Spatter Joy

by Dahni

  19

  Once upon a time

  you may not have felt you were worth a dime

  But that's a million dollars+ not true

  and I'm telling you

  Whether of any age girl or boy

  you were richly made to— Spatter Joy

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  Dahni

  20

  "Whatcha' gonna' be when you grow up,"

  said one seed to the other, over tea,

  with cream and sugar in a cup,

  "Yes, what would you like to be?"

  One said, "A tree and a seed scatter-er"

  The other, "A tree and a Joy Spatter-er"

  from the collection: Spatter Joy

  by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved

  Note: The Rainbow Eucalyptus is very much a real tree! The phenomenon is caused by patches of bark peeling off at various times and the colors are indicators of age. A newly shed outer bark reveals bright greens which darken over time into blues and purples and then orange and red tones. The seeds are in front of the tree. Seeds scattered or joy spattered, both are meant to be spread.

  Spatter Joy

  21

  A lert we must B, don’t cha’ C?

  DEF and G

  HIJKLMNO and don't forget to P

  QRSTUV

  WXY and Z

  The alphabet, fully employ

  With every letter— Spatter Joy

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  22

  There's almost always, thirty days

  and who can count the number of ways?

  Twelve months of reasons

  and usually, four seasons,

  months and months of many toys

  to splatter with and Spatter Joys

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  Spatter Joy

  23

  At the beginning it might have seemed little and dumb,

  but at its end, a tidy little sum

  It might have seemed like useless junk

  and just all, emotional bunk

  Not something you would try at home?

  A silly little, useless pome' (poem)

  un-reasoned rhymes, but they never hurt

  instead of those abrupt and curt

  and even if you raised a curios brow

  they still got to you, somehow

  and that's the purpose of their employ

  to scatter and to— Spatter Joy

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  24

  To catch and spread anything

  you must yourself a good case

  a contagion infecting, the whole of your face

  Inoculate or you'll be infected too

  this is, absolutely— true

  I apologize NOT, if you catch what I've got

  and be advised, it's quite a lot

  Ok then, I'm like a virus on deploy

  Infecting, spreading and Spattering Joy

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  Spatter Joy

  25

  If my days are all numbered and they are,

  what should I spread and leave, how far?

  I figure we've all enough sadness, sorrow and woe

  I'll just leave all that and let it go

  Instead I'd rather here deploy

  with all my days to— Spatter Joy

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  26

  In the deepest, darkest coldest night

  what makes the moon so full, so bright

  from millions of miles

  and countless smiles

  the sun is set, to employ

  through space and time to— Spatter Joy

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  Spatter Joy

  27

  Except in a pocket of splattered ink

  this stuff is awesome or so, I think,

  for it reminds me of my favorite toy

  and that is, to— Spatter Joy

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  28

  Almost done, can you not wait?

  But I cannot afford it to be late

  Though the series is, nearly done

  still I must, send this on

  It's like a burning

  and a yearning,

  to send it on to you

  Oh yes, my yes, it's true

  Bursts from within, it employs

  to scatter and to— Spatter Joys

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  Spatter Joy

  29

  Of this to you I would remind

  like Emerson said, "Be silly, be honest, be kind."

  No second chances on yester-day

  so, make the best of every day

  Whatever occupation you employ

  Scatter, splatter and Spatter Joy

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  30

  Just one more and then, that's it

  so, don't go have, a hissy fit

  No harm's been done

  just let it all run

  On and on to every aged girl and boy

  Cease not, ever, to— Spatter Joy

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  Spatter Joy

  31

  Now this month is, nearly done

  for a month my silly, has been run

  You can choose to continue

  or choose to forget,

  But there's a heap of joy-ing, still to let

  We each choose what we allow out and in

  who, what, where, why and when

  But I've no choice, so full of it is, this old boy

  I’ll just be going now, to scatter, splatter and —

  Spatter Joy!

  from the collection: Spatter Joy

  by Dahni © 2016, all rights reserved

  About the Author

  Dahni is a writer, poet, photographer, artist and composer. His one name he purposely spells differently, but it is his real name. His one name is to try and make a brand name, but he has a last name. He said, “Perhaps it was left out, just in case I have or might embarrass friends or family (living or not) that knew or knows me. They could say, I don’
t know who Dahni is and that would be the truth”

  Born and raised mid-morning near the middle of the month, in the middle of the 20th Century, in a middle class home in the Midwest, about middle of the state, in the middle of a mid-size town, Dahni has pretty much ever been in the middle of something.

  One set of grandparents were highly educated people from affluent backgrounds. The others were from large farming families - the ‘salt of the earth,’ full of common sense and rich in flavor. He once set out to become a doctor, shifted to law, landed in ministry and then flew and stuck with imagination. From such varied influences, Dahni grew up with a passion for people, places and diversification. The desire to help others evolved, but has never changed.

  A love for reading, stories and having a vivid imagination, interest in the arts only seemed natural and almost as second nature as breathing.

  Once in the 6th grade, he had an assignment to write a report on the classic tales from ‘Arabian Nights.’ Dahni ended up illustrating his work and wrote it as an original poem. He has been reading, writing and pursuing the arts ever since.

  Banging out just five notes on a piano while waiting for his high school date to get ready, the repetition may have bothered many, but a love for music grew out of this. It has caused him to continue to bang out notes ever since. No formal lessons with any instrument or music theory has kept him silent nor prevented him from original compositions if for no other than himself.

  His many experiences, his travels and training as an investigative reporter, years involved in the principles of research along with a deep curiosity, offers a unique perspective for mining the gold of dreams and the silver of truths.

  Dahni refers to himself as a perpetual student of life-learning, as an I-magineer, an Amer-I-Can and 1 of WE the People. A graduate of the University of Hard Knocks, he holds a master’s degree in Trials & Errors, but a PhD in Imagination.

  “Everything great in life happens because—

  Somewhere, someone at some place and at some time

  Thinks I-imagine and believes I-Can.”

  -Dahni-

  xxxx

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  Dahni

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