Poetry and Prose for any season

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

As I Hold Her Under This, Merciful God's Moon


Her heart sang, the tune broke my lost song
life without her, how did I ever get along
Clouds once loomed over my every long day
before she made me bow and silently pray

Please keep this dream in my lost life
remove this painful and life filled with strife
Let her dance and sing another sweet tune
as I hold her under this, merciful God's moon

Hold time back as I find a miracle now
give me wisdom to find out just how
To win her heart to join with this lost soul
her love and life is my blessed newfound goal

I pray that this new branch bears sweet fruits
as we seal our fate and our tree sets firm roots!

Robert J. Lindley

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Written for a contest...--Tyr

Man's Quest For A Greater Future

Sunken man, a mystery in the making
earth gives and gives to we so selfishly taking
Blue sky, giving color to a tired, hectic life
time to sit to rest , to break from daily strife

Shattered homes, they decay as we flee
racing into a future we imagine , so rarely ever see
Earth eats up , the mess we so often make
shouldn't man rest, rest from all the greed and take

Parched and dry ground, foundation we need
as we cut and stab we see not all the terrible bleed
Mother earth a bounty, yes, tis Heaven sent
we must stop, enjoy before all earthly beauty is spent

A rest, a hope, before onward we often so foolishly race
We that take too much and rarely ever bother to replace!

Robert Lindley, 12-07-2014

Inspired and written based upon the second picture given in the contest rules and requirements.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Here is my poem on the topic of the great lie being used by Obama and crew on the death of the "I cant breathe man".
On my poetry site one Hollyweird poet (I CAN NOT STAND HER AND HER POETRY STINKS TOO) commented on her blog that ALL we poets should write poems condemning this travesty and the gestapo tactics cops are using against black men.
I THEN IMMEDIATELY WROTE THIS POEM.
IT HIGHLIGHTS THE LIE AND POINTS OUT THE TRUTH.
Judging from the responses I get there it pissed off a great many fools that jumped on the Obama bandwagon.
And that was my intent, so mission accomplished for me.

Here is my poem...


I Can't Breathe

I can't breathe when truth is choked out
can not stand by and not toss truth with a shout
I can't fathom the mind it does take
to ignore truth and race onward with a fake

Story that is so easy to rightly disprove
promote a lie to get going such a violent move
Anything goes to run such a political scam
I reject this fraud with all that I am

Win battles with truth as your shield
deceitful tactics will never force right to yield
A man dies, find out the true medical cause
spinning yarns gives decent folks time to pause

Ponder the reason hatred thrives on bold lies
Hate finds fertile ground whenever truth dies

Robert Lindley 12-08-2014

note. An honest person, a person with integrity will
find the truth before joining the bandwagon of lies.
Sad that a man died because of a stupid law but dying because
of bad health issues is not murder by police. Truth is
no choke hold was used.
"I can't breathe truth did so moan,
darkness gloats as light has now gone
Lying blade cuts like a razor knife,
wounds sought to stir hatred and strife!"

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Another poetry contest write..-Tyr

The Gunfighter Was Ready

The coach arrived engulfed in blowing dust,
this day carrying more than precious gold,
a gunfighter, his sending for was a must,
needed was a fighter wild, fast and bold.

Confident as he stepped into dirty street,
eyeing all around for any deadly threat,
looking for the lady he was to meet,
a job he took on a personal grudge and bet.

No nervous edge did he feel this day,
a calm resolve filled his icy veins,
find the lady , get his precious pay,
each deadly job building his earthly gains.

Early morning sun, gave a blinding glare,
as a beautiful lady stepped from the crowd,
keen senses felt her admiring stare,
well before her welcome rang out so loud.

First to invite this vision for a meal,
business could now be delayed,
her beauty set in him a strange new feel,
so different than the usual price he was paid.

Soon small talk shifted to what needed done,
three lives that fate called to be erased,
evil men, so fearsome they'd never run,
a task , quite deadly that must now be faced.

Details settled, the marks now must be shown,
each victim's soon to be shot and dying face,
falling to the gun-speed he had decades to hone,
no man ever matched his accuracy and swift pace.

With foolish bravado each man faced his threat,
first two were dispatched with the usual ease,
last one was the target of his personal bet,
a fast gunfighter, fate so often did please.

Day came, the sun beamed in a brilliant sky,
he could finish the personal job he sought,
there was a reason , none knew the reason why,
this last gunfighter had now been caught.

That morn as the town clock struck nine,
speeding bullet did end the evil life,
joy returned , all was now so fine,
man dead, that had long ago killed his wife.

Last payment he waved away with a smile,
this course he had set so long ago,
accomplished with dedication, speed and guile,
sun shone brightly as galloping away he did go.

