Wednesday, April 18, 2007

More Cake

More Cake

When life
gets you down, just
think; there are only so
many cookies but there's always
more cake


poem written 4/18/07

Ode to Casey

Ode to Casey

It seems
unfair to me
in spite of your skills we
only recall that one measly
strike out


poem written 4/18/07

Monday, March 05, 2007

Ode to James Brown

Ode to James Brown

They say
'The Godfather'
and know that they mean you
pouring soul in your songs so we
feel good


poem written 3/5/07

A Different Perspective, I

A Different Perspective, I

Ten men
stand together
in staunch opposition
to the oncoming forces of
the strike


poem written 3/5/07

Grounds

Grounds

The facts
on which you base
your defense for this charge,
in fact your entire case, is grounds
for coffee


poem written 3/5/07

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Poker

Poker

This game
feels like hours
of waiting with fleeting
moments of absolute and sheer
terror


poem written 1/24/07

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Blind Eyes

Blind Eyes

Neighbors
who look through blinds
like prarie dogs peeking
through linoleum and keeping
close watch


poem written 11/2/06

Broken Glass

Broken Glass

Our house
is made of glass
and we were happy there
but our parents had to go and
throw stones


poem written 10/23/06

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

The Monster in the Woods

The Monster in the Woods

They say there is a monster in these woods.
It lumbers as it fells the trees in swaths.
It leaves behind two oily leaden paths
that stand where leaves of underbrush once would.
I’ve heard that some, in stupor, stopped and stood
to watch it gorge and spread its tyrant’s wrath
and, trudging on, release its vapor bath
dispensing fumes beneath its angry hood.
The people once tried to do all they could
In an attempt to slow the Jagganath,
but men in suits as oily as the paths
denied them, claiming for the greater good.
And, Loki led, the monster blind as noble Hoth
Kept killing brother Baldr, armed with scythe and snath.


poem written 11/14/06

Monday, November 13, 2006

The Jaguar

The Jaguar

He sits
on the subway
like a vicious jaguar
you know he's just waiting to steal
my purse


poem written 11/13/06

Commercial Break

Commercial Break

The climb
to crescendo
builds until we can't stand
any longer but first a quick
message


poem written 11/13/06

Meditation on a Passing Shower

Meditation on a Passing Shower

The panes
of the windows
patter like typewriters
writing stories in the trickling
water


poem written 11/10/06

Progress, I-II

Progress, I

They cut
the last one down
because we could not see
from all we've learned the forest for
the trees


Progress, II

A plane
flies overhead
leaving puffy white lines
that criss-cross the skies and turn them
dark gray


poems written 11/9/06

Ode to Bob Ross

Ode to Bob Ross

You paint
a perfect scene
the strokes that let us see
your trees are happy and then so
are we


poem written 11/2/06

Meditation on the Earthworm

Meditation on the Earthworm

We die
and you dig in
so then we understand
none get to Heaven before your
say so


poem written 11/2/06

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Cartoon Physics, IV-VI

Cartoon Physics IV

You stare
at me confused
but I am so hungry
your head has started to look like
dinner


Cartoon Physics V

Somehow
the dynamite
that should have destroyed me
did not and merely turned me black
and smoky


Cartoon Physics VI

Though he
has looked both ways
and no car is in sight
the moment he touches asphalt
road kill


poems written 11/2/06

Burglary

Burglary

You feel
as though you have
been cheated by someone
but I say that you were asking
for it

poem written 11/1/06

A Poem I Don't Understand

A Poem I Don't Understand

This poem
is supposedly
metaphorical deep
and dictactic but I just don't
get it


poem written 11/1/06

The House That Dripped Blood

The House That Dripped Blood

Thier house
is dripping blood
from every crack and pore
but no matter how long it bleeds
they stay


poem written 11/1/06

Soldiers

Soldiers

The men
march maim and kill
without regard for us
only knowing thier orders to
walk on


poem written 11/1/06