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Saturday, December 14, 2013

Howling Winter Wind

Fury
Winter's howling winds
Blow the Old Man's deepest breaths
into weary lungs

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Something to talk about, a Story to tell...



The Outcome, if you so choose it.


This is a true story. For what that’s worth, and what difference that makes, is anyone’s guess.

The World is a strange place, populated mostly by strangers and strange people.

This is not a perfect world. It is the world we have – often devoid of reason and empathy; a world without solidarity; an unfair, often cruel world.

It is not a perfect world, but it is the world we have.

Before, I launch into my story, some perspective might be important. The thoughts that follow are mine and mine alone. I would not dare speak for anyone else.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Starlight (A Serialized Novella): Part One - The Lost and Damned



The stars of life shine
As bright as supernovas
As dark as black holes
– Technicolor Dreams 

Chapter 1 – The Lost and Damned

Helicopters fly
In single file across a
Dream’s barren landscapes
– Technicolor Dreams

In the austere, almost sterile main library in the DATUS Space Cadet Academy, Anthony Van Neuzer sat, preparing diligently for his COMPS Exams. A hum of activity buzzed around him, faceless fellow Cadets and support workers on the floating space ship they all called home, flittered back and forth; doing everything and nothing, simultaneously, and at the same time. He had no difficulty ignoring the sound and noise and fury. He’d had a lot of practice. 

Saturday, May 18, 2013

A Dream, fulfilled, but still a lot to do

I finally took the plunge and decided to compile all my poetry in an easily accessible format. Self-publishing in E-book format with Amazon seemed like the simplest and most efficient way to do this, and I'm fairly pleased with the results. It may not be perfect, but it's a dream fulfilled and it's a good start.

Download early and download often. I hope you enjoy

Technicolor Dreams: Circumnavigate to Yourself

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Of Mysteries and Surprises


The Long Meandering Spring Road to Summer

Lingering self-doubts
Like pockets of unmelted snow
Vanish in the sun
I can feel the sun washing over me
I can see the sun watching over me

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Of Forgotten Myths and Warped Legends

Homecoming

Everybody loves you, after
When you’re no longer a threat.
They never much cared for you,
In life – They ridiculed and belittled you,
But – They love you in death.

In Life – they misrepresented you.
In death – They misappropriate you.
They add and subtract,
Chop and change,
Until in death, no one remembers –
What you stood for –  in life.

Nothing can be done about that
That’s the way of this world,
The way of all flesh.
That's just what happens to Legends
When they return home far too soon.

Heavy as Heaven
I write it down, so I don't have to swallow it, so for now, it remains -

Forever yours

Lloyd Webber

Sunday, March 31, 2013

The Fifth Horseman

Death and Her Friends

The Final Horseman,
Her cur-sed name was death and -
Hell Followed with Her
Viva La Vida

Friday, March 29, 2013

Harlequinade

Freeze/Thaw

Wondrously tainted
A Crazy Demented Gag - 
This thing, they call love
Frozen forever, like Time

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Of Open Eyes and Vain Dreams


Daydreamers

Climb the mountaintop
Away from the people stuck
Firmly to the ground
Unequal dreamers

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Real or Fantasea?

Hyper-real 

Phantasy 
She appeared to me – 
A dream within the mists, borne 
of deep fantasy 

Shakespearean 
Life’s Inspiration – 
The focal point of making 
Much ado about not much 

Chaplin 
Life: ever silent 
Ever watching, nevermore 
Time: never loving

Fantastic

Written by Matthew Kaikai.
Edited and compiled by Andrew Kaikai

  - There is a time for solitude; but collaboration has its rightful place, too.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Tales Of Painted Sorrows

Suicide Blade

Tender flesh, waiting - 
For the dropping Guillotine - 
Eyes Blank, Wide Open
Bleek

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Of Soft Hearts and Hard Goodbyes

Candy Heart

Take a bite out of
My Heart, as you say goodbye
To my Heart tonight

Delicious...
Inspired by the inimitable Neon Trees and their wonderful track, "Animal"

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Of Living Tragedy and Half Dead Truth

Rhapsodical

Written Rhapsodies
Unearth living truths in our
Hidden Tragedies
Red Pill/Blue Pill

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Of Lighthouses and Ships

Dichotomous
Before
Even Far From Home -
After ev'ry Stormy Night 
Comes a Sunny Day
And After

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Of Stormy Skies and Broken Butterflies

World, Out of Reach

A cruel life goes on
Heavy as a Waterfall
Relief out of Reach
Yet, still she flies

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Of Faith and Fear


A Hand at the End of the World

In grip of feverish fear, through fuzzy lights
Seen through a black and painted sea,
She waits – For the world, and it’s end.

Her timid hands clasp tight under rocking waves - 
as she breathes icicles of cold sea
Still, she waits – For the world, and it’s end.

The distant roar of faint mountain sounds,
Peals of thunder and cracks of lightning abound
As she waits – Far from home
For the world and it’s end.

Alone – She fights her faith and fear
As a ghostly wind howls in blackest night.
She drifts with the gentle caress of waves,
Watched raptly by lurking creatures of deep.

She drifts Into the eye of the storm
With bated breath and eyes shut tight as
She waits – For her world, and its end.

Twinkling stars gaze in dark sorrow at her shadow
She waits – her heart in her hand.
With weary bones – she waits
For the peace of slumber,
and a hand to hold –
At the end of the world.

Faith is fear turned inward

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Stereoscopic

Of Lies and Magic Tricks
Serendipitous
A splash of summer sun in - 
The Dead of Winter
Peek-a-boo

Monday, January 21, 2013

The Funny Side

Of Daggers and Hidden Smiles

Hidden in plain sight -
Piercing enigmatic smiles
Lie Mankind's daggers
Why aren't you laughing?



Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Prestige

Of Lightning and Broken Bottles

Captured Lightning, trapped - 
with bated breath and bare hands
in a glass bottle
Message in a Bottle

Sunday, January 13, 2013

The Hourglass

Of Broken Clocks and Promises
A tale of Broken Time - 
Leaving promise unfulfilled,
Spring, departs again
Cries for you and I
I think this qualifies as sufficiently Elegant and Obtuse. When all around you is hyper-real, sometimes...it's better to be misunderstood.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Toy Soldiers

Slippery Slide

Slick Coating of ice,
covering snowy sidewalks-
Nature's Skating Rink

Eventually fall down