Lloyd Poems

Pittance

Pittance

Nary a pound a penny a pittance not.
Many a scoundrel will take what you've got.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Squirrel

Squirrel

My friends are such a squirrelly bunch,
they like to eat nuts for lunch.
And when you think they are done,
they eat some seeds just for fun.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Profit

Profit

Weather a penny or it is a pound,
a profit’s a profit when it is found.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

See No Evil

See No Evil


You cannot change any mind,
of those that choose to be blind.


By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Yeah Right

Yeah Right

If poetry is so easy to write,
drop a Choka, tercet, or a quatrain slight.
So remember the rules and keep things tight,
let’s see how easy it is to get right.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Love

Love

Love and friendship is,
one soul within two bodies,
hearts that beat as one.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

The Day the Earth Shook

The Day the Earth Shook


Today a place called Haiti, 
weighs heavy on my mind. 
A small island Country State, 
where life has been unkind. 

With little shanty houses, 
no food to feed the young. 
War and unrest through the years, 
a trap to be unstrung. 

A seven-point earthquake struck, 
it rattled this small place. 
Shook

Rabbit

Rabbit

In the dark she steps,
in the footsteps from before.
Silently she eats.

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Succubus

Succubus

Deep inside a quaint little town,
within the night she moves around.
An innocent she seeks to kiss,
a wanting soul that won’t be miss.

Alone in one room she has found,
a sweet young man that lay unbound.
She lay beside him in his bed,
she kissed him softly on the head.

Within his dreams a misty shape,
pass through the wall he

Monkey Flings Poo

Monkey Flings Poo

Monkey
Flings
Poo

By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Question

Question



Better to be a fool for a moment,
than one to remain a fool forever.



By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

The Dark and the Light

The Dark And The Light


I am a poet nether dark or light,
but then there are days, that is what I write.
So when in the sun and everything’s bright,
that’s what I sing in the dark of the night.


By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

Wars Folly

Wars Folly

Since you are there and I am here, 
have yourself an ice-cold beer. 
Raise your glass and sing with cheer, 
for all you love is standing near. 

This is not the way for me, 
I’m on a deck across the sea. 
The rolling deck as engines roar, 
as in the sky fighter’s soar. 

Barely

Spider in My Window

There’s a Spider in My Window.


There’s an Orb Weaver spider in my window,
it’s weaving a new web today.
There’s an Orb Weaver spider in my window,
and in its web, it will catch prey.

With a web that is almost invisible.
So tiny, small strands that are clear.
Completely unwary flies and mosquitoes,
so foolish they fly much too near.

There’s an

Spoken Word

Spoken Word



Spoken word is supposed to be heard.
For the written word to be heard,
the words they must be spoken.



By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

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