Stories tagged poems

About Poems

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They often leave me dulled/ and wanting back my time.

Girl on the Road

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She dithered in the back seat on the way to her funeral.

The Favorite

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She wasn't anybody's, just one of those left-behinds that came with the house.

The Favorite

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She wasn't anybody's, just one of those left-behinds that came with the house.

Natural Histories I

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I feel about the universe/ as Abrahamics are supposed/ to feel about their Yahweh, /their God, and their Allah:/ I am in fear, I am in awe, /I am in love.

Natural Histories II

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n truth, they are not red/ but chestnut./ But “Chestnut Wasp” lacks menace

Sparks Beneath the Surface

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If I should wake/ before I die,/ just shoot me through/ the one good eye.

Anger Management

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How many extinctions can we claim?/ Is someone keeping score?/ Somebody needs to keep the score

Where the Subways Go Above Ground in Brooklyn

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The rocks are hot along the East RiverBelow hazy skies sent from Jersey Traffic.Pigeons peck at pieces of detritus,Walking calmly by pedestrians passingThrough the park during their allotted lunchHour. A girl with a strange frame —As if her ribs fused with her hips…

Government Contract

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So what happensTo the VFWIn a global economyAnd the monumentsErected in reverenceAfter the boysWho became menCame back homeTo be fathersThen grandfathersGreat-grandfathersAnd start to fall awayAs the days creep byThat petty paceOf politics as usualFamily DiasporasAnd maybe…

Spitwads

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Two types coexist- the sanguine/ and exsanguinated./ My skin is cool/ and pale as moonlight

Novembering

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Cinnamon and smoke infuse the days that shorten, chill, accelerate.

Songs of Propinquity

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We whistle on the way to work ...

Runts

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Who wouldn’t prefer a Starbuck’s Card for Christmas rather than poems?

Runts

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Dead drunks sing Christmas/ songs-