Best Hooking Poems

She is a Ugandan girl
The odds are stacked against her
That is her first hurdle
She is also a Christian girl
That is her second hurdle
Clearly, hooking up is bad

She goes ahead
She braves the storm
She hits the bar
Try as she may
The good ones won’t play
Clearly, hooking up is...

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My new office is a maze and tangle of wires
a challenge for these tired old eyes:

What goes how and when and where--
think I'll go outside and get some air....

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hooking laughs
then another
~ barrel of monkeys


posted on June 12, 2018...

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Yup ... there's no question about it,
    I'm talking about sex, and all the 
        Calamity and comedy that surrounds.

Yet I'm not sure if the destiny will
    Defer to the clumsy, or...

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I’ve known the streets: Places where the night lingers and the echoes of passing cars feel distant.

My feet have grown accustomed to the dim-lit alleys.

I walked past shuttered windows when the city slept, listening  for the familiar footsteps that come and go.

I leaned against...

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