Long Easy answer Poems

Ohhh…see right through my pain – regret & shame slits me like a knife, shaking 
in the hands of a cutter – I’m trying to look on the brighter side of life, but I 
am...

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These giant obtuse walls
these calculated architecture of impossible, impeccable accomplishment
How can I survive, they are bigger than me
shrouding me in a sense of what being Jack is
staring at a tall, magic beanstalk wanting to climb
wanting...

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Every dawn is the most promising time of the day. Promises of a new beginning, to start anew, to start afresh. 

And each day I love you more and more, and I feel helpless and...

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Power of the Mind:
The fact that other people's words and actions can break your heart might be alarming
But what is truly terrifying is your mind’s ability to shatter your Peace of Mind & soul.
Surrounded by...

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Destiny

He is the man who falls short despite doing all he could and all he can.
He walks and runs for miles.
Endures his numerous trials.
Stands his ground in the midst of all that beguiles. 

She is...

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Wherefore 
  
 there is a question, philosophers and goat herders
 have in common with the rest of us a modest multitude
 the query is, what is the purpose of our life
 from a...

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Wherefore 
 
There are a question philosophers and goat herders
has in common with the rest of us the modest multitude
the query is, what is the purpose of our life
from a single sperm cell to fighting...

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The rich and the powerful running world
and everything in it. If you don't know now 
it's time that you get it. They own the 
companies that control the world we live in.
They own Wall st...

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The way I feel, each day the bright sun would shine
  Your beauty extends into the heavens
  Together, we can live life to the fullest
  Two hearts are beating, strong and true


...

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Ives Michael Rasmussen
1892-1919

So, there you are, my friends,
And here I am, resting, nodding off, in the cool dirt,
Of shady and forgotten Mt. Olive Cemetery.
There are many of us here, sleeping, and waiting,
As you are sleeping...

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Holiday Dangers
                    by Odin Roark

‘Tis greater to give than receive,
Begging the question: “Of what?”

Stuff remains the...

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2 my daughter's im sorry I thought I could hold on longer.
Pain has become my rain and the feeling of failure stronger.
Depression is just a weapon that karma uses to conquer.
So this is my final...

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We are till one day we are not
the sudden change you brought
not a reason not a single thought
it is easy to let things fall apart
the lost mind writing from heart
the truth that I have been...

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This here I declare my first
attempt at the amazing pantoum
In my virulent, insatiable thirst
to impress all the poets in the room

Why do I love the amazing pantoum?
that's a question with an easy answer
it impresses all...

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I should be writing books,
Screenplays and sitcoms
But I'm not...
Sloth has dug its claws into me

I shouldn't be watching
Have I Got News For You
From 1999 on UK Gold
But I am...
Sloth has dug its claws into me

I...

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My verse begins
  where logic ends

Escape its mission
  new light to bend

The easy answer
  the convenient close

Now left to others
  by others chose

Each phrase a path
  that leads inside

Beyond where...

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Before the day turned into night,
the sun was shining big and bright.
It was indeed a wondrous sight
that filled my heart with such delight.

In afternoon there came a breeze
which fluttered leaves upon the trees.
My strands of...

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