a child in Burkina Faso is talked to in the womb
with the minds of the village women

its name is sung as it leaves the mother
and it laughs

arms are flung into the air
and dancing forms circles  

he is all arms and legs folded
into a canvas chair

he traded what you have
for a cigarette and the ocean

his memoir is breathed into salt air
much to the benefit of gulls

he is all arms and legs
folded into a canvas chair

he traded what you have
for a cigarette and the ocean

his memoir is breathed into salt air
much to the benefit of gulls



dear Skaaa Deee

i hope this one will be in your next book !

silent lotus

or my first one.
:)


thanks Chasan.

He has a maroon-and-black Studebaker in his driveway.
Girls with bonnets rode on Sunday mornings
and gangsters with tommys flanked on Saturday nights...

...it's big, they must have.

how about Studebaker?
that should do it.
good one.

A Canada earthquake shook Toronto and Ottawa at approximately 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time today, June 23, 2010.
The USGS reports the quake had a magnitude of 5.5.


Hope you are safe Skaaa Deee

thanks Chasan
luckily no injuries or deaths.

I was just about to write a poem about it.

 

room
shaking

stairwells
running

sidewalk
standing

cellphones
talking

The puddle on the path was in the shape
of a kangaroo. One after another the tikes
hopped into it and over.

Absolutely love this image Scott!  M

thanks!

some swear by it
but coffee is mostly water

the madman looked in the mirror
and saw himself

himself saw the mirror
and in looked the madman  

*

madman scribbled on scraps swept up
by a confused executor

and placed in an empty Hush Puppy box
someone left just to the right of the window

where humming birds hover today
a little longer than usual