Fast, a Fool
...Oh enigma ...
Endless hours of twilight-daubed magic -
Enchanting walks 'side a moon-splattered sea,
Alight with silver doubloon wave-tops that mock the starry vault,
Toes pressed to the ...
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Categories:
casual remark, love hurts, romance, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Daddy Cool
...He's a cool daddy. So Daddy Cool.
Daddy, Daddy, swing Daddy Cool!
Many follow his fashion rule.
Daddy's hip. And nobody's fool.
Dig Daddy. Dig Daddy's shades so dark!
Watch Daddy. Watch Da...
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Categories:
casual remark, culture, happy, imagery, life,
Form: Rhyme
Dear Victor
...Dear Victor
The day you walked in I was just ten years old and for the first time I felt the gentle butterfly flutters of a young hearts innocent attraction.
I wasn't the only one. With your flo...
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Categories:
casual remark, childhood, first love,
Form: Prose Poetry
On the Street
...I noticed her, she looked well bred
Enthusiastic eyes, sand wiped skin, dark
Trying hard to look casual
Then I saw her, looking thin
Worried eyes, forced smile, walking
Trying to look casual
One d...
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Categories:
casual remark, fear, life, loss, people,
Form: Free verse
Strangers
...STRANGERS
I often watch as you walk by,
You and many others
Lost within your thoughts and plans
Within a sea of brothers
We are strangers you and I
We have never spoken
We stay locked w...
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Categories:
casual remark, friendship, social
Form: Rhyme
Sweet Deathly Rose
...Oh, mild flower I chanced to meet,
A ruby red, yet so discreet.
She'd never seen a hue my blue.
Sweet deathly rose that I once knew.
Her fragrance wafted on the breeze,
And all were drawn to her wit...
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Categories:
casual remark, friendship, loss, me, rose,
Form: Kyrielle
Mother's Words
...it's a point of interest, at least it is to me,
the power of a mother's utterance
on a child can surely be
my mom, for instance
once told me, when I was but a tot
never eat toadstools, those ...
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Categories:
casual remark, childhood, education, mother, power,
Form: Free verse