Happy Holidays!
May the peace of the season
Find room in your hearts.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Always Be Prepared :: December 21, 2007
Packing my suitcase,
I put in 10 pairs of socks.
I’ll be gone eight days ...
I put in 10 pairs of socks.
I’ll be gone eight days ...
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Writing Night #3 :: December 20, 2007
I wish that writing
Was like the shake of my heart,
The sigh of my lungs.
Was like the shake of my heart,
The sigh of my lungs.
You Are What You Drink :: December 18, 2007
Word by deadly word,
I take in the gossip like
Sips of slow poison.
I take in the gossip like
Sips of slow poison.
Please Don’t Blow :: December 17, 2007
Lust boils inside me,
Steadily building pressure,
Showing signs of steam.
Steadily building pressure,
Showing signs of steam.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
That Seahawks Tint :: December 16, 2007
I watch Seattle
Show its true football colors:
Plain mediocher.
Show its true football colors:
Plain mediocher.
Don’t Tell PETA :: December 15, 2007
Why do yippy dogs
Make me want to punt their butts
Into Lake Union?
Make me want to punt their butts
Into Lake Union?
Circus Freak :: December 13, 2007
I break a glass and
Swallow its rough shards. At least,
That’s how my throat feels.
Swallow its rough shards. At least,
That’s how my throat feels.
Losing Proposition :: December 12, 2007
Tasks swarm around me
Like a black cloud of vexed bees.
I duck and run home.
Like a black cloud of vexed bees.
I duck and run home.
Some Walls Are Good :: December 11, 2007
Here’s a conundrum:
My art becomes freer when
It has boundaries.
My art becomes freer when
It has boundaries.
An Object in the Park :: December 9, 2007
She saw “cherry pie”;
I saw “PB&J sandwich.”
What was it really?
I saw “PB&J sandwich.”
What was it really?
1 A.M. Concert :: December 8, 2007
The bedsprings above
Squeak in rhythm as they sing
Teenage love duets.
Squeak in rhythm as they sing
Teenage love duets.
Sweet Seduction :: December 7, 2007
The cup of cocoa —
My first in more than a year —
Fills me with dark joy …
My first in more than a year —
Fills me with dark joy …
Friday, December 14, 2007
Good Morning Picasso! :: December 4, 2007
Stark light from the east
Flattens Seattle’s skyline
Into cubist art.
Flattens Seattle’s skyline
Into cubist art.
Mind Over Splatter :: December 3, 2007
Despite driving rain,
We carry our Christmas tree
Gaily through the streets.
We carry our Christmas tree
Gaily through the streets.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monthly Departure :: December 2, 2007
Dollars wave goodbye,
Their journey to creditors
About to begin …
Their journey to creditors
About to begin …
Wintery Demise :: December 1, 2007
Feathery snowflakes
Coat Seattle in cotton,
Then shrink from the rain.
Coat Seattle in cotton,
Then shrink from the rain.
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