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Take your pick of 1213 different poems, starting with the newest. Or search by keywords just to see what might be waiting for you.
Newest poems:
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novocain doesn't last
doing the math
all is never lost
dirt, dust, and duty
memorial day
take it outside
lullaby
like water on stone
angles, brackets, and dumb luck
what we must not forget
today the sun
as impermanent as breath
on/off switch
freeze right there!
a private place
feel the rhythm, hear the rhyme
dot to dot
how many angels
it's how you play the cards
dimly through a mist
Alphabetical list of poems:
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a flash of red
A Great Divide
a hunter's mercy
a janitor comments on the tao
a man with cloudy vision
a mess of pottage
a new black friday
a new blessing
a perfect butt
a poem from the grave
a private place
a shovelful of dirt
a simple loaf
a tale of talents
a time and place for things
a world beyond
above and below
absolutely
abundance
abyss
aching
across the open sea
advice to my unborn self
after midnight
after rain
aftermath
again
aging children
Agonistes
all but one
all dressed up to go
all fall down
All I Want
all is never lost
All My Years to Come
all or nothing
all the little choices
all these things are broken
almost, sometime, never
alternative
America Untucked
an old familiar pain
an order of iamb chops
and if i dream
And If I Dream - II
and it all comes undone
and the hits just keep on coming
andrew in the evening
angles, brackets, and dumb luck
angular momentum
ann drogeny
anonymity
another day
another empty room
another one goes down
answers
anticipation
antiques
anywhere
anywhere the road leads
apologetic thank you
apology
are you drunk?
are you sure
argument over nothing
armful
aromatech
art critic
artesian well
artsakes
as high as fear can climb
as if a caress
as impermanent as breath
asthma
at fourteen
at the easel
at what price
at work we never talk of war
attitude
audit
august has whispered
aussie dance
avalanche
back to the green
back yard
band of renegades
banquet
batter up!
beach day
before
Before I Go
before the harvest
before the next rain
beggar's whisper
beginning
best gift ever
between the land and sea and sky
between the lines
between the raindrops
beware the blue collar
big mouth
binary vision
bind up the brokenhearted
bipolar bees
bird or flower
birds
birds in winter
birthday boy
black and white conversion
black walnuts
blackout
Bless Us, Lord
blogs
blue moon
blue moon in october
blue sky falling
blue whale
bluetooth speaker
bobcat
Bogey Man
bone flutes
bones of blue, eyes of gold
bonus points
bookshelves
boomer biker
born to saunter
bottomless
boxes and keys
boxes, tins, and keys
breach
bread and circus
breakfast of champions
breaking point
breakup
breathing in
bring me a sword
Broken-Toothed and Waiting for the Novocain
brown thumb
building firewalls
bundy
by order of the queen
bystander
cadence
call it a delight
call out the numbers
can we just reincarnate
can you dig it?
can you picture that
cancer woman
candle's call
canned heart
can't hide from mama
caps and gills
captive
carbon footprint
card in the spokes
cardioversion
carry on
castle and tide
Ceci n’est pas un cadralor
celebrate!
cellular
central heat and air
centurion
ceramic bones
ceramic repair
channeling houdini
charged
check up
chicago symphony
child undimmed
children
chocoholic
choosing a path
christmas lights
christmas wonder
circus
Classical Education
cleaning house
clear day
climb, baby, climb
clinical observations
Closer
clothes don't make the man
cloudless sky
cold front
collection
color drought
colored cloth
colored contact lenses
colorful language
coloring inside the lines
coma
come again
come night
comet's wake
Coming Undone
company coming
competition
confessional
connected
constant
constellations
contrails
cooking memories
copycat
coronary care
could it be this
cowboys don't cry
creation songs
creek will rise
crisis
cross traffic
crossed wires
Crotchety
Crows in the Afterfog
cryo or pyro
crystal ball and all
csi gothic
cuddle-cure
curator's call
curfew
curves
cut the thread
dad's knees
damocles
Dance Floor for a White Boy
dancing owls
dark
dark demons no more
dark voices
Dark Water
dark wolves howling
daughter of zion
days gone by
dead and gone
dead poets
dear ______
death as a naked woman
death by onion
Death Has No Sting
death is not the ultimate sacrifice
death trap
decision
deja-nous
denim dreams
depression
desiccated woman
despair
destination unknown
detached garage
detox
Devotional
dies mei
difference
different eyes
dimly through a mist
dinner plans
director's cut
dirt, dust, and duty
dirty dishes
disclaimer - nsfv
disk repair
disorder
disquiet
distance doesn't matter much
diverto, divertare
do not disturb
do opposites attract?
