tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4341419862732547472024-03-07T22:36:42.647-08:00Come Smile For A WhileHi folks, My name is Richard Handley, I'm a software development manager living in Los Angeles. I write a poem a day about whatever strikes my fancy.Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.comBlogger864125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-92137597596634404742018-12-31T17:32:00.001-08:002018-12-31T17:33:10.035-08:00Chime<p dir="ltr">Cyclical sensation of spinning in time<br>
Year after year we yell with a chime <br>
A countdown to toast a loop 'round the sun<br>
Never quite knowing how many times it's been done<br>
Let's make a new list of things to achieve<br>
Goals that we all should hope to exceed<br>
Let's become more lean, let's make more green<br>
Let's even spend less time in front of a screen<br>
So Happy New Years folks, here comes 2019</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-74681895559429269692018-12-25T08:46:00.001-08:002018-12-25T08:47:39.301-08:00Dickens<p dir="ltr">Now ghosts coming for Christmas is a thing of the past.<br>
But somehow, someway Dickens still lasts.<br>
Halloween stole the tales of things that go boo.<br>
But I'm here to tell you that's not always true.<br>
Can you imagine as a child you're left Home Alone.<br>
Or your son thinks he's an Elf but is fully grown.<br>
These horrors still ring like a bell that gifts wings.<br>
Some people even Die, as Hard as that seems.<br>
Enjoy your own tradition on this 25th day.<br>
For me it's a poem, so Merry Christmas I say.</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-18925938038674073782018-04-01T08:59:00.001-07:002018-04-01T08:59:36.744-07:00Keister <p dir="ltr">The bunny hunt, an egg appears<br>
I can wipe away my tears<br>
Four years old and filled with strife<br>
But now all is well within my life<br>
I've found an egg, my victory is sure<br>
Wait someone found two? My vision blurs<br>
Tears again stream down my face<br>
Frantic I search like I'm running a race<br>
Behold another, and another still<br>
Eggs of color, my basket does fill<br>
Time is called, the counting done<br>
I've won the hunt, I've won, I've WON!<br>
I've kicked all my foes right in the keister <br>
And to all of you I wish a Happy Easter<br></p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-4933572295318152802017-04-12T22:39:00.001-07:002017-04-12T22:39:14.088-07:00Undancing<p dir="ltr">Silent succulent silly mind<br>
Running drops floating blind<br>
Quill in hand print undefined <br>
Debutant ball undancing we fall<br>
Lost spatially gaps <u>rewind</u></p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-77761797578964567652017-04-11T04:46:00.001-07:002017-04-11T04:46:54.536-07:00Horizon <p dir="ltr">And so it goes for yet to be<br>
That all there is for us to see<br>
Is but a figment of our mind<br>
Warping space through referenced time<br>
Stuck inside a universe<br>
Collapsed into a state, what's worse<br>
Shall I still try to find a way<br>
Beyond the border where I stay<br>
Pushed to edge, decided so<br>
Forever I shall never know<br>
Horizon limit stretched by time<br>
In thy self the truth will find.</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-53065160247354821392017-04-10T00:47:00.001-07:002017-04-10T00:47:52.376-07:00Others<p dir="ltr">Here's a story sad but true<br>
Everyday I think of you<br>
What I could have done or changed<br>
Anyway the pieces could rearrange<br>
Broken empty meaningless <br>
False presented lifefullness <br>
Want to end the misery<br>
Then simply sing alone with me<br>
Stab a knife into your eye<br>
Jump off a building ten stories high<br>
Slit your wrist inside your tub<br>
Slash your throat, gross too much blood<br>
OK let's try a different refrain<br>
Like a needle in your vein<br>
Or lots and lots of sleeping pills<br>
Fall asleep til you're rigid steel<br>
So why is it I don't take the plunge<br>
Tie a noose, that won't come undone<br>
Cause everyday I think of you<br>
Of others who'd be saddened too<br>
At least for a year or two<br>
So meaningless continues today<br>
For others peace of mind I <u>stay</u></p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-64570133643452621122017-01-30T02:11:00.001-08:002017-01-30T02:11:17.733-08:00Park<p dir="ltr">Somehow reverse allotted time<br>
Backward undo my own mind<br>
Collapse construction framed again<br>
Into the void my life begins <br>
When in the space of matter dark<br>
Welcome to the physics <u>park</u></p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-76264582091147028462017-01-23T03:51:00.001-08:002017-01-23T03:51:03.310-08:00Crumb<p dir="ltr">Supper super soon<br>
Drowning dreary dreams in June <br>
Melted butter crumb </p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-3631591125442762192017-01-22T00:28:00.001-08:002017-01-22T00:28:13.603-08:00Moment<p dir="ltr">Paradox has come to be exposed<br>
A choice unknown, internally hosed<br>
Tail side flipped of a two headed coin<br>
Backwards in time reversed that in twined<br>
Can now there be a moment we see<br>
Hope as an option arises with glee<br>
Only from such a perilous edge<br>
Motion forward drive like a wedge</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-37946741010980290332017-01-18T00:27:00.001-08:002017-01-18T00:27:51.568-08:00Trill<p dir="ltr">Whisper softly little bird<br>
Turn your head a quick <br>
Fluttering a whistle word<br>
A song sung to my back<br>
For I listen <br>
For I am<br>
