School Verse Poems

The school bell sounds to signal start of day.
Chaotic playground noise begins to quell.
Screams and shrieks turn to a sober slur. 
Cacophony calms. Sharp edges...

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Since the day I first saw light
I was so tough and hard up for the fight
I learnt the hard way as my rule
The school of...

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{"I wish somebody, some entity would’ve told me, even warned me with the intuitiveness that lies within the motherly instincts, the nature of humanity without...

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Line of inquiry:

Feel free to agree, disagree or elaborate on the following affirmation, 
based upon your own beliefs or realisation of the eternal truth.

“Mistaken...

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I might be going to jail tonight, I don't know for sure/
I'm riding out, before I leave I want to hold you close/
Tell me you...

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One of my favorite Christmas presents was a broach
Made of two glittered snow people – a man and a woman
They were holding tiny pink and...

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Head Tilting

I’ve lost my up-to-date level of 
head tilting for the 
Uncommon Certificate of 
Head Action School. In my subjects I earned the 
highest grade...

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Zealous untiring repentance

Fleshed out as poetic confessional.

Profligacy prevailed pricking psyche
precipitating pandemonium.

I wrought havoc courtesy aegis
of paramours picadillos, yours truly did relish
crooning, clowning, and cavorting 
around...

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When I was a kid, I learned survival’s first lesson
That protruded from my veins 
The world divides from the the hunters and the hunted
The tiger...

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Walking via the street where school lies,
Had a sudden stop at the entrance gate.
I closed my eyes to memorize the crowd,
To hear the noise of...

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Georgetown Highschool Fire Drill Today
On top--Georgetown's outdoor blackboards
Setup classmate's first-time meetup sort out
Schoolboys head out--henceforth buddy up one-on-one  
Outside schoolyards baseball's first base
Schoolgirls show...

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{"I anguish myself with the presence of a loved one to keep me alive inside of my head. 
Call me crazy, insane, a moron in...

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Alone, I could see the lights
strung on top of Mercy Hospital
from anywhere
in the northside of Davenport
the reds and blues and greens
and I believed there was...

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Placing flowers down. 
I turn around and see a bony hand rise from her grave. 
And take them. 
The monster. 
Underground. 
They all live and...

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Sweet and ceaseless
Big eyes and merciful hands
She scrapes her palms scrambling up branches
Perched there like a cardinal
Watching the swallows
Their fine pointed wings
And cheerful chatter, cherished...

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