NERVOUS, THEY WAIT
nervous, they wait poised motionless hearts thrumming like windblown caterpillars riding the dawn soon soon but not yet
View ArticleTHE HIKE OF STEEPNESS
going up hill is grand with an extra lung at hand if you must do with a paltry two frequent rests are called for, it’s true crawling on hands and knees may prevent a cardiac seize really it might be...
View ArticleSAVOR
here might be flowers for your eyes to savor or mayhap you’ll eat them to enjoy their flavor such folly on your part would become far graver for you see, they’re triffids, and nothing can save yer
View ArticleTAR PAPER UNBENT
tar paper unbent riddled with bullets and rhymes in the morning sludge of strangled nightingales
View ArticleICKLE, THE ROBBER
cucumber pickle, pop sickle, shingles prickle, Travis Bickle, feathers tickle, butter brickle, my wife was fickle, give me a nickel, and while you’re at it, give me the rest of your money, too
View ArticleRED RAGE SEETHING
RED RAGE SEETHING CHAINSAW TEETHING LO, THE TINY TRIFFIDS SWARM BEST NOT LINGER TO LOSE A FINGER IN THE ENSUING FRENZIED STORM
View ArticleVISITING PENELOPE
Whenever I go to visit Penelope on the bank of the stream where she lives ‘neath the willow tree I bring an assortment of her favorite treats like mud sludge and pond scum and rotten black beets. For...
View ArticleTAMMY
Tammy’s neighbors gossiped, kept up a constant whine. Tammy’s neighbors wondered why she never toed the line. The orders weren’t muddled. In fact, they were quite clear. Gold was the chosen color for...
View ArticleGNU EAR POEM
On New Year’s Eve Harrison Grieve always dines on oats. ‘I do so because,’ he told his cuz, ‘it keeps away the goats.’ ‘How does that work?’ asked his cousin, James Burke, a skeptic from the west....
View ArticleSONG OF THE INTROVERT
A few things about me you should know The moment I arrive I’m eager to go I’m plotting ‘Good-bye’ when I say ‘Hello’ That’s what about me you should know One more thing about me you should know If you...
View ArticleSONG LYRIC
There is a steamboat in my head, If you remove it, I’ll be dead, So you had best just let it be, While I dance with my manatee.
View ArticlePOEM WITH ZAPPER
I’ll write a poem today to rhyme in the usual way I’ll end with a capper an odd little zapper Oh, how the moon clenches its fist!
View ArticleTHE NIGHTMARE MICE
Beware of the nightmare mice No, they are not very nice They catch and squeeze doves with their creepy white gloves Their bodies are crawling with lice
View ArticleNOT ABOUT FISH
This here rhyme is not about fish. Rather it’s all about making a wish. Oh moon, or sun, or any old star Up there above me, please fix my car. Thanks in advance. I’ll be in the bar.
View ArticleLIONS ARE DANDY
The lions are dandy at this time of year. They’re scouts for the triffid invasion, I fear.
View ArticleCROON MOON JUNE
on the first of june i croon a tune by the light of the moon in my giant spittoon
View ArticleDAISIES
Daisies, daisies, give me your answers, do. Do you want fries with that and chocolate milkshakes, too?
View ArticleTHE EVILEST ROBOT – A POEM
the evilest robot of them all isn’t so very awfully tall but there never is the slightest doubt at the droop of an eyelid your spleen’s ripped out
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