The Broken and The Holy

music may help

calling a friend you enjoy

may help

how about watching

something on you tube

like favorite singers

or interviews with favorite

singers on you tube

i do that a lot

i hope these ideas

work

that’s what

i do

i’m getting back to writing

i will forget writing perfect poems

instead I will write what’s on

my mind

this used to be called

stream of consciousness

writing

just letting the mind and words

flow and flow and flow

i’m feeling the blues

tonight

i think we all do

depending on if we are alone

and don’t have anything

or anyone to look forward to

i don’t edit

my words and poems

they are pretty raw

it costs money

to pay someone to edit

and i’m not there yet

i wish you a good day

i’ll be leaving more poems

hopefully every day

some days

i hope to share more of myself

and my plans for the future

and my life

i am thinking of poets

i once knew

it’s sad

rod mckuen

donald hall

peter mcwilliams

and others

didn’t live forever

as a poet

ages

the question becomes

what’s the use

in writing  more poems

getting another book

published?

after all

no one will remember my

name after i’m gone

donald hall (poet)

mentioned that in a book

but i remember Donald

and ordered 2 poetry books tonight —

“without”

& “the painted bed”

both written about his

wife who died years ahead of him.

Don almost made it 90 years.

when we are young

we will never die

we all cross a line

as time passes

where we sonder

how soon we will die

and how should we spend

today and tomorrow

a reality check

not trying to be

crying the blues

it’s life

just life