"Swim Me" & Others

[RonBee]

Swim Me

Listen to
The motion of the ocean,
The rhythm of the sea.
Experience the harmony
Of a world inhabited only
By you
And by me.

Swim me. Flowingly, rowingly, swim me.
Sing me Songs of love.
Knead life into my limbs:
Warm, warm medicine for the soul.

Swim me. Flowingly, rowingly swim me.
(You are the moon and I am the sea.)
I float with the tides:
In and out,
Up, Down,
And all around.

I move to music
Heard only by me:
The motion of the ocean,
The rhythm of the sea.
Touch me. Hold me. Knead me. Mold me.
Swim me.




9-20-'96

 

[RonBee]

The World Of Humankind

Man and woman in darkest Africa.
Man and woman in Scandinavia.
Man and woman in Arabia.
Man and woman in Mongolia.

Man and woman in Russia.
Man and woman in China.
Man and woman in Australia.
Man and woman in America.

I am multitudes.
I am many.
My arms are wide.
My hands are open.

My skin is dark as night.
My skin is light as day.
I am the face
Of the human race.

The color of my skin
Or the shape of my nose
Shall not disclose
My inner humanity.

Light skin or dark skin,
Thin lips or thick lips:
None of this tells us
About the person within.

That these differences should separate us
Is a shame,
For while god made us many colors on the outside,
On the inside we're all the same.

We are one family -- one vast family,
Brothers and sisters under the skin.
Thru our ancient mother -- our common ancestor--
We're linked to each other deep within.












(1993)

 

[Tdol]

Your Leaves of Grass phase?

 

[RonBee]

Your Leaves of Grass phase?

Do you like them? I wanted to see if anybody would like them (especially the first one). The second one used to be Ebony and Ivory, and I have never performed the longer (current) version. Yes, I do usually have a more regular rhyme scheme to my poems. (People do like rhyme.)

What do you think?

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[lucyarliwu]

Hi Ron,

Greeting from China here!

May I ask that if all those poems are composed by you? It's amazing!
And for me, I prefer the first one, it's my first time to see "swim" be used to overwhelm love feeling! I can there is a emotion of craving for the love strongly inside this poem.


Lucy from China

 

[RonBee]

Hi Ron,

Greeting from China here!

May I ask that if all those poems are composed by you? It's amazing!
And for me, I prefer the first one, it's my first time to see "swim" be used to overwhelm love feeling! I can there is a emotion of craving for the love strongly inside this poem.


Lucy from China

All of the poems were written by me. If I should post a poem I did not write then I will duly acknowledge the author.

It's good that you like Swim Me. What do you think of The Untamed One? (You should definitely read that one out loud.) What about Guilty? Do you think it's a poem? What do you think about No Way Out?

Which one do you like the best? Which one do you like the least? Thank you for your comments.

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