Category Archives: Writing

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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View from a Bus Stop

Posted on August 23, 2024 by sputterpub

Too bad the bus is 16 minutes out,but walking doesn’t seem advised to do –this pain at base of spine is not a shout,but whispers so persistently I’m throughwith further ambulation. And it’s truethis bench is nice and so’s the … Continue reading →

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Some Loveliness

Posted on July 28, 2024 by sputterpub

A little stale becomes my poetryif I too often write that senses pale,and how fatigue retards my energy:a little stale. It isn’t news that sinews start to failthis many years beyond maturity.There’s rarely fuel or wisdom mined from “ail.” On … Continue reading →

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Admission of Arrogance

Posted on July 3, 2024 by sputterpub

Although I sort this work, I haven’t yetproduced selected stanzas on a theme,a chapbook or a comprehensive set.But I could issue volumes on the streamof my friend’s arrogance. To not forgeta moment when she saw herself, extremeand cocky, and confessed … Continue reading →

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