Stubborn in my way<br>
Trill a tone<br>
Repeatedly <br>
Drive home the phrase you say<br>
</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-32176910762197098622017-01-06T01:36:00.001-08:002017-01-06T01:36:21.768-08:00Devoid<p dir="ltr">Alright, <br>
  ok,<br>
     just another day<br>
Passing by<br>
  Time sometimes<br>
Becomes reminded<br>
  Of what's remaining<br>
Nothing <br>
Empty<br>
Devoid<br>
Life collapsed<br>
Essence waning<br>
Completely cyclical <br>
Inundated <br>
</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-23668349565684684112017-01-01T01:13:00.001-08:002017-01-01T01:13:10.597-08:00Revolution <p dir="ltr">A day that comes and goes by<br>
Blinking with the close of the eye<br>
End the end the year is done<br>
Set behind whats next to come<br>
Just another revolution <br>
Arbitrary our evolution<br>
What's the point of celebration<br>
Happy New years our self infatuation</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-42240250983452386152016-12-26T22:59:00.001-08:002016-12-26T22:59:40.339-08:00Vacuum <p dir="ltr">Fake presence always<br>
Ever never show yourself<br>
Swim through <u>a</u> vacuum </p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-90460036826697389492016-12-25T13:42:00.001-08:002016-12-25T13:42:20.793-08:00Gift<p dir="ltr">Give a gift to anyone <br>
Share the moment together <br>
For when this day has come and gone<br>
What's left is but a treasure <br>
Recalled to mind in retrospect<br>
Relived through memories<br>
Merry Christmas as the saying goes<br>
To you and yours, from me<br>
</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-53265551579170839552016-12-23T23:39:00.001-08:002016-12-23T23:39:54.684-08:00Rocketed<p dir="ltr">Sent it to the moon in March<br>
Rockets busting out my heart<br>
Flying free from flooding fame<br>
Nowhere is the man to blame<br>
What once is a shop of horror <br>
My sad madness did explore<br>
Calypso came collected claim<br>
Falling further flushed the <u>drain</u><br>
</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-44350689757605189522016-12-21T00:47:00.001-08:002016-12-21T00:47:49.110-08:00Unsung <p dir="ltr">So what now is all that's left<br>
What's to be is done <br>
The will is gone through loss of fun<br>
The rest is left unsung </p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-43182794191123951462016-12-18T23:38:00.001-08:002016-12-18T23:38:26.784-08:00One<p dir="ltr">One zero zero <br>
One one one one zero one<br>
Zero zero <u>one</u></p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-79934716181087490942016-12-17T22:57:00.001-08:002016-12-17T22:57:08.856-08:00Intrinsic <p dir="ltr">So with this I bid adieu<br>
A happy place I'm going to<br>
A place with flowers, fruit, and sun<br>
Never ending tons of fun<br>
While this place is only for me<br>
Your one place you too can see <br>
Imagine a world that's all for you<br>
Where you go and what you do<br>
Always makes for a smile or two<br>
Then you too have found your home<br>
The happy place inside your dome </p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-44106010384482256102016-12-16T00:41:00.001-08:002016-12-16T00:41:13.032-08:00Symmetry <p dir="ltr">So then again the time stood still<br>
The battle frozen in my minds will<br>
Collapsed upon a symmetry <br>
Fractured upon reality <br>
Here I win and you will lose<br>
But in the end <br>
Time doesn't <u>move</u></p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-24765062237292420382016-12-13T00:44:00.001-08:002016-12-13T00:44:16.390-08:00Remain<p dir="ltr">All the ways in all the days <br>
of all the while away I stay<br>
Simply mechanically moving organically <br>
A robotic sense of phrase<br>
Listing responses litter my brain<br>
Projected in the refrain<br>
Away from all I <u>remain</u></p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-67644318915297592172016-12-11T00:12:00.001-08:002016-12-11T00:12:43.693-08:00Ink<p dir="ltr">Printed words descending through ink<br>
Creation of pages forced me to think<br>
Whatever shall be, for true is the phrase<br>
Que Sera Sera for all of my <u>days</u><br><br></p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-47118468442427214522016-12-10T02:06:00.001-08:002016-12-10T02:06:09.298-08:00Retard<p dir="ltr">Is it funny that you laugh<br>
At my sorry sad fat ass<br>
A loser done and done<br>
Never won killed and done<br>
Just to say I can't relate<br>
To your current high win rate<br>
Just let me have my sad remorse <br>
A special retard am I of course </p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-55398465854227180322016-12-08T23:58:00.001-08:002016-12-08T23:58:10.606-08:00Demise<p dir="ltr">So fleeting is the moment<br>
Swallowed by nights demise<br>
A self loathing fraught to never want to rise <br>
Why<br>
Even<br>
Try</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-86323265618157495822016-12-08T03:42:00.001-08:002016-12-08T03:42:47.494-08:00Lincoln<p dir="ltr">Lately I've been thinking<br>
What was life like for Lincoln <br>
The man he was the prez <br>
Sadly was shot in the head<br>
By gracing our money we thank <u>him</u><br>
</p>
Richard Handleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245336042300080724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434141986273254747.post-37278017740592833372016-12-06T23:14:00.001-08:002016-12-06T23:14:51.203-08:00Down<p dir="ltr">Float down from on high<br>
Or crash and burn intensely <br>
Spiral all the <u>way</u></p>
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