Tag Archive: poetry


On The Trail Of Photo Plankton

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packed knapsack
an artist’s knack
crayon on paper
acrylic lyricist
propelled rappeler
without rope
a bell tower
tall lean
prickly paper cuts
lemon burns
lapped turp
lipped tarp
curled carp
high on
Bunsen fuel
billed serpents
with furry burls
really mammals
mambo trampoline
politely vamp
with ass held high
and polished sway
a catapult
puffs a cloud
of talc
poof!
cutlery clatters
on linoleum
rhythmically
limerick
oddly lilt
trowel pickles
by limestone
at the edge
where patron saints
trumpet their forte
clarion peals
fortnightly
frolic
licorice
spears
parsley petals
picayune petty
pricks
their cucumbers
on plaques
Kewpie dolls
slick and porcelain
sling kisses
slap sickly
spill the classic
coke slice
picnic cakes
kick myself
trickle and tickle
the keys
skip lightly
phantasmic
categorically
dismissed
dismantled
and bewildered

© Chagall 2013

And So

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Birds sing and cry
till you realize
that’s all
there is.

© Chagall 2013

Squint

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A woman
of no and every
color

waves to me
from the rooftop

before
she flies away.

I watch as her bubble
ascends . . .

the chevron

the V of pigeons
entangled in lines

alley music

heaven’s door framed
in mosaics.

© Chagall 2013

Haiku For Spreading

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Pandemic broke out
people loving each other
I hope there’s no cure

© Chagall 2013

Snook

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Have you ever been snookered
on a proper snooker table

quite wide
tall
and green:

tight pockets?

 

© Chagall 2013

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Life’s cause to cherish
every drop of oxygen
racing through my blood

© Chagall 2013

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God twirls each navel,
Mom told me, while he exclaims
You are finished – next!

© Chagall 2013

Lilac Outlines

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Even if you do not truly
see them
go on faith
know that they’re
there, faded-away
ghosts, antlers
along the dark . . .
– whispers au derrière foncé.

© Chagall 2013

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A postcard,

inauguration locomotives
slow at small stations
out along the way,

a handbill on the hassock,
ticket-stubs tucked
between reflection and frame.

© Chagall 2013

Score

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Your nonplussed reaction
to a life so anomalous
is precisely why
it’s Red.

© Chagall 2013