Long Checkpoint Poems

I was wiping the dust off an old snow globe in the upstairs attic, when a mop of honey-blonde hair suddenly appeared through the wooden flooring.
     "I thought I'd find you...

Read More

how the  else you going to progress
if you don't Sherlock Holmes the mirror
look what we've become
men hunting each other
for sport money and babes
an insane ability to believe anything
and that's all there is to it
you...

Read More

There came loud shouting, and more gunfire,
the killer frowned, grabbed a pistol and ran,
Rico struggled to escape from his bonds,
but they held him down like an iron band.

For another minutes bullets flew hot,
then a dead...

Read More

the serene people whose ease of manner
once made him yearn and confabulate
are laughable cartoonish and piteous now
could have been much worse he said
as his last breath left his scarred throat
feral hand closing his own eyes
St....

Read More

In the diverse regions of Earth,
Numerous life, nature brings forth. 

Long time back lived an inhabitant,
Form the desert, resources not scant.

His group roamed in a caravan,
Their entire life-span.

They halted on speculating an oasis,
Their ultimate supporting...

Read More

Paraskevidekatriaphobia logical as any other phobia right?

Superstition(s) stubbornly linger
impossible to shrug off
(cue Atlas) courtesy pointer finger
regarding Friday the thirteenth bringer
o' ire rush ill luck cue fountainhead gargoyle
nsync with ominous grateful dead singer

uneasiness drilled into collective
conscience...

Read More

got me thinking about
 when i was young 
drawing a picture scar
shopping with 
my parents
 in north 
of ireland 
british armed soldiers 
pointing guns at us 
security checkpoint

i remember 
a cold feeling 
running down 
my...

Read More

A FLOWER FOR THE FUTURE

In 1964 a wall went up between
East and West Berlin!
What a barrier of shame, 
What a humanitarian sin,
During the 28 years until 
November 1989, over eighty 
People tried to escape over
The...

Read More

Abraham wrapped his robe about him,
Laced his sandals upon his feet,
Took his staff in his hand,
And started off down the path
To the place of which God had told him.

A young man rises early one cool...

Read More

Latest war news: Israeli airstrike killed 200 at Jabalia refugee camp.


In case you didn't know, there were eight refugee camps in Gaza, some tent cities, some cement-blocks, some housing third generation refugees; can't imagine a...

Read More

BRENDAN AND BOBBY

Brendan joined the Provos in the spring of seventy eight
The local pub was bombed and killed his brother and his mate
Bobby joined the UDR when he was seventeen
His uncle had been murdered, in...

Read More

When I was a child, I expected lots of toys left by Santa Clause on Christmas Eve.
And planned to find an Easter Basket with candy and colored eggs every spring.
The Tooth Fairy visited when I...

Read More

Growing Patience
 
So close, yet so far away so many times.
Stop and go, stop and go, stop and go…
that’s what I see all the time.
My engine loves to lock up regularly
just before reaching the next checkpoint.
And...

Read More

 
" Like a fish caught in a cruel net; 
or a bird caught in a trap,  
in the same way a person can be trapped;
by bad things that suddenly happen."
 
Based on Ecclesiastes...

Read More

I had been studying to make Sergeant,
And was scheduled for the afternoon promotion board.
To get some practice and test the waters,
I volunteered for the morning's Soldier Of The Month Board.

The Battalion recently had been given
A...

Read More

Anticipated for, all of a sudden
I had to lay a grip on my hat
And hold close my unbuttoned button-less jacket
As the old ladies bend over for the swift of the dress
And young ones reach out...

Read More

I have lived life on a collision course,
but, I have now come to a turning point;
and I have wept tears until I am hoarse.

Have been galloping on a magic horse,
never stopping at a single checkpoint;
I...

Read More

On a cold, wintry Christmas night
bright light on a manger shone
to fall softly upon a mother mild
cradling her little baby child.

Three wise men followed the stars
to thy beckoning door, Bethlehem,
bringing frankincense and myrrhs
to pay homage...

Read More

Something seems missing
Just what is the Ameripoe Society?
I am glad you didn’t ask, but will explain
It’s a society involving and encouraging current and inspiring Poets with embattled hearts
Strong opinions and convictions
Observations and influences
The qualities of...

Read More

we went from 

I'm OK, you're OK

you were my pillar
when I was carrying the earth above my shoulders and
my hand was something you could count on
when the lights turn green

then the path turned overly uneven
for...

Read More

We are all distant travellers
In this world full of strangers,
Journeying through valleys and plains
Nor taking path on tops  or sides of mountains.

Each one of us has his own backpack
As we follow a trail without...

Read More

Never mind the soldiers dying.
This war cannot be fought that way.
Dissatisfied, he won't stop trying.
Attack before he'll watch her stray.

The road he's built extends through time
Each checkpoint holding the remains
of battles lost against her crime.
Leaves...

Read More

In 1989 I rode the duty train with covered windows across the East German countryside, forewarned not to look outside.  I arrived in that island of freedom, which was surrounded by oppression, tyranny, and...

Read More

driving down to Mexico as I get close to the border
cell phone quits in Organ Pipe, no calls that I will miss
I can stay in contact via WiFi and my red laptop
it's time to get...

Read More

hello
i would like to trade in my broken heart
i can no longer take the ache
i do not want a replacement because i want to die right here thinking about her
she got married today and there...

Read More