Parceled Poems - Poems about Parceled

His Right Leg

...A ticket pinned to the thigh reserves it,
the whole cadaver is parceled off - of course.
Legs are a late harvest, these often-indigent parts
carry a visual poverty long after the body is plucked.
...

Through The lenses

...I don’t like what I see; the camera keep staring at me; I don’t like what I see the stars keep shining above me and the earth is  moving beneath my feet and my heart sorrows suddenly rolled away in t...

Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa

...“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”

Spurred by mother dearest 
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tr...

Mirror Images

...in the early light of day
i rise from shadows of dreams

two days ago a cousin i hadn’t seen
called to say my aunt had died

at the age of 101 who
time and time thought about me

and a momen...

Foundry and Mill

...Larks are ascending funnels of sky,
songs smoke from enteral chimneys.
In an industrial park a fine Autumn light
burns bright.

Shoes fill with walkers,
we are out and praising
the clanking ma...

Frank Flynn of Bbc

...The Year: Long Squandered 1999;
Frank Flynn had found my sent parceled poems ‘fine’
“They can lend themselves... to live performance”
Wherefore I mount for each surveillance….

An Atypical BBC S...

The Market Sellers

...An hour before dawn,
the market people arrive
then settle like nestling birds
beside the Ping river.

Girls squat over large straw hats,
hats brimful of dried chilies
or small freshwater fish....

The Man That Made Heaven

...His body fell away in parceled shadows.
His mind headed for a mountain cabin he had
hammered together with the long soft nails
of desire.

That first winter was hard,
ground had to be cleared,
...

Leap Out of Your Self

...Follow a path that is trod by no footsteps
down to a flowing river.
There is a fish in the water
that has swallowed your joy.

Watch it leap, its silver form
diving into the air for no reason a...

In a Day of the Life of a Bard Is Much Ado About Nothing

...By morn, and under cerulean skies,
     he rises from sheets and soft pillows of down;
and gives praise; for the Lord is just and wise,
     and great to behold by this earth all round.
By noon, ...

The Slight Distance Beyond

...He lost her that night.

Before-
Weeks after school and weekends,
weather or not,
they had  built the fort-
strong, Indian proof.
Father had provided a tarp.
and his father’s High Standard Sp...

The Market Sellers

...An hour before dawn,
the market people arrive
then settle like resting birds
beside the Ping river.

Girls squat over large straw hats,
hats brimful of dried chilies
or small freshwater fish.
...

Warning

...Slaves of wages for generations
long forgotten in history’s screenplay.
Each hand for a moment has held
the torch.
The people are waiting in lines.

All toilers have resisted.
All skins have f...

His Right Leg

...A note pinned to the thigh reserves it,
the whole cadaver is parceled off.
Legs are a late harvest of the indigent.
Their limbs carry a visual poverty
long after the body is plucked.

In a smal...

For the First Time

...POTD 10-5-19

Dedicated to My Inspiration, Timothy Lee

Joy harnessed from soft internal lightness
was pulse promised with attraction’s might
and sealed bl...

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