David Himmel 9/26/24 David Himmel 9/26/24

The Lonely Live Goose

Silently soaring through the sky
Like a bird of prey hunting solo for breakfast.
But you won’t dive.
You only attack on the ground.
Chasing runners and bikers and preschoolers on a nature walk.

David Himmel 9/19/24 David Himmel 9/19/24

Being Scared is the Dumbest Thing | 2nd Generation

That dark room is yours, and yours alone.
Its shadows are by your design.
The monster under your bed is just the fears you haven’t felt yet.
Don’t worry about them now.
They’ll find you soon enough.

David Himmel 8/20/24 David Himmel 8/20/24

While the Rest of You Slept

A prayer. Asking for the things I can no longer influence. Recognizing what I don’t and never will control.

David Himmel 7/31/24 David Himmel 7/31/24

Drunk & Jaundiced

He showed up drunk. The stumbling, the slurring, the hitting on the bartender in a perverted, nonsensical way aside He looked good. His hair had thinned. His belly had grown. But there was a New Wave Confidence appeal to him.

David Himmel 5/23/24 David Himmel 5/23/24

Building an Apartment

The apartment is coming together.

A hodgepodge of childish scribbles and posters.

Hand-me-down furniture with a teenager’s baby bite marks sunk in— A permanent reminder of aging youth.

David Himmel 10/4/23 David Himmel 10/4/23

Sad Good Guys Wear Black

Black on black on black with a touch of gray
To communicate you’re just not in the goddamn mood today.
To announce a state of mourning.
To send a silent warning.

David Himmel 9/8/23 David Himmel 9/8/23

Cicada’s Swan Song

It’s a deafening sound.
The screams of passion belted out
from the bugs with the giant eyes
and wingspan of a Prius.

David Himmel 1/26/22 David Himmel 1/26/22

Holding My Son as We’re Violently Burned to Death [REPOST]

But, son, I was not lying when I said I’d do anything to protect you.
Anything to keep you safe.
Sometimes that meant watching you put yourself in harm’s way.
Life is pointless without risk.
Sometimes it meant watching you get your heart broken
or hearing your bones break from the bleacher seats on the sidelines.
Harm and hurt, you see, are unfortunately, required of us.
The Universe demands it.
They are two of the many ways we learn and become stronger, better people.
Or so I always tried to be better
and I hope that I instilled that desire in you.

MT Cozzola 1/6/22 MT Cozzola 1/6/22

Our year

There were splinters in our hearts the size of floorboards.

We waited, shivering.

Guest User 4/11/21 Guest User 4/11/21

Flowers from the Faucet at Midnight - A Poem

I’m nobody and you’re the anybody you’ve always

wanted to be. As long as we’re warm silhouettes in this

picture we have a piece of everything all to ourselves.

Guest User 9/17/20 Guest User 9/17/20

Meet Me By The Sky | Poems

FUCK/MARRY/KILL-

For a total amount you talk

Unless violence swings on complete

Cock, we had better measure

Kiss with an element which exceeds

Morons deer games …

Contributing Writer 6/30/20 Contributing Writer 6/30/20

PARDON MY FRONTAL LOBOTOMY

Excuse me, do you know where the restroom is?

I must confess to you, I smell like a petri dish.

David Himmel 5/13/20 David Himmel 5/13/20

If I Die in Hospice

In the instance where my life does not end
Me out there sailing through a sudden squall or
failing to outrun the authorities after a good-natured display of public violence

If I happen to fall victim of illness or extreme age
And die under the care of hospice,
A few things must occur
Lest I haunt this overheated watery rock for eternity

Play the hits.

David Himmel 3/8/20 David Himmel 3/8/20

Sailors Grow Weary of the Wind

Therapists get tired of listening
Sailors grow weary of the wind
Parents are exhausted by their children
Losers become bored with trying to win.

David Himmel 2/17/20 David Himmel 2/17/20

The Sound of Clanging and Indoor Soccer Games

There’s far too much noise
and I can’t tell if it’s coming from the neighbors upstairs
or just the usual clanging in my head.
I don’t hear the clanging as often or as loudly as I used to.
I suppose that’s a good thing.

But right now, with the baby put down, the puppy mellow and asleep on the warm mountain of clean clothes on the couch, and the wife off visiting a friend, the familiar clanging is as loud as it once was.
And I feel like a bachelor.
That means now is the perfect time to clean.

David Himmel 2/2/20 David Himmel 2/2/20

Holding My Son as We’re Violently Burned to Death

But, son, I was not lying when I said I’d do anything to protect you.
Anything to keep you safe.
Sometimes that meant watching you put yourself in harm’s way.
Life is pointless without risk.
Sometimes it meant watching you get your heart broken
or hearing your bones break from the bleacher seats on the sidelines.
Harm and hurt, you see, are unfortunately, required of us.
The Universe demands it.
They are two of the many ways we learn and become stronger, better people.
Or so I always tried to be better
and I hope that I instilled that desire in you.

Chris Churchill 1/19/20 Chris Churchill 1/19/20

Chris Churchill Saves the World | Danglers All Fancy! Swolling With Juice!

When dusky and musky

Thresholdies do swain,

Two blombers all gwishy

To thromble their vein.

Sheri Reda 9/1/19 Sheri Reda 9/1/19

Taiga

There’s a reason why the flames lick higher and higher…

Erik Lewin 8/12/19 Erik Lewin 8/12/19

5 Short Poems

Guest User 7/28/19 Guest User 7/28/19

Poetry Test & Fluxus Jokes

Congratulations. This letter is your official notice that you have received an adequate amount of credits to graduate, having earned a degree in POETRY, from the Dana M. Jerman School for Obnoxionist Arts.