Category: Poetry

Two days ago, right after school, I came right home, and filled the pool. We found a leak, and scrapped that plan. Then moved upstairs. Two hours had spanned. Two hours more, and things were close. Out of the tub and to our posts. Just after six and out he came A little boy, Regan’s […]

I saw an army marching slowly o’er the hill With guns and cannons blaring enough to make one ill. Then they kept on coming, the valley they did fill. When I saw the soldiers, they were stranger still. Nine hundred six were el’phants with stars across their backs. Their ev’ry step that thundered made ev’ry […]

All alone, yet there he was, knelt beside another. Speaking soft, touching slight, trying not to be a bother. Reaching out, screams of pain, in a way he felt so distant. Carry on, hold on more, it’s but another instant Hours drag on, the dusk is gone, and dawn begins to rise The stars now […]

He clasped the coal, still glowing red, from off his wooden floor And placed it back within the flame. A knock was at his door. T’was dark outside and very late, and the snow fell thick and hard. He knew not of a single soul who would trek across his yard. He cautiously stood from […]

I threw away my fish one day, And walked behind a man. His steps were clear and deep and sure Upon the burning sand. He walked right by, spoke scant a word, But drew me still somehow. I followed close behind the man As wonder would allow. It wasn’t long before I saw The depth […]

There was a man of youth and such who wore the dress of teens, Of T-shirts, runners, baseball caps, and endless pairs of jeans. His skin was smooth; his hands were fresh, just dirty from some play. Energetic, so he was, and full of zest each day. His hair was wild, and quite untamed; his […]

My mind was clear as I think back to a still morn in May. A darkened morn it was to me, to others, a hol’day. The day was new and touched by dew. Not a sound upon the ear. A mother’s voice, a trembling hand awoke me to my fears; Fears I had the day […]

In land of stars the blackness rules and light is slave to dark. A land where stars are forced to stay where night has e’er them parked. The stars are small, their skies are broad, the space above us vast, Yet we on earth are small as sand and brittle as the glass. Our hopes […]