vikinghorn
A captivating child's toy, obscuring what's behind. Stained glass shards just reassemble with a shift of view, Wheeling like a mandala rolling through the pews. Mythic hero, evil foil, strict but loving Dad; Temper prone but all supportiv…
I had a dream, The dream again Of the girl about To be hit by a train. A beautiful girl With long blond hair; I'm never quite sure If she knows I'm there. I scream, I reach But ever too late. I can't avert Her onrush ing fate. This time,…
Sleeping giants start to stir, Poking flowered fingers high. Returning flocks of courting birds Invade the windy, warming skies. Now the changes pick up pace; Green comes ever earlier, Turning brown in heat's embrace Instead of thriving th…
Here we go, this shouldn't be too hard. What do these things all have in common? A nail, a pimple, a pint of Guinness
Selling crazy, fueling hate, stoking fires for the irate. Sowing discord, feeding fear, spouting what they want to hear. Build a market, build a base, draw divisions built on race. Faking news and making hay, Rupert Murdoch leads the way. …
Do not die with honor When you can live by deceit. Do not suffer honest loss When you can win as a cheat. Power is as power does And right defines itself. The power to absolve all sin Accumulates in wealth. A city shining on the hill? Bee…
#acrostic challenge Sensations of comfort and pleasure Under these tropical skies No worries impinge on our leisure Lounging with beers by our sides Inspiring Caribbean music Glittering tiles of blue Huaraches to wear should we choose it T…
A spark, A spark Within the dark An ember glowing on the hearth, Awaiting care, A breath of air, To fan a flame that all can hark. A light, A light To pierce the night, To show what's wrong and set it right, To lead the way When timid say…
"God Hates Fags!" reads the sign that I wave. Do you seem shocked? It's attention I crave. Picketing funerals where families mourn; At their deepest sorrow, I offer them scorn! Whether soldiers have fallen, or children cut down, I chant …
The door closed with a creak and shut behind me. My eyes slowly accustomed to the gloom. I held my breath until all around me The features emerged of the dusty room. A desk, a globe, and leather bound books stacked tall, A crudely drawn ma…
A cold, hard world waits outside, Unsympathetic to my fears. To strive and fail might hurt my pride. A stinging, scarlet trace appears. A treadmill full of worker drones Mocks the hope of having dreams. Why bother even leaving home? The cr…
You don't care if I care, Or if my aim is true. All that gets this deal done Is what's in it for you. I don't know what's in your heart, Nor do I care to see. All that matters in the end Is what's in it for me. Selfishness is virtue And l…
Would that my feeble poetry Had the power to set you free Then thou would soar with eagles. And if my words could hunger sate Then never would be bare your plate And thou would feast with regals. Never should be quoth a spell To cage th…
As the snow melted, I wept in awe. We'd never seen so prodigious a thaw. Thinking the melting we witnessed was sad, We never imagined the truth was this bad. The water that ran to the ocean, we knew, But missed that a sub-glacial inland s…
Salisbury summer dawning Turns to celebration peaking Opportunities lay yawning Newly lit with sunrise streaking Every voice is raised to heaven Heather ale freely flowing Every hand embracing brethren Nascent hopes and dreams start growin…
Is there will to tame the beast? Love may win, if soon released.
