Stories tagged poetry

Bedfellows

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A mutiny of voices, enclosed. The sing-song of verse, the steady drone of prose.

Snowdrop

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Spring show its populist face, Flies in the house, missionaries at the door...

Back East

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Could even drift off to New Orleans for a slow sip of a hurricane

Here Comes the Sun

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She lies on her stomach by the side of the pool staring into her towel. On her back, I can make out a pastel isthmus, surgery's pink art or charlatan's scab, I can't tell which. She is beautiful as rare roast beef is beautiful.

Flame Thrower

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It was 2:00 in the afternoon on Tuesday, July 11, 1959. I was sitting in the air-conditioned Capitol Theater watching Gregory Peck in Pork Chop Hill.

Transferable Skills

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People always want other people to break down, fall apart...

There is no time

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Now, as I gaze into the deep...deep blue, a reflection of the universe unfolds and I am released of all my bonds with the earth.

Peaches

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Imagine the color when you close your eyes and stare at the sun. Then, crush it into a tiny ball, the size of your fist.

One Way (for Tina Kieffer)

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This mother, she buys a one way ticket whenever she visits her three daughters who have wandered far from the eyes of her pearlescent knitting needles and tutti-frutti yarns.

forever

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over tea & saltineshe read melike an obituary

aromatic

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this bleeding sun, clove studded & seedless

In tidal relief

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the world slips under the waves

early spring

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the late snow, though not welcomed...

Incoming/Outgoing (w/one tweak)

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...deal with nasal drip, manage odor--

Sounds like leaving

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chains across all the old doors