Fretful Poems

Carbon dating

...I'd been sleeping poorly what with my agonies
needed an early morning nap but
at a ratatatat on the front door I jerked awake and
obediently open up, a respectable couple not
this time trying to ...

inner and outer

...We all have inner and outer lives.
They’re messy, hopelessly intertwined, and more
than mere mannequins to hang our word-art upon.

I’m supported, in my unwritten life, by a structure
of moods, ...

Turtle Sees the Coming Storm

...Turtle is ancient, he speaks now and always
for the indigenous who have lost their voices.

By day, Turtle's form embellishes,
he sits outside of a Chinese restaurant
by the side of an ornamenta...

Rupture - Apr 22

...Attempt, attempt, attempt, I try, I do,
but find success a frightful,fretful sort 
of creature.—.landing always just so short
for you,—my victories?: far less than few.

From void to verse then ...

Sleep paralysis

...At 3:00am I found myself outside,
Mind was awake but flesh was in deep deep sleep,
A sense of ghostly presence-I couldn't see.
A heavy shadow weighed upon my chest,
All breaths and thought turned...

Que Bellisima or You Are Beautiful

...

     
                          4/12/2025


      let us remember that we are spiritual beings,
      and see God’s design and plan in everything.

       with eternal gratitude at each...

The Baya Weaver

...
He had fondly decided to do his best
And win her love- his warm,cute choice ;                      
He flew about her, in chivalry and poise,
Who pecked and offered him to build a nest
That sho...

And There were Three

...Three faceless Misses
amble amidst vagarious March rains
under parasols / veiled in the anonymity of death/burial 

Three / shifting between tangible lives
breathless bellies barely acclimat...

RIVERS OF REMNANTS a'flowing

...Rageful, brazen, mentally strong and no stranger to dangerous, yet precious attitude of gratitude at the same time
Imagining a river of remnants a-flowing
Vivacious, momentous memories spent with y...

hedonism

...Hedonism 

There was a time when ships were hard to handle
a crew of thirty-four or more and boys of fifteen 
were employed to do the washing up after meals
and clean floors
A fraught time when...

Legacy of Hope: My Dad

...Legacy of Hope; My Dad

My first memories are full of your dear face
Kind brown eyes, edged with wrinkles, a mere trace
I can't see a frown nor fretful scowl, only a gap toothed grin
With a pomp...

A Time To Reflect

...

When the starless nights are bleakly opaque, 
and the sunless days desolately misty, 
to steer the astray life across ambiguity maze 
in the miasma of misery isn’t easy. 
When the garden of f...

Love Me, Save Me

...No one is willing to answer my phone calls unfortunately
Nobody cares to save me or love me deliberately
I’m sorry, this is how I tremendously feel
But, of course, obviously, it’s no big deal

N...

A Strong Force

...I was an illustrious, nuclear physicist, and I was studying the strong force,
Holding together building blocks of all atoms, as stars hold to their course.

That force joins roaming quarks, which ...

I shall find a way or make one

...(Inveniam viam)

Far beyond these eerie things, where limits have no scales
Fish are replacing gills, with turbine aerated tails 
Sea level’s losing all meaning, for the humpback whales 
Ships p...

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