Matchbook Poems

Hurricane

...Hurricane

You crash ashore like a savage one-eyed lion attacking its prey. Hunger gnaws at your belly, the trip from Africa has been long. Wind like claws slashing and ripping, ro...

The Tides Motel Palm Beach Blvd

...My bus finally pulled in late 
you were there as promised 
although I  tried not to notice 
the blonde bimbo adjusting 
her skirt a cross between 
pat benatar and Melanie griffith 
puffing on a...

To the Brim- For My Contest

...
 'He fills his glass up to the brim'
 She knows what happens when he drinks
 He's in an ocean and cant swim
 The more he drinks the more he sinks

 She watches sadly as once more
 He f...

Elf Sleeps In Mouse Hole

...What is in that mouse hole snoring away?
The cat sneaked a peek and tiptoed that day
Grabbed his owner’s phone and took a photo too.
Of a snoring elf sleeping in a matchbook box of red and blue.
...

Moonshine Shuffle - Moderate Country Waltz

...Moonshine, diesel fumes, and chicken wire. 
Laundry hangin’ on the line. 
Bible open to the Book of Job. 
Backyard thick with prickly pine.

Jacket pocket full of Red Man dip. 
Work boots laced...

Matchbook What Is A

...===================  Matchbook   what is a 


       Write down your number
       small talk of big dreams fan flames
       cold daylight awaits


       GINSU-KNIFE   EASTPORT , MAINE   US...

Paper Gangster

...I can't handle pretenders.
Something someone is not.
No 'spect for a paper gangster.
Living a fake life until caught.

A lawyer watching Son's of Anarchy.
Blue jeans with vest, will be looking ...

Fortunes Re Told

...FORTUNES READ the sign displayed
TRINKETS, CHARMS AND SPELLS
The store had not been here yesterday
shades of candles, books and bell
Drapes were hung from side to side
The windows all were dark
...

Pj Sandwich

...

Pretty double dipping fingers,
smooth peanut butter skin quality
Jelly coated lies that lip lingers ... 
has a heart so sticky and slippery

Welcoming the curious to come take a bite ...

Math

...I am a master of the Arts University of Only One.
If you having problems my words can solve them.
My voice can direct others, better yet they call me a prima donna.
My words turn into a masterpiec...

Downside of a Writer

...They say Im a lover but I know I can also be a fighter/ 
Im living in darkness today knowing tomorrow ain't going to get any brighter/ 
Im so heavy in the pain I don't know when *****in life is going...

Fractured

...My grandfather on my father’s side, was a pecker-toothed sidle who raped his 
daughter when she was just ten. He threw down vodka from an eternal well and took my father out to buy prostitutes when h...

Fault Line Breaking

...Today marks a continuation of
my blazing accent of enlightenment.
With a tedious eye I vanquish
the demon taunting my peripheral
of lamentable memories and efforts
torn asunder before grateful f...

No Hotter Dance

...It’s hot and it’s fiery, it’s better shared by two
The Matchbook Mambo is the dance step for you
You ignite with your footsteps, so wild and free
And burn up the dance floor, that’s what y...

The Box

...I keep a box of memories
it’s safely tucked away
but now and then and then again 
I bring it out to play

a marble here a matchbook there
and pictures one or two
of things I’ve done and wars I...

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