Earthquake In a Tea Cup
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"Earthquake in a Tea Cup"
the earthquake
rocked through
a pink haze
soft and powdered
scent of lit smoke
flaming fires
hot oven baked
green apples
ripe skin siz...
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Categories:
on the qt, muse, satire, sensual,
Form: Narrative
Skin Deep
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“Skin Deep”
skin deep
in beauty
character snatched
in the grip of plastic
strictly confidential
on the q.t.,
the breath inside
quiet and temporary
love bl...
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Categories:
on the qt, dark, love, surreal,
Form: Narrative
Even Bad Guys Do Good
...Pirates were known for their notorious acts of
This or that.
I learned while traveling the seas
That they were A mean frat
With an endless rum vat
Which got them in to all kinds of troubles on t...
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Categories:
on the qt, adventure, betrayal, corruption, education,
Form: Villanelle
Bitcoin Player In the Blockchain of Life
...As always when in the initial throes
of writing what I strive to concoct viz
pièce de ré·sis·tance,
which grandiose whim fizz
hills with utter futility, nonetheless this
nondescript husband und...
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Categories:
on the qt, age, analogy, death, fate,
Form: Bio
Is It Or Is It Not a Mystery
...Grandma! Grandma! I am looking for something
Extraordinary.
You may have seen one since you live by the sea
This thing is not imaginary
In fact it's legendary.
If I told you I think you would a...
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Categories:
on the qt, 8th grade, adventure, beach,
Form: Villanelle
AIRPORT
...They're selling off our Airport, does anybody care?
The old Gazette's done nothing yet, no 'Save it' campaign there
The Echo there in Darlo seems quite reluctant to
Investigate the Peel Magnate...
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Categories:
on the qt, anger, betrayal,
Form: Epitaph
Top Secret From the Poetrysoup Undercover Agent: Re, Aliens
...Keep this under your hat, guys....I'm just back from an undercover investigation of
what turned out to be a real hidden nest of Alien invaders....they foolishly made
serious strategic mistakes, w...
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Categories:
on the qt, adventure, confusion, mystery, native
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Tumbleweeds For Brains
...That Woody wanted to see me ASAP,
So we done met near downtown at the KFC.
He says he wants to tell me something FYI,
About some new TFB sorta cowboy guy.
“TFB?” I asks, “You talkin’ ‘bout an I...
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Categories:
on the qt, cowboy-western, funny, people, me,
Form: Cowboy Poetry