Category: Poems

I wrote this poem as a joke. A friend teases me about this experience I had back in 2000 or 2001. I believe I encountered an angel. He thinks I’m silly. We laugh and joke about it often. The worn path of the concrete walkAccommodated our casual talk As we passed a stranger in the… Read more

Of all the places we turn our faceThe echo chamber is my favorite space Filled with voices that are just like meAll my thoughts can be radically free Never challenged corrected, rebuked, or scornedI’m always applauded, approved, and adorned Unknown authors I certainly will not readAnd nothing distasteful should show on my feed My favorite… Read more

He gathers gifts with great eagerness,Imagining the smiles of each recipient.Eager to unveil his collected finds,To witness joy bloom on delighted faces.Years spent collecting, crafting with care,Preparing for moments these gifts to be shared.Yet, year upon year, Boxing Day delayed,Leaving him to wonder why his presents are unseen.In perplexed dismay he wonders with doubt Read more

After seeing photos from the Met Gala I decided to write a poem about it. I’ve been experimenting with ChatGPT more lately so I decided to get it’s help on some parts of the poem. Here is there result. Upon the crimson carpets, so high, they stand,In magic spun from Photoshop’s deft hand.With smiles shaped… Read more

“He eats with sinners!” they declare with scorn,“A friend to the lost, the outcast, the worn.”They see disgrace in his link with that lot,I see a man doing all that he ought.So with a proud heart, I turn and I seeThat Jesus is at the table with me. Read more