doing the math
doing the things i always do
dollhouse - beginnings
dollhouse at forty
dollhouse at nine
dollhouse at twenty
dollhouse now
don't fall for it
don't leave me
don't stop now
don't stretch me
don't touch that dial
door unopened
dopamine
dot to dot
Double Dipping
downtime
dream wheels
dreamgriever
dreams
driving in fog
drought
drugs and ear plugs
dust to dust
dusty
dusty blanket
dying rose
dyslexic
early winter
eat up! eat up!
Echoes II
eden doesn't look like the brochure
eighty-seven years
elijah
embarrassed
emptiness
empty house
empty refilled
empty room
empty rooms
en la tierra de mi abuelo
en pointe
encore
encounter
encounter with an oak
ending on a high note
endless
equilibrium
erasing mistakes
erasing mistakes - her point of view
errata
Ethereality
even the leaves
evening prayers
evensong
every cancer is my mother
everything is a sign
extinguished
eye of the fisher
fabric of life
facing west on resurrection day
faded joke, jaded folk
fading
faith and her sisters
fall coming
falling leaves
Falling Star
family memoirs
fat rain
fear
feed the body, feed the soul
feel the rhythm, hear the rhyme
feeling your pain
fellow poet
fences to cross, fences to mend
ferris wheel
fibrillation
fido fidelis
field mouse
fifty
fighting sleep
filler text
final tally
finding hope
fire with fire, cold with cold
first breath, last breath
first lie
first messianic bank
first met
first words
first you tear it down
Fishing
flamingos or koalas
flatlander
flavors
flee
flower me
flying wedge
foliage
follow the colorado
follow the numbers
Food Will Do Me In
footprints
footsteps
for all the mondays
for love of friends
for no one (poet's lament)
for the birds
for the hummingbirds
for whom the phone rings
forest watch
forward into the dark
found and lost
four feet, no pause
fourteen
foxhunt (for Diana)
fragments
freakout
Free Advice
free to be lonely
freeze right there!
friends be like
friendship or folly?
from a distant hill
from here to nothing and back
Frost-bitten
full color
full moon again
full of the cold
funeral dance
fusion
gallup winter
gamble
garden pictures
garden snake
gate and garden
gemstone
gene pool
genesis
George W. & George W.
getting smart
getting together
give me music
give me noise
giving up
glimpse (kelly's vision)
go ahead and laugh
going the distance
going viral
gold pen
golden moments
Gone Far Away
goodbye sounds like
gradients
graffiti
grass was taller
gratitude
green earth
grin
grindstone
guardians
h
haiku 1
haiku 3
haiku 4
haiku 5
haiku 6
haiku 7
haiku 8
harpsong
harvest moon
haunted
have a blessed day
Hawk Poop
haying with tom
he is not here
he is not here, but risen
hear the music
heart dust
hearts and diamonds
help desk
her father's shadow
hidden things
hiding
hiding the truth
high stakes
highly spiced
Hold Back
hold on
holding on to shadows
holding you
holiday
holiday retreat
holy came lowly
home far away
home to a strange land
homecoming
homeless pose
hooked
Hooked on Metrics
hope first and last of all
hope is a tall horse
hope song
horse race
hot and cold
hotel dreams
hovering between
how about
how far to jos
how long does it take
how many angels
how shall i speak
how to make love - a beginner's list
how to seduce a poet
hungry
hunter-gatherer
hush for the sax
Hymn of Refuge
hyperbole
i ain't no smarter now
i am a dead man
i am not what ails you
i am riding a dead horse home
i cannot take your compliment
I feel a great disturbance in the force...
