~ The hardest part is doing the right, But then, it takes time to know it. I heard it once said: “Thirty years make a man.” But now, I’m not so sure of it. At twice the space I err just as much – I count all the […] Continue reading
…. This is the month That my mother died. The year fades fast To memory. It must have been written In pencil somewhere, On paper, And there set in stone; And after awhile, It all erases. ~ Befuddled, perplexed; At sevens and six; Forwards, sideways, And backwards: The […] Continue reading
~ Nine-Seven-Eight Sits on a corner, A city, a street, Somewhere. A high wooden fence Surrounds The grounds: A compound In semblance In air. Nine-Seven-Eight. No one seems home. But people Do live there, I swear! It’s quiet, Threadbare, And gone in the bone: […] Continue reading
…. I. Cibola At the fin de siècle myths are renewed, and Cibola re-sought for thought to be true. Wealth! beyond measure, there for the leisure to take for España, the King, and their God; but of that brought back, was fraught with the bad, from a land that was called […] Continue reading
~ Made it through And still alive – I’m sitting here, on third! When I was younger, So much younger, One heard no word I said. Yet, who was I? This other guy, Ego, thoughtless head. Now here I am, An older man, Round third Where the sound Is much better heard. […] Continue reading
~ Those dreams again That keep me awake The dreams I have That won’t let me sleep Of those who once were But now who are gone The black cat is mewing For you to come on I’m coming I’m coming I’m coming along There’s no need […] Continue reading
Spheres once H2O Metamorphose into snow Six-pointed feathers ©2013, Marvin Loyd Welborn 30 October 2013
Condensing vapor Falls as drops of H2O From the atmosphere ©2013, Marvin Loyd Welborn 30 October 2013
…. O! cold, bright day, not feeling the best – Where went the spark of deep interest? Now, come what may, stop stealing the rest – Here sent the start to keep what was left. The old might say, revealing repressed, “There vent the heart, to seek […] Continue reading
Nature, Unforgiving, Takes back from the living, Recants on committed, Retracts what is given, Reneges. On everything given It strives behind striven, Survives by just living, Nature deprives in the end. Nature’s a Janus faced friend. My mother had died While I was sleeping. Death came a-creeping, Still while a-sleeping; Death came […] Continue reading
…. It’s a long, long way to yesterday, a whole lot of water now gone. An uncle once said, It”s been a good day. It comes out in the wash when all done. ~ There are triolets here, a couple more there – then, bit by bit, disappear. I remember it most, the Real wholly […] 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
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