Sonnet: One step at a time Every mountain is climbedOne step at a timeEvery ladder rung mountedOne foot over the other That's what I was toldA thousand years agoYet this new year I'm stillAt the bottom of the hill So what's a man to doAt the bottom of a hillBut pick himself upDust himself off … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #114
Not again!! Not again!!2022 to 3 to 4 to...How do they do it?One passing the torchTo the next in a splitRunners in a four by one hundredBlazing past meWithout warningWithout pausingOnly moving ever forwardIn ever-expanding concentric circlesAnd dragging meRight alongKickin'Screamin'"LET GO OF ME! LET!" I wanna stay behindThere are things in the old year still … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #113
Writing and Life - forever intertwined Writing and Life.That's what it comes down to At the end of a hard day. When everything's going crazy around meAt least I know I can come back to this. My stayMy muse. My writing.My everything. {Well not everything, everything. I have my God and my family. One or … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #79
Don't stop walking I see youI doI hope you can knowSomedayThat I felt your daddy's heartacheAs he led you firmly by the handWalking nondescript down the laneHoping no one sees you twoHoping if not to endThen to at least fadeOut of sight Out of mindFrom prying eyes and furtive stares You looked miserable in your … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #78
Warm and Wet It's what the weather folksjust saidApril's gonna be all warmand wet. Days of hot and densethick airDrenching my teesin sweat Each step I take amongtropical treesWill bathe me in thick moistureLeaving me to wonder... ...WHY ME?! Born in middle earthan islandSurrounded by endless waterendless warmthendless weatherThat never changeth Air mostly still and … Continue reading My (Apr) Monday Metrical Musings #74
Sonnet #1 - A day at a time Son, I'm learning anewHow to be a dad to youA day at a time Son, I wish to get it rightMore times of good than times of grime A day at a time Son, I hate to fake itJust so I can make it A day at … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #72
An ode to The National Library It stood aloftOn a moundFlaming red in the evening like a wall of fire. Brick upon brick rising higher and higherThe closer I climb towards it. Each uphill step I take brings me nearerThe air ever dense like an Amazon forestThen quickly cooling as I enter its airconditioned cavernsLike … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #70
February Fears My fears surface in FebruaryFor that's when springSupposedly arrivesAnd the lunar calendar beginsAnd I'm left wondering Do I have to pay respects again? O can we please skip FebruaryStay in the winds of January?Where I can feel as free as a birdAnd not be tied down By convention and duty. To soar away … Continue reading My (Feb) Monday Metrical Musings #69
Those "I Don't Feel Like" Days Ever had a day like mineWhen you wish in bed to stay?And never crawl out of That 4-pocket spring mattress lay? I call them fondly"I don't feel like" daysWhen I simply wish not toDo anything I usually wouldPray tellHave you those too? When I don't feel likeReadingThe greatest novel … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #63
Checkmate! It's all aboutWhat matters mostThe rook, the knightOr the holy bishop? No, my sonIt's about the KingHe's the most important pieceSo think think think! Before you make Your next hurried moveLook closely, pleaseBefore he goes poof! I've played this game More years than youSo up my sleeveI've still got a move or two! Haha, … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #55
