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Frustration

...We are just machines This is now known And this processing we skip Causes glitches and faults We can go back and fix it But it takes forever So we are pushing on Getting only to the point of ......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, angst,
Form: Free verse

I’m your genesis

...In the tangled web of my thoughts, you’re stuck, A plague that both torments and comforts. I've heard whispers of your newfound flame, Yet I ponder how long that flame will endure. For I know, li......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, heartbreak, i am, passion,
Form: Free verse

San Fransisco

...They do not wear flowers in their hair They’re not allowed to smoke out in the streets San-Fransisco, I am not prepared Some gentle people aren’t the ones you meet To be a one more begging refug......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, freedom, hair, irony,
Form: Rhyme

The Twilight Zone

...“We may think of freedom, not as the right thing to do, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” ~~Peter Marshall~~ "Need I say this was inspired by the t......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, granddaughter, grave, prison,
Form: Narrative

Attainable

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clockwork progressions and the explainable, shed light on the ever-debatable; in retrospect we ever only saw the attainable. ......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, time,
Form: Free verse

The First Time You Broke Me

... **Content warning: depicts abuse (please skip to one of my more lightheaded poems if one needs to). To you, your abuse began as a game or joke, so insidious, so quietly inhumane, a spo......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, abuse, betrayal, child abuse,
Form: Alexandrine

Following Prompts - clockwork

...Write a “how-to” poem about something you don’t know how to do - building a watch In the beginning there are pieces Already there, scattered on a table My beginning is to sort them Time......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, faith,
Form: Free verse

Unshakeable Poise

...Clockwork confidence, clockwork heels; Clockwork schedule there’s just enough time; Clockwork the job’s done, clockwork like a leader; Clockwork standard, it’s how she runs the house; Cl......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, confidence, emotions, woman, women,
Form: List

Obsessive Orange

...I will always hate the colour orange. Consider: Last meeting was on promoting sales of necklaces, The folder given was orange. Going home was a one-lane affair, An orange sign stated, “Works Ah......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, nonsense,
Form: Free verse

Dreamtime

...She wishes for dreamtime. Her clock has a face but no eyes; It divides into 5-minute slices. Earth turns between sunshine and shadow: a marbled orb spinning in vastness. The girl gazes pas......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, god, love, time,
Form: Free verse

Magritte Time Transfixed

...steam like smoke rises to join the clouds always upwards travel until it's time to gently fall directional choice straight ahead follow your line of sight forward moti......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, fear,
Form: Free verse

Just Another Day

...It is nearing midday, and the town is alive. Overhead, there is a clear, electric blue sky, Dotted with innocent puffy floating clouds. Not unexpectedly, the winter is cooperating, And a midd......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, celebration, imagery,
Form: Free verse

Travelling Alt Earth

...We pull into a Winding Station, Hand the Attendant our key, Head into the Station Inn For a snack and Earl Grey Tea. In less than an hour, Our machine being oiled The tension being adjusted An......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, fantasy, future, society,
Form: Rhyme

God is a Poet

...I burn the midnight oil To fuel these thoughts that are nocturnal Pen and paper is my late night affair Hours and owls that chime in like clockwork This isn’t harry potter but I will send the......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, how i feel, hurt,
Form: Free verse

Cantos of Love

...("Red Skin", 2023, original encaustic) Cantos of Love Was it ever here at all… Faces, eyes, lips, breasts and thighs Parade through memory Fading, fading fast As years advance. ......Read the rest...

Categories: like clockwork, love, memory, poems,
Form: Haiku

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