Launchpad Poems

Moon Dynasty

...—A Lunar Ballad from the Year 2088

The year was 2088—
I stood in Beijing beneath neon skies,
Clutching a visa to the Moon,
Where dynasties now rise beyond the clouds.

China, bold architect o...

Mudslide

...I’m walking through the rough roads,
Losing traction in my current situation.
There is no scheme or death trap,
It’s a springboard to my launchpad.

A stirring is taking place during this hour,
...

In My Deepest Fantasies

...Sunday cockcrow nascent promulgate aural essays reveal,
laissez-faire luscious lustrous buoyant  raptures,
radio behemoth prompt to that untamed erudite fantasist,
me the one possessing rippled ra...

In this Land

...
In the midst of modern day's fray—
The leaders with dispiriting sway,
—make the youth feel small and humbled,
Their potentials wilted, withered, crumbled.
Education, once a glittering star—
No...

Dandelion Woman

...Oh look here— behold a dandelion woman
the original wild flower!
I go where I want to go
I grow where I want to grow —
don't matter if   y o u   say no

dandelion wine summertime
relax and rec...

Restraints Rondine

...Gently french kiss your darkness mad,
break the restraints leave obsession;
Lick up the buried aggression;
You may not be scantily clad,
yet soft skin becomes a scratchpad;
Repurpose gall into p...

Yin Yang

...


             Bequeathed of the faculty of 
balanced return, of equilibrium, 
turning the totem burn of caloric expectancy, 
cause and effect 
translating universal machine dialect 
satelli...

Translate From Speech

...Let's dwell a tiny bit  on that  skill  most hanker after,
of mastering a language that especially enthrals,
infused with magic rhythm so fervent,
pulsing music lilt,  anthem-rich samba,
think fo...

I Will Always Wonder

...I will always wonder what sort of love we had.
I was naive and blindly infatuated.
You were seventeen years older than I, and sad. 
From the beginning our shaky love was fated.

We had met and I...

It's Time For Your Enema

...Eternal Surprise Productions presents
the It's Time For Your Enema show
bringing news of the day coast to coast
reading every offhand inflection
as though it were a rescue beacon
from the consta...

Prayer Summarization

...
Prayer Summarization
Miracle Man
3-15-2022

My tomorrow’s are uncharted save by God,
and today a brief moment in His time.
Let this day be spent not behind a facade,
as any mountain ...

A Biden Trump Love Story

...The man with launchpad hair glides by

Glowing orange in the mountain view

A red balloon bobbles by his side

The other man holds his diaper high

Blows bubbles and waves a magic wand

Han...

Morning Musings

...
Morning Musings
For 3/14/2020
By: Tom
 
life is an assemblage of days,
linked together, both good and bad.
For many, only a short phase,
for me, it's been Heaven's launchpad.

Baby Face Scowl

...YOU? Why are YOU up in here, all on the prowl,
looking closely at me, causing me to scowl?
DUDE, can't you see anger set in my jowls?

I just arrived brand new, so I still re...

Morning

...2015-05-20

Morning

This small fragment of my daily routine,
bathed in, drowned in coffee and cream.
When the animal inside my head awakes
my world rocks and rolls, quivers, quakes.
I love t...

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