Tag Archives: curiosity
A New Way
Talk to me; foretell my future Mired ‘neath murky clouds Shades of black and gray No more bright sun Limns the shadow What portends our pretense? Is it more Than happenstance? Will we ever Change the steps Of our fell dance? While peacocks preen Clean each feather Display their plumage For each other In […]
Nap Time
When we think about life, our future, we want to succeed To be popular, powerful, rich, comely, to live a life of ease Some live solely for an afterlife, or in daily fear of disease How many of us ever choose to contemplate our legacies You know all the phrases; you read them in the […]
Whether Near or Far
We all know that our families can be difficult, complex Especially those with which we’re related, share blood Where buttons pushed often yield to answers by reflex Usually without any thought about what might be good Even our families of choice aren’t always an easy task Some people grow, change faster, others get left behind […]
Life Lessons
A fireplace in a solid home, wooden mantle and surround Fluting, details in the wood and built-in shelves either side Mementoes from this life, ancestors, previous generations History contained memories, feeling felt within sentiment Meanings, we understand, more important than money Have more significance than any goods real or imagined Yet, one day these memories […]
Precious Cargo
We never dreamed their intelligence could increase so dramatically, so rapidly. Now, I’m frightened and cold, deep underground, where I hide my boys. Still babies, really. Claude, thirteen months, Alex, just past twenty-three months, I swear. If only Stephen had not been killed, we could have devised a plan. The kinetic strikes destroyed Detroit’s Phillips […]
You Can Say That Again
You Can Say That Again (cliché at play) Adam’s off ox is out of the box His changed bell is rung fonder The best salt was not made early But, end of the day, sun shines The walls have their work order Only the late hats without insult Like taking a cool kid by […]
Red Shifted
Watching the news last night Noticed something, caused a fright Stories full of depraved, depressing sights Ads for new medicines, so I will not die tonight Told who died, was shot, or another dastardly deed Told I can’t breathe, my ticker’s bad, but they have what I need A plane’s gone missing, a another new […]
Wisely Pick
Folk music concert draws a crowd, some new and familiar faces Seen both in the audience and also in the band Old time tunes brought to life, different folks in different places The fiddler’s riffs hearken back unto the land The times and songs that these musicians all carry in their heads Must give their […]
Flower Power
Stucco walls and Spanish tile roofs Backed by tall, tree-crowned hills Set off by gnarly oaks, blossoms, wisteria Sing myriad tulips, rejoicing daffodils Heady fragrance; dizzy, spinning, is it this Perhaps, or perhaps it’s too much sun From which I reel, causes my confusion Everywhere, people, groups, myriad, unique Such a wide, amazing mix of […]
Conflict of Interest
We all want it. We all want it all. We do. Do we? Or is that just a story we’ve been repeatedly told? Love, home, family, food, friends no longer hold Enough; fail to comprehend what enough may be New flashy car, a fancy man, a trophy wife to start All the latest apps we […]
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