Writer. Demand Poet.
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helleborus in a washed-out chinese-food tin;
her spiked hearts and freckled petals
turning towards the pane.
Yesterday
I marveled at your shades of pale viridescence.
Today
I wonder ‘how long before the blooms fall?’
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I’m writing “small stonesâ€Â … Read the rest “Helleborus – #smallstone – Day 2”
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Untangle the garland, unplug the cords.
Undress the desiccated bones
One bear-hug around brittle limbs.
Needles pool on the carpet.
He walks her to the curb.
Another year put away.
—
—
our furnace, remade like
Madonna, oil to gas (and just as
huge), shakes the house
around her so
thrilling
that
every year we
do a white heat dance
she’s still kicking
– part of the 2013 Mindful Writing Challenge … Read the rest “furnace rumble – small stone”
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The steam chugging
Out this plastic pig’s
Ears isn’t
Natural isn’t right
A man-made atrocity
At the foot of my
Bed. What else can
Be said of this
Little piggy?
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Dogs are the best
At saying “I’ve got
All I need thanks”
Lounging in the
Hardwood sun.
Although they’ll gladly
Get up for
You.
