Love of Micropoetry..

So I have been struggling to put down words.. or rather to post anything I have written and then my friend Brett Fish Anderson inspired me to share some of my poems..not sure if all of them are micro enough but thought I would share nevertheless..

Death of a Viking’s son.

Odin said by law

All dead men should be burned,

Their belongings laid with them upon the pile,

Their ashes cast into the sea or buried in the earth.

The father weeps, for he knows that for all men of consequence a mound should be raised.

But his heart is weak, his hands too frail

To make a mound or standing stone.

Sanctimonious

Looking out the window

pious hands clasped together, I say out loud

“I didn’t ask for this” as a

Tiny tear falls onto my bony frame

That I quickly threw together in case company arrived.

Mother

You killed with kindness.

If only kindness had killed you.

One love.

I cannot end a fight without having the last word.

See.

Matriarch

You are the one.

The one who always knew

About self- preservation.

It cannot be taught. It can only be lived.

You. Irreverent, have coined a phrase.

Walk the walk. Walk and walk and work and do and work and do

Dodo doo doo doo do do

And your beat lives on.

Fossil

A lost tooth

A flurry of excitement

Early to bed.

An exchange, a lie, a night burglary,

An acknowledgement

For the little boy who was

And the man he will later become

And a little box filled with little human fossils.

(For the Tooth mouse to keep).

R.I.P

“Music has officially died”

Blasted Sinead

Over that “c” word without wrinkles

On the cover of Rolling stone.

Rolling stone murdered music.

Sorry Bob.

Tuxedo

Not everything is black and white

Except for piano keys

And penguins…

Penguins are cool.

Forever young

When I was young

I lay on freshly cut grass, saw pictures in clouds and picked dandelions

I believed blowing eyelashes made wishes.

I made so many wishes, sand got in my eyes

So I wished for more eyelashes.

Thanks for inspiring me Brett.. I think you may have started something…you can follow Brett and read his stuff too

https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/micropoem-knowing-her/

or visit this cool site http://allpoetry.com/poems/about/Micropoetry