Zen By Default Poetry Book by Author Marques Vickers

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"ZEN BY DEFAULT"

California artist Marques Vickers’ second poetic edition “Zen By Default” establishes a sustained interior dialogue between the poet and his ongoing life evolution living along the American Pacific Coast. His 300+ concise works address the ongoing themes of displacement and relocation and the challenge of cultivating and sustaining relationships in the midst of upheaval.

Vickers examines his spectator role with regard to his own life:

i am a third party
to my own life
spectator of my existence
my river of words
a stream
overflowing the banks
of reason
as if eros alone
were reason enough
and i inhabit you
you me
for the short span
of eternity
those small hours
destiny has provided

Reminiscences of youth:

the nutmeg radiance
of youth
adorns the summer sands
forcing the amnesia
of aging
into remission

Love and its complications:

the fire of my soul
faces my terrors
contrast and paradox
i look at myself
i look for you
one to kiss, embrace, stroke
a splash of dazzling wash
my heart packs itself and contains itself
my heart astonishes itself
without bar or barrier
more vast than a memory
we trade vows we may not keep
a time where the shadows die
only instants prevail
the broken silences
shedding our perceived chains
yes my love we do not inhabit the air
we must separate as simply
as continents divide, waters disperse

Language and sounds:

i know the song of the night
through the tenor of your words\
the sacred chant of rossignols
serenading a panorama of stars
beside me on the hillside garrigue
we trade candies of conversation
muses and supposition
over the lyrics of each song

Shredding Personal Limitations:

a window shatters
glass ceiling mirrors southward
no longer
mosaic tiles of imagination
adjoined and mortared
stray impressions fastened
plumbed from the depths
mined from experience
a simple twisted phrase
keying a bolted memory
an unspoken phrase
i bury my soul
on the parchment
of posterity

A View of One’s Mortality:

a man stares at the crossroad of his immortality
a man realizes his years are passing
he looks back at the mirror of his youth
distant and removed from the present
an intersection with no return
poverty no longer stalks his doorway
he is simply too far to take the return road

The View of His Lover:

settling slow and soft into an intimacy
sweet and sacred
tangled words like our wrapped bodies
awaken my anticipation
of dialogues in accord
harmonies in synch
you cannot imagine
my silent soliloquies
shrouded in dreams
the tenor of your voice
soft and slow
as a graceful and welcomed caress

As the Days Pass Between Them:

dark days night descent

enter the dense night bravely beauty
as a darkness descends on another day
lacking the lightness of youth
innocence separated
engulfed into the depths
of rest eternal

Goodbyes:

you are next to me
as parallel wings on a soaring bird
i carry a tear in my clenched hand
because goodbyes wear poorly on me
there are few farewells in my existence
only separations
where the fissures and pauses
remain gray
repairable

More views of time:

by the flame of a thousand lit candles
i scan the horizon of time
an eternal reminiscence
of the long grass of springtime
lying in our shared sunshine
you crawl inside my beautiful memories
my cyclone of emotions
the roots of desire planted upon my lips

The eternal crossroads:

rows of light
illuminate
the stranger within
my vision blinded
by the currency
of strangely traded words
crossroads of time
blind a caged bird
who must extend wings
to fly

Acknowledging conclusions:

you may return to a place
but never a moment in time
a young man old
an old man feeling young
it matters little
time will not cease
but in your mind
and you are laid to rest
in the grave with your memories
both young and old

Vickers works are typically untitled and entirely in lower case. His themes are interwoven into soliloquy compositions and internalized realizations. The process of discovery is as relentless and ongoing as the travels he has opted to pursue.

Marquis Publishing is a publisher of paperback and electronic books.

MARQUIS PUBLISHING
California, USA
1 (707) 712-8062

marques@artsinamerica.com


*AVAILABLE FOR SALE* "ZEN BY DEFAULT" California artist Marques Vickers’ second poetic edition “Zen By Default” establishes a sustained interior dialogue between the poet and his ongoing life evolution living along the American Pacific Coast. His 300+ concise works address the ongoing themes of displacement and relocation and the challenge of cultivating and sustaining relationships in the midst of upheaval. Vickers examines his spectator role with regard to his own life: i am a third party to my own life spectator of my existence my river of words a stream overflowing the banks of reason as if eros alone were reason enough and i inhabit you you me for the short span of eternity those small hours destiny has provided Reminiscences of youth: the nutmeg radiance of youth adorns the summer sands forcing the amnesia of aging into remission Love and its complications: the fire of my soul faces my terrors contrast and paradox i look at myself i look for you one to kiss, embrace, stroke a splash of dazzling wash my heart packs itself and contains itself my heart astonishes itself without bar or barrier more vast than a memory we trade vows we may not keep a time where the shadows die only instants prevail the broken silences shedding our perceived chains yes my love we do not inhabit the air we must separate as simply as continents divide, waters disperse Language and sounds: i know the song of the night through the tenor of your words\ the sacred chant of rossignols serenading a panorama of stars beside me on the hillside garrigue we trade candies of conversation muses and supposition over the lyrics of each song Shredding Personal Limitations: a window shatters glass ceiling mirrors southward no longer mosaic tiles of imagination adjoined and mortared stray impressions fastened plumbed from the depths mined from experience a simple twisted phrase keying a bolted memory an unspoken phrase i bury my soul on the parchment of posterity A View of One’s Mortality: a man stares at the crossroad of his immortality a man realizes his years are passing he looks back at the mirror of his youth distant and removed from the present an intersection with no return poverty no longer stalks his doorway he is simply too far to take the return road The View of His Lover: settling slow and soft into an intimacy sweet and sacred tangled words like our wrapped bodies awaken my anticipation of dialogues in accord harmonies in synch you cannot imagine my silent soliloquies shrouded in dreams the tenor of your voice soft and slow as a graceful and welcomed caress As the Days Pass Between Them: dark days night descent enter the dense night bravely beauty as a darkness descends on another day lacking the lightness of youth innocence separated engulfed into the depths of rest eternal Goodbyes: you are next to me as parallel wings on a soaring bird i carry a tear in my clenched hand because goodbyes wear poorly on me there are few farewells in my existence only separations where the fissures and pauses remain gray repairable More views of time: by the flame of a thousand lit candles i scan the horizon of time an eternal reminiscence of the long grass of springtime lying in our shared sunshine you crawl inside my beautiful memories my cyclone of emotions the roots of desire planted upon my lips The eternal crossroads: rows of light illuminate the stranger within my vision blinded by the currency of strangely traded words crossroads of time blind a caged bird who must extend wings to fly Acknowledging conclusions: you may return to a place but never a moment in time a young man old an old man feeling young it matters little time will not cease but in your mind and you are laid to rest in the grave with your memories both young and old Vickers works are typically untitled and entirely in lower case. His themes are interwoven into soliloquy compositions and internalized realizations. The process of discovery is as relentless and ongoing as the travels he has opted to pursue. Marquis Publishing is a publisher of paperback and electronic books. MARQUIS PUBLISHING California, USA 1 (707) 712-8062 marques@artsinamerica.com