http://www.michaelslocum.com Poetry by Michael S. Slocum Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:35:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Waves of light washing over me Andromeda strain and depravity Pulled to you by fate and rapidly The only girl in my galaxy Pulse and plenum Gravitational duodenum Pulled to you by fate and vapidly The only girl in my galaxy Shifting closer Spinning continuity Repelled and dense A common calamity Refuge from a tempestuous sea Drowning in blue rhapsody It’s ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/07/a-spiral-galaxy-and-depravity/ The Theory of Inventive Probme Solving (TRIZ) contains a modeling approach known as Sunstance-Field Modeling (SFM). This modeling methodology contains a set of standard solutions known as the 76 Standard Solutions. A comprehensive set of the 76 Standard Solutions is contained here: 76 Standard Solutions You will need to be able ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/76-standard-solutions-from-substance-field-modeling-theory-of-inventive-problem-solving/ Take me places where the waters kiss the sand Holding my love in the palm of your hand There are no bitter tears In this forlorn and forsaken land But we haven’t got one anymore The water carried it from the shore Deep water and despair I see it sinking over there The sea salt dissolves the text I ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/anymore/ Gifted and granted to each one of us We focus our love and admiration Today we honor her and the lofty goal She possesses God’s greatest station Selflessly she trades her life So that we may each obtain Everything we want or need And she pays the price with pain Longing after the best for us Her desires ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/friend-wife-and-mother/ There are many tales of gods in the historical narrative. There are also many technologies and artifacts that have been discovered that seem to predate their known development. Erich von Daniken proposes these facts may be explained by the visitation of aliens to various ancient civilizations. The Bible has ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/ancient-astronauts/ It comes without warning As the sun rises in the morning And as the sun heats the surface of the glass Do it now or it will pass The cracks shape your future The picture is no longer clear The jagged edge of latent fear Changes hope to regret each year While the glass is warm it’s clear Do ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/courage/ Sing song wailing and the thrill is gone He wanted revenge but he knew it was wrong Temptation screaming his name in rhythm All alone on his death bed and prison Raven eyes pierce the night Black on black and cold as ice Trembling in anticipation Mumbling the curse of desecration Clutching hope in desperation Tasting blood he swallows ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/and-the-thrill-is-gone/ I suppose that in deep repose Once could possibly cogitate And I'd decry as soon as defy The inescapable pull of gravity One day perchance In a fit of happenstance O to see honest depravity Bite down if you wish Crush your teeth on a dish And expose the blight and the cavity If you persist You might get what you ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/remarkably-commonplace/ O to be a dream Never disappointing Because you are never what you seem Imagined as the most wondrous A tempest of delight To spin and twirl In your lover's mind Each and every night A knight if she supposes Polite in all the docile poses Ever equipped with roses Protecting her maidenhood anew All these things and more Each night as ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/o-to-be-a-dream/ He knelt beside his lover And watched her quietly With the softest of touches he brought finger tip to skin Gently above the surface but close enough to feel her beauty Slowly etching each contour and feature of her face Her lips require special care For sometimes his own lips are there Her neck is slightly cool Near ... http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/her-lips-require-special-care/