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lightning in the distance the feeling of a poem clearing the table
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Sometimes you need to lose things
Sometimes you need to lose things – a security camera hangs in the corner
…before counting sheep…
little god knelt at his bed before counting sheep
The Poet
Mitch’s friend Bob felt sorry for him at the bar, even a little embarrassed for him when he spent $40 on a massage from a 20-year-old. It didn’t get any better when Bob questioned him. Mitch said it was the … Continue reading
…has thrown His keys into the burning bush…
Our dinner guest has thrown His keys into the burning bush again God shrugged No one saw
One of my favorite small poems…
One of my favorite small poems is Progress Report by A.R. Ammons: Progress Report Now I’m into things so small when I say boo I disappear When I first came across it, I didn’t have a clue what it meant. … Continue reading
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Poem: Another Angel
I am a ship to the moment. Say this with me: You are a king in front of a king, and we are living, in part, in a former kingdom. And still, someone isn’t calling. Has anyone been blessed? The … Continue reading
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Bullfrogs on Your Mind
In Your Eye (in flux mind) Like the idea of a fly overhead in a frog just before it springs to life: the fluttering sound of an eyelid. A frozen rabbit; in flux; thanks to; a fox; out of the; … Continue reading
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In the afterlife…
In the afterlife Will they have been watching? Or do they need to be caught up?
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Poem: The Rise from Forever & a Day
The Rise from Forever & a Day 1 bone 1 scratch on the bone 1 cave 1 dead crow pointed to with the scratched end of the bone 1 token 1 taken away North A building with a roof that … Continue reading
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Sauvage Shores
(For David Nagler) The long heavens The long exceptions Flowers in focus before the dark horizon The present that nothing could prevent As for my part… I stumble anytime I enter a room I trip over the change in light … Continue reading
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Myself Left Over from Yesterday
I used to be in asbestos abatement, not a bad racket for a hologram to be in. Then, one day, the law enforcement came along and it was conscious love against the aging all over again. King David was quoted … Continue reading
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Poem: Mid-Fantasy Frog
…so
glass eggs in a drifting landscape and I
are drawn by salt in
the mirror to a nurse in
tolerant white Continue reading
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