Compiling Poems

MY NAME IS CHANGING AGAIN

...
The last couple of times we’ve had dinner with our family I have been enthralled
as we sit and talk around the table…by all the names I’m called.

Since James was given to me by my parents on th...

TO KNOW GOD

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Vincent Van Gogh, an artist who through his art and life pulled on our heartstrings,
said the best way to know God…is…to love many things…

I like that…I like to think that God is love…and that ...

My Sweet Lord!

...How does the hymner sing of God's measureless love through quadruplets-
Fine craftsman of fields, flowers, fountains of water, mountains, and sun-
Who practiced self-denial, till blood sweat, for t...

Hurt

...Hurt

Immersed within in us all lay such deep rooted hurt
A pain so profound, yet staying subconsciously inert 
Be it physically or an emotionally charged event 
How does this apply and what doe...

The Final Cut

...Working on compiling this book of grandpa wisdom,
Harder than choosing which old poems to include
Is cutting off the ongoing output of new ones!

But I do want to get it done,
And I really don’t...

THE SMILING WILLOW

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When I want to know how the Earth is feeling…
I don’t ask the mountains, the rivers or the sea…
I walk down by the lake and visit this old willow tree.

Legend says (and who am I to dispute thi...

Electorate on tenterhooks until

...Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2024 presidential election announced

Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning 
November fifth two thousand twenty four
heightene...

Moscow III

...And all the world would change forevermore,
for solitude’s content has come undone.
Its island bliss could harbor it no more  
as destiny unleased the rising Sun.
The sleeping giant woke to see i...

OCD

...(Pema, 2018)

OCD

Working on compiling and editing my latest project
even my dreams become an obsessive loop
of cutting and pasting words and images
mostly just the same few over and o...

BROTHERS YOUNG AND OLD

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I have this framed photo of my brothers and me…it hangs upon my wall
It captures a moment from long ago…when we were all quite small.

Mark, the eldest is in the middle.  
I’m sitting on his le...

Ideas

...If I were in school.

I would get my paper.

Crumpling, and tearing.

Compiling, and filing.

My room is covered in paper!

The paper is impatient.

I turn on the fan.

And the room bec...

Tesseract

...


               
               In the runic depths of time's pearl 
                                   and before 
                      its emerald space implored upon 
             it's s...

Long time Shelton, Washington transplants

...Long time Shelton, Washington transplants...

also known as
noteworthy Trader Joe's patrons
bass sic lee did treble themselves
conducting taping jam session
assembling (boxing), compiling,
and...

The Dance of Shadows

...Written: September 21, 2023
Shadows Poetry Contest                     Sponsored by: Regina McIntosh  
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Shadows roamed free...

This Is Fun

...I wish I were a poet.
I think I am, I know it.
My mind says “don’t blow it.”
I think I’ll give it time.

Poems I’ve read a lot, you know,
I haven’t read enough, although,
to make a mark in tim...

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