i just can't figure women
I know the storm
I Know the Where and Why of Every Kiss (#1)
I Know the Where and Why of Every Kiss (#2)
i know the where and why of every kiss (#3)
i leave a light on
i must go back
i never cared for cats
i never needed poetry
i sang at my grandmother's funeral
i tremble for you
i water my blood-red dahlias
i wonder who you are
ice and stone
ice water
if boko haram wrote poetry
if i had stayed
if kindness be a sin
if not for us
if only
if schrodinger wrote
if the creek don't rise
if you must go
if you should break
imagine
immunity
in a row
in a strange land
in praise of autumn
in search of eternity
in the moon's soft womb
in the old moon's arms
in the other direction, a rainbow
in whom shall we hope?
inclination
Inference
inheritance
inner sanctum
introspection
Iron and Ether
is this regret
isolation
it takes two
it's always personal
it's been awhile
it's how you play the cards
it's not a competition
it's okay
it's the details
it's the little things
i've never made a pilgrammage
jail riot
jail shoes
janus
janus ii
jersey new and old
jeters don't know jitters
jeweler's apprentice
job change
jukebox brain
just another road song
just me and the music
just to dance with you
just to paint
just wondering
justified
karate
karlyn darlin' poetry partner
karma comes for carl
keep your wits about you
kid-keep
killer dreams
kindernacht
king of kings
knife throw
kokopelli
la muerte loca
Labor Me Vocat
labyrinth
lake fog
lamentation
landlocked
landlocked - reprise
last ride
Last Ride - II
Last Ride - III
last ride - V
Last Ride IV
last soldier standing
late night radio
later, gator
laura
Le Gigot Qui Pleure*
leading the charge
leaping lords and lizards
learning to swim
learning to talk
leaves
legacy
lemmings
let there be light
let us now go up
letter to a heathen
letting
letting go
liberator
lighthouse lullaby
lights in the darkness
lights out
like a stone
like distant lovers
like talking to a tree
like tom
like water on stone
limbo is a hard place to be
lincoln was right
lion's breath
lion's tooth
lips of red, sleeves of green
list of denials
listener
litany of deaths
little chip
little drummer boy
locutus vulgaris
long sleep
longings
looking for heroes
looking for myself
lost
lost and found
love and rocket science
love as a homemade salsa
love at first note
Love is but a Dream
love of his life
lover's paradise
loves me/loves me not
lullaby
lunacy
magic undone
mais vivre sans regret
man in the moon
manic-irresistible
man-made
mary go round
mclean's farm
me and poetry
measuring my world
Meditations on Mail
melancholy
melvin was laid to rest on my front lawn
memoirs of an adventureless man
memorial
memorial day
meteoric
midday respite
midnight scarlet
midnight wisdom
mind the pets
mindfulness
miracle
missing
mixed message
mockingbird's message
momma mary
moon circles
moonlight memory
moonlight through the skylight
moonspirit
more than cake
more than manipulation
morning
mornings are tough
mother macduff
mount up
moving in
mr. crow does tai chi
mr. moon
murder in the fields
musical marvin
mustard seed
mute
my first time
my home page
my life in seventy-three lines
my mother's candles
my mother's seasons
my own voice
my silence says enough
my wall clocks keep dying
nailed it
Naked Truth
nary a stitch
natural at first
nature of days
Navajo
navajo devotional
navajo weaver
nebulous
neighbors
neural fury
Never a Convenient Friend
new chairs
new eyes
new focus
new jacket
new lips
new moon
new old friend
newman's own
night life
night rain
night ride
night shift
night stills
night walk
ninety is just right
no candle
no explanation
no life matters
no more
no one came
no resolution
No Return?
