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May 2023 · 172
Rites
Take me through
Your ritual
Til I am glazed in sweat
You ask me if I’ve had enough
I say,
“No sir, not yet.”
May 2023 · 104
Unwrapping
It’s what I’m supposed to be doing
My gift to the world
For free
This poetry
May 2023 · 101
Muse
My muse
Is working overtime
He’s full up
Of inspiration
The cup runneth over
He breaks through
To deeper level
Laid on out
Through time
And he inspires me to put it
In a thousand little rhymes
May 2023 · 109
Trolling
Most of the world’s diamonds
Are still buried in dirt
May 2023 · 102
Rest of excuses
You’re in an imaginary war
Against non-existent threats
Nobody is caring enough to make
You’ve created opposition
To your position
An excuse for your loneliness
The excuse becomes the cause
And habit  
So give the excuses a rest
May 2023 · 103
Slow roll
I asked him to go slowly
So he took it down to a crawl
When he gives me what I need
The medicine don’t go down sweet
May 2023 · 80
Starving
It puts me out
How you can go without
Yet I starve for it every time
This self imposed fast
Pattern
Seems to last
But this reason has too much rhyme
Next season
You’ll be back
To captivate
And then
I’ll starve again
May 2023 · 84
Long haul
You could disappear today
A part of you will always stay
In the poems that you inspired
Nothing further is required
For longevity
Pretty feelings
Set in stone
Stay there even when you’re gone
May 2023 · 69
Finding a seat
He walked into the room without knowing he was the only one who had a chair
May 2023 · 88
Gems
I found me another muse
Gems upon this path
And I stay in his pocket too
May 2023 · 66
Golden dirt
What’s to be gained from baring one’s soul
And then
Who will want to see it?
It’s a heavy task
Soul bearing unasked
A chore done in layers
And yet
A labor of love
When what is laid bare
Is unique and rare
Yet as common as
Dirt
Golden dirt
May 2023 · 91
The lucky beach comber
Words released into the void
Once aimless pearls
Strung together
To be found
By the lucky
Beach comber
Finding precious gems
And abandoned gold
Upon crowded shores
Of people looking in the other direction
May 2023 · 72
Fluttering my eyelashes
He caught my attention
With honorable mention
I was looking the other way
But land sakes alive
I’m feeling his vibe
And I’m hoping he’s here to stay
May 2023 · 62
Here we gather
Here we gather
Purveyors of angst and bliss
Speak of us how you wish
The long haired, freaky people
Have found their home
Here we gather
Prepare to roam
May 2023 · 117
Spark We…
Sometime soon
You’ll come around here
To check
What did I do
And you won’t help but notice
I was thinkin’ about you
I know it when I see it
Trust my own voice
Which means also
Trusting you
Slowly
Slower
Maybe
Fortunate signs
As read by a skeptic
May 2023 · 106
Dust
Not sentimental
Typically
When it comes
It’s a surprise to me
I could go on
About the whys
And careful worded
Overdue goodbyes
But hellos are
More interesting
One last goodbye
For all the goodbyes
I’ve got?
Why not?
Goodbye
Settling for less
Goodbye wrong ones
And accompanying mess
Goodbye poor choice
And self esteem
Welcome bold voice
And all that means
Take it on the chin
If must
Goodbye to to all that mental dust
May 2023 · 82
Sprout
Rock me Amadeus
Is now on our playlist
That is your song
Today
This is me
Running a tab
May 2023 · 457
Wind adventures
The basketball in my backyard is on an
Adventure
Taken by the wind
On a journey to and fro
One end to the other
And back again through the green
And I can’t help thinking
That’s the happiest basketball
I ever seen
May 2023 · 110
Pedanticas
It’s not the coulda woulda shouldas
That get to me
It’s the couldn’ta wouldn’ta and shouldn’tas
That I dwell on
May 2023 · 97
Familiar one day
You’ll probably see
Some things about me
If you should bother to look
The quirks and the dreams
And the never before been seens
Within this open book
Pages ripped out
Room for some more
The best should be yet to come
Bring yourself to the story
When the mood hits
It might become your favorite one
May 2023 · 67
Music magic
The weary soul on music
Is not so tired
Apr 2023 · 184
Preparation
I don’t wanna know where we’re going
Planning is for the prepared
For you
I am ready
But not prepared
Apr 2023 · 91
The last cockroach
What would happen if cockroaches suddenly became an endangered species
Rare and hardly ever seen
Anywhere
When the last cockroach infested house
Is found
Would that be the most celebrated
Place in town?
Apr 2023 · 103
Headstone
Being remembered by millions of people is no more impressive than being known and loved by tens of people.
