Peevish Poems

July 4th and the Web Footed

...Works of fire and thunder
flower the surface of a dark river.

When the rockets
are dead-eyed and spent,

muffled calls remain -
a flap and gabble,
of the peevish and ruffled.

Night stumbl...

SIMPLE SPIDER STORY

...SIMPLE SPIDER STORY

Palsy poison spider
bickering, binding, biting
sparring, stinging, scampering
creeping in crevices cocooned 
coded crooked cock-eyed

Here, there, everywhere 

Scorpion...

Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential win

...Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential win...

for the trumpeting don
spells loss for democracy
after inauguration day
witnesses his swearing-in
nepotism will run rampant
lawlessness the name of...

Mother GAZA

...A percentage of me has to hell been consigned
by the ever raging zionists' war machine.
To each livid soldier, a mandate is assigned
to uproot terror where multitudes are confined.
Torrents of ex...

Trump and Biden

...Trump and Biden, a joint election win,
In the White House, they both walked in.
But the cat, feeling small,
Grew peevish in the hall,
Wondering who'd let the doggone cat in!

NYT News:

Trump...

Pandora Gleese

...Long, long ago in a land far away,
they lived a wise old woman who talked to the trees. 
She had a little crooked back and wobbly knees.  

She lived in a tiny tumbledown shack, and her name was ...

The Domain of Psyche

...Within the ambit of the psyche  untamed
Is the wonder cavern with hanging thoughts
And projections prompting peevish plots-
Thick and prickly notions oddly framed
Fall about, on the least spur of...

Lurking

...He returned with peevish looks, 
a condescending demeanor, 
Vaunting as though his bones were made of rocks 
and his sinews of brass, 
bottled up acrimony burning from his bowels, 
A prideful fa...

Bad Ways Reach Hell's Place

...God will surely punish                
Those committing wrongs
So please be not devilish
Then only peace prolongs

They may go scot-free
But, cannot ever elude
They must pay the fee
For being...

Curb All Desires That Disturb

...In case you curb desires, then you win
As your mind is devoid of any bad greed
By suppressing peevish ideas, you clean
Your mind and grow there peace-flowers

Only by overcoming our mind, we suc...

The Wheat and the Tare

...They crept upon our shores eating away the inner core
They crept upon our shore knocking on our barricade doors
Tall stout men with peevish eyes and strange looks on their white faces
Invade our q...

Requisite Inspection June 29th, 2022 At Apartment B44

...Requisite inspection June 29th, 2022 at Apartment B44

Aforementioned title and following
little known verses of Matthew
finds me feeling squeamish, 
peevish, anguish, et cetera
at our (the mis...

Nature Is the Best Teacher

...Let love and courage
Enter into heart-cage
At each and every stage
Quit those who discourage

Sun and Moon have agreed
To do only a generous deed
Who knows their real need?
For help, they don...

Our Plight

...Strange sedition stealthy sets 
cloaked in artificial greening phiz
some by prejudice inquiring, 
“Where are you from”?
others in feigning frame avoiding,
finding paths away from you,
Though ha...

Inferiority Complex Viz Mine Mien

...Inferiority complex viz mine (mien)

Although yours truly modest,
the only personal issue
I will lightly boast about
constitutes lingering

self worthlessness bred
if not prior to first grade...

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