Unclogged Poems

MY FATHER'S GENTLE HANDS

...MY FATHER'S GENTLE HANDS
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I remember my father’s hands as a plumber’s hands—fiercely strong, calloused, rough, knuckle-battered, and dirty after a long-da...

You and I Know How To Glow

...V. 1: I have been grimacing lately
I have been loving you extremely
I’m looking forward to going to Oregon
We welcome the sun, we welcome the sun

Pre-chorus: God, have mercy on my weary soul
H...

You Are the Love

...Across an azure sky
 i trailed lonely as clouds
Lost and broken
you unlocked my handcuffs
you are the love,you are the lover

In the ambiguity of reverberence and sonority
 my soul was asleep
...

The Many Blessings of Covid

...I'm truly sorry for those that died.
From that cheeky little FauchXI virus...
The millions that lost jobs.
and those demonized for deflecting 
the virgin big pharma prick-

I'm embarrassed to s...

Belief System 2

..."The streams are my veins." 


Can you hear the drum beats of fear as do I?
Does the mere sound of these fears make you want to CRY?
You don't want to believe it, and hope it's all a 'Big LIE'.
...

Exit Route Marked In Bold

...This bodily form here
Is where love spears
We choose separation
Then yearn for union
Thus creating a longing
To fill what is lacking

This game of pretence
Easy if played in innocence 
Howev...

Trump the Pump Truck Driver

...Trump the Pump Truck Driver
By Franklin Price
11/09/2019

Trump is who we see he is, doesn't practice to deceive
Won the plumbing job, three years ago, was elected to receive
All the piled up d...

The Decadal Mark

...The penultimate decadal chronicle so very exciting 
The twentieth century wrote through the eighties
My young mind marveled at how the pages were turning
Frayed memory still preserves them as a li...

I Believe

...I believe in Love.
I BELIEVE in Love.

My faith rests assured.
Not on fabled promises, or
Test tube guesses.
My heart has felt the Motive Force.
My eyes have seen the good resurrect.
Love per...

Song and Motion

...#S.ONG
  A.ND
  M.OTION

Sam Swam Swooshing and Pushing Further in the Swamp...

Is it Easier to Swim in a Muddled Puddle of Murky Meanderings; Submerged and Immersed in Mental Entangled Misund...

Beads of Sweat

...The sweat beads sparkle on her fair forehead
She is selling fish in her black sari
A little money for her daily bread
In the black slum she lives in a shanty

While she cleans and slices into pi...

I Am Eating Your

...in the silence of
your early fantasy dawn
breezy dreams of purple peach
i am eating you
your wavering thoughts indecision
onerous shadows of withering souls
i am eating
hidden flowers
of your...

There Are Those Moments - For Contest

...There are those moments…..

			spontaneous expressions
							of life
finding expression
		through the eyes
				…the voice
					    …the hands
							…the pen
	a focus
		…centering in the b...

Love Spill

...I fell this morning-
Stumbled over fear, surrender my bitter dressings
Kissing the distance of sanity 
Defying gravity 
Levitating toward the inevitable 

Plunging into the comfort of solace fe...

The Ruba'Iyat of Creteil Lake - Part Twenty-Nine

...The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Twenty-Nine

“Sire!” cried a lame yea-sayer: “I know this mad hookah addict!”
“Then drag him here by the scruff of neck be it hook or by trick!
But first when...

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