My newest poem, Are You Free?, Is now available at the Free Verse Revolution blog: Are You Free? […]
The Buddha
Bob Dylan and the ghost of Leonard Cohen Sitting shivah on short stools Yarmulke pinned to gray curly […]
Sweet Siddhartha Pampered prince, Living in supposed happiness Behind the gilded gates Of your father. Small suspicions sprout […]
You can look in your books, Old and new, Of beginnings and births, Journeys and exiles, Looking for […]
The allure is strong: Power, wealth; reputation Everything you need For a life of suffering Ruled by desire […]
Breath flows in and out Heart beat rhythm slowing down All there is is now. 4/6/17 Poem #9 […]
Allen was in Asgard reciting America and Singing the Buddhist Bible Blues for All-Father Odin While Bobby and Baldr compared […]
Oh, America, you schizophrenic maladjusted Nightmare train of well intentioned paving stones, What have we done now? Feeling […]
Hard to be an idealist when the world turns to shit, Dreams and hopes, ideals and integrity suffocate […]
Can anyone out in the hallway hear me? Skrit-Scratching on the walls, Floor to ceiling pencil poems In […]
John W. Leys 