Fended Poems

Determination

...hunch in me, foresees flames, allow me to strap
tight my fears, there I must reach, regardless. This
bridge keeping my legs intact starts to collapse,
either way I get burnt or I crush. This jungl...

The You within

...I dedicate this day, to those women
Who faced domestic violence and abuse
And went into a silent recluse
For the sake of their family and children.

I dedicate this day, to the women wronged
Wh...

Saturday Nights Taking Hits Listening to Narco Debut and Thinking of you

...Concomitant treatments
And with a medal of honor in pill Russian roulette, 
I’m likely to believe it 

The problem is 
You say everything with confidence 
So I’m likely to believe it 
You alre...

The Love of a Good Woman

...The brave seemed ferocious to many
He wore a scowl that fended them off
Unfriendly and unapproachable
Until the right woman discovered him

She tamed him into a new man
Protective sure, but the...

A Wannabe Cowboy

...Well, I’ve lived in this Montana country
guess it's been pert near fourteen years 
I call myself a cowboy though I ain't
punched no cows or branded no steers

Ain't broke me no fiery eyed wild s...

Gateway Town

...Gateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence,
with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway.
Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for ...

Down, Down, Down the Rabbit Hole

...I remember a time when I surfaced to breathe 
and the air outside was as pure as can be 
I remember a time when life was so simple 
that the stars in the sky were all full of twinkle 

T...

Afraid of the Darkness

...Innocent candle flame invokes memories 
Childhood in a home not suitable 
Candles handed out for bedtime 
Precious items giving comfort 

A yellow flickering flame lighting the way 
Treat it wi...

A Tenebrous Night Is About To Fall

...Wild meadows
beneath white peaks,
a jessamine perfume
enters the nostrils...
winds resume.

Sturdy men
hop on stallions,
wolves growl 
as worried mothers
tend to their babies;
a tenebrous ...

In My Head

...I behold what I have created,
immaculate but yet not true,
a celestial conceptualization created by the chiseling edges of my fended anima.
Your image does not belong to you, but is simply carried...

Two Lovers Vi - Paper Plates

...Out with his boys drinking, feeling rowdy
Special occasion
Rolling the way they do
His lover is not with them
She stayed in for the night
He misses her company
But enjoys his time with the guys...

January 17th, 2020, a Moost Memorable Outing At Collegeville Diner

...January 17th, 2020, a moost memorable outing at Collegeville Diner

A hardy acknowledgement yessiree
to the blessed sister Amelie worthy
of such beloved, devoted,
feted husband Rich truly
besto...

Poet Ken

...A rascal up north, poet Ken

retired one dark night to his den.

He woke to the stares 

of two angry bears

and fended them off with his pen!


Jan. 3, 2018 for the LImerick contest of Jo...

Spiritedly Distilling Social Graces

...Puberty set off affright
seeding decades long
     terrestrial space flight
freighted existential blight,
wherefore from that
attempt to live airtight
many scores yesternight
ago, I barely (ex...

Them's Fightin' Words -Edited

...I, Word Warrior, having the yen
for writing, then retired to my den.
A grumpy old bear
had wandered in there,
but I fended him off with my pen!

Sept. 15, 2018
For the 'Unsheath Your Sword' Po...

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