February 9, 2006

  • ElectricPoetry Post

    I am reprinting last year's Valentine's ElectricPoetry Post and including my latest piece, "Valentine's Mantra", which is inspired by my relationship with Liz. I received a comment from Liz last year when I posted this group of poems, which I thought was a neat sentiment. We started to see each other as "Xanga friends" shortly after she wrote the following comment. Our first "excursion" together was in March of 2005, and we started "dating" in September.

    "Valentine's day ... is ... yucky!  I guess because it is assumed you do something or get something or give something ... for me such things are made trivial.  Forget Valentine's day.  Say I love you and charm the pants off your object of desire every day!"........The_Queen_Of_Swords

     

    "The Last Love Song"
    Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
    © 1972 (18 years old)


    Embodied, sweet nectar o'erflowed
    A subway rushing through a tunnel
    Still-wet grass clinging to slick bodies
    A jar of something in the bathroom

    Butter slapped upon a piece of toast
    An open mouthed kiss on the porch
    Magazines strewn on the coffee-table
    A wisp of a nightgown being removed

    Trains bellowing through the dark night
    A single rose alive in a pot
    Creaking of a broken shutter
    Mewing of a hungry cat

    Two lithe bodies touching
    One hand caressing a soft breast
    The rhythmic beating of two hearts
    For a brief instant in sync
    And out of touch with reality

    "Untitled II 2-12-73"
    Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
    © Feb. 12, 1973


    I laughed I floored the pedal
    As I thought of my baby
    As I thought of my
    Pretty laughing too.
    She was laughing pretty loudly
    She was laughing pretty badly
    So I left and laughed
    The highway turned so blue.

    I was laughing on the road
    It seemed so funny to me then
    It seemed Ironic, pretty funny
    When she said all that she said
    I simply told her that I loved her
    Told her simply that I loved her
    But she threw her head back
    Nearly laughed me dead.

    I cried I turned the corner
    As I thought of my honey
    As I thought of my
    Petty, rotten luck.
    I had laughed the situation
    At my heartached remonstration
    As I laughed, I died
    I never saw that truck.

    "After the Last Love Songs"
    Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
    © January 4, 1974 9:45 p.m.


    Yes, some can turn to everybody else,
    Pretending they're extremely extroverted,
    masking all their hopes in return for a date,
    But as I gaze upon
    all the young girls
    With their inward smiles and
    locked-up diaries, I find I'm looking for an open
    book-
    Not a page on Saturday night,
    But a novel to peruse with my existence.
    I will find her someday
    But until that time I'll keep trying,
    Wistfully writing my last love songs to her
    And hoping someday she'll pick one up
    and read


    "Valentune"
    Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
    © February 3, 1979 3:05 p.m. 

    Let me sing for you a valentune
    In hopes to win your heart
    Erase all past disappointments
    And make a brand new start

    Hear me, sweet young angel
    Love so pure and fair
    Let my song enrapture
    As it travels everywhere

    Simple gifts of kindness
    We oft forget, I fear
    And I forgot your kindness
    With the path I chose to steer

    How sad, in light of memory
    That I tried to blight your presence
    But even smiles which hurt me
    Express a warm transcendence

    I will sing my valentune
    In hopes to win your heart
    I wish to be made whole again
    No more remain a lonely part

    My voice will ring the heavens
    My words will wake the world
    And I shall not stop singing
    Till love's valentune's fulfilled


    "Chance Encounter"
    Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
    © February 21, 1979 5:45 p.m.

    Will empty waking hours compense
    the evening's satisfaction?
    Can one measure feeling through
    a physical attraction?
    Are we interrupting life for small
    But lyrical distractions?
    And does the echo far surpass the moment?

    Two chance encounters script the pages
    of a passion play
    The separation bars itself behind
    the doors by day
    And must I wait for some bright future
    door to open way
    Or may I touch you once again tonight?

    Comics laugh the tears away but tears drop
    just the same
    All the lonely people cry just who
    are we to blame
    Poets wish to fall for love but
    do not know her name
    And does one kiss ease pressure on the soul?

    One chance encounter taught me what
    I might have left to give
    Two chance encounters prove I have
    some more life left to live
    And I'm filled with wonder - whence the
    third encounter arrives
    And this time will it be
    again by chance?

    "Valentestimonial"
    Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
    © February 4th, 2004 4:39 a.m. pst


    Last love songs sang a valentune for the ages
    Many missed opportunities, many tear stained pages
    Words calculatingly caressed the tenor of my soul
    But there was nothing solid there to pay love's wages
    And my broken body never could be made so whole.

    In the beginning, when younger I felt electric
    Penning youthful wisdom with a naivete eclectic
    Muses gathered in the dust at my feet with purpose
    I could gear up for a life of wishing frenetic
    Feverish gales of love would wash over us.

