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Childhood Memories

I have flashes,Small glimpses,Of this life, that is mine,So sweet, so charming,In a second the veil will arise,The auto pilot … Continue reading Childhood Memories

life, love, news, Poetry, riots, travel, world affairs

Confinement Configuration

Now my skin is turning brown,My hair, back to blond,I’ve thinned down,The dust is off,The thoughts clear,Confinement configuration,Revolution in the … Continue reading Confinement Configuration

Mi Querida, ma Cherie, mi amor,
family, life, love, persistence, Poetry, spain

Mi Querida, ma Cherie, mi amor,

Thank you,For all the holes you’ve pokedThrough my misguided misconceptions,Through my running thoughtsYou could so easily stop,These holes you’ve placed,Now,I … Continue reading Mi Querida, ma Cherie, mi amor,

Dog work day
city, family, life, love, persistence, Poetry, spain

Dog work day

Well,I’ve quit my job again,I’m going to get a new one,This one has been totalShit,Anyway the poems don’t pay,The baby … Continue reading Dog work day

city, food, persistence, Poetry, spain

Ants

The ants were here before us,So they make themselves at home,After all, it’s a thirty year old house,I’ve seen ant … Continue reading Ants

Coffee
family, food, life, love, Poetry, spain

Coffee

It’s an out of body experience more than anything,That first sip, as sunlight floods the kitchen,As it swells and slides … Continue reading Coffee

The Mushrooms
life, love, mushrooms, persistence, Poetry, spain, Work

The Mushrooms

The mushrooms don’t work,My mind is stuffed with cotton budsAnd rags,My body dressed in too much triviality,I need more,My visions … Continue reading The Mushrooms

Gracias por todo
city, family, life, love, Poetry, spain, travel

Gracias por todo

I’m sure there’s another me,In another life,Who’s listened to his own advice,Had everything kept,Had everything suffice,Yes, there’s another me,Never griped … Continue reading Gracias por todo

city, journalism, life, persistence, politics, Work, world affairs

Election Year in the Pothole Nation

Do they forget how to smile?,Or did they all simply go to the same photographer,Klenched jawed Kodiak Kunts LTD,KKK,It’s election … Continue reading Election Year in the Pothole Nation

life, love, persistence, Poetry

Coffee House Romance

That girl wide eyes and blue smile,she writes and she reads and writes some more,We share a few looks,wide eyes … Continue reading Coffee House Romance

family, Fatherhood, life, persistence, Poetry, Work

Reproduction

That’s where we made the big mistake, Like finishing and beginning and finishing again, So we made up names and … Continue reading Reproduction

Slippers aren’t just for Sunday
family, love, persistence, Poetry, travel

Slippers aren’t just for Sunday

I think of you sometimes,On lazy afternoons,Or when the Sun seems to dim,Before noon,I think,Then, I’ll pick up a pen,Then,I’ll … Continue reading Slippers aren’t just for Sunday

city, persistence, pizza, Poetry

Pizza toppings

Pizza in supermacs, 11 pm and I’m trying, Not to make eye contact, They’re more afraid of me, Than I … Continue reading Pizza toppings

Hush Hush
family, Fatherhood, love, persistence, Poetry

Hush Hush

Hush hush and speak these words, when, Read for themselves, Hush hush, this love child, Passion’s perfect perversion, Is an … Continue reading Hush Hush

Faltering towards Fatherhood
Fatherhood, love, persistence, Poetry

Faltering towards Fatherhood

It feels like ending,But closure doesn’t come,No birds, no sunsets, no thematic songs,Anyhow,The music is no good,Left stranded abruptly,An actor, … Continue reading Faltering towards Fatherhood

Poetry

Ego

What use are you, In debt To you, Betrayed By you, Surrendered To you, I’m sorry For you Continue reading Ego

love, Poetry

A Travel Note for a Lover

How can it be so significant, Utterly defining, The Moldau, Lifts, Falls, Crashes, But goes on, Letters, words and pages … Continue reading A Travel Note for a Lover

Escaping Mystery
love, Poetry

Escaping Mystery

So let’s bury it down deep, Don’t talk, don’t touch, don’t speak, Grasp it tight, keep it, before We’re too … Continue reading Escaping Mystery

From Switzerland with love
love, persistence, Poetry, Switzerland, travel

From Switzerland with love

Between the motion and the action, Between the concept and the creation, Between the choice and the decision, Lies the … Continue reading From Switzerland with love

Inhale, Exhale
city, love, Poetry

Inhale, Exhale

Inhale, Exhale, Open your mouth, Let it in, Smoke, Drink, Drugs, Let it flow, Flow over Blood that is too … Continue reading Inhale, Exhale

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