https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:22:12 +0000 MyBB https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27378.html Sun, 17 May 2026 00:52:57 +0000 busker]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27378.html The Trees (From a line by Patrick Traveler)*

The trees conspire in secrecy
like senators waiting for Caesar.
There's Cassius, withered through winter,
there's Casca, sharpening a splinter,
that aloof, by-proxy malfeasor
is Cicero in leafy hypocrisy,

all waiting since they were cotyledons**
nestled within the seed
in patient hunger, like smilodons,
for Caesar to bleed.

Though no Caesar of trees will walk their way
because trees can't walk, they heard one say
that Birnam wood to Dunsinane did move,
and that is sufficient to prove
their tyrant might show up one day
and get what his actions behoove.***

*https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27305-post-280808.html#pid280808
** ok, the trees weren’t cotyledons, only their leaves. Ignore that for the sake of art
*** grammatically incorrect, but it rhymes ]]> The Trees (From a line by Patrick Traveler)*

The trees conspire in secrecy
like senators waiting for Caesar.
There's Cassius, withered through winter,
there's Casca, sharpening a splinter,
that aloof, by-proxy malfeasor
is Cicero in leafy hypocrisy,

all waiting since they were cotyledons**
nestled within the seed
in patient hunger, like smilodons,
for Caesar to bleed.

Though no Caesar of trees will walk their way
because trees can't walk, they heard one say
that Birnam wood to Dunsinane did move,
and that is sufficient to prove
their tyrant might show up one day
and get what his actions behoove.***

*https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27305-post-280808.html#pid280808
** ok, the trees weren’t cotyledons, only their leaves. Ignore that for the sake of art
*** grammatically incorrect, but it rhymes ]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27373.html Wed, 13 May 2026 17:39:26 +0000 Smiley]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27373.html I wish for a bright day and restful night
I wish you peace, no more fight
I wish you happiness all day long
I wish you a verse in the universes song
I wish for you to be blest
I wish for your soul to find some rest
I wish you success on every test
I wish for you, all the best]]> I wish for a bright day and restful night
I wish you peace, no more fight
I wish you happiness all day long
I wish you a verse in the universes song
I wish for you to be blest
I wish for your soul to find some rest
I wish you success on every test
I wish for you, all the best]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27359.html Fri, 08 May 2026 23:10:57 +0000 Smiley]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27359.html Its a good way to release
First, you tease
And after, you will be at ease]]> Its a good way to release
First, you tease
And after, you will be at ease]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27353.html Tue, 05 May 2026 18:46:58 +0000 busker]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27353.html The rebel 

There are times
when I want to bite you
like a dog. They think I’m mad
just because 
I want to bite you. Not just you though:
I’d like to bite most things.

I’ll answer someday for my crimes,
till then there’s kung fu
on a log or with the lads,
and thanks to laws
protecting free speech, however low,
I’ll smile and post things.

The right will call me smart.
The left will bitch and whine.
And some educated tart
call me a rabid canine.
Let them. I have art
and my father had a mine.]]> The rebel 

There are times
when I want to bite you
like a dog. They think I’m mad
just because 
I want to bite you. Not just you though:
I’d like to bite most things.

I’ll answer someday for my crimes,
till then there’s kung fu
on a log or with the lads,
and thanks to laws
protecting free speech, however low,
I’ll smile and post things.

The right will call me smart.
The left will bitch and whine.
And some educated tart
call me a rabid canine.
Let them. I have art
and my father had a mine.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27319.html Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:29:18 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27319.html Jester Blues

Successful people look down on me.

I look successful people eye to eye.]]> Jester Blues

Successful people look down on me.

I look successful people eye to eye.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27309.html Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:34:50 +0000 JohnS]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27309.html unruly grass beckons me to mow.
To bond with natures green expanse,
back and forwards,
row by row

I plod along and think of pleasant things,
the mower rumbles, on we go.
With each pass a new path appears,
back and forwards.

My neighbour waves, salutes my energy,
the emerald carpet grows and grows.
I’ve found a steady rhythm now.

At last, the winning line comes into view,
I have a fine mowed lawn to show.]]> unruly grass beckons me to mow.
To bond with natures green expanse,
back and forwards,
row by row

I plod along and think of pleasant things,
the mower rumbles, on we go.
With each pass a new path appears,
back and forwards.

My neighbour waves, salutes my energy,
the emerald carpet grows and grows.
I’ve found a steady rhythm now.

At last, the winning line comes into view,
I have a fine mowed lawn to show.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27295.html Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:18:22 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27295.html Pyrophilia Blues


"Hazel: I like it. I do! I'm - I'm just really concerned about dying in the fire.
Realtor: It's a big decision - how one prefers to die."



