Tears and Fears
A decastich poem, ten lines, using rhyme scheme of a,b,a,b,a,c,d,d,c,c…
A Tree is Her Grounding
A Tree is Her Grounding is a two tercet poem with the rhyme scheme abc, abc.…
Ramblers
Ramblers is a ballad about visitors in the night that approach us as we sleep or meditate. This visitors come by many names, muses, guides, angels, devas, gods and of course, aliens.…
Shakespeare does Jack and Jill
This is a parody on Shakespeare and nursery rhymes. I was inspired by a re-post of cartoon of Shakespeare and Spot on Facebook.…
Sonnet: VIII, Adonis
This English sonnet is the reflects of Adonis after being killed by the wild boar and awaits his fate as Aphrodite bargains for his fate.…
Koan No. 3
Koan on poetry.…
Koan No. 2
Koan 2 dealing with voices and tunes for others worlds.…
Koan No. 1
Koan or a Zen Koan, are form of Chinese circular poetry with two subjects; in this case, infidelity and a web. Line one introduces the first subject; line 2, expands on it. Line 3, introduces the dependent subject and the 3 brings the turn, moral or twist that guides us back to the main subject, the head spy who resigns.…
Fibonacci Sonnet No. I
Cover credit goes to Selena Howard (Strongheart) and is a acrylic painting on canvas, 1988; all rights to the photo belong to her and cannot be reproduced without expressed permission from the artist. The Fibonacci sequence of numbers is the key ratio of number for all shapes in all the universe. This poem is a shape poem that has 14 lines with the sequence of words per line of 1, 1, 2, 5, 8, 13, 21, 13, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1. Unfortunately it will not format in the correct shape on wattpad because I cannot get the fonts small enough to accommodate the longer lines in the space allowed.…
Breathtaking; Blank-verse Sonnet No. I
This is a blank verse sonnet written with a octet and sestet.…
The Culling
This is an apocalyptic style poem written in the style of prophecy and is a lamentation.…
Life Interruptus
This is a poem using couplets and is part fiction and part true life adventure of drowning and falling through ice. Both events have happened to me, drowning and falling through ice, but this is a combinations of those two events written in one poem.…
Diamante 2
This is my second Diamante poem I have written. The theme is opposites; end and beginning as you must know the beginning to face the end. Love, peace and freedom, Olan…
Blank Verse: Master?
The inspiration of this poem came from recent news of finding an ancient script that states Jesus had a wife and I was reminded of the Gnostic Gospel of Mary Magdalene (I have no opinion as to whether he was married or single, however), In the beginning of this Gnostic text Mary questions the risen Jesus about life and reality.…
Changeling Poems
Changeling poetry is constraint form I believe I have created, but i also know nothing is new under the sun so if you are familiar with this form let me know. i call it metamorphosis. A/N below the poem explains the style. Olan…
Symbiont
This poem deals with the kundalini energy of eastern philosophy that is our energy source and is equal to western term spirit (wind, invisible energy). The symbiont is believed to wrap itself around the spine and connects with each of the seven chakras and animates this 3D organic robot we call a body. Olan L. Smith…
Tornadic
A quatrain poem about two opposing force in love with each other.…
Darkness Deep
This is a metaphorical journey into life and how we find our way as we travel by learning from our mistakes.…
Metaphorical Senyru
This is a metaphorical senyru poem, draw your own meaning from it.…