Jerrod R Whitman, Poet & Author

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25, Jul 2026
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 to you, 
but it springs up. 
It takes away my courage, 
and I fade back into the wall. 

The room full of cheap cologne and blunt. 
It’s last call. 
I send him a drink anyway. 
And leave.

23, Jul 2026
Two Sisters and a Brother

Two Sisters and a Brother Grief knocked at my door.Her sister Joy chattering off her ear,smelling like oranges and old books. I let them both in because the house was too quiet,and the kettle sang while morning light pooled on the floor. Grief, somber as could be, sat right beside…

23, Jul 2026
At the renaissance fair

Life is ephemeral.  We need to treasure one another. Death is final —  a cement wall.  Physically impossible to breach. I can sense the other side.  My heart feels it.  Yet I am unable to touch.  Unable to grasp. Yet love  somehow  filters through  the smooth cold concrete. Many blessings…

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