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POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm just a cowboy. I've got some stories to tell and some scores to settle.
Wave of Perfume
My dog is sniffing pee from a male dog
Left on the side of a tree on my street
Patiently I wait for for the activity to conclude
When a woman walks by leaving behind a trail of perfume
It doesn't matter who she is
Though urban history tells me
The lovelier the scent, the prettier the wearer
Though some might challenge that theory in part
Wordy as this has been in my first two stanzas
Nothing pleases a man more than a wave of perfume
In the early morning on a crisp autumn day
Scented air gives this dog all the...
Left on the side of a tree on my street
Patiently I wait for for the activity to conclude
When a woman walks by leaving behind a trail of perfume
It doesn't matter who she is
Though urban history tells me
The lovelier the scent, the prettier the wearer
Though some might challenge that theory in part
Wordy as this has been in my first two stanzas
Nothing pleases a man more than a wave of perfume
In the early morning on a crisp autumn day
Scented air gives this dog all the...
671 reads
6 Comments
Passion that Breathes Long
I've loved and lost
Then loved once more
Always had the capacity
To dust off and try again
All these years later
I look back fondly
At pieces of dreams
That became romances
For better or worse
From all of you
I took something
Looking back fondly
I smile and recollect
You touched me in ways
I still recall
You never left forever
Your memory etched
In a passion that breathes long
Then loved once more
Always had the capacity
To dust off and try again
All these years later
I look back fondly
At pieces of dreams
That became romances
For better or worse
From all of you
I took something
Looking back fondly
I smile and recollect
You touched me in ways
I still recall
You never left forever
Your memory etched
In a passion that breathes long
1442 reads
28 Comments
3
I always look for this number
As part of a series of 4 numerals
That identify the number of the subway car
in which I am riding
For example if the car has the number
8543
Then I feel gratified
Without the # 3 in the series of numerals
I feel somewhat disappointed
I'm sure there is therapy
for my issue
But it's not terrible if no # 3
Just a preference
As part of a series of 4 numerals
That identify the number of the subway car
in which I am riding
For example if the car has the number
8543
Then I feel gratified
Without the # 3 in the series of numerals
I feel somewhat disappointed
I'm sure there is therapy
for my issue
But it's not terrible if no # 3
Just a preference
818 reads
4 Comments
Understanding my Addictions
I don't have an addictive personality
But that hasn't stopped me
from plenty of destruction
For the first time in forever
I am seeing my triggers first hand
and battling my unspoken legacy of failure
Can't say how it will shake out
Blaming anyone other than me
is a cop out no longer acceptable
I'm on a road to recovery
From addictions nobody knows I have
I'll be a better person
Someone I want to be
Maybe for the first time
But that hasn't stopped me
from plenty of destruction
For the first time in forever
I am seeing my triggers first hand
and battling my unspoken legacy of failure
Can't say how it will shake out
Blaming anyone other than me
is a cop out no longer acceptable
I'm on a road to recovery
From addictions nobody knows I have
I'll be a better person
Someone I want to be
Maybe for the first time
836 reads
18 Comments
Touch
Your touch draws me in
Nestled in your shoulder
I hold you close
Warmed by your spirit
Can't think of anywhere else
I'd want to be
Come here now
Give me a hug
Nestled in your shoulder
I hold you close
Warmed by your spirit
Can't think of anywhere else
I'd want to be
Come here now
Give me a hug
1413 reads
10 Comments
Word Speak
The words come to me
I don't look for them
Usually when I'm walking my dog
A word or phrase will enter me
Like a lightening bolt
And the the story must be told
An entire universe can found
on a dog walk
Little bits of magic
Revelations
Quiet introspection, a nod to a neighbor
Reading headlines on front stoop newspapers
We are poets, reporters of life
One vision at a time ...
I don't look for them
Usually when I'm walking my dog
A word or phrase will enter me
Like a lightening bolt
And the the story must be told
An entire universe can found
on a dog walk
Little bits of magic
Revelations
Quiet introspection, a nod to a neighbor
Reading headlines on front stoop newspapers
We are poets, reporters of life
One vision at a time ...
