Marriage City Poems

Homer in his prime knew what was divine he sets out to woo the earth but his ambition was crumbed in the dirt, the Trojan...

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Birthed from the central river of holy kings 
The court city guarded by stone rings 
A marriage of light and might 
Its stupa shone bright...

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Their marriage has to be dissolved,
Nothing again to be resolved,
Twelve good years and problems unsolved, 
Their priest had her of guilt absolved, 
Mark who had...

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As I wash these dishes. 
I wash the wishes 
from these tired and ruined hands. 

I look out into the street 
with a thousand yard...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Nothing more intimate than sleep
wake before dawn, go downtown
prepare for tomorrow, come home from work late.

Most cities prosper undisturbed
sleeping peacefully
while the tide goes out.

Are we...

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My City Cowboy

You don't wear boots, 
not the fancy ones...
unless there is a;
marriage, birth or death.
Otherwise, it is work shoes, 
steel-toed, 
and seldom shiny. 

Plain...

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Needy

Wants!
They are so hard to handle.
Everyone has one, even if they don’t want one. 
Some try to hide theirs, but it shows. 
I hate to...

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Feet

Mine sweat. 
Mine are also cold. 
This is a dilemma. 

I get the chills,
so I put boots on. 
I am warm,
and comfortable. 

Then… sweat.

How does...

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The Pipe
(irrigation)

I am a city girl, 
I have never,
until now…

Ridden a horse across the desert, 
held a tarantula for longer than…
five minutes, 
used an incubator...

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I come from Valdosta, Georgia, the lovely peach state,
Where everyone uses a southern drawl to communicate.
Valdosta is known as the “Azalea City” for its gorgeous...

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The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served...

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“HANDS ACROSS THE WATER, HANDS ACROSS THE SKY”


I sit on the cleanest 
side of the house, 
from 9 in the morning 
until 11 at night....

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“Well now,
I’ve enough dirty knickers to be washin’,
That’s why I never got married”.

Now listen to them talk
For it’s hard not to.
He never got married 
or...

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As newlyweds we moved to Houston, where the traffic was insane.
I was finishing college there, and it made the commute a royal pain.
My husband told...

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