Apr 2023 · 121
Almost
We take each other almost there
You’ll read this and go
Meh
Almost a waste of time
If there is such a thing
Depending upon
Investment
And whether getting to
Almost there
Is a pleasant distraction
Or a sidetrack
Maybe the two are the same thing
Or maybe almost there
Is as close as anybody gets
Apr 2023 · 82
That THING
Swag
That thing
That THING
Not necessarily seen
By anyone but me
But that’s unlikely
I ain’t the first with the eyes to see
The swag you bringing
So beautifully
Your authentic self
So **** swaggy
To me
Apr 2023 · 134
Really you
Maybe it was me noticing you
That made you lose yourself
But I give myself too much credit
And self-eye roll
Blush included
You’re not lost
You’re having a bad day
And I’m making it all about me
Who cares why
You’re losing yourself
Today
Tomorrow
You could find anew
It’s just one day
But I sorely miss
The really you
Apr 2023 · 65
Challenge
This mission
A mere 18 words
Survival is finishing
Winning is finishing early
Apr 2023 · 286
Credit
I asked him why
He took credit for her idea
His reply
“I was the only one who listened”
Apr 2023 · 511
Rebellion is bliss
It comes easy to me
This poetry
It flows
And goes
It’s own way
I’m not writing
I’m presenting what’s already there
The poem wants to be
And I’m it’s convenient vessel
And I do my bestel
Not to make it a messel
And so what if that means
Misspelling a word
Or even creating one, too
You’ll note poetry will come easy to you
Too
If you ignore all the rules
Apr 2023 · 104
Don’t ya come back
“Hit the road, Jack”
Just might be the most
Poignant line
In all of music
Apr 2023 · 103
Quokka
Quokka
Poor Quokka
So misunderstood
The grumpiest beast in the
Entire world
Apr 2023 · 720
Feign
You pretended you didn’t know me
And that’s when I realized
You can’t get me out of your mind
Apr 2023 · 85
Too damn long
It was too **** long
I skipped ahead
Saw I didn’t miss much
All those words to say nothing
I realize that it’s such
A shame
**** doesn’t rhyme
With much
Apr 2023 · 106
Invisible poetry
I put words in lines
And some of them rhyme
The illusion of poignancy
From one lame thought
Spread out
And about
To make something invisible
That someone can clearly see
Give the formless a body
The miracle of poetry
Apr 2023 · 190
Less useless
Boredom buster
Writing poetry
Boring as it may be
Considering the mood
Of me
When writing boring poetry
Maybe it’s useless
Boring poetry
But not as useless
As writing nothing
Can be
Apr 2023 · 70
Shackles
Your identity
Is wrapped in the chains
Of victimhood
Perhaps you don’t know how to be
Anything else
You call yourself a survivor
With fan fare
And tassels
Dwelling on survival
Is dwelling on what you survived
Free yourself of the shackles
That chain you to your weakness
Pretending you are not tied
Focused on how you got out
Keeps you on the inside
Apr 2023 · 132
On my way to new
I came here looking for you
You’re not here
Amused myself with something newer
On my way to something new
My attention span is nonexistent
But I stay around the edges
You’ll be back here soon
Apr 2023 · 691
When they wanna
Old dogs
Are much more keen
On learning new tricks
Than the stories would have you believe
Apr 2023 · 98
Shadows of new light
My poems are ever evolving
I’ve edited
Along the way
The beauty of these tools
Or maybe a curse, too
The loss of the shadows in the
Light when it was new
Apr 2023 · 167
Wobbly
He bangs
To the beat
Of the non conformed
Unabashedly
Off kilter
Wobbly
Left or right  
He turns the middle of a sunny day
Deep into a night
I want to share some of his journey
Company along the way
In and out
We come about
Then out
And around again
Apr 2023 · 81
Re-inspired
Just when I was starting to get bored
Here you come
Spark and fire
And juices
Too
Fire and liquid
The breadth of you
Breathing Art from
Deflated old tires
It’s not a job
Yet it’s required
The homage of the re-inspired
I know you know it’s for you
Apr 2023 · 96
Old backs
Old souls carry old bones
The past settles in between
Weight of spirit
That we imagine can fly
With these old bones
It is the weightlessness we lack
Attached to the Earth
More and more
Old backs
I do not deserve my confidence
Some people think
I am a sinner
According to them
My unbowed head
Unabashed by your rules
Is all the more enraging
To you
So you interject yourself
Writing line after line
To explain to me
That I am not worth your time
Apr 2023 · 99
Two cents
It was a waste
Adding in simply to agree
When anybody
Who disagreed
Would believably be
Claiming insanity
But I put two cents in
Seems too petty small
I wonder if the millions of two cents
Even add up
At all
Apr 2023 · 85
Upside scars
I admire your strength
And your refusal to be a victim
But at the same time
You are a victim
Refusing to accept yourself
For what you are
There is no shame to acknowledge
You’ve had it tough
I never worry that you’ll become one to
Lean on it
And trot out your scars
For anything other than to show another
Their scars can be
Like roots of a tree
That grow up
Instead of down
I see that in you
The beauty of your “only you”  blue
And scars wore like a crown
Mar 2023 · 83
Mr. Fair Weather
Mr. Fair Weather
He’s there whenever
Things are going your way
But soon rain will come
And that ***** ***
Will go find someone
Having a sunny day
Mar 2023 · 137
New low
Yep
I just got soundly beat
To a pulp
On Words With Friends
By
“Scottie McBuggarface”.
Mar 2023 · 122
Kidney Stones
The stones of you
Settled in the bones of me
Someday I’ll **** them out
And I will be free
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