Taste Nirvana
Says my can of Thai Tea
Offering up its rich, complex flavor
But, isn't such a great taste,
Stirring up desires,
The furthest thing from nirvana?
Shouldn't nirvana taste like
A glass of distilled water?
– SR Romney 2026
Taste Nirvana (National Poetry Writing Month 2026 #5) Leave a comment
Life Tips (National Poetry Writing Month 2026 #4) Leave a comment
We have no way of knowing
How many peaks our life will reach
We can look forward to our glory
Or fret about the downhills
I just try to sit back
And enjoy the ride
– SR Romney 2026
Voracity (National Poetry Writing Month 2026 #3) Leave a comment
A hunger never sated
And ever seeking succor
Devours all that passes
Across its sweeping gaze
It matters not the craving
The kind of vice or virtue
It just eats and eats and eats
Until there's nothing more
An appetite is healthy
The source of growth and progress
But try to keep it tempered
Lest it devours you
– SR Romney 2026
Sketching (National Poetry Writing Month 2026 #2) Leave a comment
I capture the ethereal
In just a few sketched lines
Make my imagination real
On the page's confines
The final work is not ideal
Still, this creation shines
'Cause I caught the ethereal
With just a few sketched lines.
– SR Romney 2026
Broken Crown (National Poetry Writing Month 2026 #1) Leave a comment
Alas, the crown cracked
Scattering pieces around
Exposing weakness
As its reign comes to a close
I have to call the dentist
– SR Romney 2026
Kiss Me Like A Leaf (SL Speaks ver.) Leave a comment
Kiss me like a leaf
Being blessed by morning dew.
Hold me in your gravity
As Jupiter holds its moons.
Crave me, need me, want me,
As a hammer wants for nails.
Hunt me with your passion,
Like a dog chasing its tail.
Sculpt me with caresses;
Be an artist to my clay.
Explore my every facet
Like a guide who knows the way.
Help me pierce the silence
Like a shrill and high pitched scream.
Let me dance inside your head
Like a fondly cherished dream.
Kiss me like a leaf
Being blessed by morning dew.
Oh please, darling, love me
As much as I love you.
– SR Romney 2025
P.S: Salt Lake Speaks was a poetry event I participated in in September 2025. I am posting the poems I read as I may have made minor changes and corrections to the original poem. Original here.
Memory/Inside My Mind (Salt Lake Speaks ver.) Leave a comment
As my memory stills
Lost inside a dream
Moving as fate wills
Down the living stream
As I'm laid to rest
As I fade from view
As life leaves my chest
I will dream of you.
Inside my mind
I find you here
Our ties that bind
Will bring us near
No need to stay
You can be free
Just one more day
Here next to me.
As my memory stills inside my mind.
Lost inside a dream, I find you here.
Moving as fate wills, our ties that bind
Down the living stream, will bring us near.
As I'm laid to rest, no need to stay.
As I fade from view, you can be free.
As life leaves my chest, just one more day
I will dream of you, here next to me.
– SR Romney 2025
P.S: Salt Lake Speaks was a poetry event I participated in in September 2025. I am posting the poems I read as I may have made minor changes and corrections to the original poem. Original here.
Sea Of Diamonds (Salt Lake Speaks ver.) Leave a comment
I woke to a sea of diamonds
On a dark velvet veil
Their beauty was a sight to behold
Because each glistening diamond
Is a story of passion
A tale just begging to be told
I woke to a sea of diamonds
On a dark velvet veil
Their brilliance was unabating
Because each glistening diamond
Is a beckoning siren
And each song truly captivating
I woke to a sea of diamonds
On a dark velvet veil
Each shimmer, a memory I'll keep
Because each glistening diamond
Is a warm woolen blanket
As I finally drift back to sleep
– SR Romney 2025
P.S: Salt Lake Speaks was a poetry event I participated in in September 2025. I am posting the poems I read as I may have made minor changes and corrections to the original poem. Original here.
Beauty (Salt Lake Speaks 2025 ver.) Leave a comment
My thoughts are enveloped in a sea of beauty.
My eyes fall upon your visage: a true beauty.
As winds inevitably wear away the stone,
Time wears away at life's ethereal beauty.
As a photograph snapshots a moment in time,
My memory encapsulates all your beauty.
At the end, in the final gasp of the dying
We find a melancholic moment of beauty.
In this tempestuous screaming match with my love
I'm burned by a blistering, passionate beauty.
As long as I have strength to continue forward
I will fight endlessly to protect all beauty.
– SR Romney 2025
P.S: Salt Lake Speaks was a poetry event I participated in in September 2025. I am posting the poems I read as I may have made minor changes and corrections to the original poem. Original here.
To Be Decided (National Poetry Writing Month 2025 #30) Leave a comment
We all have some thoughts
Desires and dreams we leave
To be decided
But we should not wait too long
Or else time decides for us
– SR Romney 2025
Shame on The Universe 