Slink Poems

looking for the real me

...I spend hours a day looking for the real me
contorting and distorting myself, in new directions
feeling pressure from the eyes of my ancestors
my spirit guides cheering me on, to be me, the real m...

The Night Light

...
It was after midnight,
when he slipped out of bed,
careful not to disturb,
the trailing streamers 
of dreamers in la la land.

The house held its breath warm—
willing all within its walls
t...

New from dyslexic temple mount

...New from dyslexic temple mount...

of one mortal university 
undergraduate built in madly
the brainchild of one Forest Hadley
an a Ford able game paid top dollar
after being purchased by Milton...

Pilgrimage

...I sit, this morn, on the bed of
A dried-up rivulet,
Head-bent and full of compunction.
It’s clam-quiet except for the impatient
Squawks above which prompt my heartbeat.
I raise my head, heavy wi...

Too Lazy to Think

...There once was a brain too lazy to think
As into obscurity destined to sink.
     While we dance to metre
     And conjure up theatre
That some love though into history slink.
...

Confronting Shadows- POTD

...On a dusky evening long time ago,
When shadows huddled at every corner, 
When rain had gone and birds had roosted,
You held me close and whispered in my ear;

“In your eyes I see, th...

Dipping in to Slip Slide Away

...
Time drips drops of sorrow like engine oil. 
It coats the gears of yesterday's labor, 
keeping grinding on forward in a regular way, 
slip, slip sliding away.

Tears unbind the spindle of memo...

Shards Of Singularity

...

Blunt sense sharpened by subtle trance
lacerates the languishing psyche
that doesn’t slink,
unwary of mortal deception.
The shards of singularity 
transfigure in a blink
into passion potion...

An Enemy of the People

...O’ Hell!…to step aside, to slink along
the new-found, unstrolled alley road
and leave behind a heavy, long borne load—
Who would not, grinning, breathe a sigh of song? 

InDeed, to risk the chan...

Manners Maketh Man

...
The premise goes everyone knows
before entering the premises
while still outside yet on the mat
it's no gentleman who forgets
to doff his cap or remove his hat
if dining out or at a pr...

Dare Poke the Bear!

...
Dare poke the bear, rattle the cage,
Time will slink away to shun you.
For the fight is more rant than rage.
Dare poke the bear!

Friends will cringe and flinch at your blew.
Ignoring pleas f...

I Loved Your Heart

...1.  "I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it..."  E.E. Cummings

You gave to me your heart when we were young.
On stars we danced, and on the moon we swung.
Unfa...

The Shed

...The Shed
...was Granddad's before he died.
And now its loneliness reached out to the boy
from the shaded, shuffling shadows 
that shushed the sheltered garden.
They pulled, they tugged at his gu...

The World According to Cat

...I am a cat, at home I’m Ollie
But fellow cats know real name
“Intrepid Vic”, I dig that, golly
Grey tiger, finest at his game

I am the boss around here
Them humans lacking any wit
In house of...

Clocked

...hands steady, painting days wanning now wearing shades
of hours
clocks run blind tocs, with tics wildly lying
months lurk like monks or thugs,
deeply hooded
in a guise of weeks muttering ridicul...

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