Highway in the Rain
...
First light’s cracking, night still grips,
to the blacktop rider's gleaming wings.
Wipers thumping the old two-by-two beat,
Tyres hissing down rain-slick street.
I’m breathing deep, holding on ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, car,
Form: Lyric
Butter Love
...
What adds the best taste to some kinds of food?
It’s useful and so flavorful to me.
Not many foods I think from it I'd exclude.
Boring without it, some things would b...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, food,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
ons, character,
Form: Haiku
Sir Thomas Wyatt translations 2
...SIR THOMAS WYATT TRANSLATIONS 2
What menethe this?
by Sir Thomas Wyatt, circa early 16th century
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
WHAT does this mean, when I lie alone?
I...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, fear, heart, loneliness, lonely,
Form: Rhyme
HellBent
...(“Field of Dreams - Flanders 1917”, 2020, original oil)
HellBent
Rumors of war, hard-ons for war
Bad dreams and perverse fantasies
Driving dirty old men forward into battle.
For at...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, war,
Form: Narrative
Insidious AI
...emot ons
th t come nd go
op n ons th t trend then v n sh
nto th n r – not even le v ng ghost of n mpr nt
so the le ves g ve up the r l feblood to the dec duous trees
to sc tter ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, integrity, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Concrete
Laughter
...Her limericks posted on Soup
are full of the merits of poop,
of farts and of pee,
of laxatives' glee,
and hard ons - or those with a droop!
For my hilarious friend Jan Allison...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, tribute,
Form: Limerick
You have ONE new message in the group chat
...Psalm 23: OMG Internet
My GR8 new provider!
Hope UR all doing OK.
Wanted to talk about OMG,
Internet service offering GR8 package,
So glad I switched recently!
a) Excellent tech support (...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, bible,
Form: Free verse
Robert Gorelick Doggy Limerick Circus II
...Charming and filled with humorous doggy characters, so unique
I’m floored when I think of an aussidoodle, or a scotchi‘s fido physique
Pages of dogs all breeds and places, RG’s fun reads,...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, art, books, celebration, dog,
Form: Rhyme
good tailoring isn't swift
...Certain yarns with needles knit
Are not strong and likely will split
So please keep in mind
The seamstress is kind
And insists on try-ons for fit...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, beautiful, funny, giving, nice,
Form: Limerick
Gee jy nog om? - english translation included
...Gee jy nog om
Gee jy nog om vir jou naaste?
Sal dit so wees op die laste?
Wanneer ons moet staan op ons geloof,
Sal jy dan nog die Vader kan loof?
Gee jy nog om vir jou naaste?
Of maak jy v...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, care, god, people, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
August
...A super month for celebrations!
Unwrapping all those presents.
Great month for their birthdays.
Under the Virgo sign, naturally kind.
Sons to be so very proud ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
A Million Invocations
...Orthodox answers
Paradox questions
Peak Experiential Doxology
ParaDoxological
Taoist ParaDoxEcology
WuWei Win/Win Thrival
Universal-Unitarian
Yang-Yin Communion
Indigenous Paradox
commun...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, culture, health, integrity, math,
Form: Political Verse
Here For You
...There were inquirers who approached Jesus with questions.
One of note-worthiness to me was one that reminds me of
certain seemingly add-ons about matters of our status in
heaven. A story was rehea...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, care, friendship, love,
Form: Verse
Baxter Street Monday
...Anti-Poem — “Baxter Street Monday”
me trudging walking
gripping onward forward
traipsing baxter street monday
and its steep inclines
going up like a dizzy sparrow
passing vertical merry go ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
ons, life, memory,
Form: Free verse
Related Poems