She HidesShe hides her shapefrom patriarchal pawing,donning ill-fitting mumusin off-putting shades,passively cultivating uglyhairstyles through neglect.But I see her curves through shadows against lightand flimsy cotton;in her soft smileswhen she thinks no one is watching, in her gentle touch of stem as she bendsto smell the rose.I want to reach out,to tell her she is beautiful,that…
Category: poetry
POPO2024 Day 12
I’m going to havean indoor plant sale.Since 2011, the atriumand attached mini-greenhouse have guar-anteed that no house-plant will ever die.Not only that, each sproutand leaf has multipliedinto a Michigan jungleof jade, succulents,spider plants, ferns — plus grapefruit and avocado trees! They thrive in ourcare, but fly they must,fledged from their home.
POPO2024 Day 11
I’mwriting you this tear-shapedpoem to show that I’m crying about the oldEnbridge oil pipeline 5 that runs under The Straits of Mackinac, that pumps black death through fresh water, sepa-rated from catastrophe by grace. Enbridge’s take?Build a harbinger on bottom of lake.
24 SSPC 50 — (2nd week) White Dew (Sept 7-22) Hakuro 白露 — “There’s no place like home.”*
“There’s no place like home” Farm hand pump trickleswater into livestock trough,its clarity is interrupted onlyby textured superficiality. Water into livestock troughserves as mirror and magnifierfor still, swimming pool blue. Its clarity is interrupted onlyby patched seam, goldenrod reflections,and a single milkweed puff. By textured superficiality,benefactor’s childhood home returns, withsmooth, odorless animal sculptures. *Title taken…
POPO2024 Day 10
Late night talk show hostsmake jokes, let masses ventat each day’s madness.But their cruel slightson POTUS unveiled uglinessthat even Colbert & Stewart,the best of the best,are corporate overlord-paidhacks.(a sad day in USA)
POPO2024 Day 9
So many thoughts cavort,yet this morning few wishto volunteer to tumble outline up in any orderly fashionfrom realm of pinballsand distraction.As usual, I use nature as bait.Look! The sulfur cosmosis in full bloom!Now wait. They line up onto the blank slate.
Doodads over past (busy) week
On Monday, a group of 8 of us, 6 adults and 2 kids, drove out to the farmer’s market I frequent, where a playground and farm animal petting area has been added over the summer. The playground included a giant tractor tire that has been made into a sandbox, with included farm equipment trucks to…
