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Off Stage
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
Why is it
Everything important to me
Seems to happen
Off Stage?
Poetry
Religion
Community
While I stand
Looking out at
Darkness
Fumbling lines
I do not believe
Wearing
An ill-fitting
Costume
The pants
About to fall down.
A lover once
Said to me
You have a lot of talent
But you do not
Take care of
Business...
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Play
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
Play is not money
Play is not work
Play is shining in the sunshine
Of Play.
Maybe a resounding gong
Or a clanging cymbal
I do not believe
They can move mountains
But what of that
Bang a gong
Get it on
Picasso tried to sing
Over and over
Like he
Was three…
Kayak Poem
(copyright 2025 by Michael Walker)
I take my kayak
To the
Lake
Early morning
Headed
For the dam…
A silver mist
Rises up
Over everything
Cattle offstage
Lowing…
I dip my paddle
Into the
Placid water
Relishing this time
Before
The speed boats
And the skiers…
Overhead
One monument
A dead log
Stuck high
In the fork of a tree
From some winter...
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