Long Unreported Poems

Taxes are not talking nor are they taxis. But airports are often very congested. Packed tightly forming queues. Vastly unreported by news. News are neatly arranged newts in a bath licking ice cream. And a...

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On the streets of sin city, on the high roller's main drag,
Known as the Las Vegas Strip, a gentlemen phantom
Does stroll dressed in all black attire, striding forth with his golden Cain,
Flipping a silver chip...

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Mister Government Taxman,
IRe See
you’re reaching into the citizens’
		              pockets again

Mister Caesar Palace Chamberlain,
your adept eyes
	       ...

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If I wasn't there,
the rain swollen clouds
would have still dumped 
their dark weight over the bay
and through a gaping tear,
let down a curtain of sunlight
to start the day.

And if I wasn't there,
the old, arthritic labrador...

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Am on my knees Father
Bearing in mind that you never sleep 
Crying for those trapped in a foreign country 
Dark days have befallen them
Equality rules broken, screwed humanity
Frequent hunger, little or no pay and slaving...

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Through my old window I see
The young birds, fluttering and flying free
Wings stretching out so far and wide
As they soar through the open sky.

Their eyes, as beautiful as twilight
Sparkling with a glint of delight
I watch...

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Unreported Violence in Vilamoura 

The couple was nicely suntanned, but the woman had 
a black eye, he was very courteous to her tried to hold 
her hand, but she didn´t want to and his face...

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Conundrum solvers, puzzle be
Here within the text you see,
Eye two secret missives penned
Crypticwise – responses send

Keek the type, inside lines look,
Thus hidden I’ve words.  I took
Wild liberties wit’ my count,
On th’ meter…errors mine will...

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The mine drowned the holler,
many reallocated
to trailer parks along the Interstate.

The school dwindled,
ran out of children
became a garage for dead trucks,
then a beer barn, then a Meth lab,
bubbling feuds resurfaced -
shotguns aimed at open secrets.

Oxycontin...

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The people from Hades



It is well known that Trump's are a dynasty from hell
he does not care what people ( the serious press) 
writes about him as his base do not read.
They watch Fox News...

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The applause
I had a drink before going to a poetry reading
 since I was nervous
drank a few whiskeys and spoke dramatically about the plight of the Palestinians
I needed help to get down from the stage...

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Bluefin Tuna are listed as, endangered
because of illegal fishing, of global fish stocks
as eighty five percent, is unreported and unregulated
Overfishing of our oceans, has to be quickly eliminated

Bluefin are the largest tuna, and can live...

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The sun no longer burns me
The clouds hugged away the moon last night
The stars sang from behind the curtain
Have you stopped hating me?

The cuckoo returns to the garden
as flowers sway in the breeze
and the nightingale...

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Discretion
David J Walker

Its wing crooked from some
Unreported collision 
The wild Canada goose would
Never fly again

Now left behind 
Left to beg at the end 
Of driveways when not hiding 
Between lawns and lakes

Holding himself in humbled...

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Staying Positive And Obedient
Miracle Man
March 9th 2024

In negative surroundings,
remaining positive is hard. 
But I search for good,
and stay a stubborn die-hard.

I’ve never been good at keeping,
my true feelings hidden.
Sometimes things will happen,
that by me were...

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Songs from a life, sounds like the blues,
microwave fries, pot noodle, stews,
dead on two legs, only half-nine,
saying yes, to the overtime,
this months rent and the kids' new shoes.

Paying forward, paying your dues,
when there isn't much...

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