Tag Archives: Serendipity

POEM: The Stub

This poem is a small tale of serendipity where even the small stub of a toe could lead to large discovery, and weather this discovery turns out to be a blessing or a curse may also deep end on serendipity. … Continue reading

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POEM: Flowing Inevitably Threw Us

Our hearts were broke A cache sow, well, spent In solvent In life Long Yearnings Teaming tsunamis of solidarity Of the largesse kind Poor Over us Torn as under A heavy wait Pre-seeding A compelling yield As if Some bank … Continue reading

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POEM: The Rein of Hope

A tsunami of hope is coming Are you preparing such a weigh? Will you be caught looking Through shot glasses Only to be decked out with eyedroppers For blood shot eyes, those cynical vanes Ill quipped to see arose As … Continue reading

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POEM: Shown Up

The last time He punched A time clock It was time to stop A feudal gesture Accept that It got him fired Up to his passions Eyes wide open After halving it awe And feeling dread In the mirror mourning … Continue reading

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POEM: Megabus Late

The loco bus Was barely running Trafficking in creep after creep At Lake & Michigan It was sink or swim Facing too soon departed To be won or lost By foot Right, left, right, left, right, left, right Miraculously walking … Continue reading

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POEM: Less Taken Now

It was an eve to remember The surf was swell Giving rise to him Way above his peers He cried out mightily “I’m on top of the world!” Just moments later Crashing onto the rocks Baring him No ill will … Continue reading

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POEM: Passing Through Sublime Daze

I pass through Sublime daze Uninterrupted by alarms Or dread lines Clothed in a peril so frayed I am practically naked To the whirled To wit each mourn I live in that last squeeze of toothpaste And that first blush … Continue reading

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POEM: Amateurs and Prose

There are moments When I feel Like such an amateur Then the payments come So much more Than I could ever hope for The only falling short Is ever thinking That life Is fated to be Any won thing Except … Continue reading

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POEM: Hungering for Answers

Hungering for Answers We should stay the course To turn the corner To see the light At the end of the tunnel Yet long-term solutions For the hungry Are difficult to stomach As for those who have Empty hearts Eatin’ … Continue reading

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POEM: Pulling a Steckler

Pulling a Steckler Steckler was the type of guy Who would ruin The fun Of magic tricks Enjoyed by friends By revealing their mechanics Partly to annoy Mostly because he could His routine was so common His act was named … Continue reading

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POEM: Fortunately

Unfortunately I am deeply cynical The sum of my hurts, disappointments, and fears Fortunately I am unfathomably hopeful Beguiled by unearned graces Surrounded by serendipity And pelted by joys out of the blue In many ways, life is a double-edge … Continue reading

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POEM: Serendipity and Dippity Doo

On occasions I find it easy To believe In sarin gas And dippity doo Rather than serendipity These are not special occasions While many of my poems have an edge to them, my body of work is decidedly hopeful.  This … Continue reading

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