Do It Like Bees

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Technology
and industry
create murky
byproducts.
Dragonpuffs of Continue reading →

Riverwalk

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early leaves furled —
brightest riverwalk blooms
dot sculling shells Continue reading →

Lakeside

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Lakeside, I am honey-drizzled,
in an inky trance, like tea
left too long in the sun. My arm
is a mossy log, lined with turtles. Continue reading →

Tulips in Thyme

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Tulips,
risque-ripe
purplicious
spring’s archetype
scent-delicious Continue reading →

Moon Touched

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A poet,
dismissed from Heaven,
trees truth Continue reading →

2017 Progressive Poem

I’m here to tell you that building a poem with 29 other poets has shivered my timbers and set my castle alight. Read down, and you will see my line, bold and italicized, emerge like a flying monkey from the otherwise well-mannered unfolding. I think it may be carrying a torch. Or is that my hair on fire? (Terror, you cannot defeat me.)

2017 Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem

The Secret Inside the Book

I’m fidget, friction, ragged edges—
I sprout stories that frazzle-dazzle, Continue reading →

Reverso Poem

Blue Anemone Windflower

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Windflower
opens
eye,
seeing
first
butterfly. Continue reading →

Cirque de Printemps

Purple Crocuses

Crocuses raise cheery salutes,
opening orange invitations to
invite us to Come One, Come All,
to spring’s circus in the meadow. Continue reading →

Goodbye, Winter

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Goodbye, Winter.
Ciao, deep snow.
Time to dig out
my pink maillot. Continue reading →

Blessing Rain

Columbine and ivy in the rain

I step out of my writing cave
into a day of misty rain, blinking.
A squirrel is digging
a hole in the dark soil. Continue reading →

Old Hat

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Snow is old hat.
We’re ready for a new topper,
a cold stopper: Continue reading →

Coral Flowers

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If I were a fish,
I’d live in a coral tower.
If I were a bird, I’d nest
above a cactus flower. Continue reading →