grey morning, ten o’clock,
school gates closed
with all the pupils inside –
less than a mile away
empty park, empty playground,
except for a teenage boy
sitting on a swing,
rocking furiously to and fro
Categories:
truant, mystery,
Form: Free verse
I long for your truant inspiration,
O Muse, for I've felt your absence too long;
empower me to sing a gay, new song,
that with pen I may still bring creation!
Reappear, Muse, to my great elation:
for you can never do me ill or wrong;
arrive! so that my distress won't prolong,
nor shall persist the source of my frustration.
For your return shall cripple disrepair
of my Parnassus, and will have its sway:
so the cease of my creative despair,
like spring that reanimates life everywhere,
will dawn on this most, most auspicious day
when comes alive this sonnet through this way!
Categories:
truant, creation, inspiration, life, muse,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Finding fault
with a vagrant poem,
its message left unclear
Falling short,
while aiming long,
to harken every ear
What’s left unsaid,
an unmade bed,
the sheets pulled down and bare
The words still truant,
their search goes on
—whose message all to share
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2020)
Categories:
truant, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Trump A Truant
Trump recently made a solemn pledge
On everyone he will gain the edge
All of his plans have become congruent
With person who is trespasser or a truant
And on us uses hammer that is a sledge.
Jim Horn
Categories:
truant, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Why should I be your lover
or anyone's?
What similarities?
rich, poor, the family voice
felt in my heart
held us together
made us only one
i was too shy to stop
a cry of pain
did you hear My Voice?
i see you
always speedy
flying through the air
felt the ground shake
fall to my knees
waited over and over
begged scream
screamed until
i can’t anymore
you didn't stop
woe me again
watch what you are
No.
No.
Impossible.
but yes
you are a truant lover
Categories:
truant, anger, desire, feelings, heart,
Form: Free verse