The Thought ExhibitThe warmth is a drug Pulling me out of my seat Outside addictions How I yearn to read Out under the sagging elm The book as my world An escape calls me Beautiful realms crying out Touching upon mine The grass grows so lush A perfect seat beneath me A padding for hours
Today we’ll gather at my mother’s house to celebrate her 50th birthday (though it actually occurred on Christmas Eve). My uncle has made a casket, and my aunt bought a coffin-shaped cake. My aunt is writing a eulogy, and my sister is also writing something special to read at the fake wake. Here’s my offering. [...]
Tootsies, tootsies Are toes on your footsies!
Something Is Missing Something is missing A void I can’t bear. Something is missing ‘Cause you are not there. I took you for granted With hardly a care. I took you for granted Something quite rare. I can but look back To times less forlorn. Joyous those days We alone did adorn. Hours before these, [...]
Poem #17 O.K. Oh, K. shall I speak to you Adulations solely dear Whisper I such sweet sought sounds As I hold you safely near List you how your sight enthralls Whilst you’re held within my arms Hair, scent of eternal bliss Your eyes are topaz charms Skin so smooth, a touch as soft, A [...]
Poem #16: White Rose White petals of your rose, Innocent and pure, Mirror silent thoughts of you Secrets cannot endure. Innocence, for hopes and dreams Purity and truth. Feelings a shy heart can hold Impossibly aloof. How can a single flower bear Such complicated airs? Gratitude to be expressed By he who never dares. A [...]
Instead of going a second day in a row without posting, I’ll put up a poem that you can all try not to comment on. This is poem #15: Angel The vision before me A luminescent sight An ethereal angel Surrounded by light She’s entered my world Soaring in from above Her passions for life [...]
Since nothing else has popped into my mind, let’s talk poetry. Poetry is emotionally driven–either you are writing from your own emotions or you are trying to stir emotion in others. Let’s look at some deep emotions from many, many years gone by. Tell me, what do you think about this, officially my 14th poem, [...]
Out of the darkness He sprang into place Running from something Pained look on his face Out of the darkness He slipped into view How long had he been there? What did he do? Out of the gloom Out of despair Off of the cliff And out into air Out of the darkness But not [...]
We meet every day I have so much I want to say Were I not so afraid I could tell you these things Your eyes, they envelop me I never know how much you see Had I the strength I could tell you these things When you smile, inside I smile too I wish I [...]
Brian draws all day Comics are his specialty He inks in gravy
Together Of the ways you make me happy There’s one thing I know for sure The gifts you give are better When you’re with me sitting here There is no way of telling I don’t have the words to say Just how much it means to me To be with you every day When I [...]
(RETRO MONKEY EXHIBIT: This post was on my original site…when I was posting in HTML.) Main Entry: hai·ku Pronunciation: ‘hI-(“)kü Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural haiku Etymology: Japanese : an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing usually 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively; also : a poem in this form usually [...]
(RETRO MONKEY EXHIBIT: This post was on my original site…when I was posting in HTML.) A story/song, written a stanza at a time, by emailing back and forth: Roger: Their magic And mystery Are part of their history Along with the secret Of gummy berry juice… Eric: Their Mystery and magic are often rather tragic [...]
Not my favorite poem, and not considered “finished”, though I haven’t been able to add to it the last couple times I tried. I do think the trailing off leaves the reader thinking, though, which I like. This, too, was inspired by the name of the chapter of a book, just like Hill of Golden [...]
Tell me your name is “S” Let me into a bit of your world Come and get it off of your chest Let the secrets you hide slowly unfurl Tell me you live on 7th Street Don’t you know I’m never there It is unlikely we’ll meet Less likely still that I’ll care Tell me [...]
This was written about staring up at the nighttime sky. I have done this a few times. Not much, though I do enjoy it. There is just something about insects incessantly gnawing through your skin that takes away from a great outdoors experience. So this poem/song…I wrote is as a poem, then in my head [...]
The trees need trimming The plants need weeding The roof needs new shingles, too The gutter needs fixing The siding, replacing Simply to name but a few. The garage is all dusty The hallways are musty The shrubbery overgrows its bounds I must stop delaying My landscape’s decaying I’m off to take care of my [...]
I’ve been trying to post my poems in the order I have written them (since I began with the pollution-themed ones), but have been lax in posting any poems at all since other things have popped into my brain. Here is the newest poem I have begun. It is a go-along with a story I [...]
Here is, chronologically, my fifth poem. If poetry is not your thing, please note I have commentary following. Waiting By myself through the days and the nights All alone when I look to the sky My friends all out late with their dates Love and life seem to just pass me by Like puppies they [...]