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burial of a dog (haiku)

father takes the small
body to the back, hunches
over a shovel.

finished, the small wood
cross is the only solace
in the still morning.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJuly 6, 2011Posted indeath, haiku, poem, poetryLeave a comment on burial of a dog (haiku)

the weakness (or enervating sickness)

he, exasperated: how many
times
must i say you’re beautiful?

she hears: full
and it
creeps over her
like an enervating sickness
ravaging
the weak.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJuly 6, 2011Posted inpoem, poetry, psychologicalLeave a comment on the weakness (or enervating sickness)

ocean-ish poems

Coming Home from the Beach Impossible

Upon Reading Annapurna


Artist (My Mother on the Shore)

Sweetness

Posted bypresssendpoetryJuly 2, 2011Posted inocean, poem, poetryLeave a comment on ocean-ish poems

mantic palm reader (haiku)

hot breath disapates
and the mantic palm reader
predicts your demise.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJuly 1, 2011Posted indeath, haiku, poem, poetryLeave a comment on mantic palm reader (haiku)

over (or those worn out)

and in the bright dusk
a police helicopter makes us
young uninitiated ones
lift our chins
defiantly

and those worn out
sit without space
on the bench outside Family Dollar
while the weeds
thirst for cracks in cement
and outside Bill’s one woman
aged white and drunk
dials no one over and over and
over.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJune 30, 2011Posted inBaltimore, conceptual, poem, poetry, stream of consciousnessLeave a comment on over (or those worn out)

fear of the grocery store

i know i must go
put the groceries on the belt
but here come the eyes
behind me

the cat food
the cheese
god forbid the medicine
eyes behind are
up and down
stripping me
bare.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJune 28, 2011Posted inconceptual, poem, poetry, stream of consciousness2 Comments on fear of the grocery store

the purple flower

if you should
in the trudge of
a Friday commute
come across a purple flower
think of your relatives
and smile.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJune 24, 2011Posted inpoem, poetry, stream of consciousnessLeave a comment on the purple flower

precious

look
we all have our own precious
we hold it
carefully,
carefully

someday
we will let this slip
effortless as liquid
away,
away.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJune 24, 2011Posted inconceptual, poem, poetryLeave a comment on precious

leather

that cool sensation
skin has
against bare skin
plush softness
or taut tan
the feeling
knows only one thing –
hold on
don’t let go.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJune 22, 2011Posted inpoem, poetry, stream of consciousnessLeave a comment on leather

doll baby (haiku)

i am your doll
baby you can dress me –
posed poised and waiting.

Posted bypresssendpoetryJune 21, 2011Posted inhaiku, poem, poetryLeave a comment on doll baby (haiku)

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