Observations Poems

Evening Observations

Evening Observations 

orb spider -
trying to stitch together 
this broken world 

midnight -
the dead plum tree
blossoming stars 

the evening
deepening my silence -
I let go of words

how fragile -
to be set adrift
in such a vast still

late evening -
a spiders web  
has caught my curses

Glimpses

The grass waved hello
the birds called back.
Telegraph poles stood still 
like tall slender trees.
the birds liked that.
the crickets a constant tickle in the ear,
swathes of brown grass bouncing back after drought,
three troughs haphazard on a patch without
any grass. Bare dark earth.
the raven makes its cry
under a bright grey sky,
on a swampy, sweaty day .
my dog

Sinkhole Sallys Observations

Sinkhole Sally liked to swallow cars
Slurp them down in front of bars
People would wander out on a Saturday night
Watching their cars disappear; what a sight!

She did not receive many hardy har hars
People get extremely angry about their cars
Except the ones who spend lots of times in bars
They sometimes jump in Sally behind their cars

thought clouds

I don’t stream a lot of TV
but once I’m in that mode, I’m down
and I can’t get up.

Best pickup line I heard this week:
“You could be my emergency contact.”

A girl recently called me “weird people.”
She was effusive and I was put in my place.
Apparently, good grammar isn’t legally enforceable.
Her friend apologized, saying—and wrote it down.
“She

My lot in eternity is to forever gather dust and other eternal observations

My lot in eternity is to forever gather dust.
And I agree.
For the way I lived my life, that's probably just.
But I'd so hoped for a task
were at least part of the ask
was to do something fruitful with the excess of my lust.
I asked this whiz of divinity,
"What's heaven like for infinity?"
He said, "Each day, we

Observations on Dreams

    Dreams of troubled people are troubled
       Those of calm people are calm

    Intensity of both types often doubled
       ~ There is no magic balm

UNOBSERVED OBSERVATIONS

The baby in the check-out line was the only one smiling.

The cage free eggs and the free-range eggs met at a boundaries workshop.

The lone golf course Goose struggled to get out of the sand trap.

In a distant frozen corn field the crows snuggled with the scarecrow.

The sideline Squirrels puffed their tails and chanted:  “GO

Fun Observations on Poetry

 


Like hard, dry toast, with no aroma,
Poetry minus heart and soul, puts me in 
an endless coma!


My brain short circuits, the longer the poem!
I get a poetic seizure and my mind
is lost and endlessly roams.


Then come the poets, who are would-be 
philosophers!
As fascinating, and exciting as wooden bean 
counters.


Finally, those poets, who think the

Observations Democrat Convention 2024

Quite a meditation to think
how man evolves, his way of 
thinking, a little harmless egg
into a viper...a once proud 
Democrat into a
Marxist Snake -- JFK turning
over in his grave.  

Racism seems to be a deeper
infection in those that vociferously
oppose it

A contrary
species mankind is -- public servants
who serve self before God and country
 
Hollywood cheers,

PORTRAITISTA observations

warhol's marilyn had everything
but just a flaw...
she  was ever  so unsure
hopper's lady
of the empy chair...
with such  sadness in her stare
michelangelo's girl 
..less a picture of sleep
more of piety and grief
whistler  ..his ma's own dear butterfly..
but  made her more famous..in reply
seurat's lady's gaze ..disppears into the haze
...did seurat miss the point
watteau's

::Some Blind Observations::

unintelligible whispers ~ cause the weirdest reverberations

it sounds too good to be true ~ is a noisy misinterpretation

a chameleon in a flawed mirror ~ kissed it’s own aberration

the pot overheard the kettle whistle ~ a steamy admiration 

a little magnetism is good ~ too much will bring polarisation 

i put these monokus together ~ with

Ambiguous Observations

Do you see many snacks on the counter?

Perhaps the homeowner eats many,
and the snacks you see were set out yesterday
to be gone tomorrow.

Perhaps the homeowner does not eat them at all,
and the snacks you see were a gift,
or an ill-considered purchase.

We will always judge,
but let us not be too hasty in our conclusions.


13 July 2023

P.S.

Observations

As he sat unaccompanied I saw no ring on his finger
Trouble in paradise perhaps
Lines at the edges of his eyes which still sparkled 
the same brilliant blue as before
his cheekbones a bit more prominent than previously
his chin somewhat sharper
the baby face faded 
replaced by a rather wizened visage
but equally enthralling
His enchanting smile remained unchanged 
though

Observations of a Gorilla

I did not know about the world, I grew up on a farm
Into the city I was hurled, it was cause for alarm 
I found my solace and retreat, with tenants of the zoo
The animals that I would meet, were friendly to me too

His gentle eyes of wisdom bright, a creature to behold
This proud gorilla

Observations An Open Form

OBSERVATIONS
a dream
 of truth
  deserving
  enthusiasm
in
never-to-be- forgotten
  expectations

 predictions
 adornments
 engravings
with
compositions
reiterating
 appropriate
images
  alongside
 continuity
of
 viewpoints

divisive
diminished
 prospects
 destabilise
stability
&
  benefit
the
 sympathetic

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