Doggedly Poems

Autumn's Russet Leaves

...Autumn's breeze teases the last russet leaves
clinging to branches with their golden fingers.
Seasonal change awakens Mother Nature's thieves,
a wildly wafting zephyr that doggedly lin...

August 13th, 2025 twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events

...August 13th, 2025 – twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events

The following poem posted about a half hour before the bewitching hour that spelled calamity (which though a frea...

Emma and Deacon

...Emma, Empress of Unicorn Empire,
esprit de corps of elementary school,
expeditious at exaggerating expression,
eagerly extending empathy of enormous embrace,
endless enthusiasm, exuberant existen...

Mixing Paints

...I paint a smile on my face, mid-poem the smile
begins to crumble.
Who are these dark angels that cast such shadows
over my laughter.
The brush falls from my hand, now I sketch in charcoal -
teet...

On the moors 11-04-25

...There was a great incline of stone, weathered
amongst the sparsely green valley
whose feet lay at the door of a thatched cottage
and whose head I was treading over now.
A fair stream, no wider th...

Nearby Ghetto

...
i wish i didn’t* but
i have to get across town
so off i go taking the bus
that drives through a nasty ghetto
 
i’m shocked as i look out the window
to see several dismal characters
i can’t i...

Exercise Regimen

...
the first week 
     is absolute hell ...
          "gym rust"
                an enemy  
                     one must doggedly...

battle and 
     conquer;
          challenging, 
 ...

No Looking Back

...
     P r o c r a s t i n a t i o n
   Seems doggedly determined
        To anchor me to today;
    Tells me to set sail tomorrow, 
    But I'm already on the ship.

   She tightly tugs at...

There are those days

...There are good days, bad days and sad days,
There are happy days, snappy days, crappy days
There are days so fickle it seems you clasp
the wisps of joy eluding your grasp
There are those days...

The Candidate

...
  Doggedly pursuing all races, all creeds
    hoping to please every last one 

  The hollow chamber on top of his neck and his shoulders
    ~ a blank check in the eye of each beholder
...

Lost Time

...

When I was a little girl, 
I spent so much time hoping for…
The day I turned 12, 13, 16 and 18.
I wanted to know what it would be like
To wake up and see that girl in the mirror,
The one who...

A positive impact on others

...
Gratitude suffuses me today
at prospect to plumb the depths
of a fledgling friendship
(respecting fidelity to wife)
even one bound 
within the parameters of cyberspace,
I feel courtesy your a...

Like Water

...Like water

I was the river
You were the sea
I dissolved into you
And thought I was free.
Out of the cage I flew
But landed on my knees 
As I tried to flee
The heavy clouds
And storms, of r...

Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING

...Legacy accompanied with inadequacy DESPAIR RING
uninvited GUESTS linkedin as the themes of mein kampf.

Despite countless factorial permutations
& combinations, this cyber surfer
avails left and...

A Sliver of Silver

...I was an experienced astrologer, for wandering stars held much fascination,
Luring in opal darkness of mystery, like beautiful butterfly transformations.

My days were spent charting pretty planet...

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