The Poetry Forum

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Fine

Placed in judgement

Unforgiven

Viewed as wretched,

Sent in sin

Chances waning;

Time is short

And your retort

Is always complaining

My last resort

Will not be explaining

I do not belong

In a place of shame

The arena of blame

You place

I face accordingly

Strong all along yet

Undermined

Seemingly ghosted,

Horribly roasted

So the other half

Seems fine.

JRA

06/29/21

Lead

Then what

Will be revealed instead?

I can't lead those

Who won't be lead.

Wax #1

It's so easy to criticize

So much harder to recognize

Yourself within another

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Anacréon

Anacréon,

Prithee thee

In such a way of opportunity

Show unto me

The words I must convey

And to ascribe a way -

Absurd as it might be

To say

Abundance is expectantly

Awaiting me impatiently

Buy and by and bye

J.R. Adams

021921

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Trouble

A being of trouble,

In so being troubled,

I sought trouble out

As if to scoff at the pale

Aloft, the scale,

Seeing trouble

Sought me out -

A weight cast,

As darkness,

In sharpness,

Cut through to bone

Trouble had found me

Out

And would not

Leave me alone

Jeffrey Robert Adams

2021

Friday, December 18, 2020

See Before Sea

I was startled on the beach to see
Miles of sand behind and before
All particles together in a scene of beauty -
With only some that sparkle more.

- Jeffrey Robert Adams

12/18/2020

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Looking Up

It's just a breeze

Lifting the wings of a bird passing by

Above the trees,

Passing over the absurdities

Of the ongoings below

The sky