I want a world more Pissarro than Picasso
More the sum than a piece
More the glory of all of it
Than cubes of us at our least
Gene G. McLaughlin 2020
Tag: micropoem
Black Friday 2019
The world is on sale
and also on fire
30 percent off all you desire
gifts under the tree
are the world’s pyre
-Gene G. McLaughlin 2019
Different Cardinals
Anatta
Bucket List
Today Was Like Dust
Today was like dust
Floating away from me
The reason I saw it at all
Is because it danced
In rays of morning sun
Promising a confidence
If I didn’t look away
I barely moved my eyes
Yet the secret was withheld
Promised in due time
Relegated to a future moment
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017
The Sprawl
When God looked outside himself
He did not see love hate
Water fire sulfur salt
He saw possibility
In all its infinite glory
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017
Fluctus Virtus Defluxit
Rome had elements
We now call by different names
We judge them harshly
Assigning their actions blame
Are the sounds of Nero’s fiddle
And strikes of the golf ball the same?
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017
Tomorrow
I’ll take what moments I get
I’ll try to say something true
I’ll unclench my fist
I’ll follow the wind with my eyes
Tomorrow
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017
The Long View
I cannot ease your pain
Include suffering in your expectations
Conscious existence in full contains
Elated joys and sorrowful lamentations
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017
