Poets Unlimited

Entry 8

like casks of wine

burst open

Heavy

I leave you now
Gradually fading away from view
Invading your space, regretting it
Unanswered questions, forget it
It was one-sided
You win, I lose
I leave you now

Dear Edmund, I’ve Got News:

The time of Eliza has come and gone.

Tom Petty

Tom Petty’s on the radio

With a Song Long Past gone

Entry 7

Beneath the floating ocean

Where I watch an endless parade

Billie

Billie’s voice above rain
cries through the open window.

On a Beloved Bike

The night is rushing on me
As it always does
My headlamp illuminates
The Road
A dark , sinuous , twisting thing
Alive
And upon…

Short Takes of This Saturday

Inspired by June Jordan’s “Short Takes”

Be your own destination.

Success, careers, and milestones are only figments of our imaginations. A pile of involuntary distractions.

We Were Young Once

no different than anyone else

Open Roads

We are vagabond moments,
setting out on roads near and far
to find one another
and then, hand in hand,
wandering easy
in morning’s clear…

Knowledge Center

by m.s.wardrip

Granny's old house.

In the Moments Before

He dry heaved fire for her heaven
Stretched skyward as if attacking the sun
Trembled, appetite asserting itself in…

I Want to Live My Life Like a Sia Song

I want to live my life like a Sia song

Don’t Leave Me

Come to me my love
Like you always do 
Hold me my love
I want to feel you