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Hauntings Next to the park across the street huddles a little cemetery. A block away a larger one sprawls, more neatly kept— although wall stones in one spot have tumbled down and left an opening. No one is kept out or in. Twenty years we've lived here and not met one ne...Tags: napowrimo, napowrimo 2021, poetry
NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 8: Invisible Handwriting
Invisible Handwriting Scribbled across clouds that drizzle annoyance on suburban men walking dogs ordinance passed by forces that spin galaxies and silkworm cocoons henceforth apocalypse be ordinary (special status revoked and privileges of consciousness thereunto appertaining) t...Tags: napowrimo, napowrimo 2021, poetry
NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 10: a pataphysical love song
Caraway Seeds in Crystallized Honey A pataphysical love song How beautiful is thy dwelling, my beloved! As you delicately place mousetraps in the pantry, how stately thy pulse! How amiable thy armpits, their abundant hair a fragrant bower for the homesick nose! Oh my duvet embroidere...Tags: napowrimo, napowrimo 2021, poetry, pataphysics
NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 11: At Least I Take Notes
At Least I Take Notes I tell myself, Wake up, you moron, your house is burning! Put it out or call for help or run away! I holler, I cajole, I plead, I scold. Helplessly I watch myself toss spices, powders, salts into the flames, experimenting with the colors they make, seeing whic...Tags: napowrimo 2021, napowrimo, poetry
History of You and Me for R.A. When we met: Weary, both, from recent battles and battering storms, we hoped only in one another to find fleeting respite. We were too worldly to hunt that mythical creature, peace. When we parted: Giggling like children, we sent each other forth...Tags: napowrimo 2021, napowrimo, poetry
NaPoWriMo 2021, Day 13: The Rose Tree's Complaint
Click on the small, cropped image for the complete image. The poem is more than the text alone, but the text is below. The Rose Tree's Complaint The soul is the missing body that would prove the crime. The corpse sings & everyone hears the song but no one can find the source. Th...Tags: napowrimo 2021, napowrimo, poetry, visual
napowrimo 2021 day 14: i have a question
i have a question i have a question or two for grass blades growing lushly green who in four months time will break brittle underfoot and for the mockingbird now loud who will be then silent and for the changeable moon who never ceases in her darkest nights hauling the oceans ...Tags: napowrimo 2021, napowrimo, poetry
A Disquisition Upon Pyramids I don't believe, just to make it clear, that space aliens built the pyramids in Egypt or that Egyptians built the pyramids in Mexico or that wizards built Stonehenge. But I know space aliens exist. Back when everyone was young, they abducted my friend ...Tags: napowrimo 2021, napowrimo, poetry
- Taken for Granted I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean, really, no fear!" -- Nina Simone Freedom to put off fixing that taillight on a car that still flaunts an Obama bumper sticker. Freedom to buy one item and carry it out of the store without a bag. Ev...
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NaPoWriMo 2021 Day 18: An AI Imagst Poem
An AI Attempts an Imagist Poem NEARBY I SUMMARIZE HISTORY WHILE STANDING BEHIND A CAT. A man in a porkpie hat is holding a piece of pizza and a bouquet of black and white flowers with a pair of scissors he waves at a red banana cake. Bunches of red bananas delight both eye and palate...Tags: napowrimo 2021, napowrimo, poetry