Warm Air

the furnace air

warms my face

a blush red,

her breath sweet

and quickening


#tanka #5lines

Waking Moment

in waking moment

of a guilty dream

I form a defense

to walk away

a free man


#tanka #5lines

Social

as a child

he was

most social

alone

in his room

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Order

gravestones line up

in endless rows

so much time

on my hands

to order my life



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Glimpse

Chase (#TMMPoetry)

Lepus chases Orion

in pre-dawn sky

over the horizon,

I follow in my car

on the way to work


#TMMPoetry


This was one of my Twitter poems written with the #TMMPoetry hashtag in honor of National Poetry Month. I was honored to have it read on the NPR program Tell Me More during its Muses And Metaphors series. Here is a link to the program muses-and-metaphor-kicks-off-national-poetry-month. 

Through

through

the trees

she saw

the valley

she must cross


#5lines

Yesterday's Window

spent the day

away

staring through

yesterday's window,

eyes closed


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Shared Songs

so our words

could travel free,

we shared the songs

that cut our tongues

in our bladed youth


#tanka #5lines

Crow Struts

a crow struts

in the field

of corn stubs

& wind gusts,

purposeless


#tanka #5lines

Her Debut

her debut

appearance

in an alley

of dream city

was lightly promoted


#tanka #5lines

Overlooked

overlooked

fed up

she stands up -

her voice

carries far


#tanka #5lines

Scraps

what remains

of him -

scraps

the years

left behind


#tanka #5lines

Elvis And I

Elvis and I

in  a tree fort

popping pills

eating Doritos

fast as we can


#tanka #5lines

Pulling (rev)

Photo courtesy of Photo Pin Creative Commons

Skies drop crystal rain waves,
black sheets of reality overdose

Wiper blades alternate
-slip slap - blur clear -
with my lean forward

Satin rhythm,
wildflowers,
your images draw me home