Tag Archives: words
Yesterday’s Treasure
If I concentrate on the color I might wear out tomorrow, I could forget my father is a hoarder. Even now, tubes of ChapStick (without microphones), rolls of toilet paper, stacks of Hershey bars (dark chocolate without nuts) surround him. … Continue reading
Filed under Overnight Poems
Left
Not everything that doesn’t get built dies, not everything built lives. Better with a wrench than a hammer, she would rather loosen those four legs to collapse old surfaces than tighten a grip into an ache. This overreach for words … Continue reading
Filed under Overnight Poems
No So Long—No Good-bye
This date cannot take me away from you the way I almost succeeded in making it work for me years ago. Got it wrong. The clouds won’t break this afternoon. Learning to walk again, you can rest your eyes in … Continue reading
Filed under Afternoon Poems
Clutching Tags
Aphasia is anonymous in its demand that poems be written without words. I’m not ready to give mine up. The wave of an ampersand ropes them in just in time.
Filed under Night Poems
