Long Shortness of breath Poems

A listing of the fires 
and all the survivors 
will be provided

Names of the dead 
are written on broken cobblestones 
at the bottom of the river

The sheet music 
is in the morgue - reconstruction 
of...

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An ordinary Australian from an ordinary country place
Who rallied to the flag's call with god's good grace
He was one of the 33rd Battalion "New England's Own"
Into this swirling maelstrom they were duly thrown
The Great War...

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In order to fight the Coronavirus causing Covid-19 here are some things we must know about,
First of all is that the virus enters your body through your eyes, nose or mouth,
The virus can be in...

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What do we know about the Coronavirus
The real risks behind the panic and human bias
Now let’s look at the facts that we have to date.
It not great news, its spreading at an alarming rate. 

Corvid...

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE VACCINATED  

Two years of pandemic and there is still no end in sight.
Almost a year since vaccines became available and only
sixty percent in the United States are fully...

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internet doctor
these are my symptoms
This is everything wrong with me
a list of complaints i have noticed
hoping there is something i can do
to bring back my health
and hopefully pull through

Lists of complaints
everything i can think of...

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Brass balls & eyes with a sliver of sin
Hence, where do I even bother to begin?
In fragmentation out on its desolate isle
We will know all the more in a great while

In sesation we get desperate...

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Dying Is Horrifying

Has been sad to me;
Dying is horrifying;
Will never forget.

My wife Jill is in intensive care right now
under sedation. Sunday morning she had
shortness of breath. An aide car came out 
and gave her oxygen...

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The water, it takes me off of my chosen path
A place from where many men have never come back
The water, it’s rising now and I must not think twice
To leave what is material to save...

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The forgotten one, the lonely one
fate has raised a knife against me
The broken one, the chosen one
I've been chosen to take part in the stars masquerade
to indulge in being a puppet product of a star-crossed...

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At three years old; 
we freely hid from tree to tree, 
and sneaked through under table to 
table,
with snow smiles, filled with smells of 
present, and a rainbow heart of 
innocence, blinded with mountains of...

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A Quiet Place  



A quiet place 
Where I knew not pain 
Where innocence reign  
Lost in a field of flowers 
Chasing butterflies 
Blowing bubbles 
Collecting rocks 

Waiting for you 
Staring through the peep...

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We have come too far to ever give up now

A Change in society through the tears of a clown
A sullen gasp pronounced toward fear
A vile indication of stregnth drawn near
A sequential pull vexed after the...

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"Descendent of Eve"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

As she walked through the door, I recall a shortness of breath
My heartbeat fluttered, my palms moistened, my mind drew a blank, but no pain was felt
My mouth became...

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Am not here to contest I confess, but to educate on the covid-19 case which isn’t a joke like joker 2019.
First & foremost its my obligation to pass my conciliation to every nation without any...

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OLD AGE


Do you ever wonder where the years have all gone?
The roller coaster ends and you hope to hop back on
We are older now and that thrill ride has passed us by
Should we cling to...

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It's kind of funny, I don't know what to write
is this supposed to be about my life
It never will be my heart pumps like a wilder beast
I need you in my reach please don't stop
my...

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Corona Virus



For these are terrible times
COVID 19, 
The modern plaque,
The tragedy of our lives 
Medical personnel at the frontlines 
Armed with rubber gloves and face masks
Battling a virus ravaging the town
And the world at large

Sheltered...

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"How do you know you're in love?"
I asked my mom when I thought I was. Her reply confused me  for a few years.
"If you have to ask, it's not love." She winked and walked...

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I rose up from my bed, feeling better than I have in weeks;
With energy that has been absent, feeling rosiness in my cheeks.
I felt like I could dance and waltzed across the floor,
Twirling an imaginary...

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She lit up the room that day at the ball

Shortness of breath & a word at the end of the hall
The door shut tight in a mediocre vault
To pronounce the coming newly elected queen elect
Precious

With...

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THE THAW
The bear awakens from its long slumber.
Stretches and shakes it's head.
Ready to venture out in the brand new world.
New life ever so present.
Buds forming on the tree branches,
Fresh dew on the grass,
Morning sunlight breaking...

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If dreaming came like a bowl of oxygen would you inhaled with me one breath at a time
Check please this time money is obsoleting take context for meaning one drink please
 Catering of ice man...

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“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” 

The sun Plagued by darkness.
I walk alone a shadowless figure with no face or heart beat.
Full with an emptiness void that grows and...

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sift through the wind
set of course as the Albatross tread
look at the mountains breathless
the sign in the field evokes fear
try to stop the parting tear
all hellos sport a hello or goodbye
clever notion of a soft...

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