Tree Notes Poems

"Notes on a Wrist" 

the pulse felt
under nibs
of fingertips
translates a life

the semicolan
stretches like 
the devil
hungers 

it can 
wait a long time
eternally feeding you
drip by drip

ever...

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po...at tree...barks..."MESS...AGES..."

stan sand...

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Clearing Out Old Growth
 
Last week I cleared some old growth, ‘parting’ (1) planted in my yard,
An Avocado tree you’d grown from ‘pit’ of eaten...

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Diary Notes

Rising very early from my bed this morning
I’m stunned to see my days glowing with 
The sun’s ray’s
I draw closer to pick my Bible...

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Once upon a time,
an eight year old
Black and Green and Brown and Red and Blue Lives Matter
ultra-nonviolent kid
wrote an ultra-violet note to him/herself
about stuff s/he...

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Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There...

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7. Playing With Fire
My mom IS quite clear on the dangers of fire,
But if boy'S hooked on flame, then it'S hard to obey,
There'S a longing...

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as the baby leaf                     ...

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I could not be me without you,
nor you without me,
as "I",
you see,
we're not at home in side-by-side.
Egos seek universality
coincidentality
equality
economicality
ecologicality,
teleologicality,
biological unfolding we.

If no MetaEcoSystem,
then no Me.
If...

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Notes

I write notes
but do not apply for insurance quotes
I sit under the tree in the rain writing a note
while laying beside me is my rain...

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thousands swaying leaves 
                     ...

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