Star Trek poetry

[HIjol]

Loss and Change

When one door closes, another opens, they say
But, what if the doors you have now are ok?
How do you keep those ones open each day?
And how do you keep the ones closed stay that way?

It never quite matters what you say and you do
The way things work out, "life stuff" happening to you
You try and you try to do good and stay true
But often you're left without clue one or two.

7 years I have been in this land and this place
Yes! Many times! Sure! I've felt lost in space
Trying to keep with the pace of "Rat Race"
Succeeding a bit but still falling on face

Now it is time for this Man to come home
For many a moon I have lived all alone
Doing my own thing, setting my tone
Feeling a little like E.T., Home. Phone.

What will I do when I get with my People?
The schools and the stores and the churches and steeples
The Newborns, The NewWeds, Retirees, Grim Reapees
The schedules and lifestyle, the up-too-late sleeping?

I'd better stop writing and figure it out
No sense in having a shadow of doubt
Fretting and frowning and wearing a pout
The good news is now I'm a little less stout!

Home I will go, in the know, without money
Hearth is my place but it sure will be funny
To navigate changes in me, bee to honey
I sure will not miss the ubiquitous Sunny

So home, here I come, wh'er your ready or not
Home from the Land of the Sand and the Hot
Home to Insanity. Sign on the dot!
We'll see if they missed me a little, or Lot

 

[think]

Captains Log
Stardate s-v901

Plagued by Indolence
Red leads on the blue wires
Blue leads on the red wires
the Indolence Plague sets IN

your mind has never been
your body does not know
It is all I know to change my mind...
it is all I can do to do all I can
I am just a beginner in a world of endings

make the sounds stop in my head...
make them stop everywhere
I hear Buddha laughing at me

speaking with no known meanings I say nothing of any real value
spoken in tongues like true masters of noise and noise control
we go ON>>>>>>

 

[HIjol]

I am just a beginner in a world of endings

think...Wow...nice! With your permission, I will use this...

 

[think]

Of course you have my permission,.. For Anything of everything I have done,.. Most definitely,,,.. That's one of the most important reasons I do things...

 

[think]

Thinking that

"it is all I can do to do all I can"

Is a better quote?

 

[HIjol]

My thinking friend, I that is a good one, indeed, but "I am just a beginner in a world of endings..." is really something, and it reached something inside me.

 

[2takesfrakes]

As I'm so fond of saying, "It Takes Two" ...

 

[2takesfrakes]

Me and my friends like to hit The Cage
To watch the magic happening up onstage
All you need is a lot of cash in your hand
To bring out the girls and strike up the band
So many themes! One's Venus, another's a queen
But the Main Attraction just paints herself green
The Cage! What a great diversion from the daily grind
You've got nothing to lose, but your money and your mind

 

[2takesfrakes]

 

[2takesfrakes]

 

[2takesfrakes]

... Who's that girl? Somehow, I have to make her mine
She might be new, I've only seen her a couple of times
And every Man on campus has been asking her for a date
But I'm the one that she'll get with - I know it's not too late
She only wants winners - and she knows she's on her way up
She's got beauty, class and style - a standout in any lineup
Time to check my look in the mirror, dress sharp and be cool
When we're together, we're turning every head in this school

 

[2takesfrakes]

And now, another Twin Pack to bookend THE WALL of PROSE by yours truly:

 

[think]

These are the edges of space and
We never really know how much I love
But the use of the death of me is a joke
Laughing at this moment in time and it was
Human error message that says that global economy
Hasn't worked for a long time,,,,,,
Yeah

(Computer aided poetry)

 

[ToddPence]

About twenty years ago, I wrote a number of couplets for a fan publication. There were 84 of them, representing all of the original series episodes, plus the six movies. The object was to guess the episode/movie from the couplet. I'll try to see if I can find a copy of that.

 

[2takesfrakes]

 

[2takesfrakes]

"O'Siem" is a traditional greeting
Of respect in the Coast Salish culture
Also, in the Squamish language
"O'Siem" denotes honour
Though the language is dying
"O'Siem" is at Star Trek's core
* * *
Official Site of Squamish Nation
Susan Aglukark music video - O Siem

 

[The Old Mixer]

(OK, not to interrupt the poetry, but what's with the guy with the big "2" on his chest...?)

 

[2takesfrakes]

Ah, yes ...
That's the 2TF logo, sir (the very mark of quality) nestled into the only blank spot in the image, where all else, there are only heads and shoulders. Indeed, at the time, I suspected no one would dare to notice, as it was so skillfully composited. But now that I come to look upon it with fresh eyes ... it's as subtle as a slap from mother's hand. But it was done with The Very Best of intentions ...

 

[The Old Mixer]

I thought it was something that I'd never noticed from the film!

 

[HIjol]

Curiously, I thought he was a Stealth Borg with a designation of 2 of 2...but, the Mark of the 2Take is ever so much better!...Muse is Returning...the Poet HIjol will return to the Thread, anon...