Michael T. Miyoshi

Self-published author (Amazon), blogger, poet, lyricist. @MichaelTMiyoshi

https://mediocreman.com

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Michael T. Miyoshi

Self-published author (Amazon), blogger, poet, lyricist. @MichaelTMiyoshi

https://mediocreman.com

206

Writings

Followers

Following

PHOBIA

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

Piranhas keep me out of the lake

Heebee jeebees come for goodness sake

Other irrational fears help keep me

Back from claiming my destiny

Intense fears, they come unbidden

At other times, they all stay hidden.

PHOBIA

Part of my fears

Heap up tears

Over the years

Become more fears

I cry more tears

At irrational fears.

phobia

Pleasantly calm I am becoming

Healthy fears are now forthcoming

Out wit...

Poetry

Doggone Sisters

Michael T. Miyoshi

3 min read

I’m suffocating! No. No. I’m not. Just relax. Breathe. The sleeping bag is keeping me warm. My doggone sisters just knocked the tent down around me. And now, it just seems like I am suffocating in this dark close space. Breathe. Just breathe.

Okay. Now that I am calm again, it’s time to take stock. I was sleeping outside in the backyard when my four sisters came out screaming like ban...

Drama

Humour

Mad Mike And Chaos

Michael T. Miyoshi

3 min read

I thrive in chaos because it is my middle name. Really. It is right on my birth certificate. Antonio Chaos Trouble. (Okay, you got me. My last name is not really Trouble, but it makes for a better story.) But naming me Chaos is like my parents knew exactly what I would bring them. Chaos. And Trouble. It is all in the name.

Of course, it does not help that my best friend’s name is Michael...

Drama

Adventure

Normal Everyday Paradise

Michael T. Miyoshi

2 min read

“Cletus?”

“Yeah, Clem.”

“I’m bored.”

“Yup. Just another day in normal, everyday paradise. “

“Paradise! Cletus, you are a lunkhead if ever I met a lunkhead.”

Cletus smiled. “Thanks fer noticin’.”

“Thanks fer noticin’! Thanks fer noticin’! Ain’t you riled up for me calling you a name?”

Cletus still smiled. “Nah. I know yer just funnin’. And besides my ma says I’m a lunkhead most ever ...

Drama

Adventure

Act!

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

The punch hit Sam from out of the blue. And then, it was on. A full on bar fight. No one said a word. Just punch, punch, punch. A chair thrown here. A stool thrown there. Punch, punch, punch. POW! BAM! CRUNCH! Then, just like that… It was through. Sam stood there with a slack jaw. He stared.

Then, his eyes focused on the writer. He wondered why the fight had stopped. He wondered w...

Humour

Action

Wandering in Your Mind

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

Tolkien said about the man called Strider

“Not all those who wander are lost.”

I agree, and think that some people

Are just trying to count the cost.

They tend wander through their minds

Thinking through all of their choices

They are just trying to sift through

All of the contradictory voices.

They wonder who they should believe

They wonder about their rationality

They wonder if their states of ...

Poetry

What’s in a Planet’s Name?

Michael T. Miyoshi

3 min read

“You know… The planet should be named after me. After all, I, Saturn, am the god of agriculture. And we could use my Greek name, Cronos, since it at least sounds like Chronos, which has something to do with time. Which also makes sense because seasons, time… You know…”

“No. The humans are there. Therefore, it ought to be named Aphrodite, my Greek name. After all, I, Venus, am the goddess ...

Humour

Restaurant Confession

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

“I didn’t mean to start the day with a confession, but the waiter asked how I was, and I was like, ‘Forgive me waiter, for I have sinned. It has been 3 years since my last confession.’ And then I told him the whole caper. It was crazy. I told him about how we had an in through the back door. We just had to tie up our friend and make it look like we forced ourselves in and tied him up. Then, ...

Humour

Crime

The Dog Gave It Away

Michael T. Miyoshi

2 min read

“Get that mangy mutt outta here!”

“Aw… But Sarge, he’s so cute.”

“Cute, my…”

“And he’s got a note tied to his collar.”

“I don’t care if he’s got gold bullion tied to his collar…”

“What’s it say, Lucas?”

“Listen, you two…”

“Uh, Sarge.”

“I don’t wanna hear it Lucas. Which, by the way rhymes with dumb…”

“Yeah, I know, Sarge, but you’re gonna wanna hear this. It’s from Number One.”

The pr...

Crime

Drama

Flirting with Danger

Michael T. Miyoshi

1 min read

She said she was danger

Like a moth to the flame

Her lips were like crimson

She would not tell me her name.

She said that my flirting

Would get me nowhere

That she would just vanish

Right into thin air.

She said that she would

Break my heart in two

“There will never ever be

A world where I am with you.”

But still I would flirt with

The woman I called “Danger”

Even past the point where

Her cheek...

Poetry