Be a Poet …
stop trying
to become one
give yourself up
to the sound
Within your lyrics
are so many
pleadings
feelings disjoint
and impound
Open the gate
and let out the dogs
the last fox
almost over
the hill
Scream
if you must
those whispers betrayed
until all that’s been empty
— is filled
(The New Room: September, 2025)
An unmarried girl
in the wilderness
Any hopes of a suitor
are slim
Her virtue unsold
forever braving the cold
She waits for the promise
of him
An unpublished poem
in the syllabus
Any pressure to edit
unmoved
The words as they lay
both hunter and prey
To become what the future
— will choose
(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)
Dying of boredom unchallenged
— the single worst kind of death
(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)
Taking one step
past forever
To travel the pathway
inured
Escaping those moments
unsettled
At home there to wander
— secured
(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)
The consequence of discovery
is freedom
The circumstance of freedom
is leisure
The provenance of leisure
is vision
The assonance of vision
— is discovery
(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)
Time
the unrivaled
arbiter
— of right and wrong
(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)
Memory
is
tomorrow’s
filter
Straining our
history
distilling the
past
Each year
a screen
on what
becomes us
On what
eludes us
our fate
— recast
(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)
Are they not
the chosen
who are blessed
unto Heaven’s recall
Are they not
resplendent
who hear past the din
to eternity’s fall
Are they not
emblazoned
with Majesty’s light
from a fire within
Are they not
unwelcome
when days are at end
— and the music begins
(1st Book Of Prayers: September, 2025)
Give me the poverty
that enjoys true wealth
And the joy in believing
— that nothing is free
(Dreamsleep With HDT: September, 2025)
As strength deserts
my body
the weights grow
hard to lift
Each rep I fake
four breaths I take
and atrophy
persists
Those muscles ripped
in times long past
but memory
to me now
An aging racehorse
on the hill
one step
— beyond the plow
(Anytime Fitness: September, 2025)
An Anthology Of Perception 