Dennis Pickering

"© 8/19/2001 Dennis L. Pickering What is a wife, I but think Only projects on the brink And are kept out of the stink Of garbage is what I think Your description may differ Except the word can infer ..."

"© 7/25/01 Dennis L. Pickering White sugar is claimed by some Desires that can’t be undone But these desires only run Just within the likely pun White sugar is from cut cane And adversely gets the br..."

"© 6/30/01 Dennis L. Pickering Save our housing, Section 8 Is our battle cry of late We must open up the gate That will satisfy our fate Of fair-priced housing for all No matter income great/small Co..."

"© 6/28/01 Dennis L. PickeringThe pewter vase has just a sceneAnother’s life so fresh and cleanTime is frozen immortallyUpon the vase so prettilyOr is it only our desire?To catch a memory afireWithin y..."

"© 3/14/01 Dennis L. Pickering Sweet champagne smiles within your brain Like magick on the window pane But vodka is a bit more coarse Upon that attitude of yours He smiles and smiles to get your doug..."

"© 6/20/01 Dennis L. Pickering Do any of us have good sence? Or do we sit upon the fence? To satisfy another’s pence Upon the journey from when whence We all abide within our own Consciousness we cla..."

"© 7/17/01 Dennis L. Pickering Un-sent letters are a way To get you out of the fray Into which you’ve gone astray Or have others lost their way? Their way is but lost from you Just try on another sho..."

"© 8/14/2001 Dennis L. Pickering Please stay out of trouble That was but my double Who was in the rubble Out of the nice bubble That he had wandered in That had dislodged his grin He held not on his ..."

"© 1/02/2000 Dennis L. Pickering We all have something weird Which we have to explain. If not but to ourselves Then to one outside us. Our weirdness is petty It rests on who keeps score. Weird means,..."

"© 5/29/01 Dennis L. Pickering Smiles are greetings at chance meetings Given to those across the street. Smiles are what we can give freely Rather than shout over some din. Smiles acknowledge distant..."

"© 7/10/01 Dennis L. PickeringYou can’t change any othersThough they hide under coversBut, if they had their druthersYou’d be like all the others.A boring world that would beWith all under the same tre..."

"Mothers © 2000 Dennis L. Pickering Mothers are a shining star On the bitter pill of life. Always know just what to say When queried by progeny. She works and works upon lives Attempting to make them..."

"© 2000 Dennis L. PickeringPassion is a worthy traitWhich we all possess some ofWe only have to use itTo accomplish our desiresIt is an elusive thingTo most on the journey ofThe wandering that’s called..."

"© 2000 Dennis L. Pickering Death is not real but often comes As a thief will in the nighttime. To claim victims to their demise And to upset all their kin-folk God only granted life to all Making ev..."

"© 9/3/2001 Dennis L. PickeringI’ve stuck myself in a morassWhich is my idea from the pastOf how good poems have been builtThat has filled me full of guiltPoems are only words construedFor other people..."

"© 7/02/01 Dennis L. Pickering The navigator is the one Who pulls together everyone On every project that’s begun The navigator makes it run Projects need a navigator To help bring in all the tators ..."

"© 9/11/2001 Dennis L Pickering What function is a hat built for? Just to keep bird-s**t from your door? That’s deposited on your head By one in-flight that you do dread Hats are no longer for fashio..."

"© 9/11/2001 Dennis L Pickering Praying to god is but a ruse To withhold people from a muse That they can get a hold upon And carry with them till the dawn Of a new day upon this Earth If it gets her..."

"© 9/25/2001 Dennis L Pickering Of what is a mask made? Or is it just a trade? Or an obscuration For the whole duration Masks are but attitudes Upon the latitudes Of all that you desire When you play..."

"© 2000 Dennis L. Pickering There is no such thing as try You either do or don't do. When are you going to learn? Only do what you will do. Trying is partly doing And to partly do's a sham. Do all pr..."

