Two rhinos standingIn the Brookridge School Playground
-where else would they be?
Copyright 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Out!
Two rhinos standingIn the Brookridge School Playground
-where else would they be?
Copyright 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
A Vanishishing World
Just off the highwayChildren wade in, dive, and splash
-small town swimming pond.
Copyright 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day: Two Haiku
They're heroes to us,
Yet families mourned their loss
-flags can't replace them.
We should remember,
They once belonged to someone
-who still misses them.
Copyright 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Reflecting On Reflections
For One Single Impression Prompt: Reflections
He sat in his cell
Reflecting for decades
Reflecting for decades
-Truth and Salvation.
Before the gallows
He knew how much she had meant
-a last reflection.
He looked at the way
Ripples travelled up mountains
-his view from the lake.
Copyright 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Why get to know you?I can use your Myspace Page
-virtual friendship.
Copyright 2008
( Don't get me wrong folks. I have a Myspace page too-no judgements here. Still, I guess I'm just old fashioned enough that I prefer traditional friendships. The sad thing is, there are people for whom this the only way they can have a friend.)
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Beware The Clowns!
So you don't like me!However, you hold on tight
When you see the clowns.
Copyright 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
In Search Of Meaning
He searched many roads,Not for Wisdom, but WiFi
- seeker of our time.
Copyright 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Just Try To Ask Sometime....
When I try to ask,You give me this blank stare
-"you still don't know this?"
Copyright 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Congratulations Graduates!
The old give speechesBut the young can't learn that way
-they must seek wisdom.
Copyright 2008
For One Single Impression Prompt: Bleeding
1.
Though covered in blood,
His father recognised him
-deadtooyoungtoofast.
2.You slipped on the ice
X.Scraping your face on conctrete
-still you look the same.
3. I can't walk by you
X. Without seeing myself there
-with that cup for change.
1.
Though covered in blood,His father recognised him
-deadtooyoungtoofast.
2.You slipped on the ice
X.Scraping your face on conctrete
-still you look the same.
3. I can't walk by you
X. Without seeing myself there
-with that cup for change.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Ah, The Joy Of Reading!
Pouring over books,Each word for page after page
-meaning beneath text.
Copyright 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Lasting Impression
A forgotten grave
The stone says little of you
-a saint or sinner?
Forest Hills Cemetery
Copyright 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
A New Friendship
Two little girls meetPlay peek-a-boo on hill top
-through a hole in rock.
Copyright 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Happy Mother's Day To Mothers Everywhere: Poems Old And New
xxxxxxxxxI
-you knew me better.
xxxxxxxxxII
-no one believed in.
xxxxxxxxxIII
You told me one day
Uniforms can't measure us.
-So much they don't say.
Copyright 2008
Little Hobo
by Edward S. Gault
My mother pointed out to me,
As she helped me put on
The various parts of my hobo costume,
That winning a contest was not easy.
Other kids may have worked harder.
I should not get my hopes up, or
My expectations too high.
She did not want me to
Suffer the blow when I didn’t win.
Still, I carried home a blue ribbon that day.
Copyright 2007
Little Hobo was originally published last October.
When the teacher said
That I would not fit in there-you knew me better.
xxxxxxxxxII
Many years ago,
You read to a little boy-no one believed in.
xxxxxxxxxIII
You told me one day
Uniforms can't measure us.
-So much they don't say.
Copyright 2008
Little Hobo
by Edward S. Gault
My mother pointed out to me,
As she helped me put on
The various parts of my hobo costume,
That winning a contest was not easy.
Other kids may have worked harder.
I should not get my hopes up, or
My expectations too high.
She did not want me to
Suffer the blow when I didn’t win.
Still, I carried home a blue ribbon that day.
Copyright 2007
Little Hobo was originally published last October.
Now That Spring Is Here...
For One Single Impression Prompt: Warmth
Little mosquito,
Gouge as much blood as you can
-go, then it's my turn!
When I was sobbing,
What I would not have given
-for just one warm smile
Copyright 2008
Little mosquito,Gouge as much blood as you can
-go, then it's my turn!
When I was sobbing,What I would not have given
-for just one warm smile
Copyright 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Just Wasting Time
In anger you saidWriting was a waste of time
-and then you played golf!
Copyright 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Children R.I.P.
For the victims of Child Abuse
She fell down the stairs
Newspapers said at the the time
-but so many times?
I passed a small grave
The earth still moist from digging
-he has now found Peace.
Copyright 2008
She fell down the stairsNewspapers said at the the time
-but so many times?
I passed a small graveThe earth still moist from digging
-he has now found Peace.
Copyright 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Critics!
I did all I could.Still, they saw something was wrong
-that's all they can see.
Copyright 2008.
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