Ach Nein! Nine Gnari† by Timothy Price

Ach Nein! Nine Gnari† By Timothy Price, Monthly contributorsite: https://offcenternoteven.com  We enter the Age of AquariusClawing at the cuffs of HeavenFluorine feline in the householdA clowder of kittiesInfested Nove gattiFruits of the SpiritNine worthies, three of each But who can say whichPagans, Christians, Jews? All piled togetherNaping nonagon de gnariLike the symphonies of BeethovenEach plays their…

Cat In A Tree by Timothy Price

A Cat In A Tree by Timothy Price, Monthly Contributorsite: https://offcenternoteven.com He stood at the safe with the door open like he had done so many times before in the wee hours of the morning when he couldn’t sleep. The loneliness becomes so overwhelming when he can’t sleep that he opens the safe and stares…

Grounded by Timothy Price

Grounded by Timothy Price, Monthly Contributor site: https://offcenternoteven.com Stare at notes as they fadeFingers choke strings against the fretsRasgueados make no sound Blindness pulls light asunderDrawing shades eyes are plundered Colors fade to muddy grays Numb fingers stumbleNotes spill sprawled across the floorPiled at my feet Sonic spaces silencedSuffocating emptinessMuffled music gasps for air Notions lost…

Saturday at MasticadoresUsa

Dear Readers, I invite you to spend a few minutes every Saturday at MasticadoresUsa. We will share with you photographs, inspirational quotes, books, reviews & poetry readings. This Saturday: a wonderful photograph sent by our monthly contributor Timothy Price. * A splendid recitation of my poem “You Night” by Arliden the Bard. His talent and…

Monosyllabic Kiss by Timothy Price

Monosyllabic Kissby Timothy Price[author’s site] Lips lock in a kissTongues play yours and mineThat is all the French we knowBoy and girl caught in cold rainHow much steam will rise?Come up for air from time to timeMouth to mouth brought back to lifeLost in lust we find our loveAnd seal it with a kiss @Timothy…

A Walk in Winter by Timothy Price

A Walk in Winterby Timothy Price[author’s site] Mountains blush fromSunlight’s kissesDay bids all goodnightClear sky coldDressed in blueTries on pink under gray Nighttime dresses darknessPulls on black same old way Branches curlUnder clear cold nightCircles sliver moonCranes settle, evening callsBreeze whips up spiritsChoked on dust as twilight twirls Only hoot owls dare to flySilently through…

Hitman by Timothy Price

Hitmanby Timothy Price[author’s site] August sixth nineteen seventy oneJulio made his first hitHe was only seventeen at the timeUncle Cicero was too sickHe asked Julio to do the jobA simple job indeedHe only needed to kill a manFor a Coca-Cola you see “But it’s not right to kill a mandoesn’t the good book say?”Thou salt…

Manifestations of Morning’s Sounds by Timothy Price

Manifestations of Morning’s Soundsby Timothy Price[author’s site] Darkness turns to dawnAwakens lifeManifestations morning’s soundsHoot owls hoot from all aroundMotors revved high, speed, gears groundTrain wheels clack Early suits on track  Cock crows three timesBleating beats from goats and sheep GoneThe last vestiges of blissful sleep Up at dawnWith the sun as it yawnsStretching raysInto deep blue…

A Blue Psalm by Timothy Price

A Blue Psalmby Timothy Price[author’s site] Oh Lord? Oh Lord?Why have you hated me?How in my innocenceHave I sinned?To be damned from birthNeglected and abused While you looked onLike I was nothing more Than the Devil’s spawnI am broken so brokenA pile of bones laid at your feetShow mercy, oh LordMold me, reshape me, make me wholeI…

A Saturday in a Life by Timothy Price

A Saturday in a Lifeby Timothy Price[author’s site] I saw the dawn today oh boyA ring of fire filled morning skyYellows push reds purples into graySunlight fought Clouds refused to give I saw crows flying north todaySouth winds pushed them on their wayFrom the bank I listened quite in vainNothingSilence of the cranes I saw some…