wednesday

more days between rains
stones stand out like hungry ribs
from drying creek bed

gone home

mewling, grey cat searches
from room to room looking for
a departed guest

thunder

after a dry spell
the skies open and thunder booms
feast after famine

reduced to color
like vaseline on the lens
water blurs the world

Ze Moon

"O, ze moon! Ze June!
ah, ze spoon! C'est l'amour!"
as a skunk might say...

moon

lemon lollipop
just waiting to be licked
dangles out of reach

air

messages received
mere minutes before midnight
mom at calvert mem

mad dash down route four
amused by my appearance
mom is doing fine

air

air leaves my body
breathe slow, focus on your breath
and hear of lung clot

thursday

the minutes tick by
with the storm clouds gathering
your plane landing soon

moon

piece of juicy fruit
fill up my half-empty glass
just give it a squeeze

clouds

thunderheads taunting
grumbles tease from the distance
sadly no rain falls

solstice

No egg balancing—
such tricks are for equinox.
'Sides, heat would cook egg.

Minutes finally stacked,
the building stands completed,
as longest day closes.

because eye said so

a nightmare vision
inappropriate eyeball
horror unspoken

platter

like an oak, enringed,
each craze a year or decade
great-grandma's platter

luciferin

at twilight, knees skimm'd
by glowing motes, mating dance
swirls amid grasses

treetops sway bedecked
with captured, living jewels
dancing atop leaves

midnight, trees ensnare
earthbound stars, where twinkling,
bugs best the big bear

living torches quench'd
deprived of their oxygen
lit bellies go dark

moon

a fresh slice of lemon
swirling around a huge glass
of cosmic iced tea

tentaclely

Colenterata*
full belly dragging deathstrings
floats in inky night

medusoid glowing
pale in dark aquarium
suspended in time

a tension of forms—
arcs echo, spirals tangle—
balance against void

*yes, I know this is outdated.

pax

individual,
always eyeing fruit and veg,
grey cat chews a pea

grey fur still lush, but
the old man's getting bony
under stroking hand

bright eyes half closed
madly purring ball of fur
leans against my thigh

weeds

behind the railing
tall weeds lean in reggae sway
caught in breeze's rhythm

big mouth

part parade float
part terrifying beast, your
skeleton enthralls

Ah, megalodon,
or, as I prefer to think:
Schnozosaurus rex.

I don't care a whit—
Carcharodon? Carcharocles?
O, megalodon!

at the end of night,
often i feel as my mouth
were as large as yours

all staff

the morning fills me
up with swirling motes of dread
yet leaves me drained

somehow—and i thot
it wasn't possible—now
less motivated

working outside

WANTED: one worker.
Must provide own computer,
sunblock, and structure.

perhaps poet's perch?
or inventory control
for clover and bees

fresh air and sunshine—
forget a corner office—
these are perquisites

commute

with slight sway metro
sings an unconvincing song
to rock me awake

moon

fingernail clipping
with just a hint of polish
hanging in the sky

cloud

stealing at edges
effects by mother nature
crepuscular rays

thrift art

unicorn and kittens
snooze, while velvet matador
wrestles in the back

wistful rocking horse
dreams of green meadows, fresh air
and cool glass of tab

curb cafe

loud traffic passes
mingling car exhaust with
hungry kitchen smells

thursday

one job back from shop
one print job sent off to press
one circulating

no comment

oddly, i've noticed
the post comments only appear
when poems tardy

sick day

outside, sunlight calls,
temperate breezes buffet;
inside, the couch wins

summer builds

each day lengthens
stacking minute on minute
to construct daylight

Guinnii

kate and matt and i
between us seven pints split
'mid happy chatter

kohlrabi

green satellites from
a vegetable planet
take in farm data

silvery green leaves
stream like comet tails behind
spoked bulbous orb

crabcake express

into the desert
comes a taste of Chesapeake
in blue and red box

room number 5

cubby no. 5
filled with hope and anxiety
before surgery

ow

bleeding freely red
against the rich, dark compost
stitches not needed

cloudburst

bright mid afternoon
into which comes a cloudburst
and washes the sky