In Between
Poem In between the confines of daily routine Is the magic of human experience Found in every song, book and movie The story of emotion The way it feels underneath the skin The...
Category: Poetry
Do This; Thing
Poem Okay non sequitur The eyes really do contain a sliver Of soul No, no recant at this point is poor form Shows that your manners slink away when the going gets rough,...
Grindstone
Haibun Poem Not even mid-week of the first full week. Overcrowded 10th graders chatter at every transition. Stephan already runs his mouth off. Alex and other repeaters quietly instigate just by talking and...
The Practice Room
Poem The door is thick, at least two inches but it won’t muffle the sound. It closes on this small place, the white paint peeling, the graffiti of distracted musicians fading from the walls. I...
I Can Remember My Dreams
Poem Here rest your head upon this pillow and sleep no more Simply rest That is all that is required You don’t know what to do so do nothing Nothing is an Art...
Firm Grasp
Poem A flight on the back of a kite Bruise the ego only when no one looks From on the other side maybe the French Way of settling discord Married unwittingly alongside The...
Dazed and Confused
Haibun Poem Voices droned on. About Chancellors’ regulations. Graduations. Assessment deadlines. In a whirl after I looked for colleagues to ask about free periods. Stapled borders to bulletin boards. Attended pointless Professional Development....
The Rain Song
Poem Rain, rain go away Come again another day Cold drops drench my head and Puddles soak my feet Rain, rain, go away, Wash some other street. Tiny rivers run down the road...
A Poem I Hope to Rewrite in 10 Years
Poem These are the days we’ll long remember The triumphs of great men pursuing their rights To limit those of women to health, money Our cents to a dollar The days of waiting...
And The Rain Is Falling
Poem I sit on my desk, the rain is falling, an open window, thoughts are coming, passing by like train in fields of flowers, like night in day, it’s light in darkest hours…...
