Why not write a poem this month?

April is National Poetry Month. Want to try your hand at a poem? Go for it! I would love to read it. You can send it to me at destinybooze@gmail.com.


Please, Say Please

By: Destiny Booze



A bump on the arm by a busy passerby,

Never looked back and I sigh,

Would a simple excuse me really hurt?

Has it become normal to be so curt?



Perhaps he didn’t feel the bang of our collision,

Or couldn’t stray from some mission.

Time is usually of the essence,

And tardiness, though common, results in penance.



Manners are rarer these days, it seems,

As individuals take the honor, and not the team.

Is family a word of lesser importance?

Will success become greater than accordance?



I want to hear please and thank you,

An excuse me, or a how do you do.

Please, say please and thank you,

If not for me, then for you.



Also, here is an introductory poem to my current Work in Progress:


Accelerating Circumstances





In a moment of blindness,

She said yes.

Anticipation left her breathless.



That he was a stranger,

Added to the danger.

Excitement outweighed any wager.



With no thought or plan,

She went with the man.

Exhilaration heightened the night inside the van.



When they came to a stop,

He got on top.

Arousal masked the gun’s sudden pop.



Every thrust - a release of hate,

Coupling with a lifeless mate.

Disappointment was the murder, not perfect, not great.



Why did she have to die?

Her husband and son will later cry,

For a wife and mother that went goodbye.



The stakes accelerate for each kill,

Striving for the lust of that first thrill.

The disappointment and rage never-ending, until…



Destiny Booze