Snowshoes beef jerky
Don’t need lower 48
Free will solitude
220
Starting motorbike
Morning ride along A1A
Sea air soothes me
219
Winter cold snap
Honeybell oranges soon ripe
Gastronomic delight
Note to readers: Poem refers to Florida winter gardening. Just a bit of cold gives citrus a kick of extra sweetness.
218
Tropical storm gone
Angry Atlantic Ocean
Snatching my surfboard
217
Loudmouthed old blue jay
Cold hungry this morning
Eyeballs empty seed tray
216
Midnight bandits
Raccoons having koi dinner
Sashimi by the pond
215
Walking gravel road
Hot thirsty totally lost
Followed by thin dog
214
Spiders crawling on wall
Rain stopped bananas will grow tall
Rooster calls
213
Bought old pickup truck
Hitch up house on wheels
Let’s see America
212
Cool under palm tree
Young man repairs fishnet
Continues tradition
211
He was a flash in the pan
Never took a break
Mind turned to mush
Like a milkshake
Always full speed
Crunch
Crunch
Buzz saw
Cut down the trees
Now
Sits every day on his worn chair
Wondering
How did it all disappear?
210
Boots places on stoop
Morning garden duties done
Time to watch moss grow
209
Late night
Walking cobbled streets of Prague
Had one too many pilsners
Met a street performer
On the corner
Done for the night playing his violin
After an hour of shooting the breeze
I asked my new friend
Why is it that you are so at ease?
He replied:
“I play for spare change
I’m the only one who needs to be pleased
Some people call me lazy and completely crazy
But
Too much ambition would no longer be fun being a musician
I accept who I am
No need to try to be on top of the highest mountain”
208
Hurricane zoomed by
Gigantic mosquitoes missed ride
Toads are happy
207
Nippy morning
Fly fishing for rainbow trout
River moving slowly
206
Stack of unread books
Winter storm lighting fireplace
Cozy bookworm
205
Butterflies all gone
Clouds completely cover sun
Nukes killed everyone
204
Garden vegetables
Mixed with herbs in slow cooker
Love is in the home
203
Grabs everything she can
Does not need a permanent man
Prowls clubs along the beach
Fuck
Shower
Brush teeth
Walks out the door
While her lover sleeps
Next Weekend
Repeat
202
Digging holes
Planting
Mulching
Watering
Coconut trees
Natural endorphin release
This is all I need
201
Drinking hot chocolate
Watching snow fall on rock garden
No rush to leave
200
Unforgiving heat
Camel marching on the sand
Desert tests the man
199
Fruity pipe smoke engulfed the room
Surrounded by shelves containing damp dusty LPs
The cynic
Whispered into my ear
“Old people change their mind like the wind”
198
Heliconia
Queen of tropical garden
Hummingbird’s best friend
197
Hit the reset button
Stability is a bore
You love me
But
Obviously
Need more
Hit the reset button
Simple life
Has you down
Safe
Always sound
Everything in order
You
Desperately
Crave
Continuous disorder
Hit the reset button
Danger
Turns you on
Swim away
My beautiful swan
Compose
A new song
Hit the reset button
196
You look at everything
As a winner takes all competition
Compromise
Much less frustration
Give it a try
Relationships
Would not become
Permanent goodbyes
195
Lake Okeechobee
Sitting with cane pole
Catching panfish
Wearing straw hat
Smoking pipe
Faraway
From the hype
194
Calm yourself
I know it is extremely difficult
However
Try your best
Stop
Blaming others
For your sorrows
Hit the beach
Jump
On a skateboard
Ride
A boogie board
Pull out
Old long surfboard
Check out
Gorgeous tan ladies
Wearing
Brazilian bikinis
Sip
Pina coladas
Forget
Martinis
Thread the needle
Sow your oats
Next morning
You will wake up
And
No longer
Feel like an old goat
193
Her hands dirty
All day
Working the fields
She is proud
Yet
Does not pretend to be superior
Brutally honest
Simplistic
Clear noncompetitive eyes
Smile super wide
No mask
Nothing to hide
192
Mahi Mahi
Spare ribs
Jumbo shrimp
Spiny lobster tails
Hushpuppies
Buttered corn on the cob
Special coleslaw recipe
Bucket of rice
Topped with Cajun hot sauce
Case of ice cold beer
Hot Florida summer sun
Barbeque
All weekend long
191
Watching the water
Run down the drain
I understand your pain
Drop the bum
Move on
Go have some fun
Grab your backpack
Hop on a jet
Southeast Asia
Is
An exotic place
To hang out
And
Forget
Soon
You
Will be laughing again
Fresh
Happy
Wiser
Starting over
Without him
190
Megacities
Massive migration
Urban population eruption
Left village for more prosperous life
Husband-children-wife
Continuous flow comes in
Culture thrown into rubbish bin
Live in a slum
Pollution chokes lungs
Crime rapidly controlling everyone
What will be impact on civilization?
189
Some place
Central America
Woke up soaking wet
All through night
He sweat
Looking at mosquito net
Got up
Walked down to the sea
Rendezvous
With the señora
She asked
“Is everything ready?”
Symbiotic relationship
Based on greed
Both tangled together
In the weeds
He is her token gringo
Because he always succeeds
Complicated
Dangerous
Game
Living under an assumed name
Continues playing
Only himself to blame
188
The peacock
Always
Stood tall
Displaying
His colorful feathers
A player
With swagger
Machiavellian tendencies
Reckless
Leading to colossal failure
Causing
The proud bird
To plummet
Eternally
Into
The psychosomatic abyss
187
20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s
Plenty of Risk
60’s, 70’s, 80’s
And beyond
If one lives that long
Risk-averse
186
Left behind
Never before took to crime
Unemployed
The young man
Walked down the steps of the favela
Pulled out a sharp blade
Decision made
First time hardest
Life forever tarnished
Society pays price
Living in fear is the sacrifice
185
News media boils pot of soup
Ultra-liberal professors brainwash youth
Think tanks bought and sold
Regurgitating propaganda
Doing as told
Powerful control the messengers
With titles and promises of gold
Pay billions for a startup
Although employees do not make enough
For food, shelter, clothes
Divide the nation
Population full of hate and frustration
Elites continue rapid castration
Forced starvation
Pound peasants into the ground
When everything is taken
Board private jet and leave town
184
Why?
Chasing
Chasing
Craving recognition
Brings only disappointment
Look through the prism
Physical world is an illusion
Rip out the ego
Toss on the bonfire
Watch it disappear into the night
Breakaway
Harness intuition
The only true light
183
Time
Nothing left but time
Deep in the underwater cave
No escape
Alone
Accepting fate
Soon
No more time