In the debt of strangers' grace Love wears such a humble face
Sorry for the delay in announcing a winner here, but yesterday was very busy, so it took me a while to get to judging. All 8 eight entries were very good, and everyone should be proud. It was not easy to sort them out, frankly. However, I…
Thank you Burrfoot, for selecting my piece! So without further ado, let's get on with the next one: GOOD AND EVIL Deadline Saturday, 6 pm Britain, 10 am Pacific time. I know it's an odd number of letters, so you'll need to be a little c…
Misty tendrils slowly curl, A dreaming dragon's flicking tongue, Out of hollows pearly shrouded, Against the walls over hilltops flung. So much time and patient labor Have piled upward, stone by stone, This mighty bulwark, battle tested, S…
#acrostic , alternate take. Sealed! My lips will never speak Of burning love's relentless heat. Unfulfilled, reciprocated Longing, ever in vain, fated. Missing unacknowledged chances, Always blocked by circumstances. Take this secret to m…
Solitary. That's what I was. One of those drifting and spurned. Until I found out what a heart does, Lit by a passion returned. Meeting you all of those years Ago set a new course for my life. Together we shared laughter and tears. Every …
Creation needs a leap of faith Hoping that the bets you make Allow some kind of root to take. Love is like all this, as well Leading us to bliss or hell Engulfed in passion's heave and swell. Nothing goes as we intend Grappling with the u…
I chanced upon a platypus sunning on a rock. Amazingly, as I approached it raised its head to speak, And asked if I had time to sit a bit and talk. We mused about the vagaries of life and death and love And joked about our families, and ou…
I stand upon the edge of knowing, The possibilities vast and wide. Outside it still is softly snowing, Hillsides draped in gauzy white. Another year is fast receding Into winter's frozen time. The troubles that had left us bleeding Dull th…
In every park, at every school, we hear, "My Daddy's smarter and stronger than yours!" Too many churches, too many sermons, Make the same claim, compounded by curse. "My way is right! Disagreement means doom!" But every culture throughout…
The frosted grass cracked underfoot As winter took hold on the night. A lonely march of weathered boots Left shadowed tracks in the night. An open gash through the hills' heart Topped by this windswept precipice; Drawn to to the canyon's b…
(So much so I admit, I feel quite suspicious) That your loving god hates everything you fear And tells you so in voices that only you can hear. A universal god, I surely would expect, Would force your mind to broaden, which I don't detect.…
To rest beside this brook, I find Will soothe and calm my swirling mind. The water chuckling as it falls And splashing light off granite walls. My thoughts flow to the eddy twirling At the edges of the pool. Ever new, but ever curling, Set…
We had a few very fine pieces entered. Leelee's humorous limerick fable, ckahn's haunting take on the Donner party, DataLore24 and bobdimmer all had strong entries, but sjw's sinister, sexy poem takes the prize. Thanks to everyone who par…
Sorry for the slight delay in getting the new challenge started. Hope everyone had a good weekend! We just had a fairly active storm blow through over the mountains, so in honor of our wintry turning weather, the new color is: Snow white…
This is the day that all of us hoped would never come, The day we plotted, schemed and planned so hard to avoid. All we stole, we thought enough to give protection from The wrath of the exploited and ignorant employed. But rising tides, no…
I am just a green man looking for a goddess. I am just a blue man trying to sing the whites. I am just a gray man working in the shadows. I am just a pink man exposed in the night. I know you and I share an eternal bond. On the day that we…
Expectations, culture, family graft onto our eyes A captivating child's toy, obscuring what's behind. Stained glass shards just reassemble with a shift of view, Wheeling like a mandala rolling through the pews. Mythic hero, evil foil, str…
The crimson trail disappeared into the night, Hallucinated tracer seared across my sight. The melancholy farewell of departing flight, The last echo of home from fading plasma light. Somewhat voluntary, my decision to stay; Somewhat forced…
Benson! Fetch my walking shoes! The time has come to act. Elections are a travesty, I can't abide these facts! Its time to play our Trump card And spill into the streets From mansions high upon the hills. We won't accept defeat! From Wall…
"God is Love (and love ain't cheap)" Whisper bishops, pockets deep. "Maybe we can't prove this story, But it's cash that shows His glory." Love is God, so don't lose faith. You deserve a perfect mate. If you can't find it, you're off track…
So I've been told, we are what we eat, And you get the government you deserve. You're known by the company you keep. Buddhists say we become what we observe. So what does it say about who we are That as our most beautiful wildlife dies, T…
I'm black, I'm white. Your wrong, I'm right. I'm zero, I'm one. You're one And done. I want, You make. You give, I take. There's me, There's you, Sharing This zoo. Binary Man Grab all I can. I'm up, Or I'm down. I win, Or I frown. Yo…
(For those who care, this is a continuation of Vengeance!, Shipwright's Labor, and Retribution, posted about 25 days ago.) Bone white: The water worn pebbles where our warship sleeps. The creeping fog, down from the forest retreats. The sk…
I the real bad B, There ain't no law for me. I take everything I see And destroy it. Don't you cry, little boy, Cause your life is my toy. I'm the horse in your Troy And you bought it. That's the whiff that you caught Of sour, tainted rot…
Not so smug, are you anymore? You used to act so superior. Saying big words we couldn't understand. Bet you this isn't anything you had planned! Never could leave well enough alone. Never satisfied with humble, old home. Always had to as…
