The Birds & The Bees #1 It's time again but yet it's notTo talk to another son about natureThe birds the bees and all of creation in betweenAnd still I'm sooooo unprepared unsure It's different this time you seeMy youngest is a "blurry" beeLiving in his own honeycombAfraid to venture to the unknown Yet he's … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #202
Have I The Right To Scream? Oops I think I did it again!Substituting great for goodEven what's only blah....Just middle-of-the-road And all for what? Doomscrolling. TikToking.Forgetting all the books.Fast dopamine. Rapid responding.Quick relief and pleasure sensing Don't I already knowThe perils of this digital life?Didn't I read Newport. Twenge. Jonathan Haidt? Yet I still fall. … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #201
Another Milestone I just want to state for the recordThat 200 is no mean featI've pushed out these ditties for so long Would hate to go out in defeat Many were the times I thought "Rhyming couplets"? Who does that anymore?How kiddish my poems must sound to othersYet every single one's mine to call I've … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #200
Saying Goodbye To My Million Dollar View Some may scoff but they don't knowThis greenery so rare I've loved since long agoTwenty-five years to be exact I've had it butNow I must say goodbye to my MillionDollarView Just opposite my apartmentAll shades of green you'll seeEach one a special treeEach one a leafy scene I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #198
Winterfell When hot meets coldThings become lukewarmHow does that figure?Does it mean hot won since There's no chill in lukewarmOnly warmth? I've debated for so longOver this crazy phenomenonAs a parent especiallyWith a cool cat teenager. How swell!!Who responds to my outbursts like The icy wall of Winterfell I don't know how many more timesI … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #197
Boiling Water Water boilingA delightTap gushingBeautiful sight Love overflowingWaterfall soundKettle whistlingAnother round My thingBoiling waterCalming meFilling bottle Time frozenWorld recedesJust mePouring treats Life watchesSlow motionCascades downNiagra beckons Water replenishesParched throats Thirst quenchingHope floats Boiling waterMinutes slowSavour momentsRestores soul
The "Force & Refuse" Band My son likes to say I forceI like to say he refuseSo maybe we can form a bandCalled (what else)......Force & Refuse! He says I like to force himTo do lots of homework every dayOr make him work on his OT*Don't let up son keep going I say! I like … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #194
Football Executioner Mixing metaphors hereAs I mused over what to call this Mixed feelings as I pauseTo contemplate my fathering journey One son is obsessed with the English Premier LeagueThe other with Storm Trooper ExecutionersThey flip-flop really from one to the otherLeaving me bemused and often bewildered While I don't mind some Jedi mind tricksWith … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #193
Singing Hallelujah The moments I feel overwhelmedAre those when words leave me When I feel the walls closing inAnd I am simply drowning That's when I get down on my kneesWith my face lifted up to the cloudsAnd I sing a loud HallelujahGiving thanks for my circumstance I know it doesn't make any senseThen again … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #191
I Can't Fall Asleep I wish to be stupidTo never have to thinkThen maybe I can sleep through the nightAnd never wake up intermittently For what other solutions can there beTo prevent me waking up during wee hours constantly?Then the fact that my mind keeps ChurningSwirling Spinning Turning! All manner of thoughts about the day … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #190
