SHADOW MAN I live in the shadows away from the street, Hiding my face from the people I meet. My spirit is a burned-out coal, A brittle shell that once held my soul. If you see me lurking in the…
Category: Original Poetry
HANNIBAL MEETS DUMBO The conquest of Rome was serious work, Especially with the elephants going berserk. His soldiers were sick of the dung and the Alps, And freezing their spears off from sandals to scalp. He told them, “Don’t worry,…
VARBY I hated VARBY from the moment I saw her, Parked on that narrow curvy stretch of road under the ancient oak. On every trip I had to work around VARBY, Slowing down, giving ground, waiting, waiting, waiting For cars…
FIFTEEN MILES The road keeps rolling bend after bend, Seems to me it will never end. My leg must be broken and I’m moving slow, With fifteen scorching hot miles to go. We ran out of gasoline last week, Luckier…
TOO THIS TOO THAT Too smart, too dumb, Too sharp, too numb. Too meek, too bold, Too hot, too cold. For me a happy medium Is an agonizing tedium, So whatever it the it may be, There’s another it I’d…