Ode to the Last Drop of Syrup
A count to three Drip A count to three Drip A count to four Five Six Drip Every moment a tree’s lifeblood, Too precious to… Read More »Ode to the Last Drop of Syrup
MAT Hodges
Chickens gentrifying the neighborhood
They moan about “all the work that goes into laying” and then complain that I’m cooking their eggs all wrong.
Dinosaur poetry
Romandeo,
You think you know
That Rosaline is thine…
A Herd and Its Dog
Our herd will shrink soon, so let’s document its temporary membership of five sheep and a goat. (We’ll probably sell a few sheep in the… Read More »A Herd and Its Dog
A Place to Put One’s Feet Up
In the den of crooked rugs, Cat gnaws Poinsettia near the green-water tank where Goldfish shadows Crab.
MISLAID PAINT-CAN OPENER
There is a garage And there is no garage Only that I rarely go in Or think of it or dream of it Or park… Read More »MISLAID PAINT-CAN OPENER
Dropaways
The first step of denial can be universally applied to the gamut of tragedy from the loss of a cherished piece of jewelry to the… Read More »Dropaways
About roads: thoughts of two non-characters
A crevasse with twin ruts waits, outside the subdivision, the world Known only to you and your little brother. Both ends flatten Into the forest… Read More »About roads: thoughts of two non-characters
OCD Knives
How many of us are comfortable with this image?
My political stance? I’m a member of the Siesta Party.
I do not nap every single day; I average 75%. This slower lifestyle, during which I enjoy the luxury of feeding my sheep at an… Read More »My political stance? I’m a member of the Siesta Party.