Jim Lamb’s Poem Sampler
Here are some of my older poems.
“And so It Begins . . .”
https://theprose.com/post/89916/and-so-it-begins
“Armageddon & Other Recipes”
https://theprose.com/post/127808/armageddon-other-recipes
“Arrogance!”
https://theprose.com/post/36643/arrogance
“As Summer Rains Say Goodbye”
https://theprose.com/post/96780/as-summer-rain-says-goodbye
“Back Street & Boot Straps”
https://theprose.com/post/322358/back-streets-boot-straps
“Blankets, Bowls & Life”
https://theprose.com/post/54360/the-anthropologist-s-lament
“Blue Jean Serenade”
https://theprose.com/post/309741/blue-jean-serenade
“Breaking the Fast”
https://theprose.com/post/278309/breaking-the-fast
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km1HA5xmpko
“Bristles & Broad Strokes”
https://theprose.com/post/307968/bristles-broad-strokes
“Broken Boats”
https://theprose.com/post/60980/shades-of-sad-woe
“Brothers, Blood, Bulls & Corn”
https://theprose.com/post/69286/brothers-blood-bulls-corn
“Butterin’ up Brené”
https://theprose.com/post/158930/butterin-up-brene
“Caught in a Circle of Muses”
https://theprose.com/post/42032/caught-in-a-circle-of-muses
“Changing Eyes”
https://theprose.com/post/63194/changing-eyes
“Chickens in Chinatown”
https://theprose.com/post/86033/chickens-in-chinatown
“Chocolate Chips & Coke Cans”
https://theprose.com/post/163335/chocolate-chips-coke-cans
“Christmas Poem”
https://theprose.com/post/316361/a-christmas-poem
“Collages Are Poems”
https://theprose.com/post/278153/collages-are-poems
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUlOnGWevlA&t=7s
“Color Me Blues”
https://theprose.com/post/322787/color-me-blues
“Crowns & Scepters — Dung & Dust”
https://theprose.com/post/126467/crowns-scepters-dung-dust
“Dad’s a Cat”
https://theprose.com/post/91204/with-apologies-to-kafka-cockroaches
“Dark Fruit”
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdwv7x4iLMY
“Day at the Park”
https://theprose.com/post/277755/a-day-at-the-park
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W43WuE5BfyM
“Dead Man Laughin’ ”
https://theprose.com/post/278139/dead-man-laughin
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gpSkSfX9Co&feature=youtu.be
“Diamonds & Roses”
https://theprose.com/post/159726/diamonds-roses
“Dipping Into the River of Time”
https://theprose.com/post/164667/dipping-into-the-river-of-time
“Dipping Into the Stream of Lost Memories”
https://theprose.com/post/260561/dipping-into-the-stream-of-lost-memories
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqJ97NAnT2Q
“Distant Love”
https://theprose.com/post/277571/distant-love
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilaHkIr_raE
“Don’t Know Why There’s No Cat Up in the Sky”
https://theprose.com/post/84581/if-you-want-to-write-keep-cats-a-huxley
“Don’t Tell Mama”
https://theprose.com/post/84148/she-don-t-llow-no-guitar-pickin-round-here
“Draggin’ Dreams”
https://theprose.com/post/95337/past-the-future-impefect
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33NnHzZ-TqU&t=1s
“Drawing Attention”
https://theprose.com/post/62225/drawing-attention
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QakxpYP_HM&t=8s
“Dusk & Dawn”
https://theprose.com/post/257752/dusk-dawn
“Eat, Drink – Sleep, Die”
https://theprose.com/post/161161/eat-drink-sleep-die
Escalpelo de la Esperilla
https://theprose.com/post/98687/escalpelo-de-la-esperilla
“Everybody’s Got a Story”
https://theprose.com/post/43518/everybody-s-got-a-story
“Fated Fools & Stolen Jewels”
https://theprose.com/post/185561/fated-fools-stolen-jewels
“Fields of Love”
https://theprose.com/post/297013/fields-of-love
“Flowers, Birds, Knobs & Dreams”
https://theprose.com/post/118811/flowers-birds-knobs-dreams
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH5GDSLjhjE&feature=youtu.be
“Four Women”
https://theprose.com/post/307261/4-women
“Frog Legs in Nashville”
https://theprose.com/post/128595/frog-legs-in-nashville
“Gobs of Jibber-Wobby”
https://theprose.com/post/38771/gobs-of-jibber-wobby-other-party-favors
“Goodbye Jack”
