The Young Boy and the Sawtooth, Lyrics
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The reality be told, it was not long past,
Flabbergast by an unfold from my mind’s vague vast,
In reflections of the accounts of my youth,
Echoes formed, all claiming to be truth.
Must be fab...
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Categories:
inquires, god, memory, mental illness,
Form: Lyric
Animal limericks and non-limericks
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This morning, my yard was hopping
with squirrels and rabbits busily shopping
for pine needles, berries, and cones,
perfumes, oils, and sweet colognes,
to entice partners for this...
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Categories:
inquires, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Towards Newness
...The Tiger Lily is gently removed from the lounge
so it wont ever come in contact with the cats fur
My visitor asks for Steppenwolf on the player
The song "Tenderness" has reticence
Its hard to kn...
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Categories:
inquires, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Boy With An Eye
...Betwixt the vibrant threads of a busy bazaar,
A foreigner's gaze seize on a singular star,
A boy with one eye, an enigma raid,
Their dialogue begins, a journey to trade.
"Your salesmanship shin...
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Categories:
inquires, boy, child abuse, courage,
Form: Epic
What do I do, my soul inquires, abandoned in the shadow of the moment
...What do I do, my soul inquires, abandoned in the shadow of the moment,
When the call to move forward is incessantly declared wrong.
My options are as hazy as dreams shattered at the dawn of day,
M...
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Categories:
inquires, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Soul's Cry
...In silence,
The soul cries,
In the tranquil of the night the soul searches,
It is saddled with a plethora of questions,
It desires to see through the veil.
What am I made for?
The soul asks,...
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Categories:
inquires, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Womans Desire
...Woman’s Desire
What’s all this rigmarole and claptrap
About the man being the only one thinking of sex?
Well, truth be known,
A woman, skin deeply eager, thinks much of it too…
Once leaving t...
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Categories:
inquires, feelings, gender, love, relationship,
Form: Free verse
So Easy
...mind inquires
but needs to stop
handing over the baton
to intelligence of our heart
that the light of true Self
illuminates our path...
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Categories:
inquires, silence, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Twice Born We Live On
...“when that that never was dies ~
pristine soul climbs to new highs”
who is it
that inquires
what is truth
the seeker
who so seeks
must first die
to be free
just stop thought...
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Categories:
inquires, spiritual,
Form: Other
70
...(I wrote this poem when I turned 60…already somewhat old and gray
and now that I’m am 70…it’s still appropriate today.
I’ve lived through another decade with family and friends still sharing hope...
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Categories:
inquires, age,
Form: Rhyme
Freedom Pub
...Comes the time when freedom expires
The gathering need of a patriotic cabal
One chancing upon such surely inquires
In time meaningful writing on the wall
Utmost secrecy Freedom Pub re...
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Categories:
inquires, freedom, patriotic, places,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)
A Grain of Sand
...With love comes peace
Bringing a prevailing sense of serenity
With love comes soundness
A voice from within guaranteeing your safety
With love comes admiration
Those little things touching ...
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Categories:
inquires, adventure, anxiety, appreciation, longing,
Form: Rhyme
Forever Grateful
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For the joy, for the love, for the hope
Silencing every doubt, reassuring
Promising my heart there will be light
Reflecting all the wonders I long for
The yearnings that remind me
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Categories:
inquires, appreciation, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Free verse
The Seven Disappearing Men
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7 men upped and left and then where never seen again
Nobody in the factory had a clue as to where and when
Jack's, cup of tea was still warm, stood on the table top
Nothing unusual here, he of...
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Categories:
inquires, confusion, men, missing,
Form: Couplet
Expirations Resonate Within
...Light lives within lines of explored inquiry
As living light lines inquire exploration
The line of exploration resonates within living light
Living light resonates within line inqu...
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Categories:
inquires, analogy, deep, metaphor, word
Form: Imagism
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