Robert J. Lindley .

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Light or Dark, We Choose To See


We that cry for so very much more
always fear opening of death's door
Images of sickle and bony face
death's image we can not erase

Steps taken into a cavern dark
a journey we fear to embark
Eyes shut, the light then flees
prayers given on bended knees

Shall we ,

Dance to the music of misty dawns
celebrate the beauty of newborn fawns
Join in Nature's majestic treasure
stroll the woods and never measure
The beauty of that calming sound
from the depths of Nature's holy ground

Or,

Simply remember to sincerely praise
the joy Life and Nature will forever raise
Songs in our hearts that so richly give
paradise glimpses while we yet live.

Robert J. Lindley, 12-12-2014

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

"Whispers Of Your Soul"

Like a dream the mystic wind floats down
covering the heart in a velvet soft gown
The sweetest music plays as it settles in
shining eternal love like long lost friend

Those whispers sing a deep comforting tune
soul sends the words and rejoices then
As wisps of tender tunes give godly advice
the heart sings, finding the gift so nice

Heartache and misery must then take heed
whispers advise to meet rightly each need
Soft the echoes that ring brilliantly true
aS light of ones soul shine easily through

Whispers of your soul comfort in love
from deep within to your life up above

Robert J. Lindley

Written for a new contest. Will consider a few changes and enter this later next week.
I am thinking about making it longer and going away from the sonnet form used now .

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Here is my poem on the topic of the great lie being used by Obama and crew on the death of the "I cant breathe man".
On my poetry site one Hollyweird poet (I CAN NOT STAND HER AND HER POETRY STINKS TOO) commented on her blog that ALL we poets should write poems condemning this travesty and the gestapo tactics cops are using against black men.
I THEN IMMEDIATELY WROTE THIS POEM.
IT HIGHLIGHTS THE LIE AND POINTS OUT THE TRUTH.
Judging from the responses I get there it pissed off a great many fools that jumped on the Obama bandwagon.
And that was my intent, so mission accomplished for me.

Here is my poem...


I Can't Breathe

I can't breathe when truth is choked out
can not stand by and not toss truth with a shout
I can't fathom the mind it does take
to ignore truth and race onward with a fake

Story that is so easy to rightly disprove
promote a lie to get going such a violent move
Anything goes to run such a political scam
I reject this fraud with all that I am

Win battles with truth as your shield
deceitful tactics will never force right to yield
A man dies, find out the true medical cause
spinning yarns gives decent folks time to pause

Ponder the reason hatred thrives on bold lies
Hate finds fertile ground whenever truth dies

Robert Lindley 12-08-2014

note. An honest person, a person with integrity will
find the truth before joining the bandwagon of lies.
Sad that a man died because of a stupid law but dying because
of bad health issues is not murder by police. Truth is
no choke hold was used.
"I can't breathe truth did so moan,
darkness gloats as light has now gone
Lying blade cuts like a razor knife,
wounds sought to stir hatred and strife!"

Update on this poem and its reception at my poetry site.
I am now a pariah there.
Over 90% of those commenting on my many poems have now stopped.
Last two contests judged my poems not only didn't place but didn't even get an honorable mention and one of those contests placed every single poem entered in it except mine!
Of course I knew this would happen and knew most poets are very, very liberal. Yet I wrote the truth, presented the truth--with the ever present philosophy that when doing so the negative consequences be damned!
Suddenly my 17th place in the top one hundred best poets has dropped to 26th place since my offering that poem!
Usually it takes about 5 losses (loss =a zero placement) to lose one place in the top one hundred list, so my math tells me that to lose 9 placements I should have had 9x5=45 losses to now be downgraded to 26th place! Yet suddenly I get there with 2 losses ( no placements)..
Simply amazing how vindictive and swift to punish in any way the liberals are. Such shallow people and the author of that blog championing poems condemning the police leads the pack there.
I am not mad about it but disappointed that so many are that blinded and weak as to go along to get along--something I've never in my long life done. And that was the major reason I had so many fights in my life . I don't do any kind of PC TYPE CRAP and never will.
Live like that 100% and I promise you , you will either be in many ,many fights or else have to back down many, many times.
I never back down! I am just not made that way. A fact...
I now see that a great many Americans, most people in general are not only stupid but weak and shallow as well.
Which proves we are what we learn in life IMHO! -Tyr

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

For Darkness I Now Plea


Harbinger of death,
bring ever sweet solace to me
Stop this pain,
end this bittersweet agony

Stay the hand ,
that breaks this bitter heart
Send this soul,
into everland for a new start

