I have a dirty little secret to confess. Although we have only been publishing our work for about a month, Jessie and I have been trading poetry themes nearly every week since last fall. Continue reading “June 17 Theme: Channeling your Creativity”
Tag: free verse
Misplaced Missive #160 – Written In The Sand
I can’t read what isn’t written;
Can’t make sense of scribbles in the sand.
How can you proclaim the perfection of what you preach,
When the standards you set, are out of anyone’s reach?
Who are you, to think to teach,
When you yourself are in so much need?
When you yourself are so easily deceived? Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #160 – Written In The Sand”
Lawyer, Lemur, Hershey Park – Galumphing – SD
“Lawyer Dan”
Lawyer Dan the righteous man
Doing whatever good he can.
Defending the peace, fighting for right,
But no one knows how he sleeps at night. Continue reading “Lawyer, Lemur, Hershey Park – Galumphing – SD”
Lawyer, Lemur, Hershey Park – Galumphing – JG
Hershey Park
Can’t see the trees in the forest,
Can’t see the eyes amongst the underbrush,
Can’t see what lies before us,
Can’t see what lies have been told for us,
Too focused on the whole;
I neglected the parts.
This is where I fall apart.
It’s all ending, but there was never a start…
Continue reading “Lawyer, Lemur, Hershey Park – Galumphing – JG”
Cave, Cello, God – Galumphing – SD
“Hollow Cavern”
Crouched in the corner of his hollow cavern
Splashing on the walls muddled light from a lantern
Longing at rainwater collecting in a cistern
Wishing he was downing a pint in the tavern Continue reading “Cave, Cello, God – Galumphing – SD”
Cave, Cello, God – Galumphing – JG
Stare skyward and pray for a sign.
Look to the blackness,
And wonder why.
Wonder how. Wonder when. Wonder what. Continue reading “Cave, Cello, God – Galumphing – JG”
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