Category: Poetry

Start from scratch. Where’s that? The beginning ofthe universe a freckle was. Not muchat first but now considered cancerous.All things considered it’s serious.It could have…

Jimmy Scraggs irritated me cuz I was a part-time Jew.He’d gesture a long nose over his. He knew what I would do.That hillbilly from the…

Just when I think I have nothing to saymy brain goes clickety clack like a runaway streetcar. Heaven knowsshould I pay attention to it? Thank…

I saw a ghost last night.It was my wife.She told me nothing.She was just there.If only I had it to do all overI’d go back…

Arrest him by his words. Not his thoughts.Put him in the pen. Make his vacation tying nots.If he tries to break out cuff him to…

Not a single thing to tell youthat you haven’t heard before.But I can’t help repeatinga woodpecker’s at the door. Tapping at the knob.Why don’t I…

They say let time heal. That’s the natural way.Let all our fights and make-ups blend into the bluewithout forgiveness in this earthly stay. They say…

You are nothing much.Call me such and such.Try to touch me with a stick.I will shrink into a stitch.I’m the zipper you’re the worm.Turn your…

The universe expanding in number and kind.So?Things bound in ample design.So?Going wild thinking about the infinite.If you say so.The ebb and flow of colors in…

I will not be judged by my inventions.Even if I bring you back from the dead.Any doctor may someday do that.Given the time to use…