Tag: Slacker Poems

  • Mrs. Butterworth by K Hoffman

    This is an ode to the gagged Mrs. Butterworth bottle I had in my bedroom back in the eighties. Mrs. Butterworth why won’t you talk? And why won’t you move or walk? I just want to converse Nothing odd or perverse You sit here on my table I am sure that you are able But…

  • Just Some Silliness….

     Voyeur  I go into the bathroom And I can’t see That the tidy bowl man Is watching me [not sure who the Ty-D Bowl Man is? He was a company mascot in the 70s.]     Nuclear Wrist Watch Watch wrist general use Is what the back said. I wore it every day And now…

  • You, Me & Death by K Hoffman

    Life what do I do When I can’t handle it? I go to a graveyard To be alone and sit Thinking yet not thinking Of death and about life Is it worth going through All this hardship and strife The day is soon coming When I will be here too Will I be like the…

  • Graveyards at Night by K Hoffman

    Graveyards at night. A place of solitude. A place of fright. Hidden behind a headstone Hidden from the world Just me, here alone. Alone with the people Lying here at rest. Looking at the church steeple I see the moon Looking back at me. A full moon To light my path. As I walk through…

  • Love’s last sustaining breath by K Hoffman

    Life’s last sustaining breath Was taken the day you left Love’s discerning grasp could not hold you But for that fleeting moment At that very moment My life let go To live alone is to die You left me there dying Unable to pick up the pieces of my heart Scattered all around me Lying…

  • Freedom Cry by K Hoffman

    A cry fills the night It is mine I am crying for freedom Freedom from this life But my cries fall on deaf ears And my body keeps on living Even after my soul has died

  • Someone to Love by K Hoffman

    How do you get someone to love you? I want to hold your hand. I want to feel your lips against mine. I want to feel your body next to mine. I love to be near you. I don’t want you to leave. When you do I feel so empty. I eagerly await the good-bye…

  • You’re a Bitch by K Hoffman

    You’re such a bitch. You’re such a bitch. You’re a terrible, ugly, Horrible witch. Get out of my face. Stay out of my life. I don’t want you To be my wife. I don’t want to be Seen with you any more. So leave me alone, Hurt, pacing the floor. You’re still a bitch. You’re…

  • The Cemetery by K Hoffman

    The cold rough stone Crudely engraved With the name of A soul unsaved. Buried here in Hallowed ground. I wonder how this Place he found. His life was ended By his own hand. Now he lies in The dust and sand. He’ll never see the sunrise Or hear a bird sing Or taste the joy…

  • You Don’t Care by K Hoffman

    You don’t care what you say Or that you’re hurting me You just say what you think That you don’t like What you see And all I’m trying to say Is let me be myself Don’t hide me away or Make me sit on a shelf You say I’m odd or strange That I’m the…

  • Ode to Lithium by K Hoffman

    I used to paint I used to draw I wrote poetry I did it all. Then came Lithium And it was all done No creative ideas Not a single one.

  • Silent Scream by K Hoffman

    Someone is screaming in pain Someone is crying for help Someone’s cry is in vain Someone’s pain is unseen It’s a silent kind of cry And a tear you cannot see Someone has that look in their eye Someone has pain in their heart It is a pain that won’t leave A pain that just…