Carry Forward Poems

Firework maker's daughter

...As the southern winds blew,
I, all but a firework maker’s daughter; stood still.
He demanded I learn the craft as he taught,
but that was never my intention at heart.
I sought not to carry forwar...

A Whisper Into the Kitchen Floor

...He tastes the salt before he knows he's shed a tear
He'd always been a staggering man
Since his Army days known by most simply as Big Roy
Now he's a staggered man
This night, curved and hunched
...

The Echo Returns Not

...In the stillness of a twilight hour,
Where shadows stretch and silence grows,
I call out to the fading light,
But the echo returns not, as it goes.
Beneath the boughs of ancient trees,
Whispers ...

Love's Simplicity

...Old wisdom runs deep 
Like rivers through our bodies
Heart speaks what mind knows

Blood carries stories forward 
Through time's gentle flow

Love flows in our veins 
Like songs sung by our p...

Robert Sherriff - Australian - transgender

...Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian – Photographer

The Common Pursuit of Inclusivity and Mutual Respect: This is not just a goal but a necessity for o...

First Night

...Our holiday was musical
(The food was yummy, too)
Because our grandkids each received
A shiny new kazoo.

To add to the festivities,
Another gift revealed
Harmonicas, which both of them
Did v...

Nod To Greed

...His was a lifetime 
spent grabbing
	storing
	stashing
	garnering
	stealing
	collecting
	depositing
	amassing...
try-try-trying  to fill  
his soul hole   carved deep
   from a youth
   fr...

Now That We Are Here

...Life is an interesting phenomenon
Everyone talks about it. 
But who knows about it completely?
Is it so difficult to be fathomed? 
Having said that it’s not bizarre to comprehend.
All scriptures...

Countdown 2023

...A countdown 2023
Ushering in a prosperous new year
Political stability
Economic recovery
Epidemic free
Fast development
Hopes and happiness
Never countdown backwards 2022
Whatever gone is gon...

The Flying Flakes of Wishes

...Flakes fly around— of old wishes,
Unfulfilled and still far from dead,
Borne by age-old rickety bed,
Burdens of old dreams still anguish.
In teeming tamas, a lone head,
Old wishes free from a lo...

Portrait

...Paint me blue like the sky
rainbow's smile; thunder's cry
clouded curtains rife with rain
till shroud is lanced and bluebirds fly again
     Wistful moods in mahogany frames
     melancholy pain...

Listen To the Moon

...The plain is fuzzing with the ingress racing.
Predicted rain is heard in the birds singing.
Sow your seed when the moon tells its time.
Hear the tales close to the fire; it's sublime.
...

Reassured

...*Reassured*
Amidst the glitzy party, I wallow in suffocation, 
Secluded in the bathroom – my apt accommodation. 
Trapped within the hollow walls, I weep aloud, 
Brutally slapping myself until my ...

Mini Drama: Sturmabteilung 1

...Oct. 23, around nine o'clock, GOP's special action commanding office: Dozens of "rock-ribbed" Reps arrived on and off to attend a briefing held by their hauptman Mutt Gaets, a Florida Trumpery henchm...

All the Things

...All The Things
	
Grandma told me to be mindful. She used to tell me that when I was a kid. What exactly that meant did not completely become clear to me, until after she was gone. I was not mindful...

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