Affronted Poems

He mentioned that she was beautiful.
He mentioned, perhaps too eagerly,
that she was kissable.

He touched her
(as he would any work of art)
needing a tactile communion.
He simply wanted to curve
where she curved,
to hold lightly the blessing.

She pulled away affronted.
She cell phoned her...Read More

He mentioned that she was beautiful.
He mentioned, perhaps too eagerly,
that she was kissable.

He touched her
(as he would a sculpture)
needing a tactile communion.
He simply wanted to curve
where she curved,
to hold lightly the blessing.

She pulled away affronted.
She phoned her attorney.
She threatened harassment.

He...Read More

Tim’s father had been a refugee once he put down his fight and his gun

The story is that he embarked on the very last ship leaving East Prussia

Under siege tanks and bombs from above fireworks of madness and defeat

A wounded...Read More

amphetamines acquaintanceship assuages 
agonizing aches also advocates amorousness
assiduously activating admiration
aggressive attacks assault afoul 

affable affinity and affectionadumbration
anatomical accidental addiction attested as academic,
although afterward abnegation absolutely arduous,
affianced attired apparently as an anomaly 

Ares and Abyssinian Astarte admixture
acquiescence affliction affected adroitly,
and abruptly...Read More

CHAPTER 8 Two Paths
 
North they travelled through the jungle 
Aiming to escape from forest
Seeking an itinerary 
Near the coast in open country 
 
So they climbed a wooded hilltop;
Han attained the top-most branches
Of a mighty towering ironwood
To survey the route before them 
 
To the north...Read More

That 9/11 Day

I was eager that day, 
Just as I was 
Any other day, 
To start my work, 
And state the statistics,  
Discourage clientelle,
Validate company antics, 
Embrace others
When I thought would, 
Make a good share price, 
Positive returns, 
No...Read More

CEO Andrew Sykes took a social crash dive
he asked a clerk when her baby would arrive.
"I'm not pregnant!" she exclaimed
her face was red and inflamed.
'Tis a miracle he fled her presence alive....Read More

The moon was looking blank faced at the earth
Then teased her with shy intermittent stares
She confidently wore her sense of worth
And turned away insouciantly aware
As they spun he eyed her more intently
To search the outer beauty she possessed
In silence danced...Read More

an acrostic

H	Hung'ring for righteousness, I am content,
A	Affronted by foes, reward put in place.
P	Peacemaker mid conflict, a child of God,
P	Pure in heart, I shall see Him face to face. 
I	Inheriting the earth when meekness rules,
N	Needy in spirit, Jesus gives more grace.
E	Eased...Read More

You have been persecuted.
You have been oppressed and depressed,
Wronged and aggrieved, even violated,
And for what?
Because of gender,
Because your body lacks a certain appendage,
Your chest is more pronounced, or your voice more pleasant?

You have been slighted.
You have been affronted and blasphemed...Read More

Sweet sticky moment
Nectar flow, golden honey
Irresistible
One demented honey bee
Affronted at our blatant theft.

...Read More

Shooting the Satan's children is an easy, injudicious death, brother!                     Drag them to the town,     ...Read More

It was Saturday evening when we had our date,
I was so prepared and assured that I won’t be late!
Preparing everything for my one true girl,
She makes me smile and makes my round world swirl.

Sitting on a chair and so quite...Read More

Because of life tormenting me beyond tolerable limits, 
I called for a duel in the front of the surging crowd in the square.

Then, he looked at me directly in the eyes 
and said mockingly “what made a cowardly person 
like...Read More

                      “Jealousy”
Jimmy had odds to beat, one he was a black teen and the temptations of big city’s Streets....Read More

Why is technology more difficult to grasp, the more they try to simplify it? Take the computer for example, when it first came out it was big, expensive and bulky and not in use for the common man or woman....Read More

ALLOWED    HIM    NO   LATITUDE


Andy, professional cartographer, adored his maps,
Valued them more than anything perhaps
As any cartographer would
As  all cartographers should  -
Lovingly drawing his Italy,  boot-like, 
Old outlines of the...Read More

a lot of intrigue, plenty of danger and a little bit of romance
a fatal conspiracy, God's destiny with a touch of bribery and finance
the Bible's book of Esther reads like a modern novel that contains all these things
but the book...Read More

hold on now
tryin' to pull my leg?
try beatin' me with a pillow
until I have to beg

no way you really mean it!
it's a joke,
it is, right?
such things could
never happen
to one just overnight

I went to bed at peace
well, relatively so, I mean
I...Read More

Danger, danger all around...
Worldly tears came to rest at a long 
measured affronted mournful breast.
In our heart's God's promised freedom
of country were shed many unnumbered tears...
A deadly reckoning, awakened many hidden fears.
T'was over three thousand deaths, had left to us...Read More