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Thursday, April 19, 2012

THE WHITESTONE BRIDGE

Bowshot energy released, it bores in arc of clean trajectory out through the first high slender arch, begins to bend and - in descending - holes the second just the same and then, with graceful curve, glides back down to Earth once more in distant Queens. - Four Bridges Seen in Metaphor Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

WHEN BABIES PRAY

Come sing to me and weave for me the blanket of a lullaby that wraps me warm from sounds of night that you say aren't there. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 16, 2012

THE SENTINEL

Poised in air and level with my sight, my partner hawk and I stitch wide slow silent circles over Lake Stahahe as the new warm sun steps westerly this unacccustomed bee-droned April afternoon. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 12, 2012

SIGN BY THE CASH REGISTER OF A FAMILY RESTAURANT - a haiku

Unattended kids get a cup of espresso and a free puppy. I posted this a year ago. Here it is again, this time in haiku form. Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

CONSIDER THE MOON

Poets search the nighttime sky for images of things they know, find dippers, lions, scorpions, fish and rams and scales, and yet, so rarely note a striking likeness found in more than meets the eye: the Man (or Woman) in the Moon is very much like you and! A bright side and a dark it has, it rarely... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 17, 2012

THE SCARLET LETTER , PART II

Woe betide you, Hester Prynne! Do you know what state you're in? Massachusetts! Hide your face! You're hardly in the state of grace! You wore that letter on your gown, but now there's this new girl in town - the one who's causing all the fuss! You got your "A", she's got "A+!" - suggested by a New... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

THAT'S What You Want for Father's Day???"

_ "If Meg Ryan still says no, the answer to that question's yes." "Okay, but I still think you're nuts!" Thus began that day in June that satisfied a fantasy I'd cherished since I was a boy! I waited, heard her first, and then I saw her come around the corner - God! she was magnificent! She taxied... Sign in to see full entry.

"Hummer, Hummer, Burning Bright!"

Squat and ugly blood-red Hummer bearing down on me, that rack of lights above your cab, could they be for spotting me? Brother to the helicopter gunship and the tank, you're hogging your lane, hogging mine. Could it be you're pulling rank? And perched up there, controllng all, is tiny woman on a... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

TWO VALENTINES

For Emily Dickinson I've never been to Amherst town, I never was your beau, but still you knew me, read my heart a hundred years ago. 2/9/11 For Elizabeth Barrett Browning How much do I love thee, Liz, write sonnets one can quote? Let me count the ways: a lot, and I just don't. 2/14/12 Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 13, 2012

THE DIFFERENCE - Why Poetry Slams and Open Mike Nights Work

Silent reading's bread and butter, gets us through our life each day - recipes or friendly e-mails, tags that say how much we pay. But listening is something else. Overhearing conversations, charm of those old bedtime stories - much better than a page in print! The words have found a human voice... Sign in to see full entry.

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