I deeply care: To the detriment Of my own heart (So they say) Would I have it Any other way? I suppose not. For as an angel shall walk With me into the Light I will walk with these The meekest, Most vulnerable, Beings. Time hurts and time heals It is time that shall...
Winter thunder Summer haze Ever wonder In these days? Major storming Flooding zones Global warming? Aching bones? On our knees They strip land They oil seas We raise our hand A playground quakes? A ferocious wind? The glacier breaks The melt begins Graying visions A...
Preface I had written this poem when my doctors said I might have a serious systemic disorder, or not too serious, thus my thoughts were something along the lines of how much time do I have anyway? I have to have more tests next month and even yet these may not...
Powerful persons Posing poignantly proper Present pragmatic propaganda. Patriarchal political pachyderms Propose preposterous policies Preventing positive progress. Pompous pagans preside Praising pickpocket pawns. Peasants penitently pray Petitioning peaceful...
The Poet Laureate said to me: So out of vogue is rhyme As for meeting you my dear I hardly have the time The newspaper may have said So much of me to flatter As if I'd hear a stranger poet Such caring doesn't matter My post is quite political I had to tap every...
A little sliver on a cold silver spoon A little white lie a moment too soon That takes the cake but never the pie Do it over again but not sure why? A dirty rat can make a clean getaway Such ignorant bliss in all that you say Once in a blue moon you do think twice...
When it all comes out in the wash She’ll try to come running back Placating me with a phony smile As if my memory I would lack She’d be the very last I would ever offer again My honest heart and openness A trusted and loyal friend Back down you Silver Viper! I...
Televising trauma thoroughly Encapsulates evil exposure Lucidly leveraged locking Every eye engaged Victim—voiceless—volatile Inducing idle imprisonment Sending spirits spiraling Into impoverished isolation Only offering obsessive Needless negative neuroses. Ciera S....
"One, to, free, for, five" (Iraqi women's lives?) My daughter next to me Can't say the number three Knows not my preoccupation Swirling words in combination Amidst the tension beating low All around as if we know A table turns as a tide will shift This race is not...
Reduce, share, unplug the fear Or you haven't got a prayer Hypocrites are everywhere Speak your mind if you dare Give not into weak despair Call the Lion from his lair His is not to really care For the children far and near See the smoldering Teddy Bear? Not so far...