Category Archives: Writing

Willing to Winnow

Posted on April 25, 2025 by sputterpub

The future will of course proceed to shrink,by natural operation and my aim.Of late I look to next year, and I thinkI’ll still be occupied. I’ll change my game;I’ll turn away from office work, unlinkmy Wednesday visits. Not the samewill … Continue reading →

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Tepid

Posted on March 3, 2025 by sputterpub

I cannot give the play a good report,although I hear much media approved.The stagecraft was impressive – just the sortI like to see, but I was barely movedby storyline that didn’t sense-distort,but offered nothing novel that behooved.The lunch and talk … Continue reading →

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Side B

Posted on February 17, 2025 by sputterpub

The flip side of anxiety appearsto be imagination. What so leapsto fret, before a threat or peril nears,can be engaged to spin an anecdote,a narrative produced in hemispheresthat generate unchecked uneasiness.A harness might be woven that adheres,and overwrites the nervousness … Continue reading →

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Past Perspective

Posted on February 8, 2025 by sputterpub

A benefit to writing every dayis lacking topics of significance.At times I pen a journal-type. I saysmall news on health or give intelligenceof what I feel about some light displayencountered – items lacking heavy sense.Reviewing such, perspective’s given me –I … Continue reading →

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Post-Awareness

Posted on January 28, 2025 by sputterpub

I planned and penned this poem a week ago,intending it would post on my return.I packed to travel, but I couldn’t knowwhat oddities would quirk or when I’d learn.I’d hug familiar bodies, voice concernand love as well, but other moods … Continue reading →

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Gentle

Posted on December 11, 2024 by sputterpub

I chose the practice titled “Slow Your Roll.”It begged just 16 minutes from my clock,and slowly then I reassumed controlof seconds, as I stretched in taking stockof ligament and tendon, palm and sole,my skeleton relearning to unlock.That carpet time promoted … Continue reading →

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All Sweets Day

Posted on November 4, 2024 by sputterpub

At loose ends on a Friday close to 6,without a task ahead and feeling well,I have the yen to pen again, affixa nib to paper, let the blue ink flow.Without a pressing subject (nothing sticksin mind or begs to make … Continue reading →

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Deciding

Posted on September 23, 2024 by sputterpub

When Covid started and we stayed inside,I aimed to post a stanza every day.To meet that goal I sought verse forms, and trieda multitude of rhyme and meter schemes.The effort reimbursed me with a widecollection – inventory I can work.For … Continue reading →

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Streakage

Posted on September 21, 2024 by sputterpub

A streak that’s an encouragement at first,infusing effort when the spirits flag,can ultimately morph into the worstpropulsion forcing sorry work: a dragthat’s holding back, compulsion weirdly nursedto shrink, reversing growth from stretch to sag.I contemplate two weeks away, and thinkit … Continue reading →

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Return to Service

Posted on September 4, 2024 by sputterpub

The book was thick. I had to flick through inches till I foundwhat I recall as best of all. Pronouncing every sound,I read again the lines from when I felt my interest heat(and ever since, my fingerprints tattoo to meter’s … Continue reading →

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