Fire hazard
my books grow numerous
lying one upon another
about the house
but I will get more
they are sweepstakes
they are infinite ships
they might be the best fire
with which to see
Cheerful poems
Cheerful poems — a collection of the best works on PoemShip.
Man of faith
a religion innocent
as the grass
in the abbey I walk
in great pain
having new shoes on
and heartburn
and a griping belly
making me shit
and vomit
Back of beyond
I sing about places where
it is impossible to find a cow
where in the desert
will a flag need the wind
or a miracle do as much
as one hundred ants
for the night life
Pot belly
my fat is like a full
committee meeting
I observe the force
of friendship in it
hard to stay strange
with so grand a wheel
Childhood memory
diligent at my fit
a one-minute storm
that almost could be art
Anti-oulipo
chance was my pen
an egg my clock
Careless lovers
our want was so sudden
we laughed at it
how poorly formed it was
a ship turned out of relation
to what satisfied
like an appointment
at the grave of a clerk
Pear-shaped
sorry as a world
with no art is
our one pretty pear
for supper
March rain
It’s raining.
Downspouts gargle furiously
around frogs of ice.
The barn cat listens & licks her pregnant belly.
It’s raining, the first warm rain of spring.
Sap rises, & the green nibs
where bulbs will write
their deathless names in the air.
It’s raining, it’s pouring.
Worms poke through the muddy ruins
of once-grand palaces of frost.
It’s raining.
Under the bark of a log,
the ant queen resumes her slow march.
Multi-purpose
an office all morning
at noon a home
a very busy stone
Shape shift
I am an owl
(who calls my name)
I am a bear
(so much pursuing
of a tangier supper)
This is your captain speaking
I am the captain
leave the going to me
I believe I shall
some ordinary afternoon
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