Out Loud Poetry Poems

So there she is, a park bench crone, mother of the listless,
the passing-by;
head bowed, caught between dark and light I sense her 
yet.

There she is,...

Read More

A Wordsmith’s pen
Is mightier than the sword
For he can turn a tricky word
Into a verbal weapon
And win the day against the hoard
The words of the...

Read More

I'm the coolest blue jay
Singing a beautiful song
out loud, I can also
Mimic other birds
I love to eat so,
I'll grab a few 
Caterpillars and beetles
They taste...

Read More

Wildflowers

Your words scream out the relative cynicism
Of an age that doesn’t believe
	In anything –
		Not God nor Goodwill
		Nor possibility:
You label me a Pollyanna,
		Mary Sunshine,
		And a fool
For...

Read More

lol

its meaning

   p!ease do tell

laugh on line

   thats just fine

maybe
       to dine

lets order linguini

a problem...

Read More

You ask a question, a question that needs an answer.
What is a question without an answer?
The question no one knows the true answer to.
The answer...

Read More

on each new poem        i aim to start
right in the middle       ...

Read More

Deadly to his enemies,
confusing to his friends

While faithful to his writing,
all justified intent

Furious in times of war,
in peace his vision burns

But past the fray inside...

Read More

Ever Beautiful

I...
l...o...v...e... you. 

(long passionate, embracing sound, 
not of voice, but only closely related, 
to the resonance of beating hearts... 
as we have heard and...

Read More

I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree*
although the poem you wrote for me
celebrating the anniversary
of my sixtieth year 
oh...

Read More

A Bounty From Universe And Its Golden Bowl

Poets dream but reality wakes deep sorrows
world plots and schemes, as future holds our tomorrows
walking oft blinded to...

Read More

Turtle heard that Salt Woman was on the road again, and he was 
wanting a taste of her. Some miles from Cochiti, he stopped 
for...

Read More

There is no competition with another, I am always me.
I fill the room with laughter and love, just by being me. 
I love being just...

Read More

Dress properly
Behave womanly
Walk nicely
Straight and not crooked
Eat wifely
But never too much
Thin ones are always preferred
Laugh courteously
Don't laugh out loud
How dare you speak so much
A slut...

Read More

Sometimes I Think

Alas, poor York,
I knew him well? 
No. 
That is foolish, 
and crazy. 
Dressed up for a party, 
at the edge of the world,...

Read More