Archive for April 2020
WHEN I AM 91 by Jill Schoenemann
When I am 91 will I be any fun Will I think life has passed me by Will I fear the grave Will I have known love, happiness, joy, abundance Who will look after me Will I like that person Will I have a memory, or will I question everything and reorganize the frig, the…
Read MoreANECDOTE by Patricia Whittle
I too had some pretty strange experiences in the UK. When i was around 10 my friends and I were playing under the Palace pier on Brighton beach and a man said he give us tenpence if we took off our panties. I went home tenpence richer…no thought of danger!
Read MoreINVISIBLE ENEMY by Mary Gubata
We never thought we would ever see this day, The world paralyzed, at home we must stay. We are at war with an invisible enemy that is attacking to the core, The world as we know it, will NEVER be the same as it was before. There’s not one country that hasn’t been effected, what…
Read MoreOH MY COUNTRY by Andrea Stone
Oh my country Oh my world I miss you so I long for your touch to hear you breathe out of breath Tasty salty sweaty skin breathtaking hiking friend Oh my country Oh my world I miss you so
Read MorePERSPECTIVE unknown author from Enne Michael
WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME BOAT … I heard that we are all in the same boat, but it’s not like that. We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat. Your ship could be shipwrecked and mine might not be. Or vice versa. For some, quarantine is optimal. A moment…
Read MoreHALFWAY DOWN by AA Milne from the 1924 collection “When we were Very Young”, Sent in by Rupert Finch
Halfway down the stairs Is a stair Where I sit. There isn’t any Other stair Quite like It. I’m not at the bottom, I’m not at the top; So this is the stair Where I always Stop. Halfway up the stairs Isn’t up And isn’t down. It isn’t in the nursery, It isn’t in the…
Read MoreTOO CLOSE, NO MASK by Fiona Goodwin.
You don’t care about me Lululemon And I’m not taking out on you because you’re slim And you don’t care about me Mr Adonis When you jog past me, two inches away and maskless. And now I don’t care about you It’s tit-for-tat, Only cats and dogs can be forgiven For things they know they…
Read MoreOLD BONES By Adrienne Parks
I love old bones Tumbling stones in our red rock river They glisten. Wet. I listen. Moans made in sweet sleep Aroused in the dark under that rabbit moon we laugh between the pale linen threads. In bed till noon. What are we now. Dinosaurs
Read MorePOETRY WONT WORK TODAY by Sabine Lehmann
Today I think no poetry will serve enough to make us feel better Tomorrow maybe but unlikely Maybe next week or the week after Also unlikely The only one who knows is Myrna
Read MoreTHIRTY SECOND THOUGHTS by Patricia Behan
Funny, Sad, Lonely, Healthy, Cat, Fat, Walk, Snow, Cold, Lazy, Crazy, Horny, Shower.. Not My Best But Will Have To Do My Friends Found It Funny I Hope So Do You
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