Titanoboa cerrejonensis
When this diminishing skin of self-pity refuses
to slough off & relinquish its groaning contents,
my pain sends me inward to my prehistoric depths…
My Day 12 Poem for the May 30/30 Challenge is up at Tupelo Press!
Moon Cake
For Mike
My sixteen year-old daughter wants
dessert at ten o’clock on a Friday night,
so right there & then…
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My Day 11 Poem for the May 30/30 Challenge is up at Tupelo Press!
Raxacoricofallapatorius
On Raxacoricofallapatorius,
our people, peculiar and calcium-based,
have gases escaping the pores in our skin…
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My Day 10 Poem for the May 30/30 Challenge is up at Tupelo Press
Ars Wormetica
Sure, I’d had a worm’s eye view of what I’d be asking
for by opening that can, but it wasn’t enough to keep me
from taking it in the grip of my one hand, & sinking
the opener’s tiny, circular saw into the tin-lined-steel lid
with the stubborn squeeze of my other…
Make me an offer I can’t refuse here!
My Day 9 Poem for the May 30/30 Challenge is up at Tupelo Press!
Photo by: Cameren Harper
How to Be a Malacologist
Remember when
your child’s heart led your head
like a garden snail’s head leads its footed belly…
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My Day 8 Poem for the May 30/30 Challenge is up at Tupelo Press
Dross
When the glacial lake outburst flood first scored
her watershed dawn into the earth’s bones
she was meant to be…
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These 30/30 poems (one per day for 30 days in a row!) must necessarily be composed and published at quite a frenetic pace, especially for “perfectionistic” (which is a far cry from perfect…) me. I’m revealing some pretty raw stuff, and I deeply appreciate the support of everyone reading along! Thank you so much!
My Day 7 poem for the May 30/30 Challenge is up at Tupelo Press!
Crocodile
Sly for a six-footer you are
a briny guy stretched out & chill
as in literally a cold-blooded
dinosaur with a killer instinct
When the tide flows in your heart slows…
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My Day 6 Poem for the May 30/30 Challenge is up at Tupelo Press
Vessel
The nature of your need dwells beneath
the earth’s most ancient continental rock…
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‘Trumplewocky’ by Stephanie L. Harper. Performance.
Check out this inspired rendition of my poem, ‘Trumplewocky,’ by the inimitable Kat Robertson!
Trumplewocky first appeared on this blog in February 2017.
My Day 5 Poem for the 30/30 Challenge is up at Tupelo Press!
Hypochondria Blues
With gratitude to Crow at Words and Feathers for choosing the words, badger, thrombosis, and erectile…
What you’ve got is only a touch of neurosis,
so don’t get your knickers all bunched in a twist—
your worries will give you a deep vein thrombosis!
Do you think there’s a prize for a self-diagnosis? (…)
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