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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Happy birthday SG! You rock!
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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Felicity (copyright 2025 by Michael Walker)
It was warm and now
It is cold.
The trees are white
With blossoms
The ground is white
With snow
Ohio weather in a nutshell
April Fools
As a month-long show…
I wish I was in Florianopolis
Though it's almost winter there
With some beauty
Whose smile never wavers
Pretty sure
She would keep me warm.