no sense
nobody leaves without singing the blues
nonsense
not for babylon
not like worms
not my children
not the one
notebook
nothing
nothing less
novocain doesn't last
np or not np
ocean crossing
ocean's presence
ode to a lost child
ode to a lost guide
Ode to an AR-15
off the deep end
oh, alice
oh, and this
oh, england
old bones
old friend
old house, old friend
older twin
on assignment
on fasting
on the anniversary of my death
on the transitory nature of snow
on/off switch
once bitten
once more around the track
one hump or two
one year after
only for you
oops
opinion please
oracle at the mall
orbital force
orbits
ordinary friend
Oriana ex Obscuritate
origin
other eyes
our name is mike
outside your house
pablum picasso
pale font
paranoid
paris missionary
passage
Passing
passing light
pasturized
patch panel
path
patience
patrick's shamrock green
pb-ex lover
pc power switch
peacock
pearl
peddlers
pencils and pens
penny loafers
perfect day
philosophy
photon fêtes
piano man
piano, fish, gold, insect, justice, mountains, etc.
pig collector
pigmentation
pigs and roses
pigs in the attic
pillowcase poor
pines in the parking lot
ping's restaurant plays jazz
pinwheel poem
pity us all
pizza boy
placement by design
planetary pensive
play the part
player
please don't turn the lights out
plus shipping and handling
poem after rain
poem beginning with an exultation
poem of blessing
poetry reading voice
poets
poet's portrait
politico
pollination
polyphemus sings the blues
postcard - standard fishing village
postcard poetry
praise
preaching to the choir
precious metals, precious moments
prelude to hopelessness
preoccupation
pretty girls see through me
prodigal
prom night
promises
provocateuse
psyching up
puddles
puking tired
pulling up stakes
quiet time
quietly (for mother theresa)
rambler
raven
raw
reacquainted
real world
reckoning
recycled reality
red bridge
red rocks, blue sky
red stains and romance
red-haired wonder
regret is all that's left
regret is on the dessert menu
rekindled
relative to something worse
relativity
relevance
remember
remembering
reminder
remote assignment
repetition
reply
requiem for a freshman
resignation
resistance
resistance is not futile
response to rain
resting quokka face
returning
returning your compliment
revelation
reverberations of loss
riddle of renewing
riposte
rise and fall
river rising
river rock
rivers of hell
rjp
road trip
robbed of country
room for one
rose haiku
rough patch
round year
roundness of dragon
rude awakening
rumors of rumors
running on
running on fumes
rusted shut
s.o.s.
safehaven
sage tea
saguaro sam
salieri's lament
Salsa
salvation/damnation
Same Color, Different Song
San Francisco
sarsaparilla, sassafras, root beer
say mando, mandare
say when
scattered and gathered
scientific
scraping the barrel's bottom
sea of glass
seashore
season songs
second reading
second spin around the block
secrets
selfishness is a disease
semper fido
sequelae
serenity
setting souls on fire
seven at one blow
shadow and fire
shadow man
shaving america
she is but filled with helium
she means me
Shiprock
shortcake
silence
silent walks
silica gel
silly poet
simplify
singer of songs
singular
siren call
sissy pants
sisyphus
six-eight time
sixteen and sinking
sleeping child
sleeping dogs
sleepless in the saddle
sleepy
sliding away
slip away
slogan
slow
slow burn
small lanterns
small things
smelliforous
smells like poetry
soft hearted
some afternoon
something in the air
somewhere in new mexico
somewhere in the pause
somewhere near the major-minor seventh
son down
songs unsung
sonnet of envy
Sonnet of Thanksgiving
sons
sotto voce
soup and absolution
sources
speaking your name without an accent
speedometer
spiders
spin down
spring cleaning
spring fields (for emily)
standing still
starry night
stars are forever
state of mind
station stop
stick men
sticky rice
still i hope
still life
storm love
streetlight
stripes and polka dots
sub-frequency
sudden dark
sultry
summer home
summer showers
summer underfoot
sun shadow
sunday dress
sundown
sunshine
supper table
surfeit
surgical mass
suspense
swoop down
take it outside
tally sheet
taste test
Tears for Words
teddy bear
