Nemesis
...I close my eyes to sleep,
When suddenly I hear
A buzzing in my bedroom –
It’s right here by my ear!
It’s over by the window –
No, it’s by me on the floor.
Now it’s quiet. Is it stopping
So I...
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Categories:
doorjamb, humor, sleep,
Form: Rhyme
Carpentry
...Carpentry
It’s the first nail
That hurts, the sharpness
That pierces right through the framed constructs
Of our wooden fears
With
unrelenting precision
As if we could unhurry our blood ...
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Categories:
doorjamb, endurance,
Form: Free verse
How To Write a Poem About Grief
...Love and admire someone
Deeply,
Build a castle with him
Brick by brick,
Paint the walls with frescoes,
Draw dreams.
Hold him
When the illness comes,
Cook him chicken broth,
Kiss his sweaty...
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Categories:
doorjamb, grief,
Form: Free verse
I Know It's Not So
...I know it is not so
but I have the clear feeling
that at any moment
you will open the door
with your noisy key ring,
and I will hear distinctly
the off-key sound
of your slow and heavy steps
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Categories:
doorjamb, death, father, loss, cat,
Form: Narrative