Scatter brain every day
To feed my thought chickens
Then I go grab
The lightbulbs they laid
To make some farm fresh ideas
Or maybe a nice scramble
-SR Romney 2026
Archive for the ‘Thoughts’ Tag
Scatter Brain (National Poetry Writing Month 2026 #16) Leave a comment
The Girl In My Head (National Poetry Writing Month 2026 #8) Leave a comment
I like to talk to the girl in my head
It's better than leaving my thoughts unsaid
She's there because I needed a good friend
With patience and a lot of time to spend
See, no one really likes to talk with me
They say I always blab annoyingly
Since she's stuck up here with nowhere to go
She loves being a guest on my talk show
So I just chat,and yap, and blab and jaw.
She will smile, or smirk, or even guffaw.
And when our talk is done, she takes a nap
Until I wake her up once more to yap
She is really nice, but one thing I lack
Is someone who's able to answer back
– SR Romney 2026
Smooth Brain (National Poetry Writing Month 2025 #27) Leave a comment
Empty mind has been scrubbed clean
Polished to a mirror sheen
Brain so smooth the thoughts slide off
To the inspiration trough
For the lesser brains to eat
Wrinkly, gross; they can't compete.
Vapid thoughts are great for me.
Worries gone, my mind is free!
– SR Romney 2025
I Think (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #29) Leave a comment
I'm sorry for the thing
I think I did to you
I don't know if I did it
But my brain says it's true
If I could go back in time
I think I'd think it through
And I probably wouldn't do it
At least, I hope that's true
SR Romney 2024
Cat Questions (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #28) Leave a comment
Why do you have to go to work?
Can't you stay home and play?
The time you have to go to work
Is my least favorite time of day.
Why do you have to go to sleep?
Can't you stay up and play?
I don't know why night is for sleep;
It's more comfy in the day.
Why do you have to close the door?
Open it up and play!
My litter box doesn't have a door;
It's much more friendly that way.
Why don't we curl up on the couch?
I'm tired from all the play.
Sure, let's lay down on the couch;
I wouldn't have it any other way.
SR Romney 2024
River (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #19) Leave a comment
It's nice sometimes
To lay back
And float along
The river of my mind
Memories lapping my feet
Dreams shimmering below
Letting my thoughts
Pull me further downstream
SR Romney 2024
Masks (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #17) Leave a comment
We all wear masks of ourselves
Carried with us from birth 'til death.
Some carry just a few masks,
Others carry far too many.
What if we dropped them on the ground,
Bathing the world in our truth?
SR Romney 2024
Ruminating (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #15) Leave a comment
Worrying about futures that won't exist
Dreaming up battles I don't need to win
Seeking temptations that I won't resist
Facing the ending before I begin
Dwelling on problems that have come and gone
Commiserating over my mistakes
Replaying the game when all's said and done
Losing my chips after seeing the stakes
Never embracing the moment I'm in
Never taking time to enjoy the show
Not taking a second to gaze within
Worrying about then, not here and now
Dreading the future, and stuck in the past
Without the present, my first is my last.
SR Romney 2024
Inertia (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #13) Leave a comment
A thought in motion
Stays in motion
A mistake at rest
Stays at rest
The thought spirals
Until it hits the mistake
A grand enough thought
Can move past a mistake
But a big enough mistake
Will stifle all progress
SR Romney 2024
No Idea (National Poetry Writing Month 2024 #11) Leave a comment
Someone pulled out the stopper
My ideas swirled down the drain
I only have the scarecrow
"If I only had a brain!"
Tumbleweed is in my skull
My track has misplaced its train
Today I'm taking a break Tomorrow I'll think again
SR Romney 2024
Shame on The Universe 