May. 10th, 2009
You hit me in waves--
every laugh is a San Fran quake.
But if you're the Richter scale,
seems like I'm the Midwest.
May. 8th, 2009
My mid-life crises are many:
What to do, how, with whom, and why.
Maybe I'm just dramatic,
Or will I only live to forty?
Apr. 12th, 2009
Crisis. I break down and cry,
"Zut alors,
qui suis-je?"
How embarrassing--
I didn't even know I spoke French.
Apr. 9th, 2009
He asked me to edit his essay,
So I made marks and slashes until it said
"Will one marry this writer?"
And handed it back.
Mar. 29th, 2009
You've made much of getting
lost in a moment, of being
swept away, swept up, of finding thrills.
Steady. Breathe.
Mar. 12th, 2009
Tell me, I begged,
But she painted over the space behind her eyes
With doubt, cold and silver,
And her lips turned blue.
Feb. 9th, 2009
Blood-shod feet and blood-shot eyes
Men left deaf and dumb
A lark into the trenches flies
But none know that he's come
Feb. 6th, 2009
so much depends
upon
that damn Mending
Wall
Feb. 4th, 2009
You, Kevin and the kids should come this fall.
My wife sends them a kiss,
And I send one as well—to you.
With love,
Feb. 2nd, 2009
A big imposing room like all the others
With heavenward ceiling and dwarfing desk
But when they beamed and shook her hand
She was twice as grand
Feb. 2nd, 2009
I won't write a limerick--won't,
or can't? Rhyming is beyond me, and a sonnet? God forbid.
But blank verse I can give you, full of, well,
nothing. Which, of course, is not what you mean to me.
She could still smell him on her hair
when she stepped under the driving stream,
and no amount of Herbal lather
could remove his Essence.
Jan. 28th, 2009
I will say this:
It was definitely
something
at first sight.
Jan. 19th, 2009
It's a postponement—
A raincheck, not an escape.
Poetry is followed by homework.
Always.
Jan. 19th, 2009
Finally I invested in
waterproof mascara and pocket-sized tissues
just for those every-other-days
when you're an Idiot
Jan. 18th, 2009
My radio starts beeping
and chirping, confused,
anticipating the call that
wasn't from you.
Dec. 30th, 2008
Jimmy is drowning as others look on.
His neighbors all stand still and stare.
Jimmy cries "Help me" 'til everyone's gone,
And soon even Jimmy's not there.
Dec. 18th, 2008
The girl who never
learned
The first time she tasted it,
She spit it out, disgusted.
She tried it again and nearly retched.
Maybe a third time.
Nov. 19th, 2008
My simpleness and my naïveté
Are not my biggest flaws, as you had said:
Instead it's my sad tendency to say
Exactly what was going through my head.
Nov. 19th, 2008
My hands are folded safely in my lap.
God forbid I should
touch you
or something.
Nov. 15th, 2008
I'll keep talking
about nothing, everything,
so maybe when I fall silent at last
you'll look up and see.
Oct. 12th, 2008
I'm fine,
even if I'm lying,
and no one's ever died from
...this.
Oct. 11th, 2008
Wallpaper peeling, stains on the ceiling
No longer feeling, heartbreak not healing
How did we end up in here, all penned up
Prayers I will send up: so much to mend up
Oct. 8th, 2008
Everything
you say you'll give
Nothing
I can do
Jul. 21st, 2008
pretty how town
"with up so floating many bells down"
Makes me feel a little green
Cry,
Why can't I be e.
Jul. 16th, 2008
Foam shapes and popsicle sticks married with
Far two much glue, displayed
Proudly on the fridge until rudely
transferred to the bureau come August
Jul. 8th, 2008
You're like some wild beast
From the Discovery channel.
All of the research in the world
Couldn't have prepared me for this.
Feb. 24th, 2008
Maybe when the snow thaws
My car and I
Will stop playing hide and seek
In the driveway
Feb. 23rd, 2008
My wallet contains
The twelve cents left
After last night's dinner
And your wedding ring.
Feb. 21st, 2008
Would you stand up for me
And go where I asked
If I told you I wanted
A better view of the guy behind you?
Oct. 9th, 2007
This dance it will no further go
Because he puckered his lips
And she couldn't breathe from laughter
(She shall come to)
Oct. 9th, 2007
Multiple Choice
(Obscene)/(Too short)
Embraces--I swear,
I (jump away)/(untangle myself) first just so I won't
Get stuck (like that)/(on you)
Oct. 9th, 2007
Only Child, Wishful
Thinking
Ever look up
and see the plaques that
shout your brother's success aren't
straight?
Oct. 7th, 2007
Pulling up weeds
As an excuse to plant myself in the sun
In the dirt like a flower
Wondering if that life would be easier
Oct. 1st, 2007
Heartbreak
Sounds like my eyelash curler
Hitting the tile
Why get made-up?
Oct. 1st, 2007
The Amazing Traveling Cream Cheese
Died today
The result of an unamused substitute
Who just couldn't understand
Apr. 19th, 2007
Kiss me with hands open
Under the sky, on a park bench
Or eating pasta like cartoon mutts
Until the thirty-first of June