Decomposing
dreamscape
of fallen trees
a silent vigil held
by mosses and lichens in your
honor
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
The Hurt You Cannot See
...they asked her to tell what happened only to discount her memory... (Lorna Simpson, "Waterbearer," 1986)
Fractured
in places hard
to imagine. X-rays
only show a fraction of what's
broken.
...they asked her to tell what happened only to discount her memory... (Lorna Simpson, "Waterbearer," 1986)
Fractured
in places hard
to imagine. X-rays
only show a fraction of what's
broken.
Friday, December 2, 2016
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
“Science doesn't tell us what we should do. It only tells us what is.”
"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
~ Author Unknown
(Attributed to Nathaniel Hawthorne, but according to Quote Investigator this saying appeared in a newspaper written by someone with the initial "L". More details available on this site.)
Migration
(originally untitled)
monarch
trains heading south
into the trackless air
dew on the engines that push them
onward
Monday, November 7, 2016
"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." ~ Ernest Hemingway
To Ernest Hemingway:
Sunset
papa has gone
his limelight, a green flash
of tequila going down in
Key West
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Madonna
as seen
on potatoes,
the woman of grottoes
and stained glass--when other visions
have failed
as seen
on potatoes,
the woman of grottoes
and stained glass--when other visions
have failed
Originally published in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Vol. 3, No 2
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Electrolux vs The Grim Sweeper
Death does
not always knock
like a salesman selling
vacuums. It can rob you without
a sound.
Originally published in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2
Friday, November 4, 2016
Damn Physics
today
when an acorn
fell on my head I cursed
the Newton in nature and all
that drops
today
when an acorn
fell on my head I cursed
the Newton in nature and all
that drops
___________
Originally published in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Mo Says
Taum Sauk*
you're a bit short
for a mountain but you're
within my reach and easy to
talk to
________
*highest point in Missouri
Originally published in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2
Taum Sauk*
you're a bit short
for a mountain but you're
within my reach and easy to
talk to
________
*highest point in Missouri
Originally published in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2
Monday, October 31, 2016
Battle of Fort Davidson
into
wild blue yonder
soldiers hit by grenades
how can a war ever be called
civil
_________
Also known as, "The Battle of Pilot Knob."
Originally published in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2
into
wild blue yonder
soldiers hit by grenades
how can a war ever be called
civil
_________
Also known as, "The Battle of Pilot Knob."
Originally published in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2
Saturday, October 29, 2016
What Ponce de Leon Overlooked
hummers
where time can be
clocked flower by flower
they never stay and they never
get old
______________
Originally published in Amaze Vol. 4, No. 2
hummers
where time can be
clocked flower by flower
they never stay and they never
get old
______________
Originally published in Amaze Vol. 4, No. 2
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
In the Next Life
I will
be the cedar
that slows the wind along
fences and welcomes back the birds
each spring.
be the cedar
that slows the wind along
fences and welcomes back the birds
each spring.
_____________________
I am going to open this blog with a cinquain that won the March 2002 WHC Shortverses Cinquain Contest. The contest theme was "spring."
Published in Amaze Vol. 1, No. 1 Spring & Summer 2002.