Poetic License

This started as an experiment to write ten poems a day. That clearly didn't last, but I'll still put up some words from time to time.

Some I will mean, and some I won't. None of these are finished. This is me, trying.

10-3

(It’s ok to only write 5 on travel days).

1
It is only pride
that keeps us
from the inevitable

2
Unable to disengage
a cell phone
a laptop
an ipod
There is no room for silence
no place for stillness
24-hour entertainment
is available in vending machine form
day and night buzz
yet we’re still not sated

3
Everyone
is interrupting
Someone

4
I know it’s hard
trying to find “your spot”
but you will always have a place
next to me

5
From up here,
the earth is not much more
than a giant puzzle
jagged brown pieces
shot through with green
a smattering of homes
dot the bare landscape
The middle looks flat, unappealing
resistant to change
(Or maybe, it’s just me)