clouds " would be: to be 'on Cloud 9' in our idioimicity - subject of film and song, and yes a poem by myself and others