Slave to the chips
Blackjack juiced his veins
Casino was his domain
Greed kept him in chains
Lost the rent wife would complain
Pawn it all to stay in game
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
The old lady
Always fed husband cabbage soup
He died in sixties
She lived well into nineties
Investing savings wisely
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Who is really in control?
The
Dominant
Or
Submissive
Sex
Partner
*
Sub
Knows what turns them on
Dom
Does
Most of the work
However
Real intensity
Happens
Mentally
And
Then
Dom
Is
In
Complete
Control
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
abandoned
tree stump
harnessing
tenacity
refuses
to
completely
decay
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
slowly pushing cart
dead-end alleyway
maybe
mid-twenties
hair completely grey
frozen face
her eyes look faraway
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Surrounded
By
Flustered
Tourists
Taking
Selfies
The old man
Took
Leisurely
Snaps
With
Polaroid camera
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Watch body language
Reveals true message
Listen carefully
Loose lips speak reality
Intuition provides safety
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
long-time
regurgitate past
searching
cannot find a laugh
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Rainy sleepy Saturday
Homemade spaghetti sauce
Dipping
Wooden spoon
Tasting
All-day
May
Scribble
Poem or two today
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
4 a.m.
Termites
Chewing
In
Harmony
With
Me
Tapping
Typewriter keys
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Japanese bondage
Tokyo Japan
They met at Ginza Station
Money did change hands
Ropework was her specialty
The ladies switched roles that night
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Collecting Seashells
White beaches of Sanibel
Boy trusting all
Became man who is cynical
Dodged too many curve balls
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Ras Muhammad
Coral reef
Hand and hand we swam
Only mask, snorkel, fins
Both stunned with beauty
That day made Pact you and me
Spread ashes in Red Sea
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Lost time
Holding protest sign
Frequently
Changed
Mates
Shake
Shake
Shake
Now too late
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Abandoned home
Wind enters through shattered window
Free to roam
A place where peace never known
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Rainy season
I’m top of a ladder
Tube of caulk
Filling crack gutter
Looking down and around
100’s
Of
Wet
Bromeliads
Display
Kaleidoscope
Jungle
Colors
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
all day
tire changer
swiftly
with
precision
performs
muscular ballet
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Birds Fly
No goodbye
Walking on muddy ground
No one around
Pebble inside boot
I’m playing wood flute
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Always at the track
The Gambler puffs his cigar
Sitting at the bar
Reading the racing sheets like
it was his sacred bible
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Chop down bamboo
Constructing new gate
Garden
Watermelons
Ready to eat
I sit and take break
Soon
Dozens of pesky flies
Sneak
Bites
Communicate
To their friends
Come on over
This fruit tastes great
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
My bicycle is chained to undernourished palm tree
I’m sitting at a hot dog stand
Next to a middle-age man
He is trying to act smooth
Wearing
Polyester suit
Gold pinky ring
Fake Rolex watch
Cheap shoes
Talking with his mouth full
Pitching
Over & over
Great deal
He can give me
On used “set of wheels”
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Young love in Beirut
Divided by religion
Tragic destiny
Cross above her rooftop
Prayer rug below his knees
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Pour me some bourbon
I just upset my woman
Do you have spare bed?
She wants to chop off my head
Bartender help or I’m dead
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Delicate blossoms
Casually fall in pond
Beauty- koi do not care
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
She is invisible
Pregnant
Working graveyard shift
Immigrant
Scrubbing toilets sweeping dirt
Says better than country of birth
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
sitting on beach chair
smoking Cuban cigar
drinking coconut rum
cooking myself in sun
Reminiscing
it was a fantastic run
no longer same same
everything will change
Maybe
time to take siesta in the shade
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Lizard hanging upside down
Turtle marching on the ground
Cardinal sips from water fountain
Coconut falls
For just a second
Everyone anxiously looks around
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Boondocks
Sitting on tailgate
Vehicles occasionally pass by
Fresh vegetables stacked high
Not much sold
At least food for household
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
holding beer can in paper sack
he sat on the dirty sidewalk
enshrined
by the shadow
against the building
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
6:30 a.m.
same doughnut shop
one Boston cream
cup of coffee
black
soon face the grind
still working at 69
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
alone with sand and stones
face and sunglasses covered with dust
mind in no rush
body temperature warns time to go
walk back to motorcycle
continue on empty road
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
The System
The powerful man comes up to me and jams his finger into my eye. He tells me that I must comply.
I very calmly answer that no one owns my body, mind or soul. Even if you give me a bucket full of gold, I will never be bought and sold.
The engine continues to just roll along. The world is becoming a place where the influential do not care who they harm.
The corrupt continue to command the people to drop to their knees. Is everyone just going to fold and please?
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Gravel road
Abandoned
Greasy spoon
Standing alone
The last payphone
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Depression
Swimming in a lake
The weeds strangle my body
Trying to break free
I’m only pulled down deeper
into the opaque water
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Heavy Rain commences
Another wet season
Termites on the attack
More wood consumed
Me and the missus
Ponder
Will we pass away before shack collapses from decay?
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Jealousy
Like termites on wet wood, jealousy will eat a person alive.
There will always be someone else who has more.
Is it even possible to keep up with it all?
Life is unfair.
Contentment is the only key that opens the door to a peaceful existence.
Everyone must look into the mirror.
The decision is for each individual to make.
I cannot help at all.
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Desire=Suffering
Daily craving
Meditation
Listen to gong
1-2 hours long
Confused
Mind savors simple food
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
What Is Education?
You throw me a book and tell me to learn.
Just because you have a pocket full of degrees does not make you the master of everyone’s destiny.
You are all cushy, safe and completely surrounded with wealth all around.
Get off your high horse and go learn firsthand how much many people struggle to survive across the land.
Then we will sit and talk.
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
Few months away
20 years no cell phone
Wife
Capitulated
Purchased her own $39.99 smartphone
I knew something was up
After two days
She finally fessed-up
*
*
See also:
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks on Amazon
The Hermit Poet’s eBooks detail info and downloads
The Hermit Poet's Ramblings 