Sandburg Revisited

I tried to be more like Eliot or Frost but you kept pulling me back in. I tried to rhyme but you blunted all my attempts with your realism. What’s wrong with roses are red and violets are blue? It certainly does not have your…

Night Creatures

The shadows have been eaten The eaters are named Vors Creatures from a world far above a world in dark, far aloof Handeys: little monsters from the same world see fragments of a faraway tomorrow Between the two live the Medil, formless no feet, no…

Hour 23 Poem 23

I’ve found strength in your strength, So don’t you waiver, Burdens get heavier with each one that comes, Out of the storm and another one comes, Brighter days are ahead, Must not succumb, This is God, testing your faith, Have you prayed yet today? Minor…

Beddy-Bye!

I feel most at home in bed, With my own pillow for my head, Where snoring signals I’m not dead.

Cheesy

The best thing in the world and a word to catch the eye ball, May it be a line or any food that does not sound fine, Just put this thing on the top and here it is, a whole new and redefined… It has…

sugarwood – 24 of 24

the living room door in my aunt Margaret’s house had the face of Jesus in the grain when I would fall asleep with its eyes watching me I thought I would wake up healed Salvation on the other side of sugarwood when I was three,…

The Daily Wake

Wake up! Start another day Shower first with orchid gel, moisturize, blow it dry, and divine some clothes. Soon after, a cup of tea or chocolate coffee here lately. A protein bar, and off to work just steps away … a five level login. What…

Shiver

I miss the way Your fingers feel on my skin How they slid over my back And down to my waist Ghosting over my shoulder And sliding down my thigh People don’t get to touch me like this Not often And the memory of it,…

The Finish

I can see the finish line the ribbon yet to cross I enjoy the marathon and the sleep that is to come I am so humbled to finish this test And to do it with you the very best I’m not alone in this trialed…