Long Top drawer Poems

I got a text from one of my professors yesterday saying, ‘Please stop by my office at 6 pm tomorrow.’ It didn’t say why. This was the first day after November recess, had I missed...

Read More

I had my plan memorized, 
and I picked the right time.
I walked into the bank 
when there was no line.
I walked up to the teller 
and presented a note.
She hadn’t lived my life, 
you see,...

Read More

(composed in head as woke up)
Mid yawn, self suffocation 
Out of your control 
No fear, you know how it goes
You're better at the end, than at the start
Have faith in the recalibration part 

(Composed in...

Read More

TS Eliot said, “Paris is a strong stimulant.”
It is - but it has nothing on Manhattan.
If Paris is a Café Crème espresso at a café-en-terrasse under the stars.
Manhattan is a ‘Black Tie Bawls’ cocktail at...

Read More

Tap, Tap, Tap!
Carla’s pen keeps hitting the table,
As she writes her final thoughts.

She attempts to explain to her mother,
How it wasn’t her fault.
She tried so hard,
To raise her right.
It wasn’t her fault,
That her daughters life...

Read More

1000 white lines sat,
There on her arms.
She covered them up,
So no one would stare.
 
She wore her long sleeves, 
Everyday of the week.
Hoping no one would notice,
Everyone just thought she was cold.
 
She seemed so...

Read More

I opened the top drawer of my mind
and carelessly took out some words.
I threw them about with little thought
of where or on whom they might land.

Many bounced when they hit becoming scattered and lost;
Some stuck...

Read More

Alexander Kielland 

a Norwegian writer regarded as a fine author, if not the top drawer, but somewhere in the middle, one does not need to stretch up or bend low to read his work.
I read...

Read More

Queen Hillary's election to the presidency seems a foregone conclusion,
Brought about by back-room deals, magical tricks and considerable illusion.
I thought I'd offer suggestions for her cabinet officers (as if she cared),
To surround herself with top-notch...

Read More

She Didn’t Know

I had my plan memorized, and I picked the right time.
I walked into the bank when there was no line.
I walked up to the teller and presented a note.
She hadn’t lived my life,...

Read More

I have a fondness for gemstones that meets crazy at the border.
Today I sorted out the top drawer of my desk, and realized this is where
A million of the missing pieces are hanging out. 
Laughing...

Read More

I never really realized

How crucial friends can be

I used to think that one or two

Would be enough for me

But now I think I'm changing

How I view this need to share

The good things and the heartaches

With...

Read More

I am sitting at a teacher’s desk.
Not my desk, a borrowed room.
Staring at an orange backpack with
A broken zipper and a cat emblem.

This desk is familiar. There is a torn paper
Plate, a half-eaten sucker, two...

Read More

I never really realized
How important friends can be
I used to think that one or two
Would be enough for me

But now I think I'm changing
How I view this need to share
The good things and the heartaches
With...

Read More

She goes to her room and locks the door.
Mad at the world.
Hating her life.
Thinking her life is over.
Wishing she wasn't alive.
She walks over to her dresser and opens the top drawer and takes out a...

Read More

I never really realized
How crucial friends can be
I used to think that one or two
Would be enough for me

But now I think I'm changing
How I view this need to share
Good things and the heartaches
With ones...

Read More

I'm so happy I checked-out a recent e-mail from the Soup
By doing so, I was privileged to read some of Becca Teagan's 
work, I know I may have gone over the top with my
little tribute,...

Read More

Britches' Idioms
Composed: by Miracle Man
1/27/2021

“Britches” is now just a has been, an “ol’ used to be,”
though “he’s loaded for bear” he remains carefree.

 He’s faster than “a chicken on a Cheeto” at finger lickin,
life is...

Read More

I can’t remember what you said
Cause it’s gone right out my head.
When I asked you if you want tea
Did you reply or say coffee?

I don’t know what I came for
When I opened this top drawer.
I’ll...

Read More

Each morning I wake
eager to search online;
the latest news,
messages from friends,
funny videos on U-Tube,
or love notes from relatives living 
in Belleville, Casper, or Sausalito.

The top-drawer of any morning 
is listening to a familiar voice
pronounce names...

Read More

Let's all try living in harmony side by side
Do we really think that's possible
Or are we destined to live like combatants forever
Which do I think is more possible

Definitely I do have my thoughts on the...

Read More

CLERIHEW REVIEW

Sir Isaac Newton 
Though genetically close to an Orang Utan
With his larger cranial cavity 
He discovered the law of gravity

Atilla the Hun
Was a man who liked innocent fun
After a day of rape and pillage...

Read More

I was in love at only seven 
Her name was Miss. Grayson
We made butter in mason gars 
But, I was the one asked to hand the crackers out

I really scared her one Halloween
I put a...

Read More

Ark of laughter far from sea amid earth
Hair be it long or short power still stays
Mite of two, widows, others measure worth
Bitters Holiness Hunger forty days

We are born to this life as possible,
and grow by...

Read More

Henry turned four
With a party galore
As his friends ran around
On the soft-padded floor.

You couldn’t ignore
How their spirits did soar
While they bounced and they tumbled
And just wanted more.

All this was before
Pizza (which they adore)
Served with juice...

Read More