Long Carpool Poems

I finally finished retiring four years ago,
a process that started in my mid-fifties
due to late adopting kids with special needs,
including needs for me to be home
to personally walk them on,
harness them in,
and wheel them back...

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I woke up it was a sunny day
'Come for breakfast' mom would say,
I freshened up, then made my bed
Put away the books that I had read,
Just another day at school
My ride was here, my friends...

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Continued one of the angelic aliens in earth’s close orbit,
‘Thus we’re given this task by our CEO at universe Milkit.
All you need to plant the flora umpteen
Until we create a fresh ozone layer clean
It takes...

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A busy wife and mom, she always seemed late
But she didn’t know why, at times she would wait
When a sense of urgency was of great import
Especially to those waiting, most in need of her support

For...

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Finally, Summer's over and the kids are back in school
I'm not a bad mother, but after driving through carpool,
I'll have seven hours, five days a week, spent in peace
No yelling, "Behave!"  In silence I'll...

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I’m from toy cars and mismatched Barbie shoes.
I’m from bike races down the one road where no unpadded limb was safe.
I’m from a Sunday carpool and Tom Thumb slushies in Florala.
I’m from the twang of...

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i speak trouble yes
i speak trouble
late night rumble
very quiet mumble
summertime symptoms
slipped in subtle
suddenly i want to see
the warmth right before
the crunching of some autumn leaves
too hot at noon, makes the warmest evenings
writing on walls, illegal...

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Kristin says he wasn’t good enough for me. 
Kristin tells Andrew she loves him in front of me. 
Kristin wishes Andrew was more thoughtful. 
Kristin says nobody is ever enough, anyways.

Katie says I can do...

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Respect dead people and never sleep with them
Don't expect call backs from the dead
Smoking, drinking and deceased in trunks of cars
Are bad habits and probably against the law in Alabama

It is impolite to shoot dead...

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Ever heard of the beautiful Ohio?
The writer in me wants you to know -
River life has its anecdotes
My granny, a German immigrant,
mastered that river in dinghy boats
to attend a Lutheran church.
I've crossed its waves on...

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So, you think gangs are cool,
Are you really that big a fool,
Did I not see you at a rally to make women your equal?
And did you not support a carpool,
To keep children safe from a...

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I awoke in a kitchen
on a pillow of aprons;
my body covered with bruises 
from a mob of angry patrons.

Then I came to in my bed
with all my ex-lovers
and their menstrual blood
absorbed by my covers.

Then I...

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Before the crack of dawn
  Quickly washes, throws her clothes on

Hustles downstairs in a second or two
  In a rush: Instant coffee will have to do

With love she makes breakfasts for her other...

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Oft’ the person remembered by a song.
Short trip to the base, in the come along.

Don’t know much about the driver,
(We were bound with military fiber…)

but the cool-cassette-high in the carpool.
(Solo was free, paid for the...

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I practice with the boys
The dirty filthy boys
The cute funny boys

My new soccer team
I had to play
No matter what
I guess this hadn't
Occurred to me

I practice with the boys
The smelly annoying boys
The fast strong boys

They accept...

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Mother Earth is everything.
We must protect her, and keep her health.
So far we have done a poor job,
and her pain can be felt.

We are destroying our mother
With garbage and waste.
Now she needs our help,
And we...

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