Missing Teeth
He can’t afford a dentist to replace his Two missing front teeth middle-age Decay plucked from him. He talks, on His commuter train of anything but What he’s without, his… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Life
Catching Up
Monday is always too hectic. Here are two poems. Catching up, and catching my breath. Dice The dice still roll. The big Man at the other end of This table… Continue Reading
This Measure
How to measure a moment? A sigh, a touch, a look, The feeling of lasting, A low mutter in mutual sleep, The scent of old bed sheets, A frozen slice… Continue Reading
Yesterday’s and today’s
Catching up on poems. Patterns Lost words again. A puzzle in too many Different languages Waiting to be solved now. Too slow, the tinkering Of the mind with the dark,… Continue Reading
A Father’s Love
The wise father resists the urge To control even the wildest of daughters, Prefers to allow mistakes, remain as Sanctuary, help, at the most extreme Moments, in the hope that… Continue Reading
After All
Time was durable, once, Always too much of it, Never passed quickly enough For us to let it go. It made Us search for more things To do so we… Continue Reading
The Science Of Strength
It’s fact that alloys are stronger Than pure metal, a mixture of Two or more elements harder Than one single material. The world is still full of those Who want… Continue Reading
Time Travellers
My son thinks I look like a time traveller In the hat he gave me and the suit one Of my daughters gifted me. I’ve never Been able to lie,… Continue Reading
These Wonders
The damp cellar consumed it all; That first letter begging you to marry me, And the marriage licence in the same Envelope, your childhood memories In the same suitcase we… Continue Reading
Deceived
However hard he had tried, He hadn’t managed to outfox Life, this life he’d expected and Hoped would be perfect. No Bumps on the road, no pesky Inconveniences that would… Continue Reading