The Blue Nowhere
Afloat and adrift
In the “blue nowhere”
Amongst nebulous nothingness
Yet anxious to share
To dwell in anonymity
Yet not in close proximity
Giving unusual free rein
To things usually unshared
Words put in prose
sent into the blue
In poems that are proposed
To be read by you
Anonymity is blindness
Nonconformity a kindness
So we cast our emotions
On ethereal oceans
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Writer's block
Have you ever felt
the need to write
Tho’ your fingers are leaden
And your brain won’t go
Have you ever concentrated
with all your might
When your mind feels deadened
And your creativity won’t flow
Have you ever felt
You’ve got no more to say
No more ideas
Buried deep in your mind
Well that’s the way I feel
And I know it’s not right
But I just can’t think of a single thing
….To write about tonight
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Answers
I need a bottle of answers
Or at least a flask
A richness of remedy
To finish a task
A surfeit of solution
An excess of replies
A ream of resolution
Answers to all the lies
Mayhaps a windfall of wisdom
Perhaps a deluge of devotion
Perchance a proof for my puzzle
Of my mysterious emotion
Pray tell… a bright light of knowledge
And in it’s knowing I can bask
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Stroke of Lightning
In Truth…
I leaned much more on you
Than ever you did on me
The stronger of the sexes is
By far the weaker emotionally
As in the forest the mighty Oak
That seemingly shelters the smaller trees
Must suffer the mortal lightning stroke
That brings it to it's knees
So do I now…like the mighty Oak
Lean much more on you… than ever you on me?
And was I ever, truly the stronger…
Or twas that I only seemed to be?
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Logic vs Intuition
Premise:
All roses are flowers
Some flowers fade quickly
Some have stems smooth
Some have stems prickly
Conclusion: valid or not? (True of false)
Therefore: some roses fade quickly.
Don’t be too smug
Don’t answer to slickly
The conclusion like most
Can be answered too quickly
The correct logical conclusion
To most people is lost
For the answer in (intuitive confusion)
Is inherently and most logically… false
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Dieting
Sweet addictions
Twinkies and mints
Sweet affections
Snickers and quince
Mainline injections
Demanding habits
Sweet confections
Chocolate rabbits
Mind all drugged
Cotton candy
Sweet, sweet opiate
Scattered brains
Saccharine high
Feelin’ dandy
Hallucinations
Of sugar trains
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Ne'er To Pause
I think I must keep on writing
For if I should stop
I may never
Start again
If I should stop
There’d come that awful
Awkward pause
That we all fall victim to…
Now and then
When The dice are tossed
And the thread is lost
And the losing number
Comes up again
I think it best, I must keep on writing
To gamble on rambling
without a rest….for if then
Should I stop…nor e’en to pause
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Zippo, bupkus, and nil
If you wish it to be
It might possibly come true
If you pray for it …well
That could help too
But if you want it to be
Really.. really want it to be…
Then do something
To make it come true
You can wish
You can pray
You can want it
And still…
Unless you do something….
More than wish, or want…today
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When more is less
Could be better to write more
And perhaps to post less?
And after writing more, be sure
To only post one’s best?
Could it be
That the quality
Might improve
by leaps and bounds
Or would it be,
that quantity
Is more important
Than the sounds?
At any rate
It’s ne’er too late
To reread what it tis
That one’s written
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Unanswered Prayers
The greatest gift
Can sometimes be…
Unanswered prayers
Life composed…
Then unexpectedly exposed
as a labyrinth of layers
For what you pray today…
could be The opposite of…
your prayers upon the morrow
And the granted prayer
Now wished undone, becomes…
A source of new found sorrow
Take care in prayer
Intone it wisely…
waste it not, I pray of you
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