All I know are faces
With acknowledgements and smiles.
I do not know their occupations,
Hobbies, likes or styles.
With few exceptions, even names
Are mysteries to me,
As well as where they live or hints
Of personality.
I’m talking of my morning “friends,”
To whom I say hello –
The doormen and the other walkers
I don’t really know.
They add a bit of sunshine
To the start of many days,
Without the complications
Some relationships might raise.
A smile, a nod, a simple wave –
Enough to thus connect.
Any more might be a disappointment;
That’s what I’d expect.
Trees stand in line
gathering sun
enjoying day
their leaves waving
greeting boaters
daybreak to dusk
MAYBE A NOD
No surprises, I detect no empathy
The young, they don’t understand
Yet probably even do not want to
The old always know it all so well
And each wish to be the recipient
Never the giver, no empathy left
Understanding, but leave it there
A future view is one day at a time
Expect little, except maybe a nod
Empathy is rare
Or at least is rarely shown
Just understand why
the countryside road
in beautiful autumn mood
salutation nod!
If it is written, so be it,
but who'll admit
to writing what was writ
when the fan is hit?
And, if, having inscribed,
the finger does proceed,
whose digit was it
when the words were decreed?
Yet, carved in stone,
or etched on glass,
who'll confess to pouring such concrete
when it comes to pass?
Sleeping now is not so easy
Unlike nights of yesteryear
Pain evasive sleep maneuvers
Needed now from front to rear
This way to avoid that shoulder
That way to appease my back
Crosswise so my groin finds freedom
Tilted slightly toward the crack
That Sciatica will flare up
Should I not upend my knee
That’s just one side’s ‘Sleeping Sitcom”
What is to become of me
Don’t forget to fluff that pillow
Sinus drip means counting sheep
Plus a stiff neck’s sure to follow
One wrong doze into the deep
Slumber now is very tricky
That’s if I can sleep at all
Where’d I hide those ‘little helpers”
Sandman’s on an early call!
Amidst thy grassy sea,
Stands a lone cottonwood tree.
A man of red–
His many feathers
Scatter like dust–
Away in the wind.
Amidst thy cottonwood tree,
Lies a man who once was free.
A man of blue–
My musket, aflush
A sacred scarlet–
Stricken with iron.
‘Thy brother’s blood crieth unto me.’
My blank canvas,
Suspends in time–
For I – I
Hath begotten flames–
Unto this rich plain
Of gold.
My brother in red–
He is dead–
And my sin hath killed him.
In shaking tears,
I run out into the sky–
Chasing his feathers.
eds are deadly dangerous
more people die there
no matter young or old
than anywhere
else in the whole wide world
(or so I've been told)
and if it's not too late
someone should legislate
to outlaw
and recall them all
then instead we'll sleep on the floor
so before you go
up the wooden hills to Bedforshire
and wend your weary way
to the land of Nod
if you wish to see another day
(after you brush your teeth and prayers say)
take care the place you rest your head
(a bunk-up in a hammock's best)
as the dreaded bed's where even angels fear to tread
we gave Claude a nod
sent his poems to friends and God
spoiled child and spared rod.
Great things God has done
we will always love His Son
He is Holy one
with God friends would share
He and Son are quite a pair
sins are hard to bare
when we have great news
each page read then we will use
tickle and amuse
On this day, you must rest
to pass my Sabbath test
thunders Almighty God
Not to rest’s
a bigger test, (sigh i)
~ as off i nod
A recent brush with death,
makes most people reflect..
They stop and think of God,
not just give him a nod..
It's been less then two weeks
and Trump's back to nasty tweets..
True colors flaring again, slings
mud at Joe Biden.
This man has got the nerve,
"Biden's not fit to serve".
President Biden deciding not to rerun,
not enough for some Republicans..
Do you know Wynken Blynken and Nod?
Claimed they had reservations with God
When we asked them for proof
They all went through the roof
Don't you think that reaction is odd?
Tho we said we would listen to more
Then they claimed there'd be dinner for four
Said they couldn't be late
Cuz God hated to wait
And would throw all their food on the floor
So the next revelation they claimed
Wynken and Blynken wouldn't be shamed
Till they saw God was hurt
They forgot the dessert
But in the end it was Nod they blamed
His was a lifetime
spent grabbing
storing
stashing
garnering
stealing
collecting
depositing
amassing...
try-try-trying to fill
his soul hole carved deep
from a youth
from a poverty
of having nothing.
But all was but a sinkhole
each stash
more greedy-desperate
and heavier
than the last.
In the end
all was as nothing
An aggradation,
too heavy
for the man
to carry forward,
Sinking down with him
now buried
and forgotten.
‘Tis said,
A man is remembered
for what he gives,
Not for what he takes.
face it
a nod going west
except it
He says nada
WWE chock hold comes
a nod from the east
she says si
It’s on
you seen it then you face it
your time has come
Your grills mad
please bring him loot
turn that mad grill upside down
more violence
please strike him rich
help out
turn his grill from mad
bring crime
all this
overlooked and freshly roasted
brewed up the night before
just appearing
ice coffee
a light roast
gets nod of approval
a nod from West Wing
Put this in your book
It’s intelligent
It would be smart
small print bible pages
go peacefully please
with the nod
nod straight to West Wing
This looks like Blink’n Wink’n and Nod the old-timer said.
He was a lifelong reader, this guy we call Frankenstein Fred.
I thought it was Wink’n Blink’n and Sod, I said to rile him up.
He rolled his eyes at me and took a sip from his coffee cup.
He knew I was kidding, and that was okay because we are friends.
We are not into the fanciest expensive coffees with the crazy blends.
We are common people who remember faerie tales and radio.
Born in the fifties, we know how to not boast or show.
Blink’n Wink’n and Nod or Wink’n Blink’n and Sod, it matters not.
We have experience knowledge, much which cannot be taught.
We remember things like the Night Before Christmas, and other stuff.
And we gladly share it with young whippersnappers without any fuss.
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