24 poems: “The Dinner Party”   The Latest News and the Bell   everyone standing a drink in hand one with green tea I dare not take a stand   so many stories some I might call gossip but it’s always important some almost shocking,…

What’s trending? A tidal wave of emotions. Expressed with a quick push of a button. Repeat. Delete. Tell a story. I contemplate the ones I most frequently use… Champagne flutes, red wine, beer mugs, Cake, coffee, salsa dancing. Surfers and palm beaches and my home…

I just wanna go home..but again I don’t. I just wanna go back To the black, to the fade. To the burnt sand shade. I just wanna stand up and walk Like yesterday. But again, today, I don’t.

I gave him a deadline. Count down. her too. But there was so much to say. New digs. Moving out, moving in. He had ice cream stories to share, her site visits. And I lay on the bed, in the green of the night trees…

i am sick of “ifs ands or maybes” the possiblys and kindas rolling off the jokers tongue. i am more than just a “eh, well i guess” or “we’ll see.” shoulda coulda woulda left here on my toes a while ago, planting thorns on my…

I hear you rustling through the trees hunting a safe place What once felt serenely secure, you must now guard. Protect the young ones and keep innocence alive and well Last year was my first to meet you and your lovely family Winter came, and…

We are all still lain slain at Peterloo Ill-represented, repressed, Hearing echoes of Shelley too – Politicians reduced to personifications Of eternal sin. Has anything ever been as apt as that? Representative democracy – a pile of crap. A single borough and school, is hegemonic…

If you can’t serve it by the slice it isn’t real coffee so sayeth myself to anyone who will listen If I have guests, it also serves as warning-shot across the bow for those faint of arabica heart It is a good day when the…

Protecting myself and I am proud of me. Walking my own path, even if it means being alone. The flowers and even the seashells call me, remind me of my lucky life – full of hot drinks, books, clothes, the trappings of an existence. Grounded…

(As in this prompt was timestaking.) 🤷🚍🃏🃏🃏🃏🃏🃏🃏 🎥🎬🤡🤡😢🐱‍🏍🌭🥧🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 👽👽🌍🌎🌏⚡🤷👽👽👽👽 ————- 🎪🍨🧞‍♂️🧞‍♀️ 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 🎥☎🎬 🌭🥧 I get off the bus, and I’m surrounded by jokers It’s like a bad action film took over the nation, being directed by clowns And now I have to search for…