Blog Entries by d.knape (Jul 2021)

Who calls to me

in dark of night,

Who sounds Hoo Hoo

from such great height,

Who gives a Hoot

atop street light,

Hoot Owl is who

one cute delight.

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Saturday 31st July 2021 12:49 pm

CHAIR

I had a chair
that fit
it was my
favorite niche
but when it bucked
I flipped
no longer
attached to it.

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Thursday 29th July 2021 12:42 pm

LONE CLOUD

I am the cloud

that does not follow the others

I drift off alone

not afraid to be off by myself

other clouds bunch up

finding safety in numbers

they make cloud cover

I float alone

puff out my cloudy chest

blow off the others

I am the cloud that does not crowd up

perhaps you've seen me

adrift in the blue sky

I am that cloud that is always

up there by...

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Wednesday 28th July 2021 12:38 pm

It Went To Spam

Mail went to Spam

in-box was crammed

shocked and surprised

I know I am

accused, confused

don't understand

my mail's in jail

guilty of Spam.

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Tuesday 27th July 2021 1:08 pm

Burnt Toast

Of breakfast's past

one lesson learned,

that burnt-up toast

is better spurned,

Forgotten toast

takes an evil turn,

a blackened mouth means

you got burned!

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Monday 26th July 2021 1:01 pm

Doc Lincoln was
a sharecropper man
worked dawn to dusk
on poor black-land

hard row to hoe
cotton picked by hand
still he endured
a proud black man

shared work the rule
no difference when
mules pull the plow
all work as friends

both black and white
were equal men
when existence was
the common end.

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Saturday 24th July 2021 2:10 pm

End To A Means

A name like Means

is odd it seems,

it's said some streets

are also Mean,

There's ways and Means

toward achieving things

this poem simply

the end to a Means.

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Friday 23rd July 2021 1:02 pm

Morning, Noon or Night

Morning, noon

or night

Writing is

what I like

The act always

delights

Any time is

about write.

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Thursday 22nd July 2021 12:50 pm

A Place In The Woods

Go into the woods

take a back pack

take some water

take some raisins

then sit on a rock and

let the woods take away your worries

let troubles roll off your shoulders

let time slip away

become one

with the trees

with the stone

with the very earth

the woods heal

and rejuvenate

as the breeze blows

as clouds drift

as silence surrounds

as you beco...

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Wednesday 21st July 2021 12:54 pm

Calling Myself

When I get lonely

I call

myself

it's always good

to have

a sympathetic ear

one time

I hung up on myself

I hate abrasive callers

some days

I'm just not in the mood

to talk to a person like me.

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Tuesday 20th July 2021 12:58 pm

More Than Men

What of these

extraordinary trees

that grow so gracefully

Their beauty

lies in greenery

how it appeals to me

All of these trees

so comfort me

I stand in awe of them

And honestly

their company

satisfies me more than men.

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Monday 19th July 2021 12:53 pm

Former Farmers

Are there any farmers left?

no working farms anywhere.

To see a cow in a pasture now

is becoming very rare.

Most people find the life too harsh

of hard work kids are scared.

Most farmers fled the countryside

for air-conditioned air.

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Sunday 18th July 2021 12:43 pm

The Eye Of The Beholder

Sometimes rhymes

we think dead end

are praised on high

by poet friends

poems written off

sometimes surprise

when read by

someone else's eyes.

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Saturday 17th July 2021 12:27 pm

Blue Sky

In the morning

coming around a corner

a blue sky breaks

a sky so blue

it looked like an ocean

calm and deep and dark

with no waves

no clouds

a royal blue

so pure and peaceful

a bucket of blue

painting the sky.

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Friday 16th July 2021 11:19 am

Good Vs. Bad

Whenever I'm good

(which is seldom)

my wife gives me a treat

like the family dog

When I perform

to her commands

I get a reward

like Chocolate cake

So I try being good

but it takes a lot of effort

It's easier being bad

It's more natural and appealing

One day I will be good

however I don't look forward to

the cra...