https://theprose.com/post/326677/goodbye-jack
“Good Night, Little Pond”
https://theprose.com/post/103018/good-night-little-pond
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgNmD-vpU4M&feature=youtu.be
“Grandma Cassanese”
https://theprose.com/post/85695/grandma-cassanese
“Herding Butterflies”
https://theprose.com/post/178148/herding-butterflies
“How to Track Poetry From Space”
https://theprose.com/post/91129/how-to-track-poetry-from-space
“If Wallets Could Talk”
https://theprose.com/post/91905/if-these-wallets-could-talk
“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”
https://theprose.com/post/178805/it-s-all-coming-back-to-me-now
“It’s Spring Again”
https://theprose.com/post/275542/it-s-spring-again
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PEOOCkcLIQ
“Jammin’ in the Time-Space Continuum”
https://theprose.com/post/157570/jammin-in-the-space-time-continuum
“Juno’s Last Glass”
https://theprose.com/post/68252/juno-s-last-glass
“Kaleidoscope Dreams”
https://theprose.com/post/266365/kaleidoscope-dreams
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwnv__ySGFI&feature=youtu.be
“Karma & Vine ”
https://theprose.com/post/84664/everything-that-s-happened-is-already-past
L’Absinthe c’est la mort
https://theprose.com/post/303474/l-absinthe-c-est-la-mort
“Lamb’s Last Lament”
https://theprose.com/post/268321/lamb-s-last-lament
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6QiE8Jyiuk
“Last Call”
https://theprose.com/post/57159/last-call
“Lizards in my Shower”
https://theprose.com/post/166159/lizards-in-my-shower
“Lock Up All the Poets, First”
https://theprose.com/post/107789/lock-up-all-the-poets-first
“Love in-a Cup”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYxNq7iBT1U
Mangia! Mangia!
https://theprose.com/post/39477/mangia-mangia
“Midnight – More or Less”
https://theprose.com/post/281761/midnight-more-or-less
“Milk, Corn, Apples, Eggs”
https://theprose.com/post/67342/milk-corn-apples-eggs
Mise-en-scène
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AusC6tabUM
“Muffins & Moonshine”
https://theprose.com/post/107732/muffins-moonshine
“Never Trust a Superhero Waitin’ for a Bus”
https://theprose.com/post/43176/never-trust-a-superhero-waitin-for-a-bus
“Not Dead Yet”
https://theprose.com/post/276623/not-dead-yet
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQb6NoeHXR8&feature=youtu.be
“Nuances & Old Uncles”
https://theprose.com/post/322365/nuances-old-uncles
“Olallieberry Pie”
https://theprose.com/post/184317/olallieberry-pie
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8dpRixgp8U&feature=youtu.be
“Old Florida”
https://theprose.com/post/266519/old-florida
“On the Porch”
https://theprose.com/post/271062/on-the-porch
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAH7OPhSh8Q&t=3s
“Open Minds — Closed Doors”
https://theprose.com/post/310246/open-minds-closed-doors
“Pair o’ Dice Lost”
https://theprose.com/post/102684/pair-o-dice-lost
“Paradise Alley”
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-c4T1q5A2w
“Petrichor’s Promise”
https://theprose.com/post/85458/petrichor-s-promise
“Picking Pebbles”
https://theprose.com/post/87331/an-epic-unfolded
“Picture Perfect”
https://theprose.com/post/307915/picture-perfect
“Pity the Poor Pangolin”
https://theprose.com/post/100776/pity-the-poor-pangolin
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbAY8b_-h6I&feature=youtu.be
“Probing Guillaume’s Art & Letters”
https://theprose.com/post/108672/probing-guillaume-s-art-letters
“Premeditated Expressions of Love & Like”
https://theprose.com/post/274218/premeditated-expressions-of-like-love
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTE54T9N1Bk&t=5s
“Proper Propaganda”
https://theprose.com/post/148174/proper-propaganda-other-bogus-tales
“Prose in the Moment”
https://theprose.com/post/44178/prose-in-the-moment-poetry-in-memory
“Pumpkins in Paradise”
https://theprose.com/post/304949/pumpkins-in-paradise
“Rachel’s Harvest”
https://theprose.com/post/321610/rachel-s-harvest
“Ready, Aim ... Stop!”
