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,
Ones I now mourn,
From whence my presence
So quickly was torn.
How can so few feet
Be [...]
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 smile outshines the sun
Your presence a gift of no small worth
Ably [...]
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 single symbol to relay
Thanks for precious time.
A wistful message wrought within
Appreciative rhyme.
I find it [...]
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
Fill my heart with love
Her heavenly eyes
And pure [...]
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 [...]
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 into light
What they’ve told you is true
Two wrongs don’t make it right
Out of [...]
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 could say to you
You’ve captured [...]
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 can be there for you
As the origin of cheer
My [...]
(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 having a seasonal reference
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Now, we [...]
(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
because of [...]
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 you love the color blue
Vibrant trees and clear [...]
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 [...]
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 grounds!
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 [...]
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 are towed on a leash
Giving [...]
It’s about time for another poem, wouldn’t you agree? I wrote this poem in my high school Creative Writing class (where most of my first stuff is from). I have always loved to play football. Growing up I was one of those fast, skinny little kids that could run and [...]
Here’s a short poem I wrote one night last fall. I was in bed and this idea suddenly came to me. It’s Shel Silverstein-esque. It has no name; it’s just a silly little thing:
The eye of the potato saw the fall
And the ear of the corn heard it all
But the mouth of [...]
Ahhh. I have finally returned. It’s good to see that the internet didn’t self-destruct without me.
I had plans for this website when I first created it. I’ve also had plenty of plans go through my head since then. I have wanted to share more of myself, my inner self, my feelings, [...]
