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Chuck Dec 2012
What's better than ten words?
Nine heart felt words.
Chuck Mar 2013
I bought a new car today
It is red with
A sunroof
And trendy black wheels

I'll cruise by with music blaring
And smile
And wave my hand
Through the open roof

There will remain a hole
In my heart and soul
That is black with
Tiny scars where life and you scratched me
And there is no bandage so it heals
I did get a car, but the rest is thematic! I wanted to comment on materialism. Materials can't plug holes, but I have no holes now. Thanks for reading!
Chuck Aug 2015
Nobody loves
Her the way I do

Nobody
Loves me

Nobody
To love

Nobody
Loves
Not written in my persona.
Chuck Jan 2014
No more excuses
No more self lies
No more sweets
No more large thighs

Cut down on portions
No more dining out
No more cereal killing
That leads to self doubt

Get back on the bike
Get out of the chair
Will get back into shape
Before spring, I swear
Thanks for sharing my therapy. By putting it in writing, I am pledging to get fit for spring. I love to cycle and hike, but lately the cold weather has been my excuse to hibernate and eat. No more!
Chuck Apr 2013
Obscene gesture
From a car
With a Jesus fish
Amen
Chuck Mar 2014
Many of us intellectual poets
Mock the idea of people not reading
Why, just lately, I read novels about hiking the Appalachian Trail
And several books about cycling across America
Even some fiction about gun slingers in the Wild West
And, of course, pastoral poems, sonnets, and HP's best

While many people are out experiencing life
Not reading
We are improving our vocabulary and intellect
That will prove extremely valid
Wile reading our next book
I feel sorry for the people who can't find the time to read
Because they are too busy living
How obtuse?
Chuck Dec 2012
Coughing into a white tissue
Sneezing into my hand
Sweating when I'm cold
Miserable when I'm relaxing
Hating reading poetry
Loving watching Mr. Bean
Can't sit still but too tired to move
Thinking this is poetry
Knowing the meds cause delusions
Not enjoying my family
Wishing I were asleep

Is this the apocalypse

OR am I sick?
I really am sick. I will probably regret this one when I'm feeling better.
Chuck Apr 2013
Bucolic etchings stimulate
The soul

An assemblage of vegetation
Boils blood

Beauty is discovered in a desultory penumbra
God's message

A subtle stroll in a sylvan birthing
A chapel

To the Romantics with love
Nature rejoices
Bucolic (n) pastoral or nature poem
Desultory (adj) aimless
Penumbra (n) a shadow surrounding a perfect shadow
One
Chuck Dec 2013
One
Intwinde in bliss
Cold and still
Chirps and flutters
Pecks and squawks
Bursts of breeze
Cold winter chill
Melding with the trees
One with self and earth
Hours pass, soul calms
Peace in a chaotic forest
One with nature and self
Death floats and spins
Only to promise life renew
There's hope in the decay
As a seed is planted
In my heart and soul
The deer pass by in stately grace
Squirrels hustling to prepare
Birds dancing on a wing
And my soul sings
Cleansed once again
For another year
True love of a son
For his earthly mother
Truly whole, truly one
Chuck Aug 2014
Two heads are better than one
One heart is better than two
Two heads meet and fall in love
One heart beats in rhythmic flow

One shared heart always content
Two heads always searching for
One shared heart, can meander
Two heads can pass in the night

Two heads are better than one
One heart is better than two
Three heads is a crowded room
Four hundred heads seek one heart

One heart is two times the love
Chuck Jan 2013
Abhorrent,  
                                                                       Baffled,  
                                                                                                                              Wavering!


Sort,           Culminate,           File.



