Jim Lamb’s Poem Sampler
Here are some of my older poems.
“And so It Begins . . .”
https://theprose.com/post/89916/and-so-it-begins
“Armageddon & Other Recipes”
https://theprose.com/post/127808/armageddon-other-recipes
“Arrogance!”
https://theprose.com/post/36643/arrogance
“As Summer Rains Say Goodbye”
https://theprose.com/post/96780/as-summer-rain-says-goodbye
“Back Street & Boot Straps”
https://theprose.com/post/322358/back-streets-boot-straps
“Blankets, Bowls & Life”
https://theprose.com/post/54360/the-anthropologist-s-lament
“Blue Jean Serenade”
https://theprose.com/post/309741/blue-jean-serenade
“Breaking the Fast”
https://theprose.com/post/278309/breaking-the-fast
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km1HA5xmpko
“Bristles & Broad Strokes”
https://theprose.com/post/307968/bristles-broad-strokes
“Broken Boats”
https://theprose.com/post/60980/shades-of-sad-woe
“Brothers, Blood, Bulls & Corn”
https://theprose.com/post/69286/brothers-blood-bulls-corn
“Butterin’ up Brené”
https://theprose.com/post/158930/butterin-up-brene
“Caught in a Circle of Muses”
https://theprose.com/post/42032/caught-in-a-circle-of-muses
“Changing Eyes”
https://theprose.com/post/63194/changing-eyes
“Chickens in Chinatown”
https://theprose.com/post/86033/chickens-in-chinatown
“Chocolate Chips & Coke Cans”
https://theprose.com/post/163335/chocolate-chips-coke-cans
“Christmas Poem”
https://theprose.com/post/316361/a-christmas-poem
“Collages Are Poems”
https://theprose.com/post/278153/collages-are-poems
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUlOnGWevlA&t=7s
“Color Me Blues”
https://theprose.com/post/322787/color-me-blues
“Crowns & Scepters — Dung & Dust”
https://theprose.com/post/126467/crowns-scepters-dung-dust
“Dad’s a Cat”
https://theprose.com/post/91204/with-apologies-to-kafka-cockroaches
“Dark Fruit”
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdwv7x4iLMY
“Day at the Park”
https://theprose.com/post/277755/a-day-at-the-park
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W43WuE5BfyM
“Dead Man Laughin’ ”
https://theprose.com/post/278139/dead-man-laughin
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gpSkSfX9Co&feature=youtu.be
“Diamonds & Roses”
https://theprose.com/post/159726/diamonds-roses
“Dipping Into the River of Time”
https://theprose.com/post/164667/dipping-into-the-river-of-time
“Dipping Into the Stream of Lost Memories”
https://theprose.com/post/260561/dipping-into-the-stream-of-lost-memories
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqJ97NAnT2Q
“Distant Love”
https://theprose.com/post/277571/distant-love
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilaHkIr_raE
“Don’t Know Why There’s No Cat Up in the Sky”
https://theprose.com/post/84581/if-you-want-to-write-keep-cats-a-huxley
“Don’t Tell Mama”
https://theprose.com/post/84148/she-don-t-llow-no-guitar-pickin-round-here
“Draggin’ Dreams”
https://theprose.com/post/95337/past-the-future-impefect
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33NnHzZ-TqU&t=1s
“Drawing Attention”
https://theprose.com/post/62225/drawing-attention
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QakxpYP_HM&t=8s
“Dusk & Dawn”
https://theprose.com/post/257752/dusk-dawn
“Eat, Drink – Sleep, Die”
https://theprose.com/post/161161/eat-drink-sleep-die
Escalpelo de la Esperilla
https://theprose.com/post/98687/escalpelo-de-la-esperilla
“Everybody’s Got a Story”
https://theprose.com/post/43518/everybody-s-got-a-story
“Fated Fools & Stolen Jewels”
https://theprose.com/post/185561/fated-fools-stolen-jewels
“Fields of Love”
https://theprose.com/post/297013/fields-of-love
“Flowers, Birds, Knobs & Dreams”
https://theprose.com/post/118811/flowers-birds-knobs-dreams
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH5GDSLjhjE&feature=youtu.be
“Four Women”
https://theprose.com/post/307261/4-women
“Frog Legs in Nashville”
https://theprose.com/post/128595/frog-legs-in-nashville
“Gobs of Jibber-Wobby”
https://theprose.com/post/38771/gobs-of-jibber-wobby-other-party-favors
“Goodbye Jack”