"... the way God intended. " You know what I intended? You can't even buy a tie Your wife is gonna like, But you know what I intended? "That just isn't natural." If it happens in my universe, It's bloody, fucking natural. There's nothing e…
Ahh, what a fine and tasty set this was! A very good job by all. Third place, a tie between @MelchiorJ13 with Farewell September and @Latrodectus with Like Vintage Wine. Second place, @Burrfoot with After The Beers And in first place, …
Really? I walk put of the room For 2000 years, and this Is what you do? You seriously thought I told you To be most concerned with Who is screwing who? I can't even count how many Times I said that Money is the root, A…
What's wrong with you? I'm trying to nap! I don't even know why you came. You do that again, I'm going to snap. I've had it with your kind of game. No tug of war. No racing to fetch. Nothing that makes any sense. Just stalking after My ta…
As old as civilization, The keystone of community. Domestic fermentation, The lubricant of unity. As soon as barley first was raised, Two purposes were found for yeast. Both beer and bread lent cause to praise A settlement with harvest fea…
Thank you, RCLOL for your kind choice! Let's do something fun here for the weekend. The word is BEER (or, for you devoted Francophiles and other uncivilized types, WINE will also be accepted) Have a cold one or two as preparation (or a…
The curtain rises, the lights come up, It's time for me to be on! Charming the crowds, entertaining Until everyone has gone. Teasing, pleasing, encouraging, Sometimes tough as nails. Playing a role you've come to know, The winner that nev…
The air is always stuffy in a radiation suit. Sweat drips from my armpits and puddles in my boots. The fog inside my faceplate can not be wiped away. So the few of us can live, it's the price I have to pay. I make my rounds, tending to the…
Thousands of missiles, standing in rows, Snuggled like moles deep in their borrows, Blind to the death and destruction they'd bring If ever they're called upon to take wing. Never has so much ever been spent On things for which the only in…
So you've been reaching out, trying to mend fences. No surprise that hasn't worked when facing such pretenses. Her accusations highlight all she hides within: The jealousy and backstabbing, punishing her kin. Her lies and paranoia, projec…
Queen of the garden, Queen of the morn Shining, resplendent, glossy and bright Motionless, regal, tiara adorned With glittering diamonds, gifts of the night Centered in symmetry, spun in the dark Hanging like platinum threads in the air Su…
A good clean race, is what I tried to run. But it's time to admit that @ckahn has won. All of my supporters, I'm eager to thank, But we just didn't have enough gas in the tank. So I want to offer congratulations And discourage potential c…
What is that rustling in the grasses over there? What if I chase it just a little bit farther Than anyone else is willing to go? What will I find out that no one else knows? What can I do with this comfortable stone? Can I use it to scrape…
Those people, they're not like us They don't look like you and me Those people, they're no to trust I'm not safe when they are free Those people don't want to work Or maybe they'll take my job On my corner, those people lurk It's me they'r…
Red light flickering through eddies of smoke Pounding rythm as we whirl and turn It's so hot up here, my shirt shirt is now soaked But we keep dancing, let the passion burn Your eyes draw me in, so sultry and dark You capture my focus, the…
You act as if you're made of oil, Frictionless and thin. A sheet of plastic gliding past, An empty bag of skin. No tangled roots or bonds of love, No sense of permanence, Like nothing you could ever do Might have a consequence. Do you im…
Flaring nostrils, blood red eyes, Bared and jagged teeth. Painted promise, carved with pride, Strengthened by belief. Gliding through the predawn fog Pulling quiet oars. Sleeping hamlets unaware, Fast behind their doors. More than separa…
Waves of green in the treetop breeze Exercising these limbs and boles Building bones that can tame the seas With second life as longships' hulls. Our rocky hills, wind driven rain, Ancestral earth have risen high And now be turned to salve…
I shall not live to see one more Attack like this upon our shore! One year from now, I shall be dead, Or else I will display the head Of he who has felt free to dine Upon our herds and drink our wine! There shall not be one more tear sh…
The harshest winter I remember was when I turned 17, And 3 storms each dumped more snow than any I had ever seen. The worst dropped only half a foot before it switched to freezing rain, Coating everything in ice, entrapped the earth in a w…
My mind is not, on it's own, what you might call stable. I'm not the most discerning judge of which is fact or fable. I can't seem to evaluate a balanced risk/reward, Nor can I prioritize threats to me moving forward. So when you lay it o…
I've had everything I'm willing to take. The time has to be now, I'm making my break. This'll get ugly, they're gonna get mean. I know way to much to let get away clean. You know where to meet me, just give me 2 days. I got things to do w…
Sheets of rain in the riverbed, Pull 'em up over, over my head. Ribbons of water swirling brown Wrapping the present and pulling it down. Down to the delta and out to sea, Blue as guitar riffs crying in E. Cry like a mother mourning her …
I can't believe it! I can't believe it! I never expected a gift like this! I bury my face alongside your neck; Closing my eyes I surrender to bliss. I'll never forget how I feel right now, How everything looks and how it all smells. The s…
We are on the very verge of the most dubious distinction; So clever and productive, we engineer our own extinction. Certainly, such catastrophic die offs have happened several times When one thing or another has conspired to disrupt our cl…
If corporations are people, doesn't that mean business owners are slave holders?
