Month: Jun 2021
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More Advice for Miz Quickly
Once Is Enough, Quite Frankly I can’t recall who, but someone told me once (because once was enough, quite frankly) “The only thing that’ll happen if you stand in the shower holding a bar of soap is the soap will melt.” It was probably my mother. She bubbled over with things you only wanted to…
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Ars Poetica: The Yew Tree
Ars Poetica: The Yew This is a tree.Something about it.It’s interesting.But it’s not about the tree.So. What’s it about?Childhood.It holds my childhood.That summer. The forestbehind the house. It’s beyondthe maple — Dad naileda birdhouse on it . Like Jesus. Crucified.It’s beyond the ripe huckleberriesthat I stopped to eat…
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for Miz Quickly’s The Forgottens
Just Hello When I was a kid, our telephonewas in the coat closet. Shiny asnight was black. Rotary dial. Very Humphrey Bogart. Even with the closet door closed,you could hear its urgency. Thatshrill ring. Didn’t sound like birdschirping or a motorcycle engine. And no one ever rang to just say,Hello.Hey. How’s it going, babe.What about…
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A Not So Pristine Limerick
A Dirty Little Limerick There once was a car named ChristineHer owner kept her clean and pristineBut when she stopped on the tracksThe driver’s bowels went laxAnd Christine was more muck than clean Written to Fandango’s FOWC prompt: Pristine. Image from Unsplash by Courtney Cook. Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay #FOWC on Twitter…
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for dVerse Poets Quadrille 129
Beyond the Rocks A splash of morning lightand my first cup of tea.Oh, curiosity of whatthis day might bring.The tide is out beyond the rocks,and I wish for some clarity.It came by return of tide, mywishes wasting away the day. Photo by Gary Yost on Unsplash Written for dVerse Poets “Quadrille 129 – Curiosity”. Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on Twitter…
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