Straight Poems

Too hard to think straight

Sat with my sad thoughts 
Fearless as my body rots
I never knew you’d be here
I shed a tear without a fear

The devil’s not on my tongue
The angels are by my shadowy side
You’re singing the songs I sung
Once upon a time, my broken pride

You’re the only one I think about most
Who will I love most? I

Just straight knees

Sundays and Mondays
The identical teacup
The same sunrays
No shades of gestures
No laughter
To react to the stir 
From the slightly 
open window 
Only the threat 
From the scriptural gates 
Submerge the vessel
Into the ocean
Avoid the slip
Remove the bees
Just straightened knees
And the tranquil sea

  _________________

25 August 2025

straight face

	
straight face
tight laced
betrayed



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

POTD  July 15, 2025

Be Straight With Me

I can handle the truth if you give me a chance
Your trying to control the situation in advance
You're telling me everything but what I want to hear 
Being honest is one way you show you're sincere
Don't beat around the bush and be straight forward
I know seeing my reaction can be quite awkward
Knowing how you really

Setting the Record Straight

      What killed the Cat was not ‘Curiosity’

         ~ ‘Twas the ferocity of the Rat

Mixed Drink Sets Raccoon Straight

Hawaii is the place, raccoon decided, loving the idea of course
He sold his farm, plow, tractor, combine, goats, pigs and horse
Ran to Hawaii to sit on a pink beach and enjoy the sand
He said to his mixed drink, I have found the promised land!

The mixed drink began laughing and could not stop.
You have not seen

The Chaos In My Heart

What if you are an emerald empath
With the ability to feel cries or laughs
That are like energy with a spiritual path
That give insight unique to mental maths 

You may be of one fuchsia faith or maybe not
But the soul is being bathed by another heart
A two spirited person not evil nor innocent 
Feelings like a

The Straight Path

No matter how much you may ever lead yourself astray.
I will always be right beside you, leading you back to the way.
No matter how you curve throughout life, know I am the way.

straight talkin' whiskered man one stop 33

straight talkin’ whiskered man  
                  one stop 33

i walked into the bar room
just to hear the sound
pulled way back on the wooden stool
and set my body down

spilled vodka in my orange juice
‘twas flavor for my soul
an’ a

Words Straight up

I want conversations 
with writers and poets
The wise the wacky 
the dark and the stoic 
I need to drink your words
I fear my disease is chronic 
The name of my affliction
I think it’s wordaholic

Writers and poets
Dig down to the deep
Some are more honest
Others have secrets to keep
Some can herd cats
or people like sheep
If you tell

Setting Ogden Nash Straight

     Ogden Nash penned these two lines
        ‘How odd of God
           to choose the Jews’

     My reply across the times 
        ‘God would

From the ravine to a straight road

Ravine: Oh road , you're on the straight and narrow 
             Your path is so very shallow
And the beings that pass by oh so mellow
Everyone's a jolly good fellow

Road: Dear ravine with your twists murky and deep
      The

Bent is Strong, Straight is Weak

In nature, being adroit and straight is rare,
It's curves and bends that fill the air.
See rivers that twist,
Trees bent to resist,
For strength lies in being bent, not straight.

Going Straight For Good

Never to vices
I put my best foot forward
Since I got married.

Setting the Record Straight

    Every single Arab death in Gaza   
      is attributable to HAMAS

    Aided and abetted by Iran 
      Russia, and Mahmoud Abbas

    First Hamas butchers, rapes, and kidnaps
      

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