Some days I still long for the big brown chair, my parents used to own. It was round, ribbed, yellow mustard corduroy. I’d spin one way, then the other, pause, eleven, listening to Cat Stevens sing. Losing everything, hands, eyes, legs, mouth, sounded like nothing…
Category: Marathon Poem
H.10 – Freedom
I wander the stars, in a boat made of sky, following dreams in a lullaby. I carry the moon,the sun and earth in my coat pockets, trinkets of mirth. They grumble and moan and dance in the swoth tickling me gently as they…
#10 Black Lives Matter
Be honest Learn all stories Act to change Care for others Keep moving forward Let others speak Invite strangers in Volunteer to action Evolve your thinking Search for truth Make yourself useful Attend to problems Think for yourself Try possibilities Eracism Risk being…
Moonshadow Lullaby, Hour 10
If I ever lose my muse I’ll search the dark side of the moon for inspiration Hopefully find some source of shadowy drive To substitute for lack of patience And if the moon becomes eclipsed I’ll turn and stare into the sun To shine it’s…
Heat Tide (Poem #10)
Heat in the summer time Is like a lethal weapon Sun blazing like wild fire causing a lot of sweat to flow like a river Burning up in the heat is not at all comfortable or pleasant yuh seet! Throw a party of hot pot…
What I did While Stuck at Home (Poem 9)
Finally watch the sci-fi series ‘Firefly’ It was canceled all to soon. Research what happened to the cast of ‘Zoom’ I watched it as a kid in the afternoon. Recently was asked about the movie, ‘Mask’ Jim Carrey is such a loon Tried to watch,…
prompt 10 hour 10 – music prompt: did it take long to find me?
prompt 10 hour 10 did it take long to find me? long, smoky car rides to anywhere am radio reached through the smoke and bald Prairie to bring me melodies and missing pieces I never knew I was missing yet. moon shadow…
Season of the Gadfly
We’re here, but you’re not listening. You, the self-appointed, peer-appointed pukes whose voluminous barf gets washed by white gloved bankers. The barf accumulated in the trade of the diminutive. Little people. Little. People. We scream. We cry. And I, like a good little gadfly, tell…
Moon Shadows over Miami (Prompt 10)
You held my hand, leaned your head on my shoulder as we strolled, a warm Miami summer evening breeze caressing our teenage limbs. I was 15; just my acoustic guitar, faded coveralls and I hopped on that plane to meet you, my cousin’s cousin, the…
10 – Stop Serving The Spoiled And Spiteful
Curse the saint who shares with the ungrateful, and damn the monk who gives without reconciliation While I love all that I have, it is hard to forget that I am poor in many ways. I am happy and hungry, lonely and loving, and it…