Do Not Think Me a Pundit

 

 

 

 

Bob Komives :: Fort Collins © 2024 :: Do Not Think Me A Pundit :: 2401

Ganas

Yesterday's easy task,
—a bother to do—
—important to do—
remains undone.
Yesterday's task,
—yet more difficult today—
—yet more important tomorrow—
Dismay.
Task has grown.
I have withered.

Ganas

Bob Komives

Fort Collins © 2012 :: Ganas :: 0704

Before

Before his invention,
before her inspiration,
before they saved humankind,
rescued our fauna and flora, 
freed our spirit and body from misery,
before this glorious history,
before all this
came their floundering,
their flailing,
their drifting from dreams dreamt 
to dreams lost,
from past failure to again failing.
Before fame, 
before success,
lonely toil, 
dogged quest.

Before

Bob Komives

                          Fort Collins (c) 2016 :: Before :: 1607

Light and Shaded Errands

I remember how pleasurable it once felt

to work all day in the heat

and, at day's end, feel

a satisfied weariness, 

those soothingly-sore muscles,

my self-righteous thirst. 

Today, 

it took but an hour to get there 

and, once there, 

to search for that lost pleasure

and those hidden adjectives.

Ah, but tomorrow all day,

I shall find pleasure

in light and shaded errands.

Light and Shaded Errands

Bob Komives

                          Fort Collins (c) 2016 :: Light and Shaded Errands :: 1605

Renovation

 

Renovation

Bob Komives

Hammer, pound, ten-penny nail.

 

Board

cut  

paint

pail.

Pipe

fitting

duct

tape.

Dust

plaster

undo

make.

Muscle

finesse

precision

eye.

Lift

pull

screw

pry.

Order

mess

disorder

clean.

Count

draw

stand

lean.

Nuts

bits

apron

gloves.

Callous

cuts

nudge

shove.

 

End today, tomorrow again.

 

Crosscut

rip

break

mend.

Strip wire

wind tight.

Black to black,

white to white.

 

Climb ladder, two-by-four.

 

Crowbar

pencil

chisel

door.

Hangers

drivers

inches

pound.

Levels

bevels

squares

round.

Eight-penny

too many

too short

too long.

 

Measure twice; remember wrong.

 

Joist

hoist

tacky

dry.

Smooth

moist

give-up

try.

To frame

and sheathe

to trim

and bend.

 

Length to width to end again.

Bob Komives :: Fort Collins © 2002 :: Renovation ::0215

co-posted on Komivesian Economics

Inebriation By Optimism

featured in the book Good Day with the art of Gale Whitman

There was to be mist and then sunshine.

but we worked dry all day under cloud.
All morning
we seeded hope's anticipation.
After noon,
weeded patches of doubt.
They predict no rain for tomorrow;
we may stand dry again without sun.
Yet, as we relax together this evening
(weary and worried for our work)
we sip from good harvest past.
We rise in lightness and confidence.
We speak of sun and rainfall to come.
With few hours to enjoy before sleeping,
inebriation by optimism has begun.

Inebriation by Optimism

Bob Komives

Fort Collins :: (c) 2001 :: 0104