Adjusted Poems

Oh yeah 

I got the kimchi blues
every day since I first ate it
back in the day

long before i went to Korea
ended up staying on in Korea
after i retired from decade
in the Foreign Service

and ten years studying
and living in Korea
before I joined
the...Read More

     INKY DINKY
  
     Inky-dinky monkey spinning web to hang
      Itsi -bitsy spider shut the door with a clang.
   
    ...Read More

Times such as these test body soul and mind
So should our thoughts be pain and dark confined
Or loosed to concentrate on brighter things
Like furry puppies, flowers and girls on swings

In this bright morning sun as I roved out
Past village houses...Read More

Being a Grandpa,
  It amazes me a little bit how common being a grandparent is and how easy it is to become one.  You have children, they have children and there you are a shiny new grandparent. ...Read More

Women dipped in inks.
Images from a cogged box.

A camera reveals
hips and ankles, ribbons
decorously draped
over a contrived modesty.

An artist has added a color tint,
their cheeks are rosy,
their lips red,
a patchwork of painted glow.

Pauses in an upper room.
A warm lamp licks,

feathers and...Read More

At the reception when asked why 
they never had children the couple explained:
We were both so shy and private – still are –
we feared that any advancement on either 
of our part would be interpreted by 
the other as out...Read More

'Twas the night before Christmas
   and there was a heat wave
Poor Santa's beard itched him
   The man was dyin' for a shave

But I've got a brand to protect
   He reasoned with mirth
As he glued...Read More

Long before the whispers
fell down 
upon your solemn shoulders   
as with new day dew's droplets   
dangling so delicate, so free   
  
I heard all about you   
what was resting within ...Read More

Tripped Up

Things take us from what is important, easily. 
Distractions of life, responsibilities we deem high on the list. 
Missed promises, forgotten details, getting older now. 
Things have less importance, and time has new meaning. 

Say hello to those that...Read More

When Alex was tasked to pen eight straight A’s for an animate cause

He adjusted the angle arched forth in awe and anticipated attunement 

Ached with attrition and attributed an array afore attaching amends

       ...Read More

I left the cabin on October 1
on legs of rubber. Squinting at the sun	
until my eyes adjusted, then I saw 
sunflower blooms and squirrels playing chase.
Songbirds regaled me as I walked the path
behind the cabin, my September home.

While resting on...Read More

“If you look left you will see everything you have done.”
Good and bad all displayed into one.
Recollecting your memories because you have the time in the world.
“Now if you look right you will see what you could have become.”
Wondering why...Read More

It was a Wednesday;
a day woven 
into prison blankets and dish towels.
A day to assess hours unnoticed.
A time of trivial hungers.

The hard heft of earlier times: -
not fitting into anything,
teenage fluff and huff. Heartbreak,
rearing and loss. The fallow traipse of...Read More

Species did die ere man,
In the round of selection,
So many and so long.
What difference now
Should they go?

In trackless time
Lent to adaptation,
A peice succeeds
To its proper slot,
Only displacing
By adjusted gene.
Extinction wrought by man
Plays at no game,
But sweeps all the peices
To the...Read More

Taking the time
The volume is about to be adjusted
The song is about to be played
Taking the sorrows away

Hear me cry O"" Lord
Wipe those tears
Hear me roar O"" Jungle
Warm thee heart

Taking the sip
The outcome is here
The beginning of the end is...Read More

Father's Day's a way to thank Dad
  For all the good times you two have had
Fixing your bike or cutting your hair
  Dad always showed you how much he cared

He helped you with homework, pinch-hit for Mom
 ...Read More

You'll always want 
What you don't got
Most the things you get
Aint as important
As you thought
Once you get them
Is when they start
Losing value
Got you on the hunt
For something brand new
& it doesnt stop
You could have a fortune
And still be miserable
It's impossible...Read More

Intrigued about cremation,
I sought GOOGLE to assuage curiosity
significant questions answered
clicking the following website
https://www.funeralwise.com/plan/
cremation/cremation-process/

though summarizing article
some oven death defying act,
yet summarization satisfactorily completed,
thus herewith briefly describes
kickstarting, mystifying, pulverizing...
tantalizing, yielding, enterprising, lasting,

yelping, holding, surviving dearly departed
1. deceased identified
2. official cremation authorized
affiliated with...Read More

  ~ In His Light~
( Mirrored Hourglass )



LOVE TRUST LORD PURSUE HIS WAY

Lord won't leave you alone

His mercy will show

When with Lord stay

IN HIS LIGHT

You'll walk 

You'll walk

IN HIS LIGHT

When with Lord stay

His mercy will show

Lord won't leave you...Read More

Eggs, eggs, eggs, my favorite of all foods
Any way you serve em, I'm always in the mood
Haven't tried any others
But from chickens have my druthers
Especially the well-adjusted ones to which I allude




...Read More

He could not scratch his head
He wore a colourful headdress
Starched stiff
He adjusted it
But to his annoyance
The itch persisted 
He could not remove his turban
The Sun had climbed high
The desert sand was unbearably hot
There was no shade for relief 
He had...Read More

ESCORT TO HEAVEN

The angels all had gathered for it was time again
To escort into heaven another godly man.
They stood there at attention as they had done before
To welcome yet another to this bright golden shore.
Two angels marched between them, one...Read More

Order ...
          Is the Universe ... and the YOU-niverse
               Chaos is a ruse, a phantom
  ...Read More

The bespectacled old man
Adjusted his spectacles and his hearing aids,
Positioned his walking stick
Then,
Inched forward as the caravan stuttered
And,
Birthed at Aqua Caliente Station

Unable to make out
The train number and destination,
He turned to me
And asked in a quavering voice:
Young man, any idea...Read More

MY NEIGHBOR KOFI
LOCATION: Mazamaza, Lagos, Nigeria:
My neighbor kofi, 
The computer scientist
At 34,
He crisscrossed, jetcrosed, redcrossed,
And hobnobbed around the globe:
Kathmandu, Acapulco and the Galapagos 

He dined and wined
Like there was no tomorrow 
He dined and wined 
With Kings and queens;
Cuban cigars,...Read More