Poems
Correlations
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on December 9th, 2007
There are correlations
between how far you have fallen in love
and how many cars will try to hit her
Unruly Joy
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on June 10th, 2006
Amy Lister is
ninety percent granola
ten percent sunshine
Joseph Cumming is
six parts concrete, three parts smile
one part jackrabbit
Tears
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on January 18th, 2006
some tears are poems
and so are some sweaty underarms
and the slow red trickle of a papercut
can recite as violently as a cumshot
The Killarney Bus
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on January 17th, 2006
You fall into my arms
a victim of inertia
a corner taken too quickly
crazy bus driver
Unscathed
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on August 19th, 2004
and I like your cat
and he even likes me
sometimes.
Sparrows
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on March 12th, 2004
a bud
becomes an eye
a twig
a leg
a feathery apparition
I Know This Man
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on December 5th, 2002
but in my dream
as that first patient lays out on the table
and this fresh doctor
races his beetle fingers
across the pebbles of her spine
he pauses–
So Much Sofa
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on October 22nd, 2002
…things in common
like loose change in the sofa
unremarkable in small amounts but
intoxicating if it begins to add up
Elise
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on May 28th, 2002
You said things like
I don’t understand.
I’m proud.
I’m sorry.
For You
Posted by yoursinwriting in Poems on April 26th, 2002
When I write:
“she keeps the pieces of my life
I have tried to throw away,
returns them to me when they are unexpected,
and suddenly precious,”
it is for you.
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