Toss                                                  in                                                 Sanitation Dispensary
Chuck Jun 2014
Nailed the test, set the curve, everyone wants to choke you
Got a phone number from the hottest woman in the place, infront of your buddies
Complained about the shabby service and got your friend's money back, like a boss
The birth of your son. The birth of your second boy. The birth of your daughter.
Aced the the the parallel parking manuver infront of your father
The surprise proposal, and the calosal surprise, "Yes!" :)
First legal drive in the car without your father in the passenger seat
                       O' that feeling!!!! Like a boss!
Feel free to add your own "like a boss" moment!
O' yea, one more: the first time my ten year old daughter said, "You walked in there like a boss, Daddy."
Chuck Aug 2014
There's
Nothing
That can lift
One's spirit like
A message, email, or call
From a friend, out of the blue
No matter how far away they are in
The world: Germany, Philippines, Nigeria,
Michigan, England, North Carolina, Georgia,
Or next door
And many more
It makes one feel like a child opening gifts on Christmas morn
Chuck Jun 2013
Vast blue ripples dot
Cruising from exotic lands
Romanticized dreams
Chuck Jul 2013
When the color doesn't suit you, paint it.
When the gray wall doesn't inspire
Paint it a hue with golden sparkles.
When the sky is dark, close your eyes
Imagine streaks of sunshine shimmering
Through the happiest blue.
When your heart is stained black
Only you hold the palette and brush.
With each choice, stroke the gloom away
And paint in the joy.
If the world's colors are too bright
Throw buckets of mud on it
In order to heal the wounds.
For you are the artist of your reality.
If you don't like something,
Pick up a brush and paint it.
Chuck Mar 2013
You're my talisman
Your words my panacea
Your eyes my daydreams
Chuck May 2013
Insult me, an I'll smile
Kick me, and I'll say sorry
Spit in my face, I'll wipe it off and say thank you
Wrong my children, and I'll rip your still beating heart out of your chest,
Shove it up your *** for flavoring, then cram it down your throat
Have a nice day!
Warning: I really wouldn't be so tolerant. I just wanted to prove a point.
Chuck Nov 2014
I pedaled for the adventure
I pedaled for the thrill
I pedaled my fat ***
Up each and every hill

From my house across the state
From East Pa., west to New Jersey
From mountains to quaint towns
In sweat drenched shorts and yellow jersey

People asked me why I dId it
People asked me how
People asked me what's in Jersey
I smiled and said, "The WOW"

Wow, it's what my family said
Wow, is what I felt in my heart
Wow, is what I still say today
I'm glad I had the guts to start

I pedaled for the adventure
I pedaled for the thrill
I pedaled my fat ***
Up each and every hill
Chuck Oct 2013
Trudging in the rancid swamp
Whistling a tune of euphoria
Leaches bite and worms squirm
And the smile erupts into laughter

It's the dead of midnight
Dancing in the light of Heaven
Devils lurch and demons prow
Joy blooms into effulgent love

Juxtaposition evades the earth
Leading to death or to birth
Pendulous - hanging down loosely
Chuck Jan 2014
Me ain't no perfect speechifyer or scribbler
But I curse the mistakes I makes
I had a stipud airor in my last poem
So what. Why should I kare?
I should' nt : **** i do
I fill the need to be perfect 100 persent of the tyme
Win it coms to grammer and usedage
Dos a meckanic need to drive perfectly;
No and ain't no nobody say nothin
**** i fill the nead to be perfact allways
It just ain't fair
How ever: ain't one people out of 363 reader
Said nothin to me
Sew may be I m the only ones who aspects
Me too bee purfect!
Or were u thinkin how Ironicable?
I wrote this as therapy to help me feel better about having an error, but now I simply feel *****. Haha
Chuck Feb 2013
Punxsutawney Phil
You're so furry
And adorable
But your forecasts
Are deplorable
Thirty-nine percent true
That makes you a fraud
But cute eyes have you
Therefore a god

Early spring you say
Yet snow and low temps
Flourish today
So conflicted
By this contrast
Indoors now restricted
Godhog is Devine at last

Tomorrow swimming
No matter the mortal's forecast
You say the sun is brimming
The masses praise
Nearly naked in the snow
Why the wintery haze
No shadow, it is so

Now we stand
Swimsuits adorned
Frozen faces
Countenances Forlorn
Faithful in our belief
In you and yours
In fur and sharp teeth
Buds and flowers restore
Trees and life anew
What could go wrong
A groundhog we pray to

In Phil we trust
What's wrong with us?
Sorry! I wanted to write a tiny poem, but I couldn't stop! I live 30 minutes from the famous Punxsutawney Phil. My wife made fun of my children and I for caring what a groundhog says! It's fun, also a great movie!
Chuck Jan 2013
I
Arose
From ashes
Toasting my life
When I met my love.
College was burning me.
For kicks, I built bonfires,
Searching for love in a bottle
Trying to fill the hole in my heart.
To my love! I thought of this after I commented on how this form can help relay meaning on Something's excellent R. N. thanks for the form idea Something!
I know the Phoenix idea is tired, but it fit so well.
Chuck Nov 2013
It's been an eternity!
Since I gave you a piece of me
My limbs have been torn in a million directions
But now I've made precise revisions and corrections
I promise I've missed you more than you could possibly know
There is only one definable way that I could even minutely show
Just how significant and crucial you are to reassembling the pieces of me
And that is to once again, let you be the muse of my inspired heart felt poetry
Chuck Sep 2013
Pigs fly
Pirate's wining season
After 20 long years
Fly!!!
Chuck Apr 2013
Opening day
Is extra special
For a Pirates fan
We are tied
For first place
Even in
Wins and losses
Looking forward
To the playoffs
Go Buccos!
After twenty
Years of loosing
A world record
Of loosing
We need this
One day
To feel good
Before we
Lose again
Maybe not
This might
Be our year
Opening day
Optimists
Not a great poem! I just had to say something. My family and I ave hope! My thirteen year old never saw the Pirates win. This may be our year. I've said this for twenty years. Bad poem I know.
Chuck May 2013
My father was a plumber and more
He is gone now with much forlorn
I miss his advice and lore
A leak sparked memory
Of great days of yore
Advice I seek
To fix my
Toilet
Leak
I fixed it while thinking about him. He taught me more than he knows. I miss are time spent together, even arms deep in toilets. Love you Dad!
Chuck Jul 2013
That boy ain't too much to look at.
During sports, on the bench he sat.
In any game, he'd always lose.
But ****! He sure could sing The Blues.

