Guidebook Poems

newspaper business has brought us far

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newspaper business has brought us far
to these territories where desert rivers
descend from    huge clouds cultivated
but we live on        twisted lips to build
something for              th...

From the Planet Earth Guidebook

...It's your intrepid space explorer, here -
reporting from the planet Earth.
It's a difficult place to live, I fear,
but my advice for what it's worth

is when someone's looking for a fight,
just...

Able

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Humans never grow out of their teenage phase
Unclear what an adult means
They are subjected to responsibility
Requiring maturity, no human has proven to be

Various other targeted teenagers
A...

The Power of Choice

...Who initially determined what is good and what is bad? What to think, and what not to ask? Why the hell doesn't anyone else voice more questions like that? Why are most people sheep that get caught u...

Give Me the Midwest

...I readily admit I am a country bumpkin
But I am no buffoon
I am in this to build others up
To help others win
To raise up my neighbors and my friends

We hear about the coastal towns
Both east...

God's Words Are Holy

...Praise be to You, Almighty God
Thank you for recording the Sacred Scriptures, the Bible.
We read Your written Word; we hear Your spoken Word;
if we write and speak in reference to the divine,
we ...

One Grandpa's Thoughts On Raising Children

...The young couple was about to have a baby so they thought it would be nice to sit down with his grandpa and ask for some advice.

“What can I tell you about raising children?” He said. “About helpi...

Honeymoon On Hogmanay

...We went to romantic Scotland for our honeymoon on Hogmanay
Had no idea it was a rather special brunette-only-welcome kind of day
My husband tried to go into the lobby of the bed and breakfast twice...

And the Statues Fell

...The past can be found written in history books,
Statues stand and tell no lies.
To see the future, to the stars you need to look.

We are pawns in a game of queens, kings, and rooks;
Bygone crim...

Rubrik Cube

...Understanding me is not an easy task,
It takes a while to see behind my mask.
I’m kind, caring and hardworking,
Don’t mistake that for being easy going.

I’m like a Rubrik cube to put it plain,
...

Muse Came In a Storm

... 
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Looking up I was so awestruck,
suddenly my muse was unstuck;
oh windstorm_

I saw a huge flock of bluebirds,
singing a song so long unheard;
oh rainstorm_

I got ou...

Crook

...Crook!
She stole my guidebook,
my pink Ray-Bans, my outlook
— it’s grim. The schnook
snatched my Diamonte fountain pen. She took

my attaché case filled with cash. Forsook
my manners —...

This Is Not a Paradox

...This is a poem to tell you what poetry must be,
A how-to-write-a-poem guidebook for you, by me.

A poem must have both rhythm and rhyme,
And be happy and jumpy and apply to the time.

Have lots...

Lets Talk About Love

...Lets talk about love

Love is meant to be an opportunity
To share a place in time,
And an open heart for a person, 
That God has designed, just for you.
Love is to be our now,
Our everlasting ...

Out of the Gaits

...Watch the people walking – 
Check their bodies, not their faces.
You can tell a lot as they
Perambulate their paces.

Strutters filled with confidence
Step lively, arms a’swinging,
Silently announcin...

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