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Category Archives: poetry
Here is one man’s poem. His poetry is not easy to listen to. It is poetry, which means shining a light on uncomfortable things, dark things, things which are hard to look at. But we are human, most of us, … Continue reading
This is America. Republican politicians cynically abandon every American value, values we the people—some of us—hold dear. You who voted for Donald Trump and for other high-office Republicans: you are lost, only half a step behind your callous leaders, none … Continue reading
Windows wide, birds chirping front and back, Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony fills the house. Life could be worse. … Continue reading
Rest in peace, Suki. Littlest Kitty, Squirt, faithful companion. Shoulder rider, lap sitter, mouse catcher, jumper. Lover of chin scritches and forehead scritches and string cheese and pizza sauce. Head butter, snuggler, blinds cord chewer, prancer. Algebra proofreader, bookbinding assistant. … Continue reading
Chit-chit-chet-chit-chet-chet swish-swish-swish-chit-chit-swish… intense feline scrutiny: a murder of crows squabbles over bugs beneath new snow, under old Ponderosa— stymied. … Continue reading
vap’rous backlit wrack flee the cold turbulent flow blear that baleful winter’s orb … Continue reading
Primordial realm, ice and cold — we near the mists of Niflheim … Continue reading
Eight cores, working hard: orbits, orbits… more orbits. Suki is cold. Laptop is warm. Suki sits on keyboard. Machine vexation, reboot. Sadness. … Continue reading
Open the sliding glass door to a wall of humidity. Look! The Scorpion— its supergiant heart Antares reaching further than Mars— an unaccustomed ten degrees higher in the evening sky. … Continue reading
Kalaeloa runway 22L from seven thousand feet: one end is heavier in skid marks. … Continue reading
Cauliflower and gossamer, red-tinged clouds— we chase a bloody Sun. … Continue reading
I write Into the void. Transient, ephemeral, aperiodic, Sharp. Null hypothesis. By assumption Not significant. You are Alone. Free. Leap Into the ether, the abyss — Into the void. … Continue reading