Time Rapids Poems

6/9/23


I walk to clear my troubled mind,
To drown the sound of ticking clocks
That beat with worry in my ear.

A running river won't rewind,
And time bestows...

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Shooting sixty four rapids in the time stream

Powder milk biscuits helped yours truly, 
a Norwegian farmer wannabe feel bold
enough to weather inclement
steady rain which swirled,...

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The greatest performance of my life.  
Howard’s proud piece de resistance award  on Poetry Nook for my magnum opus “Rush Amid The Rapids”...

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Well within the city limits mysteries
Suburban people to the core escape
Into a wilderness of houses bunched together
Outside town, outside the reaches of police  ...

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this was the spot
where we’d come
i’d shoot photos of
the golden glitter
as waves ran down
the river bank

this was the spot
where we’d come
we’d just sit and
watch the...

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Rapids of the mind,
moving at a furious pace
as if there is no time to waste.

A boat with oars...
a raving raft…
on all fours.

In my dry suit,...

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Steady rain swirled, pooled,
and eddied around rolled
up pant legs skinny ankles, which
immediately felt cold
before undertow willingly

steadily, and nimbly pulled this former
ace swimmer into watery fold
quelling,...

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( RIVER RAPIDS )

R- Riding in a raft, heart racing, water splashing.
I- Intense situation, always careful, of any crashing.
V- Voyage underway, up and down is...

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We fought to keep our craft on course,
The river raged in protest and in vain;
We fought against the pull of nature’s force
And turned our tiny...

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The Rapids
~~~~~~~~~
Swept about the river of time
In this land of the living
Like so much waste and debris
Many passers in this torrid stream
Its maelstrom of misery,...

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