Weekday Poems

I need a better routine so that I post more often.

2011-12-06T12:38:00.000-08:00

If it were real
it would be perfect.

Our window is glazed with ice
a delicate layer of frost like a dusting of the world's greenest cake on the lawn
and we are inside and warm.

a moment frozen in time in my memory

rain slithers down the side of the cork tree
and you pull back my hood
to look in my eyes in the darkness

and the everyday moments

sitting on the couch
with my legs draped on your lap, feet dangle carelessly
watching silly movies, it wasn't important

and there are so many facets
that make this whole crystal clear.

Whoops, forgot to post a couple times last week.

2011-11-21T09:33:00.000-08:00

That and I was uninspired. I'm going to have to look in my old poetry workbooks for some more inspiration.

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Time moves on—
gears churn, slowly turn
and the clock ticks
another minute of my life away.

Now the geese move on—
the sharp nibbles of cold are enough—
they huddle in grassy conferences
for migration in lonely vees.

Even the sun moves, on through the hemisphere;
Orion strides across the sky, but
he won't watch us ever again
as we take long walks under the stars to talk about nothing.

That time has finally come
though I refused to believe the platitudes of friends.
I had not noticed that the ache is gone, leaving only wistfulness—
my heart moves on.

Day Two—Wednesday

2011-11-16T08:38:00.000-08:00

The uncertain world around me stares blankly
without understanding.

It repeats the same words back to me
it plays the same games
unsmiling.

How many times
do I have to go through this
before it’s happy?

I can sit in a cubicle
and I can work hard
or pretend to work—

it doesn’t make a difference.

Day one—a Tuesday

2011-11-15T06:26:00.000-08:00

Geese land with awkward grace
with a fumble, a stumble, and a flap.

It is fall—
the air crinkles with a snap—
the scent of damp leaves—
a cold breeze hints.

I wade through the dead leaves
thick as snow
and I reach for the otherness

that always starts about now.