as a chill creeps over me
I watch the grass around grow dark
setting down my paper
twirling my pen
feeling the breeze
following the frisbees
eyeing the beauties
hearing the birds
watching the pond
rippling with wind
longing for heat
waiting for the cloud to pass
Archive for April, 2011
afternoon
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
lag haiku
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
forgot my duty
self imposed as it may be
better late than not
talking-to
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You do not have writer’s block.
Nothing is wrong with your desk.
Do the dishes if you like.
It will help to clear your mind,
Which is more cluttered than you think.
You are not starving for ideas.
The architect of excuses builds only prisons.
It will not feel good now,
But it will feel good later.
You will squirm during,
But you will be still after.
Enough already.
Stop procrastinating.
breakfast in the garden
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
you touch your naked finger
looking to a far off place
where memories have dreams
they will write poems about someday
behind the blue stretched overhead
the moon looks down at you
her hunger knows no end
she pulls until your eyes are red
when you speak again at last
the weight of water
overcomes your benchpress lids
you offer up a sacrifice
one way street
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
he hated goodbyes.
within them, he was at his best.
it would always be this way.
those who loved him
would love him most
in those moments
when he turned away.
in time, he learned to
wish himself farewell
in every moment.
later, when death came,
it held itself near,
revealing his breath
like a mirror.
he had never felt so close
to anything.
growing pains
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
we are connected
but we don’t know how
we keep coming back to this
talking at each other
navigating common ground
crackling with faults
nearly giving way
you are brilliant and
I am sad for you
downpour
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
this is the rain the city cries for.
all our sins are scraping their teeth
against the curb, fighting the flood,
fearing the gutter. i tilt my head
to taste the sky. wet and miserable
socks. once upon a time, these boots
were waterproof. what gives?
serpentine
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
next time-
when your eyes find mine
atop the hardwood
between the bodies
within the bass
the gauntlet down
I will not stumble
will not sink
beneath my doubt
this body carries me
-
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
did it drive us mad?
or were we driven only
by ourselves
that solemn statue
crafted by a hand unseen
and were we meant to picture
it as something sinister?
ever were we mercying
it was our right
to cryptify
and altogether
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puzzle
Posted in poetry, tagged daily poem, poetry on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
her lips curled-
some shape
or pattern
nothing in me
recognized.
rods and cones
wide open, pupils
darting clockwise
drawing in
the picture.
somewhere in
the nest of
neural gray
everything
was scrambled.
