Shrieks Poems

An Old Love Story

...They are
The pages of an old love story
Earmarked, faded yellow,
Moments underlined
Highlighted in life’s colors

The words are still clear
Feelings vibrant
Hint of mystery
A “chance” meetin...

A CRYSTALLINE COLLAGE

...A.COUPLETS

IN SIGHT'S EYE

Ideas with nowhere to hide
An eureka moment inside

Indistinct ,then becoming clear
Words & pictures coming near-

A passage of light to my soul,
Inspiration to...

Diagnosis Disease

..."Bpd"
My legs are falling off
Ripping from my body 
My eyes are melting
"ADHD"
My head 
It will explode
Don't you see?
"Manic Depressive, Manic Episodes?"
This disease it is me
It laughs it...

Midway Psalm

...The Ferris wheel, a spoked and sputtering crown,
Pinned back the velvet dark. We paid our fee
In crumpled bills, bought passage to the town
Where gravity forgot to work its shift for me.
Neon stu...

Dangle A Backdrop

...Fountains sprinkle summer city rising steam spiral, 
wet dispersed and raucous shrieks from children,
pavements, streets. lanes, byways imbued,
with that June to September jubilance,
jovial spiri...

In the Mouth of Desire

...in the mouth of desire, inverted spires
lean toward the grots of Hell.
tongues forked, skewered with sapphires
in the mouth of desire, inverted spires.
Adam's apple burning cores, as moths fo...

The Discarded Man

...Trapped in layers of sin, ambiguity, and shame. 
The man walks the loud, but still, lonely streets of the city, searching for something that he does not know. The discarded man. A man standing in th...

Thunderstorm

...The fury of a thunderstorm
Should not be a surprise,
For prior to its sudden booms
Come dark-as-nighttime skies.

The wind whips up, the branches sway,
The air cools down a bit
And lightning z...

Ceasefire

...white
flag shrieks
across skies
drenched with stale war
-"peace!"...

I name him marshmallow

...They hop into my sister’s garden
They are adorable! I say, watching their cheeks chew up her lettuce.

I know they are rodents
But they look like stuffies
One is almost pure white, I name him Ma...

Cowardly Buffoon

...He is a cowardly buffoon
Less cowboy than poltroon
Cringes in fear at the moon
Afraid of bubbly lagoon

Doesn’t make anyone swoon
Terrified of a small raccoon
Shrieks and hides from a blown-up...

Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day

...Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day

Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shado...

Martyred for Freedom

...Masha Amini was an Iranian woman who was kept captive in jail for clamoring for Women’s Rights. Later she died in police custody under suspicious circumstances. Her death led to widespread civil ...

Hitchcock

...I remember reading a short story by Hitchcock. Three friends walk and converse as they make their trek home from work. Huddled in mind,
independently fearless, the cold air or hot night baring their...

The Leaves Are Hushed

...The Leaves are Hushed

Alone
she stares through a skylight
playing I spy with the sky,
creating fantastical creatures
out of skimming, brimming clouds.

Suddenly 
a shadow swiftly smears a w...

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