inner and outer
We all have inner and outer lives.
They’re messy, hopelessly intertwined, and more
than mere mannequins to hang our word-art upon.
I’m supported, in my unwritten life, by a structure
of moods, both affine and counter-expressive. I’m,
in turns, a tightly wound vagabond, an over-busy,
fretful, unhappy liar (for what I will not share) and
a happy, truthful mess (for what I
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Categories:
outer(a), boyfriend, conflict, humor, poetry,
Form: Free verse
A message from outer space
I AM miles away in outer space sending a message to the human race
Your wildlife is dying in fields of fire
And your ice cap is melting as the temperature gets higher
You have so much plastic that fills your sea's
And your world is being infected by a new disease
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Categories:
outer(a), care,
Form: Rhyme
Blinded by the Light
Blinded by the light
Riding my bike in the middle of the night
Pity my plight
I ran over the foot of a runner in the night
I admitted my flaw, but then we both saw
a UFO with 2 diplomats
the runner he said "oy"
And in a ploy to annoy
A tractor beam pulled my bike and our hats.
They said "we
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Categories:
outer(a), crazy, fantasy, fun, humor,
Form: Lyric
Inner Tides and Outer Moons
Inner Tides and Outer Moons
Just like Earth and her moon
Our own body-mind fluxes
With and within the cycle of tides.
Up-down, strong-weak, high-low
We swell and contract in a rhythm
That effects if not controls us all.
Maybe it’s even what makes us care
About others and what others think of us
Since without the flux
We’d be more consistent
And so
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Categories:
outer(a), grandfather, wisdom,
Form: Narrative
Free-Wheeling
Found my space to roller skate
Like I did when I was eight ...
Round, round and round the rink
Flashing lights of blue and pink
High above such trivial things
Skating the track of Saturn's rings,
Go, go, they can't catch me now
Once you learn, you never forget how
The music flows from far, far away
Down on Earth where records
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Categories:
outer(a), childhood, fantasy, fun, kid,
Form: Rhyme
Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic
Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic
In an attempt to recount how life came about on planet Earth,
thence subsequently spanning across the webbed wide world
birthed cockamamie idea within mind of then young Matthew
Scott Harris, who knew nothing about Charles Darwin Origin
of Species controversial revolutionary annunciation with much
excitation videre licet painstakingly slow process of
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Categories:
outer(a), absence, adventure, america, angel,
Form: Free verse
A celestial marriage
Crowns our world with clouds, green plants and waters.
Sun, moon, stars, rains and rainbows ~ its daughters
Their beams from far in one dead outer space.
Atmospheres pack airs into its vast vase.
Sparks up lights to send armies of thunders,
To shake warriors with earthly blunders,
Hills whispers to snow to fall on their laps,
Leaves dance while each cloudburst
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Categories:
outer(a), seasons, space, sun, surreal,
Form: Rhyme
outer time,outer man
man is a display of man
man is a outer display
space is a outer display of man
space is a outer display of the universe
the universe is a display of the universe
the universe is a display of man
man is mankind display
man of space,man of display,man of mankind
outer space,outer mankind,outer focus
mankind focus on mankind
a focus space is a
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Categories:
outer(a), space, time, universe,
Form: Free verse
Outer face
What if we have came as far as we can
So now we are trying to integrate
End of night leaving our eyes on a pad
Could you teach A.I. to be bad
Would it know the difference
See we worry about technology
but the weakest link
Is humanity
What dreams would A.I. dream
A byte to eat at edge of a digital stream
Counting
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Categories:
outer(a), poems,
Form: Free verse
May Be From Outer Space
Did you ever see a cow with a green eyebrow
Wow! Hope you sought some help
Did you ever see a llama, wearing pink pyjamas
Something more serious has developed
Did you ever see a fly with a polka dot tie
You're really need to visit a shrink
How about a turtle wearing a form fitting girdle
That would certainly make
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Categories:
outer(a), space,
Form: Rhyme
She Sits On The Outer Looking In
She sits on the outer looking in
As the party is in full swing
Another family gathering
With all the happiness and laughter it brings
Her family….children and grandchildren
Her reason since their birth
Nurturing, worrying and loving them
Her purpose on this earth
She reflects back on their younger years
The days of prams, parks and play
Of afternoon naps and cuddles
Forever sharing their
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Categories:
outer(a), age, change, family, life,
Form: Rhyme
Outer Place
Some days,
I have to get into my spacesuit,
and follow an umbilical connection
to your mind.
Your heart has always been
a capsule
large enough for our love,
but somedays,
I just float around in the space between us,
- signaling in the void.
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Categories:
outer(a), poetry,
Form: Free verse
Beyond outer form
Your hypnotic eyes
and childlike exuberance
sends a bliss spasm through my veins.
My void centric stance
melds my spirit with God’s light,
aglow in cave of your heart.
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Categories:
outer(a), love, spiritual,
Form: Sedoka
parasitic fungus from outer space
It attacks our species and genus
Detect trumposaurus meanus
By its orange mane
Its mycelium brain
And its shiitake-stemmed pen!s
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Categories:
outer(a), science, sick,
Form: Limerick
Journey to outer space
Going to the moon.
A noble undertaking
Rockets are in flight
Ready for lift off
Rockets engines Roaring load
Vibrant flames ignite
Rockets pierce the clouds
Stars twinkle in darkened skies
Endless wonders shine
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Categories:
outer(a), journey,
Form: Haiku
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