Mother Lines Poems

Etched across unyielding flesh
One red line
Crimson tears wept
Upon linen fresh

Flitting steel
Lay two red lines
Side by side
Odious reminders of hope denied

Chaotic confusion hidden behind
Penniless pronouns
He, she,...

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6 Lines


Shored-up wooden boats standing in the mud, braced by boards to stand erect,
   
We vigilant men past sixty, retain our dignity, and...

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Tolkien’s mother taught him languages; he could read by age four.
thought Alice in Wonderland was “disturbing” and disliked Treasure Island.
Invented Naffarin, his own language, and...

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*** In Simple Lines Poeetry Comes ***

(“You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life…”  ...

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Covid deaths eviscerate family groups.
It did not have to be this bad,
And people are angry and mad
As loved ones died needlessly.

Reality strikes the unvaccinated viscerally.
Is...

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Even folks that are not attracted to feet
say your feet are pretty.
Your neck is long and graceful
even those that don’t give a heck
about necks say
your...

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Born to the best mom on this beautiful mother earth
I was little luckier then the rest
Simply successful school life
Followed by flourishing fun at college
Getting married...

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A Requiem for the Dovekeepers

We went walking through the orchard, toward terraces where ancient olive trees and huge, twisted grapevines grew.
The birds were cooing. I...

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I enjoyed my young years crafting poems and art.

     At eighteen, I then married the love of my heart.

  ...

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There was a great asthenospheric disruption
Followed by parallel volcanic eruptions
There was a great, abrupt tectonic shift
In a moment, a million years of continental drift

The ground...

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Embrace the lines of your life.
If you are a loving wife.
Never let your thoughts stray.
To a love from bygone days.

When at work know your place.
Never...

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of mice an men aye n'er doth quit
dialing countless times google 
   fascinating to this human caboodle ling kit upon porcelain goddess, 
most...

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If one’s mother-in-law is  a woman Hitler, the father-in-law might be a fatal whiner!

Horrible women are sure to abuse
the spouses who bow and scrape...

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"8 Lines"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

As a man
As a Child Of God
As a citizen of the Earth
As a fan of natural Beauty
As a wordsmith for...

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The maw of the whorl
The myth of the whore
The mouth of the world
The moth of the wind
The mother of the wolf
The monster of the wild
The...

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