"© 10/6/2001 Dennis L. Pickering You must want to be the CauseOr, you will be the EffectOf another’s whimsicalIdea that you are pressedFrom pro-active paradigm Things on which you want to dineThat undo..."

"© 11/04/01 Dennis L. Pickering We just cannot be vicarious It’s something that can’t live within us If we are to ride in our own bus And be put within the mortal rush To accumulate what others thin..."

"© 11/13/2001 Dennis L. Pickering What construes a lonesome fox? It’s just something from the box? That you have but constructed To show your belief anew Or maybe a fox is just Something you’ve found..."

"© 9/9/2001 Dennis L Pickering Gossamers are delicate things They can be nearly transparent. Just for you to be beholding On this lifelong journey of yours The word can but describe your life Whether..."

"© 2001 Dennis L. Pickering Attitude is our goal in life We choose between what’s right or wrong We are sometimes wrong, sometimes right All depends on who is watching The things we do to recompense ..."

"© 7/31/2001 Dennis L. Pickering The day to leave is almost here We all will have a welcome cheer Though attitudes are sometimes sheer We get along upon the near. Day that we all share a dinner Makes..."

"© 7/04/01 Dennis L. Pickering To journal is to record Things in which your not accord Or is it a welcome chord You strum upon as the lord Or the keeper of your ward Wards are things we keep track of..."

"© 1/2/01 Dennis L. Pickering How do you get things done? The only way I know Is to just complete them When you admit you can. In order to admit this You must do simply one thing. That one thing is t..."

"© 3/14/01 Dennis L. Pickering Lima beans are not my forte They taste like paste upon my tongue I wish were still in Eng-A-Lund Where they belong to soil not US. Written March 14th, 2001 © on Nov 14 2..."

"© 11/22/2001 Dennis L. PickeringWinning is just the beginningOf your brief chances for grinningIt can be construed as sinningBy those not gaming in winningIt can be something you have doneWhen you are..."

"© 11/22/2001 Dennis L. Pickering Free verse composition is but for Those poets unwilling to implore Their language to enter in your door And help you to rise up from the floor Onto which you have go..."

"© 11/17/2001 Dennis L. Pickering Free verse writing’s a bunch of sh_t It’s only prose and takes little wit Some are nice stories but just can’t git Reverence of a true poets wit Since you think you’..."

"© 09/05/01 Dennis L. Pickering This one's 3 pages long, double columns so be prepared for length of time reading. I was just going to delete this but it seems like people want to comment on this mor..."

"© 12/3/2001 Dennis L. PickeringWhat is it that a Word-Smith do?He only works with words for youIt is alleged that he can raiseConstructions worthy of your praiseConstructions being but poemsThat you c..."

"© 12/5 & 6/2001 Dennis L. Pickering Sweet sixteen is about time For Hope to make all things rhyme. In your life Hope, don’t you see? What you can get in this spree. Sixteen is when you begin To acco..."

"© 12/08/2001 Dennis L. Pickering Wouldn’t it be really, really nice If all of life were full of sweet spice To which we all can pontificate And also can readily relate To compose in rhyme and metre’..."

"Read SWEET SPICE first © 12/10/2001 Dennis L. Pickering Where is this gate of which I speak? It is not placed upon your beak But it is something you can tweak And won’t make you feel at all bleak. ..."

"© 12/26/01 Dennis L. Pickering What in the world is a fool? Is it someone who does drool? Or someone who keeps the Yule Maybe someone who eats gruel Pose this question to yourself You’re sometimes a..."

"© 12/21/2001 Dennis L. Pickering For Kathy Christmas is a giving time For us to put things in time Or maybe to make things rhyme Encounter things so sublime Sublime things that we can get Usually do..."

"© 12/29/2001 Dennis L. Pickering This lighthouse is only you The light you shine must be blue You will dawn another shoe When you decide you can do! Keep the ship you ride on course From the rocks t..."

