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 […]
My desk is by the window covered with cat hair A short leg on my chair makes it wobble when I sit They offer me no hints, no answers, no this is it So I go to check the frig, but find there only air Everywhere I ride my bike with two flat tires To […]
And will the savage songs of war never end Replaced by the simple, sweet songs of peace How can we ever forever our loved-ones send When we know they feed the slavering beast Why don’t we wonder why we never grow sane When the best and the brightest are sent to die Why do […]
Why then must poetry’s meaning be couched Like the imagined sea-sound heard in a shell May fleeting beauty, convoluted truth be vouched Said simply and offered crystal-clear from a well Will it help if I use night to presage age or death Flying birds or forests standing in for nature’s glory Will unformed clay, […]
In the deepest darkest depths of night When all your thoughts shriek danger, fright When evil looms within your sight Dawn will come When wicked winter winds into your marrow bite When storm-dark clouds bring sleet and snow and ice And every day you live feels black as night Spring will come When every urge […]
What gifts given, received would within my words sing Tripping lightly from my brain, my heart, my tongue Able to express the subtle hopes of anything, everything The true name of all the life and death I live among Would my hearing need to be honed so fine I’d hear the stars in far-flung, long-past […]
