Poet's itch !! I just know I gotta scratch
out in writing all these verses that I hatch
I must admit from poetry I'm getting lots of fun
but sometimes not much else is getting done
A strong desire to self publish another book
this poet's itch has got me caught, sinker line and hook
Sometimes there are words that come together when I give the head a shake
Gotta water garden probably talk to plants in rhyme, from poet's itch I still don't take a break
shy ghost creeps
behind mind's eye
s t a l k i n g
under the skin,
sharp and electric
a deep hum
burns hot
like pepper
and stings
in the mind...
plumbs the d
e
p
t
h
s
for hidden truth
the answer? elusive.
l o o k
to the ghost...the way
itch
shingles
stressed out hives
bump under skin
a mosquito bite
itchy red eyes
allergy
scratchy
itch
Would a snack-happy
happy snacker
with a snacky itch to scratch
be a happy snacker
if he snacked a happy snack
such as a happy cracker
or could there be a catch
as it was not enough
healthy happy snacky stuff
and he'd need something to munch
with a much more succulent crunch
a Grannie Smith or Golden Delic'
a happy snack-like pick
happily snackily
should really do the trick
A truckful of drunks
half-skunked boozers
gun racks in the back
unlucky losers
pulled up to the pumps
for a gallon or two
only high octane
tanked would do
then one had a bad itch
he started to scratch
wanted a smoke
and when he lit a match
the explosion was heard
three miles away
to arrive alive
do what they say
'Don't drink and drive'
and yes it's true
it could ruin your day
smoking is bad for you
I itch at night; at night I itch,
Although for pain, I would not switch.
My brain, I guess, contains a glitch
So I can’t sleep without a hitch.
On TV ads I saw a pitch
For medicine – can’t think of which –
But that idea I chose to ditch
So I’ll get by, but life’s a…..bunch of annoyances!
she sits at the bar near chamberlain high school,
her nails chewed to nothing,
a lipstick smear on the rim of her glass.
the men orbit her like moths,
drawn to her heat,
but she keeps her eyes on the jukebox,
fingers twitching against
the lacquered wood.
there’s something inside her—
a scream buried too deep
or a wound sewn too tight.
she scratches at the edges,
but it won’t bleed,
won’t break.
just festers.
the bartender pours her another,
and she drinks it fast,
chasing a man she’ll never catch.
Itch
Does A Squirrel
Know It's A Squirrel?
***
First of All:
Why Would That
Be My Name?
I Like It,
But It's
Ridiculous,
Random.
Characterized
By Bias That's
Required For
Words to Have
Any
Meaning
At
All.
***
Does Your Experience Convey
Enough
To Hear What I Say?
***
Their Greatest Fault
Is Nobody's Fault.
***
Now...
Skitter Away.
-Gray Squirrel
09-17-2024
I often post my poems “A I” - (AS IS)
Spelchek uses “R”s and I don’t
We us “H’s” instead
(we paahk R caahs in Haavaad yaad)
We’ve been known
To pitch a B itch
Mostly about those F-N Yankees
We “gawk at visitors from New Yawk”
We eat “bay gulls” for breakfast
Sprinkle “jimmies” on our ice cream
Buy our booze at the “packie”
Return all one fingered salutes
Drink from the bottle…cuz we know the bartenders
Believe that crosswalks are for sissy’s
That “cursive” is a language
Our politicians are as crooked as our roads
We will BOO the home team when they “piss us off”
Then call them WICKED PISSA when they do well
(we even have it on cups and T-shirts)
AI would unscrew itself if it had to listen to our conversations
We are who we are
DEAL WITH IT…
Someone from New York will tell ya where to go
Someone from Boston will tell you how to get there
my brain says to itch
I meditate not to itch
mind over matter
the longer I don't
my mind is a raging mess
mind over matter
I cave in to itch
I scratch and scratch and scratch - awe
mind over matter
12-22-23
Edward Ibeh contest
If people have some sort of yearning, dissatisfaction or some itch that hasn't been scratched, it might be because they aren't looking in the right direction for a solution. They aren't looking within. ~ Russell Brand
Sometimes I need to make a switch
when things go awry, like a glitch
causing worry and makes me twitch
An unscratched itch An unscratched itch
Mindful of things I'd like to do
a new hobby I might pursue
learn to paddle my own canoe
Have a breakthrough Have a breakthrough
To satisfy my heart's desire
and ignite the spark of love's fire
I'd do whatever I require
My goals aspire My goals aspire
Scratch my itch when I've the notion
Put my ideas into motion
following through with devotion
and emotion and emotion
Folks of the suburbs sting thy heart
Tongues of mosquitos suck thy soul
Stories leak no finish nor start
The histamine I can’t control
Spreads out from cranium to my toe.
All lips kiss thy cheek for one goal.
Pictures they sow just come and go
If I did not give two sharp pins
Yet, I do. Must go with the flow
Threw all their sins into the bins
Kicked a sly snitch right in the ditch
Yet he’s still a flashback that spins
Hence, whether I’d think of the pitch
Would always be an unscratched itch.
Like uncared unfulfilled wishes creeping to the fore
Irresistible! Impossible, yet? Dilemmatic?
Shy about removing the robe that might reveal the core
Could the cut be covered with the costliest cosmetic?
Disgruntled, like a lion brooding over a lost prey
This itch turns into karma leading to endless rebirth
It becomes the root of my yokes on which I have no say
Expect I dare to scratch till stern stillness surrounds the girth.
Uprooting the weeds, forever, might be the best solution
Could we pluck out the plants because they trouble a little?
Rubbing with a hard surface might be a substitution.
Though commonality amidst these acts is mere brittle
If thirst, physical or spiritual, is timely quenched
The fulfillment of the heart will never be wrenched.
UNSCRATCHED ITCH
It is a desperate need, an unscratched itch
I must walk away and just forget the past
Like playing roulette and hoping to get rich
But it is a different kind of die that’s cast
Be it odd or even, and I don’t care which
Just ensure that one’s new life can be a blast
I cannot be left with this irritation
So this itch I’ll scratch with anticipation
Illustrious
Phantom
You chase
My desire
For satisfaction
As I chase you
Hither and thither
Like the rainbow's end
Always just out of reach
Escalating intensity or just
A trick of the cruel mind
Dancing across my skin
Infiltrating my sanity
As a ghostly feather
Until I find your
Illusive hiding
Place
Ahh
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