My husband's poetry

Category: friends

  • The existential Putin

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    Sometimes you just have to disappear off the radar …and contemplate if you friends like you or fear you 6-25-23

  • 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,…

  • For lack of empathy

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    I don’t know why, but fifty years on I thought of you, tall lanky friend of my youth, we used to sometimes talk walking home from high school; me bombastic and loud, all full of myself; you quiet, deferential and shy. We never became close; you a confirmed loner me a loner, hidden beneath layers…

  • Oscar Wilde Ekphrasis

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    “The Universe said, ‘Let me show your soul something beautiful.” (Aberjhani) each with a biscuit we sat for coffee hers was warmed mine was not _____ we discussed a collaboration for an exhibit in July each was excited for different reasons _____ the easy part is over now for the work hers to paint mine…

  • Sometimes

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    Sometimes you rush off a quick email and wish you had waited Sometimes you let it sit all day and wish you had waited longer Often times it’s just insecurity and eternity is too short 1-25-23

  • For a friend

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    For a moment, I thought I saw you in the grocery store parking lot getting out of your car. You turned and smiled. I started to call out your name, when I remembered you’ve been gone over a year and I don’t believe in ghosts (not even the friendly kind). But for moment, I thought…

  • Timmy the slug

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    short walk cool morning warm coffee bright sun long list of things to do let’s get started 1-11-23

  • Drinking Fermented Milk in the Mystic Yurt

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    “Oh soul, you worry too much…” (Rumi) Post-modern Zen Move slowly into your Chi Wear crystal spiritual Drano around your neck Darvish whirl until dizzy Hobby Lobby prayer wheels (Dalai Lama approved) Dollar General dreamcatchers 2 for 5 YouTube videos guarantee Nirvana TM levitation at the Y on Wednesday Erect a pup tent tabernacle deep…

  • Basketball in the park

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    Friends and laughter on a Sunday morning Odor of skunk has nothing to do with the score More air balls than layups Everyone thinks they’re Stephen Curry Bose raps fighting words No one backs you down in the paint like Mark Jackson Fast food litter around trash cans They still can’t shoot the rock Damn…

  • Water talk

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    a pond shares from deep within a river brings news from beyond the hill somedays, I much prefer a river it waves, calls out a greeting and moves on. 9-13-22