He sees emerald rolling hillsand brilliant blue skiesthat stretch forever. He sees a train rolling by,the passengers wave,cars float in the clouds,a wire suspended between lips,a lady painted on the door, but he listens,he understands, his appetite takes in small bites,slow swallowing,juice flows fluidly througha flexible straw, yesterday, cranberry flavorsmade him smile. Today, he winced […]

Hospice Wings

Since moving to Arizona, my annual trip to Wyoming took me from Arizona into New Mexico, where I hung a left in Albuquerque before heading straight to Wyoming through Colorado. The enjoyment of that journey ended once I entered Colorado, where driving through Colorado Springs and Denver ranged from the good, just traffic, to the […]

Keep on rockin’

I wish upon dreams in the night moon in my sight under skies clear daybreak is near I wish upon a star that swings let angels sing and take me ‘way far far away I wish upon powers that be let me be free show me the light let it shine bright “Too many of […]

Wistful wishes

Picture caption: The cover of Fusion: Poems of Life depicting two people standing holding hands on the top of a snow covered mountain. Click on the cover to find this book on Amazon US. What Amazon says Fusion is the elixir of life. We seek it in every aspect of the cosmos. The magic of […]

Robbie’s Inspiration – Book review: Fusion: Poems of Life by Balroop Singh #poetry #bookreview #poetrycommunity

This song starts off with organ and bass and then…then the guitar comes in with a slight tremolo power chord that makes it. This was right before The Animals split and Eric Burdon formed a new version of the Animals. Their drummer in this is Barry Jenkins and he replaced original member John Steel. The […]

Animals – Don’t Bring Me Down

No ! Not more of the same. Please, not more, she complained. Give me something scrappy, new. I can get my teeth into, Something I’ve not seen before. Something to knock down my door. Something scrappy, something new. I can get my teeth into pic courtesy of pinterest

Break

Hello fellow poets! There can be no quibbling that siblings are both a bane and and a blessing! They can be our best friends and our worst enemies. They can be annoyingly difficult as well as adorably lovable. Oft times they are the first bullies we encounter in life. Yet, they also have our backs […]

Poetics: Siblings, the ties that bind and gag!*

Finn and Faith! Have faith 💚 You got it, Finley!

Finn and Faith!

Written for : David’s W3 Prompt #69: Wea’ve Written Weekly Ange’s prompt guidelinesBelow are the first 14 lines of Leonard Cohen’s (1934 – 2016) ‘Anthem’;Select any two or three of Cohen’s lines from below and incorporate them into a poem of your own;You must: keep Cohen’s words in the original order, but you may change the punctuation;Your poem should be […]

#break of day#

This morning Okanagan Lake was much more visible and the sky considerably cleaner. Officials are describing the forest fires in our area as “held,” which means they are under control and on their way to being completely extinguished. Clear air. We saw some smoke later in the day but it was comparatively little and indicated […]

A Clear Lake Scene