Travel by Night (2008-2009)

Dusk on the highway 

Readjusting driver's seat

Clouds mixed with cocoa. 

Trees silhouetted 

Darkling sky, streetlights missing

Sorry hitchhikers. 

Short ramp, brief detour

Quantity of maps and guides

Hope of clean restrooms.

Final exit ramp 

Streets of unfamiliar town

Lighted motel sign. 

Sheets of cool linen 

Double beds, extra pillow

Go back tomorrow.

First post

A fellow Twitterer (or Twit? what is one called??) asked to see some of my verse. This site accommodates that request. I haven't written much poetry in the last several (uh... twenty?) years, but what I have written is here, along with some of my college-age stuff.

This stuff is copyrighted, so fer cryin' out loud, don't plagiarize!

Ladies (2008)

I have a friend who's a wonderful cook

If I could I'd live in her kitchen.
I'd pant like an excited pet
And have love in a doggy dish.

I know a girl who cuts her arms.
Why do I bleed, she asks me.
I don't know what else to do
But tell her that my heart bleeds too.

A pale woman with eyes like fire 

Gave me peace from her cool fountain. 

I splashed and drank, my shoes got wet 

And she kicked off her shoes and ran. 

I'll sleep.  When I awake, I'll be fine.
I'll smile and joke and laugh.
I'll think about a friend, a girl and a woman.

Gentle ladies all, fragile my heart.