Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poetry. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2013

change the world


Sunday, March 4, 2012

Four Letter Words

the text

You realize that a simple
reclusive man crazy on the
outside
The guy who won't fight back
can take a list
of four-letter words& slowly
word by fucking word, pick the perfect one.
It helps you solve all
kinds of problems.
True or False?
This understanding
doesn't happen overnight.
No Shit.
It's n' uncomfortable
secret talents
who knew?
Like you I know the pleasure of concealment.

Easy Doubt

the text


                All
                things
                considered
If God is listening hard enough
why do dogs die
             in hot cars?
When all the bodies
have been buried in Darfur,
blood splattering everywhere,
can you believe?   I don'teven
                              want to know.

       God can't
be captured
for certain and discord
      has nver
      been easier.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Live Big

the text

It's morning
       Daylight
              again.  I'm wide awake.
I was ready for anything but
      what I found

      Life's good
and  the good is in the details.
Yep, it's a sweet surprise.

      I never thought
      it could happen
             to me.

Live
Big       ---this is in-
                 credible---

             It takes time
                 to be a
                phoenix.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

THE GOOD LIFE


THE TEXT

THE GOOD
LIFE

Between my life as I conceive it and
the life I have
well, I have
                      serious problems
Bullshit events in my life happen,
but I am never going
back to my past.

Official male attitudes aside,
the world of complaints can carry on without my help.

My
                       Life is the good life.

How does
         yours compare?



A Valentine Collage Poem


The text.

Bear with me now.
It turns out time adds perspective.
You might be in for a real wake-up call,
but it's not better to sieze a moment
and act quickly.
Relationships are built
into the pauses.
Discord happens &
love hurts, but don't panic.
Pay attention to love's transformative powers.

"That's a little dramatic, don't you think?"
                                                "Wrong!" I said.
Every day matters.
It is a real-world test.
Recommit to your relationship.
Even the most mundane
things get better.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Be Superficial

The text

You are too
hard on yourself.
                                         You've got an advanced
              case of
the worries.

Be superficial.

It feels naughty,
but it's not.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Cash, Greenbacks, Money, Moola

The text of the poem

"Did you have money?" I said
"Not enough,” she said.
"I don't even know what it is I'm chasing."
What happens if you have all your
eggs in one basket? What happens if
we keep getting
abducted by circumstance
& crimes of exploitation?
Look, don't believe in the deep human
need for dreams that inspire us
even in the face of tragedy.
Instinctively -- even if they're not consciously aware of it--
we salute the basic human urge to get
out of debt
                                                                 we really want to
"I've been telling myself it's going to get better,"
he thought.
Get the relief that you've been
waiting for with cash! Green-
                                                     backs!
                                                       Money!
Moolah cures depression.

Friday, February 3, 2012

The Shit List

The text of the poem

I happen to be absolutely certain
the shit list
can't possibly be true.
Life is an open
door to all
that is possible.
I often student the joys and regrets of the ancient people,
the bazaar
twisted journey
the great ideas of earthbound miscreants,
the turmoil and instability
that's going on.
This is scary stuff, but
there's nothing going on here
that anyone should die for.
I don't know why,
but I have a feeling
that suddenly all is
right with the world.



Thursday, February 2, 2012

Tomorrow is too late



The Text Typed
TOMORROW IS TOO LATE

Why do you keep mumbling all
       those questions?
she whisperes.


I think it is to search for the perfect
                                               solution
     he says,
                  to listen,
and understand,
to improve the quality of life.


Right away I thought, "This is
too easy!"


                  He's not good
                 at explaining
                        things.
Don't take it personally.


     "The knowlege
      might be  in my
      brain,"
            he said, "But it's
      trapped there."


    Stop living in the future.
                Go
              search.
   Tomorrow is too late.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Shape Up World


The text of the poem:

Now more than ever
the world needs
a wake up call.

I want to
help heal the world.

Everybody wants to be a hero.

So what! ...er, it's worth noting that
solutins
always arrive too late.

Know that no one and nothing is perfect.

You have the tools to be happy today.  All it takes is changing
your attitudes toward yourself and your place in the world.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Shenanigans


This is sarcasm.  Shenanigans get you into trouble.  People tend to wag their finger in a shenanigator’s face and tell you not to make waves, or rock boats, or be different, but the different among us are not just interesting, they make life interesting for all of us.  Don’t declare failure.  Sitting up straight is insignificant.  Be significant.  Let the shenanigans of your past haunt you.  For shenanigators, it isn’t haunting, its fond memories.