Pushing Up Daisies Poems

Just yesterday morning while shaving my face,
I looked in the mirror in total dismay;
my once youthful looks somehow time did erase,
and there stood a stranger with age on display.

My once raven hair has now turned a dull white,
and under my...Read More

I don't need an Eiffel Tower as my backdrop 
nor picture painted perfection gracing a Louvre 
romantic candlelit dinner elegance at a Casa Cruz 
nor a breathtaking view of The Old Man at Storr . . . 

to deliver all...Read More

a poem for someone who likes orange marmalade
a poem for someone who owns mallard ducks
a poem for someone who has used a baby changing station
a poem for someone who is not looking
a poem for someone with no cavities
a poem for...Read More

No if, and's, buts or try out your luck
No not even a maybe
But before too long I feel I'll be gone
On my way to pushing up daisies

No sense standing here shaking in fear
Crying out like a baby
I feel the walls...Read More

"The Golden Chord"

I have stories
caterwauling
to be told,
I will caste them out there
no matter how bold.

They will not drown,
they’ll survive
soaked to the bone,
transfigured transporting
they’re magic
for the one who sits absent
on her Royal Throne.

Some are parked on a shelf
covered in dust
Some are...Read More

there is a fountain hidden with peace in our society to set mens hearts free
folks its time we came together no matter what the weather & smile
for we know all the great while that its hip to be square no...Read More

GRAVE THOUGHTS

unseen
even though protocol
states 6 feet under
all along
walking up to the stone
pushing up daisies
with my feet
until his mate
fades away
and a fresh dig
even then a tent
covers the gaping hole
but we circle back
and now
only a bandaid board
covers the open wound
we peek -...Read More

When I’m eighty…
I will be sweet to everyone.
I’ll think only about positive things.
I’ll smile a lot with my toothless smile,
And I’ll wear emeralds and diamond rings.

I’ll get up late if I want to.
And I’ll eat anything I like.
I’ll watch cowboy...Read More

Today is the first day of the rest of your life
Bloody brilliant I say, life is a slice
Beats the alternative
That's an affirmative
Pushing up daisies really sucks that's my advice


© Jack Ellison 2015




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Dad is pushing up daisies today.
He did away with himself on New Year’s Day.
He lodged a bullet into his own chest.
Less than a week later, he was laid to rest.

Down to Atlantic City, you and Mom would roam.
All our depressed...Read More

Alone in your world of solitude, you do not wait for anyone to care
your mind and thoughts are satisfying, and with you do they share
wisdom and knowledge they are your light, what was once far is now brought near
seeking answers...Read More

happy happy happy
flowers and daisies
smelling the roses and pansies
right around this time of year?
are you nuts?

anyway it was a cool night
it was October
I must admit i'm a detective
of a nonexistant crime scene looking and haunted by something soo bizarre and...Read More