January Writing Poems

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Jovial Dr Jekyll played for juvenile Justice
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In the quiet of my mind, words dance and twirl 
A fragile ballet of mere notions unfurled 
I sit and ponder, pen in place just...

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He guides her hand from just beyond
With a ready black ink pen they share this bond
The words flow effortlessly as if not her own
Seems to...

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I’m a poet devoid
of Cliff Notes
dissection
not my thing

Don’t ask me 
to explain my words 
I’d rather hum 
and sing

Explication 
penniless
in ghettos
of the word

Where vagrants
pull and...

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A Poet is not like other writers …
all narrative be damned

Charging and fusing each word with a spark
redundancy to ban

Poets and Novelists both drawn to...

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the bane …

of complacency
the enemy of apathetic ids
an all-consuming blade of inspiration
you, mighty weapon
have slain the fiercest dragons of
detachment and disregard that
humanity has brought against...

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Does writing what
you believe in
bring a change
of heart
Does seeing it
on paper
formalize
the art
Does setting it
to music
make the Angels
smile
Does faith and hope
written
cast doubt
— into exile

(The New Room:...

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Make sure you know
what you’re trying to say

But let readers figure it out
— for themselves

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
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Explain the words
and all freedom is gone
Slicing and dicing
enslaved to the throng
Meaning depends
upon whom and what’s heard
Evolving new wings
—each reader a bird

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
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It’s long been a tradition of mine
to welcome January with a few resolutions. 
But the played-out “New Year, New Me” nonsense
has my head filled with...

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Lost within
the writing
Found
with each retelling
The universe
at my command
Time and space
—unveiling

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
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I don’t write for 
you … or you … or you
— I write for YOU

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
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If being a good writer means you just write 
Anything that you can perceive,
Then my page would be flooding 
In poems everytime I have 
A...

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Changing Weather
(Get Used To It)
Miracle Man
January 2024


Today begins with the sky smooth gray,
and a morning mist appears here to stay.

A precursor for days that soon...

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Why I Love Writing Poetry?

Did I mean why I love writing poems?
Nevertheless, I love writing poems or poetry:
To simply have fun, make others happy,
Inspire and...

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