Tonight Withering by a candle’s light, the flowers stand together, in a vase with a handle, atop a table with three legs. Moths, fluttering hints, on edges of honest light, as hedges of thought, steep in my head, my ambition at ebb, though, a soufflé of clarity, rises tonight. Sleep waits in gangs... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
She Dreams In White I drop my socks, let the door go before she passes, she dreams in white. First year passed, our anniversary with not a notice, and she dreams in white. We fight she cries I win at cards, forget her birthday and she dreams in white. She waits and I am late. Some of her favorite I... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
In Traffic I hit the brakes and the stop makes me think of his death. In traffic my mind sorts itself. I find better plans for new beginnings, as the streets wind under me. Rain pelts the windshield and I wonder why the challenger exploded, and I quit work. I live for now in the car my island on the... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Twenty Toes Trembling shallows at water’s edge willow tips soft whispers. Eggs of pleasure lingers our fingers last forever Please, never go. No known ease If we fall to none. The bones are just there They need us here Now. Here, the now we know breathing our breath soft doubt pauses there No worry,... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Hoi Polloi We mash as masses do, hither to, and hither fro, blind as those three mice, and sometimes happy as we make the the days through. Pulling past morrows, before yesterday is cold, and today is done. We live, fearing the dark and all that’s not in it, we read what’s printed and obey what... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Sumptuous Six She lit a cigarette, and for six minutes, she stopped. for all the world. She brought the first smoke to the deepest corners of her yearning lungs. Sculpture of smolder collapsed in the air, and she did not move. She marveled, All the tricks of life, she’d seen, or, been part of, she... Sign in to see full entry.
Imperfect Child. Little body, head too big, falling down. Puppy ramble. Half a cloud amongst the cumulous. Limping, borrowing balance just a step from a fall. Near dried puddle never a chance for a lake. Baby oak by the highway, for now. Unfinished rainbow, better than none. One winged bird happy to... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Jack Now He joined the world, feet first, early Sunday morning, toward the end of July. Somehow he knew, instinct, and milk from his mother’s breast, first food, deep in the summer. Jack knew, waited, patient, suns rose and set, he breathed through days, sleeping during years. The boy knew, as sure... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Tranquility He comes during the rain tonight for tea in the tavern. Smoke rustles from a crumbled chimney, hugged by slate shingles, corralled by copper gutters. Downspouts spew spill from the sky, chugging over his shoes, waking his old feet. Crooked fingers find the brass of the pull on the door.... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Harbinger Razor smiles, pinched below cherry noses. Piled together as cordwood kids. Posing for pictures amidst the din of kindergarten calliope, in a room built for tumbling. Smiles in forced waves, goaded, pleaded for, by a paunchy, put out photographer. Cherub cheeks, dirty knees, on future... Sign in to see full entry.