Confessions of a Poet
Poem These words just sound silly to me Reflecting my lack of verbal fluidity My slow, diminished mental acuity Laid out in ink for the world to see Yes, you could say I...
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Losing You
Poem ah, that’s right Life, it takes a toll The demands we fight without selling our soul when, we live this existence we enjoy what it yields live in it with malice our...
Use Your Mind
Poem above ground always accepted and always admired you shared your thoughts with me while I looked in the distance half listening there was something in the air that day a light along...
Ten Minutes
Poem Ten minutes early and I bide my time Sliding into the corner Of the cafe sanctuary Not alone am I We hide Savor the few minutes That are our own Ten minutes...
First Dokusan
Haibun Poem I step from behind the screen. Sari sits lotus on the zafu atop a large zabuton. A second zafu lies before her. Bowing, I enter. Bow to her. Sit. She smiles....
Lead Me to Temptations
Poem Lead me to temptations As the drops of icicles melt into the earth Allow divergence to tithe its unsorted dues To preach its oaths of mans sports As once-constants fall away, left...
The Sickness
Poem The day starts; she’ll be fine…so much to do. She’ll make a list, but those things can wait until she does such and such. She’s dreading the moment that she’ll be alone....
Bed of Bluebells
Poem I want to lie down in a bed of bluebells and forget all that needs to be forgotten. The wind follows the birds flying over meadows, hills, seas, skies and trees. I...
Out of Words … a Bunch of Coos
Poem About Existence 1. Words have fled this world, we’re still here as so music, partially at least. 2. There’s no point really, nihilism’s that rare drug, the people can’t use. 3. Pluto...
