POETRY

IT TAKES ALL KINDS

WHO FLEW THE COUP

WHEN THEY WEREN'T READY

AND RUFFLED SOME FEATHERS

WHEN THEY FELT UNSTEADY

 

WHO STAYED TOO LONG

AND BECAME TEDIOUS

DIDN'T BELONG

WITH ANY OF US

 

SOME SEEM TO KNOW

WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO

THEY JUST MOVE ON

AND SEEM SO STRONG

 

ONE THING SEEMS TRUE

IT TAKES ALL KINDS

TO SORT THINGS THROUGH

AND MAKE UP OUR MINDS

ALLEGORY

IN THE GLOAMING

THOUGHTS ARE ROAMING

FAR AND WIDE

SIDE TO SIDE

TWINKLING STARLIGHT

CAUSING DELIGHT

HEAVEN'S GLORY

ALLEGORY

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I WAS JUST STARTING TO WATCH AN EPISODE OF THE WALTONS AND THEY WERE LOOKING UP AT A STAR AND GRAMPS SAID THEY USED TO CALL IT THE GLOAMING AND I HAD TO STOP AND WRITE A POEM ABOUT THE GLOAMING....

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SO OUT OF WHACK

WHAT FILTER DO YOU LOOK THROUGH

ROSE COLORED OR BLACK

DO YOU LET THE LIGHT SHINE TRUE

OR SEE WHAT THEY LACK

MAYBE YOU PREFER SKY BLUE

OR SOME OTHER HACK

MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE

YOU'RE SO OUT OF WHACK   

PANORAMA

WHAT'S THE DRAMA

PANORAMA

UPS AND DOWNS AND

ALL AROUNDS THEN

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THE ODD ASEA

THE WEIRDOS IN

THE ODD ASEA

WHERE TALES SPIN

HYPOCRISY

WHERE THOSE AKIN

GRIN MORBIDLY

THE VEILS THIN

TRANSPARENCY

INTO A VORTEX

CESSPOOLS OF SCUMBAGS

POLLUTING OUR WORLD

DRAIN THEM AND TAME THEM

BEFORE THEY GET SWIRLED

INTO A VORTEX

THAT SUCKS THEM ALL IN

NEVER TO BE HEARD

FROM EVER AGAIN

 

FINDING THE ZONE

THE WHEELS ARE TURNING

WE'RE GOING SOMEWHERE

WE ARE ON A JOURNEY

WHEN WILL WE GET THERE

TO OUR DESTINATION

SO FAR IT'S UNKNOWN

SUCH ANTICIPATION

IN FINDING THE ZONE

 

ECHOES OF THE PAST

I CAN OFTEN HEAR

ECHOES OF THE PAST

MEMORIES NEAR AND DEAR

THAT IS WHY THEY LAST

BEARE THE CROSSROADS

BEWARE THE CROSSROADS

A STRANGE MAGIC'S THERE

A STORY'S BEEN TOLD

THAT IS A NIGHTMARE

A MAN GAVE HIS SOUL

TO THE WATCHMAN THERE

BEST NOT  MAKE A DEAL

THAT YOU CAN'T APPEAL

THAT'S WRITTEN IN STONE

AND CHILLS TO THE BONE

DON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE

IT'S FOR YOUR OWN SAKE

JUST CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH

TO AVOID THE WRATH

Author's Notes/Comments: 

WATCHED A MOVIE THE OTHER DAY I SAW A LONG TIME AGO ABOUT THE CROSSROADS AND WANTED TO WRITE A POEM BASED ON IT.

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