the blue sky
has brought out all
the happy idiots
who have never seen the sun
and stand
staring at it without welder’s glass
mouths open
and maybe this is a kind
of spring fever
a delirium of summer hunger
tomorrow will be the last day of the weekend
ten degrees cooler
with overnight rain
fewer cars
less happy idiots
Tag: sunshine
out in the back (20210414)
swallowed the sun
through an invisible mouth
in my back
was it the mouth or the warmth
that made me me itch
that heated my blood
made me move
Day 6/30 of the Tupelo 30/30 Project (20170806)
this side of the creek
i dried my socks
and went barefoot…
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Day 5/30 of the Tupelo 30/30 Project (20170805)
i’ve made a real
frankensteinian mess
here…
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Let’s just pretend that I know what I’m doing over here. Pasting bits and pieces of myself into a grand collage that may or may not be an accurate reflection of my psyche. Of course, I am an unreliable narrator. I can trace my lineage at least as far back Don Quixote. But I’m too laid back to tilt at anything.
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Day 4/30 of the Tupelo 30/30 Project (20170804)
sunshine-muting clouds
roll through the sky like fat cattle…
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The prompt I received for this poem (the words sunshine, lollipop and rainbow) was from Kerfe Roig. You can find her poetry and art at method two madness.
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Poem 20150502
in the sunshine
we managed to make
an entire day of
a few minutes
holding hands
walking
and talking about
things that were important
to us
if the birds overheard us
or had a difference of opinion
they kept it to their little
avian selves
and when the wind blew
we could be warm side by side
Poem 20150428b
step outside
steal a few moments
from the clock
feel the warmth
sinking through my shirt
into my back like
hands pressing down
with angel’s voice says
this is enough
and light wraps you hard enough
to crack your ribs
so tight you stop caring
about air
certain you can breathe
the sunshine
Words and Feathers 