Robert James : Writing

Oh, the things

Oh, the things

A Poem by Robert James


Oh, the things that come my way, ask for help and do not stray, bid me listen to their thought and their anger overwrought. Are they her..
All That Nonsense I’ve Just Said

All That Nonsense I’ve Just Said

A Poem by Robert James


How much is the illusion of meaning and how much is the seduction of sounds? Too much an obsession with reasoning will exhaust, bore, and..
When I am young again

When I am young again

A Poem by Robert James


When I am young again and this garment some call age -- in poor attempts at being vain -- has slipped from off my shoulders like a rage no..
Aphrodite from afar

Aphrodite from afar

A Poem by Robert James


She spreads her legs for me too soon I fear, invites me in when I approach so near; she whispers softly words I cannot hear; yet her intent..
You wicked woman!

You wicked woman!

A Poem by Robert James


You wicked woman! You know just how to win my soul and mind with requests and sweet words and just the very slightest hint of sin and there..
Some supposed place

Some supposed place

A Poem by Robert James


Some supposed place of safety, there you hide Twisting words, delusions that do not confide. Though red and deep within your chamber sweet, ..
Whose dreams

Whose dreams

A Poem by Robert James


ON THE ONE HAND… Whose dreams these are I do not know, nor why they haunt me so. They come at night and cry to me and s..
Grass Gentile

Grass Gentile

A Poem by Robert James


Like weed green hills of springtime, I’m brown in summer’s day; in bursting bold from winter I burnt my life away... Oh damn ..
Beyond YouTube

Beyond YouTube

A Poem by Robert James


The cat engaged in secret thoughts that only he could know. He pondered on profundities in hopes that he could show that all the wisdom o..
Syllogism

Syllogism

A Poem by Robert James


You cannot force a poem, you know; You cannot tell it “Come!” or “Go!” It will just be or it will not: Forethought w..

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