Poems by Bob Boyd

people bragging about things
that used to be embarrassments
that they used to be ashamed of

people awarded with some fame
for classless and indecent acts
few awarded with some fame
for noble and gracious acts

in this ever spinning world
many are out of orbit with
what used to be decency

bob boyd

happy to hang up my hat
on this dying life that is mine
at this temporary moment
with the expiring breaths
and the failing heart beats
will recap in a new world
of afterlife light and love
adios to impermanence
hello to permanent eternity

bob boyd

drifting through this life
found some purpose
had some successes
made many mistakes
high times and low times
happy times and sad times

could have done better
foolishly rebellious
in his wayward youth
missed opportunities
damaged reputation
screwed up choices
many hard knocks
by the end of his life
straightened out
helped countless others

bob boyd

I thought multiculturalism was great
until I realized it’s not so great if
if you let people into your country
who disagree with your politics
and refuse to assimilate peacefully
who desire to bring you down
who establish their own countries
within your country’s borders
and hate your country and you

Bob Boyd

One world government
All world loses
Your country’s hands
in one biased entity
that may not have
your country’s welfare
in their indifferent
power hungry hands
The EU is the example
bureaucrats forcing
countries to fall in
line with whatever
they demand regardless
if it’s destructive to you

Bob Boyd

Through many loves
and some marriages
lasting love eluded him,
like a bird fleeing a feline,
like a felon fleeing a fed.

Just when it seemed he’d
found true and lasting love,
like a mirage sooner or
later it had vanished.

Steadfastly he tried again
and again and again
but like a will-o’-the-wisp
it faded away and vanished
in the sobering day of
yet another forlorn love.

Bob Boyd

Maybe it’s only about procreation.
Insects, fish, animals, humans
all do it, advancing their species.
Maybe all the human fuss about
all the human affairs and news
and all the self importance
isn’t more important than the
affairs and news of all the
other species deemed lesser
than deemed greater humans.

Bob Boyd

Ikkyu wrote something about how there was a skeleton
propping up the body of the woman you are fondling.
I found that a little too real, unsettling thought,
not that I’m fondling any women in my dwindling days
but I find it close to macabre to think of a woman
as just flesh propped up by bones.
Though I have to concur, Ikkyu certainly made a point
about the impermanence of humans, love and life.

Bob Boyd

Vic lacked the Midas touch
unlike his friend, Benny.
Benny had the knack
for making money easily.
Everything he tried
became successful and
profitable.

Vic couldn’t succeeded
at anything he tried
and went bankrupt
over and over like a
natural born loser.

Maybe people like
Benny have more
luck than others who
try the same things
and try them the same
ways but fail miserably.

Whatever the case, it’s
unfortunate that some
have it and some don’t.

Bob Boyd

A wife and a mother, she lost her mind when Trump got elected.
She screamed and acted like a lunatic and ran into a wall
while her husband in the background told her to calm down.

I wondered how he could have married a woman so unhinged
and how long their marriage would last after she acted like a lunatic.

Her craziness didn’t bode well for him. She probably was given
to over reactions about other things.

And I suspect the day would come when she’d blow up too much
and tax her husband’s patience beyond any human’s limits.

And he’d finally reach his breaking point and get the hell
away from his wife’s tripwire lunacy.

Bob Boyd