You. Stop. Right Now. Whatever else you are doing, besides reading these words, and I know you’re doing something else, stop. In a world where multitasking is the norm and dealing with disparate desires and duties is the only way to survive, simply doing one thing feels foolish, wasteful. Perhaps, to you, it even feels […]
For all of you who “like” my work and anyone who follows I do apologize most sincerely for rarely saying thank you It’s not that I’m ignoring you, my mother taught me right I just haven’t found the extra minutes to fix this oversight Since writing occupies my “free” time I thought I’d do so […]
Because We Have Not Stopped A Poet’s Words with Poets’ Words When myriad commit cruel murder, macho maniacs brutally rape, mad hermits dream and decimate, Then will we need to know where the sidewalk ends, where a phenomenal woman’s secrets lie With daily tribunes crying madness, feasts of destruction, humanity the savage, ravenous beast Will […]
Hot lights shine, burn yellow, orange, blue and red Reflecting back off crimson shoes and scarlet laces Clashing with those many white and black clad Sharp counterpoint to their serious, sober faces Red the vagrant color corrupts the evening’s show Bright blood, a wound, mimicked by a flautist’s tie Stark food-color hair in back, […]
masterpiece n. 1. A person’s greatest piece of work, as in art. 2. Anything done with masterly skill. I believe most if not all people understand what is meant by the word masterpiece. Though our definitions may vary, we all have an idea of what we think it means. In the west, we associate […]
Strangest thing I’ve seen; I think it’s nuts. Airplane seats get smaller to fit bigger butts. While Waiting for a Late Plane While in Cleveland, waiting for an incoming plane which was late and destined to be our outgoing plane, it occurred to me that waiting at a gate in an airport is like almost […]
Everyone I know likes to win, games, contests, lotteries or almost anything. Winning makes us believe the universe or the (G)god or gods we believe in have noticed us. More, not only have they noticed us, they approve. I’ve never quite grasped the concept that some supreme being, responsible for the entire universe, spared much […]
Scattered thoughts drop, skittering ‘round my fevered brain Uncertain, eager, undecided, driven, unknown, alone So many paths, all taken more than once, divided and diverted I seem only able understand that I do not understand Scattered nature, random, happenstance, unrealized patterns Rain falling, misting, sprinkling, driving, no cause but gravity Engenders life in barren […]
Pride, poise tied to death Moment moves forward, lingers Aimless losing steam Rolling quakes part ways Claim 100 percent collapse With challenging path Video use shows Shooting rampage not all slain Waste calamity Nutritional fear Factual botching zero Same old classic bites Adios to some Elimination once lost While others linger Making big impact School’s […]
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