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hard to Stay Focused - Eight Poems

Hard to Stay Focused - Eight Poems

11.29.25

Rat smiles at me

Walking down the street
In SF
I saw a cut rat
Running from a cat
About to be eaten
I chased the cat
And saved the rat’s life
He smiled at me



Write a poem about " I saved a rat! "

Tom the Turkey Escapes His Fate

Tom the turkey
Woke up in the oven
Screaming
‘Let me go’
He got up,
And ran
to the vegetarian neighbors
And joined them for a tofu turkey dinner.

11.30.25


Write a Thanksgiving poem about when the turkey (before baked)
ran to neighbors for ' safe harbor ‘ .

Thanks to the Love Gods

Every day
I wake up
And see my wife
The love of my life
I give thanks
To the love Gods
For having brought
Her into my life


12.01.25

Write a poem of thanks for something specific.

Watching the Three-Body Problem Movie

While watching the
Three-Body Problem movie
I thought about the many ways
We could meet alien visitors
Some say that
They are already here
There are four or five different species
Of aliens walking among us



EIGHT - 12.03.26

WRITE A POEM THAT INCLUDES THREE NUMBERS.

the most important event
in my life
was in a sense a small moment
One day, I met the lady
of my dreams
getting off the bus
That was the moment
That changed everything

EIGHT - 12.04.26

WRITE A POEM ABOUT A SMALL, IMPORTANT MOMENT.

It seems
These days
That so many things
In our lives, things are out of order
Starting with an out-of-control
The president who every day
Violates norms and regular order
Causing chaos in his wake


EIGHT - 12.05.26

WRITE A POEM ABOUT 'OUT OF ORDER' .

Epidemic of Distrust

There is an epidemic.
Of distrust
In our country
And world,
No one trusts our leaders,
Or institutions to do the right thing.
Everything is so tribal and partisan
Violent rhetoric will lead to death.

EIGHT - 12.06.26

WRITE A POEM ABOUT DISTRUST.

Love Blazing from Your Black Eyes

When I first saw you
in my dreams
love blazing from
your black eyes
mesmerizing me
putting a mad spell on me
love mojo
working overtime

EIGHT - 12.07.26

WRITE A POEM ABOUT EYES.

EIGHT – 11. 25, 26, 27, 28 .25

Hard to Find Adhesion to Common Good

It is hard
in these dark times
We find ourselves in
to feel a connection
to feel a sense
of adhesion
to the common good
But we must all try.



EIGHT - 11.25.25
Write an adhesive poem.

All the Clouds Breathed Above

When I met you
All the clouds
Breathed above
As an angel of love
Came down from heaven
Walking out of my dreams
And into my life
Becoming my wife.


EIGHT - 11.26.25
Write a poem entitled " All the Clouds Breathed Above. "

Gaslighting America

All the president’s men
And women
Are oily slippery people
As they gaslight,
lie and deceive the world
With their constant lies
Endless partisan spin games
People are dying as they lie.
.

EIGHT - 11.27.25
Write an oily and slippery poem.

Hard to Stay Focused on the Positive

It is hard
At times
To stay focused
On the positive,
Amid the constant noise
And partisan rhetoric,
And out-of-focus actions
Of the Chaos President.

EIGHT - 11.28.25
Write an out-of-focus poem.