Category Archives: Poems

It Began With Dice

(This is the 8th Anniversary Poem) We met Among the dice You with your mage That forgot her role Me with my warrior Showing you the rules Our characters never wed Though Clyde and Mab came close All stopped as … Continue reading

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Here I Wait

And here I wait Dreading every minute Fearing every second Because I do not know Will today end in disappointment? Will it end in victory? I will distract myself Yet I will continue coming back Waiting in anxiety Because I … Continue reading

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Poetry Prompt: God for a Day

We Drink Because We’re Poets Poetry Prompt. A god for a day Having power in my hands Only for a day I’d let the world stay While I live a life I want Adventure and fun Visit Angkor Watt Machu … Continue reading

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Monday Post with a Memorial Day Message

First, thank you to everyone who sent well-wishes for my grandmother.  She’s doing better and back home.  Hopefully we can go through the week without another scare. Second, thank you to everyone who reblogged my post about Bestiary of Blatherhorn … Continue reading

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The Great Hoarder

Surrounded by wealth And extravagance He sits in his castle Never needing But always wanting While his brethren Starve and scramble for life He has more wealth Than one man needs Earned through work And thought Yet more he gathers … Continue reading

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For Today

Today I play outside Leaving the internet behind My reader will get dust I’m afraid today I must The sun is sitting high The rain has said good-bye I bid you all adieu With posts scheduled to debut

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Death of the Over-Used Meme

You use it every chance you get The latest viral phrase of fun Hilarious in its native land That not everyone has seen You drag it out at every whim Draining it of life Making it a husk of humor … Continue reading

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Society of Oddities

An arm flap and a toe walk Signs of wrong Because someone said so Labels hurled At a child acting like a child Tears and screams Tantrums prove he isn’t right As if he’s the only one Fuck . . … Continue reading

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Choose Your Own Adventure Poem

This is my poem for the Thursday Poetry Prompt from We Drink Because We’re Poets. I wander through the kitchen Stomach growling like a dogSo little to ingest A naked can of soup Or possible some beans? The makings of … Continue reading

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Judging? You Forget Yourself

You stand there Cawing and scolding Telling me my place As if you have a clue A bad parent With a horrible child Crying Because he was denied You wish me to leave Abandon unmade dinners So you can cast … Continue reading

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