pop's poetry

Year: 2026

  • James Cooper

    James Cooper

    You couldn’t wait to join us
    We couldn’t wait to see you

    A few weeks early
    Yet perfect
    Bursting out
    into daddy’s arms
    A tiny gift
    Sweetest face and biggest hands

    You couldn’t wait to take a breath
    We couldn’t wait to finally breathe

    The ranch is so excited
    Goose Dog
    Mochi Cat
    Rooter Pig
    All the chickens
    Mostly idyllic and wonderfully messy

    You couldn’t wait to see the world
    We couldn’t wait to show you off

    Into a family of love
    Forever bonding
    All of us
    Who came before
    Mixed together
    Some sassy and many sweet

    You can’t wait to put on your boots
    We can’t wait to see you get them dirty

    A big, wide world to see
    Rocks to climb
    Horses to ride
    Fences to mend
    Life to explore
    Sometimes tough and often amazing

    You can’t wait for whatever comes
    We can’t wait to see your adventure

  • arbor day

    arbor day

    sometimes

    you just need to build something

    get out your

    saws

    hammers

    nails and screws

    and put a plan into action

    start and finish

    someday it will be covered

    in pink bougainvillea

    but today, it’s just an arbor

  • seeing in the dark

    I long to be just like one of them,
    those few amazing people
    who, when faced with the darkest night
    can still see a far-away light
    though impossibly
    dim


    I yearn to, like them, believe
    that though my eyes be weak
    I can somehow know there is a light
    even in the darkest moment
    and in that knowing
    see

  • MN

    MN

    We can’t keep on living
    Like something deep isn’t happening
    It’s time to open our eyes
    To the steep slope in front of us
    Pulled by lies toward an abyss
    By the ties to our misguided politics
    That blind us to the truth
    And bind us from action
    It only takes silence to comply
    And ignore the violence so obvious
    How can we make a difference here
    And refuse the insolence I see
    From an idiot wanna be king
    And his court jesters of gonna be killers
    Time for Minnesota to stand up
    Denying the quota of dead bodies
    To the jack boot criminals
    With hack and shoot ambitions
    The guard, police and citizens unite
    To chase the denizens of hell called ICE
    Out of their beautiful state
    Through dutiful embrace
    Of state’s rights that carry weight
    Before they bury one more mother or nurse
    We stand shoulder to shoulder with you Minnesota
    And support the bolder and bolder action you take

  • recognition

    Waking to a new year
    I recognize my breath
    And feel gratitude
    To live

    Waking to a new year
    I recognize my family
    And feel loved
    By each one

    Waking to a new year
    I recognize my friends
    And feel peace
    In the fellowship

    Waking to a new year
    I recognize my work
    And feel engaged
    To spread goodness

    Waking to a new year
    I recognize my world
    And feel responsible
    To give back

    Waking to a new year
    I recognize my path
    And feel alive
    To walk it