"Mysteriously"

If you should take women seriously

You're in for a lifetime of Hell

Best to treat them mysteriously

   (and move into a motel).

October 1, 2026

"Cash"

Clive Owen never played Bond

   (is it too late to start now?)

Must be nice for beau monde

Picking their next cash cow.

October 1, 2026

"Fated"

Everything was going so well

The storyteller somberly stated

When everything went all to Hell

   (some things just seem to be fated).

October 1, 2026

"Guns"

When you come in guns a-blazin'

Over some chick named "Goldie"

The setup might seem amazin'

   (until you consider the soldi).

October 1, 2026

"Clash"

My only luxury is Peacock

Bought to watch FIFA clash

The fact that the games are in Spanglish

Makes it well worth the cash.

October 1, 2026

"Older"

Old ways are best

   (and I'm getting older)

I feel so blessed

   (as a stakeholder).

October 1, 2026

"Aimless"

Poems sort symbols stored

From where our own ideas soared

Converting aimless thoughts to art

Exciting power and delight of heart.

September 28, 2026

"Keister"

When the much-ballyhooed nor'easter

Fails to deliver the steam

Best to get up off your keister

And head to the Club Passim.

September 27, 2026

"Storm"

When you're trying to dodge a storm

By minutes and inches

Those who tell you nay

Are stick-in-the-mud Grinches.

September 26, 2026

"Woe"

You're looking for a crippled crow

Writhing on the ground

One consumed with so much woe

His ego you can pound.

September 26, 2026

"Kill"

You can't kill my spirit

   (as you feel you MUST)

Instead you inspirit

   (in God I place my TRUST).

September 26, 2026

"Burning"

You beckoned me to Hell

With bony, burning hand

But my own impel

Saved me from what you'd planned.

September 25, 2026

"Instinct"

Instinct, not Wisdom, inspires the poet's quote

Just as a singer utters what he does not know

So verse arrives (as half-remembered note?)

From somewhere farther than the Self can go.

September 25, 2026

"Shirk"

Truth did the work

I let it run free

Work that I might shirk

It took care of for me.

September 25, 2026

"Mayhem"

When you're headed into a storm

Into the teeth of mayhem

Seek out the place that's warm

   (like maybe Bethlehem).

September 25, 2026

"Pride"

Like the spirit of Bashō

I wander the countryside

Looking for things to write about

   (things that prick my pride).

September 25, 2026

"Cold"

Hard to hate a five-poem day

Unless it's cold and rainy

Even then, behold the spray

Of genius bold and grainy.

September 24, 2026

"Cleared"

The day the color TV came

We cleared all the furniture

And watched some silly TV game

As if it was the harbinger.

September 24, 2026

"Go"

You go far

Miles and years

But you're still here

   (in my heart).

September 23, 2026

"Untruths"

You want me to lie to you

Fill you with untruths

But I'm seeking what is true

   (Like those dime-store sleuths.)

September 23, 2026