In school, he barely made the grade.
His memory was sure to fade.
In weekend dives, he made the news.
'Cause ****! He sure could sing The Blues..

All of the pretty girls around
Chased him in the clubs in the town.
He's not the boy fathers would choose.
'Cause ****! He sure could sing The Blues.

He couldn't grasp the fame and crowd.
His nerves lept as they screamed so loud.
Got his courage from too much *****.
But ****! He sure could sing the blues.
This is my first attempt at a Kyrielle. Rebecca Askew always writes them so well, I thought I'd give it a try. Thanks, Becca!
Chuck Mar 2013
Jocular word play
Adroit syllabic patterns
Effulgent world views
Chuck Sep 2013
I'm in my eighth month of this journey
There have been highs and plunging lows
Many a word has been on the gurney
I've seen poets come and poets go

It was a sixties' high to have readers
For people to comment and like my words
My advice heeders and some needers
Meaningful relationships soon occurred

It has been a place where I've laughed and cried
A world of birthdays and sweet victories
A painful universe, euphoria died
Poets passed, nothing remains but histories

The trip of a lifetime in less than a year
Why do we write, why do we read and care?
It's more than I can emotionally hear
It's more than I can emotionally bare

At one point, I was addicted to this place
Constantly reading, checking, and writing
No narcissist could persist at such a pace
With poets I did some loving and fighting

Life forced me on the highway well traveled
I decided I'd leave this country for now
Yet with this decision, I have often graveled
I always found myself looking back somehow

Oceans, mountains, dales, and unexplored bends
That's this poetic journey desired so
No matter if we're laughing or crying my friends
We poets have or want nowhere else to go
Dedicated to this blessed sight that gave me an audience for my poetry, but Oh' so much more!!! Thanks, Hello Poetry!
Chuck Feb 2013
Poets brake for effect!
Chuck Dec 2012
Angst, suffering, anguish,
The birth of many monumental works.

Contentment, settled, confidence,
The death of meaningful poetry.

Poets long for contentment,
I have a loving wife and kids.

Poets aim to find the eye of the hurricane,
I love my career, twenty years now.

Poets strive for confidence,
Something to search for.

Angst, suffering, anguish,
Why do I lack confidence?

Thank God,
Something to write about.
I was lamenting the lack of turmoil in my life. My poetry was better when I was full of angst. I'm basically shaming myself for not being happy with happiness. Messed up I know.
Chuck Feb 2013
As you read this tee,
I spy into the depth
Of your
Pyrrhic soul
Chuck Mar 2013
The Pope has been smoked!
Good, let's watch real TV!
It's okay, I'm Catholic!
Chuck Jul 2013
Mix of potatoes, carrots, bacon, and love.
Everything you need.
Chuck Jan 2013
a word or a look
make or break
ones day - that's power
Chuck Dec 2012
My perfect princess
Loves to dance and dress
My princess perfect
Causes no distress
Sings just for affect

Angel in my heart
Lover of all art
A painter, writer
My princess my ****
A demure fighter

The ***** in spunky
The funk in funky
The warmth in my soul
Happiness *****
Perfect daughter role

Strait "As" in her school
No boy's Blonde haired fool
Boy terminator
Dependence too cruel
An animator

My perfect princess
Loves to dance and dress
My princess perfect
Causes no distress
Can't know her affect
To my 8 year old daughter. I doubt I will still be able to say this (perfect) when she is a teen, but for now I'm enjoying her loveliness. I tried to make it whimsical like she.
Chuck May 2013
There's a Quazooy on the loosey!
In my roomy there is. No fooey.
No fooey a Quazooy, loosey, really?
What's the Quazooy do-y?
Silly Quazooy dancey on deskies.
Dancey, Nancy, fancy pantsies!

