Tag: poetry
Get Drunk
Always be drunk. That’s it! The great imperative! In order not to feel Time’s horrid fardel bruise your shoulders, grinding you into the earth, Get drunk and stay that way. On what? On wine, poetry, virtue, whatever. But get drunk. And if you sometimes happen to wake up on the porches of a palace, in… Read More ›
Advice From A Mountain
Reach new heights Savor life’s peak experiences There is beauty as far as the eye can see Stand in the strength of Your True Nature Be uplifting Follow the trails of the Wise Ones Protect and preserve timeless beauty, silence, solitude, serenity, flowing rivers, ancient trees. Rise above it all Make solid decisions Climb beyond… Read More ›
Spam Poetry: It Might Be
So Tom was stumped, I didn’t sleep much. The average mans a coward. I did, mos sholy, It made me shiver. But I never said so. I haint got no money, I didn’t nuther. Trouble is brewing. Why, any candle, he says, We are highwaymen. Yes, a dukes different. Nor church? Nor church, so I… Read More ›
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings — Maya Angelou
The free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wings in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his… Read More ›
The Thrill of the Chase
A 42 lb. bronze chest is filled with a multimillion dollar bounty. Hundreds of gold nuggets, rare coins, and jewels such as emeralds, diamonds and rubies are in this modern day treasure chest, and it can all be yours, that is, if you can find it. Forrest Fenn, a multimillionaire art collector from Santa Fe,… Read More ›
Doggone Ditty
Homeless Henry had a dog, A dirty dog was he. He sold him to his neighbor to keep him company. All day, all night, Sittin’ on a rock, Along came a bumblebee and Stung him on his….. Cocktail of ginger ale, Five cents a glass, If you don’t like it, You can stick it up… Read More ›
Dog Poems, by David Sedaris
Rags, the Shatwells’ Irish setter, Doubles as a paper shredder. His lunch was bills and last year’s taxes Followed by a dozen faxes. Kimmy, once considered ruthless, Lies in her basket, bald and toothless. Her youth’s long spent, so now she passes All her time releasing gases. Petunia May they say was struck Chasing down… Read More ›
Summer Storm
We stood on the rented patio While the party went on inside. You knew the groom from college. I was a friend of the bride. We hugged the brownstone wall behind us To keep our dress clothes dry And watched the sudden summer storm Floodlit against the sky. The rain was like a waterfall Of… Read More ›
The Sun Never Says, by Hafiz
Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.
Jazzy Girl
I am a jazzy girl who feels like a speedy turtle I wonder what it would feel like to be a speedy turtle I hear a turtle flying around my bed at night I see myself playing in the Jazz Jubilee I want to be a speedy turtle with my friend, Taylor James I am… Read More ›
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