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The frog at night
Is not alarmed to be spotlighted
Or at least does not scamper
But merely poses
For the shot Ken takes,
The first of a series
That highlights the frog Continue reading “Me and Ken and Two Animals”
Category: Poems
Poetry from Oklahoma
Crestview Trailer Park, Stillwater OK, 1981
And what I remember
is the traffic of trucks,
the smell of chlorine sharp
as overripe melons
busted open in dead grass
late summer,
the heat of the west-facing metal door
in the afternoon Continue reading “Crestview Trailer Park, Stillwater OK, 1981”
We Work in the Dark
It is a hood ornament for my printer,
Both black, both exactly
The same length. Where did it live
In his house?
A few miles from here,
The Grand River snakes between cliffs
Where a train used to run,
Its whistle charting my mother’s sleep. Continue reading “We Work in the Dark”
Ode to a Kleenex and Other Pocket Poems
The pocket poetry case in the museum is full, with pocket poems overflowing into the shelves below it. So I am going to move some of them. I took some pictures first to share here. Continue reading “Ode to a Kleenex and Other Pocket Poems”
Happier Ignorant
I was sweeping in the museum today and noticed this post-it note folded up and sticking out the bottom of the Secret Box.
This wooden box is in the Secret Corner of the museum. A very comfortable chair sits in the corner. It is surrounded by poetry and secrets that people have made un-secrets. Continue reading “Happier Ignorant”
Radio Show about Poetry: Those Were the Days
I bought this book in a flea market because of the last page in it, a poem “To One Who Does Not Care For Poetry,” which I love. (Read it below) Of course, then I had to investigate who Tony Wons was–check out that snazzy photo of him! Continue reading “Radio Show about Poetry: Those Were the Days”
Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry 