Based on Sill Lives: Cactus Tea, by Lauren Sandler. It will take time to prepare The parts aren’t easy to assemble if even one is missing it won’t happen the defeat will be laid out on a stainless platter to be served back to me at the worst possible moment No amount of thread and [...]
Tag: simplicity
Mistakes (a poem)
A small thought… The last mistake I made changes every day So does the next one (6 August 2016)
23:55 (a poem)
One of these days, I will get to bed at a reasonable hour… Late still up I want to rest but I’m not there yet not ready to sleep No news no word nothing at all is not good news it’s no news I accept that’s how it is how it’ll be I can’t wake [...]
Yesterday, home alone, asleep with the TV on (a poem)
Another poem about my boring Wednesday… I woke myself up to see what I’d missed then woke myself up to see what I’d missed again and watched it again The last time I watched to the end then I watched something else until it was time for bed (4 August 2016)
Down day (a poem)
A boring Wednesday… The world is flat without flavor The sky is blue the sunlight warm I don’t feel it I only recognize the signs I slept My dreams were blank I’m awake now but tired (3 August 2016)
Things I thought about while drinking coffee (a poem)
Morning thoughts… What do ghosts give up? It’s still dark at 4:30 and only August I have no imagination That happened yet I never saw it coming That also happened I saw it coming Instead of leaving I let it happen or I made it happen for/to both of us Is it right to feel [...]
Saturday morning (a poem)
Today’s catch phrase is Holy crap! Because that’s what I have been saying all weekend. Also, it’s a new month, which means I need to come up with a new writing challenge. I think it is going to be simplicity—that is, simpler language, avoiding unnecessary descriptors or embellishments, keeping to the minimum needed to get the [...]
