Thoughts that sometime...rhyme

Coy I smiled You ignored. Lightning flashed from your eyes Into mine Striking me dumb. Haltingly I tried to speak To ears shut tight They were mine What did you say? Wind Whipped past Scattering papers and leaves Brown, rustling Sweeping your warmth away mid-day. Longing Its been so long Since I’ve... Sign in to see full entry.

I looked around, and he was there yet no one did I see. I felt a presence, she brushed by and I knew her by her smell. Always there, filling the back pages busy with a disaster or wherever war rages. Ever near. Cold, calculating, just hope they don’t have your number. The uniform, so peculiar with... Sign in to see full entry.

Morning Blooms First long orange rays kiss the sky Promise of the day to come. Darkness crowds into shadows That hide opposite The smiling sun. Grays become colors Unfolding in brilliant array ‘tis the unfolding of the day. The day, like a flower Is yours to behold Miss it and you become old. Sign in to see full entry.

Tonight In the arms of darkness I come to you in slumber The shampoo, fresh In your hair rushes into My brain And you are a flower then. Hands Touch lips caress Clothes disappear Soft words I breathe as I Explore your ear Only a dream? My body says no! You are real. Longing Now builds Two magnets... Sign in to see full entry.

Is there a poem like a flower That does for your mind What a Rose Does to your nose? The other day I took a catnap The cat was really hacked! Or maybe it was just a hairball Stuck in it’s throat was all. Poetry, like art Could make the mundane breathtaking Sort of like a fart Well, it could be art... Sign in to see full entry.

When at the helm the ancient warrior stood, then did the ship list hard as it bucked the winds and upon waves was tossed as sea foamy fists pounded it’s wooden planks with a fury unknown to those who live on dry land. Winds shriek terrifying shudders send by ears to backbones. Everything is soaked... Sign in to see full entry.

Way down in the dark mine of my soul, deeper than decency dares to go, things skulk and lurk about luridly in the recess that knows no bounds. They would fain tear me to shreds seeking fun in strangers beds imbibing all the while on the worst of human bile. This dishonorous reeking zoo, lives at the... Sign in to see full entry.

If time were a snowflake, would we melt at noon? If we were a snowflake, would our alarm go off too soon? If time were a pancake, and we were the butter would we melt at noon? Would we welcome the sweet syrup even though it means we will be eaten soon? If time were a garden rake and we the leaves,... Sign in to see full entry.

Upside down-the inside out Dancing with clouds Rainbows our clothes Time twines round. Lips each the other has found Eyes pass, not strangers In the night of hearts Smiles merge Invading our minds. Down and around into love’s Playground, passions merry-go-round The brass ring, the brass ring One for... Sign in to see full entry.

The words lay in mute repose refusing to answer the call. Don’t they know things need to be said, things that are important after all? Images of war raged in my head as Generals smoked cigars their troops were blown to bits by itinerants in passing cars. Valiantly they struggled on as soldiers... Sign in to see full entry.