Toss Out Poems

lies

...12am, alone in my room
crying.
shaking.
just wondering—
what made you do it?
why did you hide her?
why did you lie and tell me
everything was “fine”
you said you loved me
maybe you only love...

Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills

...Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills...,
and finally gung-ho with a poem title
important to yours truly
not disappointing his Facebook fan base,
which electronic affirmation,
and c...

High End Swear

...
Some days you need to play with color,
dig out a dynamic metaphor;

A crotch hoarder with a smart mouth
who flashed his pinky finger at you?
Bollywonkers are so bitingly rude.

Locked in wit...

my room an abyss

...I throw away this
I toss out that
my room an abyss
the piles so fat

if this was a crime scene
the police would cry
murder would escape
with barely a try...

Point Your Fingers at Your Own Chest

...



True, there is evil in this spinning, world so vast and wide.
But to label, entire groups, shows that humans can be snide.

I am not talking about murder here at all here.
But it’s so ...

Colonising Mars

...
Speeding away in a rocket to Mars to start a colony
The astronaut feels his body is at rest, indeed
But in space, there is no reference frame
To tell him he is moving at an unearthly spee...

Why would the US's government want banks to spy on their customers? Q and A and commentary part one

...Q:  Why would our US's government want banks to spy
      upon their Bible purchasing customers?

A:  They want to keep tract of Bible believing Christians.

Q:  Should Christians not purchase a...

Never the same

...Relationships are special
Where break ups are rough.
The reasons you loved them
Become why you leave.

A special bond shared,
Destroyed from the roots.
You become haunted
By what you both sha...

Wild Birds

...I wish they made tiny earmuffs.
They never stop
Dawn to dusk
Chirping, cheeping, cawing,
Chattering in the hedges.
I root for the cat.
Not often
But on occasion
Y’know….just
Get that one.

...

Firestarter

...I have always been a fire starter 
burning the unnecessary
to mingle with the ashes;
I do not stir the pot 
just toss out excess;
Incinerate
all the fluff 
in my 
path. p...

A Response From a Killer of Coral

...The thing came green like kale 
I’ve needed to toss out for days–and bought on sale
and removed edges browning 
and bent in with the texture 
like tips of my dead kinky hair. 

The thing came l...

Now You Know

...Why do some of us write poetry, what is it that makes us even care.
Could there be a specific reason behind the rhymes that we might choose to share.

Maybe it’s just for enjoyment, or a contest t...

My Muse Listens To Neither Brain

...My left brain and my right brain are never in sync 
I can cough up the best words but they will be misspelled
Or I can toss out perfect words
But they have no flavor, no emotion, no zest.
Poets c...

The Truth I Rarely Tell

...The truth is that people think I am the best listener in the world.
I have mastered the face and the expressions of the most interested.
I can toss out the best impression of a person who cares.
I...

Using Leftovers

...At the end of a meal, we take all that is left,
Wrap it up to consume the next day,
With the cycle repeating until all that food
Is devoured, but not thrown away.

Same with sewing a project – w...

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