Daily Archives: April 11, 2012

this third day

This third day of spring a child embraces sky it is so blue

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the free market

the year our garden gave too much we sold zucchini at the roadside my father’s farmer friend drove slowly by our stand, pretending to cry as we stole his business & we two (capitalists disguised as girls) stuck out our … Continue reading

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Cicada

Perhaps now After years of silence & empty pages I am finding a voice again  Now, my words break free Of the dry husk wrapped in layers That kept them safely from light Emerge from the earth singing & fly … Continue reading

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Poem for my sister (for Laurie)

my sister died on a Tuesday morning the telephone an inconvenient interruption until my mother’s voice 7 states away repeated itself what is she saying about my sister we planned to grow old together still arguing & playing scrabble someone … Continue reading

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The Land of the White Man

in the land of the white man desert sun twists our vision in heat-driven delirium to see only ourselves those unlike us have papers in their pockets ready to prove they have the right to sweep our sacred streets while … Continue reading

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