Big black dog, nipping at my heals. I know you. You chase me. Bite me. Catch me. Smother me. Your weight is more than I can bare. We fight. Wrestle. I run. You chase. I hide. You sniff me out. If I’m inside, you’re outside. If I’m outside; you’re inside, waiting to pounce. Big blackContinue reading “The chase”
Category Archives: poetry
Relationships
Thankful about
What do you have to be thankful about? Oven burnt out. Cat ran away. Family in crisis. No money in the bank. Bills. Bills. Bills! Car broke down. Plumbing sprang a leak. Cat came home but your dog died. Bad doctor visit. You got scammed. Spouse is in a foul mood. Work sucks. Tired. BoneContinue reading “Thankful about”
Less – feel – word
They disappoint me. Your word vomit; meaningless. Feel less than worthless. http://livingpoetry.net/2025/11/17/monday-poetry-prompt-feel-less-word/
Night Sky
Waste not. Want not.
I would like to thank Nolcha Fox, Editor Chewers by Masticadores and Editor LatinosUSA and team for spotlighting my book of poems Waste not. Want not.
Hold’em high
Soldiers march across the great divide, holding up their torches high. Fighting back the encompassing night. They march shoulder to shoulder, across the sky. They cannot win. But still they fight. Each year their numbers greater. More torches bring more light. Some are broken; can’t hold their torches straighter. Others march with all their might. Continue reading “Hold’em high”
Eye-ku
The idea came from one of https://cazzycoop.wordpress.com posts.
Insomnia
Reaching for something
Don’t know what I’m doing, reaching in the dark. Searching the unknown. Never been down this path before. Reaching. Touching nothing. Searching the darkness for anything. A string. A cord. A hand. An idea. Even a spider web. Is there anything in the darkness; reaching out for me? Help me! Guide me! I’m coming undone!Continue reading “Reaching for something”