Tucks Poems

Listen to the Wind

...“Listen to the Wind” 

The wind arrives, with secrets stitched in its breath, 
It hums through the hollows of abandoned trees. 
A hush of silk, it weaves the dusk with longing, 
Its fingers comb...

DRACONIAN STATE

...DRACONIAN STATE
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CHAPTER ONE
the city breathes dust and ash~
     a lung collapsing with draconian dragon’s roar, 
          his fiery brea...

ART

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Agile nostalgic time traveler retrieves          
Reminiscence framing snapshots of mirage life,
Tucks deserted dream collage in album. 

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Underneath the Overpass

...Underneath the overpass as I was passing by,?
Something in the shadows, a shape had caught my eye.?
I couldn’t tell just what it was—intrusive thoughts owned me,?
For once I didn’t understand the ...

The Last Five Senses '1

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By~Krish

I opened my eyes 
and the air was a still lake
that would no longer ripple for me.
My breath was a whisper,
a moth beating tired wings
against the glass of existence.

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No One Counts the Bodies Jesus Walked Past

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Kensington spreads its legs—
lets the city crawl in,
dripping Xylazine / fentanyl / tranq,
open sore veins
moaning dirty dirges.

False prophets—
all piss and panic—
bark half-lies
...

Your Face in the Scudding Cloud

...I search for your face in the scudding cloud.
The fresh offshore sea breeze tucks at my hair,
The timber of your voice, in tearful shroud.
I search for your face in the scudding cloud,
too painfu...

A Tryst With Fantasy

...He's closed the blinds. His twilight dawns.
	A midday reverie.
Within his mind, a vision spawns,
	awash in mystery.
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A levee bursts, torrents crash free—
	a castle from a dream.
Atop his thro...

Planet in pluvial fluvial flux

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Planet in flux…it sucks

No refuge..Scrooge rules..

Stooges subterfuge deluge..

Fossil fuel fools..

Poleaxes..then relaxes…

As the earth burns..

As it turns..on its axis..

*****...

Poetry Sucks

...The muse just kicked a garbage can
The you know what just hit the fan
I mutter “I can write…I can”

The keyboard trembles ‘neath my touch
Words not enough…or way too much
The Limerick now a use...

nimble fingers

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nimble fingers
crafting creases pleats and tucks
paper musings

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An Olive Tree

...In this new century of our Lord
The gardener planted the young tree 
Placed in garden of Gethsemane 
An olive to the knee

Around two thousand years have passed
A beaten path close ...

The Butterfly continued

...[As she drinks nectar from a flower, sweetness from heaven falls like dew  
anointed with a gentle rain amidst sun showers she appears as if on cue
 
Lifting her wings she lands on a Zinnia...

The Girl I Carry

...I met her once in a house with no laughter,
where the wallpaper peeled like old regrets,
where the air tasted of dust and waiting.
She sat on the staircase, small knees to her chest,
counting the...

The Moon in the Rowan Tree

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Head twitching, 
black eye gleaming, reflecting moonlight,
He dreams of hoarding that great shiny orb. 
Tucking it in with his precious treasures
 inside the Rowan tree to fea...

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