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Valentine’s Mashup
How do I love her? Let me count the ways. She is like a red, red rose, walking in beauty, like the night. Her love is more thicker than forget more thinner than recall. And all that’s best of dark … Continue reading
Too Long Too Long
His deep round voice resonates against my thin apartment walls the next door neighbor dog howls the vapid sound of loneliness My dog Bobo howls in solidarity and seems confused when chastised for this is no ambulance siren but a … Continue reading
Fraiku: No Pain
You say you love me I pinch my skin sharp: nothing Must still be dreaming
How could I love thee?
How could I love thee? When you’d smack your lips as you ate apple pie When you’d snore through the night ’til the sun rose in the sky When you’d drum your fingers or bite your nails When you’d order … Continue reading
A Marriage
Over the wires your voicecame leaping into my earlike a sparkling rainbow Me in my hotel roomyou on the front porchenjoying the evening breeze We talk as though we’re holding handsafter a long day— sharing our warmthdespite the miles traveled … Continue reading
Nevers
For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. Nevers I’ll never know why.That’s not true.I know why you stoppedreplying to my texts. It was something I said.I didn’t set out to fail.I just didn’t listenand said too much. It’s probably for … Continue reading
The Taste of my Own Medicine
I was able to combine three prompts into one poem. For today’s prompt, write a taste poem. Weekend Writing Prompt #254 — Yodel. NaPoWriMo Day Ten, a love poem. The Taste of my Own Medicine I’ve chewed the bitter pill— … Continue reading
I’ll never know why
For today’s prompt, write a second chance poem. I’ll never know why Why she stopped replyingto my texts and emails It was probably something I saidsince I usually say too much Looking up on a clear nightjoking about Virgo or … Continue reading
Fraiku from Alnitak
I won’t say “I love you”Love is a shooting starI prefer “Let me help” (Inspired by a line from the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever“.)
Let’s Pretend
Let’s pretendI’m riding in this skullpulling levers pressing pedalsmaking this body obey my will Let’s pretendyour little pilot is looking outthrough those smokey eyeswindows to your flight deck Let’s pretendminds are distinct from bodiesthat this chemistry felt over drinksis more … Continue reading
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 