Category Archives: poems

the baseball bat is a beautiful thing even stationary or leaned on waiting in the batter’s box warming but in full speed swinging it’s aerodynamic power is blazing like a phallic rod of lightning   ash, maple or hickory bound the sweet spot sound devastates the … Continue reading →

don’t forget your goggles a sandstorm is a-coming bandanas and surgical masks will be handy too you might wear shorts because blowing sand can feel nice on the legs but I’d protect your nipples if I were you the sun will … Continue reading →

she’s a blue jean cosmopolitan a sophisticatedly sober soothsayer I’m the drunk skunk long tongue the wine-soaked word player looking at the red meniscus this Nippon nose now knows she’s a sweet, full-bodied bodicus and my sensei sensitivity grows   drunk as … Continue reading →

nothing stronger than a nice Canadian weed like wild dandelion and thistle they break through rock, concrete, asphalt the hardest ground packed gravel fabric and sand to say, hello weeds make cracks and cracks are their homes we try to kill … Continue reading →

under outdoor covers it’s star time—   a cloud of zee’s above my head starry stars sing so bright I can hear them twinkle they rip tiny holes in my black blanket and meteor showers sprinkle down stardust, sparks and aborigines are dancing … Continue reading →

49 one more day of forty-nine my health is good, I’m feeling fine this gray goatee may be a sign I’ve gone and crossed the middle line but I’m not one to sit and whine of my past youth, lament … Continue reading →

the magpies are having a meeting seven scavengers squawking strong call the cops and bust up their bleeping they’re trespassing on my lawn!   all dressed in black tuxedos with scaly-footed spats three are smoking cigarillos and they hate us dirty … Continue reading →

brief circles break the surface of black water rain drops delicately descend rippling into infinity   then disappear                                  like time   clouds separate in sensuous recess sudden sunshine speckles  black water turning brown                                  is a lovely light refraction   a … Continue reading →

unexpected delays comforted buffered by majestic mountains who offer freely ancient wisdom—   quiet be still let go of control, panic reality whispers— choose choose how you will respond then watch reality unfold all needs will be met without struggle … Continue reading →

just 60 seconds more wrapped up in your sleeping embrace like a Vietnamese salad roll a cocoon of tucked-in yumminess   under covers of semi-darkness warm skin to warmer skin with vegetables inside and out you’re so comforting as you … Continue reading →