Logan Robertson

Logan Robertson Mar 2020

My tongue is strung
On the headlines
A virus sprung
Across coastlines

From China wall
To the earth's span
The bouncing ball
Of bad cells fan

One dug a path
At humankind's
Causing a wrath
Of quarantines

This turn of fate
I pray comes straight

Logan Robertson

3/21/20

Continued Prayers.

#coronavirus #sonnet

Logan Robertson Mar 2020

Sally And Coronavirus Rules

Sally And Coronavirus Rules

Sally on merry-go-round like the rest
She takes the forced ride and prays for the best
She can't do this, can't do that
Social distance' a black cat
She yearns for mandates that come with a zest

Logan Robertson

3/19/20

10/10/7/7/10

Sally, like the rest of the country, is due to following the dots. Both the government rules and those the scientist are following under a microscope. Someday there will be a cure-all and she likens it to be with all the bells, whistles and bang. That would bring huge relief. For now she's self isolated and can't wait to get back on the saddle.

#limerick #coronavirus

Logan Robertson Mar 2020

Coronavirus Needs To Hit The Wall

As this virus answers a roll call
It's presence now climbs over a wall
For good years his voice a dormat drawl
Now it wants to kiss a death and sprawl
Across the globe man's watches stall
As the virus strenghten it's gall
If when the ticking hand could maul
And stop it in it's track and all
If the scientist can stand tall
Next to the virus and see it fall
As it stands a dooming chapter ball
It's bounce taking it's toll on us all
I hope the virus a muted doll
And robust headlines soon entrall

Logan Robertson

3/09/20

Prayers.

Notes-(3/13/20)
2nd line- think epicenter of this outbreak
13th line-think how the virus latches onto cells, wanting to make babies. I wish it sterile, finding a muted doll.

#coronavirus #limerick

Feb 2020

Donall Dempsey

I LIKE TO SAY YOUR NAME

I LIKE TO SAY YOUR NAME

I like to say
your name

when you're
not here

turn you
into sound

conjure you out of
thin air

so that you appear
before me

dressed in sound
only

memory sketching in
the rest of you

as if sound
was just an outline

and love
colours you in

adding the voice last
so I can hear you say.

"Hello you..!"
and there you are

as present
as present

can be.

I like to say
your name

when you're
not there.

Logan Robertson Feb 2020

Sally Shun Her Valentine Or Not

Sally Shun Her Valentine Or Not

Sally's Valentine wants *******
And wails forth that he's a driving force
He courted his blind date
Now his compass' upstate
With storm she sent him packing of course

Logan Robertson

2/10/2020

9/9/6/6/9

Sally's the ******* the bus. We make eye contact. I look away. I can only dream.

#limerick #valentines

Logan Robertson Feb 2020

His Make Believe Love (Lento)

His Make Believe Love

Below his mind a mermaid sits
Aglow of love only for thee
Hello he cast these words to her
Forego the tides and reel with me

She looks back up with laughing eyes
Glee burst furthest from his bubble
See his mind's altar be empty
Be his scales short of a couple

Logan Robertson

2/08/2020

Lento poem-2 quatrains. First word in each line rhyme. The last word in the second and fourth rhyme. Inspired and interests piqued by Dearheart's sponsorship of a poetry contest at PS that required the lento form. Truth be, this is my first try at one. (8 syllables a line).

#lento #lovepoem

Logan Robertson Feb 2020

Kansas City Cheifs Rise

Kansas City Cheifs Rise

Seeding and blossoming
At the right time
In the face of adversity
Now known
As the 49ers
Last scene
Heads hung low
Seething and wilting
In the face of Mahomes
Now known
As Tomahawk Chop
Comeback king
QB extraordinaire
In the race to the top
Rarefied air for the Cheifs
And a beaten path for the 49ers
Down 20-10
Golding, goading into the fourth
Mahomes sparks the comeback
Two TD passes
And the 49ers are on their *****
Two TD passes
Cheifs win 31-20
To the 49ers rashes
And should I dare say crashes
A seedling that was planted
Some 50 seasons ago
Ripe with submisions
And some terrible falls
Over the proud owners
The Hunt family
No strangers to paydirt
Now reaching new heights
For the very first time
This for the Cheif fans
The ones now with tears of joy
Savioring the moment
A rallying cry
To the fall of their dream
Now to the very rise ...
of their team

Logan Robertson

2/03/2020

#superbowl2020 #kansascitychiefs