Long Humoring Poems

"We have an enemy within called the ego
who prevents us from using our mind intelligently.
It hides deep within our heart
and emerges with regularity
to challenge and consume our will."
     Rumi (M. Mafi,...

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What are fair and effective nudges
for too much freedom of wounding weaponed speech?

Maybe equal freedom to listen nutritionally
and not speak toxically?

What's a fair response
to competitive over-investment in fear-mongering--
Threats to hold your breath 'til everyone sees...

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You know, I could be Kipling
channel a fancy humoring tale
have all of you begging of lyrics more gracious
such as this, a mystic masterpiece made for this generation
Come on, dabble me with praise
put a paint brush...

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Cold misty clouds rise above the grates
The streets only illumination, tossing shadows like pennies
Faded street lamps at each end
The cold is biting, as I roll the collar over my neck

I received a call earlier that...

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You think that I'm stupid, you believe I'm naive,
But I see through your actions, and your words, I perceive,
I see the disfunction, I wish not to confront,
Because if I chose to tell you, it would...

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Waiting. The minutes groan arduously.
Somehow, perhaps – my heart fails to beat
with the rush of your momentary attention.
Perched precariously on spikes
Flesh colored, yet artificial – 
Manikin fingers, fidgeting.
Mournfully drenched in factious apology.
Our eyes meet briefly,...

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Did I ever impasse
Only destiny to reach
The very essence
Of my solitary confinement?
 
Can I ever greet 
another dawn
without a sign of iniquity
Of infinte curses? 
 
Will I ever explore the eternity
the world and those ancient...

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Oh muffin they say
suck it up princess
not knowing I'm a drama queen
they tell me happily 
Life isnt fair

Gag me with a spoon already
look at your sense of humor i get attacked with
at dirst caked with...

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Tireless Universe
                    by Odin Roark

Time defies denial,
Knowing well its empirical presence
Will never be of absence.

Dense as...

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Son, I told him,
Bring me water from the river
In my old basket.

Wide eyed he stared again
Bringing the contempt for school
And church to make complaint
Against my revenue of pain.

All I want to do, he said
Is to...

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The eligible for a female partner
Between the highly placed and a gardener;
Thirty years a massively supported age,
As one still doesn’t seem a sage,
Who wants to a union solemnize
And the honorable fun and sex officially recognize.

Maximally...

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With one stocking up and the other rolled down
the old lady waddled her way to town.
Her flowered dress sported stains of breakfast.
Her hair was matted, like a birds nest.
Lipstick circled her lips, like a circus...

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I was crying like a crazy person. 

Shouting as if making a speech. 

Muttering words I know I won’t remember. 

I became embarrassed, of course. 

I was mad at her for humoring me. 

Then tricking...

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My poems are simple
Composed of simple words
Understood by simple minds
Because I have the same kind.

I do try to read other poems
But often can’t find the rhyme
Missing the meaning somewhere
Pulling out my hair (if there was...

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Humoring her concern, I said, "Ok, I'll try,
But I knew that was not how I wanted to meet a guy,
She knew my heart belonged to her brother,
That after he died there was no other,
A piece...

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There is much to know about the trees.
Always keeping secrets, these
ancient beings, living libraries,
Holders of the keys to Gaia’s vault;
will sacrifice themselves rather than
give away her truths.
Such vigilance and dedication,
noble sentinels grace the lands;
they whisper...

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