Today
(Copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
Today
I wrote
A mealy
Poem
Yesterday
I wrote
The greatest
Russian Novel
Of all
Time
Who knows
How this works
Or why?
Nothing has changed
The clock
Still ticks
In the same
Metronomic
Way
The cat
Purrs
Like snow
A candle
Gutters
In the window
Today
Leaches
Into tomorrow
Who knows
How this works
Or why...
Jeremiah
(Copyright 2025 by Michael Walker)
I wish (most times) I had
A place to stay
A place away
From these crazies.
But how…?
They are (after all)
Our species…
I hate
With all my heart
Their red assemblies
Their pyramids and churches
Their devastating wars
Over eggs
A whole history
Stretching into the future
Stretching into the past…
But then,
On the only hand,...
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Rio Grande
Copyright 2024 by Michael Walker
There's a life preserver
On the sand
There’s a story
In that ship
Someone risking everything
To cross the Rio Grande
This river doesn't care for us
This river in this time
But still we're rolling everything
To cross the Rio Grande
So far away from home
A tent inside a train
So far away from home
And...
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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...
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