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POEM: Dream Catcher

A daze work Over Come Bye sleep Sow few dream catchers Sow many dreams And that’s the catch This poem is about work, vocation, passion, and burnout.  This poem is mournful in that so many dreams go unrealized, uncaught.  This … Continue reading

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Obama: I Am The Bomb

As the world careens toward the increasingly surreal, we now officially live in a world where one Nobel Peace Prize winner, Barack Obama, has bombed another Nobel Prize winner, Doctors Without Borders.  I nominate Barack Obama as the worst Nobel … Continue reading

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POEM: For Awe That Has Been Urned

In her dreams She is wanting To be moved By more than Slumber too slumber Mirrorly to a wake Daze unending With that annoying buzz Thirst thing in the mourning The pique of the day The latest snooze A stay … Continue reading

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POEM: Are You A Friend of Dorothy?

As a friend of Dorothy Day I wood ax More than won quest in A bout Her call As a tenet in passable saint hood As if a priest to nun Or mirror lay person Aborting gaiety As an infallible … Continue reading

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POEM: Halving No Interest

Wile a capital idea to sum I halve no interest In how you make a living Rather That which Makes you Come alive I would dare say that most of life lost is in the chasm between making a living … Continue reading

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POEM: A Musing Co-Mission — Nein Poems! Owed to Know One

This is nine separate poems comprising one poem, each and all on the theme of the muse mercilessly striking in the middle of the night with irrepressible inspiration from God knows where. God bid me Higher than I Was willing … Continue reading

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POEM: Constipated Destiny

He knew knot Exactly where He was going As fate would have it Seized by easy convictions Big house Auto, pilot And every won else’s Re-guard Of one self full Filled Buy in And sell out In humanity A sure … Continue reading

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POEM: A Wrench In The Machine

He was having one of those lives Where he woke up Only to find himself A wrench in the machine Threw and threw Putting his whole life into question What kind of tool are you? This poem was triggered by … Continue reading

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POEM: Nevermore Contrived

In the distant future But not too distant Man fashions A machine That does every thing For us For the trees Imperceptible To awe but sum Living in passed tense Eternal re-pose Holding sway In make believe lives And unexamined … Continue reading

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POEM: Rare Prayer

I found myself In rare prayer A genus reserved for Mother’s ilk Only doing what Kin be done In udder neglect Of that long a go Cached in Fore more sensible weighs Now wholly saved For foxholes The mass Of … Continue reading

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POEM: Capitalism Perfected

Capitalism perfected Wear every won Cells their soul And when Every body No’s that They have A fare price For dreams fabricated And nightmares awoken This poem’s title has a misleading title which implies that capitalism can be perfected. The twist … Continue reading

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POEM: There Is Something About Dusk

There is something about dusk A gentle luminosity Embracing the culmination Of a day’s chores Twilight invites any weariness Into a slow motion space Where tomorrow is unkneaded That in-between place Where light lingers And shadows soften As a sentient … Continue reading

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POEM: In Jesting Another Triple Crown

America’s quest for monarchy Failed again A triple crown thwarted The quest for total domination Foundering Another cracker jack faux A for-see-able sir prize Californian gold transmuted Into chrome Bronzed A tanned hide Soon forgotten A hoarse race A poorer … Continue reading

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POEM: Just Desserts

I had a dream Where we lived In a world Where everyone got What they deserved I woke up And was pleased To recollect We receive More than we deserve This short poem is about grace. In more tight-fisted moments, … Continue reading

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POEM: A Befitting Size, That Matters

Starring on the big screen Used to dominate young dreams Super-sizing them for mass consumption Today, celluloid immortality miniaturizes So five minutes ago Small screens test us As we flail miserably In a feudal limbo ‘Tween Puffed up images Flickering … Continue reading

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POEM: As the Show Must…Go On!

As the Show Must…Go On! Desperately seeking an audience With kings, queens, and commoners Call in the troupes! Who will perform her Aspiring thespians Willing to do Shakespeare Or any low brow play right As parts are parts Whether broad … Continue reading

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POEM: More Than, a Nester — Owed to Seán Nestor, in honor of his 29th birthday

More Than, a Nester Owed to Seán Nestor in honor of his 29th birthday In the beginning There was a good egg In compassed By a paltry brood A restless nativity And ageless questions Of what thirst And what last … Continue reading

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POEM: Enlightening Reflection

I looked into his eyes And I could see the devil More lightly peering It was eye A most enlightening reflection Seeing double This short poem hopes to shed some light on the concept of psychological projection. Projection strikes me … Continue reading

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POEM: Censorship

The worst thing about censorship is This short, one-line poem could be mistaken for half a poem.  This poem may leave the reader wondering what I, the author, consider to be the worst thing about censorship. This poem may even … Continue reading

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POEM: We Won’t Be Food Again

I would rather Be Job Less than Renounce A living wager And know place to lie My head My heart Made homeless In loo of A fast fooled nation For going The beast Wee Can due Hitched to number one … Continue reading

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