Daily Archives: April 27, 2012

She knows nothing of paddles or creeks or what to do when things keep hitting the fan at warp speed. She only knows these failures are not dead ends, only detours, and while a complete U-turn is out of the … Continue reading →

  Katie Can-Do lives in Fibberlyloo, where nothing ever comes easy. When somethin’ needs doin’ it’s Katie who’s cooin’ “I can!” Just as fast as you pleasy. She will fiddle with cats bag your wool, trim your fat and she’ll … Continue reading →

  ….I am spring. …………I simply loose my auburn strands …..raise my pink-petaled praise ………………and play my blossom songs …………………………..and ………………………………..even these trees ………………………………………………can sing.

She is like a flame, burning bri-      wait, that’s a simile, right? She is a flame, burning bright, like a      Tyger in his mind And it’s eternal, this flame, this (striped?) hot, orange, um…flamey (is that a word?) light, shining … Continue reading →

and so her pen,                                               having just s c r a t c h e d these unquieted … Continue reading →

(a Triolet) The trouble is I’m out of words and time, and coffee, breath. Five poems a day is just absurd. The trouble is I’m out of words (the adjectives, the nouns, the verbs), and I’ve beat some to death. … Continue reading →