My husband's poetry

Category: for someone else

  • Aerosol plume

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    (for my worry wort friend…) Often, I lie awake concerned about my peeing habits. Lid up or down when flushing? Over the years my wife has trained me put the seat back down after peeing, but I am lazy and often leave the lid up when I flush and lie awake, concerned about the impact…

  • Sarah’s Man…Revisited

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    Today friend/poet/writer/publisher, Jerred Metz, celebrated his 80th birthday; I had the honor of composing and reciting a poem in his honor: ============================================== Sarah’s man has a voice made for radio, dances tall like no one is watching, still wears his hair long, says to call him Grumpy not Grandpa. Sarah’s man writes novels and poems,…

  • Poem for a dead poet

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    Sometimes, I think of you and your mother crying at your funeral. She said the police told her you dozed off and never woke up. This gave her solace, because it would have pained her to know You laid awake all night crying for her to come save you. Last night, I woke up in…

  • Beer money

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    I had not seen the old man who lives on the other side of the park since last Autumn. Today, while walking by his house, he called from his porch. I walked over to say hello. He removed a blanket from his lap, showed me his leg was gone, said he could not trim my…

  • Plum blossom slippers

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    Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.(Thich Nhat Hanh) written for a poetry workshop: Rejoice in the morning of your survival Above your head a crow shakes last night’s rain from leaves Haploid to diploid fertility dance In the dewy dawn moss comes green The weight of your burden is carried…

  • Long distance runner

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    Mother, poet, educator Always pushing yourself Harder, faster, longer We just sat down to watch If we knew it was a sprint We would have come sooner And paid better attention (for the poet, Michele Reese) 7-31-23

  • Smoky mountain vacation

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    because they thought bear repellant worked the same as insect repellant and because they were too bright to read instructions they spent their vacation recovering from chemical burns in a small town hospital safe from bears 8-9-23

  • Festival dancer

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    low slung pants, mid-riff top rainbow painted eyes dances at the stage with lighted hoops moves to music in hips and feet she lives in the moment, the movement and the adulation little girls love her and she loves them back 8-20-23

  • feather

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    Yesterday out where high power runs straight Into the distance and the weeds grow tall I stand at the cut line in short grass so dew does not dampen the hem of my pants a feather lies in the open I decide to leave it for a child to find Today out where high power…

  • Waiting

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    freckled light through trees spinache souffle on a plate brown coffee in a cup waiting on a friend 9-15-23