He was a handsome man
hamming it up for the photographer
each flash inflating his ego
but cameras only capture the shell
what can be seen on the surface
insuring his true identity
remained securely hidden deep within
He was a man who had never experienced
the painful pangs of hunger
the sickening shame of want
squandered potential due to lack of opportunity
the sorrow of watching helplessly as precious dreams die
their withered corpses cremated
the ashes scattered to the wind
His reality had always been quite different
than that of the mundane majority
He was a handsome man
who despite his extensive and expensive education
earning an advanced degree
his noted name written in calligraphy
hanging on his office wall
knew nothing at all
Categories:
hamming, beauty, celebrity, education, perspective,
Form: Free verse
As the waves
Wets the sand
As the rain pours
Sinks into the soil
As the truth stares
Ask no question
Listen to the hamming of the song
As the picture slides
Tears are held back
As the face smiles
The pain is omitted
As the skin glows
Age is embraced
Should have been nor would have been
As the wind blows
Dries the land
The scarcity plough
As the essentials becomes needs
As love is granted
Fakeness is left behind
And this is real
Categories:
hamming, africa, appreciation, blessing, character,
Form: Free verse
her endless summer dream
gathers dust on its sand encrusted photo of
beach blanket love affairs
jet planes departing for distant lands
she had her five and dime sunglasses
and a transistor radio
tuned to the cheerful forever summer song
still has that picture of her in the fall of 66
hamming it up for the camera with her Stanley
he passed a while back
now she shuffles up along the seawall
with her big hat and her bags
candy for little ones
a kiss on the cheek for the nice
young man who brings the paper
its miami in febuary
its endless summer
its brighton beach's southside
and i know ill have to stay
Categories:
hamming, beach, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
The birds are hamming
They tweet, tweet, tweet, sing, sing, sing
A precious music
Categories:
hamming, animals, music, nature, pets,
Form: Haiku
On this
Life’s sorrowful
barge I doth float
Much too
much a traveler
Alas too far
remote
from any
hearing and
caring Being
Caining
me not
Hamming distance
in the
afterworld
Categories:
hamming, son, song-lyric
Form: Free verse