poem of the day October 31  

Every

philosopher

gathered

at the recent

convention

of Philosophers

All agreed

on one

rockbed

truth:

Things 

get

very

crazy

when

they

started

turning

sin

into

virtue

 poem of the day October 30 

I like the way

a big blue jay

streaked across

copper oaked leaves

with some very

needed color

on a colorless day

 poem of the day October 29 

the god Apollo

a force so hollow

where trees have

lost their leaves

and gone to burrow

into deep marrow

found inside ground

in roots so narrow

but like an arrow

love will pierce through

hate of false bravado 

with a new tomorrow

and the world will be 

a better place for all to follow

 poem of the day October 28 

if the apple

is molded

modified into

unrecognizable 

abstractions

would it still

have a place

in the garden

of Adam and Eve?

 poem of the day October 27 

Everything moving along

like it was a natural rendition

of a somewhat passed

past audition transition

to the next generation

Playing that same song

practised  so well 

over so much time

allowing the dreams

and reality 

of some traditions

to merge

into a oneness 

that was 

always there

for those giving the taking

 poem of the day October 26 

I'm in my rover

planting clover

trying to help

some hungry bees

from eating stover

One called me over

so I drove her

in my rover

through the clover

She pulled me over

You're just another trover

in a world  hungover

Living on the shoulder 

in the awful fumes of odor

formed by man-made order

 poem of the day October 25 

I was thrilled

after many months

of anxiously waiting

The robot exerciser

with results guaranteed 

or your money back 

had finally arrived 

in my mailbox

No assembly required 

The instructions

were very simple

Link the robot

with the included special set 

of rose colored glasses

and you will 

instantly become

one with the robot

Then send the robot

to your favorite gym

to work out for you

All while you sit at home

on the couch

and watch videos

of random people's lives

It was so simple

It was so genius 

I will keep you posted

on my progress

But most people reported 

they had six pack abs

in only six weeks!!!

