Time goes by to quickly to hold your feelings inside Especially when their so strong even if they don't abide...By all the accepted rules most people live by because this one time in your life You should not wonder why?Why you didn't act on what you felt in your heart... Read More
Wars, air of AmbiguityDedicated to 1st. Lt. Laura Walker (From an old soldier/Vietnam Veteran)[Advance] We fight in foreign lands not because we necessarily love its culture or land, but because we believe in pragmatism (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness); simply as it may be, it can be costly.The... Read More
So many looked to you for inspiration,Unlikely hero for the wheelchair nation.Proudly you fought and proudly you believed,Everyone loved you Christopher Reeve.Readily it seemed you accepted your fate,Man you are super..man you are great!All the nation mourns a hero has passed,No more bound, you fly again at last!Bill HerrenBill Herren... Read More
Fair Andes! Thy arms reach highOf iron-woven solid stone Thu art a condor to the skyOf glory hidden in thy heartSo many paths, a maze of art?In thy old, Mantaro ValleyWhere adobes, breathe and tremble Beyond your rustic shadowsThere lays the prettiest of brooksIs my heart, within its stream!My image... Read More
The light of all eternity shines with me now / My feelings light up my life / How I find my way is determined by them / They illumine my path and show me who I amWhen I was young, I felt so many things / Then came the day... Read More
I AM SO GRATEFUL for simpler times. Stores were closed on Sundays, TV shows seemed to make more sense, Family members spent ample time with each other, And people were valued more than things.I AM SO GRATEFUL for the good old days. Growing up in the era of front porch... Read More
Grandpa's House [The ole Real House]The house needed painting Sun-blistered and flaking Grandpa started to have us Boys-Mike and I- start Doing some scraping-While he, pealed off the ole Paint, and started painting?Just a humble wooden house With several rooms, but Strong enough to keep the Winds and winter snows... Read More
1) Doņa Leonor's Revenge [1627 AD]Rafael Ortiz's fate Was on the plate Of Doņa Leonor'sWhen she arrived In Lima, Peru; To taste revengeFor the beheading Of her husband. And so the plot?was now played out (in an alleyway) As she gutted her trout!In SpanishTranslated by Nancy PenalozaLa leyenda de:... Read More
A poetic comment that just welled up inside my head ? why cant we just do something ? before many more are dead?How pious those politicians are, When up there on T.V. Saying that, all the things they do, They do for you and me.I don't remember requesting weapons, Or... Read More
Charlotte Bronte (1816 ?1855) Novelist and Poet.Charlotte was the daughter of the Rev. Patrick Bronte,with her sisters Emily and Anne, Charlotte was brought up in a small parsonage in the Yorkshire village of Haworth. Whilst still in her childhood the Bronte sisters lost their mother and as the eldest Charlotte... Read More
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Have you ever thought about how nice it would be... Read More
She probably can't remember and I know I can never... Read More
Memoirs of a Wasteland's RimIt still was light when she... Read More
Blind DesignsBorn today, gone tomorrow Like a butterfly with no... Read More
It's dark, it's cold, its' just six thirty,thoughts of sleep... Read More
Charlotte Bronte (1816 ?1855) Novelist and Poet.Charlotte was the daughter... Read More
The light of all eternity shines with me now /... Read More
You make me smile like I've seldom done before You... Read More
Fair Andes! Thy arms reach highOf iron-woven solid stone Thu... Read More
The Poet's Corner [Three poem/ see review of poetry under... Read More
1.Evil's CreationThou knowith evil clings To tender peace-; Nor does... Read More
Out of the eight poems provided here [all previously unpublished],... Read More
1) Doņa Leonor's Revenge [1627 AD]Rafael Ortiz's fate Was... Read More
If a happiness poem could bring forth a smile, Then... Read More
Like a cat I slumber, blissfully unencumbered, Through eighty per... Read More
Daybreak at Pikes Creek [Summer of 2005]Daybreak by Lake Superior... Read More
[As Told by the Last] King: it was in the... Read More
Frog SummerSummer grows hot, for the New-blooded frogs; The bugs... Read More
Bells for Belphegor!...Where immortal veils never meet Belphegor, Arch devil... Read More
I want to get closeI am afraid.Afraid of what... Read More
When your life becomes unbearable And the light of... Read More
In early fall, in Minnesota, the rain falls, falls, In... Read More
Part One Midget HistoryI am thirty-six inches tall, that is... Read More
House of the Goblin [Part Two of Three]Here is where,... Read More
You've been writing poetry since that first assignment in your... Read More
Grandpa's House [The ole Real House]The house needed painting Sun-blistered... Read More
FIND the MAGICFind the Magic As you release old bondage... Read More
To many non-specialists of literature, poetry is deeply unsatisfying. There... Read More
"For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more... Read More
Five Poems from Home1) Remembering: Dorothy Parker [Dedicated to the... Read More
Black Blood, in Jeremiah's Vines [A Dream Poem]And I heard... Read More
Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad, Moved in down the streetCautious... Read More
Burning Autumn Leaves [1950s in St. Paul, Minnesota]My long steel... Read More
Most of my poems are written late at night, often,... Read More
The Monster Mash The Graveyard SmashHave you heard of the... Read More
We were exiled from the Garden of Eden. Its... Read More
Thank youDedicated to soldiers and their loved onesFor those who... Read More
In the midst of darkness, there is light. In... Read More
I never met a man, who could shake my hand,... Read More
It's dark, it's cold, its' just six thirty,thoughts of sleep... Read More
So Many Einstein'sThe morning mist, insists there is a God.... Read More
Sorry would be a start.Though you cant take back your... Read More
Happy, Sad, Mad and Glad, Moved in down the streetCautious... Read More
Since my wife and I are moving, or preparing to... Read More
Like a cat I slumber, blissfully unencumbered, Through eighty per... Read More
Amy King's first full-length collection, Antidotes for an Alibi, insists... Read More
The Incubus' Flash-lightHe looked inside my head And found a... Read More
If you are serious about seeing your work published by... Read More
The Poet's Corner [Three poem/ see review of poetry under... Read More
Supernatural PoetryHere are five poems,-what I call-death and supernatural poems.... Read More
Once upon a midnight dreary, coffee cold and vision... Read More
Frog SummerSummer grows hot, for the New-blooded frogs; The bugs... Read More
You can show your poem to your mom, your spouse,... Read More
Poetry is more than just rhyming and prose that is... Read More
Stone Beds [Pompeii's surge]Advance: after the great eruption of Pompeii's... Read More
Ed Gallagher Dec. 11, 1907 - Sept. 5, 2004This poem... Read More
Lord Byron's opening couplet to "She Walks In Beauty" is... Read More
House of the Goblin [Part Two of Three]Here is where,... Read More
All is still; all quiet; The world seems to... Read More
I want to get closeI am afraid.Afraid of what... Read More
Kafka lands resurrected in Crewe deposited by a silvery alien... Read More
The Epic Poem:A Death in Cajamarca, Peru [Atahualpa, in Cajamarca]Advance:... Read More
Advance: in Mr. Siluk's poetry one finds symbolist values, sensuous... Read More
You speak simple, completley understandable justifications I respect them, respect... Read More
The following two poems, one in English, the other in... Read More
Sometimes we feel hard-pressed, Our backs against the wall;... Read More
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