Following the January 3rd prompt from Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano: three stanzas—the first including an unusual color; the second, an bizarre book title; and the third, a scientific fact. I found sinoper on Mental Floss, made up the book title, and alluded to a scientific fact without actually stating one. The poem is written [...]
Tag: shadorma
Hallowe’en 2016 (a poem)
The final shadorma of the month. Eight days left ’til election day After that— we all hope— our long national nightmare will come to an end and the ghosts and deplorables will go back to their dens never bother us again Well, one can dream, right? (31 October 2016)
Upon seeing artists in person for the first time after having spent time with their work (a poem)
A shadorma. Not a one— not a single one— not a one looks the way I expected What did I expect? (30 October 2016)
Anagram, undiscovered (a poem)
A shadorma. I am an anagram for some- thing better something that has yet to reveal itself as a part of me I ought to be grateful that there is a chance that something I could maybe be proud of could be part of me Assuming that rearranging a few letters could trick the universe into [...]
Art model tumblr (a poem)
A shadorma. White linens a flowered backdrop The figure in layers superimposed on itself to gauzy effect She is my unspoken secret my polite fantasy the photographer’s fiction the picture perfect I find her waiting patiently when I look at the screen through which I view the living from a safe distance (24 October 2016)
I am surviving (a poem)
A shadorma that I feel better about. Earlier this week, a woman named Deborah Danner was killed by New York police responding to a 911 call from her neighbors. Ms. Danner had schizophrenia; it seems likely she was having some sort of episode related to her illness. Yesterday, the New York Times ran an editorial about her, in [...]
Now that it is done (a poem)
A shadorma after voting yesterday. Not much—but, as Diane Keaton says in one of Woody Allen’s movies, ‘hey, they can’t all be winners.’ Sixteen months finally at a close Creamsicle man can suck it My ballot is in the box all filled out and sealed I will use the news of his loss to catch my cat’s [...]
Campaign (a poem)
A shadorma about the Election That Will Not End. So close now to the conclusion We can’t wait for the end So very long in coming so, so far away (19 October 2016—posted October 20th)
A small request for the next woman to love me, if you are out there somewhere (a poem)
A shadorma on a much better day. Partly inspired by The Matrix Reloaded. Are the shapes you and I will make together part of our destiny? You may not have such questions I can’t avoid them We are a study in contrasts your world there my world here You find joy in everything I find mine in doubt [...]
Free mah-jongg (a poem)
A shadorma about distraction on this crappy Monday. I match pairs to chase away fears I don’t need If I am as broken as I appear what’s going to fix me? (17 October 2016)
