Dreams

The world is more difficult each day; it’s becoming more like a nightmare. Humanity seems to be going backwards; I’ll leave the crabs out of this one. There aren’t good, new news anymore; we recycle everything but recyclables. The world is more like a bad…

Quiet Love

Isolated from the world outside You and I found a  new universe Where the galaxies shine brightly In the depths of our eyes Where all words are lost As each breath tells a story…

11 am

Billowing questions of worth Transcend time and matter As we walk against the wind Barely holding ourselves up How can we get anywhere When questions like this prevail? How can we make a dent in the ground To plant anything worth harvesting? How can we…

Haikus #3 and #4

Her dreams rose past the ceiling, for her dreams were made of some migrations.   Online dating is a close encounter of the third kind: mansplaining.

Human Emotion

Millions of shadows from human emotion dance upon a screen able to be viewed All one has to do is get quiet, observe, Be scan wield savor heed

Hour Four: The dream is always the same

For hour four, I applied the prompt to a poem I had already started a few minutes before. First, the finished poem: The dream is always the same Who told bigger lies? I know, it wasn’t a contest but I’m always looking for that edge…

9 am

Before I go down to the river Lend me your hand So I can understand how The way your veins run with blood And how the water runs over rocks Are the same

Truth

Even if I found It I don’t know if I would know that it was good for me   And even if I knew it I don’t Believe I’d see how good that it could be   And even if I held it in my…

Death and the Hatted Man (3)

Death and the Hatted Man For Deloris and Rose Etta Sister, Sister, Wake up I am in a car Alone Driven by a hatted man I’ve never seen before I need you Chaser of bogeymans Slayer of monsters who live under beds And ghosts who…