Light
Inspiration:
Life is hard, but still good. Keep seeking Light!
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
Light
When the sorrows of the day have faded
and dust settles to the ground,
I raise my voice in solemn praises,
for blessings that still abound.
I will not yield the battle,
I will not lose the fight,
though Death itself chase after me,
I will follow still the Light!
The Last
Inspiration:
One of my deepest, darkest fears!
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
The Last
My darkest fears have all come true,
and my worst nightmares too!
All life is now dread,
why bother getting out of bed?
For you’re gone and will never return,
unquenched desire shall forever burn,
For you, and for your sake,
beloved, last piece of cake!
Money
Inspiration:
There are some things that money can’t buy. But then there are others that it can!
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
Money
Money can’t buy happiness,
not even a little dose.
But it can buy ice cream,
and I’d say that’s pretty close.
The Other Road
Inspiration:
Did you ever notice that there is another road in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”? Happy 149th birthday Robert (a couple days early).
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
The Other Road
As I traveled through a browning wood
one morning full of Frost,
I saw the road fork where I stood
and wondered which path of two I should
take to not get lost.
The one looked rather flat and worn,
the other seemed to want some wear
and looked more than a bit forlorn,
but frankly I was rather torn
about deciding then and there.
If I took the path on the right
and left the other for another day,
just before it’d be out of sight
I know the urge I’d have to fight
would be to have gone the other way.
But if the left trail I were to take,
knowing how life twists and turns,
the right one I’d have to forsake,
intending to go another day
yet never likely to return.
Two roads diverged in the trees,
one looked the less-worn track,
the other, as nice, from what I could see,
but I- I couldn’t decide which it should be,
so I turned around and went back!
Introspector
Inspiration:
You never know what you’ll find when you go looking deep inside.
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
Introspector
I once took myself introspecting
to search for golden thoughts,
but got so lost in the cave of my mind
that I couldn’t tell nuggets from rocks!
After hours of following my breadcrumb trail,
I finally returned to the start.
But my mind was never the same as before,
And something had changed in my heart.
The Old Man and The Boy
Inspiration:
The wisdom of age vs youth’s mic drop.
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
The Old Man and The Boy
“Do you prognosticate?”
said the old man to the boy,
confusing his mirth for idle joy.
“I try hard not to,”
said the lad, not skipping a beat,
“‘scept when I see a hearse drive down your street.”
The Optimist’s Bad Day
Inspiration:
Positivity is important, but let’s be realistic!
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
The Optimist’s Bad Day
I try to keep thoughts positive,
positivity is my way,
but sometimes life
is full of strife
and darkness comes to play.
I’m sure you’re just like me,
I’m sure the feeling’s mutual,
on my darkest days,
I’m ashamed to say,
my thoughts sometimes turn neutral.
The Pen
Inspiration:
Sometimes I write down poem ideas that I don’t finish for years (if ever). Other times the whole thing seems to flow at once. Today I was reviewing old poem brainstorms, and one triggered the idea of taking a pen to battle, so I followed it, curious to see what would happen.
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
The Pen
I took a pen to battle
to fight against my foes,
for mightier than sword is pen,
so the old saying goes.
But they must not have known it,
’cause they didn’t run away,
but stood and laughed and mocked me
standing amidst the fray.
“What are you going to do?
Write us all to death?”
one said as he approached,
so I calmly took a breath,
and poked him in the eye
with my most mighty pen.
He swung and missed (strike one!)
but actually hit his friend
who had started running at me,
but now tumbled to the floor,
taking down his neighbors
in rows 2 and 3 what’s more.
He swung again (the first one)
but missed again (strike two!)
and took down more compatriots
(they numbered not a few).
A third swing flew, then 4, 5, 6,
(Hey- shouldn’t you be out?)
More and more comrades fell
the more he’d swing and pout.
And when the dust then settled
they’d all fallen to the ground.
Complaints and groaning whimpers
were heard the only sound.
I slowly approached the leader
(the one with the swollen eye)
who was pinned beneath his neighbors
and looking up to curse the sky.
“Be Gone!”, I said, “And don’t come back!
If you do, know this, my defense’ll
be stronger, for you won’t face pen.
Next time I’ll bring a pencil!”
Scapeducks
Inspiration:
Which came first, the punchline, or the joke? In this case, I’m pretty darn sure my mind came up with the twisted punchline first, and invented the back-poem to be able to use it. (Extra points if you can guess who the King and Colonel are.)
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
Scapeducks
Which came first, chicken or egg?
So the old quandary goes.
The King replies “Why ask, who cares?”
while the Colonel responds “Who knows?”
The Darwinist says “The salamander,
for surely it must have been luck.”
As for me, though, I’m pretty darn sure
it was just a pair ‘a ducks!
Feelin’ Alwrite
Inspiration:
I woke up one day and felt happier than normal, and found that it actually made it more difficult to write poetry. Strange. (But I’ll take it!) I guess that explains why there’s so much depressing poetry in the world!
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
Feelin’ Alwrite
What an unexpected delight,
to feel too happy to write!
No gloom to dread
pushing me out of bed
to get up, take breath, and fight!