Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The Internet



The Internet

I found I found it founded
(and not so carefully)
In young confounded logic
And multitudes of memes
Within this social meltdown
Of watching cats by day
A very vocal billion
With nothing much to say

And don't forget the pornos
Because they paved the way
For tweets and likes and comments
For boredom on display
So keep your smart devices
With all the internet
Connect me to my footsteps
They are more permanent

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Monument

The hardest part of writing is staring at the blank page with no ideas.  After I get a line, a rhyme, a homophone, or something to begin, it's not so bad.  Some weeks I come up with something I like.  A lot of the time I find myself writing without a great deal of satisfaction other than keeping the tools sharp, so to say.

In any case, this week's efforts keep sharp the tools of basic rhyme and meter.

Monument

I biuld a monument
For things that had passed through
A shifty gust
A migrant moth
A memory of you

And resting on the top
In Western-facing view
A followed whim
A brief embrace
A timpani of two

I built this edifice
Of sand and dusk and dew
For melted wax
For ended songs
For shifting motes of blue

The tide comes rolling in
To claim what rites it's due
My monument,
My sacrament
I knew it would pass too

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Grief

backwards and forwards.  

Grief

Bleak this morning
Bury her
This delicate window
Kept everything out with 
Glaring confidence
Our eyes, why?
Questions that beg
Insulated
Pains
Behind
Panes
In so late it
Begs that question
Why arise?
Confidants glaring without 
Everything kept window delicate
This barrier
Mourning this bleak

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Siege

I know I should try writing in different styles, but I do so enjoy the homophones.

Siege

A
Foray
For a
Battlement
Battle meant
Less edibles
Less said, able
Though to stay employed

Missile!
Miss, I'll
Fire another
Fire and other
Objcets slung
Objections
Come from down below

Great at hacking
Grates,  attacking
For the win!
For the when-
ever we play serf
I'm glad we're using Nerf