Posts
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Mourning Crow
Crow, past my window,
where do you fly to on this
beautiful morning?
Let us brew some mid-
day coffee and nightly tea.
Bring me to your nest
and hear the early -
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She Saves Sea Shells
It is afternoon, and she is slick
with sea residue and summer heat,
draped in a sheer pearly sun gown.
Minding the sand upon the shore,
crystal waters bring her a shell, -
To Be Softened (and kissed)
I’ll share a moment with you.
The day is lowering into eve
tucked in by our February smoke
the color of whiskey and gravel,
and the yard is reminiscent
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A Boyish Retrograde
two boys sit on the slanted rooftop of
a suburban house on the Amish hillside,
ignoring the jargoning mosquitos
buzzing around their heads and spectating the
Loves
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Not So Sweet 17
They always welcome 16 in opened arms, halfway through the school year, maybe you're driving on the road by now
They say it gets better, sweet 16 will be the first of many great changes, many new things
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The Scottish Play
It's too late to be awake.
Devastation crawls in the wake
of everything.
My eyes are burning
physically, actually
in no poetic manner
my eyes are burning with
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Speak
Today felt the same as yesterday
Nothing changed
But there was a silence
That echoed in the voices
I heard
Today felt as if nothing changed
I got up brushed my teeth -
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My Little Sister
My little sister
Only 7 years old
Innocent
And yet strong willed
She will grow up
In this country
With this president
This person who calls himself
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Today
Today I've walked around school in a haze
I don't know what to do
How to feel
I don't understand
How he won again
I don't think I want to understand
