Like a quiet river

Like a quiet river

Like a quiet river,

Little splashes over rocks -

My poesy's like music,

And the music is like Bach's.

How unlike that turbulence -

My personality -

The other thoughts and feelings

That are in my poesy.

2-22-14

A Memory

Walking out of Denny's

Thinking about George,

I was suddenly transported

To the orchards and a gorge,

A gully with no water,

Dust around the well.

Loneliness is agony,

Although I couldn't tell.

Rather like a painting -

“A person who's alone” -

The picture is indelible.

It's all the person's known.

2-22-14

 

Small Poems

My poems are not wordy, rich and grand,

But more like sand crabs leaving trails in sand.

Where the interweaving paths have led

Determines what the poesy has said.

2-22-14

The Magazine Cover

I saw it on a magazine -

“Love music once again.”

If I had a time machine

I'd gladly go back when

Music had a melody

And harmony was warm,

A singer's voice was pretty,

And poetry had form.

2-22-14

Autonomy

Man is strong and so's his b-tch,

Independent from their youth.

Darwin never burned a witch.

A Christian never told the truth.

When you're old, you are not fair.

Beat a mongrel mad, it

Doesn't need a mother's care.

Some people never had it.

Nothing on this earth makes sense.

The universe is poetry.

Some people at the world's expense

Live in total liberty.

11-23-13

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