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3.4k · Mar 2013
Your Kiss (Haiku Poem)
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
I long for your kiss.
Every day I don't get one
I long for it more.
2.8k · Nov 2012
I Miss You (Haiku Poem)
AJ Chilson Nov 2012
I thought I loved you.
That was before I knew you.
And now, I miss you.
2.3k · Apr 2013
The Monster (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
It came.
Again, it came.
The monster from within
making its presence felt without
a word.
2.1k · Apr 2015
Some Things (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2015
Some things
don't require
your special attention,
like, for example, my *****
laundry.
AJ Chilson Jul 2014
Meeting an old friend:
a time for reminiscing
moments of our youth.
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
-- To Miley Cyrus

I don't care for you.
As hard as it is to say,
I don't care for you!
2.1k · Aug 2013
Smoke
AJ Chilson Aug 2013
His name is Tony.
To the world, he's "Smoke."
And very seldom
does "Smoke" ever choke.
1.9k · Oct 2012
Thinking (Haiku)
AJ Chilson Oct 2012
I can't stop thinking,
for that I'm always thinking,
thinking about you.
1.8k · Jun 2013
Slam Poem
AJ Chilson Jun 2013
Do you want to know the truth?
The truth that hurts?
The truth you don't want to hear?
Here it is!
I am not a Dallas Cowboys fan.
There, I said it.
If you want my opinion on the Dallas Cowboys,
I'll be more than happy to give it to you.
They will not win another Super Bowl,
at least they won't in my lifetime.
In my prediction, they won't win for a hundred years,
long after I am gone, and long after you will be gone.
The days of Aikman, Irvin, and Smith are as long gone
as Tom Landry, and the use of that stupid hat.
Yes, I do know the wild, wicked history of what people call "America's Team",
the very same way an Atheist with a degree in theology knows the Bible.
Ask me which player snorted ******* during the Super Bowl
under the watchful eyes of millions of television viewers,
and I'll tell you that same guy ended up winning the Texas Lottery.
Ask me the name of the kicker that fooled around with a little girl,
ask me what Michael Irvin was doing on his 30th birthday,
ask me this, ask me that, and I will tell you,
and you will know that I will never love the Dallas Cowboys.
No sir, not when they currently have a wide receiver
with a tendency to lay hands on his mother.
Yeah, I know. That was a year ago. But still, he hit on his mother,
and I will never wear that scumbag's jersey
or shake hands with him if I saw him in person.
You may think I have a problem, and yes I do have a problem.
It's the Dallas Cowboys that I have a problem with.
They should never be on a football field
and call themselves America's Team
when they don't even have the best quarterback in football.
That's right. Tony Romo is a no-good prima donna
who will never live up to people's expectations.
Hell, he ain't half as good as Don Meredith,
and did Don Meredith win a Super Bowl?
Did Danny White win a Super Bowl?
Neither will Tony Romo.
Like I said, the Cowboys will never win another Super Bowl.
That's the truth, and if you can't handle the truth, then that's too bad!
1.8k · Jun 2013
Lost (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Jun 2013
To say
that I'm worried
is an understatement.
The thought of losing you makes me
feel lost.
AJ Chilson Feb 2013
To all the editors who have rejected me

