Poetry: A lonely man 7 Articles

by Wendy Brumback

THE BALLAD OF THE OLD MAN

“Hey kids, get off my lawn.”

The little old man said

“Kids, they have no respect,

I want to go to my bed.”

Still the kids snuck back on

All they wanted was to know

What it was

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by Crystal Elizabeth Warner

A Lonely Man.
 
She said "You'll die,
a lonely man;
bitter, sad
and insecure."
She said,
"You were not
the only man to
ever come
to her for all
the answers."
You took your
chances;
and now, you refuse ~
to listen to the

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by J. Andrew Reilly

"A Lonely Man"

A lonely man, he rolls from bed

Another day I’m sure he’ll dread

She’s still asleep. He’ll let her stay

She wouldn’t kiss him anyway

A lonely man, he showers and shaves

Just when

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by Kathy Myers

Her soft brown strands
swirl around her bare neck
as her warm sultry breath
meanders down my chest

I watch as the clock
steals away our time
dreading the inevitable
wishing for the impossible.

She breathes a long sigh
that lingers

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by Ashley Smith

i am all there is to see

there is nothing more to me

what you see is what you get

all of me is open wide

for all to see

for all to dissect

a man who is alone in a crowd

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