I Wanted
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
I wanted to sing
They made me
Croak
The lyrics of
“Oh! Susanna
Stuck in my
Throat.
I wanted to fly
They made me
Hop
All the way to Memphis
To the Stop
And
Shop.
I wanted to see
They made me
Blind
Sabers of light
For my
Ruined
Mind.
I wanted to live
They made me
Dead...
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Posthumous
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
I don’t want to
Drink
Or goosestep
To the
Morning
I don’t want to
Chase
White whales
Or investigate
Ball
Lighting
I just want to
Lie in your arms
In the slow
Dream
Hours
Talk to your
Heart
That is all I
Ever
Really
Want…
Writer’s Block
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
You used to hold me
Now, nothing holds
I am Samuel Taylor Coleridge dry
Drowning in drink
Pacing this zoo of a room
Howling at the simple moon
Selling all my old detritus
Off to the Rejection Store…
December 23
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
As happy as
A pig
In mud
That is you
At Walmart
Going up
And down
Those
Clotted
Isles
Loading your
Cart
With all the things
You don’t
Want
Or
Need
Cat food for
The
Dog
Halloween masks
At
Christmastime
Cancer
On
A
Stick
As happy as
A pig
In mud
As I
Tag
Along
Wishing there was...
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Sunday
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
Geese on the lawn
Making a joyful noise
Unto some Lord
Ducks in the pond
Saying
Silent
Prayers…
It’s Sunday
And
The churchbells
Are ringing
Not my worship
Not attending
This is all
Good enough…
Once, When I Was A Kid
copyright 2025 by Michael S Walker
Mrs. Baker
Our next-door neighbor
Had this little picture book
I truly wanted
A souvenir
From the Museum
Of Pompeii
All in Italian
With black and white pictures of
People and animals
Somehow
Violently changed
Into clay.
Such a strange artifact…
I worked three days
In her basement
Sweeping
Shoveling
Hauling 40 years...
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Late December
copyright 2025 by Michael Walker
Everything is
Failure
Everything is
Disaster
A cup of
Soup
While the
Great Chain of Being
Collapses…
What can I do
About this?
What can I say?
I am just a little boy
Drawing pictures
A drunk
In a shooting gallery
What can I proffer
To the car crash
About to happen
The car crash
About to happen...
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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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