Short Workaday Poems

Mute and multiplied,thoughts trained
and tamer,the subconscious becomes
a workaday drama.A confusion then
evolves into the particular and floats
upon my page....

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Love Along the Lake

Along the lake,
Gentle water lapping
Twinkling white caps splashing,
Duck wings flapping;
In a brilliant sunset strolling,
Arm in arm a workaday away;
The trill of laughter low and sweet,
I love you, so easily, you did say.
And I, I fell 
As hard as the path stones and
Gave you my heart....

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It took some time, but
eventually the denim
(after much scrubbing)
of my workaday soul
cleaned-up as if stone washed.

Valuable lessons
were tucked into new pockets,
the clucking hens
of a nagging conscience
were at last silenced.

I’m spinning myself dry today,
hanging up my smoking guns.

Her face still riddles me through,
but I patch up just fine,
and know now how to zip her
out of my mind....

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  An admirer of nature, I used to be
    ‘til a storm felled my favorite tree

  Ever-optimistic, my always thoughts
    ‘til in my first real war I fought  

  Laid-back and leisurely, I once dined
    ‘til worn down by the workaday grind

  Always thrilled to the sight of flowers
    ‘til I lived in a windowless tower

  The world chews us up and spits us out
    Heaven’s surely better, I have no doubt
...

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The bright sun 
       has 
       risen 
       in 
       the 
       sky
  the workaday world 
      has 
         jump started
  into action 
      Automobiles move 
        down city streets
  as pedestrians 
         dodge trucks
    Soon the masses 
will reach their goal
      A cup of coffee or 
      tea
  the day begins
     Minds and muscles 
move 
     Another day in the 
vast metropolis...

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Here’s to those who, late in life,
Might cultivate a skill,
A goal which, years ago, they never
Thought they could fulfill.

It might be blowing glass
Or playing chess or learning French
Or any of a hundred other
Thirsts that time can quench.

For those no longer shackled to
The workaday routine
Have the luxury of tapping
Some yet undetected gene.

And no matter if it’s music
Or athletics or the arts,
There is no age too old for what
Enlightenment imparts....

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