    Us didn't exist at all, and the years silently passed
    More words than can be counted, and no love song was the last
    The moon fills and wanes, and I stay in life alone
    A vessel filled with life and love, emotion's iconoclast
    No love was lost, no hearts were broken, save my own.

    The present arrives and the lines on my face increase
    Did I stop looking, I wonder, did the search for love surcease?
    No, a personal note, none fulfilled, but I yearn
    For Cupid's arrow to sting, and to pay love her lease
    And I want to feel the ecstasy of the sting and the burn.

    But now as I exist in this extreme time and tide
    Simple love rhymes seem sorrowful, subtly filled with pride.
    Mankind seems to have stopped loving, this isn't his behavior
    The last love songs for eternal bliss seem to have died
    And Cupid's arrows seem now to be what mankind needs to savor.

    Last love songs sing a valentune for all time
    A wish that humanity would find a common ground to share
    I might find the love I crave, I might find the time to rhyme
    But a global love would be a wondrous gift to share.

     

    "Valentine's Mantra"
    Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri
    © February 9th, 2006 4:50 a.m. pst

    Always alone and reflective, silent amongst bliss
    I glimpse The Spectre of Lovers standing blowing a kiss
    I arise to respond, but my care melts away
    And simple serene sadness puts a stamp on my day

    The time spent with false hopes races anew
    No destitute feelings, as the days turn so blue
    No soulmates or lovers appear at the fore
    And I never believe that I'll live loving more

    Then a year or two passes, finally happiness reigns
    I can hold her and love her, my emotion bears gain
    Many thanks for her kisses, unadulterated glee
    She crawls in my life with unabashed sincerity

    I know not if love is a life lived forever
    If The Spectre of Lovers leaves emotion to sever
    the ties of terrible times taken from living
    Or if love begins slowly, impressed with our giving

    My love once scattered cleanly and surely away
    But twas coddled by circumstance, returning this day
    And growing to fullness, with gladness sublime
    Exhaling pure feelings, back and forth throughout time

    In the past, alone, waiting, but never found love
    Looking throughout lifetimes, below and above
    But love found me wanting, and kissed softly my cheek
    Now I thank her most sweetly, through passionate weeks

    The past is a sieve through which memory fades
    The pains and the sadness cut clean with time's blades
    But the flowers which bud and bloom bright on the vine
    Tell me repeatedly now you are my Valentine

Comments (40)

  • Wow1 Those are great poems!:goodjob:

  • Some good writes Mike, my favorite is the first one, "The last love song."

  • I love LA too! I did some exploring of LA years ago! Not so much now! I used to go to the Fairfax and 3rd street  Farmers Market just for coffee and whatever.frequently..and to enjoy the atmosphere and people, Cantor's Deli, and Melrose before it was such a trend. My friend and I visited small art photo exhibits  set up in old converted houses. But that was then and this is now a different time places have changed. :goodjob:

    I admire your commitment to writing! You are able to express more than I can ever hope to. Great topics. I have been reading but not always commenting on others. Thanks for the detailed comment on my site. You are really dedicated.  You give us inspiration!

    Thaoughts through the looking glass~:heartbeat:

    Karolyn

  • oops P.S. :sunny: I like the Last poem the Mantra.:spinning:  I will be back to read again it sometimes takes several visits!:goodjob:

  • Dear Valentine,

    Words like these are so much better then flowers, and they never die either.

    Love,
    Liz

  • I see the romantic has been awakened already!!!

  • :wave: Hey Mike!!!! Aww what lovely poems you wrote. You are a very good writer indeed. I have to say my favorite is the "The Last Love Song"

    Thanks for the Birthday Wishes. =) 3 more days. Gosh I can't believe I am going to be 24, I feel sooo OLD lol.

    I'm glad you enjoyed my post. "Thank You". Oh wow u had a hip replacement when u were 41. Well I do know what u went through. I had to have 2 hip replacements on my left & right hip. I am thankful for those surgeries or else I wouldn't be walking today. I do hope ur doing okay now.

    I've heard about Lost & lots of my friends said it was a good show. I should try to watch it one of these days, I just hope it isn't on with my other shows hehe. Yea I do think I watch a little to much TV lol but I can't help it. Ohh Desperate Housewives is another good show, I like that a lot.

    Thanks for telling me what movie u & Liz saw. Hmm Brokeback Mountain, I'll have to check that movie out. Glad u 2 enjoyed it. I hope you & Liz have a wonderful Valentines together. Take care & Hope u have a great day. Hugs...Amanda

  • What a wonderful gift to give someone, a poem!

    It is so amazing really that I heard from you today. I'd quit updating for a little bit due to some burnout, you know, the usual, when I decided to update yesterday and then clean out my subscription list. I didn't get around to any sites with comments but I made a mental note that when I did, to come to your site because it has been so long since we "spoke".

    It was eery then when I saw your comment (eery in the best possible way of course!) Almost as if my thoughts provoked it.

