destiny poem

as you scroll
through the fog
(should i say smog)
of internet poetry

let the winds of destiny
(sounds poetic, doesn't it?)
guide you

the wings of destiny
perhaps
not the hands of destiny
(the hands belong to fate, right?)

manifest destiny
destiny taking a turn
controlling your destiny
discovering this poem

Halloween

 

Halloween

Happy Jack-O-Lanterns 
Are underneath the eaves
Little bat-winged creatures
Linger in the leaves
Only ghosts and goblins
Walk along the street
Everyone is prowling
Everyone is howling
Now's the time for TRICK or TREAT!

state of the union

state of the union 

 

everything is not as it seems
no one believed it could happen
democracy dies in division
empathy follows it to the grave    
misinformation becomes medicine
indoctrination not immunization
can you hear the liberty bell

wonder

wonder

(with apologies to jane taylor)

cowboy 

fireman 

movie star 

poet 

singer

tending bar 

husband 

father 

brand new car 

lawyer

doctor

big cigar

cancer 

funeral 

it's a jar

do you  

wonder 

who you are

good friday

good friday

the cool crimson evening 

crawls through the window

 

reaching the bottle

between the limes and the salt

 

shot glasses leave short shadows

angled away to the right

on the radio

van morrison is overcome

thinking about a brown eyed girl

 

outside

the ozark sunset

holds back the night

the tequila

tastes

like summer

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Candles burning through the night
Houses filled with soft orange light
Rings of green hang everywhere
It seems there’s something in the air
Shining stars on tops of trees
Tinsel shimmering in the breeze
Morning seems so far away
All await the break of day
Santa stops to check his list
Elves make sure no child is missed
Visitors will come and play
Everywhere on Christmas Day