Garden flowers, walkways of stone. Shady trees of a living green tone. The pond nestled snugly among the grass. With the waterfall singing to those who pass. Walls of comfort for those inside. Rooms where laughter and joy reside. Cluttered areas of life and play. The flotsam and jetsam of our day. A tiny body […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Nothing
I’m comprised of the stuff Of the moon and the stars And the dust of the void And the galaxies far I’m a part of the oceans And part of the grass And the creatures long gone From our planets dark past I’m part snail and part dog And part monkey and yak I’m a […]
Poetry Corner: Thomas Stanton “Provo Utah 1951”
I saw you standing There Waiting At the bus Station Should I Just drive On through Wave from My Heart We are through… Or Slow Down And Take In Your Face Your Way Of Standing Lost Slightly Askew In This World Abandoned By Anyone You Lent Faith To Your birthday Was the Same as mine […]
Poetry Corner: Peter Bray “Love Poem”
I thought about her beauty like a Bougainvillea with thorns. I thought about her beauty like a matador facing horns. I thought about her beauty and I’ll tell ya this: I’ll deal with all of that after one more kiss. Peter Bray is a member of the First Tuesday Poetry group. This poem was an […]
Poetry Corner: Bruce Moody “Love Song”
I hear other names for You – The Inviolable One, God, Allah, Wakantanka, Higher Power, The Ineffable. But why bother, when You call to me by no name at all and I come. Neither of us have a word for each other save Us. And even that is nobody’s business but Ours. So let’s forget […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “The I’s of Man”
Involvement is a word game Echoed by many Participated in by few. Indecision may be an excuse For man’s inability to act. And, instinct. Ah, that’s Something else again. And, while the jungle beast pounces On his daily meal Man licks his chops, meditates, calculates his odds And does —- nothing.
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “Last Night I Cried”
Last night I cried. Something had changed. I remembered their faces, but forgot their names. Young men old, all men brave. Tough and strong, old to the games. Gunner’s Mate “Gunny”. Boatswain’s Mate “Boats”. Corpsman called “Doc”. All hard core cases. Names are passing, but not scenes. Not sounds or smells. Dates, never places. The […]
Poetry Corner: Krandall Kraus “Lenten Love Song”
Like Lazarus I rise from deepest sleep And walk into your arms, wakened by a song That, could they hear, would make the Sirens weep. So I give in, and giving in, grow strong. Your hand upon my cheek, our limbs entwined, Seem like a dream I pray won’t fade with dawn. All night we […]
Jeff Burkhart’s “Rhyme and Reason”: Sadness
Let this pass through your eyes and rest in your mind so that you can feel it in your heart. Sometimes I’m sad And I can’t be consoled I’m confused And I can’t see the light And the weight of the cross that I bear Drags me down And whatever I do isn’t right And […]
Poetry Corner: Lawrence DiCostanzo “I Married a Cro-Magnon Woman”
Even though you wear petite, I should have known. The way you hold your head, the focused movement, thrift in speech — All were clues. When you muscled the case of wine into the trunk while I was calling, “Wait! Wait!” When you dug up the whole garden with a rusty shovel. When you dragged […]