Again Poems

a sigh, beaming ...
'je n'ai pas peur' she answered
though the question's intent
was to part more than just lips.
he latched her hand
tugging her up the wrought iron spiral
'rooftops!' he cried, 'rooftops and red skies!'
they ran out onto the tar-paper flat
giggling like...Read More

It was in the Barley Tavern, on a normal Friday night,
I’d ordered flatty tails and chips for tea, before I’m sitting down,
with a schooner full of Coopers stout, when I caught a sight,
of Curly Easson entering, who doesn’t often come...Read More

Adieu
Abschied
Proshchaniye
I have the dreaded Covid
I cough
I sneeze
Everything tastes bland
I can’t smell the flowers
Oh life
You’ve forsaken me again
With the borders closed
Houses locked down
I’m a prisoner 
In my own death
He circles my bed
With his foul breath
His garbs
Of mystery and menace
Oh
Its just the...Read More

On the car ride to chaos
I let the soft instrumental music
trace along the corners of my mind 
easing the knot inside 
my eyes shut, as the sun’s warmth fell; 
Like an orphaned leaf subtly on a lulled lake.

The sun afresh;...Read More

There once was a General who had an investment in the swamp 
He had many ways of getting what he wants 
Including making things great again when he stomps 
While in the marsh land 
The General had to make a...Read More

Let's confess today.

Let's confess that we trusted and we were broken. 
Let's confess that we cheated because we were cheated so badly that we can't accept it won't happen again. 
Let's confess, even those who would say "I'll never leave...Read More

Things can be intimidating within this future of life as we know 
like a luring spiritual souls path intricately lingering
departing its everlasting glow 
Nullifying life’s hardships 
Prospering life’s greatness 
Alluring as my mindset is trying 
somewhat of a meaningful reset
Everything...Read More

As life is in chaos and the times are stressed here are four Sonnets of the Sea to allow your mind and soul to escape...May peace and blessings come to all in these the times we find ourselves

One With the...Read More

Standing in the kitchen, the house is silent.
Mama’s door is shut.  She’s sleeping or hiding

Floral lined stoneware, in faded blue
A cluster of sticky notes, with the day’s “to do”

Two warm, brown pitchers of sweetnlow tea
Daddy must have been here,...Read More

The sound of a piano playing a dirge lies in the air. It was the day before general quarantine measures were implemented by the Austrian government. That same night, for the first time in recent memory, Vienna's stars were visible.

The...Read More

BUT THANKFULLY IT KEEPS YOU STEADY AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR DECENT DOWN INTO THE ABYSS . . .
THIS FLIGHT IS FREE FALLING AS QUICK AS VOLCANIC ASH THAT HAS NO FUTURE NOR A  PAST TO MISS . . .
SOULS...Read More

It's a shopping mall exit,
that we think is a short-cut.
A side-door 
we have passed a thousand times
becomes a threshold.

Persons can abruptly disappear, 
then the Universe
has to put them together again
from the smithereens of minor sins.

In our heart of hearts
we see...Read More

If Covid were a person
With persona to dishonor
Where would I begin?
Given a burdizzo, pliers, and crashers
Gadgets in horror fora
Where could I begin?
With an energy drink
Oh, I will not blink
Where should I begin? 
So morbid Covid
Will never fire again
Where shall I...Read More

Why did they plant the magnolia
in the tight corner between the house
and the garage? There is no room for a tree.

Each spring, she blooms valiantly;
each summer, she stretches her branches
with the large leathery leaves
over the roof;

you cut them. Last year,...Read More

	There was an orange tanned douchebag called Trump

		Playing hero on a bicycle pump

			When inflating his Ego

				Before sorting the Lego

		The great wall crushed with a flatulent thump


	London BoJo called Muslims a post box

		Surely they spread contagion and small pox

			We must rule...Read More

First day of lockdown 
I was enjoying everything 
Had a healthy breakfast after that 
Watched tv ,played on line chess 
Had a good nap to complete relax.
About 11 o clock i left the bed
Put on sleepers and stepped forward to...Read More

Silence overtakes me like never before,
The eyes of my heart shook to the core,
Keeping your words so close to me, i trust and believe,
They stay in my heart, yet i must reread,
My only source of comfort at a time like...Read More

I
English showcases Joseph Conrad, Dickens, James Joyce, Tagore
Conrad, once a Pole, Joyce may be Irish, Tagore -Indian of course
In political terms, England rocketed after 1558, besting the Spanish
Our 'lingua franca' changed from Spanish to the Queens English

II
That is all the...Read More

Sammy fell asleep in the girls’ room again.
They are four, six and seven so that’s on him.
My giggling husband and I casually tiptoed in 
He had toys from his bottom up to his chin.

He does not seem to mind, said...Read More

The pandemic is over 
The joy is filling the forests
And the meadows 

The lakes and streams are happy again
The fish are biting 
Eager to delight the fisherman

We are running and jumping
Twirling and whirling
Happy to be given another chance

To exude warmth
To...Read More

COVID-19; EFFECTS

ROADS, ARE GENERALLY EMPTY
HIGHWAY,S AT HALF OF THEIR PACE
EFFECT ON COMMERCE, IS HEFTY
HOME, A PLACE AT LEAST SAFE

FEAR IN THE MIND, HAS A FOOTHOLD
IT IS SHOWN, BY THE BUYING OF MAN
SOME SHELVES ARE EMPTY, OF STOCK SOLD
TOILET PAPER, IT...Read More

the drones embedded in the crotch of battle
while the white collar generals
bark orders from remote hills
every now and again
patting our virtual heads
never telling us the vital things
although we draw closer to death

after the dust settles
after the invisible devils are beaten...Read More

A dream lay on the beach
like a stone pounded smooth 
gently sweetened by the sea
unclaimed
beauty unrecognized
scores pass by
those fossilized souls
dead-slag eyed..
To often
a devil comes along
gleans it from a deserving palm,
skips it across the cold backbone of the sea
until it settles...Read More

Black Friday

So here we are again
My reflection and I
The worst of friends
As we’ve always been

Surely nothing could be better
I am a happily married man 
With a beautiful wife
And a lovely child

But something has grown
Out of the unknown
A latent energy

A mysterious
Creeping...Read More

Welcome New Year
I'm glad that you're here
But quickly the drama sets in
The world as I know it
Is changing
And I'm begin greeted
By some really strange things
I mean
Issues, after issues,
Followed by more issues
So Drama, if you think I'll accept defeat by you...Read More