Lagging Poems

Protesting The Moment

...Protesting The Moment

Illuminating the night by the light of a bonfire 
Captivating the insight before one’s mind begins to tire 
Emigrating out of fright as one’s own government becomes a liar ...

The Gravity of Whom and When

...
I learned to smile with grit in my teeth,
as I watched the waves, come in, and go out. 
They made a hollow in the sand,
left behind when the tide rushed out. 
For whom is this hole?

I dip in...

Sailboat

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Sailboat

Under
the white seagulls,
yacht's passing wing 
off the sky, off deep end —
sea moves me lagging these fee...

The Unknown Fruit

...Silent waters always are said to run deep;
And looks often end up in deception
As  venturesome finds do in exception
Bring forth reward to cherish and keep 

A trekking crew found on an desolate...

My Voice Must Be Light As Air

...We talk small in big spaces
Leaving the words around us empty
 helium balloons floating
Wasn't my voice atmospheric
It's disappearing into the clouds
My muffled thoughts, my meaningless mumbling...

Lost

...Lost

Left lagging behind.
Numb, upset, unfortunate, unlucky.
Everyone else getting on with it.
But I'm left in limbo.
Brain fog adding to my fear
At a distance from them all,
Even with him, ...

The Mirror of My soul

...Come and touch the mirror of my soul before I grow old; come and touch the mirror of my soul before the sun goes down and the evening gets cold.

I wake up this morning with nothing on my mind but ...

Infinite A Todd Aid

...
Cyber poets seeking buried treasure 
filled with rushed rapture A.I’s hurried;
Robotic words never ringing no soul,
outraged console steady lagging;

Pop goes the weasel suddenly alive;
Bourg...

Bible Thoughts

...God creates effortlessly, Himself medium, substance-source almighty – nothing can rub, manifest resistance to His Will -- 

God rested. Think not of fatigue...nor of a project completed, written in...

Struggle

...Everyday is a struggle 
lagging effects from covid and the flu
I'm tired all the time
Does anyone else feel this way? 
Or am I just special?...

Something Is Different

...What is carnival without the music? What is carnival with the dance? What is carnival without the colors, what is carnival without a song?  What is carnival without a date, what is carnival without t...

Maturity

...Maturity,an eighth letter word that cannot be ignored at all
Maturity,one that cannot be jumped into little by little
A step of determination taken at a time surely needed
A step of patience coupl...

Poetic Podcast Episode 10 Bop

...The color spectrum’s made up of ebony
mixed with the warmth of a lustrous pearl;
Yet we’re still focused on our differences 
instead of taking in a panoramic view;
Feeding energy into separation ...

Keen Rigging of Election

...Are we not our graves digging,
With the keenest interest in rigging,
The first to be buried our image;
“To Electoral Franchise: Savage?

Are we not behind greatly lagging, 
When the Neutral Pre...

I Like To Think

...I like to think that love
is Universal – even little
green men, on boggy worlds
having such fond capacity

like to think that stars
share brilliance affectionately,
giving an extra beam, here ...

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