unbelievable
last ball game he’d ever see
grand slam ball for dad
I do know what I need
in a comfort planting seeds
and a summer's heat of sheets
we planted a garden of fancies
of grown sweet delights.
My voice is shy and I'm reluctant
with I wish to express
through this throat.
I'm an introvert
and so I tremble
like the weight
of the crumbling
stones
that hit this statue,
and eventually
You're hand in hand
as I become the dust,
of once but now
not known.
Call my name, I want to hear
Cry it out, loud and clear
I'll hold you tight, no room to move
We'll dance as one, right in the groove
Then afterwards we'll take a rest
I'll try at least, I'll try my best
Calm winds will quickly turn typhoon
And I'll want more very soon
by Russ Dodson (c) 1968. 2025
I've never had a unicorn
because I couldn't catch one
and I know no virgin maid
whom I could send to fetch one
If you watch any animated episode,
you will see me beep-beep down the road.
I can run at a great velocity.
Nobody will be able to catch me.
While I move, I feel quite happy.
However, I have an adversary.
The joker in question is that coyote.
He tries so many ways to apprehend me.
The way I run, that will never be.
Remember as a child playing cards,
Go Fish?
A child's life and fishing go together,
dreaming about catching the big one.
How big is the big one?
At what age will they catch it?
Will it be from land or from a boat?
Yes a child will dream about the big one,
the big one being on the end of their fishing line.
One Day ~ Some Day.
Sickness can turn your house into a personal jail
When friends come to visit you use anything as a veil
The moments you lose track of the day and time
If you need medicine you would spend every dime
To pass the time you watch old episodes on Netflix
Eating soup for dinner and inhaling vapors of vicks
It feels like a vacation you weren't meant to enjoy
Your phone, tablet or book becomes your new toy
Every task that you had planned never gets done
Your skin tone begins to change from having no sun
If you're married your mate becomes your waiter
Every sentence is "Honey can you do me a favor"
When you're sick it actually gives you time to unload
But this is your life in a nutshell when you catch a cold
The beginning
of the end
The end
of the beginning
To look
and not see
A desperate
path
To start
what can’t finish
Destroying
tomorrow
When eyes
remain closed
The future
— uncast
(Dreamsleep: June, 2025)
I wore enough makeup
you'd have thought
I was in witness protection.
first dates are like that—
turned out he was the one
that got arrested.
There was a young woman who yearned for a mate.
Sadly cat food was all that she ate...
The cans with seafood she clearly favored and from
this diet she never wavered.
Many thought her an attractive gal, in spite of slight
whiskers and her woeful meow.
None dared go close as her breath was so foul..
Come night on a twinkling star she would wish.
At the break of each dawn she'd gargle and swish.
Regardless she always reeked heavily of fish.
She couldn't rid of this seafood scent which seeped
thru her pores and wouldn't relent, so she
moved outdoors and bathed at a brook.
One day she got snagged by a golly whopper hook.
two Robins scurry
stop and go across the lawn
worm lunch in their beaks
Heidi Sands
4/30/25
(C)opyright
Life speeds by with work, errands, crisis
and then something huge pops up
It's so easy to settle into a busy numbness
and just pass the days at the speed of light
However if you tuck your head down and
just let life pass quickly, you may miss
the sweet moments that enrich life with
laughter, connection, and blessings
I have learned to keep my head up,
a smile on my face and be alert
to the daily blessings that life throws out
I stay aware and ready to catch them
I've little or no chance. Should I go for the kill?
With my skill and will, I must till every hard hill.
I'm my government. I must make my decision.
Amidst moral schisms, I have endless vision.
Like lions, tigers, and rhinos, I show aggression.
Doesn't this involve an ethical transgression?
There's a battle. There's a physio-psychic war.
Against the opponent, there's a beastly uproar.
Could I forget, yet, my prudent disposition?
Like a bear, I'm adamant about my mission.
Can 'catch as catch can' be a part of every game?
Shouldn't this too fit into an ethical frame?
Let me try, spoon-feed me nor ever teach,
My big mouth said, help me reach to my bridge
Like olden-day gurus who would not preach,
Help me smooth out if you find a rough ridge
That allowed little light of truth to reach,
Stop utter darkness from declaring siege.
Just guide, help me old blockages to breach,
Let if some light enters from jutted ledge,
Just see, no doubts come from unforeseen edge.
I love exploring depths far from the beach
And acquire untapped ocean of knowledge,
Which, since childhood has been my quenchless itch….
Heck, wishing just a helping hand to stretch,
How I got grabbed, a self-goal, easy catch!
_________________________
Sonnet | 05.08.2017 | humour
Note: I just wanted to give her a helping hand in her household chores, hoping to prove that I was not like others. But for my big mouth! As they say in Hindi: aa bail mujhe maar, a fool is always caught in his own words, this tongue-in-cheek sonnet shows.
My mission is to make you see out loud
And understand, my means are to open your mind's eye
I must reach you to teach you the nature at hand
Every cup that's filled, it's a must that you sip
And if the rules ain't bent don't bend them
I just want you to keep ya nose clean
Life is a bumpy road, and it's not always what it seems
Just keep your head up and stack ya bread
Do not stop, by any means. Get that cream
And most of all...
Catch up with a C
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