Joshua Poems

Joshua Moore Colorado

Hail needles the skin.
Wind cracks the spine.
The mountain holds,
breath seizes on the tongue.
Snow knives the summits.

Cracked hands fumble dry stone,
paper-thin air slices,
bald eagles tilt in the blast.

Alpine skiers parched,
no more Earth Day banners.
Cherry Creek scrapes its bed.

Feces in  the bedpan,
chapped gloss smeared,
cocoa hair salted and smoked.

The Zephyr rattles east,
carrying the mountains backward—
Grand Central dissolves

Joshua Moore Minnesota

Damp linens flung aside
sodden cushions
Flank by flank
She was damp
Nickel sack and bark rings
Verdant gaze meet hazel orbs
Ripe late April Northern Flatlands moisture
Slaughterhouse savory mist perfume
Slender dull rose covering on the pane
Cooling unit recirculating
Coral beams groom her visage
Midday vernal noon
the drizzle ceased the light slivered in

Naked gourd blossoms adhesive juice
Lurching brined
The toddler flesh on her abdomen

She

Unrequited

Katie’s ribs pressed against her skin,
the sharp angles of a body once soft.
She lifted her blouse, let me see—
the stubs, the little bumps,
two perfect incisions smooth as marble.
I swallowed.
Physically lubricious—I couldn’t do it.

Her perfume fought the chemo stench.
Coiffed mascara, a careful face,
a practiced smile, teeth too straight.
She asked if I still wrote poetry.
I said nothing.

Once,

Giving an assignment from God- tribute to prophet tb Joshua

What you give attracts people
The way and manner you give it attracts God

Therefore give in humility and love 
Giving is not an occasion to show off

Rather it is calls for remorse and brokenness 
If you cannot  give from the little in your hand

Giving big  when you are rich may never happen 
Giving is

Joshua Moore’s Military Teens

Dive board jumpers Korea Germany
Like wandering Jew eternally 
No surname are necessary 
Everything is transitory 
Can’t remember the names of anyone from 1st to 5th grade
I wonder what it is like to have a hometown or childhood friends 
Results negative incapable of forming meaningful long term relationships 
High suicidal rates drug use and incarceration even

South Dakota by Joshua Moore

Four faces
ten cows
40 people
a river runs through it
Aberdeen Rapid City Sioux Falls
crops of corn soybeans 
hog factory ethanol highway interstate 
flat plains shadow of Rockies
sparse vast country music cowboy hats
pickups tractors American flag whackos
jacks coyotes
buffalo paddlefish grasshoppers deer crows
vulture walleye pheasants otters cattle grain
green sky derecho buffalo 
ghost towns railroad 
Homestake mine caves peaks 
tribes

Ariana Lynn Portillo

Wedding  dress rides bicycle.
She cracked ribs staring in my window. 
                        Crocodile teardrops jail cell.
Peat shale lignite.
              

Storekeepers scatter salmon cool as cherries

snaps cowgirl Indian boyfriend 
The sound of buffalo meat on her teeth,
Taste the smell of sleep,
Cannabis wafting,
Chew the diamond, steal the slipper,
Call the captain and skinny dipper.
The palm fronds climb.
Squaw walks whiskey hills

Eyes cracked wide shut
Gripped by the hunger of a world,
 chasing visions
The moon bleeds through the window
The stars hum a song of youth.

Healing of Joshua Tree

Some may look to distant Mars
among radiant stars.
Get to the desert, you'll find more
much nearer ours. 

Nearer than any man knows. 
Ancestral, celestial bones, 
secret kept in Mojave's botany
seldom seen
though I've never been.    

Spread of clustered flowering panicles..
tall giants in sun swept sleep,
despite little rain
inside darkest soul
they creep.   

As a

The Curved Sword

Why the curved sword, Joshua?
"The signal for the ambush,
And a wily subterfuge!

Ai will be reaped by Yahweh.
The whole field, corners, too.
No one will be left to gather.

He exposes Ai's warriors-
The burning city behind, 
The ravine in front,

The king of Ai is a fool,
Leaving the city undefended.
Presumptive pride's defeat!

There can be no refuge,
When there's no Substitute,

Sleep Joshua

I am not sure if you are having a peaceful rest
I may not know you but my heart feels you 
My bones feels your fear and trauma 
How scary it must have been in a land full of strangers
Being  tortured by the humans that could not even understand your pleading 
Yes they are humans

Happy Birthday Joshua

Festive lights are in the air 
A celebration we must sharre 
Being quite bold 
We must visit the O'Brien secret successful gold 
And announce Joshua is another year old
Relish this Leprechaun thought 
Since it is with family love it was bought 


Happy Birthday, Joshua 

Love, 

Uncle Marc

No, Don't Go Out

Car gliding gently, whirling down 
Mountain engine idling fine 
Tall pines flying in circles
Going on for a circumnavigatingly long time
Around the world, no houses
Around the trees, no world
Buzzcut for a boy
Frizz for a girl

Reaching the highway
Open your mouth 
To the north and south sierra mountains
Grey and jagged brown
Up and down a heartbeat trace
Across the curve

The Blessing By Kari Job Engl and Joshua Aaron Hebrew

Lord bless you and keep you,                                     Numbers 6: 24-26
Make his face to shine upon you,
be gracious to you Lord

Joshua

What kind of love is this that sets my mind aglow 
what kind of heart can be so full of light so free  
what is the name of He, who has just given me
the freedom to love, the freedom to love...ref

Who is this paraclete who heals the wounded souls 
whos rays are brighter then

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