midnight
I’ll never win
betting on this filly,
but her mane is tangled with
midnight
and my heart is
pounded by the gavel of
injustice.
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poetry.
Jan 7
Gaza
Halloween is next Tuesday
and one of my students told me
he’s not that into Halloween
because
it’s Halloween every day...
Jan 2
a streak
When the winds blow in
cool
and the day blows out
hot,
this is where I find you...
Dec 27, 2023
love is a choice
I realized the other day
I could live without you
and it felt
unbearable
to realize
how healthy
we’ve become.
Dec 21, 2023
these days, i want to climb...
you out of my body the old magnolia in the park the fence around the private pool out of my head The Social Ladder the steps to my...
May 8, 2023
Climate Change
Could we all try being A little less opinionated These days And agree that When the sun catches The wings of the raven For a fleeting...
May 5, 2023
Tangible
One rain-spattered afternoon In Portland I wander with Vague direction down Glistening streets Still swelling at the lingering taste Of...
May 3, 2023
There is Only One Rule
You can’t crack a poem As you can an egg or A nut, Insides gooey and Shattered, Respectively. Instead, you must Gaze at each Untarnished...
May 1, 2023
Breathing Underwater
My head sags between my thighs After I stumble into the carport Sweating away the thrill Subsiding into Everything. Naked Stripped of...
Apr 29, 2023
Approximately Summer
I hold a dark blue flower Up to the sun The stem pinched lightly Between thumb and pinky I see you through the hole created by My long...
Apr 27, 2023
How To Last
I’m in a new place these days. A little sick still, But mostly in love With being useful. Feeding my injured hen Water from a syringe I...
Apr 24, 2023
Shower Hair
My hair’s growing longer So when I’m in the shower I pull on locks That tug easily, Feel them twitch And spring forth In earnest Like...
Apr 20, 2023
Sixth Sense
I live and die For that moment Right after I realize You are being sarcastic. For me, To tease is to trust And to trust is to love. Let...
Apr 18, 2023
Wish Upon A Human
Here we are again My dear, At that place where You want nothing more Than to touch those stars Suspended Feathered And utterly alone,...
Apr 14, 2023
Shadow Beach
I can’t seem to get my mind off your Browned apple bottom cheeks, Once pinched by the hands of a sorcerer, Who, while performing this...
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