Category: Poem

I Wrung My Idols Out

I Wrung My Idols Out

I wrung my idols out for every dropScattered vessels down belowFilling buckets, bowls, and cupsCapturing each and every plopLike rain from an…

Roots

Roots

I believed that the only rootsTo put down were thin ones.This would ensure that I’dBe able to move with the windAnd feel…

Chain

Chain

CLICK HERENOW THISWATCH SO AND SODESTROY SO AND SO5 THINGS YOU NEEDTO KNOW TO GET RICHCOFFEE IS KILLING YOUCOFFEE IS SAVING YOU…

Harmony

Harmony

High and low,Moonlit nights,Cinnamon and sugar,Fried ice cream,Rivers and mountains,A sunny day with a drizzle, You and me … Written for November…

Networking

Networking

We’re networked togetherWith bonds much greaterThan fiber optic cable Or wireless signalsThat hit satellite dishes.When one of us hurts There is a…

Public Transportation

Public Transportation

After The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis Lewis took me on a bus rideTo heaven and through hell Contrasting the grey…

Puzzle Pieces

Puzzle Pieces

Forward or backwards, I’m still the sameI tell you the colors but mine doesn’t changeI bounce like a ball but never on…

Kin

Kin

I haven’t met you yetBut we could be brothers. You want to meet at the pub,Not the bar. And we’ll talkIdeas, not…

Telephone

Telephone

Growing up we had a clunky old rotary phone.You’d turn the dial, like the Wheel of Fortune.One wrong spin and you’d end…

Golden Shovel: Trees

Golden Shovel: Trees

After “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer I’m humbled by this fragile frame butWonderfully made he says I am. If onlyI could see the…

Haiku: Parallel

Haiku: Parallel

We broke the main ruleParallel lines never touchWe run together … Written for November PAD by The Poetry PubPhoto by Nani Chavez on Unsplash

Currents

Currents

Any good lifeguard will tell youNot to resist the current.Isn’t it humbling that in allOur invention and ingenuity,Our apex predator statusMeans nothing…