Thursday 15th July 2021 12:39 pm

You Can't Go Home Again

You can't go home again they say

because it is not there

the home that you remember

disappeared into thin air,

What used to be no longer is

and all you left behind

is now nothing but a memory

gathering cobwebs in your mind.

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Wednesday 14th July 2021 12:55 pm

Junk Mail

Coming soon to your mail box

more junk mail

more than you will ever need

or read

flyers upon flyers and ads upon ads

for this that and the other

that's all the mailman delivers anymore

but we have no control

we are at their mercy

in this age of electronic communication

we still get Paper Mail

whether we want it or not

since the postman drives his little whi...

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Tuesday 13th July 2021 12:39 pm

Slow Rain

When you get

a nice slow rain

it makes patterns on

the window pane

and all your troubles

wash away

to the pitter patter

of slow rain.

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Monday 12th July 2021 12:06 pm

We Write

We write

because we are so drawn

we write although not planned

By circumstance and some

by chance

we write because we can

We write for ourselves

for others too

it becomes our legacy

We write because

we're driven to-

for immortality.

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Sunday 11th July 2021 11:55 am

Pecking Order

Two Buzzards by

the side of the road

meeting

at the carcass

Apparently

there is a waiting line

or so it appears

on the surface

The bigger Buzzard

rules the roost

the other paces

getting nervous

The stronger eats

while the other waits

the pecking order

serves its purpose.

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Saturday 10th July 2021 12:35 pm

Granpa's Special Recipe

Our grandpa

used to eat toast and coffee

mixed up in a bowl

he'd crumble up the toast

into the bowl and

then add coffee to make a meal

his own personal concoction

his breakfast if you will and

oh how he loved it

it nourished and sustained him

in his old age

it was his recipe for a long life

we only found out later

it worked for him because

he had bad ...

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Friday 9th July 2021 12:34 pm

Smart As A Rock

To dig a hole

is back-breaking work

by hand

by shovel

load after load

of dirt piles up

then solid rock is hit

a shelf of rock makes it too hard

to go any further

I try a crowbar

then a hammer

still no good

finally I come to terms

I surrender

to the monolithic rock

you win

I tell the rock

I will let you be

then I simply move over

and di...

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Thursday 8th July 2021 1:25 pm

Wife Breaks Silence

Wife reveals she is putting husband
into a Conservatorship

where someone else will manage him
and tend to his affairs

the spilling of food
the sloppy dress

the dazed look
the forgetfulness

the bad hearing
the constant repetition of questions

it finally got to be
too much for her

she decided
I was no longer in possession of my senses

it makes no sense to me
but app...

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Wednesday 7th July 2021 12:29 pm

Yard Work

There's something about it

that appeals

if you don't like TV

or drink

or do video games

or stare at a computer

I do yard work

to dirty my hands

and clear my head

there's something to be said

for good hard physical work

it makes you sweat

it brings out the best in you

it can even bring out a poem or two

as thoughts cross your mind

...

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Tuesday 6th July 2021 12:19 pm

In Graves They Lay

Oh how the bloodied bodies stack

side by side and back to back

boys who gave their youthful years

now returned to us in wakes of tears

talk is not easy

what do we dare say

from our embrace so abruptly

they were taken away

the ultimate sacrifice

so sorely paid

sons lost forever

in rows of graves they lay.

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Monday 5th July 2021 12:40 pm

LEGS

Her legs are inviting

oh my how they beckon,

until realized

they are much like a chicken's,

The higher one goes

the wider they thicken,

but oh my, what grand thighs

they make my heart quicken!

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Saturday 3rd July 2021 12:25 pm

Garden Of Creation

The trail is a door

an entrance to a cathedral

leaf canopies tower overhead

altars made of stone

the wind whispers hallelujah

avian choirs sing in exaltation

a trickling stream the holy fountain

in this sanctuary of nature

communion is common

joy expressed in gratitude

blessed are those who enter

this garden of creation.

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Friday 2nd July 2021 12:55 pm

UNMASKED

Now that we see

reality

masks served a purpose

perhaps

What we look like now

is scarier

than it was when

we were masked!