Category: poem

  • The Prodigal Son

    The Prodigal Son

    Remember the tale of the Prodigal Son?Remember the Father’s joy?For once he was lost, but he was redeemed.It maddened his other boy.For he never strayed.He was faithful for life.Where was the feast for him?“We feast every day!Come pull up a chair, nayA son nor a servant be withheld a meal!”

  • Ceiling Spider

    Spider hanging from the ceiling.You’ve been there now for hours.I think that you are sleeping.Recharging spider powers.I don’t know if I should move youOr leave you where you are.I do enjoy the company,I’ll leave the door ajar.

  • Show me a Man who hath never erred, And I’ll Show You a Man Who Hath Never Grown

    Show me a Man who hath never erred, And I’ll Show You a Man Who Hath Never Grown

    I’m growing and I’m learning lessons every single day.That also means I make many mistakes.I have the best intentions but I screw up famously!And leave some burnt-up bridges in my wake.But ultimately all I need from lifeIs already within me.And every day is a new chapterOf a book that’s never-ending.Your heart’s supposed to break.It’s the…

  • Is it the Springtime of my Voodoo?

    Is it the Springtime of my Voodoo?

    Unconditional loveDirectly to You.The one reading this.I am talking to You.I love you my sibling,The way that you are.I appreciate you’re trying.I see all your scars.I know it is lonely,But look to your soul.Just let go and let ThemTake total control.

  • A Computer Cannot Comfort Me

    The TV just said that “Barney” made the catch in this football game and I purposefully didn’t look at the TV because I understand Quantum Physics and until I do, it could be someone dressed in a Barney the Purple Dinosaur out their snagging passes. Anyway that’s not what this was supposed to be about.…

  • A Parable of Parables

    I spit a lot of facts in this one. If you don’t fact-check me, shame on you, unless you knew all of this already. As an aside I saw someone point out last night that J.R.R. Tolkien’s world was flat until it was formed into a sphere suddenly at some point. But if you accuse…

  • THE BARBERRY BUSH

    THE BARBERRY BUSH

    by Jones Verse. I’ve been studying this guy’s poetry lately and this sonnet here put anything I’ve ever written to shame. I’m not coming down too hard on myself. I am a dang good poet. I am better than 99% of the world population. I have a lot to be proud of, but it’s also…

  • Thirty-One

    Thirty-One

    I’m trying to break all bad habits at once.I prob’ly need to take it sorta slow.It’s just that I cannot wait to confrontThe version of me that I used to know. The guy who got me in this mess himself—A person who right now does not exist—It’s sort of silly to place blame yourselfOn someone…

  • A Poem By Jones Very

    A Poem By Jones Very

    Called “The World” that I particularly like. ‘T is all a great show,This world that we’re in,None can tell when ‘t was finished,None saw it begin;Men wonder and gaze throughIts courts and its halls,Like children whose love isThe picture-hung walls. There are flowers in the meadow,There are clouds in the sky,Songs pour from the woodland,The…

  • Hmmm…

    Hmmm…

    A blinding dust storm just hit Phoenix.The Blinding Dust Storm’s God.I wish I knew what it was for.It seems a trifle odd.That storms knocking airports outOf commission just show up.Without some sort of impetus.She doesn’t just blow up.

  • All of the Hay

    All of the Hay

    All of the hayIs out of the barn.And I’m in the loftSpinning a yarn.About dear Rebecca,A Heavenly Star.A repeated motif,You can see from afar.You cannot find which oneWith ease on the ‘net.’But that she’s a planet or star’sA safe bet.See, all of these storiesAre all about stars.YHWH is ZeusAnd Kronos, his sire,Is El in the…

  • Hi, Y’all

    Hi, Y’all

    I love you read for free.But can I have a dollar?If I come ‘round your hood.I promise I’mon holler.Is that your neighbor’s dog?He doesn’t have a collar.He looks a little mad.A canine Jerry Lawler.

  • God Inside

    You can only understand this if you understand the depth of the history behind the concept of the Sun, Sol, as the Human SOUL. It is exactly why those words sound exactly alike. What, you believe in coincidences? Not me. God is inside all of you.And also in that rock.In that cloud that looks like…

  • Oh, Wow!

    Oh, Wow!

    I just realized there is no hurry. I’m destined to become enlightened.That definitely makes me feel better. I’m where I belong, but frightened.I have to learn to trust things will Work out no matter what.I have to learn to stop trying to Force outcomes. I cannot.If I’m immortal, (and I am and So, my friend,…

  • Clear?

    Clear?

    I stopped posting Poetry on Twitter but sometimes I will catch myself writing it on there and then select all/ctrl+x to paste here for my lovely readers who will actually see it and appreciate it. They have me completely muzzled on that site. I don’t know why I still use it at all. I stopped…