Shuffled Poems

feeling her grandma next to her

...simple chords holding her music together in the form of a forgotten book
the cover hanging off. tied on by determination and love of music
simple cords, her grandmother used to say, make it easy to...

She Shuffled the Stars

...We have seen you before, Seeker—
in the candlelit corners of a thousand lifetimes,
eyes heavy with questions,
hands trembling with the weight of tomorrow.

Maya sat before you,
her kitchen dres...

a match in the dark

...
a ghastly …

prospect ...
the ground torn open before him
a wound in the earth that called to his dark heart
pulled on his better judgement like lead ...
warm, the darkness -
warm and peacef...

Lake Ripples

...A lake surfaces between mammoth bones.
The valley once was a bowl for giant daisies.

Wind-blown swells feed now the open gills
of minnows, they are shuffled around
like silver clouds.

The fl...

Phases and Faces

...The table’s set, the cards are stacked,
Coffee is ready, out come the snacks.
Allana grins, that knowing look—
She’s got Phase 1 like it’s a book.

We start out slow, just laying sets,
But soon...

Chella

...The home where Chella grew up, in the ghetto of Liberty City Florida, had beige carpets so old that pieces of the tuft and twirl would come out of the backing under-foot.
The  apartment window shade...

First Cuppa in Morn, Steaming

...
The air slowly fills
with curly pungent wafts of steam
billowing up from a 
hot freshly brewed cup of coffee.
Raising the baton to 
conduct the dawn chorus 
of bird songs and plans 
mulled t...

Mercury's Requiem

...
There was a young man named Fred
(the tooth fairy lived in dread)
a wild flamboyant from afar
the spice island Zanzibar
a singer he'd been
and sang a good song
with four-octave range
...

The Greatest Circus Clown

...He shuffled in.  He wore a frown.
This lone stranger was new in town, 
but his teeth were straight, and his aim was true, 
and he had a hole in his head that birds went through,
and I would put a...

Rickety Rackety Ruffled Ridiculous Rhine

...Rickety rackety ruffled ridiculous Rhine,
Make her hair stick out like a ball of twine
Let it fall out on the floor and in church too
Put a permanent skunk in her chimney wazoo

Make her look si...

The Unspoken Army

...
"Poetry is thin, with dark eyes and a hollow face that echoes all the time without distinction. The distinction lies in her breasts that are full of beat under her vague dress that changes c...

Sun Rays

...SUN RAYS

Sun Ray's blowing through the Sun kissed Wind
Arrows flying through
Barely able to Bend
Light shining Bright
Brighter than the Eye can see
Vision being shuffled 
Who might this Be
...

I Drank the Blood

...I drank the blood. 
Shuffled up to the altar,
pearly white shoes scraping over
faded white tile dirtied by the footsteps 
of countless sinners.
(I knew, even then, that that same grime already c...

Innocence and Snowflakes

...To her, their apartment was the whole world—a small but cozy place where she felt safe and loved.

It was early morning. She heard her sister squeal with joy hearing that schools would be closed to...

OVER PRIVILEGED

...As I walk into the large room
Full of bags and no spare hand
Looking for a place to loom
In a room so grand

Shuffling with my heavy load
Looking for a place to settle
I see a corner of some s...

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