Short Homeliness Poems

Delirium delves deeply
Deeply dense
Derivatively dying
Dancing deliriously
Driving deeply densely

Happily hastily 
Honeyed homeliness

Lying loneliness
Levitating loveliness

Delirium doubly
Dealing deftly deathly
Deeply delving deliriously....

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Yes,

She

Wore a

College girl's

Skirt and sweater and

A barrette in her shoulder length 

Hair. She was the college girl of fifteen years ago. 

She hadn't kept up with the times the way others had and she had a low-pitched, well-bred 

Voice that many people said was subtly insulting.

And confidence and homeliness 

Not often seen—met 

Together 

In one

Face-

One....

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When I see red,
I think of blood and the feeling of 
dread.
When I see orange,
I think of fruit and the sound of a 
squeaking door hinge.
When I see yellow,
I think of the man in the yellow hat.
When I see green,
I think of the smell of freshly cut 
grass and the green blood that stains 
socks.
When I see blue,
I feel clam and the feeling of 
homeliness.
When I see purple,
I think of royals and wonder 'what is 
a burble?'...

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