Category: Poetry

man driving in traffic with GPS 0

Malfunction on the Morning Commute

A new light illuminates the dashboard. I divert to Midas, in vain, as the shop opens at 7:30. I don’t have time to wait. The manual says that the light indicates my tire pressure...

Poems About Life Choices 0

In a Castle Full of Dreams

Poem In a castle full of dreams I linger, long forgotten the light of reality, a reality that’s full of stupid duality, and how stupid am I to take brutality as a long-forgotten trait...

poems about living a full life 6

Important

Life Poem   Do you know how to live a fulfilled life? Without doubting yourself of your own pride? Can you let go of your endless wants, and finally feel satisfied? Calm down. Just...

Regret Poems About Life: 1

Storage

Poem Every morning, my eyelids push open upon my brain, and, as light streams through the windows to my soul, the boxes and stacks of grief piled against them topple and become a heap....

november poem 0

November Day

Poem   I sit, looking out the open window Snow is all around. Soft light, falling on dead brown leaves, Still clinging to the sleeping trees. A coffee stain spreads across the paper. A...

man looking at his reflection in a piece of broken mirror 0

An Easter Reflection

Hunt me, terrible abyssEat my flesh and drink my bloodThwart me, great PrometheusTear me limb from limb Chase me, AphroditeAccost me, Thor of RagnarokDeal with me not lightlyO deities, grim I have seen what...

bumper to bumper traffic on a city street 0

A Dragon-Riding Day (9/18/14)

I leave late. The traffic begins at the Garden State Parkway connector. The New York State Thruway, covered in fiberglass and steel, stretches into the blinding brilliance of sunrise. I arrive at work after...

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Stay Young

Poem Who was I when I was you? Hiding your hands in your sleeves Tucking your head in your hoodie Shielding your mouth bashfully Giggling and eating a chocolate chip cookie Long hair, long...

freedom poem 0

Sailing With Life

Poem   There is always Someone for someone A soul for soul Friends are the one thing Hard to find and keep Yet, keep your eyes On the open waters Or the open road...

Cat in a Barrel, poem about the fragility of life 0

Fractured

Poem No sudden moves- Can’t let a shard slip. The vessel is barely carrying The puddle I call Me, and This glue, this glue Is imperfect. It’s makeshift composition: Wine and approval Pounds and...

poem about solidarity 0

Travel Together

Poem   I don’t know and you don’t know What comes and goes, what lies ahead Only thing I ask of you to never let go Are the memories of our promises Ups and...