What a curse it isthis touchingdisplay of the love ofhatred and fearwords that go bydifferent names these daysthe vigilante asvictim My window on the worldnever ceases to amaze me There is a hierarchy frombig to small fromsquirrel to jay to sparrowwhat is a poorchickadee to do? Dart in dart outlive a life on the runforContinue reading “The death revelers”
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The weary woman blues
It wasn’t like this in1972, this gut filled withanxiety – how do I pay for it?the way up – forward – out thedoor costs ever more –ever more a lifetime ofindebtedness – can Imake do as a barista ohcollege the holy grail ofadvancement enclosesthose of ordinary means intoa cycle of owing unto deathevery generation startsContinue reading “The weary woman blues”
June 2022
This is a lamentfor decency gone astraya nod to everyday womenon this sad day, Shaye Moss – perhaps the rose of youthwill bloom in splendorraise a garden over somegraveyard bones – for all my casting stones atheavenly bodies aboveyou shine a light herein the dark keep on Miss Rosa keep on. *4th public hearing ofContinue reading “June 2022”
Construction
The road ahead of meis blocked –orange barrels –yellow tapemen whistling Dixieeverywhere Detouring is a thingthese daysif you want to gethome I can just hearthem – say –a blue-winged warbler –perhapsbuzz buzzin my waybuzz buzzwhether window paneor turbinebuzz buzz“man oh manmigration is such a bitchanymore” And beaching is a thingif you are a whaleor gettingContinue reading “Construction”
Everything Leviticus
Love one another.John 13:34 It isn’t love – thiscloset-enforced livingwith clothes hangersand dust bunnieswinter coats andold shoes not wornin decades It isn’t love – theseautocratic laws*leaving autonomy andfreedom and well,the normal,on a window sill,like an un-wateredplant, leave itlong enough andit will witherand diethis isn’t love not – the arrest andconviction**when evenwords are second-ratecitizens and ironyContinue reading “Everything Leviticus”
Woke
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” Maya Angelou Early morning thechickadee comes –darts to the feederpeanut – sunflower seed –he grabs and is gonewhen he comes laterinvariably a blue jayor a squirrelwill be sitting thereking of the castleor even a goldfinchholding forth –away oh chickadeethis food is mine EvenContinue reading “Woke”
Just another day in the neighborhood
I would like to choseanother door –I don’t need a vacationto Bora Boraa new cara mink coatnope don’twant a newbedroom seta night at the operaa day at the museumI just want thedoor wherecars don’t backfirechildren aren’t screaming –diving under desksI want the door wherethe people don’t bleed 2/14/2023
Singers
“A poem cannot stop a bullet. A novel can’t diffuse a bomb. But we are not helpless. We can sing the truth and name the liars.” – Salman Rushdie There was a reed in her voicethis woman who loved meunconditionally. A trilland a pause and praisingthe beauty of a spider’sweb, intricate and fine-the makings ofContinue reading “Singers”
Cormorant
“Zhang Zhan risked everything to report on Covid-19 when it first appeared in Wuhan, China. In February 2020, she decided to travel to Wuhan as a citizen journalist in order to provide on-the-ground information about what was happening there. The former lawyer took to social media, reporting how government officials had detained independent reporters andContinue reading “Cormorant”
What would Katharine do?
The only answerWe hear For it is us nowOnly we can restoreThe beat to a failingHeart and yesShe would haveHelped us Alas she is no moreSo –Be a journalistYourselfSo that KatharineIn her gloryCan continueTo sing. 10/25/2924
Anne's mediocre poetry 