(to the tune of the Pete Seeger song of the same title. Foul language involved.) If I had a hammer, I'd smash your fucking brains out Smash 'em til they splatter All over the room. Splatter on the north wall, Splatter on the south wall Sp…
That I could escape to without any cares. Hidden worlds full of magical spaces; A city in secret below back yard stairs, Snow blanketed forests in back of a wardrobe, Riders of broad winged horses that soared, Adventurous pirates traversin…
Pausing to still the leaf crunching, twig snapping foot step disturbance, Letting intrusion ripple away, until the slow re-emergence Of the chattering, murmuring chorus of life the forest sings: Skittering squirrels, vigilant birds, feedbac…
Better get this out before its too late. There were a lot of exceptional pieces here, it wasn't easy just creating a short list to select winners from. I'll start with the much coveted Rich Withey Civil Unrest Award: Viking Horn with A N…
Populist candidate sweeping into office Tapping into all the middle class discontent Promising reform and an end to the sickness Infecting, paralyzingly our entire government A whole lot of talk and a whole lot of bluster "Now we're gonna …
After much gnashing of teeth, we have finally unraveled the tangled ball of spider web Wolfie lobbed at us, before he ran away cackling like a loon. So: deadline at 6pm GMT Wed, Tag BOTH @VikingHorn and @RichWithey in the comments, and th…
With shaking hands, Ahmed guides the key into the lock, opens the peeling door, and stumbles into the small, musty hotel room. He heaves his bags onto the narrow bed, locks the door and turns his back to lean against it, slowly sliding dow…
Ok, enough waiting, here we go: 15 entries, and quite a good crop! Good job everyone! The Robot's Choice Award goes to @DiamondGhost for Poem In ASCII Binary. Not a large demographic to appeal to, but definitely has them locked up. Nex…
It's the chance of a lifetime, a dream come true. Amazing good fortune for me and for you. A personal tour of a vineyard estate; A spot opened up, someone else cancelled late. A last minute change of our plans for the day, But since we fi…
Just another family, striking out anew Hope and fear together blend, an unsettling brew Troubled lands and troubled times left so far behind Memories both sad and dear must be kept alive Very few had everything, many more were poor Over ev…
Thank you LeeLee for your generous choice and praise! To give you time, let's get this next one on without delay: The word you have to play with now is "ashes." Get to work! (But not so hard you give yourselves rashes.) Deadline Sunday, 6 …
No fancy rhymes or pretty lines, this is who I am. Multi-layered, but at the core, a football loving man. Not the wimpy game you Euros play, where hands are not allowed. Real football, with full contact hits to make one proud! Where playe…
Helplessly hoping, you're led out the door
(Yeah, there's "language" here. Get over it. Grow up. Seriously, be like, 16 or more.) You're so damn holy in your pinstriped suits. You never let us see you in your Nazi boots. You beg for money and you pray for power. Scare us into thin…
Well, here we all are in Lunatic City! Domes and spires, isn’t it pretty? Everybody here likes to make believe we should all give thanks…
Rather than a mirror, she preferred to see her reflection in a window pane. Ghostly and ephemeral, seen but never touched, to appear but not remain. Winking in and out from the shadows flashing past the windows of a train. Then she could es…
Misty tendrils slowly curl, A dreaming dragon's flicking tongue, Out of hollows, pearly shrouded, Against the walls over hill tops flung. So much time and patient labor Have piled upward, stone by stone, This mighty bulwark, battle teste…
They take the stage to a sea of gray, Applause rising in crashing waves. Walk like a giant, storming around, Fuzz and feedback shaking the ground. So many peers from when he was Young Had death or age silence their tongues, Yet his voice r…
Wanking on the left, wanking on the right Wanking double fisted until election night. Horses in the news room, asses in the field, Bullshit on the trail where nothing is revealed. Candidates are paid for; elections, those are free. You can…
The battle has ended, not a moment too soon! Our favorite lasses sing a triumphant tune. We throw a parade, and join in their song, Confident that they will never do wrong. Notorious Nic, what a parting shot! The lovely birds gave as good …
I'll have to give up ever going to bed! The worst comes to pass while I'm resting my head. Just minding my business, asleep for the night, And when I awake, I'm strapped to a bike! The path ahead leads off an oceanside cliff And this cackl…
I love my hot tamale With a generous dose of spice; A saucy treat with lots of heat And best when warmed up twice. Moist and tender masa dough Protected by a sturdy husk But what's within's what makes me grin From morning, noon to dusk.
