We lay asleep protected by the shroud of night The prelude to a frenzied life That precedes life’s frantic race To each new day. It was quiet there And we felt We could race each other To the moon. And as we slept, Protected by the shroud of night There in the east A hand-held […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “The Folk Singer”
The house lights dim He walks on stage— Applause turns into hush, In keen anticipation of His stories, rich and lush. He sings of places far away Of lost loves, and of home Of promises, of restlessness That make me want to roam. His tempo carries me away His words just what I feel I […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Helping”
It’s funny how people stop Right here. Today. And say “HELP ME.” Any other place they’d Merely let it do And say “HELLO.” But when they get to thinking That they won’t be here tomorrow We reach out, and I say “OKAY.” I’ll see you through this dismal hell And yet, tomorrow, who can tell […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Quiet Desperation”
Wars and disease may be the cause Of some man’s expiration Yet isn’t it true that most of us live In a state of quiet desperation? Imprisoned as we are by the bore of routine Immersed in a quagmire of rut Holding the mentality to break clean away But lacking in courage and gut. We […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “The Choice”
We are, all of us wholly unto ourselves existing, as a thread somewhere between nothingness and eternity. The choice, as to the weaving of the thread, and its colour is ours.
Poetry Corner: Bud Light ” A Romance of the Mind”
A romance of the mind Ah, that’s the thing A fantasy in flight Like a bird on the wing. Free Of limitless scope Of extended potential An only chance To be something essential. Not existential. Of me, let it be said That I fell Attempting to get off The carousel Of time. And that my […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “A Lost Love”
Remember the time you lent me your car, and I dented the fender? I thought you’d kill me…But you didn’t…. Remember the time I spilled Coke on your new jacket? I honestly thought you’d shoot me…But you didn’t…. Or the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal, and you wore jeans and […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Dreamwatching”
You can’t pin dreams down Like murdered butterflies, Can’t put them in cages or corrals like trapped canaries or wild horses. If you should catch a dream and drop it into the glass jar of memory, it will flutter and hum around for a while, but soon falls lifeless. Sure, you can look at it […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “I Had This Dream”
Good morning to you, Venus, Or is it the moon? Anyway, I can’t sleep. So how are you at 4:30 a.m.? Formation time? The sergeant shouts a something or other, And I feel sick. What shall we talk about today? Dylan Thomas, Kafka, Byron, the latest strike… Or the flowers along the way On yesterday’s […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “The Seasons of Our Lives”
My coat is red. LET IT warm you. On chill evenings You will feel it Swelling you with emotion. My coat has turned blue. LET IT-soothe you. On certain humid days You will hear the call Of the mountains And the forests Calming your sun-burnt soul. My coat is now green. LET IT cool you. […]