Saturday, April 04, 2026

Another Fine Mess

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Oh, if we could only go back in time, A day, a week or even a year, Know all the pitfalls,                 The potholes,            ...
Friday, April 03, 2026

Pintos, Okra and Fried Green Tomatoes

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Some harbor favor for gourmet cuisine: Caviar, pheasant or filet mignon. Trendy like crepe suzettes, crème brulee, sushi, Mildly to wi...
Thursday, April 02, 2026

The Green of Summer

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The passing of unsettled skies Makes way for more pastoral days Where green is nature’s uniform And sunlight clings to the horizon. ...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Sanctuary

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Run to cover, shelter from The fire-belching dragon who Would have your face for breakfast and Consume your flesh at dinnertime.   ...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Obnoxious Willie

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Willie is a worry-wart who Whines and wiles away his day Making matters miserable in   Messy, muddled, mocking ways.   Carry on, y...
Monday, March 30, 2026

On the Other Side

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Magic misty gray horizon Shadowing the rising sun, Secreting the land of plenty Waiting on the other side.   Filling minds with wi...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Death Kills

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Highly inappropriate to Speak of death when Sunlight dances playfully Upon the hillside casting Very little shadow on The meadow, ...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Blisters on Your Backside

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Riding along in your broad barcalounger, Bucking recliner, couched in a crouch. Waiting for nothing to silently happen, Hoping that so...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Time Marches Sideways

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Bated and battered by mindless meanderings, Waiting and watchful with vigilant vision, Passing the muster of youthful exuberance, Pres...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Don’t Forget Your Hat

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You say you’re leaving; You can’t take it anymore. Put your coat on As you’re walking out the door.   Turn to lash out One more ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Blasted Cell Phones

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They’re everywhere you go these days; those Loud, obnoxious, boorish louts, Land-line shirkers, hand to ear Talking just below a shout...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Poker Face

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Reaching deep into the void for Traces of humanity I come away with nothing, No display, no commonality.   Emotion shriveled like ...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Thrust Upward

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We had it all, begging no pardon, Accepting no quarter from frequent distracters, Keeping a light over our pretty bedclothes, Feeding ...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Take a Tissue

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Sitting in silence, head bowed, eyes lowered, Awaiting the tribute that sorrow bestows. Most stalwart patrons are stoic, unmoving Exce...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Setback

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‘Must keep moving forward,’ says the boss, ‘Must outpace competition.’ Cannot pause to rest the weary. Barely time to dress their woun...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Freelance Forgiveness

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It’s so hard to be your friend. I know. I’ve tried for years. Time and time and yet again We’ve languished over bitter tears.   Ti...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Stepping in Dog Poop

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Climbing in behind the wheel, A day like any other. Everybody buckle up before The gears engage. Calm and steady, Racked and ready...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Did I Do That?

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Leaves me wondering… Leaves me wandering… Leaves me worrying, Could it be true? Could I have been so Completely distracted? Uniq...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Forgotten

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No one wants to be forgotten, Vanishing into the foggish Memory of misbegottens, Tapering to miniscule Fragments of frenetic thought...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Frozen

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Could I but capture this blissful moment Frozen in time, I would. Were you to bait my soul to surrender, It would be well understood. ...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Fried

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Chicken, mushrooms, green tomatoes, Ice cream, mozzarella sticks. Deep fried, refried, home fried With pride. Momma! Cook it quick. ...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Part Two

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How you trickle silently, Thoughtless of the grains already Falling prey to gravity, Filling up her bottom half.   Early on the ho...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Half Way To…

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Stuck here in the middle of The muddle as we Huddle just to cuddle in the Puddle with the subtlety of fish.   Kiss the weary wande...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Perfect Pitch

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Outside corner, low, away, Paint the black. Strike three. Hometown crowd erupts with joy, Fanatics roar with glee.   Mezzo soprano...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Sold Into Bondage

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Once with a dream sailing off into daybreak Probed to excitement by bold wistfulness, Prodding the notion that nothing else mattered, ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

The Private I

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Come around some other time. There’s no joy to share this moment. Laughter just a distant mem’ry. Smiles lost to unseeing eyes.   ...
Monday, March 09, 2026

Get a Grip

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What is this fantasy I’m in? Could it be much more inane? To dicker here and dawdle there, To walk the boundaries of insane.   Mus...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Big Fat Liar

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Bogus lips who wave and waddle in A wind of fabrication. Bastardized capitulation to the Terms of simple reason, Killing any last go...
Saturday, March 07, 2026

Together for Never

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We can’t seem to get together In this helter-skelter mix. Pathways never quite converge in Forest green or meadow bright. Often tim...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Heartbreaker

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Hail to the heartbreaker, Standing tall. May you get all you consider your due. May the puppy you thrashed Bounce back biting you ...