Long Due north Poems

The experience of leaving the ground was a sensation that she could never have imagined.  Her stomach felt strange and at first she felt light headed, but that subsided in a short while. ...

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When all the stars from Heaven fell to Earth,
a light was quelled beneath the mantled dawn.
The aftermath lent anger in rebirth
when apathy was scorched by Nippon brawn.
A swift emergence reckoned in retort
by orchestrating strength to...

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Harvey grew up in a small Maine town,
due north of Portland, and out of the way,
like most kids he’d go to the school bus
at the beginning of every week day.

And every day that he made...

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I was less than the spark at the start of the flame,
When You fashioned my cage out of Truth's rules and morals.

I was fresh from the morning and sparkling with dew,
When the breath of Your...

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Her lips were cherry blossom pink, 
The remnants of the red 17 dye that escaped her lollipop as she melted it down to nothing between her teeth. 
She knew nothing of the boy watching her...

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Good listener, please lend your ear
To share my history
Before I take the poison drink,
I’ll tell you my story.

They’re coming even now to take
The city that we love
And hope is often lost and so
My tale i’ll...

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"50 Words for Poe: Metamorphosis"



Intricate souls, 
Complex needs
interconnected
Light energy 
binds them 
2 hearts
2 minds
Become 
1 heart
1 mind
it’s all in the 
timing
the complexities 
of a trick

Reciprocity
with a kiss
intuitive
apport 
the exchange
of a key,
The Gift 

MAGIC

Metamorphosis

The answer to...

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They knew by instinct what I have known for more than 50 years.
They were being informed by their maker that someone very special            ...

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Busted

Me and Wife stealing Cousin Wayne
It’s then we drove due north …..
It there we met an Escort…………..Ford Escort panelvan head on destroyed
Near death was the report……….psychic said I died and got replaced by ?

The guy...

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Pene Grande (what I learned from the web today)

When you talk about mummies, Pene Grande
Would best be discussed when the kids were away
He was a mummy famed in his life
For having (well something that sure...

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It is 5pm and I arrive from work
Things are changing, and I have visitors!
Storks are circling, checking their position.
They have returned to their second home.
The storks swoop in, one by one.
They glide in, silently............. gracefully.
I...

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Bet You Did Not Know

Several mammalian species
When dropping their mammalian feces
Just before the big push
Will align their tush
Or so says this researches thesis

He watched 70 dogs of 30 plus breeds
Out in the woods completing their...

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In dreams that she shall wait for me


On misty banks of weathered shoreline,
deplete by ocean’s endless play
Of scattered seas in ageless voyage
and sunsets formed on borrowed bay

Horizons beckon with a daydream,
in distant lines on forward...

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If you can find shelter when the firmament rumbles
And drips spears of weighty waters
Keep about you the hope that clear skies might come,
Be glad for the storied house that a stray seed built,
That you might...

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I used to ride waves on the deep blue sea,
A Sailor's life was the life for me.
It was the wildest thing I ever did,
I've been called Salty Dog and even Squid.

On a crusty deck, the...

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The Line Items

There is a list on my desk, 
Another one is on the refrigerator. 
It is all the things that I need to do. 
It is not short by any means. 

You probably have...

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An eerie calm has been encroaching
as dawn's pale light approaches the realm
of what is usually a normal morning
but no songbirds are softly trilling today
They've all taken shelter from the storm
the one that rumbles ever nearer......

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All aboard this train of thought,
where thoroughbreds are sold and bought,
mares are bred and their foals taught,
raised and fed, turned out and caught,

For all to know, this train of thought,
inspired my soul, one rainy night,
as...

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A big dark cloud forms.
A sprinkle of rain trinkles down.
A cladder of thunder roars loud.
A streak of lighting scatters above.

That's the start of the storm.
The rain pours like it's from a bucket.
The thunder roars like...

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Of the polar sort, I am a vagabond bear
Find me due north in the cold arctic air
A lone, tusked walrus is my only cohort
I am a vagabond bear, of the polar sort

Of the grizzly kind,...

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Making they twice damnation's child than themselves ? When....
An evil entity leaves their abode left wondering amid the wilderness
Determing time's cost while weighing out another thirty sheckles be irony
What's the story morning glory need a...

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