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POETRY

Here are a few poems I hope you'll enjoy. All of these have been published before in literary journals (copyright reverted to author)

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AQUARIUS

LATE MAY ON THE COLORADO GRASSLANDS

AQUARIUS


There are fishermen who pull stars from the ocean,

who gut them on deck while they steam

breathe the scaled-down light of fish sides. 

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TIRZA

LATE MAY ON THE COLORADO GRASSLANDS

AQUARIUS

At 15, I was no innocent,

knowing, itself, is enough,

as my parents' parents said

to the allies. How could we not be

aware? We picnicked with guns. 

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LATE MAY ON THE COLORADO GRASSLANDS

LATE MAY ON THE COLORADO GRASSLANDS

LATE MAY ON THE COLORADO GRASSLANDS

Pale as all the pawnee grasslands,

blue shades cling drily to their roots:

wilderness fades, snapped in our hands; 

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MUSING ON FLOWER POEMS

MUSING ON FLOWER POEMS

LATE MAY ON THE COLORADO GRASSLANDS

Such roses may come out!

Such thick thorns and scented petals

blooming out of our tongues —

it's hard to close the lips

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MYTH

MUSING ON FLOWER POEMS

MYTH

We've become too literal:

we can't take a joke

or a pill or a chair

without prodding, sniffing

like scientists: 

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MAP

MUSING ON FLOWER POEMS

MYTH

There was a map of Vietnam

above the television set, and mother

said it's a war all right. We

watched it over dinner, keeping

track of it all as best we could.

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THE RUBDOWN

THE RUBDOWN

THE RUBDOWN

while we notice

the strong back

of a man, mineral

oil as it slides

under palms, 

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GRAN'MA

THE RUBDOWN

THE RUBDOWN

blue, bird's blue
shiny china:
your cup of old
blue bone, shiny
bone of flowers

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