Old voices over the phone

Old voices from way back when
are soothing, sometimes bothersome
because they know you inside out
you cannot hide
you can only acquiesce
they will know if you fake it
those old voices who know
will immediately find out
if you have a new lover
if you are hurting
if you are smiling
if you are screaming bloody hell
if your time is up
and yourself is down
and you know them too!

Unbroken wish

I know it is not much
an arm in a cast as such
but when it's your main
it is bloody difficult
to use the left as a right
just as if you were a leftie
your odd side was afflicted
I have a wish - unspoken
cause if it were unbroken
that arm of mine here
you would not hear
my complaint as a poem
-that is the problem.

Comme partout

Voyez-vous les gens du village
ils sourirent quand le temps fait beau
quand il fait moche
les visages sont "ne me rapproche"
verts et très amers

Voyez-vous les gens du village
ils sont curieux des nouveautés a saliver
quand on ne comprend rien
les masques jumelent d'une question
incompréhensibles visible

Voyez-vous les gens du village
ils sont gentils quand ils le savent
quand on est d'accord
on se sent tout abord
vitaux et tres joviaux.

Hubby screwed a screw

Screwed two screws in a door
is what hubby did today
I let him rest a little
otherwise he may stray
to do more and wear out
and that will not do
because I need him
when I am sixtytwo!

Le docteur poli

Un docteur doux avec de la politesse
et plein de sagesse
cure tout le monde ici
mais un jour il va se retraiter
et les gens ne savent pas
qu'ils ont - pardi
et je me demande qui
va lui remplacer
car encore regne la gentilesse
mais pour untel/unetelle retrouver
doit etre fait avec finesse
l'impossibilite de la realite
les gens doivent etre unis
pour qu'ils aient un pareil
mais, cela sera une merveille!

Sill of life

A window sill with wild thyme and peonies
away from darkness and sordid thoughts
the perspective, the outlook
can change by seeing full of life
instead of just flowers in a box.
A square of brown dirt
filled with white and red blooms
smiles at you -
and you return the favor
for you own sake and you change into
that wild longing beauty of a crown.

Noise Aphorism

Noise - from work does not bother
when it is done for your benefit.
Noise from fast motorcycles
is irritating if I am not on it.
Perspective changes everything
so when upset
add empathy -
then no more nagging decibels.

Cancer's cloak haiku

Cavernous cancers
of cursed cast culls candidly
its cloth of chagrin.

Carol

Death - expected
yet sadness in the soul
spreads its fangs
to commemorate
an etheral lady
so well-loved and sweet
embraced by bitter cancer
exstinguished
when she evidently
had more life
to vivaciously span
but deemed to
breathe no more
by sudden eclipse.

The couple of Eden

The couple of Eden
never ceases
to surprise
with their immaculate generosity
Uniquely molded
for everyone else
to emulate
almost to the point of ferocity.
Other mortals
will do well
to model
this behavior by imitation
yet we others
cannot compete
to conceive
their goodness by infinitation.

Misbegotten

Government distrusted
lobbyists mistrusted
power brokers
should be ousted
can anybody be entrusted
with anything anymore?
I truly deplore
the state of the states
Let's start with
clean, clear slates!

Split the toffee

Split - splat - splot
words are forget-me-nots
blues and hues

split - splot - splat
a poem I surely begat
grays and maze

splot - splat - split
the subject matter is it
coffee and toffee.

Rip off

Fake id's, rip-off
and the likes
are now totally
the spice of lives
buyers beware
even more today
you are within luck
if you can say
that you have never
ever been swiped
the odds grow for
you to be heisted
Internet dealings
are exquisitely sublime
but I stop now
due to cyber crime
I was charged
an excessive amount
from overseas
into my charge account
luckily the company
knew of my habits
so they called alert
asking it is legit?
No, of course not
I firmly said and swore
change id and tidbits
one down and so score
this individual will
be so careful pronto
with Facebook, Amazon
and look out for her contos!

Wise Gaia

On a hot day in late May
a butterfly grew and flew
from bud to bud - spreading
its message - summer's coming.
We got to procreate pro rate
here and there and everywhere
so the nature's call calls
for again all over starting.
Gaia's command - alerting
folks that winter's nearing
on the other side of world.
The double vision the duality
is built in reality and all
our girl knows how to swirl.
Sadly - oil spurts out in water
many of her creatures slaughter
whatever can she do to construe
why folks misuse her gift so true
Terra's answer lies in herself
You fools - go to your shelf.
Banality of man is mortality.

Utopian dreams

If I ruled the world
children would be fed
and nursed and bred
to think and laugh
and question everything.

If I ruled the world
the old people would be venerated
and helped and nursed
to enjoy and be part
of our every life.

If I ruled the world
the politicians would be honest
and get no more pay
than the carpenter or plumber
and they would have two terms each.

If I ruled the world
the sexes would be equal
equal pay, equal rights
equal terms on the boards
the males would care equally.

If I ruled the world
solar wind and water energy
would be priorities
as well as feeding the lot
and everybody would take vacations.

Utopian's utopia follows
the themes of work and joy
and laughter and sorrow
a full belly - a healthy living
ah - on a day - I can dream!