Monthly Archives: January 2013

the antonym of corn

Corn bread’s in the oven and yes I ground the seed myself, absent of nuance because what’s mundane feeds and if this is my mask, it was not made but found; ring-bound features freed by flint, the way my kin … Continue reading

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2:30 a.m. small stone

Some early mornings hit deep in the plexus.  I’d say solar plexus, but I am moonblind.

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pauses

el(lips)es yours/mine parenthetic punctuated kiss that trails and stretches want to … or maybe after all ! that curve into each other almost of spooning (( )) into the . sleep

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snapping rules like rubber bands

unfairly, the adverb carries responsibility for laxity in poetry as if every -ly lazily falls into a slot active language deserves but isn’t all language live and if I don’t use these tools properly writing a poem will seem like building … Continue reading

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small stone 1/2/13

snow strikes snow with the kiss of butterfly wings or the sound leaves make spiraled from the maple– sighed echoes of other seasons set gently in ice

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Originally posted on Paula Acton:
(Written in response to Susan Daniels poem which you can read here Skank/Goddess (not a nice girl) I don’t normally write in response to other peoples posts but the image she created has stayed with…

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Originally posted on faceatthewindow:
You get powdered milk then coca cola through a rubber teat soon it’s cigarettes and stolen beers other girls hate you climbing into cars with their boys who won’t buy you teddy bears, cards with love…

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