"© 12/29/2001 Dennis L. Pickering The fairy tale you wanted was A pleasure to compose because It left so much room to create A tale that is involved in fate The story that you get is this One you can..."

"© 12/13/2001 Dennis L. Pickering That moist chasm you control Soak his hard cock and you’ll roll Humping all the length of it And then you will say, “Oh shit” As you climax readily You climax most s..."

"© 12/23/2001 Dennis L. PickeringBjorg thinks also that rhyme restrictsMe (from) with musings I believe can fixBut, I conjecture that if lines rhymeReaders concede them more of their time.Which is all ..."

"© 1/02/02 Dennis L. Pickering Pegasus, a mystical beast That you cannot ride in the least. Unless you happen to know ’bout Those divine planes that are about. He looks like a horse but has wings. It..."

"© 1/04/02 Dennis L. Pickering Brazos, I wonder if you’re still Circumnavigating that pill? That you have entered into still. That “block” is an unwelcome shill. That must be let go on its way If Bra..."

"© 1/19/2002 Dennis L. Pickering 1.  Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confidant; a sanguine disposition, sanguine expectations Would it not it be pleasant to be? A sanguine monkey in the tree Of th..."

"© Tuesday, 1/22/02 Dennis L. Pickering Molly is a young lass who Toils ablely at K.-D.E.P.T. You said, “I’m from Wisconsin, Came here to become adept.” I know not if that is true Conversely, why wou..."

"© 01/21, 30/2002 Dennis L. Pickering Is there a thing called destiny? Or do we just float on a breeze? Maybe it’s a little of both And it matters not if we sneeze. Destiny’s rolled up all around Peo..."

"© 01\29\2002 Dennis L. Pickering Kathy, this is our farewell To the chiefly gracious Bell Of the ball we know so well All at SIX think you are swell. We’ll miss all activities You’ve planned with ..."

"© Friday, February 1, 2002 Dennis L. Pickering Nell, I wonder if you like Platitudes upon your bike That you can’t depend upon They’ll not get you to the dawn Platitudes just sound to me Like atte..."

"© 02/02/2002 Dennis L. Pickering 1:56 AM You just have “faith” we are told By the ones who want our gold If they’d only realize We have little for their prize. They take little from many Although it..."

"This was composed on-line in response to her "Wrong Right Love." © 02/02/2002 Dennis L. Pickering Nell, just remember that you're young And know also you have begun Your young life just is in t..."

"© 2/3, 14/2002 Dennis L. Pickering Life’s like a box of Chocolates You don’t know what you’re gonna get From this life that is often wet Can instigate you to beget Your existence within this realm Y..."

"©  02\16\2002 Dennis L. Pickering The unicorn, a mystical beast? Or is it one who has only ceased Occupying this world that we’ve greased With Anger and Hate not in the least! I had seen one once wh..."

"© 2/17/2002 Dennis Pickering Shanelle, this is what you just have to do To position yourself out of the goo This is what will make you feel most un-blue Shanelle do this everyday just for “YOU” Ever..."

"© 2/20/2002 Dennis L. Pickering What’s it mean for a poet to be black? Is it only a term for some to hack? Others lexis and stick them in the back With their knife of words they get from the rack. ..."

"Add a Challenge Submission:Good luck! (40 points) This challange required the use of descriptive terms "moonlight serenade", ect., and emotions sush as "unbridled passion", ect. I don't know that i..."

"© 2/22/02 Dennis L. Pickering We live in an abundant Ever Land It’s inside, let me take you by the hand And help escort you to where you can stand And settle in this self fulfilling land You just h..."

"© 2/24/2002 Dennis L. Pickering Is black the color of disenchantment? Connotations inside the encampment Into which harmful meanderings flee And fail to augment anyone’s knee. Black writing is a ..."

"© 11/14/2001 Dennis L. Pickering Are stars only in the sky? Are they only what’s on high? Do we sometimes say bye-bye Without letting out a cry? For the good that might have been Though it might cau..."