Another life ,
in another spiritual realm
A bright day,
joyful love not to overwhelm

Death bring thy ,
dark and deep eternal sting
Set it well,
hear me as I long to sing

Ye author of ,
life's great need to end
Demand anything ,
I have service to spend

Harbinger of death,
bring ever sweet solace to me
Stop this pain,
end this bittersweet agony

Robert Lindley, 08-21-1977

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I couldn't sleep. Woke up to write this tribute to my friend Gaffer..
O' that my words could do a greater justice to the honorable man but try I must.
Knowing it was coming did nothing to ease the pain . I read of his passing
at 5pm today and suddenly felt drained. Went to bed to sleep so early. Now awakened
to write.
I have been blessed to not only meet but be friends with several very great and honorable men in my life.
My friend, our Gaffer was one of those men. I shall miss him greatly and dearly hope to meet in another,
far better realm someday..


My Friend, I Shall Dearly Miss

Life is but a journey into time
happy or sad I write in rhyme
Fellow traveler I came to know
straight arrow, what a great show
Words and deeds he stood very tall
he that answered this nation's call
Fought in one hell of a bad war
yes, it left a helluva big scar
Yet his spirit was right as rain
I think of his life again and again

A shame we never met face to face
he so tough and firm with calming grace
Today marks his end, his earthly demise
a man of conviction oft so very wise

I shall miss our many friendly talks
as refreshing as were my Nature walks
A brave man I know as a true friend
great sadness rips me as I see his end
My Lord , I asked for his safe return
to your fold, a place he surely did earn

I remember his very wise words now
on life's troubles, on living, the how
Made clear, looking thru the revolving door
get more, using kind words and a two by four!

Robert Lindley, 12-20-2014

Note - Dedicated to my friend (Gaffer) I never met in person but felt I knew so well.
As we thought so very much alike, he so like an older brother. We shared a love for
this country and the honor now so very often abandoned.
The world lost a very, very good man today.

His family lost so much more. I pray our God rests his soul, comforts his family
and grants an eternity of bliss for one that served so well this nation.
My friend, a man I much admired ....now gone but not forgotten..

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I rarely ever did prose poetry but here is one I found
written back in my mid-twenties.



A Darkened Path



l.
Into a dark hallway I pass through
rest relics of dead days and dark nights;
my body ever so sorely bruised, the pains
speed me onward into another realm,
gathering strength to fight this new abode
so like my imagined image of raging in hell


ll.
Down from nowhere flies rays of purple rage
a past deliverance from bygone age,
as those cuts soak my heart in saddened blood;
stones pile neatly around my deadened feet
a tribute to my callous heart and ways,
another justice blocking my desired path


lll.
A window opens into a shining room,
the glare sings out words that so shock,
my eyes see but my ears fail me now
as silence binds with words in the air;
death rests within the next door in my path

I that embraced rage with such delightful passion
find no comfort in this massive new fear,
a fruit of my dark days racing upon this earth
with hate in my heart and a mouth full of dirt

Robert Lindley,
1978

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Here is my first ever write in poetry- Narrative form. Hope you may enjoy it , posted it last month on my poetry site it got over 1349 views the first three days and about 25 comments. This was written by a very much younger me..




A Dream That Came True


In my mind's eye I had seen her undress a thousand times
sending hot flashes that exploded with her moaning
Months before ever summoning the courage to speak to her
I practiced the words befitting her splendor!

She had been noticing my adoring glances as she
adjusted her skimpy bikini in the bright sun
Showing just what a man, any man would hope to see
I moved closer anticipating her charming refusal
to my shock she answered a quick yes and our date
that night was on!

I asked her to wear something sexy and she replied
how about I wear no panties?
My stammering answer made her laugh that laugh
the one that sent shivers up my spine in anticipation

It is on! We met at theatre and hardly watched the movie
for her hands were busier than mine!
A nice change to feel the heat of a woman so anxious
I almost wept with joy! What a thrill! She had kept her promise
No panties!!!
None under that sexy short skirt that had made the other men
openly lust for her charms! I saw and was amazed that this vision of
sexual beauty was actually with me!
What happened later that night you can imagine,
the earth shook, the sky fell and I heard a ringing bell!

We married two months later and it was pure sex and bliss
Non stop sex night and day.. Ahh, the memories that last a
lifetime!
Nothing that great can last forever. We burned like the Sun for
a few years and then it happened..
The crash!
My motorcycle hit a tree ,I was rushed to the hospital and woke up
three days later to discover it had been only a very vivid daydream!
My heart broke , I was sorry to have came back to the world! Then,
O' yes then in walks a vision so lovely my heart almost stopped

A new nurse. So hot the paint on the walls started melting.
Over she floats to my bedside. I sat wide eyed looking like a fool!
Awestruck with anticipation! She took my hand, took my pulse .

