Abuse Poems

Hej Hello
Ciao bello
Do you think I am a wild  fellow
Do I have my blood yellow
Hej Hello 
Ciao bello 
Why do you want me on bellow 
Why injustice makes a  mellow
Hej Hello
Ciao bello...Read More

One More

Raise the curtain, 
I am ready. 
Let's write and read together, 
for hours without end. 
Dressing up in costumes, 
singing crazy shanties, 
or Round the Mountain western tunes. 

Wear an apron, 
a cape, a bonnet. 
Be spontaneous and laugh....Read More

WHERE DO THE BIRDS GO? 

Where do the birds go? 

Why do they come back? 

How do they know where to go? 

How do they know when to come back? 

Are they on their own? 

Or do they have something...Read More

Third Row, Second Seat

The empty chair at church has a name. 
It changes from time to time, 
but remains somewhat if not always, 
the same. 

My friend "May" and I...
we talked about the lost ones. 
Then we traded numbers and...Read More

A Blip Offering

I
we
they
and...

a show
a play
a picnic
an event

chaos
loss
grief
love
laughter

joy
connection
wisdom
truth

stranger
family
friend
soul mate

God


(free verse until it is no longer free...) 
...Read More

The Sitter

They rushed me in. 
I had no time to prepare. 
Talk they said. 
Entertain. 
We will not be... long, 
it was a song.

Fear.
My first response.
Prayer, 
should have been. 
In the end, 
adrenalin and panic
gave way to remembered 
moments with...Read More

Blip

This is a short poem. 
Not a long one like the rest. 
(not haiku)
This is about time, 
and saying a lot in a small space.
Updates to follow.
Be quiet... (calm)

?
...Read More

Gathering the Bones

You must believe me, 
I am in power. 
I know what is right for you. 
Your vote put me here, 
you can not possibly be wrong?
You have too much pride for that. 
I have been here now, 
nearly...Read More

How I wish you knew ...

Do you know?
Do you realize how beautiful you are?
Do you notice the people whose heads spin as you pass?
Do you feel ANY worth after he's done with you?
I watch you walk past each day as...Read More

Intellectual progress with thee
beyond this, that, here or even there
of matter within what color, shape, size, weight, etc
All in all, we started with for example if you were to use a pencil or a pen, marker, etc. Indefinitely once that...Read More

I see him in my dreams
Behind my eye's sleeves
In the darkness
In the night

Fright.
Flight or Fight?

In my drawers,
In my mind.
On the wall,
In the sky.

Down the hall,
Take a right,
That is when it's Fight or Flight.

Decide then and there.
Too late, I've already met...Read More

He lay so peacefully 
Like a baby sound asleep
No color to his face
No color to his life

So helpless..

You remember him
Laughing, having fun
Like he always had 
Like we all had

Then you remember 

His cry for help
His struggle to breathe
His fighting to...Read More

Wormwood

There is a place, 
in the middle of nowhere... now. (hushed whisper) 
It is hot and cooking,
and yet...things are green. 
Nature has taken back, 
what man destroyed. 
Maybe not the way it should be, 
but maybe it does not matter,...Read More

You seem happy
But of course, everyone puts on an act
A full face of non-existent make up
You put it on before you take the first step out your door

I do not despise all happy people
But I prefer the un-happy people the...Read More

While racing on the rocking horse of youth
Going nowhere closer to the sun or faster there 
When swinging pendulums from Democrat to Republican 
Age picks up the pace, in speed it keeps us in our place
Remains the same with nothing...Read More

No poetry!
How dare you suggest
Such an indignity?...Read More

its  a worldly thing
what being homeless bring
walking around
to self talking
up and down
some on canes in pain
and blind
HOMELESS 
TROUBLE MIND...Read More

Respect dead people and never sleep with them
Don't expect call backs from the dead
Smoking, drinking and deceased in trunks of cars
Are bad habits and probably against the law in Alabama

It is impolite to shoot dead people out of canons
Or drop...Read More

As a young child, I could remember writing down on a piece of paper on what kind of girl I would want.  This type of girl would need to be a student like me, if she was a B-student...Read More

Meet the void called she
A walking lie for 30 years
No one knows who she is
But she walks gracefully dressed in false pretense

She can easily turn everything she touched to dust
She struts and leaves the dance floor in ruins
Her eyes, knows...Read More

It starts in a basement age 4.
Then a bedroom age 15.
A doorway while blacked out age 16.
My boyfriend made me when I was 19.
I was drunk and heartbroken at age 20.
I was saved by the man who did the same...Read More

It starts in a basement age 4.
Then a bedroom age 15.
A doorway while blacked out age 16.
My boyfriend made me when I was 19.
I was drunk and heartbroken at age 20.
I was saved by the man who did the same...Read More

The voices in her head
The voices in her head
Here she lies
Trapped in this place

Till she dies
She is trapped in a deep and dark abyss
This isn’t a fairy tale, she can’t be awakened by true love's kiss
Someone has trapped her there

They...Read More

Time is the essence of life
We should take it
In our stride...Read More

The Contest

I would like to enter, 
and sometimes I do. 
Occasionally I even win, 
to my surprise. 
How cool!

The true rule, 
to every fool,
or pirate on a mission;
is write,
and write,
and write. 
Do something, 
say something in words, 
that will ripple...Read More