Bakes Poems

A Milton Creek Update

...There's been a heck of a lot goin' on in and around Milton Creek.
Folks are ridin' in from far away. I fear trouble some might seek.
There's been big gold nuggets found not too far away in a stream...

Our Mothers Gave Us Their Names

...That quiet-ness,
middle of the night,
insomniac,
sleep as it gets bright
toss turn sides & back....
drift to afternoon wake,
stomach rumbles,
to an oven that bakes,
and is humbling.
The ...

The Lighter Side of Light

...Light...
Light Wakes this World from its Slumber

Light...
Light Shakes this World by the Number

Light...
Light Bakes this World every Summer

Light...
Light Takes this World...What a Bumm...

New Sonnet 4 'Unlike a Spurgeon, I by dull words unfold'

...Unlike a Spurgeon, I by dull words unfold
The limits of my Sarah's love for me,
But I realize that the rot and stink and mold
Are all within my mind, beneath my See.
There is no other person who ...

The Angry and Swearing Poem

...Target via advertising 
Stupid firms and stupid brands
Because such generalizing 
Does require intercept
For the influence of moron
For the psyches thus offense
Does perform defense the functio...

Desert Love

...I met you in a season,
as I recall, it was cool;
we dated through the warmth,
not the hottest of the 4 -- 
Falls I can’t recall...cactus
have no leaves; and summer-heat 
bakes away all thought ...

FIRE

...
As I find myself eating some of Deborah’s fresh bakes chocolate chip cookies….
(please, don’t ask me the amount)
because warm chocolate chip cookies is one snack you need not keep a count!

As ...

Incandescent

...noon’s furnace: asphalt shimmers; air—thick, slow—
cracks open. cicadas drill through stagnant gold.
a sprinkler’s hiccup-hiss: the pavement’s glow
un/curls in steam. the hydrant’s shout: uncontro...

I am the girl who loves too much

...I am the girl who loves too much.
The one who bakes brownies instead of saying,
"I miss you,"
because sometimes sugar feels safer than truth.
The one who writes long birthday cards
and sends pos...

Popcorn Words

...

Corn couple lies in beach with bodies bare,
smooth skin soaks in midday sun’s scorching glare.
        His lewd stare makes Miss Cob groan,
        heat bakes anger in her bone,
kernels of si...

Grandpop and Grandma pop

... Image # 1 

 My dear grandpop and grandma pop
 Took a short vacation   
I remember how my mom felt
Full of frustration

Mom depended on them so much
Bab...

Drug That Heal Wounded Grace

...Grace is a free gift 
That cover up all drifts 
Even in its own shift
It troubles logical thefts

Truly, in problems, it seems there is no grace
Or you think many are out of space
May be its r...

Norest of Ying Ying Forest

...deep in the underbrush of the ying ying forest
there is a path of posies and a faerie named Norest.
Norest has prettied up her home with window boxes, each with a lily.
Her home has fluffy comfort...

Bread

...

Best when made at home with your two hands, 
Baked after letting the dough rise. 
Brings loved ones together as few other foods can.
Butter drips off every warm, fl...

As The Globe Warms

...Parch of droughts,
relentless drowning floods.
Crops of the fields dwindle,
leonine storms roar stronger,
rising heating seas.

People and animals suffer,
as the globe warms.
A burning sun on...

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