THE CURIOUS MIND, a poem

 

 

The curious mind thrives

in the age of the internet

With many forks in the road

on the information highway,

each answer spurs

question after question,

continuing until curiosity

is sated or exhausted

 

THE TRUMP DEFENSE, Senryu

 

He did it for Trump

A lousy defense on trial

Going to prison

 

CONJUGAL SECRETS, a poem

 

 

Think of others,

and so will I

Yet, we’ll be together

till we die

 

Our inner thoughts

might center on desire

for those in our pasts

who set us on fire

 

Don’t tell me,

I won’t tell you

And, we’ll live

happily ever after

 

 

DOZING, a tercet

 

 

Dozing today

and every day

Sleeping life away

 

AFTERLIFE DESIRES, a poem

 

When I cross the Styx,

let me rejoin her

and experience the aftertaste

of a delicious meal;

recall works of art:

a film, a novel, a poem,

the warmth of a blanket

on a cold winter day,

the wash of cold beer

over my parched tongue,

the taste of Irish Whiskey

and wine, red or white,

the exhilaration of winning

a race, a prize, a contest

Finally, being greeted

by a welcoming God.

ROAD RAGE, a Senryu

 

Impatient driver

Angrily honking the horn

A foolish person

 

INSPIRATION

 

The creative reservoir

might be dime thin

or an ocean deep,

the source of the need

to produce or write

 

Poetry flows easily

from inspiration

rather than the struggle

of even great poets

writing just to fill a page

 

Fortunate are those

with muses

filling their minds

with images that must

be sung or written