I would never want a dragon as a pet nor would I want a griffin, or a unicorn All fine creatures, but impractical Godzilla would not suffice he can’t sit, so training him would be loaded with issues I subscribe to the ‘go big or…

You can long for something desire it maybe even covet it we are a ‘things’ culture possession is nine-tenths of being American Now in a time of plague our pestilence may truly turn out to be ourselves. – Mark L. Lucker © 2020 http://lrd.to/sxh9jntSbd

Outside the window darkness resides, looking both normal and deep, waiting for me to fall asleep. Yet just beyond, a bird does chirp, awakening nature speak. What’s peaceful too, are my two cats who sleep and do not wake despite me being awake in front…

All my life I’ve had a gift A way with precious words That when the right ones come to me I put them into verse If I try to force it Or change it, just like that If I try to make it different I’ll…

The greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten Are the ones most strive to erase The traumas and the burdens Brought me to a higher place

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So happy to participate in a 24 hour poetry marathon. My head is tired. My heart is happy.

I saw a velvet box in his room and I knew what it was. I saw it but I did not open it, for I knew what it was. I was afraid I to open it, because then I would definitely know. Although I had…

I didn’t create imaginary friends My sense of reality far too critical I once asked the tooth fairy for her picture To prove that she was real Somewhere in between I did believe In magic and intention More times than can be mentioned Things occurred…

In my old apartment  there was a silversmith who lived on the other side of the wall I would hear her tapping  hammer on silver and brass and admire her discipline   Having been moved for some weeks she reached across neighborhoods and offered to…