Dear Children, It upsets me to see the way you fight, and jockey for position and advantage. As if your inheritance seems lacking or too light, and could never see you through your own old age. I know that times were tough when all of y…
Dampened grass glistens in the morning sun As a young girl stands with her hand upraised. The dog is intent and eager to run Through the course that twists and turns like a maze. "OK!" Bursting off of her coiled haunch With a gleeful yip,…
Selling crazy, fueling hate, stoking fires for the irate. Sowing discord, feeding fear, spouting what they want to hear. Build a market, build a base, draw divisions built on race. Faking news and making hay, Rupert Murdoch leads the way. …
The start beacon fires, a distant glimmer flashing red. The dragons slowly open to the sun. Reflective wings extending as we gently glide ahead; The soft acceleration has begun. You'd think there's total silence in the emptiness of space, …
Swooping through the dusk, Mosquito eating machines; I love my bat friends!
Never bat an eye "The Art of War" in briefcase My new sales peak
We like to think our words dissipate As fast as our breath on a chilly morn Hanging long enough to be noticed, And then soon departed, from us shorn As if we were free from obligations With options open forever more Rethink, retract, rephr…
@MelchiorJ13 for Merge Congratulations, it's up to you if you want to try to keep it going or not. There may be a bit of challenge overload at this point, but you still wrote a very good and intriguing poem.
August 29 Dear Diary, Poor Vlad! The hay fever really gets to him. On a clear day, he could have pulled that van right off the road with his nose, but he could barely get pebbles out of the shoulder tonight. We'll have to figure out how…
Tag @VikingHorn in the comments, because we're weird like that. The new word is: Fusion Write a 6 line poem, 1 entry per author. Use any rhyming pattern you want. Deadline is 36 hours from now, 8pm GST Sunday. Enjoy the Olympics!
#acorn (not my first post, but one of my better early ones) Everybody's life is tough, And so our skin grows thick and tough. Still those bruises split and swell Until they harden into shell. Then, we crawl and scrape along And kid ourselv…
I'm a man, I'm an ape and a primate. I'm a mammal and an air breathing vertebrate, A multicellular eukaryote, And my family is billions of years old. I'm a man, a collection of atoms, Oft exchanged, yet arranged in a pattern That's describ…
My hands can barely hold my weary, heavy head. My throbbing, drooping eyes are a bleary, blurry red. 600 posts and counting have me completely buried. I think I gave myself a freaking coronary.
Code Red! Code Red! The klaxon sounds, Sends us scurrying underground. Anticipated day of dread Has come at last. Code Red! Code Red!
