poetry
Rapidcycler
We don’t have much time left so please don’t touch me. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m scared or just sacred. If I could change anything about us it …
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Bluing Green
“The problem with jazz is miscegenation”? Say I want purity, to be pure black, Coloured to purge every bit of whiteness From my innards, my psyche, my senses, So that, …
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The Twentieth Time
Some say it looks like rain, some say they believe in God, some say they are going to Winnipeg. The polling numbers are accurate to within plus or minus 4.2%, …
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Among a Lot of Poems
Among a lot of poems There was one I could never quite bring to mind Except that I had composed it A while back Going down this street This street …
Read More Lament for Federico García Lorca
In the hour before dawn They put you on their stage In the hour before dawn Near the Fountain of Tears In the hour before dawn Beside a lame schoolteacher …
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A Picture By Brueghel: Landscape With Icarus Falling
Brueghel was right— everyone sees nothing at least once in the life of a tragedy. To the left, in the painting, a tenant farmer walks behind a horse— four centuries …
Read More The Very Big Sleep
The Goliath Casket company is keeping pace with an expanding funeral business
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POETSMART™
Just like people, poets can develop unhealthy, adverse, and sometimes dangerous habits. Poets are cute but, let’s face it, they can disrupt a household. Like children, they need guidance and …
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