Poetry | Poetry
May.21.2013
May 21
NaCl
I work arithmetic instead of telling you to stop. I make a light remark, never take a stand until I have worked the numbers and believe that the weight of suffering is on my side. I store in the cellar the salt I found in my wounds...
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May.20.2013
May 20
Martinizing
The price of upkeep scares me, it daunts me even. I pay the initial cost, I have bitten that bullet of required outlay; the continued charges for maintenance push my face in the mud until my ears clog. Avoiding the need of perpetual...
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May.19.2013
The Dark Parlor
Black beaded fringe dripping from the ceiling. Dry ice. Five dollars (a donation, a scented envelope). Seance. Incense. Strings under the table. Insensible. Stringy bangs hanging into enlarged pupils, eyelashes dyed violet. Science. Lace gloves, pearl buttons...
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May.19.2013
May 19
Who Rang?
Examine the instillation of your buttons as a process of discovery for disabling them. Pay attention to the wiring but also to the hardware. Sometimes the advertising is the thing which keeps alive something better off put to...
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May.18.2013
Breach
A crack. A creak. A groan. From the other side of the wracked fence, horses peer into the ditch. Hooves scrape away moss. A red bicycle hits a dip, flips sideways, spinning and gasping. A torn apron over a rounded belly, wavering. Stones scatter from the pile by...
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May.18.2013
It is a pleasure to have another of the member of the Class of 2K13 (debut YA and mid grade authors) in the form of Tamera (like camera) Will Wissinger. Who joined me to chat about her debut book “Gone Fishing”, a charming new children’s novel written in verse.
The middle of three children Tamera...
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May.18.2013
May 18
Pearly Whites
Reaction is a separation, a polarization; it cuts you from me and God from we. Response is a connection, an inclusion; threading a line from you to me and stitching G-d into our pockets. I realize now that any positive connection...
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May.17.2013
Flashback Fridays! I'm very much enjoying ruffling through the old crate of notebooks. These poems are better than a journal. Less minutiae, more emotional memory. This one goes back to late undergrad and speaks of a young man who is having a hard time wrangling someone he cares about. Poor...
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May.17.2013
The 2012 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative grant enabled me to bring writing workshops into twelve non-profit organizations. My passion is to bring poetry that is dynamic, accessible and transformative to audiences who do not usually read poetry. Because studies show that poetry and self...
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May.17.2013
May 17
Underoos
Why is it that I store undies I never wear in my panty drawer and leave no room for my favorites? Why is it that I have things in cupboards that have not seen the light of day in years, but they are kept as sacred? I don’t use my...
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