[m]y original poetry and public thoughts on the creative process. Feel free to share your thoughts on what you read here. -[w]ill
(NaPoWriMo Day#30)
A train rolls down a wooden track Guided by a child’s imagination Journeying through time and places Through a mind growing and molded By every moment he is alive Each [...]
(NaPoWriMo Day#29)
A phone rings inside An empty house. The Sound bounces off of Polished wooden floors Seemingly searching For somebody to Answer it. The first [...]
(NaPoWriMo Day#28)
I need to read more poems Long and short; Of love and pain. The more I write the more I Hear the poets calling me; Encouraging me to learn. The potter with no teacher Is merely a [...]
(NaPoWriMo Day#27)
Drops of water drip from a leaking gutter To a newly soiled flower bed ten feet below. In a rocking chair he watches the destruction. Dirt once combed over perfectly by hand Lovingly smoothed by [...]
(NaPoWriMo Day#26)
Inspiration comes from staring At blank screens with fingers on keyboards; From pens frozen in hands while The writer stares off into the distance. In those moments of silence God [...]
(NaPoWriMo Day#25)
A few remaining cars sparsely fill The parking lot at evening’s rush hour Their owners work a few hours more For the luxury to drive them home
She stares at the hood of her’s Admiring the [...]
(NaPoWriMo Day#24)
Have you ever held your hand still Just above a river’s passing water Liquid rushing by reaching for your skin Jumping up; eager to commune with you Beckoning you to dip a finger in
(NaPoWriMo Day#23)
A bird made the decision to build a nest In the small tree outside my front door Every morning, as I leave for work It startles me with a flurry of wings As I startle [...]
(NaPoWriMo Day#22)
I bought a lady breakfast today In her dry, scarred hands she held A handful of miscellaneous coins She gathered from other patrons That passed through those doors In her [...]
(NaPoWriMo Day#21)
Title me untitled For I do not have a name Worthy of speaking praise
Title me unforgiven For my thoughts of you are not mistakes I will ever regret
Title me unnumbered [...]