An Old Man
(copyright 2025 by Michael Walker)
I am an old man
Dying from hunger
Starving
For the
Moon
And
The
Stars
Starving
For
The ocean
You
Once were.
I am an old man
Dying from hunger
Starving
For the
Sun
And
The
Hills
And
The vine
You
Once were.
I am an old man
Starving
In
A starving
Country
Dying
From a
Plentitude...
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Nothing
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
I am a
Miscreant
A Devil
A
Nothing
I wrote
A
Bible
Of
Palmipsents
Of tea leaves
Of
Nothing
Who knows
What evil
Lurks
In
The hearts
Of
Men
Or is it
Nothing
Tomorrow
Blows
Cold
Tomorrow
and
Tomorrow
Or is it
Nothing…
I Wrote A Poem
(copyright 2025 by Michael Walker)
I wrote a poem
It took me
40 years
To write
As bloody as the
Illiad
And full of
Typos.
I wrote a poem
It took me
40 years
To write
I wrote it on
The backs of
Envelopes
For overdue
Bills.
I wrote a poem
It took me
40 years
To write
140 sonnets
For...
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Soul Shower
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
I want a soul shower
Like a baptism.
The world keeps
Presenting its ass
Like some
Obscene
Baboon…
I want a soul shower
A girl
With innocent eyes
A flower
I guess
As I make inane
Small talk
With baristas….
I want Paul Gaugin’s
Vision of
Tahiti
As I buy
Another drink
I want a soul shower
A...
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The Dogs
(copyright 2025 by Michael Walker)
The dogs
The dogs are all
Barking at me today
What is it?
My
DNA?
Some scent on my
Concert
Tee shirt?
But the dogs
Behind their
Gray
Picket
Fences
Don’t like me much
And bark and bark
Like madmen
Maybe they think
I am a cat
Some
Cat-like
Mystery?
Maybe they don’t like
The book
Under my...
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Lady Godiva
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
Lady Godiva came to see me
Riding on a great white horse
Lady Godiva came to see me
Wearing nothin’ but the skin
For the sin we are in
Lady Godiva came to see me
She said I’m not got gonna disappear
From view
Lady Godiva came to see me
Her hair a fire
In the tepid sun...
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Art (For Matisse)
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
I will wake up
And paint with scissors
If that is
What it takes
This is
A blessed day
And these are
The materials
God has
Given me
I can no longer paint
I paint
With scissors
And paper
I roll myself into a room
And begin
Once
Again ..
A Little Peace
(copyright 2025 by Michael Walker)
I am just looking for
A little peace
Mon vieux
Here
At the top
Of
The stairs
A little peace
While
The dogs
Bark
At their
Shadows
And the ghosts
Gibber
In their
Shrouds
A little peace
Not to be
Not to
Be
Enlighten me gods
A little village house
By the sea
A loaf of bread...
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