8-word poem

The world's religions
Couldn't prepare me
For this.

8-word poem: THE VAN MORRISON VARIATIONS

Stand up
And wipe
Your mirror clean:

Windfall.

iTuneage - recent baker's dozen

1. "I Fought in a War" - Belle & Sebastian
2. "Madame Joy" - Van Morrison
3. "No Killing" - Violent Femmes
4. "Theme from Peter Gunn" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5. "(What a) Wonderful World" - Bryan Ferry
6. "Heard it in a Love Song" - The Marshall Tucker Band
7. "Dancing Queen" - ABBA
8. "You Are the Woman" - Firefall
9. "I'm a Gypsy Man" - J.J. Cale
10. "Sign Language" - Eric Clapton (with Bob Dylan)
11. "Still is Still Moving to Me" - Willie Nelson
12. "Rock Bottom" - Kiss
13. "Summertime Blues" - Robert Gordon

8-word poem

Integrity:
The unannounced
Guest
That is always
Welcome.

8-word poem

I'm into
God;
Just not like
A Republican.

8-word poem

Sometimes
Just one note—
One word—
Is enough.

8-word poem

Problem:
Something
That curious
People
Want to change.

* * *

By MsAPhillips.

8-word poem

Funny thing,
Boundaries:
They still
Let us in.

8-word poem

It is my wish:
To be more
Likeable.

8-word poem

Bumper sticker:
100% Jesus.

And isn't
That plenty?

8-word poem

Hope fades
Like a pair
Of Levi's jeans.

8-word poem

Boundaries:
The bastard
Step children
Of good manners.

8-word poem

Even
In my dreams
Now
I hate
Litter.

8-word poem

My prime:
Come? Gone?

Did I
Miss it?

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Another missing sock;
The world ended—
Big deal.

8-word poem: THE VAN MORRISON VARIATIONS

No guru
No method
No teacher

No nothing?

8-word poem

Generosity
Is learned,
And learned
The hard way.

8-word poem

Impressions
Of life:
Not quite
What you meant.

8-word poem

The farewells;
Those who go;
Those who stay.

* * *

After States of Mind I-III (1911) by Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916)

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There are
No guarantees
Where getting
Laid's
Concerned.

8-word poem

I'd kill
Everyone
In sight
For pocket change.

8-word poem

I should have
Gone into
Real estate:
Boundaries.

8-word poem

Where do
Things go
When
Things go
Missing?

8-word poem

Huzzle and buzzle:
Train wreck
Of a conversation.

8-word poem

Dear John:
No one
Feels sorry
For you.

8-word poem

Silence:
One should
Never
Speak openly
Of it.

iTuneage - recent baker's dozen

1. "The Man Who Sold the World" - David Bowie (with Klaus Nomi)
2. "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock 'n' Roll Band)" - The Moody Blues
3. "Only the Lonely" - Roy Orbison
4. "Smile a Little Smile for Me" - Edison Lighthouse
5. "Burn" - Deep Purple
6. "Do You Love Me?" - The Contours
7. "Laugh Kills Lonesome" - Michael Nesmith
8. "20th Century Man" - The Kinks
9. "Fra L'orror Della Tempesta" - Siroe Re Di Persia
10. "Joey" - Bob Dylan
11. "Airline to Heaven"- Wilco
12. "Like a Hurricane" - Neil Young
13. "Cemetary Gates" - The Smiths

8-word poem

Blazing
A trail—
Where there's
Fire
There's smoke.

8-word poem: THE WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS STORY, PART 2

I dreamt
A chicken
Was angry
With me.

8-word poem

Potential epitaph:
His head
Wasn't in
The game.

8-word poem

Washing
My hands
In muddy water.
Slowly,
Knowingly.