Hard Rock Sad and blueSad and bluePick up penRed will do News is newsIt’s never TrueIt’s chewed up birdSpit for you They don’t love youNever didOf course you keptYour motive hid Through a windowIn the glassWho they areIs how you'll pass Sad and blueSad and bluePick up penRed will do
Category: poetry
Daily Doodle 730
Whimsy came and whimsy wentFor Lent * Save me save me down the holeThe Hour pressesSomeone spottedA kiting SoulAgainst the brimming darkness * Still and be stillMind I loveWhile we are ableStill to speak The light bulbblows out at the soundof striking matchand hissing leak
Traffic Light
When I spotted them my first thought was nautical: She's broad in the beam. So was my second. He's three sheets to. I pegged them instantly as a breed of retired couples I've become very fond of. Homey and doughy and okay with that. They spend the golden years, health be damned, doing the things … Continue reading Traffic Light
An Explanation?
On its face at first blush It’s just crazy enough If it were a lark it would fly To be howling within Round a ravenous sin While the face is a whitewashed lie * On its face at first blush You might not feel its touch At its core it just tastes with your eye … Continue reading An Explanation?
That Mood Again
* I’m dead, but needn’t say so so sleight the hand sleight of hand sleight of His most grievous hand eyes that meet mine never know * Pry the purpose out Is that a Clock? No, that’s a Cross. Yes, that’s a Clock. Sweet wave of Christ wash over me, these sad sack bones, this … Continue reading That Mood Again
Two More In A Mood
1 Should I peek around the corner? Does that convey? Ratchet the neck bones up to a hole in the brimming dark and with what I have for eyes now blistered over summon in pantomime the blinding awe? 2 How can I pitch you this idea? This terra infirma of the Solid Rock The there … Continue reading Two More In A Mood
Two Poems In A Mood
1 So long, goodbye Adios Final call For the Final Coast I'm expected Rest assured What’s in doubt Is the Temperature A room is ready Built by me In alarming Specificity Who loves me In aggregate? On balance, I’m unconfident 2 A shadow fell When I was young And as I grew It grew a … Continue reading Two Poems In A Mood
Song About The Family Sin
Woke up feeling lost at sea Dreamt i saw Him walking ‘cross a cup of tea Woke up a feeling in a missing limb Father Mother side by side What’s between but a tide That carries back and forth that missing limb Brother Rob and Brother Ed Locked our shadow in the family shed But … Continue reading Song About The Family Sin
The Hour is Coming, and Now Is 