Long Doorknobs Poems

The Cold Doorknobs 

I.
I am sure there will be that profound moment in time
when the dog out back will stop its incessant yapping,
Its unrelenting impulse to belch out its interminable wails, 
alas, to inform its...

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Wuhan flu of twenty twenty was it a biochemical warfare attack
was it because someone in China was hungry for a raw bat
Without warning the world, China let it spread far and wide
was China silent for...

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Youth is a deep,
                   colorful green as part of the most verdant life.

    ...

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what lurks behind the shadows takes refuge in the
places that one cannot speak without a lawyer and
a place to stay when the going gets rough in the
shadows right out there buried & bustling without
restraint without...

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Soon the sun will shine
Through the east facing blinds
I haven't worked in seven months
Yet, I rise every day before him
And write a poem or two

The ceiling fan wobbles
Finches, sparrows and a cooing dove
Greet the dawn
Sweet...

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when was it
the sadness?
did I tell you to forget it
or was it just like the burden
of a thinking man
that thinks before and after
he speaks
who has to open doors without
doorknobs
and when did I realize that everyone
was...

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Feeling bored, I opened a golden door…
Just one of the countless  that is within my reach 
No keys needed, just  this amazing stack of books…
It’s actually like a staircase, that leads
to worlds both...

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my shadow is a brick wall blocking your love
the heart protection i now need now that i know
choices have consequences that do not wear masks
the next step can either be cantankerously contagious or magnificently medicinal

my...

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you were completely comfortable
being miserable
like pain was a roommate
like the yelling was a lullaby
like love was supposed to sting,
and silence meant everything was fine
he broke you in chapters
never enough to close the book
just enough to...

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In many states across this land
I've heard his eerie yell
I've seen and heard his company
Not many folks i'd tell

I've heard his footsteps through the woods
And had him follow near
I never knew quite what he wants
I...

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She sits in a room of darkness
Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide 
She hears a sound
But ignores it like nothing’s there

Her mind is slowly losing control
She’s fidgeting and shaking so
She hears that sound again once...

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When I was young, we learned the drill
On how to cough; I do it still
Until my brain gives me a nudge,
Reminding me that others judge.

For I was taught to cough in hand
So that’s where all...

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Doorknobs glisten,
Just as greedy souls listen
To my songs, my songs of death,
As every other soul slept, unknowing of my theft
My theft of thoughts, my theft of metal,
My theft of a gravestone’s flower petals
My lips are...

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take an interest in my broken heart
recycle the parts and discover what is really there
you may find that what is unwanted may be exactly what you need
there are several doorknobs within the body
there are several...

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My brother is a spirit
His shadow haunts the walls
I've heard him in the midnight hour
Walking through the hall

I've seen him turning doorknobs
I've heard him rattle chains
I've heard him moaning ghostly songs
That sing of past remains

I've...

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Our fingerprints leaves our identity
On walls, doorknobs, books, all around
Each touch an impossible escape
Challenging me to face each reality
Compassion and kindness be abound
As good heartprints, my great break

Thus, they can never be use as "mask"
To...

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alderman curry
collected closet doorknobs
lived reclusively with poco,
his faithful afghan

one clear evening,
he told poco to stay 
and that he loved him

poco's senses caused him 
to whine confusingly

alderman curry went into
the woods, took a rope hidden
in a...

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bracelets on doorknobs
ectoplasmical goo on the floor
chanting tinkling music
lifeless creatures arranged in a circle
round a book of verse
curtains yanked from their moorings
broken glass
muddy footprint trail
undecipherable writings on the wall
books ripped apart, their pages floating on...

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Blah gray cupboards, gray padded table, boring grayish blue chairs.
Plastic chairs, not comfortable, always two, but who needs two?
I wait for the doctor thinking it is weird there is not a single picture.
No pop of...

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Tomorrow tastes like broken hearts
Pickling in a Las Vegas casino

One more card
For shame
But the dog is at home with fleas
And there's no work on Saturdays

No play either
Just roomfuls of laundry
And an eviction notice

Drunken crying counts...

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This winter, the dogs are hungrier than ever
And birds get away from the rotten trees
The children abandon the orchard every afternoon
And the street cats wail in the lonely nights

Every dusk of this December, I'll go
sit...

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Dangling from the doorknobs
Of my neighbors, lots of days,
Are little bags with handles,
Which is one of many ways

Of connecting in the city.
Have a message or a gift?
Drape it over someone’s doorknob
And provide a welcome lift.

When...

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