Shorthand Poems - Poems about Shorthand

...Alphabet Soup Everywhere I look, I see acronyms… A language all of its own for each category. A shorthand of sorts. Outsiders confused and aggravated. They requested clarification. ......

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... X marks the Gospel spot He’s the chiasm of B.C. to A.D. Like the Chi-rho symbol or ichthus fish There’s no disrespect, says R.C. X reminds us of Christ, [The Star that’s shining bright] It’......

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...some people type right into the computer I never thought I would be one of them, but I am At this second I am sitting my car, writing on a clipboard As the words appear, I realize how Gemini I am ......

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... This gray sky Of May does lie In lackluster color A futile eye With birds too shy To sing, or fly Through April's chill March lingered still Soaking in chains Of rain's domain Why this ......

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...His dad was a Commercial Traveller Who went to work in a suit and tie Didn’t have that weathered complexion From daily working under open sky. They lived last house in Mill Row The village schoo......

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...What's with this 'X' perplex? It marks the spot to dig for treasure It marks a crossing out A signature for the illiterate A cheeky peck on lips An addendum end to a letter penned Its shorthand......

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...Lisa and I were watching one of our favorite series last night, a Japanese manga called “The Way of the Househusband” and I could barely keep my eyes open. I went to bed at a decent hour (11:30) but ......

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...It comes wrapped up in clear mylar, like the ones comic people use, insides faded, creased and yellow, big red letters boast of the west, small rips and tears from ancient hands, and the collect......

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...Looseleaf thoughts trailed behind me as I moved between moments. Onto the next will little regard for the last. Carelessly discarded attention to detail left a world crafted by outline, but devoid ......

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... “Phoenix Dreams in the Realm of Crows” wake up shake up kaleidoscope girl jigsaw see saw fit the pieces she another world away the in-betweeen flows eas......

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...Circa February 12th, 2122 ~ 10:30 PM Equals twenty one thirty 22:30 military time future time traveler looks back one century ago, oceanic waterways overladen with green slime, yours truly atte......

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...In my family, a convent in Lucerne, Switzerland loomed legend large. It’s name is “La Madone Noire” (the Black Madonna) and according to my mom, it is a “finishing school” where captious girls, who......

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...Paternal grandmother's headstone - Beth David, Elmont, Long Island Shaindel (Sadie), variant of Shana Harris died May 13th, 1959 exquisitely chiseled alphanumeric characters legibly engraved se......

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... "The Croquis" I draw what is required from the Russian Doll embracing my mind Heart-shaped, a planchette to guide the necrophonic void ......

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...No one ever said anything of any importance during those long, lonely years at the dinner table. Awkward ugly silences filled with talk of pars of roughs of lies as metaphor for truth while......

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