A rejection slip:
An editor's classic way
of saying "You ****!"
1.4k · Oct 2012
Snowflakes (Haiku)
AJ Chilson Oct 2012
Snowflakes are falling,
wanting in on the action.
Our lips touch again.
1.3k · Apr 2013
Alone (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
Alone,
isolated,
feeling suffocated,
wanting to die, yet still, wanting
to live.
AJ Chilson Nov 2012
Thank God for football.
Thank God for the players.
Thank God for the fans.
AJ Chilson Nov 2012
For years, I forgot
what Christmas was all about.
But today, I know.
It's not about the presents,
it's about loving others.
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
I have a church friend.
She objects to my earrings,
but she wears earrings.
1.2k · Apr 2013
Time (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
Seconds
turn to minutes,
minutes turn to hours,
and I wonder what I'm really
doing.
1.1k · Mar 2013
A Resting Soul (Haiku Poem)
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
Lying on the couch:
A Judy Garland CD
soothes a resting soul.
1.0k · Apr 2013
I Sing (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
I sing
karaoke
for everyone to see,
even if it's an audience
of one.
908 · Jan 2013
My World (Haiku Poem)
AJ Chilson Jan 2013
You make me happy
every time I look at you,
for you are my world.
875 · Jul 2014
The Queen (Haiku)
AJ Chilson Jul 2014
As she takes a bow,
the final curtain closes.
We salute The Queen.
858 · Mar 2013
Silence (Haiku Poem)
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
Once, it was flowers
signaling life's great blossum.
Now, it is silence!
770 · Apr 2013
Why (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
Why now?
Why is it you?
Why do you have to go
while I have to stay here by
myself?
742 · Nov 2014
Epitaph of a Gossip
AJ Chilson Nov 2014
Here lies a gossip,
Forever shut up.
720 · Apr 2013
Wondering (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
After
karaoke:
Wondering what to do
without all the people cheering
me on.
687 · Nov 2012
A Recollection (Haiku Poem)
AJ Chilson Nov 2012
My brain is painted,
Your face is my memory --
A recollection.
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
Unable to sleep,
I turn on the radio
and dream deep in thought.
673 · Sep 2012
My Life
AJ Chilson Sep 2012
My life
is a nightmare.
That is with you in it.
I wish you could go and leave me
alone.
668 · Apr 2013
New Day (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
New day,
same old problems,
not knowing what to do.
Just wishing everything would go
away.
662 · Jan 2014
I Love You, Mama (Haiku)
AJ Chilson Jan 2014
I love you, Mama.
I love you with all my heart,
because you love me.
661 · Oct 2012
A Hero
AJ Chilson Oct 2012
She goes
out of her way
to help other people.
If that's not being a hero,
what is?
628 · Apr 2013
Twelve Noon (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
Twelve noon
(medicine time):
Praying that with this dose
every burden I have inside
will go.
611 · Apr 2013
God Is Great
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
Now you may say God is good,
yet I just can't help but to differ,
for that God is not good,
but He is greater than good.
Greater than great, I may add,
because there no words
that can accurately describe
how great our God really is.
Now you can thumb through the pages
of all the dictionaries out there,
and you can thumb through the pages
of all the versions of the Bible,
and you can still not locate
that perfect word out there,
the one which describes God
in the truest possible meaning.
You can't do it. I can't do it.
All we can say is that God is great,
and He does great things for us
all the time, every time.
600 · Feb 2013
How I Feel (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Feb 2013
Satan,
You make me sick.
At least, that's how I feel.
If you think that I'm worthless, think
again!
586 · Sep 2012
I Thought
AJ Chilson Sep 2012
I thought
you were the one.
Instead, you betrayed me.
And now, I want nothing to do
with you.
575 · Oct 2012
My Treasure (Haiku)
AJ Chilson Oct 2012
You give me pleasure
every time I look at you,
for you're my treasure.
556 · Oct 2012
Loved (Haiku)
AJ Chilson Oct 2012
-- To Tammy

You make me feel loved
with every kiss you give me.
You make me feel loved.
555 · Mar 2013
I Am A Dream
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
I am a dream wrapped around
your vivid imagination,
like a Christmas present
waiting to be opened
for everybody to see.

You write about me obsessively
and you keep me in a journal,
where I am read and reread
like a best-selling novel,
and preserved for that one day
when we meet face-to-face.
544 · Mar 2013
If I Could Sing A Song
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
If I could sing a song,
a song so beautiful
that it would mean something,
something for the whole world
to relate to, and for the world
to be filled with passion,
and with joy, and with deep comfort,
I would sing a lovely ballad,
one that would last a lifetime
a million times over.

And I would sing that song
just for you.
538 · Oct 2012
Look
AJ Chilson Oct 2012
Call me
what you want to,
think of me as you wish.
But before you do, look in the
mirror.
AJ Chilson Feb 2013
Not for sale: baseball cap, used.
530 · Oct 2012
As We Danced (Haiku)
AJ Chilson Oct 2012
As we danced all night,
the music that played took us
to another place.
530 · Apr 2013
I Live (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Apr 2013
I live
for the people,
a microphone in hand,
singing that one song people come
to hear.
512 · Feb 2013
Man Of God
AJ Chilson Feb 2013
Dedicated to Pastor Todd Boddy of Princeton, Texas

His name is Todd.
It rhymes with God.
People know Todd
as Man of God.
510 · Mar 2013
I Wish I Could Own A Suit
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
I wish I could own a suit,
but I'm not talking about any suit.
I wish I could own a suit
that bore the colors of the tree
I so deeply admire, with flowers
on top making my mind swirl
with imagination, creating
all kinds of dreams I never had before.

I wish I could own a suit,
so I could show off my true colors
every place I'd go, whenever I'd want.
And if I could, I'd like to wear it
with me one day when I go to sleep
and wake up over my favorite tree.
497 · Feb 2013
You Tried (Cinquain Poem)
AJ Chilson Feb 2013
You tried
to convince me
that life's not worth living.
You tried everything you could, but
you failed.
495 · Mar 2013
40 Years Later
AJ Chilson Mar 2013
Written on June 22, 2009, the fortieth anniversary of Judy Garland's death

40 years later:
She continues to leave us
in a loss for words.
493 · Mar 2014
Joaquin (Haiku Poem)
AJ Chilson Mar 2014
-- In honor of award-winning slam poet Joaquin Zihuatanejo

There are slam poets,
there are slam-winning poets,
then there is Joaquin.
492 · Nov 2012
Christmas Haiku
AJ Chilson Nov 2012
Though it may seem nice,
Christmas is not about gifts.
Rather, it's the love.
489 · Feb 2013
To Mim
AJ Chilson Feb 2013
The lights are all dim
as we honor Mim,
for she left behind
memories so kind.
For those who are here
we shed a sweet tear.
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