Category: Rewriting a fairy tale myth or legend
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haiku for mythic warmer weather
December heat wave Helios flirts with nymphs while… Persephone twerks 12-28-21
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St. George’s lament
lizard on fence rail dark in long shadows green among the vines did you know my forefathers hid among vines from your forefathers before stars fell from the sky before the burning before the long winter came before the dying before their bones became dragon’s lore 6-26-21
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Of milk and honey and the immortality quest
On the lintel above your door scotch tape copies of vaccinations. Pray the angel of death passes over and the blood red sea doesn’t flood your lungs. Near the light switch by the door hang a mask to wear when you go hiking in the wilderness. Gather your belongings buy a house in the promised…
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reading Odysseus
I feel sorry for Penelope Ten years warring Ten years wandering And no one knows for sure Suitors come daily Walk through her door Demand she chose One of them to marry She knows they don’t love her Lust for her in the night Like great Odysseus They only want to be king 4-16-21
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Foot prints
Solitary foot prints in fresh snow Let me know you were out foraging Winter cabbages in the garden Tracks reveal you still work alone Beware – they passed ‘Castle Doctrine Laws’ And Mr. McGregor bought a gun Tie your shoes tight Button your jacket and run home Crawl in bed with chamomile tea And pull…
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Titanomachy: the sequels
Did Cronus lament to Tartarus from his cell wish he had chewed his children, instead, of swallowing them whole? When the wood cutter cut open the wolf, did he release three little pigs and other children who went missing walking home? Did children ride the bus with Jonah to Ninevah; did they disembark or do…
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a dilatory poet
COVID inactivity feeds me morsels of delay walk in the park enjoy another coffee break recycle cardboard sweep the porch rake leaves in mounds the city will haul away add fallen sticks to tinder pile dead branch above my head sword of Damocles hangs upon a horse hair thread 12-18-20
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Jack’s Giant
Jack dreamed the reason He no longer had nightmares of giants Is he had become an adult and adults are giants to young children He didn’t want to inhabit children’s dreams as a giant So he dreamed of becoming A child, again, but….. His dream morphed into a nightmare Because every little boy (If they…
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The humbling of a Greek god
Some days, I feel good about my unruly COVID hair wind blown like the gods in paintings of Greek myths Then I do Facebook LIVE and my wife says I need to comb my hair and get it out of my face I stand in front of the bathroom mirror no bulging biceps, lats or…
My husband's poetry 