Thoughts are better left un-pursued
when I find tears and beer and wine
mixed in with sad, sad drops of whine
for bad poetry will ensue.

Lynne

Words that still leave you confused do
not read as well on white paper
as they sound to the word shaper
and are better left un-pursued.

Lynne

Once you read their tries and refused
to find suitable words of praise
for the endless days in their maze
of words that still leave you confused.

Lynne

No one will likely sympathize
with your starving need to create
since their own problems don’t relate
and you refused to read their tries.

Lynne

While leading to sad hungry sighs
writing can make you beg and plead
take out your soul and watch you bleed
but no one else will sympathize.

Lynne

Often leading to more surprise
a day spent looking at the trees
is time spent that truly agrees
leaving you poor, healthy and wise.

Lynne

I’d rather see through the disguise
of camouflage among the leaves
and learn that what I do perceive
can often lead to more surprise.

Lynne

Leaves screen birds’ nests from prying eyes
baffling raiders, next door neighbors
and eager list-yearning birders
who’d rather see through the disguise.

Lynne