Month: February 2024

 
Let’s reignite the flame of love
cast light upon this chilling fear
our human spirit seeks to rise above
the voice of logic we long to hear

cast light upon this chilling fear
illuminate this spreading dark
the voice of logic we long to hear
an inferno grows from but one spark

illuminate this spreading dark
the warmth of truth we need to feel
an inferno grows from but one spark
our hungry heart seeks something real

the warmth of truth we need to feel
our human spirit seeks to rise above
our hungry heart seeks something real
let’s reignite the flame of love

Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Warmth of Truth”
by: rob kistner © 2/29/24

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“This spreading winter of ignorance is more than the sane can bear”
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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse

Now hear Todd Rundgren, the man who wrote this gorgeous anthem…

Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Broken Hope Hotel” by: rob kistner © 2/22/24

 
S hrouding rains — sanity drains
sorrow celebrates the smothered light
weary winter withers hope’s refrains
no sun to shine, only sour bleak night

greyest grief stirs in the grimacing cold
ghostly mist melts color — this morbid night
on such a night lost souls are sold
broken hearts barren as the blight

Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Hawk Moon Bog”
by: rob kistner © 2/22/24

hawk moon hovers harsh in a chromium fog
pocking the path from a pitch black sky
foreign and forbidding as a festering bog
this is the dark hour for dreams to die

in this drowning clench of deep despair
horror slithers and dire dejection dwells
horrid misery haunts this harrowing lair
happiness hangs lifeless at broken hope hotel

Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Lobby of The Lost”
by: rob kistner © 2/22/24

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse

Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “So This Is Love” by: rob kistner © 2/20/24
 

Sing to me my sweet sweet lover
songs as soft as silk and satin
sensual as a strangled embrace
chill winter sun upon our face

promise me the world is ours
that this perfect moment’s endless
lift me up on rapture’s cloud
as my failing heart bleeds out loud

make melody set sail our souls
fill our hearts with passion’s fire
smother me in scorched sweet kisses
oh what a bloody bliss this is

come to me and take me timeless
sweep me off to ecstasy
enfold me in your ecstatic dreams
drink my life milk — squelch my screams

Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Vanishing Act”
by: rob kistner © 2/20/24

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse

~Cobain was obsessed with death and suicide~

There is a needing
there is a caring

there is a receiving
and a giving

a gratitude

make genuine
your heart
as you reach
to gently touch
such knowing hands

blessed by time

enwrap them in love

understanding their fate
may be your deliverance

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse

I think I’m going to Mars today
it’s been on my mind for quite some time
a break from the norm is long overdue
no finer distraction — that isn’t taboo
my daily tasks will just have to wait

boredom has been pestering me lately
what to do, who to call, what to read
nothing on tv of much interest tonight
lazin’ ‘round doin’ nuthin’ — yeah right!
I think I’m going to Mars today

travel always seems to be exciting
new things to see when on a trip
new things to learn new places to be
such stimulation is calling to me
it’s been on my mind for quite some time

always the same short trips to be made
dropping the squabbling kids off at school
odds and ends from the same old market
checking on mom to see she’s on target
a break from the norm is long overdue

the rocket ride alone sounds amazing
the martian surface up close — mindblowing
the big red sand dunes seem surreal somehow
the Medusae Fossae Formation — just WOW!
no finer distraction — that isn’t taboo

though leaving does have its concerns
who will take fido for his morning walk
who will make beds, pack lunches, fix dinner
sorry family — mom just don’t have it in her
my daily tasks will just have to wait

Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Mom On Mars”
by: rob kistner © 2/8/24
 

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse
 

Memories of you

ripples on a dark lake
rise and roll away
into the sunset
toward that forever night

they carry my heavy heart
on their crest
and catch the tears
bittersweet tears
I cry at times

run aground
since you went away

times like now
your brother’s 46th birthday
my thoughts fall to you

would that my boat were here
my special boat
to ferry me
across this ocean of time

over that horizon of death

ferry me this day
to you

to see your face
once again

to hear your beautiful voice
rise in sweet song

would that I could hold you
this day
and tell you son

tell you the 10,000 things
I said far too seldom
when you were still here
in our lives

in my life

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Unmoored shipwrecked soul
thunderstruck — weathered with grief
broken on the rocks
see there my ship approaches
soon now I will come aboard

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse
 

Imagine
a perfect pair
a luscious fantasy

round and delicate
firmly soft
visions of ecstasy

resistance gone
they’ll be mine
enjoyed with delight

I open my eyes
heartbeat’s quickening
dreamed of these all night

desire’s piqued
hunger’s tweaked
yes! …two poached eggs for breakfast

Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “A Perfect Pair”
by: rob kistner © 2/5/24
 

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse