Tag: free verse
member name: Stirling D.
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March 06, 2008 04:11 PM EST --
Last Will & Testament
Being of sound mind and body
I hereby leave all my worldly possessions
Including the horse farm which is unfortunately
In legal jeopardy due to the death
Of . . .
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July 10, 2008 03:19 PM EDT --
The flame in my heart still burns
Like the waterbug living in my desk drawer
Surviving on whatever crumbs it finds
My heart is as indestructible
As a cockroach
Never showing itself . . .
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July 03, 2008 12:34 PM EDT --
He is like a railway station for gods
Through him all divine beings congregate and flow
He converses with such yidams and deities
Dakinis, past . . .
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July 22, 2008 01:11 PM EDT --
Passing the tall green Maxfield Parrish trees
Dad driving
His right thumb and forefinger shaking visibly
On the wheel
Mom in the back
Trying to get her last minute
Final few emotional spoonfuls . . .
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September 03, 2008 12:18 PM EDT --
Friday the 13 th
A crisp October day
As if you could tell -
The sparsely planted trees
On Commonwealth Ave
Showed little sign of color
I walked with my little son
My little . . .
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September 18, 2008 12:45 AM EDT --
I'm not going to catch up
I realize
I can't
and I'm not
I'm not going to catch up
I can't
and I won't
It's good
I think
It's better
to realize . . .
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