https://theprose.com/post/315973/ready-aim-stop
“Remembering Old Joe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsELQHY6RNA&feature=youtu.be
“Romeo’s Revenge”
https://theprose.com/post/87045/love-s-last-cup
“Salad Days”
https://theprose.com/post/305425/salad-daze
“Saturday Night Dreams”
https://theprose.com/post/307992/saturday-night-dreams
“Scones, Clotted Cream & Curds”
https://theprose.com/post/276516/scones-clotted-cream-curds
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLsCpJvG5Y
“Seasons Bring”
https://theprose.com/post/61976/seasons-bring
“Seasons & Seasoning”
https://theprose.com/post/322761/seasons-seasoning
“Ship of Tears”
https://theprose.com/post/67419/ship-of-tears
“Sharing the Bounty”
https://theprose.com/post/88194/sharing-the-bounty
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPEBUEv9z8&feature=youtu.be
“Shark-Teeth Stew”
https://theprose.com/post/86948/the-poet-s-pen
“Silly Boys”
https://theprose.com/post/182019/silly-boys
“Sri Lanka”
https://theprose.com/post/269683/sri-lanka
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TFR8ECnVw4&feature=youtu.be
“Stories Untold”
https://theprose.com/post/84518/stirring-the-spirit-of-stories-untold
“The Anvil’s Revenge”
https://theprose.com/post/46582/the-anvil-s-revenge
“The Bee Attitudes”
https://theprose.com/post/269407/bee-attitudes
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpX8HC67uCU
“The Insecure Poem”
https://theprose.com/post/306128/the-insecure-poem
“The Mortality of Everything”
https://theprose.com/post/161403/the-mortality-of-everything
“The Spider & the Cup”
https://theprose.com/post/274886/the-spider-the-cup
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqRqztwMMWw
“The Voice That Speaks Inside”
https://theprose.com/post/158898/the-voice-that-speaks-inside
“Time-Flies”
https://theprose.com/post/63753/time-flies
“Time-Space Stew”
https://theprose.com/post/180551/time-space-stew
“Time Talks”
https://theprose.com/post/322970/time-talks
“To Build Again”
https://theprose.com/post/278890/to-build-again
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk2yrdNxEC8&feature=youtu.be
“Type-Cast”
https://theprose.com/post/65306/type-cast
“Unicorns & Other Legendary Soups”
https://theprose.com/post/103490/if-you-see-them-run-a-way
“Unraveling Society’s Swatch”
https://theprose.com/post/89574/unraveling-society-s-swatch
/ˈwän-tän/
https://theprose.com/post/145881/wan-tan
“Weaving Worlds From Words”
https://theprose.com/post/66207/weaving-worlds-from-words
“When Sadness Falls”
https://theprose.com/post/154222/when-sadness-falls
“Where the Sun Don’t Shine”
https://theprose.com/post/124910/where-the-sun-don-t-shine
“Whiskers, Black & Grey”
https://theprose.com/post/93391/whiskers-black-grey
“Wikipedia”
https://theprose.com/post/40878/lyrics-to-my-wiki-song
“Windy Boys With Wicked Eyes”
https://theprose.com/post/86012/windy-boys-with-wicked-eyes
“Writing’s Dark Secret”
https://theprose.com/post/103243/lather-rinse-repeat
“Yesterday’s Footprints”
https://theprose.com/post/61086/yesterday-s-footprints
“You + You”