Category Archives: Personality

Sitting in a Puddle of Anxiety

Posted on January 15, 2022 by sputterpub

I’m sitting in a puddle of anxiety.I feel a little swamped with dark uneaseabout our present plague and future destiny –I dread regression, and the rising seas,and getting older, frailer, losing words and bloodand friends who move or die in … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Personality, Philosophy, Poetry | Tagged , | Leave a comment

How’d She Appear?

Posted on January 6, 2022 by sputterpub

How’d she appear, if gleaning were her goal?If chatter were to build an atmospherewhere anyone could ponder on a roll?How’d she appear? Her purpose is unusual but clear:she plants the seeds and then she cedes control,and hopes to later harvest … Continue reading →

Posted in Personality, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Your Vacation

Posted on December 30, 2021 by sputterpub

That now and then I bore myself is true.It doesn’t mean a lack of self-esteem,but just that I’ve grown stale in point of view –perspective skewed’s a muddy, raveled seem.Of late the one who’s tiresome is you;your unoriginality’s extreme.So though … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Personality, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Catty

Posted on December 29, 2021 by sputterpub

Her mother didn’t meet her loving need.She fed the baby and she clothed the child,but feelings were a theme she didn’t heed –her daughter’s pain was never reconciled.She wouldn’t host a longing or a pet.All practical, she shopped and cleaned … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Personality, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

The Contest

Posted on December 23, 2021 by sputterpub

Life’s not a competition (yes it is),but I can’t help comparing me to you,as if there were a semi-weekly quizthat I am motivated to get through,contesting for a chair more soft than his,a stronger mate than hers, a better view.When … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Personality, Poetry | Tagged , | Leave a comment

I Don’t Believe

Posted on December 22, 2021 by sputterpub

I don’t believe in magic or in luck.I don’t have playing cards up any sleeve.I’ve never been by fortune thunderstruck.I don’t believe. I play at solitaire. The games relievesome homely hours, till I find I’m stuckwith card arrays no genius … Continue reading →

Posted in Personality, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Me Day

Posted on December 20, 2021 by sputterpub

My grandson had a “Yes Day” not too longago, when he did what he wanted to.No matter his request, there was a strongand lovely likelihood it would come true.There wasn’t too much candy, and the slewof cartoons didn’t hurt his … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Personality, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Cowering

Posted on December 16, 2021 by sputterpub

I call them assholes when I’m in my placeand talking to myself, without controls,of those who snipe and won’t confront my face.I call them assholes. They suffer vacancies within their souls,and feel correction as profound disgrace(like blame and shame in … Continue reading →

Posted in Personality, Philosophy, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Marshmallows

Posted on December 15, 2021 by sputterpub

I know a forceful personality,who might have made a most impressive man,but culture deemed her shrill, and familywas sore the more she nonconformed to plan.They said she was a strident know-it-all,(who loved to learn and talked to get response).Her mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Personality, Philosophy, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment

Looking the Wrong Way

Posted on December 12, 2021 by sputterpub

He registers embarrassment becauseI grinned at him, although my smile hadno relevance to any of his flaws –of course I never meant to make him sad. Her feelings have been bruised. With hurt she’s full,and so she flails internally at … Continue reading →

Posted in Personality, Philosophy, Poetry | Tagged | Leave a comment