Stories tagged poem

Why I Write- Item Seventeen

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I feel I am, in fact,/ the dimmest and least wise/ man on earth.

The Actual Poets

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And here’s a picture of you at the end of the line to the great toilet of fiction, waiting to relieve yourself, quick before the poetry gets to you. Or worse, the actual poets.

At the Cafe

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The light on his face from a lamp, felt hat with a black band scrunched down, the light on his face as though thrown there, the nose creating a strong shadow, with dark, straight eyebrows under the hat, red and orange beard. Leaning forwar

recipe

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secret recipe

Despite the Spring

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The scarred heart pumps its viscous blood.

Wonder as the Sum of All My Ignorance

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Questions unanswered proliferate/ across the April sky, blue// with wisps of cirrus white.

Pharmacist

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You stalked me between the aisles, amongst the personal hygiene products …

Be Afraid

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Everything conspires to kill you:

Little Ditty Down

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I got caught writing poems at the paint factory several times before they fired me I got caught in the middle of one of my best lines but can’t remember what I meant to say anymore, but I know, just know it was something real good,

stung

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Lust

Birding

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Even mockingbirds are scarce;

Portrait without Birds

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so Tippi has no interest

stye

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poked in the eye

Republican Presidential Candidates Haiku

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If they were drowning,

Remedy

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the last, best// analgesic--/ guaranteed