Velvet red robes with golden trim Sweeping and swaying in tune to hymns A frail disguise secured with a tug Sweeping abuses under the rug
Good job to everyone! 24 entries of quality stuff makes it tough to judge, but rewarding as well. First some random awards to various deserving writers: People's Choice Award to @ckahn, for Impossible Beauty, a well executed biting socia…
Thanks to Melchior for the kind words and choice! I know there were a lot of very good entries to sift through. But now I want let everyone get started on the next one, so here we go: Photograph Have at it, deadline is 8pm GST tomorrow,…
Growing slowly in my sights. I've been gone for far too long. Can't wait to end this grueling flight! A world beater I have been, Taking charge and doing well. Taking on the unforeseen; I've brought stories back to tell! But doubt resides…
Black stiletto heels, sharp as junkie's needles, Click on marble tiles with seductive precision. Short pencil skirt and a great set of wheels, Razor sharp wit making surgical incisions. Lips as red as blood, flashing teeth gleaming white, …
I can not hear the city for the beating sheets of rain, Streaming down in curtained folds across the window panes. The clouds ignite with lightning bolts that paint the roiling sky, Turning gray to gold before the thunder rumbles by. The …
There are tales known in the east Of a serpent living long ago, A fire breathing, scaly beast That made these rugged slopes his home. Many a knight was swallowed whole To feed his gruesome appetite, Smelted in his fiery bowels, To a lum…
(from Congress, not one that plays quidditch) while on the air With Stephen Colbert, Like Popeye whipping out spinach, Pulled something from inside his jacket. A teabag was inside the packet! He brewed up a bit, Colbert had a sip, And he p…
Magnolia scented Southern breezes wafting through the night Carry now a darker scent of something not quite right. A colored man forgot his manners earlier in the week. He thought the jeers his daughter heard gave him the right to speak. …
(I had to type this twice because Opuss swallowed it the first time, so I damn well deserve to take it as a twofer.) Again, he sits by the window on another cloud scudded night Watching the shadows fly over the hills under the eerie moonli…
That happened years before I was born. My siblings were under 7 years old. Some people observed our family at play. You see, they had a riddle to solve To raise survivors of the Holocaust. For all the games and toys they had bought, The ch…
Once again, this was very hard to choose. Thanks to everyone for a lot of excellent entries! But, I've waffled and reshuffled enough, time to spill the beans. 3rd place, with a very humorous poem that was also quite educational for the ot…
Leather straps and metal clasps provide exquisite torture, Hanging from the closet wall and nesting under furniture. Stuffed in cubbies, stacked on shelves, and piled to the ceiling. Underfoot at every turn, surprise that sends me reeling.…
Thank you, Heather Anne, for your very generous pick. I'll get this next one started, so the clock begins to tick. We'll close at 8 pm tomorrow GST Sharpen pencils everyone, the next word up will be ... Closet! Please tag me in a comment,…
Hey man, watcha doin? My parents are outta town. I'm havin a few friends over. You wanna come around? Sure that's cool, I got no plans, that sounds like fun to me. So later on, I'm on a couch, and passing 'round the weed. Wow, that feel…
The hills are sharp and coarsely sandy, rocks like brown and broken teeth. The mornings warm, the climb demanding. Walking often where it's steep. This lonely landscape can be charming, though the vegetation's sparse. The sage, and cheatg…
"Why is it plunging at us?" our young daughter wailed. Hissing teeth and whirling claws camped at the top stair rail. 4 of us held hostage, hide behind the bedroom door. Things had seemed so promising just recently before. Wayward waif, a…
Insulating mass of fibers holding out the world iPod earbuds trailing wires, nothing else is heard Pressing through a horde of humans, never looking up Texting, posting, finding romance, all without a touch Alone in glass and steel cages,…
He had to pause to catch his breath halfway up the stair. A rueful smile crossed his lips as he rested there. Cheerful cries from yesteryear go bounding past his knee. A shaking finger wipes a tear from off his grizzled cheek. He pushes up…
Wow! You all deserve congratulations, because there were a lot of really great things to try to choose between, and some really creative takes on the theme. But, I had to make hard choices, so here we go, in reverse order: Third place: R…
Let's see, a new word, mine to judge and choose. Let me look around, what do we have in here? Something versatile, to spark creative muse; Hmm, that'll do. Let's have a go with "mirror!" (Exclamation optional) Have fun, everyone!
I knew at first from when we met How deep I was over my head. You, smokin' hot from head to foot - The deepest stirrings soon took root. But if I found your body hot, Of dangerous heat I knew yet, naught. A spirit smoldered deep within to…
You trip, I report it, Your top tier poppy pot. Retire you yuppie, quit! We're too pretty to rot.