Feelings and emotions are fire

Thinking is gasoline

All simply burns until it's done.

*The I peeks out of the hedge*

I would learn to enjoy it 
If I didn't already]]> Pyrophilia Blues


"Hazel: I like it. I do! I'm - I'm just really concerned about dying in the fire.
Realtor: It's a big decision - how one prefers to die."



Feelings and emotions are fire

Thinking is gasoline

All simply burns until it's done.

*The I peeks out of the hedge*

I would learn to enjoy it 
If I didn't already]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27293.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:47:45 +0000 wasellajam]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27293.html
Without a cat's weight
poems fly away like house wrens
darting from the eaves,
glimpsed but never caught in hand;
man is just the conduit.]]>
Without a cat's weight
poems fly away like house wrens
darting from the eaves,
glimpsed but never caught in hand;
man is just the conduit.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27286.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:46:21 +0000 dukealien]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27286.html
If “support” that Microsoft gives its fair-haired
current flagship Windows Eleven is their
best, we who remain on Ten are most blessed to
be “unsupported.”]]>
If “support” that Microsoft gives its fair-haired
current flagship Windows Eleven is their
best, we who remain on Ten are most blessed to
be “unsupported.”]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27283.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:24:18 +0000 thewilderhen]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27283.html (wrist hip ankle knee)
      to come into work
        to walk in the woods
     with my dog
              leashed]]> (wrist hip ankle knee)
      to come into work
        to walk in the woods
     with my dog
              leashed]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27281.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:51:11 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27281.html Needless Wings


Sack over shoulder,
leaving the court
where this Function
makes sense,

I AM God
on the road;
between gods:
To not win
is my goal.

Unlike the Child
who allowed death
to whisper, 
as though heaven
speaks through heaven
alone:

I take, through going,
even as I go;
odd as I stay.

Even as I stay.

Get behind me,
Santa,
Hotei of the West.

India tells the Truth.
No need to go.
Do what you want.]]> Needless Wings


Sack over shoulder,
leaving the court
where this Function
makes sense,

I AM God
on the road;
between gods:
To not win
is my goal.

Unlike the Child
who allowed death
to whisper, 
as though heaven
speaks through heaven
alone:

I take, through going,
even as I go;
odd as I stay.

Even as I stay.

Get behind me,
Santa,
Hotei of the West.

India tells the Truth.
No need to go.
Do what you want.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27279.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:07:52 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27279.html Anima

Uncouth,
settled in my ways,
I lust her 
commonplaces
and grace
as she goes about her business.]]> Anima

Uncouth,
settled in my ways,
I lust her 
commonplaces
and grace
as she goes about her business.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27278.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:09:56 +0000 rowens]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27278.html ailurothesia


A cat is nestled like a duck on the lake of uncut grass,
when, from the road, a siren lights.

Sundrenched, reliant on haphazard scraps,
sound is not opposed to what is;

without distinction,
its soft life appears warm to the man.

While those with nonanthropoid heads
emerge from deeps, it's said human-headed beasts or birds
have bones to fish from thalassic yarns.

He shares sardines, listens as 
it watches and pounces through waves of arthropodan fauna.]]> ailurothesia


A cat is nestled like a duck on the lake of uncut grass,
when, from the road, a siren lights.

Sundrenched, reliant on haphazard scraps,
sound is not opposed to what is;

without distinction,
its soft life appears warm to the man.

While those with nonanthropoid heads
emerge from deeps, it's said human-headed beasts or birds
have bones to fish from thalassic yarns.

He shares sardines, listens as 
it watches and pounces through waves of arthropodan fauna.]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27265.html Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:12:36 +0000 Mark A Becker]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27265.html price of privilege

so much descends
upon

the shiny blue
Benz

taking two
spaces

parked under gray
pigeons]]> price of privilege

so much descends
upon

the shiny blue
Benz

taking two
spaces

parked under gray
pigeons]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27238.html Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:17:22 +0000 dukealien]]> https://www.pigpenpoetry.com/thread-27238.html

Are the phases of the moon
just the same from anywhere
one happens to look?

Calendars don’t bother
to differentiate: new, full,
first quarter pictograms.

It’s as if we all sat
on a carrousel sweeping
past the same show.]]>

Are the phases of the moon
just the same from anywhere
one happens to look?

Calendars don’t bother
to differentiate: new, full,
first quarter pictograms.

It’s as if we all sat
on a carrousel sweeping
past the same show.]]>