Lasso Poems

Ferryman's Pole, Part 3

...Off to the side downslope my ride I had time to unburden 
I don't know why but somehow thought I might could use my lasso
Tied there upon my saddle

On a small steep bluff it was just enough to s...

BIG TEX

...BIG TEX* 
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There once was a cowboy named Big Tex.
was huge like Tyrannosaurus Rex!
     His hat large like Texas barn,
     he strutted ‘round town ...

Happy Scented Tones

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Chasing Sleep

...In the midst of grief
I find myself chasing sleep
I have tried sleepy time teas
and kitty cuddles to please
help me lasso the moon
and find some sleep soon
but no, it evades
and I feel like I ...

Flash points

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If the flash ran into a room and switched a light on would the light hit him
if Gotham was in Africa he might have been the elephant man
If she’s holding the lasso she has to tell the truth too...

The Prismatic Self

...I am a dare-dreamer, a mask wearer
a soul bare-r (but not always my own); a word-weaver. 
I pull at thoughts like strings. Strings of cobwebs
and cirrus, frayed dungarees and threadbare memories 
...

I Surrender All

...Hark! The birds are driving me crazy
so lazy, to get up and fly with them
whirling my lasso finger ‘round
their wings, pulling them into my heart
a dart straight through, you never know when
hit...

Kindred

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Kindred

Hooks and loops
Laced the path
Burning minds
Torching trusts
Tightened lasso 
Strangling hopes 
Frail words
Breaking bonds 
...

az pleiades whisk'n by

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                             Whut
                              Yes
                            Thus I

                          such thuh
                       quintessential 
         ...

Eyes on the Fish

...Hungry for ideas -
a fish dish would help,
an unhinged arm's length away,
way over the Yangtze River,
where, far from the nearest eyeball,
drunken cormorants dive
for silverplated carp.
Alas, ...

Ties

...It takes off-rhyme
to heighten rhyme -- 
like background in a
painting, should not
obliterate the fore...
leaving little to view,
less to excite and visually
explore -- (my wife, a fashion
pl...

Ready, Go

...Ready, Go


If a crossword puzzle clue has to give me writing prompts, then so be it. 
I’ll consider myself prompted.

Uncle Wiggly reveals what the Brits call At Sixes & Sevens. But if the man...

Rime and Reason I Shall Not

...Alone, alone, all, all alone
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Rime and Reason I ...

Death Of A Smile

...The last time I could remember seeing you was 2017
Life was one big song
You know the one that plays from the voice of the vinyl 
A unique raspy calm like sand on the beach
Where you forget every...

Love Goggles

...Love Goggles

My only ambition to count your heart beats,
To watch your chest rise then fall,
to a steady rhythm all your own
Life affirming breath, enthralls.

You need not lasso the far away...

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