Apr
5
2017

the dog begs for food and i
warm my hands on a first cup of tea
it’s quiet here, in that pause
just between night and day
and the tulips grow
into all things unspoken
with pursed lips and
petty promises
i’m forever
falling for
because
dawn and now
are not the same thing
but when petals whisper
of hope and holler
who would i be
not
to listen?
.
.
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Apr
29
2016

i remember:
racing barefoot through wet grass at first light
northern lights glowing green above a broken picnic table
three moons on three nights
innocence and wonder (lost and reclaimed)
the sound of my own heart breaking
forgetting to look both ways
holding the feather of your hand in a sea of rough sheets
scattered petals on a bridge leading forward
the owlish sound of love
being here being there being here
remembering
.
.
A poem a day for 30 days, in honor of National Poetry Month: Day 29
I’m participating in NaPoWriMo, and the Writer’s Digest Poem a Day Challenge
Today’s theme is a combo of NaPo’s I remember: and PAD’s write a haphazard poem.
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Apr
15
2016

the world is always flat in a photograph and
you draw rings around my heart with saturn fingers
fuchsia only looks gaudy in northern climates
long in the tooth from measured open waiting since
lavish contains every color of unnecessary yet
all i need is a vessel lined with feathers of fortitude
and this paper-torn chance of morning refuge
simper-ripped and recited from the blacklist of night
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A poem a day for 30 days, in honor of National Poetry Month: Day 15
I’m participating in NaPoWriMo, and the Writer’s Digest Poem a Day Challenge
Today’s theme is a combo of NaPoWriMo’s doubles and PAD’s: use these eight words.
.
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