Ten Hungry Vultures
...Hungry vultures; there were ten, just sitting in a tree
One fell out and bit the dust while my wife made my tea
Hungry vultures; there were nine, among the leaves so green
One chewed dirt as my ...
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Categories:
crack shot, bird, silly,
Form: Couplet
Who Killed the President
...Who killed the president?
It was a fine forenoon when the pilot left the ship in Wilhelmshaven
in Curacao, bound for Maracaibo, Venezuela
the sea was like a mirror at ease being back on the ocean...
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Categories:
crack shot, america, betrayal, corruption,
Form: Blank verse
Who the Hell Do You Think You Are
...I’m a recovering Catholic
drug fiend and addict,
a drunk, a thief and ex-con,
musician, writer, half assed poet, and fighter,
a drifter, failed husband and father,
horrible dancer, an e...
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Categories:
crack shot, character, self,
Form: Rhyme
The Legend of Gusty Brown
...The Legend of Gusty Brown
This is the legend of Gusty Brown
And all the beans that he could down
He and his steed ate beans by the pail
Together they issued an odorous gale
A Wild West crack...
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Categories:
crack shot, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Death Row
...morning breaks like a crack shot through bone
the needs are frightening that i must possess
this hunger in my womb
head out to trenches
crawling on concrete blood
tanks and diesel
mortars and...
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Categories:
crack shot, courage, death, war,
Form: Free verse
Steal My Heart?
...Could I fathom a women heart and dare to steal it,
Or be dumb to quantify and trade ever misfit,
Fancy what you may but I did not surrendered my wit,
Think again before you truly tempt to shrink ...
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Categories:
crack shot, lifeheart, heart, may,
Form: Free verse