Stillness at the depths and movement
Above before the change, the contact
That transforms element, strips you
Of the life you have been, willing or not,
Which is not the question. Here,
In the icy crucible, you have no choice Continue reading “At Moon Valley Road”
Tag: poetry
Craig’s List Poetry: Truffle Bed
I have lain in the exquisite pleasure
Of a strong, loving man’s arms,
And I have slept where the creek
Flows in the summer evening,
And made my bed in the breeze
Of a fall day near the meadow’s edge, Continue reading “Craig’s List Poetry: Truffle Bed”
Reasons to Visit
There are many reasons you should visit the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry. I will start by listing 10.
- You can make poetry from word blocks. Remember, if you call it a poem, it is a poem.
- You can play the symbol game, which includes a bottle of gin. (Sorry, it’s empty.)
- You can hide in the secret corner and read other people’s secret scribblings. Continue reading “Reasons to Visit”
Road Conditions
It is a day’s work we do,
And where does one find its end?
I was a teacher for twenty years;
Ex-students still haunt me in K-Mart
And at Sonic and in nightmares
About pajamas and podiums, Continue reading “Road Conditions”
Love Quatrains, Love Poetry & Its Opposite
I am making some cards and card booklets for Valentine’s Day for my sister’s shop. So I have been composing little love poems to put in them. It’s a bit hard to write a love poem nowadays. Everything has been said. Or has it? Continue reading “Love Quatrains, Love Poetry & Its Opposite”
Rattle Your Clothes
Write me a poem, he said,
About love and the end of time
And nail it to the hickory tree
In the fence row behind grandma’s house,
Where the coyotes won’t see it Continue reading “Rattle Your Clothes”
Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry 