Poems
Your Kindness
Write whatever comes to mind You are loving, you are kind You have friends from here and there Stored inside your active mind All your life you cultivated …
Prayer
Prayer seems reduced to nothing more than endless demands from sight gone dim As if God were a toy, a fairy godmother borne to carry …
Prayer for Stan
I want to pray for my friend Stan but it’s such a struggle. We address our higher powers who in the last hours become one god – …
Uncommon Friend
His name is Jesus. That, for me, is his most comfortable name. He’s called the Son of God. He’s called the Staff and Rod. He’s called Christ Crucified. …
Yosemite
In my search for church I found the sound of God, whispering in the pines. It took a while I drove a mile …
Mist on Moor
A mist on the moor is magic, brings tales of old that are tragic; tales that are fresh tales that are new Tales of morning, sparkling …
Dawn Hunter
With the world the birds awake tweety songs at dawn’s daybreak Birds flit by, slept the night through Owl finds a daytime roost hooty-hoo Night …
Rivers
It was soft twilight – almost night when the golden affair began There were others they say in the home of Jay but I saw only Leanne …
Asshole Lovers
All this pain this weekend There is too much pain We sit here together Rendered powerless Women and men alone, Agonizing anguish Asshole lovers gone Hope for …
Walter and Mary
We go through life with intimates few but there’s something special in sharing a pew with friends. Then something happens just like that …
Sans the Pipe
Some are men some are boys men stand tall amid the noise. Boys seethe in anger act like fools men stay calm …
Desert Sandals
I’m in a mood – need solitude I walk to the desert in sandals leaving the city behind in a circle of candles. I see …
Cool Cathedral
Together that day You and I Country cathedral Holy high Country cathedral Sunday morning Spell came on us Quick without warning …
Tony
Tony, my old border collie herding his field art Eating rats his only folly fast and very smart Every day he’d show us how out …
15 Types of Poems
15 Types of Poetic Forms Blank verse. Blank verse is poetry written with a precise meter—almost always iambic pentameter—that does not rhyme. Learn more about blank verse here. Rhymed poetry. …
Bishop’s Chair
God sitting up in the Bishop’s chair Eyes glued tight to his i-Pad there Spelling out to us on Earth Who we are, it brings him mirth You go …
Beatville
Lonely horn beneath the light Melody borne in heat of night Bottle drained of liquid dreams Dimming light sex-crazed dreams Dancers close arms entwined …
The Skull
The faces of hell yell out at night with muffled screams dreams become nightmares skull hangs loose in a noose in a tree by the fence. …
Sunday Blues
Sunday morning, soul sad an’ blue Singin’ a song an’ cryin’ some too. Sunday is foggy, a misty haze Sound of a bell from my growin’-up days. Church …
Paradigm Shift II
I stand in the Alps Breathtaking view My searching eyes Want something new I look up the Maypole, sky quite odd. Beyond the blue, is there a God? …
Paradigm Shift I
It’s called a paradigm shift Our daily view of truth From mountaintop to valley below Questions from our youth We dance around the alpine Maypole Eyes sweep up to …
a poetry lesson
I learned a poetry lesson from a 14-year-old girl while she was in high school. Today she’s not in my life anymore, but I see on Facebook that she is …
