Why should I write a poem
if one doesn’t come to mind
What would be the point
even though I have the time
Is it like exercise
Building up the brain
Suddenly I realize
I’m feeling zero pain!
I like when that happens
Posted in AGING, Daily Prompt, Gratitude, NaPoWriMo, Photograph, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Riffs of Retirement, Thinking out loud, thoughts
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Photos, Random, Self-indulgent, short poem
It’s a bright and shiny
crispy-cold morning
in Kalamazoo
This moment is mine
I believe it’s yours, too
Joy arrives in the moments
that see us all through
The future is iffy
That’s always been true
So enjoy every sandwich
and the sky’s shades of blue
Given so much
it’s the least we can do
Posted in A Beautiful Day, All I Have is a Photograph, Gratitude, Joy, Kalamazoo, Life, NaPoWriMo, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Water color
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Poem, Random, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Time is running out, Today
Morning breaks
And we awaken
Until the sun sets
The night is forsaken
We breathe in the new
And think about bacon
But we try to be vegan
So that option’s not taken
I wish bacon was a plant
Posted in NaPoWriMo, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Vegan, Water color
Tagged NaPoWriMo, Poem, Poetry, Random, Water color, Yer' Art
Feeling up, energetic, safe
I knew that I could
Also…
Feeling down, sleepy,
headed for something
that might not be good
Happens all at once
Or within moments of time
Pushing me from the absurd to sublime
Right now…
That’s how it is
A hit and a miss
Inner peace and contentment
Can be elusive like this
May you
And may me
Be happy anyway
Safe and untroubled and mostly okay
At ease, on occasion, if not everyday
Posted in Gratitude, Life, Photograph, Photos, Poems, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS
Tagged moods, NaPoWriMo, Photos, Picture, Poem, Random, RETIREMENT, Ruminations
Poetry eludes me
And so does the prose
Cannot come up
With either of those
Could it mean I have nothing to say?
But it’s quite in my nature
To talk anyway
No matter
I chatter
In order to play
And continue attempts to be art-y today
Posted in Art?, NAPOMO 2024, Poems, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Spring, Water color
Tagged Aw nuthin', NaPoWriMo, Photos, Poem, Random, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, short poem
Second guessing
Once again
All my consequential inconsequential choices
Yes, I am
Spend more money?
Get a job?
Get a haircut?
Some sort of bob?
Drink coffee or let it be?
Take a vitamin B or D?
Take a trip?
Or just stay home?
Worry about health
Or leave it alone?
Today I choose
To let it be
Accept my choices
Trust myself
Inner voices
on a shelf
It all works out
until it doesn’t
No point in suffering here
over something that wasn’t
Posted in Life, NAPOMO 2024, NaPoWriMo, Photos, Poetry of sorts, RETIREMENT, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Ruminating
Tagged Existential Angst, Photos, Poem, Poetry Maybe, Random, RETIREMENT RIFFS
An agony of indecision
Befalls me from time to time
And leaves me weary, bereft
And completely out of rhyme
Then after a bit
I snap out of it
So predictable no doubt
Because it always works out
One way or another
‘Til it’s done and it’s over
A tornado touched down
A rare occurrence in my little town
So random in its path
Four miles from our house
Where we barely had wind at all
No trees were uprooted
No damage done
While down the road
So much destruction
No one was killed
Some minor injuries
Startling how quickly
Life can get turned around
Stops us in our tracks
So hard to process
This process of storms
Posted in Life, Poetry of sorts, thoughts, wondering and pondering
Tagged Existential Angst, Poem, Random, Thoughts, Wondering
If you choose right
If you choose wrong
You'll never really know
Can't go back and try again
to see how that would go
So make it work
Whatever you choose
Not that much time
left here to lose
robinbenjamin4 
Ubiquitous
So many ads EVERYWHERE!
What about this? What about that?
This? Or this? Buy it. Believe it! Act now!
How about now? Now? Now?
TV, radio, phone, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Amazon, and on and on…
Too many people claiming that only they care and only they will help you because the competition is just trying to scare you (but fair warning, if you don’t do what they tell you, terrible things will happen to you; let us scare you instead).
It is infinite and a true barrage of unrequested and usually unhelpful information.
Enough! Basta!
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Tagged Commentary, Critique, Opinion, Photos, Random, RETIREMENT RIFFS, Ruminations