Stories tagged poem

Big Barf Theory

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We’re lucky it/ was chunky spew,

Balancing Act

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your tanned hand with a half moon scar warm against / the curve of my waist

Wild Oats v. Shredded Wheat

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Written across an old geezer’s sweatshirt At the Farmer’s Market in L.A.

Songs of Innocence

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I heard the worm was interested in the fat robin’s song.

7th-grade haiku

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Another Life Altogether

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{ a Triolet }A smile, a wave as I stepped out Into another life altogether ‘Twas little enough to talk about A smile, a wave as I stepped out And O' how after they did shout (Yet now we only talk of weather) A smile, a wave as I stepped out Into another life…

The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

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Now your dreams are headed for the Rhyme or Reason Convention where they try to convince you you can do this Trying to make sense of everything

I Saw the News Today, Oh Boy

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We are infused with fear and dread/ of the world we won’t engage/ except through flat screens and remotes,

under construction

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She licks the back of words like stamps; as if a thousand myths were about to set sail ...

The Meat Lady

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After all our morals And ethics of distrust Have been ripped out And discussed There’s still the Meat Lady At the end of the day Standing around in the midst of the crowd Handing out her meat In little morsels on a toothpick Af

The Writing On the Wall Has Been Covered by Graffiti

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The graffiti has grown so large It has covered everything we know and love It has covered the windows, shutting out the light And it’s all about leaving your mark The ones who are living outside your walls Have grown worried about leaving th

Drop Water

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slather consciousness

Breaking News

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We are our own pathogens.

Wild Dreams of Surreality

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The problem with the planet Surreal is it’s lopsided and elongated and flops in space

Engineer Boots, Leather Jackets & Tight Blue Jeans

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As you pump the brakes to the cadence of the song, you look at me. Whoever says brown eyes are mundane, has never seen your eyes that day. Everything changes, almost instantly, with those eyes and that faint glimmer I feel only I could see.