I've Been Graduated

I've been graduated

now for 10 years with menial job

after menial job

with my English degree

& now you care about my student loans?

#tanka
7 August 2013

Arthur is Deteriorating

Arthur is deteriorating

rapidly from

Lou Gehrigs disease, and they

want the world to

Remember their union as a

married couple

#foundpoem
24 July 2013

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

spoke of freedom

with his pen

and with his other

spoke of freedom too

#tanka #MicroPoetry

22 July 2013

The Fugue

The violin

balances it's melody

highlighted

by the tone of the viola

playing in perfect harmony

#tanka #MicroPoetry

22 July 2013

You Eat Like a Pig

You eat like a pig

she said as the juice

from the sweet plum

fell into the wastebasket

sitting between my legs

#tanka #micropoetry

18 July 2013

Pulled Pork Sliders

Pulled pork sliders

and barbeque ribs with sauce

Buffalo wings

with brisket, beans, mac and cheese –

Got peach cobbler for dessert

#tanka

17 July 2013

I Remember What Ai Weiwei

I remember what Ai Weiwei

said about the limitations

of 140 characters ­­–

in China, a whole history can be

written in 140 characters

#tanka

15 July 2013

In Paris I Once Gave

In Paris I once gave

my friend's wife a kiss on each

cheek that I think

he still hasn't yet forgiven

me now even 10 years later

#tanka

15 July 2013

Inheritance

If I write 1 poem

A day for 30 days

I'll have 30 poems

Will there be even

1 that's any good?

#tanka #MicroPoetry

14 July 2013

Bathtub Bubbles Keep Them Modest

Bathtub bubbles keep

them modest, hiding

their unmentionables –

but will never hide

my babies' smiles

#tanka #micropoetry

9 July 2013

Executive Order

When the Earth's

atmosphere

Fundamentally
changes

We see more
heat waves

Droughts, wildfires
and floods

#foundpoem

26 June 2013

East of 82nd, Raising Children in a Food Desert

Some of my favorite things are food

daddy makes

And macaroni & cheese

and sopa

#foundpoem

25 June 2013

Euphorbia Characias Wuldenii

Upright stems

crowded

With narrow

blue-green

Leaves form a

dome-shaped

Bush 4 ft. high

and wide

#foundpoem

24 June 2013

Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia Hirta)

Deep golden petals radiate
from chocolate

Centers on 2- to 4-inch
wide flowers

#foundpoem #micropoetry
24 June 2013

Safari 20SG

Do not apply this product

or allow

It to drift to blooming crops

or weeds if

Bees are visiting the treatment

area

#foundpoem

21 June 2013

AY-102

Officials have long said

leaking tanks at

Hanford do not pose an

immediate threat

To the environment

or public health

#foundpoem

21 June 2013

Genetically Modified Wheat in Oregon

A single isolated

incident

In a single field on a

single farm

#foundpoem #micropoetry

21 June 2013