Category: Penman Lounge

  • At the Matinee

    At the matinee at one in the afternoon on a bright, open day means a number of things. The need to wrap- up in a blanket, a haven from the world we struggle in. The breeze spins lightly through the vast parking lot. The sun requires sunglasses to find your way to the glass doors,…

  • On Being

    To get up every day with a purpose is a joy. To go out in the world, see clearly, be where you are. A sage from long ago said: “when hungry I eat. When tired I sleep.” And, I write to see where it goes, to go where it leads. What is there to see?…

  • To Be Or Not To Be

    TO BE OR NOT TO BE Could it be me? Maybe you Why not we? Master’s of this poetry, As far as we both can see Maybe God will allow it to be, Suddenly-quite frequently. Life changes for the good Or even the bad Often it will make us moved-unmoved sad So fortunately-unfortunately It is…

  • Improvi-satori

    Growl in hunger lines where music pierces softly and where Icarian troubadours are their own sirens Drowning themselves in romantic ends strangely that stab and stare in the dark, in a dark age that somehow know where its soul must land The insanity of imagining it all! & all day the cells Bristle, mortality shrugs…

  • Liberty

    I am free from the curse of the law I hold the hand of God so even if I stumble I do not fall He has removed the noose of addiction And placed upon me a necklace of redemption Every day I awaken it’s a new life I live I am free from the curse…

  • Ouroboros Imaginos

    Happy birthday, Brutus, my friend of late Whose Queen of Muses stands high, awaits The happiest of happies hence, O Creator Down my lover’s rabbit-hole ’tis better; But crave or drive or worship or flee Drink down the summer wine’s warm pedigree, “The film noir queen steps down from the screen and waters my orchids…

  • Imagination

    Imagination My imagination is my hands that touch explore excite the planes depths of your body My imagination is my lips that kiss your eyes cheeks gently passionately probe taste your mouth My imagination is vivid Flowing Intense Desire for you builds the more thoughts of you come into my mind Fire takes over my…

  • My Constant Love

    My Constant Love You my constant love who never abandons me I love You I feel You in the warmth of the sun as it touches my face I feel You in the softness of the wind I hear Your voice in the music of birds singing and children laughing and the sounds of life…

  • DROWNING WITHOUT BEING IN WATER

    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TIME IS WASTED AND WE CAN’T GET BACK TO THE SURFACE OF OUR LIFE TO AT LEAST HAVE THE CHANCE TO BEGIN; AGAIN. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE’S NO ONE AROUND TO ASSIST US; ONE; TWO; THREE; AND WE’RE DOWN. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WERE TOLD NOT TO JUMP HEAD FIRST INTO THE…

  • My Dreams

    My Dreams I will not give up my dreams They are part of me and keep me going when everything is so difficult and I feel overwhelmed and exhausted My dreams are my life blood the reason to keep on living to keep on hoping to keep on working to make things better improve my…