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- POEM: Apportion of Living
- POEM: Who Gets Too Pic?
- POEM: Faith, My Friends
- POEM: Awe There Is
- POEM: Reflecting Pool
- POEM: Out Figuring
- POEM: A Hole Life of “have to”
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Category Archives: Poems
POEM: Escalator
Stuff is going down. Things are heating up. The big grift is escalating its violence in La La Land. Escalator Little did we no When he came down the escalator The escalator soully went down Even when things heat up … Continue reading
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POEM: Leather Bound
For me, writing poetry is a fearless and irreverent process, ever recognizing that irreverence can be the highest form of reverence. The words left on a page are mere soul droppings. A collection of such droppings of skewered sacred cows … Continue reading
POEM: Stumbling Up On
Stumbling Up On I stumbled Up on What the Gravest gravity Could not keep Down!
POEM: Guise With Guns
Guns don’t kill people; bullets ripping through organs, flesh, and bones do. GUN VIOLENCE = MEANNESS X FEAR Guise With Guns It hit me in a flash Seeing through Guise with guns They are more frayed Than I am In … Continue reading
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POEM: On the Order of 126 Lost Poems
A while back, I discovered that I had “misplaced,” lost track of 126 poems in my 500-page working poem file that is filled with unfinished poems, “uncollected poems” that I haven’t yet published in my annual-ish printed collection for my … Continue reading
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POEM: Medical Free Dumb
We have officially crossed the Rubicon, hereafter known simply as “con,” regarding health and public health. We are wholesale throwing away $billions$ for what makes little cents. The net we are trapped in is a profound net loss. Health has … Continue reading
POEM: Rendered
Here is a short poem about the increasing virtualization of our lives, meme-ification of our minds, and shallow aspiration of becoming “influencers” in pop culture. NOTE: The poem is shorter than this description! Rendered What might be The end of … Continue reading
POEM: Guilty As
Neutrality and wishy-washiness can be evil. I suspect most evil in this world is under the guise of: “I’m just doing my job” or “That’s not my job.” Guilty As “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor … Continue reading
POEM: It’s Awe in the Shoulder
I love the John Lennon lyric, “Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.” I find that awe the best comes to me when I don’t expect it. Expect to be surprised! This poem expresses … Continue reading
POEM: Udder Simplicity
Here is a poem about voluntary simplicity. Poverty is brutal. None the less, seriously leaning into “more for less” can unleash deeper “values.” I have learned to relish having “more time than money” and shedding less satisfying consumer-oriented impulses. I … Continue reading
POEM: Dwelling on This Earth
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Dwelling on This Earth I reflect up On awe the violence In this whirled And what peers before me As a sore lack … Continue reading
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POEM: Whys Guise
It seems that at some point each of us ask, “Why me?” How often have you asked yourself, “Why not me?” Whys Guise Who no’s the troubles I have scene Is it just A madder of time As I find … Continue reading
POEM: Box-ers
Box-ers There are box-ers Who are liable Round After round After round Too box you up Don’t swallow that red punch No madder The jeers and cheers Vacate their premises Having Gotten Through won’s head Privy to the inestimable can … Continue reading
POEM: Trump Dump
In the 1980’s we came to terms with “greed is good.” Now, pop political science seems enamored with “disruption is good.” I suspect this has more to do with the laziness and ease of knocking stuff down rather than building … Continue reading
POEM: Sporting Won an Other
Weapons offer little solace to anger, fear, grievance, and hate. Sporting Won an Other He had An insufferable traction To the blind As long as he wanted Looking cross All that He be helled And regarding his aim A shotgun … Continue reading
POEM: Coincidence – I Think Not
I see “random” as the most incoherent concept ever. I find “random” as the pinnacle of believing in nothing rather than anything at all. This poem is a parody of this pet peeve of mine: Coincidence – I Think Not … Continue reading
POEM: Crack a Diction
This poem is about my beauteous experience writing poetry that most people do not understand or do not have an interest in trying to understand — definitely a diction. Crack a Diction Eye harbor A diction To crack In time … Continue reading
POEM: Eye the God of War
Looks like violence begets violence. Tanks allot for that vicious cycle. Eye the God of War “An eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth would lead to a world of the blind and toothless.” Eye created enemies Eye alone Have the doody To destroy … Continue reading
POEM: Wait for It
I often see patience as the mother of all virtues, though waiting can really suck! I find that trying to suck the most out of each and every moment helps a lot to pass the time wading for my larger-than-life … Continue reading
POEM: Post, Post, Post Modern
This poem deals with the theme of our increasingly virtual lives and the increasing challenge of what is close enough to reality to pass as a humane reality. Post, Post, Post Modern They had Graduated from that small, small world … Continue reading