Category Archives: poems

“hello there, kitty—“ whispers the yellow killer cue the film score for this linoleum thriller!   an ‘alien’-themed anthem starts to sing and the white-pawed approach is light what is this yellow, scary thing with its stationary might?   catnipped … Continue reading →

black-topped buttes and black top this heat haze hovers and hums backed up by the vibrato trio of grasshopper, rattler and fly see the shotgun stop sign sadness? the asphalt surface is melting old thermometer reads, 109 F is it this … Continue reading →

critters and life critters and life lookin’ out my  office window this is what I see is rife   pretty partridges peckin’ pebbles by a tree angry ants alterin’ the carcass of a bee haggard, hungry hare hops hastily to … Continue reading →

first time wearing shorts in May and flip flops too, I smiley said let the sun shine all the day to dry this oozing scab on head the mole is— the mole is gone! all that’s left’s a big pink hole smell … Continue reading →

** WARNING – The following program may contain words in quotation marks! **   was good Will Shakespeare a real man? with all that prose production? it’s hard to imagine one guy can so to this there’s speculation “To be or not … Continue reading →

birch branch pepper sneeze the divine Miss N’s in town snow white and the seven trees but will she wear a gown?   whiffs of yellow puffs, the pink streaks of light blue sky black the blotches are birchbark notches … Continue reading →

black crow reflection     on a diagonal flightpath         and the deep black river              flows through my window pane   little chunky mini icebergs racing to their melting down that deep black river drain now black crow has landed hoppin’ funny in … Continue reading →

a veteran rarely tells what war he knows inside of battles fought and good friends lost all those he saw that died   serve your country fight for freedom watch your buddy die come home and have a normal life … Continue reading →

tires on boats we know are bumpers big lights on strings would make Edison proud though strings don’t touch electricity and strings catching shrimp should be elementary   the shrimpman’s story is one to know red tides do flow, dark … Continue reading →

irregardless is not a word ironic misused by every turd penultimate IS NEXT TO LAST ultimate is last— NOT BEST  but could be MAX or HIGHEST acute is sharp chronic is long-lasting accept or except neither, notwithstanding adverse is contrary while averse, strongly opposed affect and effect make me scratch … Continue reading →