Prosthetics Poems

In glass displays, they stand, forever seeking new prosthetics

...In glass displays, they stand, forever seeking new prosthetics,
Slumbering consciences drift on waves of ads and hollow promises,
We swallow mass culture whole, like blind fish in murky waters,
Fo...

SUTURECALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOSES

...BREAKING: [WEALTHY VENTURE CAPITALIST] BUYS 
[PLOT OF LAND] FOR [INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION]

[CIGARETTES] AND [TYLENOL]
[TORNIQUETES] AND [ALCOHOL]
LOOPY DOOPY [LAUGHING GAS]
[COLORS] [FLAVORS] [SAS...

I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks

...I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks...,

(a poor excuse for legs),
and get me the latest
sophisticated prosthetics advancements,
whereat integration of cultured stem cells
into custom made...

Unspoken Echoes - the Weight of Silence

...My mind is filled with things to be said and my mouth is filled with things unsaid.
 My head goes empty when I pick up a pen to write the things to be said and my head grows full with things unsaid....

Not a Veteran

...NOT A VETERAN

I’m not an Army veteran, it’s a cap that doesn’t fit.
I’m a guy that wore the green yes, but I don’t feel I did my bit.
I’ve never faced the enemy, stared down the barrel of a gun....

I Hear He's a Winner

...Bolsonaro was president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023.
Former army officer and right-wing nationalist who revered Brazil's 1964–1985 military rule.
Jair Bolsonaro sought to arm a disarmed...

Learning To Fly

...The one thing you can count on,
Is that knowledge will inspire.
And it put us on the path,
Like the early quest for fire.

All the answers that we sought,
Would advance the human race.
From th...

We

...E Pluribus Unum ~  Out Of Many, One

[Author's note: E Pluribus Unum is a traditional motto of the United 
States, but the scope of this poem is intended to be of a more global sc...

Academic Issues At the Holiday Table

...One has a rallying spear 
Other has a chomp to fear 
But on the weekend to give gratitude 
A Seminole and Gator won’t be showing any attitude 
Cancelled is their rivalry match 
Neither one will ...

Living With Ptsd

...We were all trained to push the limits of the human barrier.
physically growing stronger.
Mentally developing professionalism.
Improvise, adapt and overcome.
A war-torn country is the birth of a ...

Adieu Dental Floss and Toothbrush

...(21st century pearly white prosthetics,
restored jaw bar wah key) 

Aye noel hunger bristle,
and when false teeth soak at night 
     in tandem with stubby facial gristle
har reckon noah kisses...

Antifragility

...In last night's movie, a young writer
and an older, married with children French woman
fall in love. They did not meet during a village massacre
and money is no object, Manhattan
the place I was ...

A Senior Citizen's First Email

...Things are quiet here, a friend writes
in the first email of his long life:  

Most mornings I drive to Gillson Park,
sit and read beside the Lake.
The waves are a symphony.
Books are better th...

David Henson

...David can often be seen hot on the trail, 
Of Richard Whitehead, sprinter, runner, 
And was reported in Rio de Janero’s mail, 
As the 200m bronze medalist, stunner.

He went to St George Catholi...

Richard Whitehead

...Richard Whitehead is really a marathon runner, 
But when he wanted to compete in the stunner, 
In the London Marathon in 2012, he found battle,
So had to turn to para sprinting with his bottle.

...

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