I fumbled for words, I fought for control. I begged for help to impress
her!
Finally, finally I felt power return and I asked her to just pinch me!
Pinch me! Let me know I am not dreaming again..
She laughed and pinched my left cheek. The lower one! I felt the earth
begin to rise. She noticed and laughed,
LAUGHED THAT LAUGH!!! That laugh!
That laugh came from those sweet lips. I begged for help and she smiled,
O' that smile!
As she turned to leave I asked her to see me again and she said yes!
I shall return in two hours to give you your bath.. Then winked at me!
Longest two hours of my life!
Then I woke up still laying beside my crashed motorcycle!
With a broken leg and shattered dream!!!
Fate can be so cruel.....
So damn cruel...... Then the door opened and I hear her say with a
smile. Time for your bath darling !!! Its late and I'll block this door!
Then she removed her clothes. Crap, dreaming again I thought...
And that is how I met my first wife. Yes she was a dream!!
Something that great never lasts, never lasts....

Robert Lindley

Dedicated to my first wife.... and some of it is even true!!!
Found this last week while rummaging around in some old files I had...

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Disappearing Ship With Shadow At The Prow


I sit with setting sun in evening twilight
gold and orange rays vanishing now
On comes the mysteries of this lonely night
disappearing ship with shadow at the prow

The night breeze so cool and silently calm
churning waters flow by with ease
Hardened heart like callouses on my palm
this dark time suddenly sets to please

Sailing on into each new imaginitive realm
constant pain tags doggedly along
Captain of my fate stirs slowly at the helm
past spirits sing their soulful song

I sleep deeper into this long flowing dream
ages fly by in streaks of enlightening rays
Serenity and solitude blessings of this stream
ship protected as its kneeling captain prays

Robert J. Lindley, 12/28/2014

Note- Reflections of a life now gone and
future time that must be wisely used.
No time for wasting efforts or foolish wants.
The mountains I sought to demolish stand as
sentinels to the futile vanity of a man and his
ego...

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Nature's Goddess Came To Greet


I stood upon a new dawn
When life was on the mend
And Spring burst in my heart
Nature's glory became my friend
Night stars and moon gave delight
As if life commanded this show
Brilliant rays cast upon the trees
A movie brightened dark the night


The forest spoke its worth
Creatures danced in sweet time
A pulse livened the glowing scene
Death and birth both sublime
Earth sent spirits to reveal
Stardust lying, lightly all around
Sights and sounds marvelous to behold
Mysteries slept in time surreal


Blast of knowledge entered in haste
Trees spoke with renewed vigor
Nightbirds sang in softened tunes
She appeared a glowing figure
Nature's goddess came to greet
Lowly man now most confused
A gift rarely ever given man
Goddess showering presents at man's feet


Set deep in this majestic night dream
Earth, Man and Nature eternally a team


Robert J. Lindley, 12-31-2014

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

My newest contest write.. Decided to spin one out tonight before hitting the hay..


Night Of The August Moon

She loved and left all too soon
my lover from nights of the August moon
Hair so black with eyes so blue
we joined, we fell in deep love , we two

Time stood still as we demand
our hearts beat in each other's hand
Dawns birthed new days of thrills
we roamed the valleys and forested hills

Ages passed in those blissful days
hold out against life's mysterious ways
Fate sent its messenger to cast
a separation that did forever last

Sun is black each day at high noon
as I cry for my lover of The August Moon

Robert J. Lindley, 1/1-2015

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Wrote another one for a new contest ..


Sweet Words Of Undying Love Spoke


O' yes, how well I remember her still
giant black oak atop big wooded hill
Those treasured days now long flown by
our free spirits flying so very high

Summer days within Nature's fine realm
majestic views that did so overwhelm
Cloudy days in the meadow far below
flowers galore, O' what a great show

My lady and I went up there to park
glorious scene set our hearts to spark
Under canopy of that old massive oak
she sweet words of undying love spoke

Our tree saw our love start to bloom
picture of that oak in our bedroom
Two years it watched our love grow
how was it to ever see or dare know

Life came and flew on us so fast
love came deeply but failed to last
Fate sent us onto far different treks
love destroyed, both lives were wrecks

Now I pass that massive tree on the hill
memory recalls her beauty , what a thrill
Time destroyed the scene it ruled then
O' the love of what should, could have been

Robert J. Lindley

note : Area cleared in the early 90's , only tree atop that hill
is that lone mighty oak!
A sentinel to the destruction that the world, man's world, wrecks
upon man and Nature alike!!