For Sale

 

It's time to sell my great old van

time to let her go

she was great the last ten years

but time says someone slowed.

Days of new adventure gone

grandpa on the loose

meetings in Virginia

four wheeled living room.

Writing verse behind the wheel

Chat rooms late at night

the great white whale

is over now

deep sixed by one great light.

All that's left are photos

proof kept in a file

just some faded memories

will entertain awhile.

I never will regret it

a few years flying high

Sixty thousand miles

of sport

a solar paneled buy!

St. Denis

Please pardon me I saw a tree

the one in our back yard

but it was inside my head

leaves at attention, shards.

Disembodied from the boughs

pointed towards the sky

diamonds or then holly leaves

no pecans lay nearby.

The Wave

 

They say he passed away for sure

the wave came where he slept

he seldom left the house at all

it's gone now, nothing's left.

Freak wave on the coastal region

must have been a quake

One hundred feet it soon was over

So then salads, steak?

Mountains of Virginia McAfee Knob

These are my photos in this blog.  This one will always cause a little flutter in my heart.  I can see doing this but you really have to have faith in your pets, too.  

 

Sidewalks

Mornings bring the sport of treescity streets vs. time
sidewalk cracks and sign blocking
crashing power lines.

Trim the branches cut the limbs
make distorted, lame
traffic backs up under them
students laugh, walking.

Tree trunks grow and roots
do roam, displacing many items
apartment rent a big event
and grads find a new autumn.

Other trees in many places
seedlings, forests, vines
slinging baskets, sending
cages, roots that tickle spines.

Forests gather all the caskets
cities and designs
mail them off to other planets
to be redesigned.

Human limbs are
bark and branches,
trees will plant them now
shovels, axes and cement

won't start the brand new towns.

Pride And Prejudice

 

Blame the afternoon for this

sleep is on his mind

eyes have weights upon them

 seduced the rest

reclined.

Aged finds retirement in bed without a phone

no appointments new underwear 

fits right

no where to go. 

Maybe a cashmere blanket 

not really needed but

you never know after a doze

a tiny shiver

hon?

Just a solid hour of rest

his body calls a truce.

Just a giant nap on springs ruined long ago

bedspread losing threads as well where scent

of one was known.

As the Bible says it was and shall be ever more

a nap is just a way to miss and slowly

travel home.

Slowly then awakening ten minutes just to walk

make it to the kitchen shelf

and the coffee pot

sit down in his favorite chair

as the light grows dim

dial his favorite movie

new plan for sleep therein

walking slowly in the dark

he sees

Elizabeth! 

Come in!  

Next Stop:  Paint Brushes

Y.M.C.A.

 

I read a poem was some words
made my mind a blank
ran off to the library
was mildewed and it stank.
Checked my phone
the robot came
and said my comments
were quite lame.
The mood inside the poem stirred
and made me hot without the words
that same night peeked up at the stars
and spied some poets at a bar 
was sucked up met some other writers.
Sexton, Hughes and babes with lyres
danced and laughed, lit big bonfires
slept out on the beach with Anne

got tired.

Good job Bob
Thanks Jack, you're back!
Awhile now, where you been?
I had a dream the other night
then went out to the yard
piled some wood up
near the road
with gasoline and tires.
My neighbor called the gendarmes
they came and talked me down
now I'm at the library
and YMCA downtown.