Samuel E: Poems

Ambrosia

Samuel E Jul 25

Ambrosia

When I reach for free time
as an adult,
and quickly find it taken,

I remember that ambrosia
is only for the gods,
and mortals beware,

do not interfere
in anything
made for the gods.

I love Greek myths, but common. Where are days of nothing?

#free #time #adulthood #mythology #modern #life #poetic #metaphor #gods

Cellophane Heartbeat

Samuel E Jul 16

Cellophane Heartbeat

I’d like to find the words
to cut right through the muck,
but when it comes to you
you know that I’m just stuck,

I ready up the blades
and soap clean my hands,
to work toward the heart
no matter where it lands—

All the things—
We said—
Will forever be dead—

But I’ll hold on—
Instead—
You’ll always live inside my head.

I think the words mean what I mean to say.

#cellophane #heartbeat #heart #beat #love #loss #memories #old #flames #pain

Cinnabar Candy Bar

Samuel E Jul 18

Cinnabar Candy Bar

Sickly sweet memories
play back
in a sugar coated mess
of— chocolate wonder,
and
a pile of laughing snickers.

Never eat radioactive candy.

#cinnabar #candy #bar #memory #chocolate #snickers #sugar #coated #mess #memories

Cutting Up the K-Mart Parking Lot

Samuel E Jul 23

Cutting Up the K-Mart Parking Lot

My eyes stare at words
like vege and meat
on a cutting board,
cutting each to meaning
sound
meter,
sentences and syllables,
my OCD mind refuses to stop
revving the gas pedal
on my 1991 Buick LaSabre
before doing donuts in the parking lot
of a shut down K-Mart.

Regrettably, I’ve never actually done donuts in a car. I have been in a car when someone made the choice…15ish years ago.
I have been alive long enough to know places that have gone out of business. RadioShack, K-Mart—and the first one—Hollywood Video. There are others I’m not even thinking about, I know, but I used to love Hollywood Video as a kid.

#language #ocd #poetry #obsession #humor #metaphor #memory #mental #health #writing

Fall to Spring

Samuel E Jul 14

Fall to Spring

Amber trees shed leaves
To make an earthy cradle
For new seeds to grow.

Saw a haiku. Felt like putting one together.

#amber #trees #death #life #rest #fall #to #spring

Flight

Samuel E Jul 25

Flight

Dandelion seeds grow
to fly away with the wind—
and see the sky once.

I have this image in my head of a dandelion seed in the sky. So, yeah.

#haiku #wind #sky #seeds #plant #nature #poem #fly #grow #soft

Frame Games

Samuel E Jul 16

Frame Games

When clouds float
from your head
and words seep
into space,
and frames pan
around you—

You might be a comic book character—

In someone else’s story—

A little unoriginal—

Straight up 2 dimensional,
good or bad,
and you might never know
if it’s all for their show,
for their entertainment.

You meet all types eventually. Preachers, teachers, politicians, and convicts. The latter two are often the same.

#frame #games #game #head #comic #character #identity #cloud

Paths To Follow

Samuel E Jul 22

Paths To Follow

I had an idea
  Of what to write
                          say
                        record
But got lost
like a rabbit who took
the wrong turn at Albuquerque—
and so I’m lost for words,
but here I am.

Notes

#writing #lost #poem #creative #humor #reflection #ideas #confusion #voice #direction

Playing Love Poems While Writing Love Poems

Samuel E Jul 24

Playing Love Poems While Writing Love Poems

A love poem plays words
on piano wire,
hitting notes
while the writer scribbles the keys,
scratching out
their feelings
to songs like Drops Of Jupiter.

Drops Of Jupiter by Train is actually a lyrical poem about the lead singer’s mother.

#love #poems #drops #of #jupiter

She’s a keeper

Samuel E Jul 29

She’s a keeper

When I met her
the flowers gave me my lines,
my world rippled new colors,
and words called to me
from the sun, moon, and stars.

Simply put.

#love #marriage #proposal #flowers #color #destiny #romance #poetry #sky #commitment

They said, “Trust me, I know.”

Samuel E Jul 20

They said, “Trust me, I know.”

They told me to listen
because they’d already learned
enough from books to know

as they burned my soul
in their book burning glow.

Choices made in ignorance follow us the rest of our lives. It doesn’t matter to others what we knew at the time. Many see people as 2 dimensional on their own 2 dimensional way of thinking. A person can only be their experience and memories, and you should forgive them for that. It usually isn’t their fault.

#listen #learn #know #books #read #glow #soul

Tracks

Samuel E Jul 26

Tracks

Crystal gusts whistle—
fox paws print icy gravel
by evergreen pines

Because I get fixated on haiku sometimes.

#winter #haiku #fox #snow #pine #ice #wind #track #silent #wild

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