RKS Poetry Anthology: “Roasted Pigeon Droppings”

Roasted Pigeon Droppings Time declared they were great Forbes acclaimed them a delight Rolling Stone stated they were outta sight Playboy advised them as an aphrodisiac at night CNN advertisements promised a special 10% off deal Good Housekeeping gave them an approval seal National Geographic showed bare breasted natives scraping them off rocks Clearasil usedContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: “Roasted Pigeon Droppings””

RKS Poetry Anthology: The Unwitting Hitler within parents

The Unwitting Hitler within parents Two sisters some decades ago Mother and father purchase a gleaming red tricycle For the other The victim, the sister of the other, despite salty semi-professional whining, receives nothing As the government of favours places its tenders Contracting within the grey matter commandant to supervise the laying Of the barbedContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: The Unwitting Hitler within parents”

RKS Poetry Anthology: Frustration of a poet who in a narcissistic moment might join an advertising agency

Frustration of a poet who in a narcissistic moment might join an advertising agency Is the poet’s gross national product Limited to 87 poems And from that point on clever loquaciousness Which for all concerned Might better have remained as crumbled balls of paper Robert K. Stephen

RKS Poetry Anthology: Is it possible to go fishing after your funeral?

Is it possible to go fishing after your funeral? The gnawing worms Probably reached you by now Spelling the end Can you be but a pleasant memory Or are you there watching while I string you on my hook? Robert K. Stephen

RKS Poetry Anthology: Creeping October

Creeping October Guess who is in town Homecoming The big college game Goon jocks past and present Pilsner fog Purple painted faced engineers pursuing Colonel Kurtz? Initiation rites Into what? Last binge? And the roar after the big play Fat assed frat girls as a caramel sundae/Sunday’s For their boys And we all know theContinue reading “RKS Poetry Anthology: Creeping October”

RKS Poetry Anthology: Anxiety

ANXIETY That horrible feeling of terror Upon waking up Nothing wrong physically they say Based on MRI and trusty brain dye Cognitive therapy Medications Mindfulness CBD The coping tools But I am feeling what fools As I wake up yet again with that feeling of terror Robert K. Stephen

RKS Poetry Anthology: The Insurance Man and the Pervert

The Insurance Man and the Pervert He squats Contentedly roasting marshmallows While hamburgers scream inside As if the fats too hot While far way An ulcerated appraiser Nightmares on his next day’s work Robert K. Stephen