You, you, you You tell me to smile And my breath forgets to exhale and my heart skips a beat or 12 And I forgot every single reason that I have ever frowned in my entire life And I could get used to this You…

Awake . . .  My eye are open My mind is still sleeping; In a way. I want to go back to sleep; Still I am here… Creating… Not very well . . I’d venture, right now. This is not my time . . ….

And we begin in a whole new way Nothing will be gained from squeezing tired fruit Allow the leaves to fall, the bark to flake and the roots to quietly continue to grow into earth Everything is different every moment That is the beauty of…

We want to spread our wings.. And touch the sky.. Walk around the world.. And leave footprints on the ground.. We wish to breathe.. The fragrance of freedom. We want to rise above and touch the Sun, meet the moon, and dance with the stars….

Alert! It’s time to begin. Again Birds rejoicing for clear or cloudy skies. Either way they fly. Cricket percussion keeping the rhythm of a tropical sounding serenade. Dogs even chime in to great a great new day. Mother is the conductor. Good Morning. The new…

Funny how at the beginning You can find an end, Shining like recycled gold Or the afterbirth Of something long, strenuous, And possibly inadvisable. When you find the end, You can place it with great delicateness On your finger. It may fit there, snugly, Sparkling into…

24 in 24 and 1 at 9 sounds like an algebra problem I once had when I was trying to solve (y+u=x) but I kept getting 0 I never understood why the X was such an important part of the equation until I realized that…

Get set go… #PoemNo1 😀   Love letter to the beloved words I once failed… -j.r.m© 2016   Words don’t fail me now, I’ve been gone for far too long, this I know, But I’m here to make up for all those lost moments I…

Wake up . . . Reset iPhone alarm; What’s ten more minutes? Snuggle in . . . Can’t sleep! Of course… What’s new? Take another pill. Middle-age  . . Reach for the pill box; Safely by the bed. Morning, noon, evening and bed; One or…

Greetings, fellow poets and/or poets-to-be!  Due to time constraints (i.e. Needing to share my introductory post within the next 20 minutes before the marathon officially starts)!  I’ve essentially copied/pasted my profile bio here, as I think I wrote too much in it for a short…