Category: No Time for Poetry but Exactly What Is

Texting through the Tears

When there’s midnight silence She can hear his voice When she closes her eyes She can see him coming up the stairs I ask her to tell me Some of the nicknames he had for…

Reminder on a 3 by 5 Index Card

If you face obloquy You’ve got to practice If you face applause You’ve got to practice If you face indifference You’ve got to practice If you face heartbreak You’ve got to practice

Holding It All

At a break during our all-day strategy meeting Yasmin told me She never felt more hopeless Than when she walked the roads of Rafah (Ruins to the left Rubble to the right) And all the…

One Thought after Another

Did K’s friend commit suicide in California? Were Courtney and Lindsay just now talking about Colleen? (You eavesdropper!) Will someone read aloud tonight and pop the balloon? Am I going to write another anaphoral litany?…

Lineage

From Markel to Zinovy From Zinovy to Alyosha From Alyosha to Kolya From Kolya to Cab From Cab to me From me to Eileen From Eileen to Adah From Adah to a world filled with…

Being With

I have some grand notions in my head But they often fall by the wayside When I’m sitting at the table Talking with one person Hearing all that has happened In that one life. –Dorothy…

The Slow Fix

This isn’t the Sudden Enlightenment School By a long shot It’s the Show-up-Each-Day- Sit-Down-and-Shut-up-School It’s meditating morning and night Then gathas throughout the day It’s tending to the garden of the mind And smiling to…

Makes Me Happy

To receive a vivid piece of writing (poem, rant, trans-genre) from a friend and then get permission to share it with others who are adept at appreciation To bike in Forest Park, run up Art…