A jaunty hat catches eyes
inspires a smile.
A jaunty hat always tries
to beguile
but it’s too happy to seduce
its morals are not loose
That hat’s a joyful
welcome mat to fun.
poem-sigh June 21, 2016
Your world is a place of melodrama.
Teacups can’t contain the tempests that turn around you.
Moles man earth movers making mountains.
Stop.
Breathe.
There are so many bigger things in the world,
like poverty, war, disease.
In the scheme of things, that she looked at you funny,
or he didn’t return your tweet,
is worth less than a shrug.
Truly, if you live in a land at peace,
your life is sweet.
poem-touch June 20, 2016
Today
you touched someone,
Caressed pain away
with a kind word,
a warm embrace,
a sincere smile.
Today
you didn’t even know
the comfort that
trailed behind you
as you walked by.
poem-sleepy June 19, 2016
On the highway
blinking, road blurring,
I should be sleeping,
not driving.
I can’t walk to bed
from here.
poem-ending June 18, 2016
The end is so close
that I can reach out and touch
the hands of the clock,
tick-tocking away this last class.
A day more of typing
the degree will be done.
This stage of the journey complete,
where will I go from here?
poem-moment June 15, 2016
In a moment
everything she thought she’d be
was sliced away.
In a moment
simple expectations yielded
to new arrays.
In a moment
opportunity seized her hand
to her dismay.
In a moment
foolish disappointments
were child’s play.
In a moment
her entire future was pulled
onto a new pathway.
poem-small June 14, 2016
Onyx eyes, black beads,
glisten with wishes,
please take the gift,
toss gently, I’ll retrieve.
It’s only time between us;
you are almost all I’ve known of love,
though you may grieve
for what has been before;
I am now, and while I’m still small,
you’re all I want and need.
With time between us,
your love for me will grow.
quote-awakening June 13, 2016
Every closure is an awakening,
and every awakening settles something.
~John Dewey (Art as Experience)
Shawn L. Bird 