Prototypes
...I did not plan to be a single cell amoeba
or this me, a conglomerate jigsaw of a being
a million times removed from primordial goo.
I was peacefully inanimate at times
endowed only with a little ...
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Categories:
tinkerer, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Skating
...Riding in glides,
super-sailing in leaps-
going on and on about the otherside,
trailing to collide,
and oppressing in the peaks of my plight,
in the loneliest day which is just as night....
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Categories:
tinkerer, best friend, care, growth,
Form: Verse
War Machine
...The tinkerer and his tool kit
turned a tarnished old key
which wound forgotten wheels
rusted and bound and…
A little oil should do,
a slight smattering of grease
perhaps, is all it will take
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Categories:
tinkerer, age, forgiveness, remember, youth,
Form: Free verse
As a Christmas Gift
...As a Christmas Gift
Life seemed so great while things were grand
And my poems were loved throughout the land
Everyone understood what each one meant
Which from God had been heaven sent.
Poem...
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Categories:
tinkerer, christmas, encouraging, happiness, joy,
Form: Couplet
Together We Started
...Young, we started life together but fate forked us separate ways:
Some folks continued while others dropped out at the elementary.
On and on we were done with the competitions of the basic days;
A...
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Categories:
tinkerer, books, career, life,
Form: Verse
In Memory of Dad
...Dad,
my name sake,
you taught me so much.
“Tobble” meant fair to middlin’
and you were tobble patient;
you taught me to drive
and spanked me
once.
Smart
the fixer
was intuitive;
“pert near”...
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Categories:
tinkerer, father,
Form: Verse
The Tinkerer
...These days I work alone
Tinkering and the like
I find it so interesting
Filling gaps in my life
The screws and sharp metal
Filling a hole?
No, making it bigger
Pouring empty into empty
I supp...
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Categories:
tinkerer, death, faith, family, hope,
Form: Free verse
The Professional Tinkerer
...Basement full of odds and ends
in metal bits and comprehends
Glue and gumption, grease and grit
born from nimble hands of wit
Dimming evening, find him there
in the basement, light of care
wind...
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Categories:
tinkerer, art, family, happiness, imagination,
Form: Couplet