Jerrod R Whitman, Poet & Author

4, Aug 2026
estranged

Two sisters sat together.One married well.The other lived her singular life alone.They talked forBut a moment,Parted ways as neitherCould understand the other.A lesbian and her well-heeled Christian sisterWho sneered,“Dad and Mom don’t approve.”“Your money won’t buy me.A marriage not for love, for social standing.”The world passed byA hostile bench.That metal…

4, Aug 2026
time for tea

Where a kiss can change a lifetime,Where love is on the sacrificial altar.Past a purple sun.In this land when Morpheus commands wishes and dreams appear.Their names inscribed on mountains.My dear ones reside.The loves of a lifetime.Until the circle can be completeThey wait in a fantastic landIt’s always time for tea.With…

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1, Aug 2026
Cheap Cologne Smile

Wrote this while listening to the blues.*Cheap Cologne Smile* My love has entangled me in a web. My heart fades when darkness falls on this lazy town, where your sinister smile engulfs the room. I can only watch.  You have no idea what you do to me. It’s poison ivy showing up when on vacation.  I am drawn…

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1, Aug 2026
A Design of the Cosmos

“Love is the only doctrine that matters here.  Discrimination of any sort is not in keeping with the cosmos.  The stars don’t ask permission before they shine upon us.  All of you is sacred.  The cosmos shines on every aspect of your life.  No one is left behind.  For you…