Unwittingly Poems

Ha ha ha gotcha!

...Ha...ha...ha... gotcha!

The imagined intimated response
linkedin to a swindler's
imagined thought bubble
silently spouting you ain't nothing
but a pluperfect sucker...
rendered penniless suff...

A dump truck and a Mercedes

...If there’s a dump truck and a car,
Car’s sure at greater risk by far.
A soldier thick headed
Who cannot think ahead,
To whom boundaries and borders bar, 
Thinks, let Pak be the truck,
Let India...

Be Still

...
"Be still…
and know God!"
Present in every
atom, manifestation of being:

The chatter of the day -- 
our desires, fretting,
unsettling nature of seemingly
sometimes fathomless night – 

c...

Carmen

...Let me tell you a story,
that took place on a night in Amsterdam,
where the hotel lights
seemed to flicker in my native tongue.

I was beside a lady,
not my mother, but something deeper
than a...

Cash strapped despondent citizen banker

...Cash strapped despondent citizen banker
in unrelenting deep purple Depeche Mode crisis...

the yeast you could do
for a crusty and crabby old man,
(who I know 
like the back of my clawed hand),...

Cash strapped despondent citizen banker

...Cash strapped despondent citizen banker
in unrelenting deep purple Depeche Mode crisis...

the yeast you could do
for a crusty and crabby old man,
(who I know 
like the back of my clawed hand),...

Herein Lies Truth

...4 July 2025  Juxtaposition Contest  
sponsored by Regina McIntosh


Can a lie be true?
Unwittingly!

Can truth be a lie:
unable to see?

Is what I perceive the only truth;
or, just my angl...

Though an atheist

...Though an atheist..
please oh lord brace and fix me with monetary salvation

After umpteen times being swindled
reducing me to abject poverty
psyche of mine
broke into a bajillion little pieces...

Summer Solstice 2025

...Summer Solstice 2025

Friday, June twentieth
at 10:42 Post Meridian
Eastern standard time
will find Earth's North Pole tilted
closest toward sun. 

This demarcates
most daylight hours of the...

Within the threescore and six orbitz that span my lifetime

...Within the threescore and six orbitz that span my lifetime...

the impact of current
Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR),
also known as Industry 4.0 revolution
characterized by the fusion of tech...

Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine

...Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine...

until courtesy amazing grace interceded
in the doggone guise 
of Canis lupus familiaris
unwittingly timely deliverance
v...

As We Metamorphose

...
Written: May 23, 2025, for contest by Unseeking Seeker

Line of inquiry:

“Being mistook, we burnt the book
thoughts rest, we dwell in our heart’s nest
touched by spirit, our b...

Emotional Shrapnel

...
There are some people in this world
who either do not realize or do not care
how badly words wound.
Even slight agitation can cause them
to bellow their bullying obscenities.
Like lead balls f...

PIZZA FARM

...
There is an innocence in life to which every child brings…
before their brains become too cluttered with all those adult things.

It is a lovely place where wide-eyed children dwell.
Where, if ...

April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

...April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad shy of 
fif...

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