Best Inclination Poems

Shuttling beyond the lay
Of the land that may
End at the water,
Splash and fish, tide and otter.

War birds knocking stars from Heaven,
Wolf packs moving, six or...

Read more of this work...

We oft expect of others,
In most given situations,
What we ourselves would do,
For it's our inclination,

To think that we are all the same,
So we think they...

Read more of this work...

Be the halo of moon in a starless sky
Be the angel of smiles for tearful eyes
A beacon of hope in despair of grief 
A lighthouse...

Read more of this work...

Universal elegy grieves and yet embraces shifts of paradigm
New beginnings consciousness initiates comprehends and thus proceeds from
Illusion’s delusion collusions misconceptions in the irritating
Vortex whirlpool immanent...

Read more of this work...

I am a white, middle class, American male; raised in a white, middle class American home.  I would not say that my upbringing included...

Read more of this work...

I've passed it by, so many times before
While traveling this twisted asphalt highway
That weathered sign, nailed, so crudely fashioned
To peeling bark, upon the yoke 
Of...

Read more of this work...

"I wandered lonely as a cloud"--- By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a tramp, 
Far, far away from all human habitats
Away from all prying eyes
Following...

Read more of this work...

Shadows of yesterday eclipse reality,
but in hope lies my dreams
mired in doubt and frustration, I'm left waiting.
Waiting for love's elusive touch, indulging in pleasures
that are...

Read more of this work...

A Pause Long Enough

I don't mind
if you sit 
at the head of the table
I have no desire
to take your place from you
You can tell me...

Read more of this work...

Sunbathing martyrs
Bask in the inclination
Of August sunlight---
Alms of sunrays penetrate
Extinguishing the sunblock.

© Harry J Horsman  2011...

Read more of this work...

Dear Laura…

I have an inclination that when you read this down the road you will have lived a long healthy and happy life. These things...

Read more of this work...

stared at the two passionate lines for the longest time,
       what I wrote ..I created ... as if in...

Read more of this work...

        Black boxes atop a vintage shelf
           ...

Read more of this work...

Converging forces, volatile and caustic
 Magnetism drew us two poles together
    south on south
Defying physics ,advice, and common sense
  We tempted...

Read more of this work...

Today I seek the sun,
it's gentle painless play-
words of winter warmth
spur me on my way,
away from death wish,
daily things gone wrong.

Today I seek the sky...

Read more of this work...