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Just on the Outskirts

Bradley is a happy man He falls asleep on the island To the sound of a bellowing fog horn Cutting through the air as rich as worn leather He awakes to coffee that envelops him With a hug Rather than …...

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Hello

Back on the road Dead straight But a little lesser known Taken time to rest my hands Made strides in growth  As a man Understand that time away makes the heart grow Reflect what you intake And undergo...

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Currency of My Own Time

The little forgotten things Moments passing  Fleeting and free Tied down now to the eternity Of passing Time flickering quietly  Not kicking and thrashing It’s the unknown riddle I attempt to make the...

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The Power to Heal

Poetic justice Late night karaoke slams Altered punctuation Drinks embezzled for us From the incoherent Blasting with interference Keeping the lines straight With a brother more found than lost Amazing...

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Rewrite

In hopes of a mad resurrection My pen falls flat in dejection More like a renewed redirection Of my final intention Words lassoed  And written Bringing back the words I had not given I write with the...

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Muddle by Technology

Muddle and confusion Marry the mellow quiet With ruptured sounds of a digital empress Defiant of the status quo Holding on to the last of what was What we used to know The cell phone rings Elbows...

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11:57

11:57 The clock reads Momentary and sedentary I return to the road We travel so often Yet so unfamiliar Unusual The hope of unity A collection of ideas Almost perfect But perfect in its imperfections...

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4 Minutes

In 4 minutes I will attempt To write words Strung together with Some meaning My eyes are stuck to the screen Gleaming Written in an attempt to say What I have postponed along the way Returning to...

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Predict the Past

Words are moving fast Faster than I can understand Competing with the speed of light Into my head with danger No understanding needed People blast out obscenities With fog horn blasts Worries about the...

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The Great Debate

Polite discrepancy Independently Who’s responsibility is it Who’s responsibility was it To be honest and clear Alive and front and center Taking the stage As the great pretender Honor the people Before...

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Doubt of Disposition

Doubt of disposition The grand scheme has no easy transition From chaos to smooth sailing The profound problems now created Some expected Others anticipated Where do we go from here How do we create...

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The Diagram of 2016 – How

Growing up in an extremely sheltered catholic midwestern household I was always taught some very simple “guidelines”. Whether it be good or bad this is the life I know. It was always God, Family, and...

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Sturdy and Venomous

The whimsical x-ray of our society Has revealed a great deity Venomous and toxic Leaving the trace of a blown rocket We used this messed up world To project our problems into one being Manifested into...

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Wren of Premonition

A wren of the future bird Eyes filled with glossy cover Singing the notes of a future uncertain Pulling back what remains in the dark From a pulled curtain The lazy have come into hold us The land upon...

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Recall the Way Out

If I could only recall the way out The way in was much more difficult But the easiest seems now whimsical Overbearing The thicket of bushes on the left When we entered The gargoyle on the right We...

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Scribble of a Stranger

Scribble of a stranger No more similar than an unknown danger Glistening on a November afternoon The acoustics pronounced now And fill the room The wrong approach with the wrong tenor On a Sunday...

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Bluster

Unsightly unseen Mightily obscene Gestures of language Encourage Discourage Mean I have an objection to such limits Of language Interpretation My own county Country Nation How did words slip from...

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Gather the Charades

Gather the charades Words sassy and icky Unbound from the sound Of a letter passing through our mouths A royal kettle cooking New ingredients Indecent If your enemy of an enemy Is your friend How can...

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Off Goes 2016

Off goes 2016 A year of changes Losses Rearranging A year of new Shuffling out the old Somehow I reflect on my own words I have written Some I left out in the cold New words will come with time …...

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Angel Investor or Debt Collector

Continue to write Question Inquire The creative process shall never tire Agendas will be set And disrupted Hope bursts like a bubble Whose flight has been interrupted The job of the artist is to set...

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