Pet a Poet

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

I grin to see cougar and cat upbraid one another in their same vernacular — (because the sounds are of the same hue with one painted infinitely shriller); for, the event is less sonorous than colorful, though even in sound's spectrum the categorically dolorous tincture would split my drums if I... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Bats

When their rock-curd Was sloughed, Disinterred From the loft, The bats came In bolt, Thundered unlame As a colt-- And stellar Their span, Though cellar Slides ran Down caracoles Of lime And bowls Unfounded by time. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 3, 2009

This is a quasi-humorous poem about the Internet.

The Internet Unwitting windows And the coy singles ad; Enhanced is the ing é nue Clicked by the cad. Text boxes tumble— Thinner than paper, The tribune warns us of Ponzi and caper. Mother Web scrolls theatrics Through our laptops ‘ stage; The trolls are up to posting Below the front page. No need... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

The Wolf

My dog is bloated, his barrel chest A whorled pie. Only a gorging wolf could be akinned and skinned Like this teaser, Like this banter and this mixed bag Of command And subterfuge. Not a hint of wanderlust--but the wolf comes sauntering To the door. He is, I’d venture, less than a year on Those... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Why blue is the djinn

To take off your shoulder My each sin Now I understand Why blue is the djinn To broach the caprices Each maybe win Now I understand Why quells the admin To grunt the pack Sung pressure a pin Now I understand Why bloody your skin Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Audience

Their hearing words, though declarative each batters From your lips, is an order in itself. Transformative diphthongs, Capsules of sound which--not at all like lemmings-- Fall still more naked than the piths Of thought myths that thump bushy-tailed. Reflective eyes at night Rule the sector's world... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Maelstroms

I've been splitting maelstroms. Shameful, I know, when they want to Suck the wholes With their lusty gums. It Isn't out of motive pecuniary; For, I have often coughed up a dime to Toss at the candy Funnel--but fashioned now Two quarters Versus its id Half Seems the formality. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Hellbound

Let this whirring destination Be omega; it would not polarize over glee; That would not make Alpha heaven's spree; Some converses are not natural. You can be born that nubile, Started mobile stubble Of the Earth, Started rubble From a fire, or vice versa. But the sky is such a renegade That you... Sign in to see full entry.

Woodpecker

Clasps her stay abreast Of her daughter's life; How was your solstice? Surely, it was A different solstice from mine, your ecliptic Hardier than That of downside- Up-and-not, side-by-side Blinking eyes Spruced by the marathon of days. She in Her insomnia Beheaded by the footboard Every other day, A... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Fireworks

First, couriers with blue plasma Tails--their screams like demons Deranged in the water, not Knowing whether up or down they're bound To the emollients of hell. I watched them, all But dolphins wailing, suppressed Peristaltic Movements thrown to the core-fire Of their martyrdom; we watched without... Sign in to see full entry.

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