Jonathan ROBIN Poems

ORTHOGRAPHIC APTITUDES
Orthographic aptitudes imply
Reasoned thought, well taught, but this may mean
Too much rigour, narrow mind though clean,
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Scene Present's seen sane launching pad
by fad fools pinning future hope
on Chance or Destiny, who're glad
responsibility to cope
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TRACING POET'S TRACINGS

Creative talents need not presuppose
life's web is spun within dim hermit's cell.
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PAIR_CON_FECTION
His love paired shared perfection
with which no dreams compare,
so seemed, upon reflection,
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DREAMWORKS
Eyes saw reflection Monday, when World War II was won,
emerging, letters learning, to betters bowed, begun
a journey spread like butter upon life’s bread, which seems
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Coupé Coût Paie

Entre l'hi[v]er qui a déçu,
et le printemps qu'on n’va pas voir,
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CONUNDRUM

Summer to some seems Winter's sum,
time spent repent, ~ what went before
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Daily drain, pain, regular rite,
bus, taxi, train, commuter’s delight
This is our bane, societal blight.
Come shine or rain, at dawn’s first light
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Words woven into speech
soon reach
intact thread spirit of each act,
knit warp and weft of wit wish fact,
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Men State
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