Haiku 2

Late season fireflies trace paths for transient stars. Galaxies collide.

poetry as a ghost town

verses and vacant emotions fade right out of history onto the blacktop of empty schoolyards i heard you sing about living forever as you carved your name in the concrete i realize i am dead but i keep walking

2PM post

People come and go all the time some want coffee some a doughnut others it seems come to enjoy the scene. Never sure what they want or if they want at all, what they need can’t be bought. Someone to talk to just a short…

Battles Poem 4

It never seems to be What you think it will You fight your battles You charge up the hill   You pay your dues You scream your cries You dream for love Your loved one dies   It never seems to be What you plan out…

Imagery of Megaliths

The modern artist forces us to look upon the truths of our world: the inanity of a baked bean tin, or the futility of trash. In recent history, the artist sought to portray forever-truths: love, death, desire, nature, the innocence of childhood… I wonder: What…

Mountain Goat

Climbing and leaping Like a mountain goat Leaping in joy over distant stones Climbing and falling Falling and climbing Alone, yet with Joyful heart Trusting my “hooves” Right on spot Who is afraid of Falling anyways ? Falling down On a stony ground Dignified death…

Sand less Shores

A sand less shore Diesel vapour blowing from the stack Entering my nostrils and making me sick So far away So far away My love My hope So far away A crescent night sky Shadows cast from moonlight I see into the darkness But nothing…

Not a Wishlist

Words I don’t say: Help/Gift/Wish/Happy Help-the word that means you can’t do something on your own. And maybe so. Gift-things that presented to get out of trouble when you do something wrong Wish-Something that you hope will happen by coincidence.  It never does Happy-That bubbly…

jars

the worst of her is in jars she calls collecting them a hobby she learned her scales before exactly how to talk the music and her laughter, while her father held the latern, all the way through cancer one hand on a piano and the…

that day

what were you looking for that day i saw you in the crowd? were you feeling a little lost? i only saw the frown. were you running from the madness? out only for a breath of air? it looked like you were sad when i…