https://theprose.com/post/326677/goodbye-jack
“Good Night, Little Pond”
https://theprose.com/post/103018/good-night-little-pond
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgNmD-vpU4M&feature=youtu.be
“Grandma Cassanese”
https://theprose.com/post/85695/grandma-cassanese
“Herding Butterflies”
https://theprose.com/post/178148/herding-butterflies
“How to Track Poetry From Space”
https://theprose.com/post/91129/how-to-track-poetry-from-space
“If Wallets Could Talk”
https://theprose.com/post/91905/if-these-wallets-could-talk
“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”
https://theprose.com/post/178805/it-s-all-coming-back-to-me-now
“It’s Spring Again”
https://theprose.com/post/275542/it-s-spring-again
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PEOOCkcLIQ
“Jammin’ in the Time-Space Continuum”
https://theprose.com/post/157570/jammin-in-the-space-time-continuum
“Juno’s Last Glass”
https://theprose.com/post/68252/juno-s-last-glass
“Kaleidoscope Dreams”
https://theprose.com/post/266365/kaleidoscope-dreams
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwnv__ySGFI&feature=youtu.be
“Karma & Vine ”
https://theprose.com/post/84664/everything-that-s-happened-is-already-past
L’Absinthe c’est la mort
https://theprose.com/post/303474/l-absinthe-c-est-la-mort
“Lamb’s Last Lament”
https://theprose.com/post/268321/lamb-s-last-lament
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6QiE8Jyiuk
“Last Call”
https://theprose.com/post/57159/last-call
“Lizards in my Shower”
https://theprose.com/post/166159/lizards-in-my-shower
“Lock Up All the Poets, First”
https://theprose.com/post/107789/lock-up-all-the-poets-first
“Love in-a Cup”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYxNq7iBT1U
Mangia! Mangia!
https://theprose.com/post/39477/mangia-mangia
“Midnight – More or Less”
https://theprose.com/post/281761/midnight-more-or-less
“Milk, Corn, Apples, Eggs”
https://theprose.com/post/67342/milk-corn-apples-eggs
Mise-en-scène
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AusC6tabUM
“Muffins & Moonshine”
https://theprose.com/post/107732/muffins-moonshine
“Never Trust a Superhero Waitin’ for a Bus”
https://theprose.com/post/43176/never-trust-a-superhero-waitin-for-a-bus
“Not Dead Yet”
https://theprose.com/post/276623/not-dead-yet
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQb6NoeHXR8&feature=youtu.be
“Nuances & Old Uncles”
https://theprose.com/post/322365/nuances-old-uncles
“Olallieberry Pie”
https://theprose.com/post/184317/olallieberry-pie
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8dpRixgp8U&feature=youtu.be
“Old Florida”
https://theprose.com/post/266519/old-florida
“On the Porch”
https://theprose.com/post/271062/on-the-porch
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAH7OPhSh8Q&t=3s
“Open Minds — Closed Doors”
https://theprose.com/post/310246/open-minds-closed-doors
“Pair o’ Dice Lost”
https://theprose.com/post/102684/pair-o-dice-lost
“Paradise Alley”
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-c4T1q5A2w
“Petrichor’s Promise”
https://theprose.com/post/85458/petrichor-s-promise
“Picking Pebbles”
https://theprose.com/post/87331/an-epic-unfolded
“Picture Perfect”
https://theprose.com/post/307915/picture-perfect
“Pity the Poor Pangolin”
https://theprose.com/post/100776/pity-the-poor-pangolin
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbAY8b_-h6I&feature=youtu.be
“Probing Guillaume’s Art & Letters”
https://theprose.com/post/108672/probing-guillaume-s-art-letters
“Premeditated Expressions of Love & Like”
https://theprose.com/post/274218/premeditated-expressions-of-like-love
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTE54T9N1Bk&t=5s
“Proper Propaganda”
https://theprose.com/post/148174/proper-propaganda-other-bogus-tales
“Prose in the Moment”
https://theprose.com/post/44178/prose-in-the-moment-poetry-in-memory
“Pumpkins in Paradise”
https://theprose.com/post/304949/pumpkins-in-paradise
“Rachel’s Harvest”
https://theprose.com/post/321610/rachel-s-harvest
“Ready, Aim ... Stop!”
