As the First Bite of Peach

As the first bite of peach
makes juice explode in my mouth
I rush to the cafeteria;
I don't want my coworker
to call me a pig again

#tanka
8 August 2013

You and Your Fancy

You and your fancy
spreadsheet, you try and convince
everyone you've got
a handle on why everything's
arriving late, we're an OEM

#tanka
7 August 2013

If You was a Flower

If you was a flower
and I was a bumblebee
wouldn't I do better than to sniff you
because of the strong chance
you're loaded with pesticides?

7 August 2013

A Good Attitude

A good attitude
and a tight lip is generally
required for this job
that way you won't complain
much about the low wages

#tanka #MicroPoetry
7 August 2013

They Say a College

They say a college
degree is required for this
position, but why
wouldn't they pay someone enough
to pay back they student loans?

#tanka
7 August 2013

Is it Thursday Yet

Is it Thursday yet

'cause I feel like reminiscing

on a day & it

don't feel quite right if it ain't

Throwback Thursday?

#tanka #micropoetry

7 August 2013

Palm Springs Sonnet

Originally published in Tule Review, Fall 2013 – Copyright © October 2013, Sacramento Poetry Center Press

Quest for the Holy Grail: The Sunrise in

Palm Springs, it seems so odd to me, by the

time 8 AM rolls around it feels like

one o’clock in the afternoon – All the

sun dresses and short skirts, low cut blouses

open-toed sandals and bare white ankles

I’m blinded by the sunlight streaking be-

hind the mountain range, rises so quickly

placing shadows in the queerest angles –

Suddenly the manicured lawn becomes a

dry and empty desert choked of any

moisture, save what they can steal from the north

to keep those golf courses green, the Devil

speaks in backward rhymes, It’s on the level