He said it almost casually As if He expected that I knew Or should know What was true. He was a man I had seen, and heard Many times; Among his peers, then as now, Considered a giant; A success, I guess. He had an ease about him Unbefitting, I thought, A man of such […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “What My Daughter Lisa Tries to Say”
Talk to me show concern let me know there’s no need to fear you. listen to me show interest comment on my words to convey your understanding accept me welcome me give me your hand reach out to me. please. be my friend. I need a real friend. might you be the one? The above […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “The Truth”
I went to see my primary physician About a pre-existing condition; The waiting room was crowded, it was plain to see; Yet a man managed to sit next to me. He started to speak up and assumed I’d concur When out of his mouth came a racial slur; In fact, two of them “That’s a […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Problems”
Problems come and problems go Some come fast and others, slow. Some last long While some are short They can be of any sort Some cause headaches Some cause gas, among Both poor and upper class They play no favorites; They’re universal They need No fancy dress rehearsal They plague both young And old alike; […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Marking Time”
Another summer gone Never to return With its color, its fragrances, Its sensual promise. I wonder sometimes if all this is real or if, perchance, it’s but a figment of my imagination. Because, if it is real Why does it tease me and, Like so many memories of the past, Leave me before I’m ready […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Coins and Treasures”
To spend it Yet not too carelessly; To hoard it Yet not too frugally; To give it Yet not too liberally; To value it Yet not too highly TIME—the universal coin. To live it But not too pompously; To love it But not too sensually; To embrace it But not too closely; To leave it […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “A Parting Wish and a Fond Goodbye”
Like the tall men of fortune Who gained strength from yesterday’s goodbye Sol would always stand beside the gates of time Waiting for tomorrow’s first hello. Even as each new warmth began to fade, Beyond the hills of fear and despair, He ran as close to the edge of love As his tired dreams would […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Don’t Look at Me”
Little child, please don’t look at me with hunger in your eye For I feel it gnawing at my brain you make my soul to cry Lonesome old woman I see myself reflected in the vacant pools of the rejected. Turn away from me you cause my heart to sigh Crippled young man, do not […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “To Grasp the Moment”
Time is everything It never dies– It never lived- Its solo hero Is eternity. It is limitless. A silent pool, collecting Drop after drop. It is unendingness. It never seems To have begun. BUT FOR ME TIME IS NOW. To those who stop To peer at galaxies Their limits Beyond the scope of all our […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Alone”
He sighs bending down, pensively searching for leftovers nobody else wanted He ponders the future starting out at the old south side four flat He worries sbout paying his rent pensively searching the soil for a lucky penny He moves on rickety unsure legs down stone pocked slabs, toward the corner grocery And buys the […]