Category: Poetry
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This Great Big World of Ours
A ladybug on a peony goes Where it wants In this great big world of ours. Sure, it could be crushed by a human Or, eaten by a crow But maybe not, That’s what it hopes for In this great big world of ours. And then a man bursts into my room and says […]
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Poetry: The Deep Wound with backstory
The Deep Wound I’m going to a cabin Somewhere To write Haiku And drink coffee While removing the bullets From too many years of Losing myself In the unimportant. It will take years To heal the deep wound Of missing the first snowfall On the lone cedar. — The Backstory I grew up in […]
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Ode to a Discarded Pumpkin
Pumpkin, sweet pumpkin Carved up for display A sacrifice made To hasten decay. Discarded on leaves, Your final throne Before the claw Takes you away.
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Power Outage
I instinctively pull the chain During the power outage Because it hasn’t sunk in, No juice for the light, Or the lifeless laptop. I struggle with the weight of pen on paper, Writing words by hand when I rarely write checks. Candles and oil lamps in the back of my mind long ago When snow […]
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The Answers
Answers forged from countless errors in judgment, temperament and desires Arrive late in life, almost cruelly in how their perfected wisdom Obliterates mistakes that caused anguish in years past. True answers, impossible to foretell, require forgiveness and acceptance So the fanfare of everyday life becomes an unexpected gift from a stranger, The simplicity of the […]
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Lost Key…
A key from the sea rolled into shore, It may open a door, a chest of yore. Gone green with age, so I ‘d say no more.
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Poetry: First Light on the Old Man
First light strikes the old man with cobwebs in his eyes. He’s had enough wildfires, covid and Afghanistan follies, So he cocks his gun and squeezes the trigger from the cheap seats Where he sees but never hears the leaping prima ballerina Land en pointe. There’s applause but is it in front or behind the […]
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