Category: Poetry
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Poetry: The Self-Centered Man
The Self-Centered Man The self-centered man Asks the car wash attendant Which is worse, Oak pollen coating the hood, Or ashes from a wildfire?
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Poetry: A Rusty Chair
A rusty chair waits for me Near an ocean, With no cell phone service, Only deep thinking Like that runaway Mack truck Plowing through a spent cornfield Just east of my childhood. I didn’t scream back then, I was young with time To right the ship. But now that I’m old, I am content to […]
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Poetry: The Slow Crawl of Night
The Slow Crawl of Night In darkness the scent of french fries Follows me along the frontage road. Plastic bags cling to a cyclone fence. Cars speed by, drivers indifferent To my hunched over figure. I enter the cheap cologne mist Outside a 24 Hour Fitness Where people watch themselves In large glass windows Lit […]
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Poetry: Brave Warrior
Oh, brave warrior of delicate means,Dodging unseen obstaclesIn a momentAlways to beThe shadow of a butterflyComing to me.
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Poetry: Waiting for a Response
She is waiting for me to respond From the comfort of my easy chair. I could speak in complete sentences, Wave my hand, or sing a top-40 song For she’s only a dog With expectations And direct knowledge Of where the biscuits are kept. I am on my way to the kitchen.
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Poetry: Rusty Thoughts
An abandoned rusty chair Waits for me near an ocean, No cell phone service, Only deep thinking Like a runaway Mack truck Plowing through a spent cornfield Just east of my childhood.
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Poetry: Watching TV
Watching TV Before turning on the TV Think how wisdom Is knowing you don’t have forever, Maybe no more Than tomorrow, If that, To do the best you can For the moment you’ve been given, Like witnessing the full breach of a whale When others only see the explosion of white water Or nothing at […]
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Poetry: The Thoughtful Squirrel
I need time to think, thought the squirrel, High up in a tree in the middle of winter. Yes, it was the exact center of the season When collecting acorns Should be done. But he had none. Months of play Did so pass Until he was Out of gas. Kaput Without A nut. Maybe thinking […]
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Aging isn’t in the mirror
Didn’t know what it was like to be old until I was. Aging isn’t in the mirror. I am who I am at this moment, not last year, or last century. If there’s a tomorrow, I’ll get that After too many decades trying to be what I imagined I should be. The trick was understanding […]
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