Sopping Poems

A senior moment experienced by this drip

...A senior moment experienced by this drip...

awash with intermittent amnesia.

Scant number of minutes elapsed...
before I forgot whether yours truly
took another dose of glycopyrrolate
ingest...

hannah’s song

...hannah’s song

with cotton clouds above her
and yellow daisies at her feet
she danced to a quiet sonnet
of freedom

hands outstretched 
and palms towards the heavens
her blonde hair f...

Forewarning of Dawn

...A bird that dips and wavers
Over lone waters round,
Then with a cry that quavers
Is gone—a spectral sound.
— Cale Young Rice

Sopping wet, the organ floats,
flounders in one o...

Out of Time

...99 degrees on that parking lot, felt like 110,
no breeze, nothing to cool ears
as they swiveled on a sopping neck.

There she was -
pushing a lightly filled cart
across an asphalt desert.

I'...

a song for oppy

...
spun …

the dust devil did
(unusually strong, that)
but instead of leaving another layer of
light-blocking powder
it cleaned the solar panels like
Windex and microfibre -
shiny … as new
th...

webs

...
too brief …

the garland on my brow
too deep, that tangled labyrinth
of epics, eternal
entwining my sinews
the dark, deceitful dew
sopping sun with
the parched lips of laurels …
whispering...

yesterdream'd

....

              we'd walk
         'long the beech'iz
                  sand
                sopping
            from the sea'z
                  visit
             'neath ourn
            ...

The Kind of Rain

...Today’s the kind of rain that causes
Rivers in the street
And when you cross, you’re bound to
Wet your toesies and your feet.

The puddles quickly turn to lakes,
Perhaps to raise a flood
And e...

The Last Organ Grinder

...Written: October 20, 2023, 

If an opera cannot be played by an organ grinder, it's not going to achieve immortality. By Thomas Beecham
                ___________...

Webs

...too brief …

the garland on my brow
too deep, that tangled labyrinth
of epics, eternal
entwining my sinews
the dark, deceitful dew
sopping sun with
the parched lips of laurels …
whispering w...

Come, Fall

...weather’s
trying

humid
hazy 

has me
sighing

feeling
lazy

temps not
dropping

sweat is
pooling

clothes are 
sopping

we crave
cooling

autumn’s 
coming

respite 
bring...

Following Arrows Backwards

...
Back I go retracing steps.
Against the tide I must tread,
Following the arrows down in reverse.
Each arrow head points back to moments gone,
To a time before the dawn of days past.

T...

After the Heavy Rain

...Horrible
Soured scent
Spills forth from

Sopping wet
Old carpet
Now that rain 

Has gone, left
Its too late
Too avoid  ...

Blood

...O life, in plasma form! O red stream in my veins! 
Cells, platelets, tissues, fibers, water, and salts wrapped!
O, you who carry oxygen to my each cell! 
O, you who maintain minute warmth of my bo...

Remorseless Sweaty Palms

...Remorseless sweaty palms

despite being prescribed glycopyrrolate.

Though the angst riddled psyche of mine crafted youth, long since receded, ebbed in the past, infringement, impingement, and in...

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