Tag Archives: Poetry

A Safe Space

Posted on December 9, 2025 by sputterpub

Perhaps nobody wants to hear me pana mediocre book, or to attendher criticizing. That’s in no one’s plan,but we’re together now, and we can lendeach other ears. Six days we get to spendsome quarter hours in our room, the car,or … Continue reading →

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Toward Home

Posted on December 8, 2025 by sputterpub

We’ll touch down after 50 minutes more,but it will take me time and steps apacebefore I cross the threshold of my doorto see in my own mirror’s glass my face.And though I’ll savor home’s beloved space,I’ll have to rise and … Continue reading →

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Incipience

Posted on December 7, 2025 by sputterpub

Five hundred words or twenty minutes spent,whichever limit is acquired first,is all I plan to ask. That’s an extentattainable, for even with no burstof brilliance, I’ll transfer the tales I meant,by posing prose in paragraphs unversed.In sixty days or so … Continue reading →

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A Moment

Posted on December 6, 2025 by sputterpub

I wondered what to pray about, last night,within a gathering of mostly oldas I, and meditating by the lightelectrically provided. In that foldof sanctuary, one was uncontrolledand inarticulate, abruptly loud.That clap of voice inspired me to holdall judgment down amid … Continue reading →

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Intention 2026

Posted on December 5, 2025 by sputterpub

I sputtered, cut, and muttered for a while,but learned before that went on for too longthat few would need protection from my style.Retreating then to concentrate on song,and modifying efforts with a smile,I came to realize less and less was … Continue reading →

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Rather Not

Posted on December 4, 2025 by sputterpub

I didn’t fly to quibble or complain –my goal is soft reception, open eyesand ears – but I don’t welcome the disdainthat some beloved faces exercise.My purpose here is not to analyze,and no one says a lesson that I cravefrom … Continue reading →

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Filtering Advocation

Posted on December 3, 2025 by sputterpub

She’s always known some personalitieswho seem to lack a filter from the brainto speech the mouth emits, who fail to freezetheir phrases as intentions entertaina purpose or direction. She’d uneasemost times they blurted, but she’ll now refrainfrom comment, catching self … Continue reading →

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The Big PR

Posted on December 2, 2025 by sputterpub

It doesn’t have to be conspiracy.Perhaps the matter’s closer to PR.We all like stories – romance, fantasy –a little more than bios as they are.Creation myths, apocalypse and more –the chauvinistic lore and hero quests,are what the people want; from … Continue reading →

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Shortfalls

Posted on December 1, 2025 by sputterpub

Attentive as I aim the camera lens,I cannot capture vision perfectly.And though I stretch for fitting words with pensor keys, I lack the broad capacityto cast in ink perceived realityas it deserves. And when I inward turnand plumb for careful … Continue reading →

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From Cottage Club

Posted on November 30, 2025 by sputterpub

The view on Saturday at 9 a.m.is what I only see when I’m awayfrom home each week and cottage-hosting them,now grown so big that they prefer to playon screen instead of holding cards. I sayI’ll read and neither sweetheart acts … Continue reading →

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