Austin Poems

why didn't Austin Butler start singing 'trouble' by Elvis Presley during the fight scene in Dune

it was therefore disappointing
but what ain't

hardcore science fiction
climate fiction

ecological lollocks
hero's journey balloon juice

Patrick Stewart on the baliset
is the definition of rock and roll

keep your expectations low going into the cinema
keep them low on the film

keep them low on the audience
for there can be no greater relief

leaving the theatre
when you say to a friend,

'thank christ everyone

JASON, AUSTIN AND STEPHANIE

It’s been 10 years since I retired from teaching…
but…every now and then…happily…some of those old memories soar…
This week awakened by a letter…a photo…
and a chance meeting at a grocery store.

The letter was from Jason…an old student…
in his letters…for me he always prays…
We’ve been writing back-and-forth for years.
His letter arrived today.

The photo was of Stephanie…
Her beautiful

Online Homework With Austin

Technology rage
That's all my free time gone
The teacher won't believe me

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Grandson and Grandad composition

Boston To Austin

It’s all good, it will be
The printer will print
Will that settle the soul?
For now anyway?

It’s not about the TV
Or the lack of furniture
Or worry about money
Or who likes you or not

It’s about perspective 
How to understand what happens 
In the wide open space
That is life, the future

It’s what we can control 
the wisdom of age

Daver Austin

ANIMAL COURT

I relate this story from my room in the Quiet Vale Giggling Academy

A reader might find my story hard to believe
BUT!
At one time in my life –
As a matter of fact quite recently –
I had just finished Dr. Doolittle’s great study
‘Talk to the Animals”
And after several months of following Doolittle’s observations
Found I could actually

Daver Austin

BEING JOAN MIRO

All the common fears and complaints of life
      may be put to canvas
                                   one

Daver Austin

THE ABSENT YEARS

life becomes so sweet
so precious life to the eye
life in all its forms –
the rock strewn stream bubbles life
even those worn-round pebbles

a silver fish drowned
soaked to death in my shower
strange how sad i felt
after watching it struggle
after offering nothing

like mixed emotions
when i tangle spider’s web
the tiny worker
tiny artist full of life
and i so

Three Words

when you love someone
you should never hesitate to tell them
unafraid of hearing it back

love isn’t based on reciprocation 
but what is given

say it confidently
say it loud 
but don’t hold it in 
love is a strong feeling

holding it in can destroy you
but for what? because your scared?
be brave in the game of love
because you could pass

What's Under the Tree Should Be From Austin Macauley

There they go down the street 
Even before they had anything to eat
During this tradition that has no admission 
People have a wide-eyed appeal
 Since this party is truly the real deal 
When marchers march, dancers dance, and balloons fly knowing they are there to introduce one special guy. 
It is Santa Claus of course

Partial Solar Eclipse -- Austin 30 May 1984

There was a solar eclipse today.
Only partial, but enough to make you want to look.
It made me sad.
I didn't have a piece of smoked glass or ultra-dark Ray Bans, and certainly not a solar scope.
Looking up, I saw the sun flash through leaf-made pinholes waving in the breeze.
Disappointed, I looked down,...
and discovered a thousand crescent

Round 1 New York Won

Round 1: New York won!
By Brett Somers
Written 10-13-2018

Like a ghost in the shadows
New York
People and places and vaporware faces
New York
Experience of magnitude
To have everything in the world
Yet what at all?
Transient position
Always moving 
New York
Cool spots, cool spaces
Beautiful faces 
New York
Astounding architecture
Money and merchandise
A workers paradise
New York
Does one settle?
In New York
Rent is rising
Always compromising
Who’s your friend

There Is a House In Austin

There is a town in Austin
they call "the Roach Motel,"
for many a poor roach that entered there
a sticky fate befell.
Now roaches, you keep our of there
whatever may entice,
for any roach may enter once,
but never enter twice.
My father as a crawler,
who crawled from dive to dive,
but he steered clear of roach motels,
and therefore did survive.
Guests of

Austin On Jeopardy

If you've recently watched Jeopardy, Austin's a mind blower  
With unbelievable knowledge and a delightful antics ogre
Keeps all of us watching
Big dollars he's notching
But someone will end the reign of this brilliant all knower

Austin Commute

It wasn't so bad this morning
But I arrived an hour early
If I'd left later—
     even a few minutes?
Only the clock will tell
After all
     It's only my first time

Streets of Austin

I live alone in this broken down house 
My dreams once lived here but they have faded
Like the paint on the west side of the house
To many years facing the music
I kept to myself and stayed in the shadows
The tears don’t twinkle in the dark
You will find the door locked
No one has been inside in

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