Preened Poems

Turning Point

...(1)

“Darling, don’t you even listen,”
said the mother to Christine:
construction workers, jeering, hissing,
whistling, hooting things obscene,

put them through a via crucis
on their way to ...

Mandarin Duck and Blue Jay Rivalry

...Mandarina duck was bragging a teensy bit
Blue jay heard of it, and threw a giant fit
She was speaking of her crest as if it was unique
I have a crest also, Bart the blue jay did speak

Mandarina...

Alone

...I sat still in the moment's silence,  
Listening to the songs of the birds—  
A melody of varied frequencies,  
A harmony is born from nature's gifts.  

I gazed at the radiant sky,  
I watched...

circles and catcalls

...I’m standing in the common room, turning in circles. I’ve so many things to do, all at once, I can’t figure out which way to jump. A time management problem, I suppose, maybe I should have taken that...

Dandelion Suns to Moons

...‘Most of the dandelions had changed from suns into moons.’ – Vladimir Nabokov

The humble dandelion Earth bequeaths.
Oh, golden bloom which ancient lore bequeaths
that fortune ‘s...

HSE, HSE, HSE

...Hovering over a flashing sign
At the portal to our oil town
Chirped the fluttering sparrow
To the tiny desert flower
That had just offered
Its first golden smile
To the rising sun of spring:

...

Plumage

...You found your plumage 
In your feathers
When the sun was on your wings
And when the thermals bore you on
Your heart burst out in song

You roared in flight
You scorched the sun
You sang the ...

Hemisphere In Between

...Winter's subtle brush and Spring's balmy stroke
On ragged frost to glossy flowers
Will on with the heaven's wheel go—
A passing through your new older hours,
The sun's condolences, for dark power...

White Wine And Feather Boa Dreams

...I wrap myself 
in feather-boa-fantasies of his dreams
sinuous pinot-grigio-me; 
X-rated and never sated
dancing to rock ‘n roll— 80’s dated
...my floorshow our foreplay

welcome to the conjuga...

Lies

...Oiled and preened
Plucked and tucked
Everything as it should, no
As they see it should be

Plied with cloths of gold
Piled high with gems and stones
Their shroud of protection being more like ...

Ginger waves

....

             Ginger waves
          Preened to glister
         'Long mine frame's
                  Length
              attached by
             lover's sweat

       She peels hern glo...

Backdoors of My Town

...I was a whimsical, interior designer, bringing colors and joy into living spaces,
Subtly changing neighborhoods and lives, like vibrant arcs the rainbow traces.

People were as dissimilar as their...

What Is Cowboy Poetry

...A friend and I had a rousing argument
around the supper table the other day
He said when them old fashioned poet would write
‘twas hard to understand what they had to say

I told him it wasn’t s...

Die Section

...Carving nature at the joints
the scalpel glistens clean
Motion severed night from day
all stillness duly preened 

Slicing creation half by half
its essence caught between
Feasting on marrow d...

Refurbished Fairy Tales: Cinderella, If the Shoe Fits Part I

...Once upon a time...

Once upon a time, in France, a storyteller fella
Wrote of a girl named Cinderella,
Meant as a fairy tale romance.
Her daddy died when she was young, and she was forced to sh...

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