NOSTALGIC LOVE My tenderized heart craves remembered passion yet, while cool head prevails MORNING Awaken spirit Speak the smallest grains of truth Boulders will follow
Where did I go for hours on Thursday? Abducted by aliens? My mind left me, hollow, and probed by questions. I failed the test but offered a plan That’s me–always a plan. “We’ll walk, get some coffee.” Coffee cures anything in this town. Now it’s our plan The hospital? OK. Just like everywhere else There’s [...]
All spice all the time. Ordered by the slick magazine-version of my life . A surface of long restless hours in torpid poses on white silk, perfect boredom pouting my lips, airy laughter and animated wineglass-clink? Bones long for earth, floors, mattresses, to hold them up. They lay heavy with morning Should-for-me brain scrubs them [...]
Fear is a great motivator, but it has short legs. Worn out after the test, the trophy and the pizza, I don’t remember much. The work rumbles, a little gassy, awaiting peristalsis and the final squeeze. Motivation is the great motivator; where is she? I stand in the grass while tiny bugs tickle the edges [...]
This is my holiday greeting this year–a celebration of the sweet spices that find their way into so many winter treats. Happy nutmeg, allspice, ginger, cinnamon, clove and anise. These spices go so well with sugar, chocolate, red wine, conversation and coffee. Stay sweet.
There’s nothing new about recognizing the value of my workspace. But it’s reassuring and affirming to put the distractors in their place and celebrate the muses I find there.
Who knew that asphalt could be a tender touch,
that this patient, old-friend town of mine
would roll out padding and take me easy,
Can you go back into a relationship? Can you process out of a relationship? Maybe–maybe not. Doing anything constructive with love seems to be a bit dicey, but worth the try…These are 2 short Haikus–Love Retroactive and Love Lost, but not Forgotten, from About Love:the bittersweet heart, debutting February 22 in Portland.
Sometimes Haiku are a great way to sum things up. Sometimes they get things rolling.
I studied which sweater you’d like, what’s for breakfast, when to ask and not. Important lessons never right enough. I was eliminated from the next round. You’re filled too, if you paid attention. Note: Ritter chocolate, Asiatic lilies. Should we discard old streaky windows or recycle them for a new heart? Pity the next ones [...]