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Poet Trees

Some poets take the reader by the hand and guide them through the forest. Some poets blaze a well-marked trail but leave the reader to walk alone. Some poets climb the high branches and throw acorns at their readers. And … Continue reading

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Elegy

You gave me my first telescope yet never felt the full shadow of a solar eclipse. But if you’d lived to a hundred and ten, one would’ve come to you, as I did, a pilgrimage to your grave in the … Continue reading

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Dancing with the Stars

“You need chaos in your soulto give birth to a dancing star”~ Friedrich Nietzsche I’ve seen stars dance in my telescope— a slow sensual clutch around their barycenter, bound by attraction. I am exaggerating like a poet. They are not … Continue reading

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Like a Tree in April

We hold deep conversations when you’re not around. I explain why I don’t enjoy Star Trek: Discovery and what could convince me there was a god. You’re the perfect companion always asking the right questions, never probing where I don’t … Continue reading

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Fraiku: Campus

Listen the protestors, unkempt, thin and idealistic, they are usually right.

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Seven Questions I ask all my muses

If you were a flower, what kind would you be? How would you feel if you received a bouquet of yourself? If you were a cloud, what shape would you be? How would you feel about meteorologists? If you were … Continue reading

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So many trees, how could I not climb?

The leaves beckon me to reach higher taunting with whispery voices then I look down and can’t see the ground Clinging tight to the trunk until I hear the dinner bell and friends gather laughing from the grass It takes … Continue reading

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Heart of the Problem

Things get stuck in my mind, dates, places, trivia. It was useful as a student, less so as a husband. Never forgot an anniversary or a birthday or a lie. Every time she said “no”, I heard “never”. I wish … Continue reading

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Through the Window

Observing the teenage squirrels at play and titmice foraging among the leaves has convinced me. I’m moving out of my apartment and building a treehouse. Now that everything’s green, no one will notice a studio in the branches. I’ll leave … Continue reading

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Limerick for Bernie

on her birthday There once was a woman from Orkney, who was always attracted to dorknies. Quantum Physics, her game and so she became entwined with a strangely charmed quarkney. Happy Birthday to my loyal reader and fellow writer, Bernie … Continue reading

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