pop's poetry

Year: 2020

  • isolate

    be Inventive
do Something
embrace Originality
try Laughing
resist Anger
forget Time
love Excessively

  • planting the three sisters

    In my barren garden
Hands in the dirt
I plant the Three Sisters
With hope as a gentle guide
The corn sister stands tall
Reaching the sky
Ready to be a support
She is a beacon of peace
The bean sister comes next
Climbing the stalks
Giving back to the soil
Living out her compassion
The squash sister is last
Covering the ground
Relieving summer heat
With her broad leaves of love
The three sisters grow
Rising in peace
Giving through compassion
Covering everything with love
A bounty in my garden
Three Sisters bring
Peace, Compassion, Love
May it be so in my life

  • solace of home

    There are a lot of words
Written today, lived out
In the confines en suite,
Where it seems we all
Are tired of isolating.
As a true introvert,
I write in wanton defense
Of the solace of home.
Why would any desire
Be outside of here?
And by here I mean
The center of everything
Most important to me.
The place the pebble drops,
Creating concentric rings.
I’ve stayed in the center
For quite a time now.
I haven’t wandered far,
But I have wondered widely.
What now finally awaits?
So through the front door,
Out to question the world,
I pass into each and every ring.
All who wonder are not lost
To the solace of home.