Poetry - Ryan Lee King ( Poetry, Stories & More ): Recent Episodes
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Previous green spaces are being cut down,I see them replaced by houses all over town,Everywhere I look there’s new construction,Made possible by nature’s very destruction,It...
I finally returned to my local gym,In an effort to ultimately get slim,COVID-19 stopped my original try,Who wanted to get sick and die?In hiatus, my...
Today I share my poetry and stories,But other mediums and categories?I feel the pull to try it once in a while,But ultimately, it’s something I...
Frustration in the bloodstream,Inside my head I silently scream,The stress thrums in my chest,It’s hard to keep it suppressed,The rapid barrage won’t stop,It’s difficult to...
When certain people say they’re drama free,I hysterically laugh and slap at my knee,How can these people honestly think that?Emotional turmoil is their life’s very...
Quiet.That’s how I get,When I’m stressed and busy.Focus kicks in and the world fades.Silence.
Blockbuster Video once said, “Be kind. Rewind”,But alas, the sands of time are no VHS cassette,The society we live in feels even more unkind,Blockbuster Video...
How do I have a 21-year-old son?It’s a realization that weighs a ton,I can hardly believe he’s an adult,Was time loaded into catapult?Wasn’t he just...
Why isn’t our history always based on fact?Doesn’t that lessen its importance and impact?Why isn’t fact the basis of an individual’s truth?To get to the...
The geese,came for fingers,to tie them into knots,because you didn’t leave them be.Tall tale.
A great actress takes her final bow,Yet the larger play goes on somehow,Even so, it’ll never be quite the same,There’s a reason she got such...
Perhaps it’s time to make a change,Maybe reprioritize or even rearrange,The current status quo unsettles me,Inside I feel the need to break free,I can’t say...
When I turn the rusted knob,Only hesitant drops come out,More strength won’t do the job,When I turn the rusted knob,I’ve seen more from a sob,It’s...
I thought of you on your birthday,I contemplated a call to say hey,Or a simple text wishing you well,But I felt that wouldn’t quite gel,It’s...
Closed? What do you mean closed?This coffee shop is my favorite writing spot!My writing plans are completely hosed!I feel my stomach clench into a knot,Is...
Normal people seek happiness and health,But politicians only seek power and wealth,Their priorities are not aligned with our own,Demonstrations of this are repeatedly shown,There wouldn’t...
America broke with the crown years ago,But her majesty’s death is still a painful blow,Elizabeth might not have been our Queen,But I cried seeing her...
My feelings on this I won’t sugarcoat,Dishonest people really get my goat!There’s no reason to omit the truth or lie,The truth shouldn’t be something to...
How does one find a tribe?It feels a near impossible task,The need is hard to describe,How does one find a tribe?One made of ink and...
Pit smoke,Nineties music,Old familiar faces,Food and drink with laughs all around,Stories.
Spoken today: “London Bridge is down”,Words to mean the death of the crown,That Queen Elizabeth II has passed away,Something Britain never wanted to say,For the...
NASA has again set its sights on the moon,To it, using the SLS, we might return soon,It’s been 50 years since we were last there,Now...
I’ve tried Twitter a few times now,But that cesspool is just too foul,Posting anything there makes me sick,It needs gasoline and a matchstick!To be fair...
Like a cat scratching at a closed door,A new story idea cries to be written,But I don’t really write stories anymore,Like a cat scratching at...
Today’s internet is monolithic and cold,I miss the creative world wide web of old,It was about self-discovery and expression,Now it’s a source of toxicity and...
Floating in the waveswithout a care in the world,my nerves spark to lifewhen the jellyfish stings menot once but thrice in a row.
Hummingbirds flutteroutside of my desk window,looking for danger,all the while trying to tastethe feeder’s waiting nectar.
I’m tired of the political left and right,On this nation both parties are a blight,Their tribalism has reached new extremes,It’s ripping this country apart at...
You know something that’ll irk?Redoing an entire project’s work!It feels like a stinging slap to the face,To know it wasn’t right in the first place,Then...
We have inflation not seen in 40 years,It brings my thinning wallet to tears,They said it would be transitory early on,Yeah, transitory has come and...
The more I push back against the rising tide,The more I wound my waterlogged pride,My ego says I can control the outcome,But that erroneous notion...
The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade,And just over a month later I’m still dismayed,It’s a historical gunshot that continues to ricochet,Rights aren’t rights if...
COVID transmission rates are again high,I swear this COVID virus just won’t die,A new variant is responsible for the latest rise,It’s spread has taken us...