Quazooy, want somey Tutti fruity?
Snooty Quazooy no eaty fruity.
What do-y Quazooy wanty?
"No eaty," said droopy Quazooy.
Quazooy sicky? Have the fluy?

"Quazooy no more fancy Dancey.
Quazooey needy tummy rubby."
Awe-y, cutie Quazooy no more dancey,
no eaty fruity, likey tummy rubby.
Now Quazooey tummy grumbly,
Facey lookies redy and crumbly.

Few wee! Quazooey now I knowy!
No more desky fancy dacey,
Not Tutti fruity, 'cause youy
wenty tooty in your pantsies!
Now Quazooy once morey dancey.
Fancy Nacey pantsy dancey.
Luvy Quazooy nowy not ooyie!
This is a children's poem written in Dr. Seuss style. It needs work. Open to suggesties!!!
Chuck Nov 2013
The Nigerian Princess
Philanthropist at her best
Could rule the world with her mind and soul
But healing Nigeria is her overall goal
The Nigerian Princess
She is more than less
I'd crown her queen
For her debut scene
Is literacy in Nigeria
She is Queen Panacea
Chuck Jan 2013
When the reaper knocks,
will you answer the
nefarious  door?
Chuck Oct 2013
Rain on Sunday is like disgusting flies on birthday cake.
Chuck Apr 2013
The moon will always rise
The sun will always set
Life is full of mass regret
Redundant

The rain continues to pound
The leaves always wither
There's never anyone around
Repetitious

The clouds float by
The breeze gently cools
Another day, another cry
Repetitive

The flowers bloom
The torrents flow
Yet narcissistically consumed
Over and over and over
Nature suggests that our tiny problems are minuscule and insignificant. We need to be reminded to get over it, see the bigger picture, and enjoy nature and life while we and the sun still is rising! It always will; we won't. Forgive me if I repeated myself in this poem. Haha
Chuck Jul 2013
Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable

Emotionally my feelings are poetically ineffable
This is a variation on my 10 word poem called Ineffable. Ineffable means too extreme or great to be described by words.
Chuck Mar 2013
Poetry invents jocular joy
Limpid loquaciousness rejoice
Heuristic verbiage to deploy
Poetry invents jocular joy
Dancing with Shakespeare and Tolstoy
Mellifluous melodic voice
Poetry invents jocular joy
Limpid loquaciousness rejoice
My first Triolet. Thanks Rebecca Askew for showing this form to me and for doing it so well.
Chuck Jan 2015
I'm burning with the acrid fuels of Hell's abominable furry!
Who or what can dredge such stifling pain?
Is it a scorned lover, or the betrayal of a trusted confidant?
Whatever it is, it shall pass as if a Prilosec hindered the pumps of acid.
Turn on the extinguisher. Get passed it. Be the antacid of your soul.
Chuck Jun 2013
Remember me when I'm gone as a friend
Not as a brother, father, or lover
If my epitaph reads friend, in the end
I'll be proud of time spent, when I ascend
Chuck Dec 2013
I will breath
I will live
I will love
I will cry
I will laugh
I will see
I will read
I will write
I will ride
For the rest
We have
hindsight
Chuck Jan 2015
There are three major stages of the English Language
According to historians and linguists alike

There is Old English when Beowulf defeated Grendel
And Middle English when Shakespeare birthed his sonnets
Finally, Modern English when Harry Potter spun his magic

However, I believe historians and linguists
Will say we are now in the midst of a fourth

I like to believe we are part of the history of language
But what will it be called? Tecno English or Neotext English?
IDK, but u will c um right. Just :) and $ me lates #stagesofenglish
I truly believe we have to be in another stage of English from the industrial revolution and on. Think about how many new words have been created. Yes, even text talk may be standard someday. It is a tough time to be an English teacher. :) But I love the language.
Chuck Mar 2014
Get off of the brown leather chair and ride
But it's so **** cold in the wintertime
You have a spinning bike downstairs, inside
Maybe later; now I have to write rhyme
Chuck Aug 2013
We will lament your passing
Ride on my friend
We will cherish your memory
Ride on my friend
We will honor your wishes
Ride on my friend
We will cry because you lived free
Ride on my friend
Lost a friend and colleague today. He was killed in a motorcycle crash, while not wearing a helmet! RIP Bob! If he was wearing a helmet, who knows.....
Chuck Apr 2014
My bike has 700cm rims!
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