    ~lisa

  • I read every poem here for once in a while.  I'm impressed by these poems, the earlier ones more than the late, even.  I love the images of the first - they evoke a lot of eroticism and speak to my heart.  I love the style and the way it sounds, perhaps, like someone whose voice is breaking with the emotion, of the second poem, Untitled II.  After the Last Love Song, with the prayer for the open book, reminds me of my ex-boyfriend's current realizations of what he's looking for in a woman to fall in love with.  I respect it and you write it beautifully.  The next few are similar to things I've written, except I like your wordplay better.  "A Passion Play" is a fairly popular phrase in religion, but I'm sure you also know it as Jethro Tull album.  I credit you for both allusions   Your mantra is good, the last one, more prosey and telling than showing, but there's a lot to chronicle, isn't there?  I love the sweet sincerity of your current love.  It makes me smile. 

  • RYC:

    Ha! Well put.

  • The way you write... is amazing. It moves me. Thankyou, have a great weekend!

  • Stern is soon gonna have a film festival...will post details on the other site once i find out the specifics

  • I read you when I can, Mike.  I know you're busy.    Yes, I read because you're a good read and a good man and not because you comment.  When you do comment, though, I know it's going to be thorough and a true delight.  Today was no exception.  I'm a bit high on life today.  Lengthy e-mails from unexpected friends today inspired me to write nine screens of response (more than that, if you count the earlier e-mail this morning).  I also wrote something that may eventually become a blog but isn't ready yet - just a musing on the literature I love and the philosophy of the Modernist period and on and on.  At some point, I think I'll want to hone in one one of the characters I'm reading about in a book.  Also, I want to write more about moderation.  And Issac Newton and his mystical search for God and how he turned to alchemy for a while.  Something is alive inside me today.  This past week has been a tough one for several reasons.  I was talking to my brother about the depression that runs in our family and how we both feel rather bipolar a lot of the time.  I don't let it affect me so much as to miss work anymore, and it doesn't impact my life to the point where I want to go get diagnosed or treated or anything.  I've studied psychology.  I know that a lot of things help to a certain extent, but everything has a side effect and a lot of things work even when the practitioner doesn't know why.  And that's not cool for me at this point.  Excuse my tangent there

    I know you keep your poetry online.  I've been there before, but I haven't made the time to really read everything.  I like that you supplement your site with your blog here.  Things that you highlight at a certain time sometimes hit me in a certain way, and it sparks me to go back and read more of what I want when I'm ready for it.  I'm sure that's part of how you decide what to blog and when and why you blog, too.  It's speculation, of course, but I see a kindred spirit in you and have for a long while.

    I love reading about the Middle Ages' Passion Plays, and I love Jethro Tull for taking all of it and even letting the music from that time influence his own music.  I'm glad that was your first concert and that it cemented your love.  You put that well, "cemented my love," and I couldn't even think to change the words in my rebuttal.

    Nazis may not have believed in religion, but the way some of them defended their beliefs to the common German people was to blame the Jews for all of their problems - historical, religious, social.  I had a great class in college on the Holocaust with a Professor Peter Haas.  He was a tough grader, and I got Bs on a lot of his papers, until the last one, which I guess I got an A on, because he gave me an A in the class.  Another tangent - I think I got the A because he was on the Hillel board and I was part of the Jewish choir and sang some Holocaust and Jerusalem songs at a board meeting that semester.  Tommy is a great album.  The end of "Tommy Can You Hear Me," the "Listening to you, I feel the heat," (I know that's wrong, but that whole section) is my favorite part of the album.  I also adore Tina as the Acid Queen.  Elton John's version of "Pinball Wizard" was the first version I ever heard (his version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds preceded my knowledge of the Beatles as well... thank goodness I became obsessed with the Fab Four in eighth grade as well). 

    I'm amazed at the blogging explosion from a pragmatic standpoint.  Now we have Sprite ads carressing our screens if we don't subscribe (and maybe if we do), but I'm surprised at the growing amount of information being contained on the Internet - all the space, the bandwidth.  I've been thinking about how prolific I've been in various forms simply today and imagining multiplying that several million times, at the very very least. 

    I believe in writing what I know.  In the beginning, I imitated the romantics.  I've read more broadly now and play with different styles.  I wrote about my melodramatic teenage loves and desires, then social issues, then deeper love poems, and now I'm playing more with images and ideas, in turn, depending on what I'm reading or what strikes my fancy or what my Xanga aunts (jeri, prudy, brenda) dictate.  I still have a long way to go with Modernism, but I'm ready to start dabbling more in the 50s and 60s writing.  I loved Pirsig's Zen. 

    Hmm, my fervor and concentration were just broken.  My boss came in and we went over what to start changing on our journal's website.  I'm glad he did, because this project will be so exciting!  As much as I loved having the extra time to blog, I'm ready to begin working more fiercely.

    Thanks for everything, Mike.  ~ Emily

  • Oh,  the mantra the mantra.   Like them all too.

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