Kick Out Poems

Blessed Are

...Blessed are the poor in spirit, they say,
But the world kicks them down every day.
Crowns of hope crushed beneath gilded shoes,
While rulers feast and pick and choose.

Blessed are those who mou...

OUT OF THE BRAIN

...Loves, kick out all the bad in your brain, don’t let other take up space in your brain. 
Tell them you have no place, for their games. 
They pretend to care, but only want to cause you fear. 
They...

My Hairied History

...
Day one out of the womb – had a full crop of hair,
black like my daddy’s (it later went more fair).

Early childhood – Mom kept my brown hair short
because I’d twist it into knots. What a silly...

The Loves of My Life

...Strangers wander about outside my window glass (gift daydreams to hurry along my time clocked in) 

Roomie erupts into our pod post-trek home (every 4:57pm, I – a dog – wonder at her return)

Dad...

War Fought In The Shadows

...The War Fought in The Shadows
It’s one that little spoken of
Many are the lives we’ve lost
Many are the Valliant soldiers
Who soldier on in the Gods abode
They have made Genna their home

It w...

how i feel about time

...time is messy
gooey like molasses
sticky especially if you are a stickler for it
I choose to ignore it
pretending it is a fly caught on a glue strip
others race to please time
wanting it to rul...

No way do we want my adopted hometown, Everett Washington, to become another sanctuary city

...Seattle Washington of King County is where I was born in early October of 1954.
And it already has become another sanctuary city.  What is a sanctuary city? In
the case of the USA and Washington DC...

An End to heart ache

...Dear Green eye man, there is so much I could say to you.  Pretty much all of them are the stuff only to be thought not said out loud. The last three years I replayed a lot of things in my head. I hav...

Life

...Life…?  unbooked train travel ends in kick-out arrival.
In every station, some get in and some go out.
But everyone wishes their station would never arrive.
It is still mysterious what makes fancy...

Human Worst Than Tree

...Seed dies to give birth to tree
Tree yields fruit, fruit carries seed
Seed - Tree - Fruit - Seed
Cycle consummates 
Nature legacy elongates 
Death at one stage 
introduces identical Life 
Keep...

Ask Is Love Blind

...Ask is love blind, or deaf or dumb, still kind.
At eleven, what hypnotizes me -
Imagining perfect, like braids entwined,
His eyes always on mine; and all is glee.
Wide smile on scr...

Sorrow Goes Tomorrow

...Jeff will be coming tomorrow 
To kick out my crushing sorrow.
I don’t wish to again borrow;
Face anew an Angry Zorro
Or to the Stinking Rich “Hello!”
Mocking tongues to voice “Smart Fellow!”

...

Cannot Stop Talking About Gladys

...My friend has few friends except me.
I call her twice a week, because of this.
And she is always available.
Her phone line is open.

She stands in the street and yells at speeders.
I have asked...

A Bit of Hokay Pokay

...Methinks I'm overdoing these pep talks
You people must be tired and bored
I hereby announce, going back to the sillies
Worry not, it's off my own accord

A niche that's always been my cu...

Spying On Neighbors

...fanciest binoculars I have ever seen
spying on neighbors, so far unseen
love seeing that Daddy kick out his screen
hiding now, not as keen...

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