Published: 31 January 2025

a pinball am I

some people drift through life
others steam ahead, forge their destiny
I’m a pinball

I bounce off everyone and everything
constantly spin
enjoy the flashing lights, buzzers and bells
that follow my every move

it’s true I’ve treated some as bumpers
others as flippers whose company I sought
then flew away from
while every gobble hole knows my name
every kick-out hole is my friend
“Come, rest in me and score big points!”

I’ve done damage
gone, “Tilt!” more than once
but, I always run the alley to the top
my only goal the hopeful
well prolonged ride
that wins free games

my personal myth agrees
I’m made of steel
a perfect sphere with no weak points
(I am indestructible)

I admit
I‘m big on forgiveness
count before I roll again
but, am I not marvelous
in my own careening way?
tell me I’m not entertaining

you know you can’t

More Poetry:

written by AI

I asked Artificial Intelligence
to write a poem
in the style of Ward Maxwell.
It worked so well
I’m going to use it again.

we are light

in the midst of our teeming squalor
our inexcusable excesses
the moments when everyone says
shut the fuck up, not right now

Let’s fight to the death

I’m seizing the moment.
Not because the Romans told me to.
Because the moment is trying to seize me.

where is superman

what does superman do when no one needs him
who is superman when he isn’t with us
where is superman when he isn’t here

Circle, unbroken

In Nantes, within a private library
there is a hand bound book, made of soft
now faded lambskin, held together with a
small leather belt. It is one of a kind.

That’s entertainment

The important thing is how will you be remembered.
You might have thought about this, or it might have been the
Ancient Greeks, it doesn’t matter, it’s what people think of you

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written by AI

written by AI

I asked Artificial Intelligence
to write a poem
in the style of Ward Maxwell.
It worked so well
I’m going to use it again.

read more
we are light

we are light

in the midst of our teeming squalor
our inexcusable excesses
the moments when everyone says
shut the fuck up, not right now

read more

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