Day: October 11, 2025

A wonderful ride
hollywood stardom
fame fortune glory
all her dreams
more than fulfilled
renowned actress
two husbands
two lovely kids
until she grew
older and her
ride slowed down
and the dreams
were ended
as well as the fame
and Parkinson’s
destroyed her life
erased her past
at age eighty-six
when her ride
screeched to a halt.

Bob Boyd

Wild nights
Crazy days
Wasted youth
Troubled past
Missed opportunities
Unretrievable
Cannot relive
The better life
He could have had
If he’d been
Less troubled
Less rebellious
Better behaved
Hit less times
Less screwed up
Model teenage kid

Bob Boyd

When I was a child
maybe under age ten

grasshoppers were a phenom
the way they could jump

the way some of them
could fly a bit

I cannot remember the
first time I saw one

I kind of wish I could
retrieve that wonder

recapture that amazement
remember that joy

but I’m an old man now
and such memories are gone

amazing childhood moments
I cannot relive.

Bob Boyd