Long Cabernet Poems

This isn't the way we should walk into this
And my SOS signal didn’t seem to bring God into it
Just like shaking people's hands doesn't gift us world peace 
And speaking of shaking hands,
You're in a...

Read More

I heard taunting echoes and scurrilous snarls.
It was my conscience, and I listened as it spoke
in accusations, contemptible remarks aimed at me.
Shameful words delivered to break my fallen spirit.
In mocking voice of Shakespeare's Hamlet, I...

Read More

Candy floss, seaside rock, smoothies, and flags sporting
Union Jacks
Replace the old traditions of striped deckchairs 
And Kiss-Me-Quick hats.
Chipwicks for our salt and vinegar fries
And their pole-and-line freshly caught local Cod;
The Vintners Parrot: For thick sizzling...

Read More

The curtain rises on Bumblebee Babineaux walking self-confidently along Chartres Street.

Bumblebee [singing]: Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride, nobody’s gonna slow me down. Oh, no, I got to keep on movin’… 

Tom Sickley, a disingenuous...

Read More

It was a party like most, I guess
And not a “fun” one, I must confess
But our hostess I adored
And I just couldn’t say: “I’m bored”,

So, I milled around, and said “Hello”
And tried to fake a...

Read More

Tom: Well, do tell? But like I said, I’m not a stranger. I’m a businessman; and more than that. Why, I could be just like a brother to you if you’d let me. Besides, I...

Read More

As our Lord was resurrected 
He left behind symbols of the torture to which He was subjected 
To remind us of his sacrifice 
With the belief that they will suffice 
What symbols are these you...

Read More

God Save the King! So echoed round 
the village halls, the pubs, the streets
the day our Charlie Prince was crowned. 
Homes decked with bunting, cake, and treats.

We celebrated with a rave, 
or knees-up, as my...

Read More

Tonight I plan to go out and enjoy my time
With some folks of mine that love red wine
There is no reason to say where we go
It could be a bar, or maybe my own home.

I...

Read More

She wandered in wearing a weary heart unable to mend-
I knew there would be a SAD CHRISTMAS around the bend. 

It started early November and ended late December, 
oh if only all the drunken moments...

Read More

Sweet,
bitter,
or in between.
Maybe a little of both.
Jeckle and hyde,
or more like 
Jacklyn and Hilda,
split personalities,
I love em all,
big or small
red hair and all.

Women,
girls,
I love em all,
Mostly in between.
See,
I'm at twenty six,
fixed, 
on older women
above age...

Read More

"Reveries are gifts of moments, even melancholy ones, 
when our hearts were happy."             
         ...

Read More

A good number of us decided to go on holiday down to the sea,
Well, it was such a fun crazy time and it ended far too quickly,
Every night a couples’ name was pulled out of...

Read More

MY NEIGHBOR KOFI
LOCATION: Mazamaza, Lagos, Nigeria:
My neighbor kofi, 
The computer scientist
At 34,
He crisscrossed, jetcrosed, redcrossed,
And hobnobbed around the globe:
Kathmandu, Acapulco and the Galapagos 

He dined and wined
Like there was no tomorrow 
He dined and wined...

Read More

They say Cabernet Sauvignon pairs nicely with steak
Pinotage, they reckon, for cheese
Tempranillo is the choice for Mexican grub
But, I'm somewhat easier to please

I've tried a fair few "Reds", on a weekend night
While chilling to some...

Read More

ITs another Halloween 
There are groups walking the street
Looking happy with themselves 
And their stash from trick or treat 

We’ve got toffees by the door 
And a bag of lollipops 
I’ve taped up the letterbox
To...

Read More

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

We were deep in the forest
on our way to Tupper Lake
It was an early fall morning full of
sunshine and song from a beautiful
Spanish singer whose soulful caress
can cause a tearful recognition that
it’s a...

Read More

I’ve run the border. There was a missing piece. A doorway.
I must leave it open as I spread the colorful cuts, turning them
over. Just like fingering an unopened book, each piece
precious in my grip. One...

Read More

Falling in Love with a Writer is a Faulty Design
We see things that other females
don’t pay a tuppence to.
Like a half-burned cigarette tail,
Your osculation of deep, dense rouge—
A secret trusted only by two.
With our own...

Read More

Red Wine

This is why you should drink red wine
My wife drinks white but that is also fine.

Is red better than white or does it matter at all?
Yes, red is made from grape skin's resveratrol.

You drink...

Read More

TO BORROW A BODY’S BEAUTY

I want the lady so, but no, not to keep
Just to embrace her with devotion bared so very deep
I want the lady but not forever for me to hold
Because forever sometimes...

Read More

Got up from the sofa with sleep in my eyes 
As the dawn was beginning to break.
I went to the kitchen to clean up the mess 
From the previous evening’s mistake.
I’d thought it was worth...

Read More

Inspired by a tremendously bold & powerful track, “Who we are” by Machinehead

Once upon a misery call
Deception broke bread with diabetic circumstances
Sugar
Coating
Half-assed smiles

Phantoms of a listless fortitude
Haunting today’s unfulfilled promise

As they wear silken layered Khakis
With...

Read More

Labyrinthia  P. Babineaux  ……………  The White Witch of the Lower 9th Ward

Papa  Babineaux  …………………………… The Father, an honest apothecary

Algebra Babineaux  ………………………  The even-tempered Mother

Bumblebee  Babineaux  …………………...

Read More

poetry is a one night
stand
a few minutes 
stand
you meet her on the 
street
while waiting in a 
cafe
in a crowded bar you just dont know when
she descends on you spread her wings
no expectations
i am in this...

Read More