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Freudian slips!
By Susan Daniels/Noel Ihebuzor
The overly-perceptive doctor
picks up what I throw down
so easily, transparency
of word, implied action, mistake
the client reclines on the couch
slowly unwinds, shedding layers in
progressive concealment, unknowing
speaking words and signs, opaque yet transparent
every move reveals more
like a dance of seven veils
or a more mundane strip-tease
moves that say more than words
words that conceal and reveal
wrapping moves, yet like an onion unwrapping
a petal unfurling shyly
every move speaks the unspoken
sign language sublime, speaking the unspeakable
decodable, sublimable, every move a coded code
do I flirt with what is made more naked
or simply strip further with simile,
metaphor, and missed strokes
the concealing covering reveals more
teasing, unmasked disguise more stirring, icons
symbols, metonyms in deepening symphony,
on the keybard, with firm strokes
on the silky electric screen tablet, with soft touches
how…
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Great poem by my duet partner and fantastic poet that explores the pains of separation!
finally, past pretending
I force my eyes
from the fixed point on the wall
I was memorizing
instead of listening
and look at you;
my eyes starting at the point
I suppose
your heart leaps
beneath skin and sternum
though I no longer
wish to rest my head there
lulled by that drum
while I sleep
drawing that line of sight up
to meet your eyes
dazzling in their fury
of brown backlit by fire
yes, there is someone else,
I say
the me I forgot
a long time ago
and further lost in you
that’s who I love
and why I am leaving
you shake your head
and ask me to speak clearly,
having missed
my targeted gaze
so much easier for you to understand
if I had just
made up a man
to leave you for
Light points
Two light points
beaming
softly incandescent
mental particles
travelling through ether-cyber
collide, combine,
confluent release stream of glow beacons
to light minds and lighten souls
yes, yes, yes lovingly
light and lightening
cheering and rejoicing
expanding in reciprocal augmentation
to fusion the nucleus of a song
that vibrates in cascading particles
fissions, ever enlarging ripples and waves
that converge
at particular points
***For SLD who challenged me to dabble into physics!
What Have You Done With Q1?
Duet – A song by two voices
By Susan L. Daniels and Noel Ihebuzor
Susan:
Can I write this
or is this you
breathing in my poetry
& exhaling constellations
as I do yours
Let us write a truth
together
that resonates
across 2 continents:
of ogene and cymbal,
our voices
braiding organically
some new construct
Noel:
The song of twin voices twined and intertwined
linked by a bridge of rainbow,
a rainbow that links to an eternal truth
that bonds are color blind and see through blinds
communing across space and tongues with no tongue
sharing messages and vibes even in silence so total soft that feather falls sound like shouting waterfalls
the ogene perfumes the airwaves with lusty melodies
the cymbal charms and caresses aroused ear drums
as the flutist weaves and paints soft echoes of universal amity
feet begin to tap and waists begin to sway
to a spontaneous rhythm that speaks, that bonds, that creates, and announces a bond that baffles space,
time, clime and culture,
the bond and truth of the huge seeds and power of shared creativity that resides in us,
waiting to be released to waiting, warm welcoming spaces
Susan:
I pipe a melody
on a single pan flute,
and you answer with full orchestra;
a rainbow ocean of voices blended
I swim within gladly,
a song
echoed in conch shells
lifted to hungry ears,
or is that
the echo of a pulse
that is eternal,
life’s beat
is the rhythm of this dancing
out feet move inside
what will spring
from this planting
that I accept
in cupped,
trembling hands
& cover
with echoing silence?
Noel:
The planted seed bursts to life
and a sapling bursts to life
singing unheard melodies as its leaves unfurl,
branches reach out
embracing the open skies
its roots penetrate firm and deep
soon the bewitched seasons conspire
to fast track the season of seeds
the season of sowing
the season of birth
new songs are unleashed,
voices twine and intertwine
combining, creating and co-creating
new rhythms and fresh amities
and fresh rainbow bridges link people,
connect earth and sky,
people, places and spaces,
bodies and kindred souls in bonds of sharing,
bonds that penetrate, interpenetrate,
bonds that sing, hum and creating
warm synergies and energies
outflowing with enrichments
booming, blossoming and blooming
with life and unbounded possibilities
and boundless vistas
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Short Intro and context/
I am sharing a duet I did with my friend, soul mate and fellow blogger, Susan L Daniel who resides in New York. Across the distances, reaching out on and across that soft span bridge that loops out out each of us and can connect cultures and kindred souls, we sang this duet, spontaneous, with total voice and giving and elan – she in her soft velvety contralto, me in my ruff gruffy voice that would have made Satchmo sound like a Pavarotti. I sang my last verse at 2345 hours Dar es Salaam time, with a request to Susan as director and inspirer to upload to her blog. She was gracious to do this and even more gracious in asking me to also upload on mine! Et bien Voila! Enjoy our song, our duet, the child our communiion across cultures, spaces and time. It was good as we sang it and Susan and I can only hope that as you too sing it with us, that the same warm gentle feeling that enveloped us in those moments of co creation would also be yours to experience!
Noel
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