The Queen
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
Regally
She surrenders
Her white
Spinnaker
A sail
Of
Sighs
Regally
She surrenders
Her red hair
A fire
A siege
Of Troy
Regally
She surrenders
Her baubles
In
Her
Sensous
Mouth
Regally
She surrenders
The invaders
Have
Breached
Her
Wall
The flood
Comes
Out
Regally
She
Surrenders…
And
Rules again
The Protestors Always Win
Inspired by Lawrence O’Donell (copyright 2026 by Michael Walker)
The protestors always win
From Jesus Christ
To the people
Of Minnesota
The protestors always win
Henry David Thoreau
Martin Luther King
Ghandi
The protestors always win
Although lives are lost in the struggle
From Pinkertons to ICE
Lives have been and will be
Lost
But the protestors
ALWAYS
Win
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Ode For The Clientele At Jugz
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
I am going to the bar
To talk to
Rednecks
Actually much prefer that
To sitting in a classroom
Listening to some doctors
Pontificate
These people have been touched
And bruised by life
In a way I never got
From all those
“Learned Astronomers”
They have been mothers
And pallbearers
They have fought in...
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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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