Stories tagged poem

What To Believe

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Being simple like this, knowing a thing is done by doing.

To my own two feet

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When I first arrived/footling-breeched/you two were there/ahead of me.

I Heard You Liked the Back Seat Too, Honey

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I heard you liked the back seat too, Honey I heard that you liked to hear me coo Well, I was just like you But then I started feeling kinda funny And I pulled my own heart apart Sniffing at its neck like you used to do And now I don’t know a

I Would Like To Describe

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I would like to describe the morning with the absences of dark

Squirrels Just Wanna Have Fun

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“Emma,” I said, “will you quit staring? What about the meatpacker’s hope for his daughter?” I asked. “Have you even thought about that?” “Once you get off the moon, maybe,” she said “Honestly, after so much lamb and schwarma I could go for a

Going Commando

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I have the fear of comedy I have the laughter of war I have the need of a commando A pillow, a rock, an ant A soft Southern deer in the headlights I have the mask of Anonymity Lying down in the field of blue lights After our circumstances

Avoid Anything With an Ism

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Communism Capitalism Gism or Gysm, either way Avoid anything with an Ism Catholicism Botulism Socialism Skepticism If its got an Ism in it Avoid it, okay? (Advice for our newborn daughter) Avoidalism is okay Though So you c

Passion

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From words to meaning― how complicated it is.

When the wind/sky really is God

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and all the trees are holding/their limbs up in prayer/and rain is mating with soil

Manifesto

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I write poems.

April and the Rebellious Daughter

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Her tall and slender father smiles and worries/ as she runs across the decrepit tennis court/ and slips under the net as if to escape// parental bonds. But, she always looks/ back at him and laughs

To A Child

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Heaven knows. Hell knows.

Do You Think God Will Play With Me?

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She cut me adrift On an iceberg of words And words melt As you know Looks like we may have Gone out on the limb A little too far without A toe-hold on Reality Doesn’t it? But I saw the headlines: Cows Bound for Slaughterhouse Mak

The Missing Part of the Middle Finger of My High School English Teacher

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I remember it was my sophomore High school English teacher Who managed to inspire me To start writing a little something And I remember also, oddly, That she was missing a part Of her middle finger on one hand Maybe she just couldn't

Hooters Altering Iconic Uniforms for More 'Family Friendly' Vibe at New Outlets

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Oh, no, they’re ruining Hooters With these new “family-friendly” Unskimpified uniforms in Asia I mean, it’s “Hooters” Isn’t it? What could be More family-friendly Than a pair of hooters By definition they are “Family Friendly” Geez,