Poems

The moon’s domain over Jurassic seas
(it’s orbit closer by some million miles)
was indisputable, but were its guiles,
the charms exerted by its sculpted frieze,
did those have audience? Did someone glance
at the behemoth high above and sigh,
and wonder if the mistress of the sky
demands the tides perform their daily dance?
The ruling titans and their giant needs --
did they enjoy the Moon’s hypnotic glow?
Or did it shine to merely light the blow,
a lantern for the night’s indecent deeds.
We can’t be certain, but since they did prowl
We hope they looked up at the moon to howl

Author notes: wc 105 image is from Pinterest https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783988-Fantasy-1121

He’s into dogs, but she of course, loves cats
He tried persuasion but it was in vain
They’re this, they’re that, they’re difficult to train
The conversations turning into spats

They went to shelters, puppy mills, alas
Her heart remained unmoved against all odds
He persevered, imploring the pet gods
Shepherds, chihuahuas, all gathered a “pass”

Forced to admit defeat, he still did flex
What limited authority he had
They got a pussycat -- it’s not so bad
And named it – well of course – they named it Rex

Author notes: wc 87 Image from Pinterest https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783982-Fantasy-1120 A purrfect take on the prompt

this is the last drip

Author notes: Image from plumbingmastersaz.com https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784005-5-words---Advice-to-someone-who-...

Overcome by the signs of impending autumn
she falls

Author notes: wc 9 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784001-Brevity---18-words-or-less

My 23 and me is finally done
I find that I have some of Genghis Khan
Napoleon contributed a bit
If I had known it earlier I'd spit
Into that vial much earlier than now
It's so much fun, discovering the how
my endless talents flex their proteins
My cultured education don't mean beans

As we get older, we discover, sad
We owe it all, it turns, to mom and dad

Author notes: Image from the National Human Genome Research Institute https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783069-DNA--Tells--All---

The cold rain threatens to freeze me
into a popsicle
I'm on a dark Brooklyn street
halfway under a 1970 beaten up Pontiac station wagon
dim flashlight beam scattering off its scarred underbelly
trying to fix a sieve of a radiator
smell of antifreeze mixing with sleet and sweat
jeans soaked to the bone and stiff with ice
my winter raincoat smacking the bumper
like a wet sail with every gust of needle wind
fingers achy, bruised by repeated hand slips and curses
torrents of ice cold water burn my back
another turn of the screw on the clamp.
There.
She asks, business like, is it going to be long?
No matter.
She agreed to go skiing with me!

Author notes: wc 119 A completely true story, and the she is my wife of 38 years https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783011-Breakdown--

A huge fan of Dylan Thomas
Frank rarely left a bar of his own free will

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783969-Closing-Time---Dark-Brevity

Inspired by Google's motto
and loving a good pun
created dontbecivil dot com
Who knew it'd be the one

And now I've hit the lotto
and fly in my own plane
And judging good-v-evil
I do, but should refrain

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783978-Good-In-Evil-and-the-Evil-In-Good

Brought my resume, and detailed diaries
with murky pictures of sightings in our area
Been on to them for years!

They said don't call us, we'll call you

Good thing there are lots of ads for ghost writers in this magazine

werewolves prefer worlds
with many moons in the sky
adore gas giants

Author notes: Image from Pinterest https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784045-7th-Month-Haiku---Full-Buck-Moon

Upon reawakening
the patient was disappointed to find out
that there was no clinical death at any point
and so the light probably was
just the operating room light
coupled with some anesthesia

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784020-Picture-prompt-write-to-the-image-in-maximu

Diving in Santorini's turquoise crater
among the ghosts of lost civilizations
you imagine the tidal wave reaching Egypt
and destroying pharaoh's army

Let my people go!
you scream through your scuba regulator,
startling a passing parrot fish

But the Minoans stay buried
underneath the sands of time

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783996-Atlantis