Category Archives: Poems

Little One Left Behind

Sitting at the table Handing out my wares And meeting with old friends The trip is more business Than pleasure While I hold a happy smile Hiding the tinge of melancholy Remembering grubby fingers And childish laughter From the son … Continue reading

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On The Road

The car is packed My navigator preps Both human and technology Ready to shout orders And rarely agreeing I check for music And snacks to give me strength Hours behind the wheel Looming ahead While the sun shines The wind … Continue reading

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On This Hallowed Night (April Poetry Challenge)

Howling winds Across the barren roads Pulsing candlelight Pouring from disfigured gourds Yellow moon rising High above the shadows And coating trees in light Leaping cats dart around Loosing hisses through the night Only to vanish with no trace When … Continue reading

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The Sleepy Destroyer

Excitement coursing through my veins As my fingers strike the buttons And slam the stick My enemies fly and fall Their screams echoing Through the speakers Even with my handicap A body made of pudgy fluff Threatening to fall asleep … Continue reading

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Wednesday (April Poetry Mont)

Half my week is gone The other half looms ahead Already I yawn

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Druid of the Orchid Path (April is Poetry Month)

Deep within the Umbral Woods As the morning sun appears The druid of the dawn awakens Sitting among the orchids Where not a petal he has harmed   Carefully he stands Draped in his mottled cloak That merges him with … Continue reading

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Tonight at 10

(This poem is going to be a little depressing and dark.  I remember trying to watch the nightly news and this is what came of it.  It’s actually an old poem that I decided to rework after stumbling onto it.) … Continue reading

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Life and TImes of Ichabod Jones

Ichabod Jones is a simple scruff Living on the edge Dangling his feet Into the sickening fog Peering up at the flying city Humanity’s only home   Ichabod Jones remembers times When man walking richest soil Instead of echoing steel … Continue reading

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Wisdom of the Jester

He speaks what he sees Passing off the truth as jokes Sage disguised as fool (April Poetry Contest)

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Message to My History

(Poetry Prompt #10) Defiance Tell them to F*ck off I am sure they all will scoff Ignore them for they are no help Until you prove you are not a whelp A lost child with the mind of a stupid … Continue reading

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