I am singing from a corner of the house
Sweet or hoarse,sentimental or appealing,melody or clamour
No one bother and no one can help
People are violating
Virus is attacking
Sad, heartbroken and a chaos
I am lost
I sing to the underprivileged and unfortunates
And also the Almighty God for help
I can only sing
THE CANDY-DATE KID-NAP
Young chap, Baby on knee.
hardly old enough to vote. Settle to nap,
Just out of mother's lap, and form dreaming.
knowledge of government still remote. Blasted! Jet fly, he up.
Must take the plunge sometime, though, Maybe now he
now is as good a time as any startle poo' chap.
to walk the straight and narrow, Cause warm feeling.
stand on one's own and be free. Bastard! Wet on my lap!
Here we go:
(moment's hesitation)
right before left.
Got it, good show!
……PERAMBULATION.
When midnight turns the corner
another day will begin
but only time and tide can tell
what it holds within
for man's best laid plans
are made of smoke in the wind
on which his hopes and desires
are pinned
from a fading moon to a rising sun
dreams may be superfluous
for who's to say at the end of the day
what will become of us
life changes begin with me, positive outlook on future
poems become
interchangeable
remove
the image
the poem
remains
when synapses
misfire
identity
disperses
before death
arrives
when the hands
forget
the song
the Martin
OM-45 Deluxe
inscribed in spruce
and mother-of-pearl
the third fret
worn smooth
by G
an archive
of vanished
movements
most poems
observe
others collect
surfaces
fallen leaves
frozen ponds
abandoned chapels
secondhand
transcendence
rehearsed
astonishment
mistaking
recognition
for revelation
few descend
into
distressed
consciousness
where nothing
remains
clean
is messier
no idle
observations
consciousness
a spiral
of repitition
residue—
not the subject
only the
substitution
the mosquito
bite
of fungibility
==========
They look right past the trailer door,
And talk as if I’m never there.
"She doesn't fish," I hear him say,
A heavy truth hangs in the air.
But no one casts a line my way,
Or ask if I would like to ride.
They only ask me to babysit,
And leave my own desires inside.
They feel as if I were a hermit,
I am never asked to see a movie or share a meal.
But I’m just waiting in the shade,
Inside this quiet box of steel.
Tucked tight into the yard’s far edge trying not to fade,
A quiet life behind the screen.
The anchor, holding down the fort,
The forgotten one, who stays unseen,
Always a good sport.
Soldier’s eyes that saw
Ashes of war acquainted
Devastation path
Breezes with echoes and smell of the battlefield
Uniform formation
Standing at attention
Veterans in honor who sacrificed their lives for the good of the nation
Soldiers who survived to represent being hellos
Walking through the sunrise to sunset
Horizons given
Completing the mission
Battles aren’t always easy
Frontlines contribute Death
Veterans being the brave souls of courage
Committed to command
Always ready on a moment’s notice
Standing for America
Defending the towns, cities, valleys and rivers below
Never questioning, but propelled to success
Fighting battles until the end
Conquering beyond measure
War is never a pleasure
It is an honor to serve
Veterans wonder in recognition
Soulful eyes observe
Veterans salute of Honor and dignity
Thank you for your service
Salute to you with pride and perseverance
Footsteps in the shadows
Spotlight circle
Veterans image
Walk on Soldiers
The dust has cleared and all is at rest
Veterans wonder
Many have gone yonder
Everlasting of Heaven.
A secondhand corner
Bookstore – I wonder what book will
Choose to make itself known to me today.
Dust or dialogue,
Extraction or echo,
Full-page or fiction? As I enter the
Gateway of the fixation of words – I wonder…
How many homes, people, miles you have been
Introduced to,
Jaunted, or come across? How your
Kindred-ness has inspired so many –
Living through pages, with your tree spirit still alive.
Mediator through human madness,
Navigation through understanding,
Openness through touch. With every
Page turned, how it nourishes a single soul –
Quantifying. Though each
Reader finds different meaning with a new word –
Side note. Though my trip
To the bookstore is coming an end – You are truly the spitting image of what
Universal unification exudes – of what humans allow, that is.
Verso, ending where another can begin again. To find new meaning
Worldwide to create their own place.
Xeric plant from the seed planted – Foundation. As I walk outside,
Yellow birds flying together, and how
Zen harmonizes the day.
If I disappear
And you do not know where to find me
I will be in a lonely corner
Thinking about poetry.
he knew that divorce would be a new beginning
a sad journey yet filled with promise and faith
the agony was over now the walls had come down
God told him he need not be crushed
for there would be new foundations and perspectives
that the ingredients for a happy life were all abound
only he himself could stand in his own way
and therefore he surrendered once more and again
once he opened his eyes to reality uncertainty and fears
he saw glimpses of another dawning and bright light
darkness would never be permanent nor would suffering and pain
and reconstruction would take patience stillness and action
he felt a plain wide open with challenges and choices
and realised that future would happen if he lived in the present
Day one embarking on adventure.
A new setup to stimulate my muse.
Already creative ideas were bubbling.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2026
Sadly our vacation was ending.
I wanted to fully capture the moment.
Would revisit throughout the year.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Springs warmth on my cheek in the early afternoon as snow crunches under foot
CROSS IN THE ROADWAY
LYRICS BY ALICE MARAGLIA
WRITTEN 2019
I was stopped in traffic on a hot summer's day
praying for God to show me a better way.
As I looked up from my steering wheel
bells were ringing, red lights flashing,
for the Cross in the Roadway.
Two outstretched arms laid across those old train tracks
two cars crossed over and never came back.
They ignored the signs that came that day
from the Cross in the Roadway.
I heard a voice from heaven say
"I put that Cross in the Roadway to remind
you to slow down someday.
I was running out of time, more things to do,
but that old Cross in the Roadway kept me
before my time was due.
Oh when I look back on that day, only to see
how God spared my life from being struck on that
track. If it wasn't for the old Cross in the Roadway
When your life feels like it's lost it's meaning
and there is only one way out,
Remember, round every cornier that
Cross in the Roadway that keeps us on track.
Please add sugar to the coffee, Miss
Anything else, she said
Please add me to your WeChat
Sugar can be added to coffee, Sir
But not the WeChat
They both smile
And look each other eyes dottingly.
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