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I say our spell check’s rather daft to underline in red my use of amn’t. I am not impressed when you tell me it isn’t valid, despite the...
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Jul 22, 20231 min read
Sébastian
The artist exhibiting his work in this dingy, downtown gallery paints nothing but bowls of fruit. Maybe he has some other themes in his...
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Jul 20, 20231 min read
Spoken Word
I definitely feel out of place, at this late-night poetry slam, over 30 years older than this crowd of teens and twenties who are...
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Jul 15, 20231 min read
The Mona Fucking Lisa
After a single session, I already regret my sign-up for this ekphrastic poetry course, cursing to you the assignment I was given: Mona...
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Apr 22, 20231 min read
Pockets
I’ve got one hand in my pocket and the other one is playin’ a piano —Alanis Morissette I can never have enough pockets. I’ve bought a...
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Apr 20, 20231 min read
Mahavira
I’ve fallen in love with every animal in the world. So much so I’m unable to do a thing around the house. You ask me to clean the windows...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
Victor
Our friend prefers Victor to Vic. He has no patience for those too lazy to include the second syllable. What’s the big deal? he hears,...
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Apr 10, 20231 min read
Ratios
There are 20 quadrillion ants upon the Earth, at least that’s what the experts gauge, and there’s two-and-a-half million for every human....
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Apr 9, 20231 min read
Wild Bill McKeen
This village through which we’re driving is home to “Wild Bill McKeen” and though we haven’t a clue who he is— or was— his name is on a...
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Mar 31, 20231 min read
Milestones
I missed my car’s odometer hitting the 100,000 mark, despite my awareness it was coming, that at 99,999 it was just a quick jaunt to the...
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Mar 22, 20232 min read
Algorithms
After thirty years of struggle, I’ve penned my masterpiece. It’s the poem I can gloat is perfect: funny, heart-wrenching, born of blood...
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Mar 21, 20232 min read
Poetasters
I’ve been told to never use heart in a poem. It’s worn, archaic, schmaltzy— used by all the doggerelists this workshop leader has warned...
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Mar 18, 20231 min read
Meter Maid
Lovely Rita, meter maid, nothing can come between us —The Beatles The parking meter has ripped me off again. Granted, a quarter doesn’t...
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Mar 15, 20231 min read
Rodentia
My landlady is ranting about the squirrels, how they dig up all her flowers, calling them tree rats, that all of us would hate them if it...
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Mar 9, 20231 min read
The Fence
On the other side of the fence, the neighbour’s grass is lush and weedless. I see him kissing his stunning wife, tenderly, without...
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Feb 25, 20231 min read
Anthem
The path to peace it’s said is found in sacred books of old, on parchment, scrolls and ink; in a choir’s hallelujah, ringing bells and...
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Feb 21, 20231 min read
Raking Leaves with Anneliese
She holds open ruptured bags as I heave loads of coloured leaves into their crinkled, paper mouths like a backhoe dropping dirt into a...
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Feb 20, 20231 min read
Tanka
Our daughter races, attempting to catch the birds. If she had the wings of a pigeon, she'd leave us, dropping occasional notes. Andreas...
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Feb 18, 20231 min read
Exhalation
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. – Thich Nhat Hanh My muses must have...
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Feb 18, 20232 min read
Ode to Olivia
I’ll sign my pseudonym to your confession, echo expletives in overture, regretting the passing through birth canals, staging reenactments...
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