It is a moon wrapped in brown paper from, “Valentine,” by Carol Ann Duffy The small, square window’s bars are iron grey. Much of the time I’m a thin lump hunkered on a concrete slab, sandwiched between straw mattress and cotton feather tick. Only my capped head, bright eyes, and red nose are visible. Even…
Category: poetry
TSM 198 — Dark Flames
“Burning Love” Art by Diggie Vitt Dark Flames lithe, fragrant blossom death’s head lures warm, willing hearts ghosts wander and weep lithe, fragrant blossom in field of compulsion’s bait sets morbid trap; waits death’s head lures warm life willing hearts burn bright night hums with dark flames ghosts wander and weep, incomplete, their blood salt…
dVerse — MTB — Cheating Shadows
Shadow’s long fingers move with sun’s shadow I parse your warm tanned lines with languid eye Shallow thoughts wander in summer shallows Why’s not a question I’m asking. Not why. Not where, as here. Not when, as now. No knot. Questions: how; how long. No other questions. Taut thrust’s dilection; practiced lessons taught Suggestions exhausted;…
dVerse — Poetics and earthweal’s OLW #105 — Our Tree Gods
image based on a dream I had a few years ago I dreamt there came a newly found religion instead of worship three, we worshipped tree instead of pushed conversion, gathered free and planted seeds, then danced under our cousins til shining green in leaves from sea to sea. To cut a tree would be…
Word Garden Word List #12 (Richard Brautigan)
Slow? Or Quick? Frankenstein fish paddle every rural creek, crackling neon- streaked streams where freaks flare and bite. Brain-stem stubs, double-headed hornets with lantern bodies writhe while entranced pumpkin heads laugh on steamy sludgebanks at autonomic polyfluoroalkyl St. Vitus’ dance. We, tho, roam jungle streets, urban dinosaurs ceaselessly jonesing for extradimensional bliss. We prance, a…
Love of Place — Poet Ken Gierke
I hold in my hand a mini-chapbook of poems by fellow blogger and poet, Ken Gierke. Ken’s passion for nature shines through his words. He inhabits places, one by one, and by the time you’ve finished reading, you feel like you’ve been there. And who is to say you haven’t. Learn more about this mini-chapbook…
World Haiku Series 2021 (27) Haiku by Lisa Fox — Akita International Haiku Network
Today my haiku and haiga are featured on Akita International Haiku Network as part of the World Haiku Series 2021. I am humbled and honored to be today’s featured poet. Thank you again to Linda Lyberg for allowing me to use her lovely desert blossoms photo.Thank you again to Ellen Jennings of PassingByPhoto for allowing…
Tao-Talk 