tell me why, tell me where
teller of tales
ten-forty weight (10W-40)
tenses
That I Should Never Speak or Know
that sinking feeling
that snowballed fast
the burden in the bottles
the codrus conundrum
the color of your songs
the colors of love
the devil's dna - a found poem
the door was open
the evil of ignorance
the fast i have chosen
the guilt of dna
the honest truth
the hypnotist
the laws of physics
the long and short of it all
the madness in our world
the man in the moon gets an ultrasound
the naming of things
the nicest people
the nocturnal life of numbers
the old country
the old must die for the new
the other fathers
the other side of the world
the physics of fire
the playlist doesn't shuffle anymore
the poet and the particulate wave
the poetry of photography
the poet's tale
the rapture of you
the science of goodbyes
the smell of a well-worn saddle
the snake's request
the strangeness of the day
the sun is rising in Nigeria
the sun is setting in california
the teeth of pain
The Temptations of Mary
the tenement museum
the warrior queen lays down her spear
the weather prophet says it might get hot
the weight of things
the wind blows from the west
the wisdom of wind
the world in a cedar box
then comes the night
there was a face
there were warnings
thermodynamics
things get in the way
thinking of forgetting
thirty-one flavors of love
this christmas
this is for you
this is not a lullaby
this is not the time to howl
this prison i have made
thoreau
through my eyes
through the rain
timing
tired of grief
to a poet whose name i don't remember
to care, to cure
to live again in snow
to the death
today the sun
tomatoes and aubergines
Tonight I Will Make Soup
top drawer secret
touch of compassion
towel as time machine
traces
tractors are for men
transcendental transfusion
transformation
Trauma Remains
treading
trellis
tropic of cancer
truth or fiction
trying to reconcile
tsa blues
tsunami
tuna
Turn Down the Fires of Hell
turning point
turning the corner
twenty-nine
twenty-three and me and a stranger
twilight times
twinkle, twinkle
twins
two views
Two-foot Couplet
un gelato al limon
un petit déjeuner
under a silver moon
under assault
under my feet
under the bridge
undercurrent
uneasy circle
uneasy morning
unexpected kindness
unfinished
unfinished business
unfrozen in time
unlocked
unnecessary
unresolved
unspoken
unstrung
untethered
untrained melody
unwritten
used book
verbose
vibration
victim's hymn
view from the edge of the land
Vincent's Other Ear
viper of happiness
vivaldi vs. california
voice alone
voices
wagon
Waiting for Isadore
waiting for spring
waiting for the last time together
wake-up call
waking
walk me home
walking in fog
wallflower
wallowing in the obvious
walls down
war and peace according to the apostle paul
warm up
warning: division by zero
watching a friend go on-line
water line
water's edge
way with words
we cannot pretend
wearing you
wedding for one
weep for the crow
well, yes
what does a child know of grief - 1
what does a child know of grief - 2
what goes bump
what we must not forget
when hope is all that's left
when i go down
when spring doesn't come
when suddenly
When the Flavor Goes
when the last one leaves
when the world stops being real
where a mask
where do we bury the survivors?
where ya from?
wherein i toast a bagel
whisper
whisper the name
white-tailed kites
who are you calling old?
who is praying for me now
who taught you this?
who, where, why
who's in charge here?
why she cries
willing flesh
window me
wingmaker poetry
winter in gallup, new mexico
winter watch
witching hour
with the fan on
woman of the year
woman within
words
words without beginning, poems without end
wordsmith
write me one
writing a prayer
written consent
y'all
yard dog
yes and no and yes
you can run
you play me
you took me in
you would think
young monk #1
young monk #11
young monk #12
young monk #16
young monk #2
young monk #3
young monk #34
young monk #35
young monk #36
young monk #41
young monk #46
young monk #47
young monk #50
your bird does not speak english
your little secret
Your Praises Go Too Far
yugo girl
yugo girl - 2
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