~ “to write a poem is to explore the unknown capacities of mind….” well if that be the case then mine is well known it being the most capacious of kind there is so much space I get lost in the place where most times I’m […] Continue reading
~ Someone complaining of recent affairs: “The country was ‘falling apart.” He was airing ‘our’ laundry with someone else there – a Jan Van Someone, not from ’round here. “There isn’t one race that runs the whole place. That is your problem I fear. […] Continue reading
~ Austin, Texas is ten times bigger Than the town that I used to know. Those Longhorn Steers, the way I figure, Fifty some-odd years ago, Were 80k number where now it’s just under A million or more souls or so. Should I go back there […] Continue reading
~ Keswick is large, but not Bed & Breakfast; Rather, an Inn or resort. Very expensive, old English style; Fox Hunts with Hounds and the Horns. Having retired, and part of the Perks, The company let us a weekend. My wife and I chose, that close to Easter, When Winter weather averts. […] Continue reading
~ Out in the country, a man forms in line, at a store to pay for his gas. I stand behind him, making the line; another, falls in close behind me. The man in the front hands a Fifty Dollar bill to the clerk. She holds it on purpose, up to the light, and marks […] Continue reading
~ Dialing. Ringing. Answer. Hello. May I help you? Yes, please. I would like to schedule an inspection, for fireplace conversion. What kind of work is that? I don’t know. Haven’t a clue. Is it plumbing? Yeah. That sounds about right. Okay. Hold on then. I’ll transfer you to the inspector. Dialing. Ringing. Answer. […] Continue reading
~ I cannot I will not I do not read others… Lest, one day They may come And grift me, My brothers, By saying I’ve copied, Lifted or stole Ideas from them, From poems I had read. But… I have to look! Sometimes I look. Oft times […] Continue reading
…. I fought a young man On Facebook page, Where Words Are mightier Than Swords. Shameful behavior? Yes, I know. No one the braver, And no one a sage; But Man! You should’ve seen The other guy! ~ ©2013, Marvin Loyd Welborn 20 October 2013
…. I moved to the East where they ex-wife had brought me because she so hated New Mexico. Some folk are like that wherever they go. But I fit in easy, lizard-like so. So I came to Virginia just ‘out of the blue.’ But really, a ‘toss up’ twixt two States I knew. […] Continue reading
For Billy Collins …. He says he counts syllables. But I don’t think so. I’ve yet to see something Written with Mo. Oh yes, it is funny, Big laughs as you go. But rhythm and rhyme To find in his […] Continue reading
…. The mother of someone was onetime a flame. The father, a cowboy seeking his fame. And someone will grow up to do the same thing. She might say, “I’ll throw up!” Exclaim his disclaim. Yet, that’s how it ends up: Familiar the ring, […] Continue reading
~ The house was empty, barren and lone. Discarded now, but once was a home. Now, all abandoned, it’s owners were gone, ’til three young teenagers had happened along. Who once had lived there nobody knew. Four small rooms, a small bathroom, too. Perhaps, who lived here had simply outgrew the lack […] Continue reading
… no hurricane hit the US this year only a storm called Karin. the only relieved, the one she left there – a spouse in the briny left carin’ a mate she would hate because the ingrate mixed up her name with an old flame […] Continue reading
“That’s what you need. A button, a card, to prove you’re indeed.” And all I had asked: “A discount for vets?” I laid down my Key-Fobs, once hung ’round my neck. “These are called ‘Dog-Tags,’ will they do the trick?” “Oh no, Sir, I’m sorry. You’ll still need a button: […] Continue reading
~ If Easy Rider was so great Why then still, do I still hate This movie made so second rate, Best Picture, they gave in Sixty-Eight! Just goes to show what kind of state A Sixty-Seven mind could make. This money making big mistake, Went […] Continue reading
Tink's ChapBlog ~ Tales of the Tribe. Mythopoeic Verse 