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Blood to Dust

This flower’s life cut short
dying in the lonesome wild

by patrick20traveler 10 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 30 6:00 PM. In Abuse, Dark, Contest
My Sad Country Western Song

He never seems to be on time,
So you always have to wait.

by patrick20traveler 21 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 27 6:58 AM. In Love, Sad, Contest
To My Daughter the Drug Addict

Has my name and number been deleted from your cell?
I hope you’re getting by as best you can.

by patrick20traveler 10 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 13 1:55 AM. In Life, Contest
Dark Drunk Thoughts of Love's Regret

I swore to marry you I must
but your heart is with another

by patrick20traveler 12 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 20 5:12 AM. In Angst, Humor, Contest
Today We Honor The Heroic General Grant

He harried them in the wilderness
attacked them left and right,

by patrick20traveler 20 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 20 3:37 AM. In Angst, Contest
The Emo Kid

It gets kind of lonely
frowning all the time,

by patrick20traveler 8 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 20 3:26 AM. In Humor, Contest
Country Music

Born in the wrong place
to the wrong parents

by patrick20traveler 26 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 13 8:29 AM

On Running Away

Slow train’s steel wheels sound a keening round the bend,
with weary travelers fleeing the old life they couldn’t hack.

by patrick20traveler 7 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 13 6:00 AM
Picking Cherries

This hour’s branch picked clean
the boy was barely tall enough

by patrick20traveler 22 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 26 4:48 PM
The Man of Conviction

Why shouldn’t I judge a book by its cover
and not like some loony liberal book lover

by patrick20traveler 4 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 12 5:08 AM
can you love me despite my illness?

Take my hand while we meander
through fog of rose and oleander.

by patrick20traveler 10 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 9 7:00 PM. In Love, Contest
My Ex, The Bitch

So sweetly melancholy is her nightly bath
Her tears shine brightly in the pallid mist

by patrick20traveler 17 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 7 9:37 PM
here's looking at you

I had a notion
that my existence on this earth

by patrick20traveler 24 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 2 10:58 PM. In Angst, Contest
Homeless Lullaby

You see us as you’re driving by
out of the corner of your eye.

by patrick20traveler 18 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 1 6:14 AM. In Life, Contest

not so bad airline food

My Mom got kind of surly.
Told me the food in Dublin was so bad

by patrick20traveler 4 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 25 6:11 PM
Poet's Odd Hissy Sound

By the time I met Barbara
she had shed the armor of a warrior

by patrick20traveler 88 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 18 5:58 AM. In Spiritual
To a Young Poet Asking Me for Help with His Writer’s Block

Whatcha talking Junior, someone slap you on the blind side? Just bend your head way down and look up that tunnel on your hind side.

by patrick20traveler 10 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 17 2:10 AM
Playing Marbles

Sweaty boys; hot Summer day
when all our marbles were in play.

by patrick20traveler 15 lines, 23 comments, on Jul 14 8:06 PM. In Nature, Life, Contest
Fallacy of Love

Jagged communication absurdly practiced
devotion holds indifference

by patrick20traveler 11 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 14 4:11 AM
Go Cry Somewhere Else

If any weeper comes with plans to be my lover
She’ll get an instant rebuff and I will soon recover.

by patrick20traveler 8 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 10 7:27 AM. In Love, Contest
Pretty Words

Let all
your gibberish

by patrick20traveler 6 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 6 11:01 PM. In Love

I'll Pass on that Worm, Thank You

Smart fish know
to hide in holes

by patrick20traveler 4 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 5 9:23 AM. In Humor, Contest
Haiku Obit

My favorite bar
Broken up debris and dust

by patrick20traveler 3 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 1 7:20 PM
Stranger in the Night

Homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto,
until I saw a fistfight about the planet Pluto.

by patrick20traveler 2 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 29 4:55 PM
To the Puritans and Their Unsolicited Advice

It’s not obvious the world is going straight to hell.
You may observe the average human is living well

by patrick20traveler 18 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 29 5:10 AM
I am a Cute Baby Goat

There’s nothing like an awkward stumble
to make a goat feel shy and humble

by patrick20traveler 9 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 21 5:26 AM. In Abuse, Contest
How to Argue

Few people pay attention to Notre Dame
unless it involves a football game.

by patrick20traveler 10 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 8 12:24 AM. In Society, Contest
A Homeless Man's Song

Rich man, rich man,
park that fancy car.

by patrick20traveler 8 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 4 8:39 PM
Sister Sniffle

My torment twisted tight
is a kind of Paradise

by patrick20traveler 18 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 1 11:30 AM. In Angst, Humor
The Importance of Punctuation

A samurai named Matsuyama
penned a poem about his mama,

by patrick20traveler 4 lines, 18 comments, on May 30 6:37 AM. In Humor
Chemical Warfare Vat 69

My ex-wife’s sister’s boyfriend’s foster-dad
is a Stanford, Berkeley, Duke and Princeton grad;

by patrick20traveler 8 lines, 26 comments, on May 27 7:16 PM. In Society, Humor
Mizu no Oto

In all of Chibana village
the clomping of your geta

by patrick20traveler 29 lines, 15 comments, on May 24 10:08 AM
Give Me a Hand

A fine appendage is the hand.
So truly useful for our needs,

by patrick20traveler 13 lines, 7 comments, on May 22 2:18 AM
Blowing Retreat

Is that a wedding band?
I felt my throat muscles tighten.

by patrick20traveler 11 lines, 6 comments, on May 19 8:05 PM
Bomb Tests in the Pacific

God help the native population,
their islands fouled with radiation.

by patrick20traveler 10 lines, 9 comments, on May 18 2:06 AM. In Society, Contest

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