Category: Poems

I’m not a Buddhist
but I like Buddhist architecture
like the way the temples look
pity I’ll never get to visit one

Bob Boyd

She went temporarily insane at age 23
after her boyfriend left her for another woman
people saw her talking to trees like a madwoman
but the solace of the trees eventually restored her sanity

Bob Boyd

Another day is passing
the sun is retiring
the moon is waking up
to bath the world in moonlight

Bob Boyd

He was a good kid who wanted to be a plumber
until he got involved with some delinquents
shot a person to death in a botched robbery
now the good kid turned murderer rots in prison

Bob Boyd

You’re feeling really great
your health is so good
until a medical malady
sneaks up on you

Bob Boyd

Everything procreates, ever notice that
I think that’s the reason for romantic love,
procreation despite the gushing about it
making babies and nothing more

Bob Boyd

When he came home after 4 years being away
he learned Denise had had a crush on him
four years too late after she had married
oh how he regretted that missed opportunity

Bob Boyd

David M. Jacobs, Ph.D. after 40 years of research
says aliens are creating hybrid humans called hubrids
he believes their long term diabolic plan
is to replace the human race with hubrids

Bob Boyd

I have an ex-wife in the afterlife
who was an exceptionally good person
but left me home alone far too much
maybe things will be different in the afterlife

Bob Boyd

If I could change the world
I’d eliminate the killing for food
I’d find a nonviolent means
for the acquisition of sustenance

Bob Boyd