Dusk on autumn brown -
where does this sadness come from?
Freed leaves, dancing home.

haiku by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

On the break-up of two e-poets

There is no comment
submitted by members..

Better new kindling
than raking the embers

poem by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

No then, no soon, no here, no there
in this fountain
merrily splashing, enjoying itself

haiku by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Politically Incorrect Poem 2

Tell you what

I'll pray five times a day
if you love your neighbour as yourself

deal?

poem by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

0430 Why War?

when peace is forever,
why war?
It doesn't last
like peace.

(for Jerry Hughes, poet)

poem by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

0160 Happy Poem for Danny

'Everything that lives
is full of the Lord'

observed Eeyore,
his mouth full

of thistles

poem by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

Senility - now, where did I leave that? ...

I wouldn't want to lend
anyone my memory, these days -

they might forget
to give it back.

poem by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

0263 Voyeur

Had you known
that an old man was watching
would you have been
more grateful
for your youth?

poem by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

0271 Texting Poetry (Hamlet's Soliloquy)

2B /, not

? ? ?

take shit / effoff

YEAH! ! !

zzzzz

zzz nn?

? ! ? ! ? !

- - - - -

poem by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!

0015 On the Mental Freedom of Old Age

What I always say is
when you get older
you can't always remember what
what you always say is

poem by Michael Shepherd
Added by Poetry Lover
Comment! | Vote! | Copy!