Attempting Poems

attempting to learn bird speak

bird-speak is inexplicably complicated
I try to imitate it, but unsuccessfully
it is impossible without a beak
a mouth cannot replicate these sounds
I dare not try to decipher their meaning
without benefit of mimicry

Satirical Journal Entry 1 Attempting Suicide: Just The Beginning

Satirical Journal Entry #1
Attempting Suicide:
Just The Beginning!
If I killed myself today would anyone notice? Would anyone be at my 
funeral?
If so, would they come just ot give themselves peace(piece) of mind over 
all the things they took from me?
I guess better late than never!
Hmmm..........
A corpse could always use a loan or a shoulder to cry

While attempting going to sleep after midnight

While attempting going to sleep after midnight...

December 27th, 2023,
the missus pounded mine posterior
(she played paddywhack 
on me blimey buttucks)
not only causing contusion, 
but flaying percussive rumpus, 
where the wild things are
found yours truly feeling
like a cross between a bongo drum
and a Ubangi
(also spelled Ubangui, Ubanghi, or Oubangui).

Meanwhile good n plenty 
good vibrations 
(cue the Beach

Thankful For Attempting To Live a Life With No Regrets

May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life
that have, for us, thus far accrued…
and to begin each day with a word of thanks…
and thoughts of gratitude.

Today I’m thankful for attempting to live a life with a minimum of regret
for trying never do anything I’d want desperately to forget

This reasoning comes from

Attempting To Capture a Pink Sky

a pink sky pinker than any other sky I’ve ever seen
no one will believe it I thought so I took photos
One after another, but none could hope to capture it
For it was more than three dimensional, it was surreal dimensional
I gave up after the sixty-eighth disappointment

It looks cold out there my husband said, snuggled in

Ants Attempting Heavy Stomps

A rat, a mat, an extra large sleeping bag, and a sofa went to a swimming pool and dived in head first. Never mind the salad dressing shouted the orchestra audience from the balconies. Vast crowds. Vast castle crossroads. Strings, skins and buttons roared in agreement. That tannoy announcement was so correct and ensured gold

Attempting Accentuating Activated Aftermath

soft to the touch
your return is so addictive yet so right
i am reborn here
you grind so thoroughly over me
tears are a new ocean with all impurities swept clean
oh how i missed how you knew me
oh how i missed how you responded to my knowing you
maybe after this reunion we will show how we both have

Attempting One-Liners Again

My cousin from Britain wanted the American experience... (I gave her a Twinkie)
Some bloke on Facebook said I was dum and I mailed him a dictionary
I ran out of tissues watching Titanic... (I guess laughter does birth a river)
The Queen went to the loo after a game of poker... (safe to assume that she had

Attempting One-Liners

There's no I in team, but if you're clever you can a find a "me"
I ran a home-run, and the whole crowd followed my lead... (my parents thought it cute naming me Forrest)
He was counting his doll collection, using the letters of the alphabet, and couldn't make it pass the Y chromosome
I received a two

Assinine Thought Attempting Humor

Funny thought.... chiwuawa bites a man's boot without said man knowing the dog was even there....dog ends up with doggie dentures....the owner sues said man for cruelty to animals....case denied when his boot was put on display with teeth still embedded in the bite marks....evidence shows that the dog was suffering from gum disease. The

Attempting

attempting to make
model aeroplanes - -
super glued fingers

modern haiku

Attempting Freedom

Free to be an owl-

Nightmarish clues at dawn-

The sunrise 'death distorting

A kind and lonely soul.


Free to kill for hunger

In moonlight's smiling poison.

The lasting dream re-occurring

A hummingbird in prison.


Free to be mysterious-

Lethal games with mice.

Repulsing limbs accusing

The need to throw the dice.


The blinds are shut forever,

Maternal instincts cry.

Free to kill the echo...

The bird will ever fly?

Just a Kiss (Tagged By C. Devonshire Attempting To Tag....Emily Kroeger

Earthworm-like twins, parallel to 
one another
quivering and both equally 
yearning to explore

the others skin.

Tension-free, nervousness leaves
in that moment
I remember the Butterflies
and the Finger-tip tickle skinsation.

Attempting Tanka Poem

Mister, my dog love
always rushes to greet me
with wagging tail joy
his body shakes like crazy
you think he will break apart.

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