786 reads
12 Comments
The Way You Look at Me
Your pensive smile
Bending the rules of attraction
Secret desire
Contained but obvious to me
An unspoken language
Harbored within symbols
Traveling through my day
Signposts of love posted on the walls
Collected and owned
Spiritual moodiness
Growth and distance
Defined and wanting ...
Bending the rules of attraction
Secret desire
Contained but obvious to me
An unspoken language
Harbored within symbols
Traveling through my day
Signposts of love posted on the walls
Collected and owned
Spiritual moodiness
Growth and distance
Defined and wanting ...
985 reads
9 Comments
Answering Machine
Informed sources tell me
The answering machine is dead
No more blinking lights in the dark
When you turn the key in the lock
There may be a few still left out there
But the authorities will be by to remove them
Hopefully one has been placed in the time capsule
Reflecting another low tech era gone by
Please leave a message after the beep ....
The answering machine is dead
No more blinking lights in the dark
When you turn the key in the lock
There may be a few still left out there
But the authorities will be by to remove them
Hopefully one has been placed in the time capsule
Reflecting another low tech era gone by
Please leave a message after the beep ....
602 reads
2 Comments
Get Your Hands Off my Fax Machine
You keep making nasty remarks
about my fax machine
Bear in mind Buster that the fax machine
was the precursor to every other piece
of electronic instant communication
The fax gave you time to think
before you had to make an instant decision
And you didn't have to carry it around
with you and pay monthly charges
Think about it, weren't we better off ?
about my fax machine
Bear in mind Buster that the fax machine
was the precursor to every other piece
of electronic instant communication
The fax gave you time to think
before you had to make an instant decision
And you didn't have to carry it around
with you and pay monthly charges
Think about it, weren't we better off ?
594 reads
4 Comments
I judged a book by it's cover and lost ....
I see her everyday in my neighborhood
Early every morning like clockwork
Carrying a shopping bag
And scavenging garbage cans for treasure
She's probably in her 70s
Nothing unusual about her
Probably homeless and searching for food
Are my first conclusions proved wrong
After seeing her for months while I walk my dog
I approach her one day and offer her $20 for food
She looks at me with disdain and refuses my offer
Not even politely she blows be off with pleasure
Long story short, two remarkable things happen
I see...
Early every morning like clockwork
Carrying a shopping bag
And scavenging garbage cans for treasure
She's probably in her 70s
Nothing unusual about her
Probably homeless and searching for food
Are my first conclusions proved wrong
After seeing her for months while I walk my dog
I approach her one day and offer her $20 for food
She looks at me with disdain and refuses my offer
Not even politely she blows be off with pleasure
Long story short, two remarkable things happen
I see...
756 reads
16 Comments
The State of the World
People need jobs
Responsibility
Credit card debt
Something to focus on
China took rice paddies
and made them into corporations
manufacturing electronics
Capitalism created out of rice
Countries with no hope
Need the same
Jihad is their answer
When there is nothing else to do
So to the Masters of the universe
Capitalist Gods
Think, create, design the future
One job a time
World Peace
Can be achieved
People need purpose
And big box stores
Think about it
Responsibility
Credit card debt
Something to focus on
China took rice paddies
and made them into corporations
manufacturing electronics
Capitalism created out of rice
Countries with no hope
Need the same
Jihad is their answer
When there is nothing else to do
So to the Masters of the universe
Capitalist Gods
Think, create, design the future
One job a time
World Peace
Can be achieved
People need purpose
And big box stores
Think about it
808 reads
12 Comments
Retirement Plan
I wanna spend my time
in an alcoholic haze
Pubs with a table by the window
Middle of the day
Writing my verse
Drinking strong stout
And amazing whiskey
If you want to stop by
and spend some time with this old dog
I'll be happy to share libation
and read you a poem or two
By then dirty old man status
will be in full throttle
Short skirt optional
But totally welcome
I am your poet
You know where to find me ....
in an alcoholic haze
Pubs with a table by the window
Middle of the day
Writing my verse
Drinking strong stout
And amazing whiskey
If you want to stop by
and spend some time with this old dog
I'll be happy to share libation
and read you a poem or two
By then dirty old man status
will be in full throttle
Short skirt optional
But totally welcome
I am your poet
You know where to find me ....
772 reads
14 Comments
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