Something (copyright 2024 by Michael Walker)

2
The longing for
The undefinable Something
Just bought a new
Cell phone
And that is something
Far away
From the necessary
Purchase
And then there are drinks
With strangers
Who melt into
Your mother and your brother’s
Face
Under the mist of alcohol
And then
Melt away
Entirely
When the barroom lights
Get dimmed.
Like Dylan once sang
Lo and behold
Lo and behold
Looking’...
Read More

Poem I wrote

1

Poet

(Copyright 2024 by Michael Walker)


I was a poet

I am not a poet

Anymore

Your ways

Are strange

To me

Your lack of

Empathy

Is

Strange

To me.

I was a poet

I am not a poet

Anymore

Your highways

Go nowhere

Your bridges

Are collapsing…

I was a poet

I am not a poet

Anymore

You speak

All trivialities

You speak about...
Read More

Song Lyrics I wrote

4
Walt Whitman
Copyright 2023 by Michael Walker
Walt Whitman went forth one day
Out in Brooklyn at the break of day
Walt Whitman went forth one day
A blue cathedral
And an urge to pray
Say hello to the ferry driver
Say hello to the river
Say hello to all the diamonds
Dancing free
In the sky…
Walt Whitman went forth one day
Manhattan yeah...
Read More

Poem I wrote

1

A Cryptid (copyright 2024 by Michael Walker)

That dinosaur Poetry
Does not exist
And I believe them
But every year
They seem to find
Something
Usually deep in the mind
Of the Congo
Footprints
Or spoor
Bones that might be
More than
Merely stone
True
Artifacts
That dinosaur Poetry
Does not exist
They tell me
And truly
I believe them
But every year
Every expedition...
Read More

After Reading Anna Karenina (copyright 2024 by Michael Walker)

3

I am very tired

I don't want no

Burgers

Don't want no

Fries

Don't want no

Amazon

Or

Disney

Plus

Don't want no

Walmart

Or Target

Or

Best Buy

Don't want no

Spotify

Feeding me

Zeros

And

Ones

What I want

Is to be beside Levin

In the noonday sun

Sycthing grass

Until the sweat

Stings

My eyes…

The People

2
The People
(Copyright 2024 by Michael Walker)
The people who worry
Live in the past
Or the future
Never realizing
That the readiness
Is everything.
The people who hunger
Eat in the past
Or the future
Never realizing
That the table is laid out
With food enough
For twenty.
The people who wage war
Draw maps of the past
Or the future
Never realizing
That...
Read More
henrythevamp:
Probably need to expand this

A New Poem

3

My Broken Body

Copyright 2024 by Michael Walker


My broken body

The feet like knives

The shoulder

Throbbing

The deep well of

Constant

Coughing

I will never obtain

The spices I was

After

Never see

India

Or

China

The Silk Road

With its

Soft touch

And

Breezes

No epiphany

No peace

The spirit is willing

But the flesh

The flesh

Is weak.

Oh yes

Load more