 poem of the day October 24

Don't worry

A master

fisherwoman

fishing

with a long

line of

tradition

Carefully

baited with

normality 

knows how

to catch

and land

those hard

to hook fish

drowning in 

a fishbowl

of distractions

 poem of the day October 23 

The long dream

full of thoughts

keeps chipping along 

like an epic vision quest

Consistently switching 

Changing seamlessly between 

lucid dreaming

lucid daydreaming

without even a single thought

being lost or interrupted by 

conflicting dream styles

going on day & night

 poem of the day October 22 

I was

wondering

where does 

one go 

when walking

on a treadmill

that never

leaves a room

or ever 

gets anywhere

 poem of the day October 21

The banister

stood over

the stairs

watching

the masses

like a shepherd

watches over 

his flock

Always ready 

with a firm handrail

to help weary lives 

as they step  

up and down

day after day

 poem of the day October 20 

It was the rarest

of rarities 

unprecedented 

human behavior

that happened

quite suddenly

when the poles

suddenly flipped

sending north south

causing everybody

everywhere

to suddenly 

be open 

to being open

to everybody

everything

and willing 

to compromise

on everything

with everybody

to reach a beautiful consensus

which everybody agreed felt pretty damn good

 poem of the day October 19 

a lone

dragon fly

flew over

the meadow

in and out

of borrowed time

as it searched for

one more meal

of mosquito

 poem of the day October 18 

sometimes

the tick

does not 

keep up

with the tock

making 

the clock

very wobbly

as it goes

in and out

of time

 poem of the day October 17 

flying somewhere 

inside somewhere

where the walls

are not walls

but only dividers

that don't 

reach the ceiling 

and can be flown over

one mind at a time

 poem of the day October 16 

swimming along

on solid ground

a fountain of dreams

now surrounded by dawn

in a seat of seekers

with coffee in hand

I stare out the window

trying to understand

the light as it opens

like a flower so bright

slowly rolling away

the darkness of night

 poem of the day October 15 

In winged formation

worthy of watching

A bunch of 

geese flying 

on a chilly rainy day

permeated the atmosphere

with loud complaining voices

as they flew south

over the cold wet meadow

 poem of the day October 14 It was becoming

It was becoming

a mixed up world

The shadow was

leading the light

Dark was being

celebrated as

an evil savior 

by scared souls 

clinging to deceiving

powerful persuasion 

Their confused eyes

blinded by disinformation

I stood stood 

with others

holding a candle

in the sea of blackness

still knowing my vote 

will turn things around

 poem of the day October 13 

I watch

drops of rain

on tired leaves

loosen leaflets 

from arms of trees

The falling colors

merge so well

with soaking ground

from where they fell

 poem of the day October 12 

Boats out

of water 

stuck on dry land

nowhere near

the sea

So strange

the aftermath

of a storm

Seeing sailing ships

sitting on roads

with no place to go

 Poem of the day October 11

The sun rises

The body rises

embracing 

the connection 

of eternal light

removing all 

unwanted darkness

from the night soul

 poem of the day October 10 

There are

naked trees 

out there

Especially some

exhibitionist maples

already stripped 

of summer leaves

Strutting their stuff

Showing lots of bark

as they stand road wise 

alongside New England colors

 poem of the day October 9 

The life

of a storm

lives first 

in human anticipation

Fueled by wild

speculation and fear

Permanating people 

living thousands of miles away

A fear that reaches a feverish pitch

Until the storm finally hits land

and opens like

an unwanted flower

Only then is the true

bloom of a storm revealed

Then in the aftermath

the greatness of the storm

either confirms our human fears or not

but either way Mother Nature's fury 

only needs a weatherman

not an echo chamber  

to know which way the wind blows

 poem of the day October 8 

A glimpse

describes

a moment

A quick peek

deep into 

flashing  worlds

A blink of time

captured

perhaps

only for

a split second

Making it

often a memory

never forgotten

but remembered

over a lifetime

 poem of the day October 7

how every

day light

is reflected  

in a mirror

depends 

on how deep 

the shadow

of vanity

lingers on

treated glass

 poem of the day October 6 

It was a clever

advertisement

for used minds

Especially  

broken ones

lost of identity 

Minds desperate to belong

The AD read:

Paying top dollar

in any condition

for souls willing

to revolve around

the safe armed ideas

of a strongman

No experience necessary

No compassion a plus

 poem of the day October 5 

I have 

been thinking

Maybe you 

have too

If one was ever

in a sushi 

trivia contest

It would be good

to know where

The furthest sushi bar

is from the sea?

Perhaps Chicago

Moscow, Kabul?

But one would have to

be ready for

trick questions like

How far is the fish eaten

from where it was caught

which might have nothing

to do with how far a city

is from the sea

 poem of the day October 4  

the magical way

autumn colors

slowly seep

out of darkness

to effortlessly merge

with the morning light

is a wonderful way

to start the day

 poem of the day October 3 

Which

Witch did

Rein in

the rain

to steal

the steel 

then meet

the meat

and ate

all eight

"I hear it

was here

Way passed

the past

near the

bare bear"

The guest

guessed

as a sword

soared

by tense tents

 poem of the day October 2 

long dreams have

a way of being 

completely forgotten

as morning eyes open

and the day begins

yet somehow

these lost dreams 

did control the night

 poem of the day October 1 

Circles

go round

a center

held in

by gravity

like planets

revolve a sun

A delicate balance

refined by time

where circles move

effortlessly

until forces

overcome

this balance 

Exploding

the status quo 

into unimaginable 

tunnel vision lines 

that go too far

I am afraid

A.I. machines are

on the verge of

breaking human circles 

blasting them apart

in a quest of the momentum of more

A new manifest destiny

where one soulless machine

will take the place

of a thousand workers

Let's hope we come 

to our sense and  

allow our circles to hold