Know yourself better, forget your name. Let go your ego, quit from the game. Take a vacation out of your skin. Travel to heaven, all is within. Jesus reaches to you on a cross of light, Banishing the darkness with the gift of sight. Who w…
Rest your head, let me stroke your hair. The worst has already past. Close your eyes, take a deep slow breath. Let the dice fall where they were cast. Ease your mind, let your worries melt. Let me carry some of your load. We'll get by, th…
Hush little girl, go back to sleep. You're dreaming again, that's all, That men in black robes are on the creep With monsters roaming the hall. Plotting and scheming to make your home A poisonous house of pain, With faceless "people" runni…
What would be a festival without some pints of beer? Frothy flagons flecked with foam, and dripping from my beard. Ales pale, red and dark, stouts as black as night. Hoppy pilseners fresh and clear, with carbonation bright. Rows of casks, …
Know thyself! An ancient command, but surpassingly hard to do. Yet, unless I know myself, how can I describe me to you? What are we, really, all of us? Memories and experience? Anything more than mere circumstance and genetic accidents? Pu…
The rising moon gentles the night, Softens the stars glittering bright, Tucking cloaks of shadowy robes Into the hillsides rippling folds. My breath hangs in the high desert air, The only cloud seen anywhere. The night's as quiet as it i…
"Vaginas are here to stay!" I heard this on the news today. Jolly good news, I have to say. I wouldn't have it another way. Why is this news? you want to know. Sit right down, and I'll tell you so. In Michigan, they're deathly loathe to h…
Little Jack Abramoff Ripping the Injuns off, Lining his pockets with gold. Did pretty well, Til sent to a cell Where inmates invaded his hole.
Emerge from the chrysalis, body brand new. Discover a dazzling world to view. Unfurling wings that, til now, never flew, You flitter on breezes through skies soft and blue. Then resting, you wait til the moon, shining bright, Calls everyon…
(a sequel to @Fly10 , Returned Goods) I am afraid we are closed for returns for the day. This item can not be restocked, anyway. It has grown in the light of your wonderful self So large it may not be returned to the shelf Where it sat for…
I slept on my iPhone last night Woke up and my fingers were white Hand glued to the screen Like I was half machine I finally pried it loose And my girlfriend screamed, You got stink paw! Stink paw, darling Your stink paw puts a hurt on my n…
She's baaaaaaaaaaccckk! A warbled scream echoed down the hall. Risen from a shallow grave, back to kill us all. Taking limbs ripped apart from others living work, stitched onto a ragged corpse that lurches with a jerk. The stench from wit…
“Welcome home, soldier,” called a voice in the dark, 30 years late to a 50 year old man. Once he was golden with the promise of youth, til his country sent him off to foreign land. His father had gone, you know, and never complained, thou…
Who made this garden? I ask myself. I want it at my house! The checkout stand reminds me what I can not live without with glossy magazines on racks, seductively displayed. Just get it all and never mind the price that must be paid. We sho…
A Dark Cloud is building, Fattening in the Summer heat, looming in the west As the gusty winds intensify. shimmer hills a…
SHELL GAME Everybody’s life is tough and so our skin grows thick and rough. Still, those bruises split and swell until they harden into shell. Now we crawl and scrape along and kid ourselves we’ve gotten strong when all we do is shrink a…
The heavy load that leaders bear, the choices meaning life or death must surely evenly compare with every kitten's tiny breath. To send a soldier into war is just as meaningful a thing as skittering across the floor to chase a taunting ba…
SOMETHING RANK I chanced upon a charming garden, newly planted and in bloom, with tender shoots and fragrant blossoms, good to brighten any gloom. But then the breezes shifted slightly, brought a whiff of something rank. A root of pride,…
36 MIRRORS I'm so in love with myself, I will follow myself in a hall full of mirrors. Do you view that as queer? We all kneel in the glass as I kiss my own ass, and my army of alts shout my praises through the hall. This empty life I l…
GUNNINGIGAP The sky calls to me with voices of amber, speaking of treasures as gold as the sun. The sky calls to me, but I can not answer. Sooner or later, the moment will come, I know. When I sleep I visit worlds of wonder as old as the …
Words flow like blood from a wounded heart on a cold, cloudless day. Words pour like wine from a paper cup in a vague, meaningless way. Words fall like rain on the desert sand and then quickly wash away. Words fill the air like the morni…
CORRIDORS I'm running through these corridors and shadows fill my head of tall machines and brutal wars, of millions that are dead. I walk these endless corridors and see the wasted land, the gray surf pounding lifeless shores, the dr…
I took my Sheltie for a walk. He left the house a sheepdog. But once we found the grassy park, He soon became a burred dog.
(In response to DaddyDooDahs piece "Gods") In every park, at every school, we hear, "My Daddy's smarter and stronger than yours!" Too many churches, too many sermons, make the same claim, compounded by curse: "My way is right! Disagreem…