Clutter
Is a lot like
Butter.
Easy to spread
All over the room,
But really difficult
To clean up.
– Shaman Romney 2015
Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category
Clutter (National Poetry Writing Month 2015 #2) 1 comment
First (National Poetry Writing Month 2015 #1) 1 comment
It looks like this poem has to go first,
It is kind of hurried as first ones go.
It could be the best, but might be the worst.
Until it’s published, we will never know.I’ve been gone, for work has left me haggard.
My posting schedule has been left forgot.
But this month I will not be a laggard.
At least, at this moment, I hope I’m not.Thirty days, with something done on each one.
That is a lot, even using haiku.
But I’m ok, I find poetry fun.
Even if I don’t, I’ll have to pull through.So that being said, I’ll try not to bore.
One poem done, only twenty nine more.
-Shaman Romney 2015
Keep Moving Forward Leave a comment
Keep moving forward,
Keep working toward
The things in life that give you meaning,
Just ignore these intervening
Problems trying to hold you down,
In spite of them, keep gaining ground
Move on to a better day
Keep working on that better way
To make all of your dreams come true
‘Cause in the end it’s up to you
To keep going strong, keep working toward
That better life and keep moving forward.
– Shaman Romney
Valentine’s Day Leave a comment
Here it is, another valentine’s day
I have to ask, is this really the way
To show someone you really care?
With chocolates, roses, a teddy bear?Or is this a day of corporate greed?
A moment for us to carelessly feed
The inside of an executive’s pocket.
Another check-mark on the businessman’s docket.Is it just an excuse for someone to get laid?
Presenting a trinket that was overly paid
So that they can curry their lover’s favor,
And give this holiday its sultry flavor.Or is it really about those that we love most?
A reminder that its a mistake to coast
Through relationships without giving it your best
That good love will always be a test.I don’t think this question is easily answered.
The lines between meanings will always be blurred.
So with that in mind, I’d like to say
Everyone have a happy valentine’s day!I shall be spending it alone,
For have no one to call my own.
I can’t say its not for lack of trying,
So I will spend it eating ice cream and crying.
Shaman Romney 2015
Work Overload Leave a comment
Work has overloaded my brain.
My emotions and thoughts drip down the drain,
Which I cannot hope to ever regain
Until from work, I do abstain.
But work moves forward like a train,
And so, I hop on once again.
Wishing this time I will remain
Happy, healthy, and (mostly) sane.
– Shaman Romney 2015
Frosted Window Pane Leave a comment
Through the frosted window pane of my eyesight,
I look at the frozen, wintery colors.Blurred shapes blend past,
Move too fast,
Indistiguishable and Ill defined.An icy wasteland of interchangeable dreams,
Hopes,
And defeats.Contained within the frozen wintery colors
Of my frosted, window pane eyesight.
– Shaman Romney 2014
Fleeting: A Haiku (Plus An Update On Life) Leave a comment
Our time is fleeting
With moments worth repeating
Fond memories earned.
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Remember when I said that I might be busy because of my new job?
This quarter is the busiest time of the year, and although its overwhelming, I’m staying on top of things and doing well.However that doesn’t leave me with a lot of energy to sit down and write.
I have lots of stuff written down. Halfway decent stuff even.
But I’m having a bit of a problem with the whole typing it up and posting it thing.
So posts may be a little far apart. I’m going to keep trying, but worst case scenario you may only hear from me once a month or so.
Thanks for reading.
-Shaman
Apathetic Man Leave a comment
Today, I no longer care
To bother with the world out there,
I’d rather just live unaware.
I’m an apathetic man.Today, I don’t care about you,
Or any of the things you do,
Any thing you have been through,
I’m an unempathetic man.I don’t care about your pain
Dealing with it is such a drain
So in your life, I will abstain
I’m an unsympathetic manI don’t care about anything
Only to my thoughts will I cling
Best for you to just take wing
And leave this pathetic man.
– Shaman Romney 2014
Poems Leave a comment
|Some write a poem by making rhymes,
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|Some
|just hit
|the enter button
|four
|times.
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|Some write in i-ambic pen-tame-ter.
|Some write simpler, shorter, and neater.
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| Some
| write
| in
| a
| way
| that
| avoids
| straight
| lines.
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|While \
|Some write \
|Their poetry \
|In differently \
|Shaped confines \
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|Some write words from the depths of their hearts.
|Some write, between childish giggles, of farts.
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|♪ Some write their poems in the measures of a song. ♫
|While some write a poem that goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on… for |far too long.
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|We all may write different ways, but one thing is true.
|We all write poetry; it’s what we love to do.
-Shaman Romney 2014
Drained Leave a comment
Drained, tired, exhausted,
My piece of mind accosted.
Shattered by the days events and more.Weak, spent, and weary,
I find my outlook dreary
As piles of life grow too tall to ignore.Humiliated and humbled,
Nervously I stumbled
Not knowing what next I had in store.Now I stand and wait,
Trying desperately to abate
My heart from writing this stoccato score.But then, a sudden conclusion
Comes much to my confusion.
My problems stay behind my bedroom door.I’ll finally get some rest
Against the world’s behest.
A peaceful sleep is what I’m hoping for.Maybe tomorrow will more kind.
Maybe i’ll be in less of a bind.
I wont know until I wake, that’s for sure.
Shaman Romney 2014
Shame on The Universe 