Insulation Poems

The Heat of the Moment

...(Cabin Sunset, summer 2025)

The Heat of the Moment

Settling into our new mountain cabin,
Dogs and humans equally overheated
In the shadeless August afternoon,
The only way to be is na...

a tear tattooed at the corner of his eye

...
hardship chiseled in his features
silence laden by a troubled past
his thoughts kept to himself
behind an invisible wall of insulation
while his face speaks to me in whispers
of a history mudd...

We're Probably Getting Back Together Soon

...
My phone died this week.
I’ve ordered a new one—
I’d like to say I’ve enjoyed the silence,
just lo-fi music playing, slipping into a flow state.
But I’d be lying.

Only a handful of friends t...

I cracked on the central air-conditioning on Juneteenth 2025

...I cracked on the central air-conditioning on Juneteenth 2025...
the first time this summer,
when martyrdom got chucked aside for cold comfort.

How heavenly the climate controlled apartment
unit...

The Shed

...The Shed
...was Granddad's before he died.
And now its loneliness reached out to the boy
from the shaded, shuffling shadows 
that shushed the sheltered garden.
They pulled, they tugged at his gu...

norwegian feline

...
norwegian feline
with woolly insulation
winter devotee



AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Dichotomy Web

...

Trudging as a scorched weary traveler 
in the wilderness of the desiccated life,
I wander in the shifting maze of your deceptive shadow.
Enticed, I’m seduced by the mirage of your flashing fac...

Word Tune

...The start is marked by a gravy weapon,
Puppy barks answer the trumpets' call.
The muzzle is loose, whispers are free,
The light shines through the metal canvas wall.

Gold insulation, thin as wo...

Etched In Stone

...

The whirlwind of time wafts my soul away
from me transiently rooted in the present,
to the distant desolate island of insulation,  
where my home was once, but I left it forever.
That’s the f...

White Mongoose

...Steel insulation warm thin hot smooth downy shepherd smoothness. Pistol clasps palms crystal misses birching basket weavers.
Fluffy firm pedestals release hard deniers.
Doldrum office charts demons...

White Mongoose

...Steel insulation warm thin hot smooth downy shepherd smoothness. Pistol clasps palms crystal misses birching basket weavers.
Fluffy firm pedestals release hard deniers.
Doldrum office charts demons...

Divine Madness

...

As the blow of hard times profoundly strikes,
ever so strongly my private space in disarray,
I build a boundless wall seemingly impenetrable,
never to be invaded in the sanctum of the inner wo...

In Marked Territory

...

When testing time invades profoundly my private space
I build a wall to protect the sanctum of the inner woods,
create a captive cocoon of imposed isolation 
for the soul to be preserved in th...

a mouse is not the best taste tester

...Sappy hired a mouse to be the taste tester for her restaurant
no one said anything for a day or two, but we were not happy.
He eats drywall, dust, fabric, even insulation, said the elephant.
Hirin...

Warm pair of faux muffs

...Shopping during the winter trying 
to keep my hands warm by placing 
them in my pockets but how can 
I carry my purse walking down 

lake shore drive the horse carriages 
stroll by the geese ta...

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