Balk Poems - Poems about Balk

I Admire the Poet

...I admire the poet
who looks life seriously in the eye,
whose emotions he won't deny. 
I admire the poet who makes me cry,
but I'm not him, and I won't try.

I admire the believer
who will neve...

Shazz HAZZ JAZZ- for Shasta Simms

...Shazz Hazz jazz...
Hazz a present tense sound verb to have, to it;
Been getting down, sho’ you have;
Shazz Hazz jazz... been owner of the views, rhythm blues;
Been dancing in funky sh...

Let’s walk our talk

...Let’s walk our talk and stand erect,
mindful of thoughts we think,
stirring love that aura be specked,
with hues of God’s bliss ink.

Awareness self-aware,
free from ego spawned sna...

The Hunt of the Wolf a song

...Arooooooo
this lonely wolf

Arooooooo
this lonely wolf

out on the hunt

the night is dark

what to find
what to find 

tonight

the drunks stagger
that will not satisfy
the taste is...

The Dawn

...
Liar, Liar,
Truth on Fire

Hush little electorate, 
Don't say a word
No one's gonna balk at a single turd

The Donkey fell down
and broke his Crown
and the Elephant came tumbling after

...

Discard vicarious knowledge

...What are the concepts onto which we hold,
the crutches we need in order to walk,
though mind stagnates from youth till we grow old
and as false beliefs continue to stalk,
a time comes when behold...

A Mound

...Today I found, right on the ground,
A giant pile of dirt - a mound - 
Right where I walk, but did I balk?
No, since I still could walk around.

I was surprised, but I surmised
That gardeners ha...

Wait I'll take my headphones off

...Please go ahead and talk talk
Anyway these people will stalk stalk 
I don't want to walk walk 
around or somewhere else, even though if I just need to rotate at my moms house
But don't scratch my...

Museum of Me

...Diaries left open and letters framed,
chronological ink waving from a horizon, gone.
Clothes hung to recreate a wedding, a dance, a touch – 
enclosed in glass cases to trap the scent inside.

Th...

My Antenna

...As a city gal, I’m constantly
Aware of what surrounds me,
From everything familiar
To a sight that might astound me.

Yet always I am on alert,
Attuned to what I feel,
For danger may be lurkin...

Grieve when Sins Receive and Relieve

...when more money spend
to me another bill send
on income depend

about game will talk
either was a hit or walk
or had been a balk

had been well rehearsed
for being best and not worst
in sta...

The Poets

...I envy the poets

The ones who can disentangle the threads of their thoughts 

And smoothen them out on paper

Each word, each letter, each curve of their quill laden with meaning, passion and ...

Stir

...
Written: February 28, 2024
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Mayhem prevails as calm dries and stirs rise. 
A ruckus erupts as words and deeds blend.
Oh, the wrath, rela...

Firm focus

...Ego no doubt played its role
but shrouded light of our soul,
so we now lay fears to rest,
that we may rise in light jest.

Earth life is designed to test,
that soul may rise to the crest
but G...

Get Ready - Use Your Brain

...Knowledge, science hateful be
To those who never doubt they’re right –
Those who have eyes but will not see.

They shy from logic, discussion flee…
In vitriol and rants delight,
They choose, th...

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