
Details uttered.
Dispatched. Delivered.
Purpose: provoke.
Prime point
broken.
Empty
words without worth.
Context abandoned,
Spurious spirits sparked.
Outrage assured.

Details uttered.
Dispatched. Delivered.
Purpose: provoke.
Prime point
broken.
Empty
words without worth.
Context abandoned,
Spurious spirits sparked.
Outrage assured.
Laptop restingNext to beverage and biscuitOn coffee shopTable top Customers eyes passingThrough text and tomeBy themselvesAt various book shelves I am sittingAt my pulpit and postTo write what I privately spyAs patrons browse and buy I get it: this poem’s title isn’t parallel to the first one in this series. Rules are meant to be…
Every day he would arrive. Same striped shirt, frayed shoes, discolored dungarees reeking of weeks’ worth of wear.
I’ve changed the order of my stanzas several times. I think I have it the way I like it now.
Dive into ‘Under Metal Wings,’ a reflective journey from dawn’s embrace to twilight’s whisper. This poem and its inspiring image capture the silent hopes and whispered dreams of travelers, poised on the brink of discovery. Join them as they ascend into the yawning sky, seeking harmony within and adventures in distant lands.
We are here, planted in the earth,cupped hands catching light,tightly holding to historiesof a world that always asksbut rarely says thank you. To the teacherin well-worn shoes,kneeling by a deskholding dreams markedby grooves and doodles—you do your part,whispering hopeinto the ears of tomorrow. To the nursewith tired eyes,cradling the world’s heartbeatin your steady hands—you do…
patter tapsearth breathes; roots relaxtrees stretch; leaves driprivers rush guttersinsects scatter; wings whirrclouds press closerhorizon smudgesopen fields steam loamrelief rises; breath returns It Started With a Smell Early this morning, I caught it, the scent of raindrops rinsing our thirsty, windswept valley after the driest summer in 130 years. I told myself right then I…