POEMS
& SONGS
Award-winning Poems
All Poems & Songs
If I Were a Boyscout
Crunchy critters in the woods
Show me the sweet and salty goods
Bean burrito cooking up
Raspberry slurpee in my cup
Greed’s Sake
Public declaration that you plan to sue?
Why do you announce it, Mister Well-to-do?
Are you offering peace, do you need the hype?
Is that just an invitation for a bribe?
Try, Try Again Parents
They asked for a fort at the crack of dawn
Tap, tap—the next request didn’t take long
The food that was prepared suits them just fine
Psych! They’re finished—detonated land mine
My Life In Shift
This poem is an exercise. I’m a writer, not a singer. I should be able to get into someone else’s head and write what they feel—what they want to sing or rap about.
Messenger of War
Don’t gaze too slow at the towering stronghold
Focus on the goal down the rolling long road
While the answer soars higher than the ramparts
This message is only for the cast down heart
Sorry Before Sunset
I’m here to say sorry before the sun sets
Throwing rocks at your window before you undress
My anger planted while you’re at rest
Don’t grow bitter, beautiful, your joy is all I have left
Before the Arc
Expect a year of disparity
We’re slaves to government charity
Leaders treat you like you don’t matter
Elitist ears weary of chatter
It’s not like it’s an election year
They’ll inflate people with greed and fear
Great Escape
A warm breeze blows fluffy blankets to a basket from the clothesline
Raspy Fiddler croons by my fire while the sun sets past a road sign
Orange and the smell of pine ascends joining the scarlet sky
Gold trimmed Lady joins the song clinking needles on her starlit thigh