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- Fraiku: Submission 2023/03/17
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- Fraiku: Fetch 2023/03/10
- Forest Parable published at Edge of Humanity 2023/03/06
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The Roots of Spring
The trees are holding hands in the deep dark like quiet teenagers at a drive-in movie While high above a woodpecker sucks the sap seeping from newly drilled holes Although this poem isn’t about sex it is Spring and all … Continue reading
Hopelessly in Love with Spring
“To be interested in the changing seasons is … a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” ~ George Santayana Spring knocked on my door this morning, all dressed in pink, babbling about the daffodils. … Continue reading
Origami Flowers
Before I fold the squareI write a little poemsomething brief and crypticlike a poorly translated fortune If I’ve folded a boatI’ll launch on the creeklet it float downstreamto a reader or some hungry fish If I’ve folded a paper flyI’ll … Continue reading
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
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act,it is a constant attitude.”~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Our circle of friendsmust be ever expandinglike a bouquet of balloonsa kaleidoscope of visionsviews and voices tiedtogether with appreciationacceptance and the common goalof peace So … Continue reading
Fear Itself
That big angry dog at the end of my paper route half German Shepherd half fear itself The one who barks and snaps at my tires as I pedal away fast as my twelve-year-old legs can pump Some days he’s … Continue reading
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
“The arc of the moral universe is long,but it bends toward justice.” Justice does not come from policeexecuting choke holds and no-knocks. Justice comes from citizens of consciencebreaking unjust laws and accepting punishment. Freedom does not come from an armyof … Continue reading
7 New Year’s Resolutions You’ll be Able to Keep
If you’re feline: Knock more things off desks. Take more naps in the sun. If you’re canine: Sniff more trees. Mark more trees. Roll in something stinky every day. If you’re human: talk less, read more, pick up after yourself, … Continue reading
Hanukkah
Driving through the snow no bells jingling from my two-door little hybrid Rushing to get home before the last candle is lit spin the clay top hoping for chocolate geld But knowing we adult children will share the holiday spirit … Continue reading
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 