Awol Poems - Poems about Awol

...Big hands of this man Who I remember as a child? Growing up in and at a time, When real men were fathers then. Supporting that family, no matter what, Working their fingers to the bone Tr......Read the rest...

...Old MacDonald had a farm With some noisy critters on it. They mostly mooed, or neighed, Or clucked, or brayed, But some stayed Resolutely mute, I'm afraid. It wasn't his equines, Or bovines, ......Read the rest...

...Jesus, you say bring home my sheep You say be a shepherd like perfect You I say my sheep have gone prodigal They have my credit card, I say resigned At least they buy cheap wine on my dim......Read the rest...

... They've sung about love and broken hearts and everything in between; Sung about all the foreign lands and the beauty that's rarely seen. They've complained about the weather in ......Read the rest...

...Chill confines a diary of absence as September keyholes a papered wall. A smirk tears a face--escapee silence --styles wall with nothingness, dead ends AWOL. A bottle of spent wealt......Read the rest...

...Started a new diet yesterday Doc said I can’t keep living this way I’ve got high blood pressure and cholesterol He said I’m lucky to be alive at all Was rambling about my A1C Diabetic is where......Read the rest...

...Anaemia Who cares for her once glorious dreams Utopia is the new reality Dopamine-starved citizens gaze forlornly As blood feverishly flows out From her gaping wounds Siamese twins of hunge......Read the rest...

...Going awol when needed the most Choosing truancy an uncaring ghost Stealing my voice In your offhanded way Invalidating the least little thing I might say or twist it untill the true meanin......Read the rest...

...Dream state yields deep sleep personifications Upon lying supine - eye shutter lids into the land of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, where the sandman beckons and bids dead to the webbed wide world, ......Read the rest...

...He flew in from the east not ominous by itself, I will abide. however, our fierce opponents in battle were terrified. They had heard of the crow oldster, spread by my brothers. His wing span was t......Read the rest...

... “Objects of Affection” Objects of affection drop like white marbles from the sky we love to look to our heaven for all kinds of angels all’s fair in love and wa......Read the rest...

...lest ye seek alms with outfaced palms just imagine how the lantern shone against the knees of Archelaus, and lit up the check-board pattern of the eleemosynary trousers Fatigued civilian......Read the rest...

...When common sense goes AWOL, trust disappears, no curtain call. September 28, 2022......Read the rest...

...My two pet rats so cheeky and bright, one brown and one black and white, who live only a short age rattlin’ around in their cage. I love their soft smooth furry coats and large bulbous......Read the rest...

...With the falling of leaves, so leaves the fall. Aware is the forest, a chill in the air. Temperatures falling; the birds heed the call Harsh times ahead: a winter despair. Gone are the bright d......Read the rest...