https://theprose.com/post/315973/ready-aim-stop
“Remembering Old Joe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsELQHY6RNA&feature=youtu.be
“Romeo’s Revenge”
https://theprose.com/post/87045/love-s-last-cup
“Salad Days”
https://theprose.com/post/305425/salad-daze
“Saturday Night Dreams”
https://theprose.com/post/307992/saturday-night-dreams
“Scones, Clotted Cream & Curds”
https://theprose.com/post/276516/scones-clotted-cream-curds
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLsCpJvG5Y
“Seasons Bring”
https://theprose.com/post/61976/seasons-bring
“Seasons & Seasoning”
https://theprose.com/post/322761/seasons-seasoning
“Ship of Tears”
https://theprose.com/post/67419/ship-of-tears
“Sharing the Bounty”
https://theprose.com/post/88194/sharing-the-bounty
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPEBUEv9z8&feature=youtu.be
“Shark-Teeth Stew”
https://theprose.com/post/86948/the-poet-s-pen
“Silly Boys”
https://theprose.com/post/182019/silly-boys
“Sri Lanka”
https://theprose.com/post/269683/sri-lanka
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFR8ECnVw4&feature=youtu.be
“Stories Untold”
https://theprose.com/post/84518/stirring-the-spirit-of-stories-untold
“The Anvil’s Revenge”
https://theprose.com/post/46582/the-anvil-s-revenge
“The Bee Attitudes”
https://theprose.com/post/269407/bee-attitudes
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpX8HC67uCU
“The Insecure Poem”
https://theprose.com/post/306128/the-insecure-poem
“The Mortality of Everything”
https://theprose.com/post/161403/the-mortality-of-everything
“The Spider & the Cup”
https://theprose.com/post/274886/the-spider-the-cup
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqRqztwMMWw
“The Voice That Speaks Inside”
https://theprose.com/post/158898/the-voice-that-speaks-inside
“Time-Flies”
https://theprose.com/post/63753/time-flies
“Time-Space Stew”
https://theprose.com/post/180551/time-space-stew
“Time Talks”
https://theprose.com/post/322970/time-talks
“To Build Again”
https://theprose.com/post/278890/to-build-again
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk2yrdNxEC8&feature=youtu.be
“Type-Cast”
https://theprose.com/post/65306/type-cast
“Unicorns & Other Legendary Soups”
https://theprose.com/post/103490/if-you-see-them-run-a-way
“Unraveling Society’s Swatch”
https://theprose.com/post/89574/unraveling-society-s-swatch
/ˈwän-tän/
https://theprose.com/post/145881/wan-tan
“Weaving Worlds From Words”
https://theprose.com/post/66207/weaving-worlds-from-words
“When Sadness Falls”
https://theprose.com/post/154222/when-sadness-falls
“Where the Sun Don’t Shine”
https://theprose.com/post/124910/where-the-sun-don-t-shine
“Whiskers, Black & Grey”
https://theprose.com/post/93391/whiskers-black-grey
“Wikipedia”
https://theprose.com/post/40878/lyrics-to-my-wiki-song
“Windy Boys With Wicked Eyes”
https://theprose.com/post/86012/windy-boys-with-wicked-eyes
“Writing’s Dark Secret”
https://theprose.com/post/103243/lather-rinse-repeat
“Yesterday’s Footprints”
https://theprose.com/post/61086/yesterday-s-footprints
“You + You”
https://theprose.com/post/286881/you-you
If You Don’t Like Poetry
If you don't like poetry,
then you probably don't like song lyrics.
If you don't like song lyrics,
then you probably don't like music.
If you don't like music,
then you probably don't like dancing.
If you don't like dancing,
then you probably don't like ballet.
If you don't like ballet,
then you probably don't like opera.
I don't like opera.
So, we've got an enemy that we share.
If you don't like poetry, I don't care.
Me thinks.
The universal question. Who am I? What am I may be more appropriate. A speck on a speck on a speck on a speck - of land, planet, universe, infinity. I breathe, I eat, I sleep, I love, I play, I blink, I cry, I laugh, I wonder. I wonder.
Where will "I" end up? Not next week, not next year. Forget time. It's relative and non-existent, concomitantly. My body will fail, my energy will evolve. Into what? Into where? With anyone? Will I even be aware? Will I have conscious thoughts as similar as I perceive I have now?
The great beyond - or darkness - leaves us all wondering yet will welcome us all. Some days I'm curious. Others I'm scared. Others I'm acceptingly calm.
I'm a thinker.